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8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
originBorrowed from Latin eclīptica. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- pectic 12
- pelitic 11
- cilice 10
- clitic 10
- icicle 10
- clept 9
- clipt 9
- ictic 9
- elicit 8
- clip 8
- epic 8
- pice 8