intercalary

Meanings

Plural: intercalaries

Adjective Satellite

having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
- "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"
- "a leap year is an intercalary year"

Adj

Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
Inserted between other things
of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
Inserted between other things
of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
Inserted between other things

Noun

Such a time period

Origin / Etymology

From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).

Scrabble Score: 16

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Words With Friends Score: 18

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