Eagle

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, characterized by a powerful hooked bill, keen vision, long broad wings, and strong soaring flight.
  • n. A representation of an eagle used as an emblem or insignia.
  • n. A gold coin formerly used in the United States, stamped with an eagle on the reverse side and having a face value of ten dollars.
  • n. Sports A golf score of two strokes under par on a hole.
  • v. To shoot (a hole in golf) in two strokes under par.
  • verb-intransitive. To score an eagle in golf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  • n. A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem
  • n. A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
  • n. A score of two under par for a hole.
  • v. To score an eagle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliæetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaëtus); the imperial eagle of Europe (Aquila mogilnik or Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See bald eagle, Harpy, and golden eagle.
  • n. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
  • n. A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
  • n. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Properly, a very large diurnal raptorial bird of the family Falconidæ and genus Aquila (which see), having the feet feathered to the toes, and no tooth to the bill, which is straight for the length of the cere.
  • n. A member of the genus Haliaëtus, which comprises the fishing-eagles, sea-eagles, or earns, resembling the eagle proper in size and form, but having the shank bare of feathers and scaly: such as the white-or bald-headed eagle, or bald eagle, H. leucocephalus, the national emblem of the United States; the white-tailed eagle, H. albicilla; the pelagic eagle, H. pelagicus, etc.
  • n. A name of many raptorial birds lager than the hawk and the buzzard, only distantly related, as the harpy eagle, booted eagle, etc.
  • n. [capitalized] An ancient northern constellation between Cygnus and Sagittarius, containing the bright star Altair.
  • n. A military ensign or standard surmounted by the figure of an eagle.
  • n. A lectern, usually of wood or brass, the upper part of which is in the shape of an eagle with outstretched wings supporting a book-rest, the eagle being the symbol of Saint John the Evangelist.
  • n. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of 10 dollars, weighing 258 grains troy, 900 fine, and equivalent to £2 1s. 1d. sterling.
  • n. In architecture, a name for a pediment.
  • n. In the game of roulette, a spot, outside the regular 36 numbers, upon which is the picture of an eagle.
  • n. The young of the bald eagle, Haliaėtus leucocephalus.
  • n.
  • n. A base foreign coin which circulated in England in the reign of Edward I.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. shoot in two strokes under par
  • v. shoot two strokes under par
  • n. (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
  • n. a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
  • n. any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
  • n. an emblem representing power
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tally    hit    rack up    score    shoot    coin    allegory    emblem   
    Variant
    bald eagle    Harpy    golden eagle    Aquila   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    erne    ringtail    sore-eagle    griffin    Harpy    eaglet    broadwing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Segal    beagle    extralegal    illegal    legal    paralegal    regal    reigle    spiegel    teagle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hawk    lion    owl    falcon    swan    bird    dragon    vulture    deer    fox