Crossword-Solution: CIST 4 letters, 39 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

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Word Word Type Definition
Cist n. A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round
or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover,
and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary
urn. See Illustration in Appendix.
Cist n. See Cyst.

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CIST anagram CITS, ICST, STIC, TICS

We have 39 clues for the answer “CIST”

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Box or chest of ancient Greece. 1 answer
cistvaen 1 answer
Storage pit in Southwest 1 answer
Stone chest. 1 answer
Sacred Roman chest. 1 answer
Roman receptacle. 1 answer
Roman chest. 1 answer
Primitive tomb. 1 answer
Primitive tomb of stone. 1 answer
Primitive tomb of stone slabs. 1 answer
Primitive grave 1 answer
Old Roman chest 1 answer
Early Roman box 1 answer
Chest for Cicero 1 answer
Box of ancient Rome. 1 answer
Ancient burial chamber 1 answer
Ancient Roman receptacle 1 answer
Ancient Greek reliquary. 1 answer
Ancient box or chest. 1 answer
ANCIENT box 2 answers
CELL containing embryo, etc. 2 answers
ANTIQUE chest 2 answers
Ancient chest 2 answers
HOLLOW bladder containing liquid secretion (biol.) 2 answers
HOLLOW organ containing liquid secretion (biol.) 2 answers
STONE chamber 2 answers
Prehistoric tomb 2 answers
SEPULCHRAL chamber 2 answers
kist 3 answers
Sacred chest 3 answers
A CELLAR OR VAULT OR UNDERGROUND BURIAL CHAMBER 10 answers
chest sacred 10 answers
BOX FOR BURIAL 10 answers
A BURIAL CHAMBER 11 answers
BURIAL chamber 14 answers
Cyst 15 answers
Chest 37 answers
tomb 47 answers
CHAMBER ___ 59 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CIST (5)

The tombs of Denmark, the _Gang Graben_ of Nilsson, show an arrangement somewhat similar, a vast subterranean chamber being reached by a passage ending in a small stone cist.
Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The Marquis de Nadaillac 2002
Bees in Cumberland, a cist was discovered containing the skeleton of a man measuring seven feet from the crown of the head to the feet.
Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The Marquis de Nadaillac 2002
Many of the graves explored by the writer in 1875, at Santa Barbara, resembled somewhat cist graves, the bottom and sides of the pit being lined with large flat stones, but there were none directly over the skeletons.
An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians H. C. Yarrow 2004
The first to which attention is directed is interesting as resembling cist-burial combined with deposition in mounds.
An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians H. C. Yarrow 2004
The bodies are often found in a cist or box made of large stones, and several were buried in one mound, generally on the south and east sides, so that they might lie in the sun.
English Villages P. H. Ditchfield 2004

Quotes with CIST (1)

The best lesson from the myths of Newton and Archimedes is to work passionately but to take breaks. Sitting under trees and relaxing in baths lets the mind wander and frees the subconscious to do work on our behalf. Freeman Dyson, a world-class physi- cist and author, agrees: “I think it’s very important to be idle... people who keep themselves busy all the time are generally not creative. So I am not ashamed of being idle.
Scott Berkun The Myths of Innovation
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.

Used 22 times in crossword archives (1950–2005).