basilisk

basilisk has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice.
• n.. A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae.
• n.. A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.
• n.. small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
• n.. ancient brass cannon
• n.. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance