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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 30% | 8 | Meaning “little earth” and thought to be an invention of William Gilbert, a globe-shaped magnet designed to simulate Earth’s magnetic fields | |
3 | 24% | 5 | From the Greek meaning “shaped like the letter upsilon”, the neck’s U-shaped lingual bone | |
Shaped Like The Earth But Able To Change Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "OBLATE" which means:
- adjective
- • Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles noun
- • A lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life verb
- • To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The oblate shape of the planet earth is well-known."
- • "The oblate spheroid is a common geometric shape."
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