Word "COMET" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

Crossword Clues for COMET

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Tailed star (5) Mirror Quick 05 Jul 2025
Arrive on time to see celestial object (5) Mirror Cryptic 05 Jul 2025
Fast-moving object to arrive on time (5) Puzzler Cryptic 03 Jul 2025
Space speedster: Halley's -
Celestial body (5) Mirror Classic 18 Jun 2025
Heavenly body - you'll find me in bed! (5)
Approach a junction there's a long tailback (5)
Shoemaker-Levy or HaleBopp, eg (5)
Body seldom seen has come to take part (5)
Celestial body The Times Concise 28 May 2025
Heavenly body your setter displayed in bed? The Times Quick Cryptic 24 May 2025
Will Halley's arrive on Tuesday?
Halley's ___ (space phenomenon that can appear twice in a human lifetime)
Firm connected with Halley's, say? (5)
Celestial body, usually with a luminous 'tail' (5)
Setter in bed shows heavenly body The Times Cryptic 07 May 2025
Periodic celestial phenomenon (5)
Celestial body with a tail USA Today 05 May 2025
Heavenly body company came across (5)
Heavenly visitor
It provides a nebulous light for me in bed (5)
Near-Earth object
Space object with a tail LA Times Daily 08 Apr 2025
Celestial body with a luminous tail
Company came across a body in space (5)
Celestial body Mirror Classic 02 Mar 2025
Double chimney LMR 'Jube' No. 45735 (5)
One of Santa's reindeer The Telegraph Plusword 26 Feb 2025
Celestial object: Halley's -
Celestial object: Halley's -, eg
Teammate of Dasher and Vixen
Orbiting body in space
Body in space seen by me in bed (5)
Shortly wake occasional visitor The Times Cryptic 30 Jan 2025
Its career is longer than meteoric (5)
The San Francisco meteor was part of one of these (5)
Name of the golden retriever on "Full House"
Celestial ice ball USA Today 11 Jan 2025
Halley's returns every 75-76 years
Heavenly body may reach us by end of August (5)
Celestial body with a glowing tail
A reindeer who's name relates to an item in space
One of Santa's reindeer (... 1-4) Universal 23 Dec 2024
Blitzen's teammate LA Times Mini 23 Dec 2024
The Tsuchinshan-atlas ___ made a close pass by Earth (5)
Reindeer that shares its name with celestial object (5)
Object in the sky with a bright tail (5) Puzzler 18 Dec 2024
Heavenly body The Times Concise 17 Dec 2024
Astronomical object with tail and wake incomplete The Times Cryptic 16 Dec 2024
Frozen mass in space (5)
Tailed orbiter The Sun Two Speed 10 Dec 2024
Body in space time to arrive first The Sun Two Speed 10 Dec 2024
Four-legged flyer on 12/24 Newsday 06 Dec 2024
Halley's ___
From outer space, will it arrive at midcentury? (5)
Whizzing by celestial spectacle
Small firm encountered heavenly body (5)
Company met with high-flier (5)
Blazer across the night sky
It's heavenly finding myself in bed
Ludwig in bed, a heavenly body?! (5) The Guardian Cryptic 30 Oct 2024
Many a mystic tome can be heavenly (5)
Heavenly body to arrive on time (5)
Celestial body with a tail USA Today 08 Oct 2024
I circle the sun bed occupied by mining engineer (5) The Guardian Cryptic 25 Sep 2024
Sky streaker Premier Sunday 15 Sep 2024
Put me in bed in a postwar airliner (5)
Computes with no UPS the arrival of heavenly body (5)
Arrive on time to see traveller in space
Halley's ___ (celestial body with a tail, last seen in '86)
Chapter with tome represented celestial object (5)
Space wanderer
Celestial body Mirror Classic 29 Aug 2024
Frozen object in space (5)
*Halley's ___
The company contacted an aircraft (5)
Celestial body with a tail Newsday 20 Aug 2024
Space rock with a tail The Telegraph Plusword 28 Jul 2024
In bed this writer exposes heavenly body The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jul 2024
Halley's ___, heavenly body (5)
It may be Halley's that finds me in bed (5)
Arrive at airport terminal in old plane
Tailed heavenly body
Astral body: Halley's -
Epiphany that precedes a major change New York Times 18 Jul 2024
Heavenly body company encountered (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 14 Jul 2024
Heavenly body company encountered (5) The Guardian Quick 13 Jul 2024
Heavenly body company encountered (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 13 Jul 2024
It's heavenly for me being in bed
Army chief encountered a heavenly body (5)
Space object may arrive on the first Thursday (5)
Aeroplane company held a conference
Army chief encountered flying body
Body that high-tails it?
