intercalary
intercalary has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.
Definitions
- a.. Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
- n.. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
- a.. 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"