basilisk

basilisk is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae.
3. noun. A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.
4. noun. small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
5. noun. ancient brass cannon
6. noun. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance

Common word forms

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