Crossword-Solution: PORCUPINES
We have 6 clues for the answer “PORCUPINES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Critters with quills | 1 answer |
| Defensive rodents | 1 answer |
| Forest mammals with quills | 1 answer |
| Natural-born quillers? | 1 answer |
| Prickly critters | 1 answer |
| Spiny mammals known for their quills | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
CRETELO
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with PORCUPINES (5)
Some are spherical, like rolled-up porcupines, crouching in rock-hollows beneath a mist of gray lances, unmoved by the wildest winds.
Now, it must be here understood, that ink is the great missive weapon in all battles of the learned, which, conveyed through a sort of engine called a quill, infinite numbers of these are darted at the enemy by the valiant on each side, with equal skill and violence, as if it were an engagement of porcupines.
They had the most wondrous shapes; some looked like large ugly porcupines; others like snakes knotted together, with their heads sticking out; and others, again, like small fat bears, with the hair standing on end: all were of dazzling whiteness--all were living snow-flakes.
Har: Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms 1130 Which greatest Heroes have in battel worn, Thir ornament and safety, had not spells And black enchantments, some Magicians Art Arm'd thee or charm'd thee strong, which thou from Heaven Feigndst at thy birth was giv'n thee in thy hair, Where strength can least abide, though all thy hairs Were bristles rang'd like those that ridge the back Of chaf't wild Boars, or ruffl'd Porcupines.
HEED not the folk who sing or say In sonnet sad or sermon chill, “Alas, alack, and well-a-day, This round world’s but a bitter pill.” Poor porcupines of fretful quill! Sometimes we quarrel with our lot: We, too, are sad and careful; still We’d rather be alive than not.
Quotes with PORCUPINES (3)
Writing Vampire Erotica is like writing sex scenes for porcupines.
On a cold winter’s day, a group of porcupines huddled together to stay warm and keep from freezing. But soon they felt one another’s quills and moved apart. When the need for warmth brought them closer together again, their quills again forced them apart. They were driven back and forth at the mercy of their discomforts until they found the distance from one another that provided both a maximum of warmth and a minimum of pain. In human beings, the emptiness and monotony of th…
There is no universal language in the jungles; each species has its own language, and though the vocabulary of some is limited, as in the case of porcupines and vultures, the language of each species is understood by all the jungle-folk.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, Universal.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (2000–2025).