What it means
- (noun) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- (noun) 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.
- (noun) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (noun) Obscurity, decline, downfall
- (verb) Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse. “The Moon eclipsed the Sun.”
- (verb) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (verb) (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
- (noun) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
- (noun) A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
- (noun) (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.
Letter analysis
- Eclipses contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Words that mean the same
Sub-words
- eclipse
- species
- splices
- espies
- pieces
- sleeps
- slices
- specie
- spices
- spiels
- splice
- clips
- epics
- isles
- lisps
- peels
- piece
- piles
- plies
- seeps
- sleep
- slice
- slips
- specs
- spice
- spiel
- spies
- clip
- eels
- else
- epic
- ices
- isle
- lees
- leis
- less
- lice
- lies
- lips
- lisp
- pecs
- peel
- pees
- pies
- pile
- piss
- secs
- seep
- sees
- sics
- sips
- slip
- spec
- cis
- eel
- esp
- ice
- lee
- lei
Related words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
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Common questions
What does Eclipses mean?
An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
How many letters are in Eclipses?
Eclipses has 8 letters.
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