Halley's sighting Thomas Joseph 18 Jun 2024
Looking for a heavenly body? See me in the cot!
I object to being in bed with the heavenly arrival (5)
Come to tea, heavenly one!
Long-distance traveller not quite reaching wake The Telegraph Toughie 31 May 2024
It's highly brilliant but not meteoric (5)
Orbiter with a tail Newsday 22 May 2024
Extraterrestrial object
Halley's ___ (space phenomenon that can appear twice in a human lifetime)
First jetliner (5)
Icy celestial body USA Today 29 Apr 2024
Have him come to tea and I'll tail him
Celestial body, Halley's ...
Did a heavenly body appear on time (5)
Source of the meteors in a meteor shower Wall Street Journal 20 Apr 2024
For me to be in bed is something heavenly (5)
Existential threat in 2021's "Don't Look Up" New York Times 14 Apr 2024
Celestial transient
Cupid's teammate Eugene Sheffer 08 Apr 2024
Arrive on time by post-war airliner (5)
Tailed star Mirror Quick 06 Apr 2024
Arrive on time to see celestial object Mirror Cryptic 06 Apr 2024
Dropping round, recover heavenly body (5)
Haley's ___: Marked Twain's birth and death (5)
Body in space
Long-tailed celestial body orbiting the sun (5)
Halley's ...
Halley's ___ (celestial object)
Aircraft company contacted (5)
1906 novella by H.G. Wells (5)
Firm assembled to see celestial object (5)
Arrive on time to see celestial object Mirror Cryptic 24 Feb 2024
Tailed 'star' Mirror Quick 24 Feb 2024
Celestial body The Times Concise 21 Feb 2024
Historic air liner still possibly seen in the sky (5)
Object in the sky with a bright tail (5) Puzzler 17 Feb 2024
One streaking at night?
A heavenly body (5)
Celestial body Mirror Tea Time 13 Feb 2024
See me in bed in an early jet airliner (5)
Heavenly body The Telegraph Quick 12 Feb 2024
Will Hailey's arrive on Tuesday? (5)
Come to tea! You have a heavenly body! (5)
Something heavenly for me in bed (5)
Reindeer with a celestial name USA Today 01 Feb 2024
Company that came across a body in space (5)
Maybe Santa's reindeer comes to rest, destroying shops (5)
Seasonal worker police force brought onto firm
Jupiter, for one | Dancer's teammate | Flier with a tail
You should see me in the cot! I'm heavenly!
Scouring powder brand
Regular visitor viewed overhead as part of income tax (5)
Powdered cleanser Commuter 11 Dec 2023
Join vixen, naturally held back (5)
Sky streaker Commuter 02 Dec 2023
One of Santa's reindeer Commuter 27 Nov 2023
Halley's discovery Newsday 15 Nov 2023
Traveller round sun bed with me in it? The Sun Two Speed 09 Nov 2023
Tailed orbiter The Sun Two Speed 09 Nov 2023
Ajax competitor New York Times 13 Oct 2023
Santa's reindeer named for a celestial object
Carbon encountered around old celestial body The Times Quick Cryptic 27 Sep 2023
Military boss encountered historic jet The Telegraph Toughie 07 Sep 2023
Halley's ___ (celestial body with a tail, last seen in '86)
Celestial streaker with a tail Newsday 24 Jul 2023
Halley's ___ (celestial object)
Celestial streaker with a tail Newsday 20 Jun 2023
Its tail points away from the sun Wall Street Journal 17 Jun 2023
Halley's phenomenon
Space streaker? The Telegraph Quick 04 Jun 2023
Streaker in the night sky Family Time 27 Mar 2023
Cleaning powder brand LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2023
One of Santa's team Newsday 20 Jan 2023
Ball with a tail Newsday 15 Jan 2023
One of Santa's reindeer Thomas Joseph 24 Dec 2022
One of Santa's team Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2022
Halley's ___ (celestial wonder)?
