Crossword-Solution: PERISCOPE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Periscope | n. | A general or comprehensive view. |
| Periscope | n. | an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water. |
We have 23 clues for the answer “PERISCOPE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| submarine lens | 1 answer |
| instrument used, esp in submarines, to give a view of objects on a different level | 1 answer |
| Viewer on the Nautilus | 1 answer |
| Means of looking above and beyond | 1 answer |
| Nautilus adjunct. | 1 answer |
| Optical instrument at sea. | 1 answer |
| Optical instrument used in trenches. | 1 answer |
| Optical instrument with mirrors. | 1 answer |
| Seagoing eye | 1 answer |
| Sherman tank device | 1 answer |
| View-finder for Rickover | 1 answer |
| View enhancer | 1 answer |
| Tubular submarine device | 1 answer |
| Submarine's viewing instrument | 1 answer |
| Submarine instrument. | 1 answer |
| Sub apparatus | 2 answers |
| Sub viewer | 2 answers |
| Sub need | 2 answers |
| Submarine device | 3 answers |
| Viewing aid | 3 answers |
| AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT THAT PROVIDES A VIEW OF AN OTHERWISE OBSTRUCTED FIELD | 11 answers |
| Eye | 70 answers |
| Outlook | 71 answers |
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Sentences with PERISCOPE (5)
Owing to the constant patrol which was maintained whenever weather conditions were suitable, the hostile submarine hardly dared to show her periscope in the waters which were under observation.
There were wooden benches placed against the sides so that the observers could put out the head or examine the landscape by means of the periscope.
Where was that convoy anyway? While the daylight lasted, a thousand pairs of eyes swept the horizon, and the intervening spaces of tossing, blue-grey water, for the sight of a sinister periscope, or for the smudge of a friendly cruiser, and when night fell, a thousand pairs of ears listened with strained intentness for the impact of the deadly torpedo or for the signal of the protecting convoy.
Each time I went there one of our men was hit by a sniper, and his body was carried off for burial as I went toward the first line of trenches, hoping that my shadow would not fall across a German periscope.
Its crew cannot see any object under water, and is compelled to resort to the use of the periscope, which emerges unostentatiously above the water, in order to see its own course.
Quotes with PERISCOPE (3)
To me, nudity is a joke. I don't think nude people are very attractive at all. I like my women fully clothed. I like to imagine what might be under there. It might not be the standard thing. Imagine, stripping a woman down, and she has a body like a little submarine. With periscope, propellers, torpedoes. That would be the one for me. I'd marry her right off and be faithful to the end.
He slouches,' Dee Dee contributes.'True--he needs to work on his posture,' Thelma says.'You guys,' I say.'I'm serious,' Thelma says. 'What if you get married? Don't you want to go to fancy dinners with him and be proud?''You guys. We are not getting married!''I love his eyes,' Jolene says. 'If your kids get his blue eyes and your dark hair--wouldn't that be fabulous?''The thing is,' Thelma says, 'and yes, I know, this is the tricky part--but I'm thinking Bliss has to actually…
A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shadows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 18 times in crossword archives (1951–2019).