Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..

Lemnian :: Lemnian (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.

Lemniscata :: Lemniscata (n.) Alt. of Lemniscat.

Lemniscate :: Lemniscate (n.) A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center..

Lemnisci :: Lemnisci (pl. ) of Lemniscu.

Lemniscus :: Lemniscus (n.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

Solemnities :: Solemnities (pl. ) of Solemnit.

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) ceremony adapted to impress with awe.

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness..

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey..

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

Solemnizate :: Solemnizate (v. t.) To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony..

Solemnization :: Solemnization (n.) The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage..

Solemnize :: Solemnize (v. t.) To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms..

Solemnize :: Solemnize (v. t.) To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.

Solemnize :: Solemnize (v. t.) To make grave, serious, and reverential..

Solemnize :: Solemnize (n.) Solemnization.

Solemnized :: Solemnized (imp. & p. p.) of Solemniz.

Solemnizer :: Solemnizer (n.) One who solemnizes.

Solemnizing :: Solemnizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solemniz.

Unsolemnize :: Unsolemnize (v. t.) To divest of solemnity.

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