Clues for the word "ELLIPSE"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 159 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on May 11, 2026.
Definition of ellipse
- n. - An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.
- n. - Omission. See Ellipsis.
- n. - The elliptical orbit of a planet.
Referring Clues
- Oval
- Area south of the White House, with "the"
- Flattened-out circle
- Circle relative
- Orbit of a planet, e.g.
- Shape of a planet's orbit
- Certain conic section
- Orbital shape
- Figure in Kepler's first law
- Planetary path
- Area between the National Mall and The White House (with "The")
- Squashed circle
- Orbital path
- Closed curve
- Long O?
- Racetrack shape
- Plane curve
- Stretched circle
- Orbital figure
- Basic orbital path
- Elongated O
- Conic section
- Elongated circle
- Satellite's trace
- Figure with two foci
- Geometrical shape
- Oval in math
- Any of a Toyota logo threesome
- Circle, to geometricians
- Oval shape
- Squished circle
- Regular oval shape
- Shape - sell pie (anag)
- Figure like a flattened circle
- Figure like flattened circle
- Oval 45-inch mince pies
- Inclined plane through a cone
- Flattened circle
- Geometric curve
- Curvy figure sounds like a kissing couple
- Effrontery in different form
- Shape otherwise without cheek
- East getting upset about east's shape
- Curved shape
- Earth's orbit, e.g.
- Egg shape
- Orbital curve
- Oval shape in math
- Earth’s orbit around the sun, for example
- Oval-shaped path of a planet
- Oval's cousin
- Each planet's orbit is one
- Orbit's shape
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - May 11, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 06, 2026
- LA Times - March 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 13, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 16, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 14, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 28, 2024
- New York Times - November 10, 2024
- LA Times - November 02, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 12, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 08, 2024
- And in 129 more crossword puzzles...