Cupid colleague LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2022
Space sighting Thomas Joseph 29 Oct 2022
Space sighting Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2022
Member of Santa's team Canadiana 24 Oct 2022
Dancer’s teammate Wall Street Journal 01 Oct 2022
Icy space ball with a tail USA Today 27 Sep 2022
Asteroid's icier relative USA Today 26 Sep 2022
Halley's ___ (celestial body last seen in '86)
Orbiter with a tail USA Today 17 Aug 2022
Halley's ___
Halley's ___ (space phenomenon)
Cleaner sold in green canisters The Washington Post 08 Jun 2022
Cleaner sold in green canisters LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2022
Astronomer's find Thomas Joseph 14 Apr 2022
Heavenly streaker Wall Street Journal 15 Mar 2022
Halley's phenomenon
Halley's ___ (celestial object)
Seeing one in the sky may be an omen Universal 07 Mar 2022
Space object with a tail Universal 16 Feb 2022
Orbiter with a tail Newsday 16 Feb 2022
Flier with a tail New York Times 14 Dec 2021
One might fly close to the sun New York Times 04 Dec 2021
Competitor of Ajax and Bon Ami New York Times 31 Aug 2021
Extraterrestrial body The Telegraph Quick 26 Aug 2021
Cupid's teammate Eugene Sheffer 24 Aug 2021
Satisfied with fellow high-flyer
Halley observation LA Times Daily 27 Jul 2021
Halley observation The Washington Post 27 Jul 2021
One may streak past Earth Universal 14 Jul 2021
Space object with a tail Universal 30 Jun 2021
Halley's ___
Heavenly body with a tail
December 24 flier Wall Street Journal 06 Jun 2021
Cosmic snowball The Washington Post Sunday 30 May 2021
Visitor to arrive on time
Colombia greeted traveller focused on sun
Tailed orbiter The Sun Two Speed 20 Apr 2021
Traveller round sun bed with me in it? The Sun Two Speed 20 Apr 2021
Traveller to welcome Terry inside
Firm paid for jet The Telegraph Toughie 23 Mar 2021
Space snowball made of frozen gas, rock, and dust
Hale-Bopp, for one The Washington Post 21 Feb 2021
Hale-Bopp, for one LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2021
Dancer's colleague to turn up on time The Telegraph Toughie 18 Feb 2021
Member of the Donner party? Wall Street Journal 09 Jan 2021
Company gathered together to find astronomical object
One of Santa's team Thomas Joseph 21 Dec 2020
"Off On A ___," science fiction novel by Jules Verne about characters that are unwittingly carried off into space
Halley's __ The Washington Post 05 Nov 2020
Halley's __ LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2020
Almost wake up to trailblazer
Astronomer's find Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2020
Threat in 1998's 'Deep Impact' The Washington Post 24 Oct 2020
Threat in 1998's "Deep Impact" LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2020
Streaker in space Universal 02 Oct 2020
Icy celestial body USA Today 23 Sep 2020
Halley's or Hale-Bopp's phenomenon
Dancer companion LA Times Daily 18 Sep 2020
Dancer companion The Washington Post 18 Sep 2020
Traveller round sun bed the writer occupies The Sun Two Speed 25 Aug 2020
Arden's asleep, seen once in a while
Many a Hubble sighting Newsday 22 Aug 2020
Traveller round sun bed the writer occupies
One of Santa's reindeer Family Time 16 Aug 2020
'Deep Impact' streaker The Washington Post Sunday 16 Aug 2020
Celestial body The Guardian Speedy 09 Aug 2020
Heavenly body The Telegraph Quick 02 Jul 2020
Cupid coworker Newsday 28 Jun 2020
Icy astronomical object USA Today 16 Jun 2020
Astronomical iceball, like Halley's
Body in space to travel over time The Sun Two Speed 09 Jun 2020
Space sighting Thomas Joseph 09 May 2020
Space traveller has a heavenly body Irish Times Crosaire 04 Apr 2020
Long-distance traveller from Maine sleeping like a baby?
