<B>mooneyed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having round, wide-open eyes, as from terror or surprise. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=moonblind.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moonface">
<B>moonface, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a round, moonlike face. <BR> <I>Ex. As he neared the top, he turned his happy moonface (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an abnormal obesity of the face caused by various diseases. </DL>
<A NAME="moonfaced">
<B>moonfaced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a round face like a full moon. <BR> <I>Ex. a moonfaced baby.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonfish">
<B>moonfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of a number of fishes that suggest the moon by the silvery or yellowish color of their body, as various carangoids, opahs, and a Mexican top minnow. </DL>
<A NAME="moonflight">
<B>moonflight, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> space flight to the moon. </DL>
<A NAME="moonflower">
<B>moonflower, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tropical plant of the morning-glory family, having large, fragrant white flowers that open in the evening. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various related plants. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Especially British.) the oxeye daisy. </DL>
<A NAME="moongate">
<B>moongate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a circular gateway through a wall, as in a Chinese temple. </DL>
<A NAME="moonglow">
<B>moonglow, </B>noun. =moonlight.</DL>
<A NAME="moonie">
<B>Moonie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a follower of Sun Myung Moon, born 1920, a Korean evangelist preaching a blend of fundamentalist Christianity and Eastern mysticism. </DL>
<A NAME="moonily">
<B>moonily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a moony manner. </DL>
<A NAME="mooniness">
<B>mooniness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> moony quality or condition. </DL>
<A NAME="moonish">
<B>moonish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like the moon; changeable; fickle. <BR> <I>Ex. at which time would I, being but a moonish youth, ... be effeminate, changeable (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>caused by the moon. adv. <B>moonishly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moonjellyfish">
<B>moon jellyfish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the most common jellyfish, diskshaped and white or bluish, found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. </DL>
<A NAME="moonless">
<B>moonless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having no moon. <BR> <I>Ex. It is by no means improbable that Mars was originally moonless (H. C. Macpherson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not lit up by the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. a moonless night.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonlet">
<B>moonlet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a little moon. <BR> <I>Ex. I pledge thee in the silver horn of yonder moonlet bright (William Motherwell).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small artificial earth satellite. <BR> <I>Ex. man-made moonlets circle the earth.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonlight">
<B>moonlight, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the light of the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. Moonlight has a considerable influence on the activity of insects at night (Science News).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having the light of the moon; moonlit. <BR> <I>Ex. a moonlight night.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>while the moon is shining; at or by night. <BR> <I>Ex. a moonlight swim.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (U.S. Informal.) to work at a second job, often at night, in order to supplement the wages earned at a regular job. <BR> <I>Ex. Workers moonlight to live on a higher plane than otherwise is possible (Chicago Daily News).</I> noun <B>moonlighter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moonlightflit">
<B>moonlight flit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) the action of absconding at night to escape creditors. </DL>
<A NAME="moonlighting">
<B>moonlighting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) the practice of holding or working at a second job, usually at night, in addition to a regular daytime job. </DL>
<A NAME="moonlit">
<B>moonlit, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lighted by the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. moonlit woods.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonman">
<B>moonman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person skilled in or trained for moonflight. <BR> <I>Ex. Then, according to the theory, the moonmen take off, orbit, rendezvous and couple with the mother ship (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person engaged in research and other projects concerned with moonflight. </DL>
<A NAME="moonport">
<B>moonport, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a launch complex for preparing spacecraft to travel to the moon. </DL>
<A NAME="moonprobe">
<B>moon probe,</B> =lunar probe.</DL>
<A NAME="moonquake">
<B>moonquake, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a quake or series of vibrations on the moon analogous to an earthquake. </DL>
