Brittle star () Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. |
Carol (n.) A round dance. |
Carol (n.) A song of joy, exultation, or mirth |
Carol (n.) A song of praise of devotion |
Carol (n.) Joyful music, as of a song. |
Carolling () of Carol |
Carol (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song. |
Carol (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes. |
Carol (v. i.) To sing |
Carol (n.) Alt. of Carrol |
Day-star (n.) The morning star |
Day-star (n.) The sun, as the orb of day. |
Dog Star () Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens |
Epiphany (n.) An appearance, or a becoming manifest. |
Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus |
Sea star () A starfish, or brittle star. |
Singing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sing |
Singing () a. & n. from Sing, v. |
Star (n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens |
Star (n.) The polestar |
Star (n.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny |
Star (n.) That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. |
Star (n.) Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing |
Star (n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. |
Star (n.) A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. |
Star (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies |
Star (v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star |
Star-blind (a.) Half blind. |
Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses |
Star-crossed (a.) Not favored by the stars |
Star-read (n.) Doctrine or knowledge of the stars |
Star-spangled (a.) Spangled or studded with stars. |
Sun star () See Sun star, under Sun. |
Water star grass () An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms. |
singing vocalizing | the act of singing vocal music |
a cappella singing a capella singing | singing without instrumental accompaniment |
carol | a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ) |
scat scat singing | singing jazz, the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument |
part-singing | singing with three or more voice parts |
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) |
tattle singing telling | disclosing information or giving evidence about another |
asterisk star | a star-shaped character * used in printing |
singing voice | the musical quality of the voice while singing |
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 |
carol Christmas carol | joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ |
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 |
gospel gospel singing | folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response, influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) |
star shell | an artillery shell containing an illuminant |
epiphany | a divine manifestation |
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 |
teddy boys | a British youth subculture that first appeared in the s, mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock'n'roll music, proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom |
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 |