Tailed orbiter Premier Sunday 05 Jan 2020
Rudolph's companion The Times Concise 24 Dec 2019
One of Santa’s team Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2019
Flasher and streaker, bottom covered in wake?
Celestial object The Times Concise 12 Dec 2019
Dancer cohort LA Times Daily 11 Dec 2019
Dancer cohort The Washington Post 11 Dec 2019
Streaker‘s business to be pursued by police
Halley's discovery Thomas Joseph 05 Dec 2019
Dancer's partner? Jonesin 12 Nov 2019
Heavenly body with a tail The Washington Post 03 Nov 2019
Heavenly body with a tail LA Times Daily 03 Nov 2019
Tailed orbiter LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2019
Tailed orbiter The Washington Post 25 Oct 2019
Hale Bopp, for one Canadiana 21 Oct 2019
Celestial streaker Universal 13 Aug 2019
Heavenly body seen by yours truly in bed
Halley's ___ (famous space phenomenon)
Icy orbiter USA Today 11 Jun 2019
Celestial ice ball USA Today 29 May 2019
Heavenly body of setter in bed
Halley's astronomical object
Heavenly body with a tail Universal 21 Apr 2019
Celestial body The Sun Two Speed 14 Feb 2019
Celestial streaker with a tail Newsday 30 Jan 2019
Cupid cohort LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2019
Cupid cohort The Washington Post 10 Jan 2019
Tailed orbiter
Heavenly body with a tail
Cupid cohort
Heavenly body with a tail
Celestial streaker
Icy orbiter
Celestial ice ball
Yours truly in bed. A heavenly sight
Halley's ___
Space traveller wasn't the only one to get in contact?
Powdered cleaning product USA Today 11 Oct 2018
Orbiter with a tail USA Today 06 Oct 2018
Somewhat accurate mock-up reflecting object in space The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Oct 2018
Celestial orbiter The Times Concise 29 Aug 2018
Celestial body Canadiana 27 Aug 2018
Long-distance traveller needs to reach Everest's base
Astronomical phenomenon to arrive on time
Orbiting ice ball USA Today 01 May 2018
Hubble observation The Washington Post Sunday 25 Mar 2018
Streaking space item Family Time 05 Mar 2018
Sagan book whose Chapter Nine is ''Tails'' Newsday 17 Feb 2018
Member of rock band that blazed a trail?
Sky streaker Premier Sunday 28 Jan 2018
Cohort of Prancer USA Today 22 Jan 2018
Space streaker Family Time 21 Jan 2018
Heavenly body The Times Concise 09 Jan 2018
Orbiting ice ball
Powdered cleaning product
Orbiter with a tail
Cohort of Prancer
Soldier in charge encountered traveller in space
Halley's ___
Tailed celestial body LA Times Daily 04 Dec 2017
Tailed celestial body The Washington Post 04 Dec 2017
Swift space traveler Universal 10 Nov 2017
Reindeer not quite awake
Shooting star The Telegraph Quick 29 Oct 2017
Celestial body to arrive by end of August
It streaks across space Family Time 02 Oct 2017
Orbiting object's business fulfilled
Celestial visitor has to arrive on time
35-Across relative Universal 25 Jul 2017
Orbiting body has to arrive on time
Arrive with time to see one pulling 29?
