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Like a hundred-handed monster
Answer for the clue "Like a hundred-handed monster ", 8 letters:
briarean
Word definitions for briarean in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Briarean \Bri*a"re*an\, a. [L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. ?, fr. ? strong.] Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.
Usage examples of briarean.
Because these men were mere clods, bold enough and clever enough in their own rude way, but no match for the law, with its Argus eyes and its Briarean hands.