POLAR CIRCLES

Definition: POLAR CIRCLES

POLAR CIRCLES

1. (Astron. & Geog.), two circles, each at a distance from a pole of the earth equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic, or about 23[deg] 28', the northern called the arctic circle, and the southern the antarctic circle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Photo Album: POLAR CIRCLES

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	Various elements of our geographic framework including the equator, tropics, polar circles, and ecliptic. Credit: Treasures of the Library.
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Anagrams: POLAR CIRCLES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-l-o-p-r-r-s"
	-1 letter: reciprocals.
	-2 letters: reciprocal.
	-3 letters: calliopes, callipers, caprioles, carollers, carrioles, clericals, precocial, rocailles, scalloper.
	-4 letters: allspice, alopecic, calicles, calicoes, calipers, calliope, calliper, calorics, calories, caprices, capriole, carioles, carolers, caroller, carrells, carriole, circlers, clerical, collapse, colliers, coracles, escallop, localise, pelorias, perillas, perisarc, polarise, pollices, ralliers, replicas, reprisal, rocaille, spiracle.
	-5 letters: aspirer, calices, calicle, calicos, caliper, callers, callose.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-l-o-p-r-r-s"
	+5 letters: cryptocrystalline.
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