equinoctial

equinoctial is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 26 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
2. adjective. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
3. adjective. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.
4. noun. The equinoctial line.
5. noun. the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
6. adjective. relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal)
7. adjective. relating to the vicinity of the equator

Common word forms

equinoctially

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for EQUINOCTIAL lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.