Crossword-Solution: FALCON
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Falcon | n. | One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. |
| Falcon | n. | Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. |
| Falcon | n. | An ancient form of cannon. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FALCON | anagram | FLACON |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with FALCON (5)
The touch probably associated, as is usual, with some of the apprehensions excited by his dream; for the old man started up, his grey hair standing almost erect upon his head, and huddling some part of his garments about him, while he held the detached pieces with the tenacious grasp of a falcon, he fixed upon the Palmer his keen black eyes, expressive of wild surprise and of bodily apprehension.
All these and more knew him and his armour and Falcon his horse, and gave him the sele of the day, and he was nowise troubled at meeting them; for besides that they thought it no wonder to meet one of the lords of Upmeads going armed about his errands, their own errands were close at home, and it was little likely that they should go that day so far as to Upmeads Water, seeing that it ran through the meadows a half-score miles to the north-ward.
Thus I wrote ‘heron’ and ‘eagle’ and ‘owl’, and when I wrote ‘falcon’ he was tremendously agitated; and when I began to make an ‘r’ at the end of the word, that machine just bounded.
Launce’s early enough to change her dress at the Falcon, and get a chance of some early train to Plymouth—there were only two available—it was necessary to proceed at once.
Not a bullet told upon Britomarte; Suddenly snorting, she launched along; So the osprey dives where the seagulls dart, So the falcon swoops where the kestrels throng.
Quotes with FALCON (3)
You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?
I live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]
If the partridge didn't call at the wrong moment, Neither the hunter nor the falcon would know of it. It follows from this point also, That everyone's voice betrays him.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 28 times in crossword archives (1953–2024).