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Answer for the clue "A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus ", 6 letters:
dragon

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings [syn: firedrake ] a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: tartar ] a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Dragons' Den COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ He was the most reliable, in spite of that old dragon he married. ▪ Flame leaked from the nostrils of his proud old dragon . ▪ I just became a vinegary old dragon ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A dragon is a legendary creature , typically scaled or fire-spewing; with serpentine , reptilian and avian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: European dragon , derived from European ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. 2 # In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath. 3 # In Eastern mythology, ...

Usage examples of dragon.

Sranc, Bashrags, Dragons, all the abominations of the Inchoroi, are artifacts of the Tekne, the Old Science, created long, long ago, when the Nonmen still ruled Earwa.

How is it possible that any human mind could be persuaded that there has existed in the world that infinity of Amadises, and that throng of so many famous knights, so many emperors of Trebizond, so many Felixmartes of Hyrcania, so many palfreys and wandering damsels, so many serpents and dragons and giants, so many unparalleled adventures and different kinds of enchantments, so many battles and fierce encounters, so much splendid attire, so many enamored princesses and squires who are counts and dwarves who are charming, so many love letters, so much wooing, so many valiant women, and, finally, so many nonsensical matters as are contained in books of chivalry?

If the Empire were to become truly organized, they would certainly put down the ogrilloi and the human bandits, and kill the dragons and trolls and griffins, possibly the elves and dwarves and all the other things that make Adventuring entertaining in the first place.

Dragons, like Aerians, like Leontines, the color of their eyes told a story.

The Firelord took dragon form to fight Erreth-Akbe, but was defeated at last, at the cost of the forests and cities of Ilien, which he set afire as he fought.

From here, Alec saw that the mosaic on the floor below depicted an immense, scarlet dragon crowned with a silver crescent.

The imperial dragons were embroidered all over a large silken pillow, and the Ancestress was sitting on it.

But I believe it means the Dragon Reborn will appear somewhere above Toman Head, in Arad Doman, or Saldaea.

Perhaps the man really was the Dragon Reborn, perhaps he really had appeared in the sky, but whatever the truth, those tales had set Arad Doman on fire.

Dragon, and every stripling Firedrake or baby Armiger able to get three man-heights off the ground will be challenging you to Games of Two.

None of the vehicles sought out the Dragons standing watch on the southern fringes, none assaulted the Army of the Lord to the west.

If you make it back to Gloinmere alive, remind Regis Aurum that Ysse once ruled the North Islands, and we will, with that tower and the dragon who guards it, rule again.

All that mattered was that after a moment that seemed to last a year, the dragon sighed, heaved himself out of the wallow with a groan, ducking his head to avoid the canvas awning, and stepped up onto the stone verge.

She was quite the badass, so I had to go into dragon form to kill her.

It was getting impossible for anyone but Haraket to know which new dragonet belonged with which new dragon boy, or in which pen, and Haraket was so busy that unless something actually went wrong, he left the new boys and dragonets to Baken and the trainers.