gorgon (noun)
11Euryale — noun 1. (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Hypernyms: ↑Gorgon 2. basket stars • Syn: ↑genus Euryale …
12gorgonian — noun Etymology: New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon , Gorgo Date: 1835 any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial anthozoans with a usually horny and branching axial skeleton • gorgonian adjective …
13Medusa — noun /mɪˈdjuːsə,mɪˈdjuːzə,məˈduːsə/ The only mortal of the three gorgon sisters. She is killed by Perseus. (Read more at ) …
14makhana — noun The foxnut or gorgon plant (Euryale ferox) …
15Perseus — noun a) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Jupiter and Danae. b) An …
16fury — noun 1) she exploded with fury Syn: rage, anger, wrath, outrage, spleen, temper; crossness, indignation, umbrage, annoyance, exasperation; literary ire, choler Ant: good humor 2) …
17hag — noun we d all heard tales of a wizened hag who lived alone on the far side of the mountain Syn: crone, old woman, gorgon; informal witch, crow, cow, old bag …
18harridan — noun Steve tried to scare us with stories of the evil harridan Miss Duffy, who in reality was the sweetest teacher in Coolidge Elementary Syn: shrew, termagant, virago, harpy, vixen, nag, hag, crone, dragon, ogress; fishwife, hellcat, she devil,… …
19Greek mythology — noun the mythology of the ancient Greeks • Members of this Topic: ↑Dionysian, ↑Trojan War, ↑Augean stables, ↑Pandora s box, ↑Temple of Apollo, ↑Oracle of Apollo, ↑Delphic oracle, ↑oracle of Delphi, ↑ …
20mythical creature — noun a monster renowned in folklore and myth • Syn: ↑mythical monster • Hypernyms: ↑monster, ↑mythical being • Hyponyms: ↑legendary creature, ↑amphisbaena, ↑ …
