interlunation

[in-ter-loo-ney-shuhn]

in·ter·lu·na·tion

[in-ter-loo-ney-shuhn]
noun
the interlunar period.

Origin:
1805–15; inter- + lunation
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Interlunation has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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interlunation (ˌɪntəlʊˈneɪʃən)
 
n
See new moon the period between the old and new moons during which the moon is invisible
 
inter'lunar
 
adj

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