Orbiter with a nucleus USA Today 21 Jun 2017
It returns somewhat regularly- makes absolute mockery
Cleanser once pitched by Josephine the Plumber The Chronicle of Higher Education 21 Apr 2017
Cleaner sold in green canisters LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2017
Cleaner sold in green canisters The Washington Post 10 Apr 2017
Streaker with a tail Wall Street Journal 11 Mar 2017
Police after fellow streaker?
Under-the-sink brand LA Times Daily 27 Jan 2017
Orbiter with a nucleus
35-Across relative
Streaker in space
Cleanser once pitched by Josephine the Plumber
Swift space traveler
Tailed celestial body
Cleaner sold in green canisters
One of Rudolph's friends The Telegraph General Knowledge 18 Dec 2016
Sky streaker Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2016
Cupid's teammate Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2016
Thing streaking across the night sky Family Time 27 Nov 2016
Company dealt with high-flier The Telegraph Toughie 25 Nov 2016
Arrive on time in old plane
Arrive on time in old plane The Times Cryptic 25 Oct 2016
Halley's, for one Family Time 07 Aug 2016
Source of the meteors in a meteor shower Wall Street Journal 30 Jul 2016
Hale-Bopp, e.g USA Today 14 Jul 2016
Halley's discovery Newsday 12 Jul 2016
Long distance traveller to arrive on time
Long distance traveller to arrive on time The Guardian Cryptic 03 May 2016
Arrive on time to see streaker? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Apr 2016
High-speed traveller caught on roundabout by police The Times Cryptic 12 Apr 2016
Hale-Bopp, e.g The Washington Post 24 Mar 2016
Hale-Bopp, e.g.
Halley's __
Orbiter with a tail Newsday 16 Nov 2015
Streaker through the universe Family Time 08 Nov 2015
Celestial streaker The Chronicle of Higher Education 16 Oct 2015
One of Santa's reindeer New York Times 16 Sep 2015
Common cleanser Canadiana 14 Sep 2015
Halley's sighting Thomas Joseph 16 Jun 2015
Reindeer name LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2015
Heavenly body with a tail New York Times 16 Mar 2015
Arrive on time with one of Santa's reindeer
Cupid's sleighmate Universal 13 Mar 2015
It may streak across the sky Family Time 01 Mar 2015
Arrive on time with one of Santa's reindeer
Traveller round sun bed that the writer occupies The Times Cryptic 22 Jan 2015
Cupid's co-worker USA Today 22 Jan 2015
One outsmarted by Odysseus New York Times 08 Jan 2015
One of Santa's team
Indie Brits ___ Gain
Celestial streaker
Frozen space traveler
Reindeer name
Brand once pitched by Josephine the Plumber
One of Santa's reindeer
Cupid's coworker
Orbiter with a tail
Heavenly body with a tail
Cupid's co-worker
Nighttime streaker
Cupid's sleighmate
Cupid's sleighmate
One of Santa's sleigh team
Cupid's teammate
Hale-Bopp, e.g.
Christmas flier
2013's ISON, for one
Celestial streaker
Halley's discovery
Sleighmate of Cupid
Astronomer's sighting
Astronomer's sighting
Halley's, for one
Cupid's yokemate
Halley's ___
Dancer's teammate
Celestial streaker
Sungrazer, e.g.
Celestial streaker
One of Santa's team
"Sungrazing" object
"Deep Impact" menace
Night sky streaker
Bon Ami competitor
Celestial streaker
One of Santa's reindeer
Nocturnal streaker?
Night sky streaker
Celestial body with a tail
Celestial streaker
Old Mercury model
Cosmic ice ball
One of Santa's team
Cleanser with the old slogan "Nothing can hold a can to ..."
Tailed orbiter
Halley's, for example
Halley's __ (celestial visitor)
Cupid's teammate
Under-the-sink brand
Under-the-sink brand
Member of Bill Haley's band
Christmas reindeer
Dancer's mate
Streaker with a tail
Streaker with a big tail
Streaker with a tail
Dancer's teammate?
Streaker seen at night
One of St. Nick's team
Dancer's partner?
