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31Near side of the Moon — The names of the major seas and some craters on the near side of the Moon The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned towards the Earth, whereas the opposite side is the far side of the Moon. Only one side of the… …
32Defect of illumination — Defect of illumination, is the maximum angular width of the unilluminated part of a celestial body, seen by a given observer. For example, if an object is 40 seconds of arc across and is 75% illuminated, the defect of illumination is 10 seconds… …
33angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …
34terminator — /terr meuh nay teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that terminates. 2. Astron. the dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of a satellite or planet, esp. the moon. [1760 70; < LL terminator, equiv. to termina(re) to TERMINATE …
35concealing coloration — ▪ biology in animals, the use of biological coloration to mask location, identity, and movement, providing concealment from prey and protection from predators. Background matching is a type of concealment in which an organism avoids… …
36eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …
37lightless — adjective Lacking light; unilluminated I cant stand much of this, said Hurstwood, whose legs ached him painfully, as he sat down upon the miserable bunk in the small, lightless chamber allotted to him …
38Architecture of the night — De Volharding Building, The Hague, 1928 by Jan Buijs, photographed in 1930 …
39dismal — I adjective black, bleak, cheerless, cloudy, comfortless, dark, deplorable, depressing, despairing, despondent, dim, dingy, dire, disagreeable, disconsolate, dreary, dull, dusky, flat, foggy, gloomy, gray, joyless, lamentable, lifeless, lowering …
40awkward — Synonyms and related words: Latinate, all thumbs, blankminded, blunderheaded, blundering, bombastic, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, callow, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, confused, contrary, cramped, crosswise,… …
