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heliac

Letters that make heliac

a, e, l, c, h, i are letters that make 'heliac'

Words within heliac

el, he, He, Elia, AC, EL, li, IA, Hel, Ac, Li are words within 'heliac'

heliac is a 6 letter word ending with c
heliac is a 6 letter word starting with h

1 possible definitions for 'heliac'

Heliac as "pertaining to or near the sun, especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun"

Under this definition, heliac is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

heliacal has the same meaning as heliac

Pertain to heliac

sun, Sun pertain to 'heliac'.

Example of heliac used within this context

"the heliacal rising of the Dog Star", "the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)"