Crossword-Solution: BASILISK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Basilisk | n. | A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice. |
| Basilisk | n. | A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae. |
| Basilisk | n. | A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “BASILISK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Legendary lizard with a fatal gaze | 1 answer |
| cockatrice | 1 answer |
| Mythical reptile with a lethal gaze | 1 answer |
| Lethal snake of mythology | 1 answer |
| Legendary reptile with a fatal breath | 1 answer |
| Legendary reptile | 1 answer |
| LIZARD with hollow crest inflated at will | 1 answer |
| Fabulous serpent or dragon. | 1 answer |
| Chamber of Secrets dweller with a stony stare | 1 answer |
| Mythical reptile | 2 answers |
| TREE lizard | 2 answers |
| Iguana | 7 answers |
| Mythical beast | 7 answers |
| AMERICAN lizard | 9 answers |
| ANCIENT BRASS CANNON | 11 answers |
| Reptile | 27 answers |
| Lizard. | 41 answers |
| CANNON ___ | 55 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with BASILISK (5)
Every negro in England was put under special regulations and made to report himself; the outgoing ships would no more have taken a nigger than a basilisk.
But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell full upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror.
Two generations back they still stood dark and empty; people avoided them as they passed by; the boldest schoolboy only shouted through the keyhole and made off; for within, it was supposed, the plague lay ambushed like a basilisk, ready to flow forth and spread blain and pustule through the city.
Then I began to groan and moan over my troubles, complaining to fate or fortune: Why are you always pursuing me? I have never seen or touched you, but if a man can tell the cause by the effects, I know from my experience with you that there is no siren, basilisk, viper, or lioness with her young more cruel than you are.
There was scarcely an obscure village to be found wherein this bewitching basilisk did not exercise its powers of fascination and destruction.
Quotes with BASILISK (3)
There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione's arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. "Is this the moment?" Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. "OI! There's a wa…
For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do.
For is it not said That Girl Knows No Fear, and Dammit, Fran, She's Going To Get Herself Et, and This Is From Your Side Of The Family, Jonathan, No One In My Family Has Ever Hugged A Basilisk Before?
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1958–2019).