canicular

canicular has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• a.. Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
• a.. relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular days"
• a.. of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular heat of the Deep South"