Crossword-Solution: PILEUS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pileus | n. | A kind of skull cap of felt. |
| Pileus | n. | The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom. |
| Pileus | n. | The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PILEUS | anagram | LIESUP |
We have 6 clues for the answer “PILEUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| FELT skullcap | 1 answer |
| Mushroom cap | 1 answer |
| upper cap-shaped part of a mushroom | 1 answer |
| JELLYFISH, part of | 6 answers |
| Skullcap | 11 answers |
| Felt Hat | 18 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
EEZCMA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PILEUS (5)
Quam Furiæ struxere per interlunia, leto Fetam ac fraude ratem,—malos velarat Erinnys,— Credas in mala tanta caput mersisse sacratum.” Proximus huic tardum senior se Camus agebat; Cui setosa chlamys, cui pileus ulva: figuris Idem intertextus dubiis erat, utque cruentos Quos perhibent flores, inscriptus margine luctum.
The festival of Saturnus himself occurred on December 17th, and was a barbarous and joyous harvest-home, a time of absolute relaxation and unrestrained merriment, when distinctions of rank were forgotten, and crowds thronged the streets crying, _Io Saturnalia!_ even slaves wearing the _pileus_ or skullcap, emblem of liberty, and all throwing off the dignified toga for the easy and comfortable _synthesis_, perhaps a sort of tunic.
But, says Casaubon, the Romans went farther; for they walked about the streets of Rome [Footnote: And hence we may the better estimate the trial to a Roman's feelings in the personal deformity of baldness, connected with the Roman theory of its cause, for the exposure of it was perpetual.] bareheaded, and never assumed a hat or a cap, a _petasus_ or a _galerus_, a Macedonian _causia_, or a _pileus_, whether Thessalian, Arcadian, or Laconic, unless when they entered upon a journey.
The fine hair-like appendages on the pileus should be bolder.] By the kindness of the forest manager I was allowed to fell one of these trees.
Gills adnexed Gills free Gills adnate Gills decurrent Gills sinuous Gills serrated Pileus umbonate Pileus umbilicate Margin involute Margin revolute] THE GILLS.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2003).