dusty
Webster Dictionary
filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust
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dust
Webster Dictionary
to free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor
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galaxy
(galaxy, extragalactic nebula)
Princeton's WordNet
(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
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extragalactic nebula
(galaxy, extragalactic nebula)
Princeton's WordNet
(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
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star
Webster Dictionary
to be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star
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polaris
(ʊˈlɛər ɪs, -ˈlær-, pə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
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planetary nebula
(planetary nebula)
Princeton's WordNet
a nebula that was once thought to be a star with its planets but is now thought to be a very hot star surrounded by an expanding envelope of ionized gases that emit a fluorescent glow because of intense radiation from the star
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asperse
Webster Dictionary
to sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust
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dusty
Webster Dictionary
like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white
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sirius
(ˈsɪr i əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
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algol
(ˈæl gɒl, -gɔl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a second-magnitude star in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star.
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apastron
Webster Dictionary
that point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary
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alcyone
(ælˈsaɪ əˌni)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
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canopus
(əˈnoʊ pəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Carina: the second brightest star in the heavens.
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starwort
Webster Dictionary
a small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed
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aldebaran
Webster Dictionary
a red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades
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starlike
Webster Dictionary
resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers
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sothic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular
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stellate
(ˈstɛl ɪt, -eɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
like the form of a conventionalized figure of a star; star-shaped.
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lodestar
Webster Dictionary
a star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure
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stellify
Webster Dictionary
to turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven
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stellated
Webster Dictionary
resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star
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slack
(slack)
Princeton's WordNet
dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
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dust
Webster Dictionary
fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust
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silver star
(ˈsɪl vərˌsmɪθ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to U.S. military personnel for gallantry in action: next in honor below the Distinguished Service Cross.
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sothis
(ˈsoʊ θɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
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altair
(Altair)
Princeton's WordNet
double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation
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loadstar
(lodestar, loadstar)
Princeton's WordNet
guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
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canopus
(Canopus)
Princeton's WordNet
supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
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lodestar
(lodestar, loadstar)
Princeton's WordNet
guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
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