Eclipses Word Search
A free Eclipses word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: UMBRA, TOTALITY, SOLAR, LUNAR, ORBIT, SHADOW, CORONA, PHOTOSPHERE, CHROMOSPHERE, SOLSTICE, EQUINOX, GIBBOUS.
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Eclipses word list, defined
- UMBRA /ˈʌmbrə/ · noun
- The fully shaded central part of a shadow, especially the region in which the light source is completely obscured, as during an eclipse. More generally, it can mean a shadow or shade.
- TOTALITY /toʊˈtæləti/ · noun
- The whole or complete amount of something, especially when regarded as a unified whole. It can also refer to the state of being total or complete, or, in philosophy, to all existence considered as one unity. Related: entirety, whole, total, sum.
- SOLAR /ˈsoʊlər/ (US); /ˈsəʊlər/ (UK) · adjective
- Relating to or proceeding from the Sun. Also, relating to or powered by sunlight or another form of solar energy. Related: sunlit, sun-related, solar-powered.
- LUNAR /ˈluː.nər/ · adjective
- Relating to the Moon, especially to its light, movement, phases, or cycles. It can also describe something shaped like a crescent moon. Related: moon-related, moonlit, selenitic, crescent-shaped.
- ORBIT /ˈɔːbɪt/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, an orbit is the curved path of an object moving around a star, planet, or other body, as well as a sphere of influence or activity. As a verb, to orbit means to move in a curved path around something, or to remain close to or within a particular sphere of influence. Related: path, trajectory, course, sphere.
- SHADOW /ˈʃædəʊ/ (British), /ˈʃædoʊ/ (US) · noun, verb
- A shadow is a dark area produced when an object blocks light, or a person or thing that closely resembles someone or something else. As a verb, it means to follow someone closely or to oppose and undermine someone or something. Related: shade, darkness, gloom, penumbra.
- CORONA /kəˈroʊnə/ · noun
- A corona is a circle of light appearing around the sun or moon, especially the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse; more broadly, it can denote a crown or crown-like shape or structure. Related: halo, aureole, nimbus, crown.
- PHOTOSPHERE /ˈfoʊtəˌsfɪr/ · noun
- The luminous outer layer of a star, especially the Sun, from which most of its visible light escapes. For the Sun, this layer is the visibly bright surface seen in visible light. Related: stellar surface, star surface, visible surface.
- CHROMOSPHERE /ˈkroʊməˌsfɪr/ · noun
- The layer of the sun's (or another star's) atmosphere immediately above the visible surface, or photosphere, characterized by a reddish glow visible during a total solar eclipse. Related: solar atmosphere layer.
- SOLSTICE /ˈsɒlstɪs/, /ˈsɑːlstɪs/ · noun
- Either of the two times of year when the Sun is at its most northerly or southerly point in its apparent annual path, marking the shortest or longest day. The word can also refer metaphorically to a decisive turning point in a process or period of time. Related: seasonal turning point, shortest day, longest day, midwinter marker.
- EQUINOX /ˈiːkwɪnɒks/ (UK), /ˈɛkwɪnɑːks/, /ˈiːkwɪnɑːks/ (US) · noun
- Either of the two times in the year when the sun crosses the celestial equator, making day and night of approximately equal length everywhere on Earth. By extension, the moment itself, or the date on which this occurs (around 20 March and 22–23 September). Related: equinoctial point.
- GIBBOUS /ˈɡɪbəs/ · adjective
- Rounded or bulging outward. Of the Moon, convex in shape because more than half of its visible surface is illuminated. Related: convex, bulging, swollen, protuberant.
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