apolune | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: aposelene |
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attune | (verb) adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with | - |
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autoimmune | (adjective) of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body | - |
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cohune | (noun) tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | Synonyms: cohune palm, Orbignya cohune |
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commune | (noun) a body of people or families living together and sharing everything | - |
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(noun) the smallest administrative district of several European countries | - |
(verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: communicate |
(verb) communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity | - |
dune | (noun) a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans | Synonyms: sand dune |
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fortune | (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: chance, hazard, luck |
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(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | Synonyms: luck |
(noun) a large amount of wealth or prosperity | - |
(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion |
immune | (adjective) relating to the condition of immunity | - |
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(adjective) secure against | - |
(adjective) (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence | - |
(adjective) relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) | Synonyms: resistant |
(noun) a person who is immune to a particular infection | - |
importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: insist |
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inopportune | (adjective) not opportune | - |
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jejune | (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, juvenile, puerile |
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(adjective) of insufficient quantity to meet a need | Synonyms: inadequate, poor, short |
(adjective) lacking interest or significance or impact | Synonyms: insipid |
lagune | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, laguna |
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misfortune | (noun) unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | Synonyms: bad luck |
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(noun) an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | Synonyms: bad luck, ill luck, tough luck |
nonimmune | (adjective) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | Synonyms: liable, nonresistant, unresistant |
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opportune | (adjective) suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose | - |
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perilune | (noun) periapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: periselene |
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picayune | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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prune | (noun) dried plum | - |
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(verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, rationalise, rationalize |
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, snip, trim |
rune | (noun) any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages | Synonyms: runic letter |
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tribune | (noun) the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne | - |
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(noun) (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests | - |
triune | (adjective) being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity | - |
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tune | (noun) the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency | - |
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(noun) the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch | - |
(noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain |
(verb) adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) | Synonyms: tune up |
(verb) adjust for (better) functioning | Synonyms: tune up |
untune | (verb) cause to be out of tune | - |
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(verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, upset |