Crossword-Solution: OLIVA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oliva | n. | A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OLIVA | anagram | OLAVI, VIOLA, VOILA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
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greedy person
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Sentences with OLIVA (5)
The votaries of scholastic learning denounced it as irreligious, quarrels were fomented, Leopold was bribed with a cardinal's hat and drawn away to Rome, and, after ten years of beleaguering, the fortress fell: Borelli was left a beggar; Oliva killed himself in despair.
There was at that time in Paris a young woman named D'Oliva, noted for her resemblance to the Queen; and Madame de la Motte, on the promise of a handsome reward, found no difficulty in persuading her to personate Marie Antoinette, and meet the Cardinal de Rohan at the evening twilight in the gardens of Versailles.
The Cardinal was deceived by the uncertain light, the great resemblance of the counterfeit, and his own hopes; and having received the flower from Mademoiselle D'Oliva, went home with a lighter heart than had beat in his bosom for many a day.
Pollo all'Oliva (Chicken) Ingredients: Fowl, onions, celery, salt, parsley, carrots, butter, stock, olives, tomatoes.
Then, near Lisbon, the commonest sea-shells, namely, three species of Oliva, a Voluta, and a Terebra, would have a tropical character.
Quotes with OLIVA (1)
Sergeant Pietro Oliva was a good Catholic. He liked to go into a church and cross himself, genuflect to the alter, and then settle down to a little prayer and contemplation, savouring the coolness, the heavy odours, the darkness, and the sensation of being soaked in the atmosphere of centuries’ worth of devotion that hung in the tenebrous and golden air of churches.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 135 times in crossword archives (1942–2023).