"Full House" dog
Astronomer's observation
Deep Impact's target
Threat in "Deep Impact"
Cleanser or a reindeer
Tailed orbiter
Halley discovered one
Sleigh-puller of note
Streaker with a tail
Flier with Cupid
Space traveler
High-flying reindeer
Halley observation
Halley observation
Halley's __
One of Santa's reindeer
Cupid neighbor?
Member of Santa's team
Cleanser or a reindeer
Halley's namesake
Hale-Bopp, for one
Celestial firework
Hale-Bopp, for one
Cleanser or a reindeer
Streaker in space
Bad omen, perhaps
Halley's ___
Cupid's mate
Scrub powder
Cupid's friend
Member of the Donner party?
Streaker in the sky
Dancer's teammate
Kohoutek, e.g.
One of Santa's reindeer
Doomsday cause, maybe
HALLEY'S, FOR ONE
Celestial object with a tail
Celestial body
Moore flier
Dancer associate
Theme of this puzzle
Cleanser brand
Cupid's partner
Cleanser brand
One of Bill Haley's group
Cleanser brand
Rare sky sight
One of Bill Haley's group
Streaker, of sorts
Reindeer name
Dancer's partner
Kohoutek, for one
Halley's phenomenon
Kohoutek, e.g.
Christmas reindeer
Kohoutek, e.g.
Halley's __
Cleaning brand
Dancer's coworker
One of Santa's reindeer
Yokemate of 1A
Ajax rival
Kohoutek, for one
Verne subject
Sleighmate of Cupid
Shoemaker-Levy 9, e.g.
Ajax rival
Streaker in space
Cupid's teammate
One of Santa's sleigh team
Ajax rival
Rival of Ajax
Cupid neighbor?
Heavenly streaker
Streaker in the night sky
Bill Haley bandmate
Celestial ice ball
MEMBER OF THE SET
Telescope view
Dancer's partner
Temple-Tuttle, e.g.
Space streaker
Hale-Bopp e.g.
Heavenly streaker
Dancer's peer
Hale-Bopp
Kohoutek, for one
Celestial sight
One of Santa's reindeer
Tailed orbiter
Hale-Bopp, for example
Cupid's sleighmate
Sleighmate of Vixen
Space-traveler with a tail
Doomsday cause, maybe
Kitchen cleanser
Object with a tail
Hale-Bopp, e.g.
Celestial sighting
Hyakutake, for one
Dancer's sidekick
Shoemaker-Levy 9 e.g.
Procter & Gamble brand
It reaches aphelion
December night sight
Sky traveler
Celestial firework
Traveler with a tail
Heavenly streaker
Sky sight
Kohoutek, for one
Halley's, for one
Heavenly body
Periodic visitor
Tailed orbiter
Kohoutek, e.g.
A sleigh puller
Vixen teammate
OBTAINED
Halley's or Encke's ___
Astronomical iceball
Halley discovery
Heavenly body
Halley's discovery
Celestial body
Sky traveler
This has a fuzzy head and a long tail
Astronomer's find
Body with a fuzzy head
Celestial streaker
Sky blazer
Halley's find
Occasional sky visitor
Heavenly passer-by
Rare night sight
Kohoutek or Halley's
Halley's, e.g.
Celestial sight
Sky body
Cupid's mate
Long-tailed body
Body moving about the sun.
Halley's discovery.
Body in orbit around the sun.
Halley's find.
Sky sight.
An earlier Halley's claim to fame.
Halley's discovery, 1682.
Sun orbiter.
One of Santa's reindeer.
Cupid's partner.
Celestial body.
Heavenly sight.
Heavenly phenomenon.
Midnight streaker
Orbiting object.
Journeyer through space.
British jet transport.
British jet plane.
One of St. Nick's reindeer.
Speeder in space.
Night streaker
Oort cloud object
Britain's huge jet plane.
Kin of Dasher and Dancer.
Dancer's co-worker.
Cupid's companion.
Body in orbit.
Traveler around the sun.
One of Santa's team.
Heavenly body.
Sky phenomenon
October 20th phenomenon.
Phenomenon in space.
Tailed luminary.
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