HALOS

5 letters 8 Scrabble points

Definition of HALOS

noun

  1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

  2. A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.

  3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.

Related words: aureole nimbus

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters H A L O S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

Anagrams of HALOS

Words that use the same letters:

SHOAL SHOLA

Words Containing "HALOS"

AEGITHALOS CEPHALOSOME CEPHALOSPINAL CEPHALOSPORIN CEPHALOSPORIUM CEPHALOSTYLE CIRSOMPHALOS ENCEPHALOS ENCEPHALOSCOPE ENCEPHALOSCOPY ENCEPHALOSEPSIS ENCEPHALOSIS ENCEPHALOSPINAL ENHALOS EXANTHALOSE EXOMPHALOS HALOSAURIDAE HALOSAURUS HALOSCOPE HALOSERE

Words Starting with "HALOS"

HALOSAURIDAE HALOSAURUS HALOSCOPE HALOSERE HALOSPHAERA

Words Ending with "HALOS"

AEGITHALOS CIRSOMPHALOS ENCEPHALOS ENHALOS EXOMPHALOS OMPHALOS