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Showing words for MEDUSA using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Medusa

amused, masdeu, medusa

5 Letter Words for Medusa

adsum, amusd, amuse, dames, desma, dumas, mased, mauds, meads, mesad, mesua, mused, sedum, suade

4 Letter Words for Medusa

amus, asem, daes, dame, dams, dase, deas, deus, dmus, dues, duma, eaus, edam, emda, emus, esau, euda, made, mads, maed, maes, mase, masu, maud, mdse, mead, meas, meds, mesa, meus, muds, musa, musd, muse, sade, same, saum, seam, sude, sued, used

3 Letter Words for Medusa

ade, adm, ads, aes, ame, amu, ase, aud, aum, dae, dam, das, dau, dea, dem, des, due, dum, ead, eam, eas, eau, eds, ems, emu, esd, esm, esu, mad, mae, mas, mau, mea, med, mes, meu, mud, mus, sad, sam, sau, sea, sed, sem, sma, sud, sue, sum, uds, uma, ume, ums, usa, use

Definitions for Medusa

[1] a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
[2] the only mortal of the three Gorgons. She was killed by Perseus, and her head was mounted upon the aegis of Zeus and Athena.
[3] another name for jellyfish (def. 1), jellyfish (def. 2)
[4] Also called: medusoid , medusan one of the two forms in which a coelenterate exists. It has a jelly-like umbrella-shaped body, is free swimming, and produces gametes Compare polyp
[5] Greek myth a mortal woman who was transformed by Athena into one of the three Gorgons. Her appearance was so hideous that those who looked directly at her were turned to stone. Perseus eventually slew her See also Pegasus 1

Words related to Medusa

shrew, biddy, beldam, virago, Jezebel, vixen, fury, slattern, harpy, bag, harridan, witch, sorceress, crone, battle-ax, ogress, gorgon, termagant, fishwife

Words nearby Medusa

medullectomy, medullization, medulloarthritis, medulloblastoma, medulloepithelioma, medusa, medusa head, medusafish, medusan, medusoid, medvedev

Origin of Medusa

< Latin < Greek Médousa, special use of médousa, feminine of médōn ruling

Other words from Medusa

me·du·soid [muh -doo -soid, -dyoo -] /məˈdu sɔɪd, -ˈdyu-/ , adjective

Word origin for Medusa

C18: from the likeness of its tentacles to the snaky locks of Medusa

Synonyms for Medusa

bag, battle-ax, beldam, biddy, crone, fishwife, fury, gorgon, harpy, harridan, jezebel, ogress, shrew, slattern, sorceress, termagant, virago, vixen, witch