ECLIPSES
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
E(1) C(3) L(1) I(1) P(3) S(1) E(1) S(1)
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Definition
noun
- An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall
verb
- Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.“The Moon eclipsed the Sun.”
- To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
noun
- An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
- A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
- (Irish grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.
Source: Wiktionary
