Crossword-Solution: PENUMBRA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Penumbra | n. | An incomplete or partial shadow. |
| Penumbra | n. | The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light. |
| Penumbra | n. | The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “PENUMBRA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Area of partial shadow | 1 answer |
| ECLIPSE, region of | 1 answer |
| Partial shadow | 1 answer |
| REGION of eclipse | 1 answer |
| Shaded area of a sunspot. | 1 answer |
| Shadowy area | 1 answer |
| Visual effect from a partial eclipse | 1 answer |
| ADUMBRATION | 14 answers |
| Eclipse | 44 answers |
| Shadow | 47 answers |
| Shade | 78 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with PENUMBRA (5)
And it's my putting the question to my cousin that seems to have been the cause of the trouble.” His glance explored the melancholy penumbra of the long narrow room, resting on the blotched walls, the discoloured rows of books, and the stern rosewood desk surmounted by the portrait of the young Honorius.
The situation seemed one through which one could no longer move in a penumbra, and he let in a burst of light with the direct query: “Won’t you explain what you mean?” Mrs.
For Susan to learn to be an example of the highest civilization, from her inmost thoughts to the outermost penumbra of her surroundings--that would be for her a labor of love, but still a labor.
And outside, in the penumbra of shifting half light, now showing clearly, now fading into darkness, were the sheep, indeterminate in bulk, melting away by mysterious thousands into the mass of night.
Each time it was a beautiful and touching physiognomy, and these transformations were produced suddenly in the penumbra; and for five minutes it was the same face, that could not be compared to that of five minutes before.
Quotes with PENUMBRA (3)
The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration.
When the guy kissed her, Cassidy felt a stab of pain that was close to physical, and therefore within the penumbra of hurts he told himself he could bear.
Dear Producers, Something is radiating deep within me and it must be transmitted or I will implode and the world will suffer a great loss, unawares. Epic are the proportions of my soul, yet without a scope who cares am I? This is why I must but must be one of the inhabitants of MTV's "Real World." Only there, burning brightly into a million dazzled eyes, will my as yet uncontoured self assume the beauteous forms that are not just its own, but an entire market niche's, due. I …
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1968–2021).