starnose mole
star-nosed mole
Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
starfish
sea star | echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |
brittle star
brittle-star
serpent star | an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc |
basket star
basket fish | any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc |
feather star
comatulid | free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms, found on muddy sea bottoms |
American flag
Stars and Stripes
Star-Spangled Banner
Old Glory | the national flag of the United States of America |
| star drill | a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry, it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blows |
star topology
star | the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub |
astrology
star divination | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
Silver Star Medal
Silver Star | a United States military decoration for gallantry in action |
Bronze Star Medal
Bronze Star | a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight) |
asterisk
star | a star-shaped character * used in printing |
Star of David
Shield of David
Magen David
Mogen David
Solomon's seal | a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles, an emblem symbolizing Judaism |
| star chart | a chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky |
| The Star-Spangled Banner | a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of was set to music and adopted by Congress in as the national anthem of the United States |
| star shell | an artillery shell containing an illuminant |
rupture
breach
break severance
rift
falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions), they hoped to avoid a break in relations |
carambola
star fruit | deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit, used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert |
Chinese anise
star anise
star aniseed | anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine |
| Star Chamber | a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments |
sign of the zodiac
star sign
sign
mansion
house
planetary house | (astrology) one of equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
Minnesota
Gopher State
North Star State
MN | a midwestern state |
Texas
Lone-Star State
TX | the second largest state, located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico |
binary star
binary
double star | a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation |
evening star
Hesperus
Vesper | a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky |
| fixed star | any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion |
| flare star | a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes |
giant star
giant | a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) |
morning star
daystar
Phosphorus
Lucifer | a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky |
| multiple star | a system of three or more stars associated by gravity |
| neutron star | a star that has collapsed under its own gravity, it is composed of neutrons |
Polaris
North Star
pole star
polar star
polestar | the brightest star in Ursa Minor, at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper, the northern axis of the earth points toward it |
red dwarf
red dwarf star | a small, old, relatively cool star, approximately times the mass of Jupiter |
red giant
red giant star | a large, old, luminous star, has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun |
Sirius
Dog Star
Canicula
Sothis | the brightest star in the sky, in Canis Major |
| star | (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior |
| star | any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night |
variable star
variable | a star that varies noticeably in brightness |
white dwarf
white dwarf star | a faint star of enormous density |
f ace
adept
champion sensation
maven
mavin
virtuoso
genius hotshot
star superstar
whiz
whizz
wizard wiza | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| co-star | one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film |
film star
movie star | a star who plays leading roles in the cinema |
fleet admiral
five-star admiral | an admiral of the highest rank |
headliner
star | a performer who receives prominent billing |
opera star
operatic star | singer of lead role in an opera |
| rock star | a famous singer of rock music |
star
principal lead | an actor who plays a principal role |
television star
TV star | a star in a television show |
| track star | a star runner |
meteor
shooting star | a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode |