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n. 1. a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation marks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Hanukka; -- a variant spelling.
Syn. -- Hanukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

{ or , n. [ Heb. khanukkāh. ] The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabaeus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews. [ Also spelled Chanuka. ]
Syn. -- Chanukah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Hoonoomaun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lanqa`nein to lie hid, to be concealed. ] (Chem.) A rare element of the rare earth group of the metals, of atomic number 57, allied to aluminum. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare earth elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.9. Symbol La. [ Formerly written also lanthanium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of boas of western North America.
Syn. -- genus Lichanura. [ WordNet 1.5 ]