HELIACAL
Scrabble letter values: H4E1L1I1A1C3A1L1 = 13
Definition
- adjective pertaining to or near the sun. — synonyms: heliac
Examples
- “especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun”
- “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)”