Crossword-Solution: ALCOR
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ALCOR | anagram | CALOR, CARLO, CAROL, CLARO, CORAL, LORCA, RCOLA |
We have 4 clues for the answer “ALCOR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Mizar's companion star. | 1 answer |
| Star near Mizar | 1 answer |
| Star in Ursa Major | 3 answers |
| SPANISH hill | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AZEECM
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with ALCOR (5)
Megrez is the faint star already mentioned at the junction of the bowl and handle, and Mizar, in the middle of the handle, has a close, naked-eye companion which is named Alcor.
The fact that the little star Alcor placed so close to Mizar should accompany the latter in its flight is not surprising, but that two of the principal stars of the group should be found moving in a direction directly opposed to that pursued by the other five is surprising in the highest degree; and it recalls the strange theory of a double drift affecting all the stars, to which attention was called in the preceding chapter.
The fine star-dust and nebulous blur in Orion, "the portentous year of Mizar and Alcor," must come down and be dealt with in your household thought.
Lastly, the observer may turn to the pair Mizar and Alcor, the former the middle star in the Great Bear's tail, the latter 15' off.
Note 42, page 109: The "Papoose on the old Squaw's Back" is a tiny star, Alcor, very close to the star Mizar which forms the bend in the handle of the Big Dipper.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1967–1999).