Crossword-Solution: CASTOR
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Castor | n. | A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver. |
| Castor | n. | Castoreum. See Castoreum. |
| Castor | n. | A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. |
| Castor | n. | A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats. |
| Castor | n. | See Caster, a small wheel. |
| Castor | n. | the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux. |
| Castor | n. | Alt. of Castorite |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CASTOR | anagram | ACTORS, ARCTOS, CASTRO, COSTAR, CROATS, SCROTA, TAROCS |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CASTOR (5)
That evening after supper, Carl and Alexandra were sitting by the clump of castor beans in the middle of the flower garden.
Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the north-west; far away through the plantation, Vega sparkled like a lamp suspended amid the leafless trees, and Cassiopeia’s chair stood daintily poised on the uppermost boughs.
For diseases of the body, _Epsom salts and castor oil;_ for those of the soul, _the Lord’s Prayer_, and _hickory switches_! I was not long at Col.
See how from Tmolus comes The saffron's fragrance, ivory from Ind, From Saba's weakling sons their frankincense, Iron from the naked Chalybs, castor rank From Pontus, from Epirus the prize-palms O' the mares of Elis.
The European species is Castor fiber, and the American is generally considered a variety of this, although sometimes called Castor Canadensis.
Quotes with CASTOR (3)
There is a story that Simonides was dining at the house of a wealthy nobleman named Scopas at Crannon in Thessaly, and chanted a lyric poem which he had composed in honor of his host, in which he followed the custom of the poets by including for decorative purposes a long passage referring to Castor and Pollux; whereupon Scopas with excessive meanness told him he would pay him half the fee agreed on for the poem, and if he liked he might apply for the balance to his sons of T…
Castor oil has long been a used as a remedy for a whole host of ailments including arthritis, digestion, insomnia and even period cramps. But it also stimulates hair growth.
I put castor oil in my eyebrows. And I also tint my eyebrows when I get them cleaned up. That way, I don't have to be constantly filling them in, because I'm lazy.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 43 times in crossword archives (1947–2023).