8 Letter Words for Asterism
asterism, maisters, misrates, semitars, smarties
7 Letter Words for Asterism
artemis, artsies, asteism, imarets, maister, maitres, massier, masters, mastier, matisse, miseats, misrate, misseat, misters, sairest, samiest, samites, satires, semitar, smartie, smiters, streams, tamises, tirasse
6 Letter Words for Asterism
aimers, airest, amises, amrits, arises, ariste, armets, armies, arties, assert, asters, essart, imaret, maises, maists, maitre, maries, mariet, marist, marses, martes, masers, masser, master, maters, matier, maties, matris, merist, merits, metria, mirate, misate, miseat, misers, misset, mister, miters, raises, ramets, ramies, ramist, reasts, reists, remass, remast, remiss, remits, resist, resits, restis, rimate, samier, samite, satire, seimas, semita, serais, sestia, siesta, simars, sister, sistra, sitars, smarts, smears, smiter, smites, stairs, stares, steams, stears, stimes, stires, straes, stream, striae, tamers, tamise, tasers, tasser, tassie, teaism, terais, terass, timers, tmesis, tremas, tresis
5 Letter Words for Asterism
aesir, aimer, airts, amess, amies, amire, amiss, amrit, arest, arets, aries, arise, arist, arite, armet, armit, arsis, asset, aster, astir, astre, earst, easts, emirs, emits, ermit, etiam, irate, items, iters, maire, mairs, maise, maist, mares, marie, maris, marse, marts, maser, mases, masse, masts, mater, mates, matie, matis, meats, meris, merit, mesas, metas, metis, metra, mires, miser, mises, missa, mists, miter, mites, mitra, mster, mtier, raise, raits, ramet, ramie, ramis, rasse, rates, reais, reams, reast, reist, remit, resat, resit, rests, retia, riems, rimae, rimas, rimes, rises, rissa, rites, saims, sairs, saist, sames, saris, satem, sates, satis, seams, sears, seats, seirs, seism, semis, serai, serta, sesma, sesti, siest, simar, simas, sires, sitar, sites, smart, smear, smirs, smite, smits, stair, stare, stars, steam, stear, stema, stems, steri, sties, stime, stire, stirs, strae, stram, stria, taise, tamer, tames, tamis, tares, tarie, tarse, tarsi, taser, tasse, teams, tears, terai, teras, terma, terms, tiars, tiers, timar, timer, times, tires, tirma, tisar, trame, trams, trass, treas, tress, trias, tries, trims
4 Letter Words for Asterism
aims, aire, airs, airt, aits, amie, amis, amit, ares, aret, aris, arms, arte, arts, asem, asse, assi, asst, astr, ates, atis, ears, east, eats, eira, emir, emit, eras, erat, eria, eris, erst, ests, etas, iare, ires, isms, itas, item, iter, maes, mair, mare, mari, mars, mart, mase, mass, mast, mate, mats, mear, meas, meat, meri, mesa, mess, mest, meta, mets, miae, mias, mire, mirs, miss, mist, mite, rais, rait, rame, rami, rams, rast, rate, rats, ream, reim, reit, rems, rest, rets, rias, riem, ries, rima, rime, rims, rise, rist, rita, rite, rits, saim, sair, sais, same, sami, sare, sari, sars, sart, sate, sati, seam, sear, seas, seat, seir, seis, seit, semi, sers, sert, seta, sets, siam, sier, sima, sime, sims, sire, sirs, sise, sist, sita, site, sits, smir, sris, stam, star, stem, ster, stie, stim, stir, stra, stre, tais, tame, tams, tare, tari, tars, tass, team, tear, teas, tems, tera, term, tiar, tier, ties, time, tire, tram, tres, trie, trim, tsia
3 Letter Words for Asterism
aer, aes, aim, air, ais, ait, ame, ami, amt, are, arm, ars, art, ase, ass, ast, ate, atm, eam, ear, eas, eat, eir, ems, era, ers, ert, esm, esr, ess, est, eta, ira, ire, irs, ise, ism, ist, ita, its, mae, mar, mas, mat, mea, mei, mer, mes, met, mia, mir, mis, mit, mri, mrs, mss, mst, mts, rai, ram, ras, rat, rea, rei, rem, res, ria, rie, rim, rit, rms, rte, rti, sai, sam, sar, sat, sea, sei, sem, ser, set, sie, sim, sir, sis, sit, sma, sri, sse, sta, stm, str, tai, tam, tar, tas, tea, tem, ter, tes, tie, tim, tis, tra, tri, trm, trs, tsi, tss
Definitions for Asterism
[1] Astronomy . a group of stars. a constellation.
[2] Mineralogy . a property of some crystallized minerals of showing a starlike luminous figure in transmitted light or, in a cabochon-cut stone, by reflected light.
[3] three asterisks ( or ) printed to draw attention to a passage it precedes.
[4] three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
[5] a starlike effect seen in some minerals and gemstones when viewed by reflected or transmitted light
[6] a cluster of stars, which may be a subset or a superset of a constellation
Words nearby Asterism
asteraceous, astereognosis, asteriated, asterion, asterisk, asterism, asterixis, astern, asternal, asternia, asteroid
Origin of Asterism
1590–1600; < Greek asterism(ós ) a marking with stars. See asterisk, -ism
Other words from Asterism
as·ter·is·mal , adjective
Word origin for Asterism
C16: from Greek asterismos arrangement of constellations, from astēr star