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Aberration
noun · 78% connection
The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Aldebaran
noun · 78% connection
A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Analysis
noun · 78% connection
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’
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Antonomasia
noun · 78% connection
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Apastron
noun · 78% connection
That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.
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Appulse
noun · 78% connection
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Asterism
noun · 78% connection
An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as som…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Axis
noun · 78% connection
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…
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Chromatoscope
noun · 78% connection
A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Colicroot
noun · 78% connection
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Day-star
noun · 78% connection
The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Dog Star
unknown · 78% connection
Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
For
preposition · 78% connection
Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation,…
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Hexagonal
adjective · 78% connection
Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Illicium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: six-pointed, star, rays, wavy, instead.
Lodestar
noun · 78% connection
A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
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Mixtilinear
adjective · 78% connection
Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle…
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Mullet
noun · 78% connection
Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus)…
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