<B>moonrise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the rising of the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. watching a chilly autumnal moonrise over the stubbles of the cornfield (Mrs. Humphry Ward).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the time when the moon rises. <BR> <I>Ex. The wolves began to howl about an hour after moonrise.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonrock">
<B>moonrock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rock sample from the moon, such as ferropseudobrookite. </DL>
<A NAME="moonsail">
<B>moonsail, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a light sail set above a skysail; moonraker. </DL>
<A NAME="moonscape">
<B>moonscape, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a view of the surface of the moon. <DD><B> 2. </B>the surface viewed. <DD><B> 3. </B>a view or landscape on earth which looks as rugged as a moonscape. </DL>
<A NAME="moonseed">
<B>moonseed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any climbing plant of a group having panicles of greenish-white flowers and crescent-shaped seeds, especially a variety of eastern North America grown on walls and arbors. </DL>
<A NAME="moonset">
<B>moonset, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the setting of the moon. <DD><B> 2. </B>the time of setting of the moon. </DL>
<A NAME="moonshell">
<B>moon shell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=moon snail.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the shell of this snail. </DL>
<A NAME="moonshine">
<B>moonshine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) intoxicating liquor made unlawfully or smuggled. <BR> <I>Ex. Moonshine making may be on the rise again, revenue sleuths fear (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) empty talk; foolish talk or ideas; nonsense. <BR> <I>Ex. Making every allowance for Communist statistical moonshine ... (Time).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=moonlight.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moonshiner">
<B>moonshiner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who distills intoxicating liquor, especially of corn whiskey, contrary to law. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who follows an unlawful trade at night. </DL>
<A NAME="moonshining">
<B>moonshining, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the unlawful distilling of intoxicating liquor. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with moonshining. </DL>
<A NAME="moonshiny">
<B>moonshiny, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like moonlight. <DD><B> 2. </B>lighted by the moon. <DD><B> 3. </B>unreal. </DL>
<A NAME="moonship">
<B>moonship, </B>noun. =mooncraft.</DL>
<A NAME="moonshoot">
<B>moon shoot,</B> =moon shot.</DL>
<A NAME="moonshot">
<B>moon shot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of launching a rocket or missile toward the moon. </DL>
<A NAME="moonsnail">
<B>moon snail,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a predatory, carnivorous marine snail with a rounded shell; natica. <BR> <I>Ex. The moon snail is a blind creature ... with an immense foot, which it uses effectively in digging and in grasping its prey, while with its radula it drills a neat round hole in the shell (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonstone">
<B>moonstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a whitish, translucent gem with a pearly luster. Moonstone is a variety of feldspar. </DL>
<A NAME="moonstruck">
<B>moonstruck, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected in mind, supposedly through the influence of the moon; dazed, crazed, or confused. <BR> <I>Ex. Deform'd in body, and Of moonstruck mind (Robert Bridges).</I> (SYN) lunatic. </DL>
<A NAME="moontype">
<B>Moon type,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a system of printing for blind people, the letters being represented by nine basic characters placed in different positions, which may be read by touch. <DD><B> 2. </B>the letters themselves. </DL>
<A NAME="moonwalk">
<B>moonwalk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an exploratory walk on the moon's surface. <BR> <I>Ex. During their first moonwalk Captain Cernan and Dr. Schmitt gathered 29 lb. of lunar rock and soil (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonwalker">
<B>moonwalker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who takes a moonwalk; moon explorer. <BR> <I>Ex. ... Earth's first moonwalker, Neil Armstrong (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonward">
<B>moonward, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> toward the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. The first serious attempts to send rockets moonward were made by the Americans in 1958 (Listener).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> directed toward the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. ... balloon-launched moonward rockets (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moonwort">
<B>moonwort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any fern of a group having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=honesty </B>(def. 3). </DL>
<A NAME="moony">
<B>moony, </B>adjective, <B>moonier,</B> <B>mooniest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or belonging to the moon. <DD><B> 2. </B>like the moon; crescent-shaped; round. <BR> <I>Ex. ... nor lift the moony shield (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>mooning; dreamy; listless. <BR> <I>Ex. moony dreamings over inscrutable beautiful eyes (George Meredith).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>illuminated by the moon; moonlit. <DD><B> 5. </B>resembling moonlight. </DL>
