Associations to the word «Lunate»

Wiktionary

LUNATE, adjective. Shaped like a crescent.
LUNATE, noun. (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
LUNATE BONE, noun. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones of the wrist.
LUNATE BONES, noun. Plural of lunate bone
LUNATE SIGMA, noun. The form of the Greek letter sigma used in Medieval Greek and occasionally in Greek Orthodox Church transcriptions: ϲ.
LUNATE SIGMAS, noun. Plural of lunate sigma

Dictionary definition

LUNATE, adjective. Resembling the new moon in shape.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King