Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 19 compound words that contain suns. The most common are listed below. Open suns in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- midnight sunsplural of midnight sun: The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.
- mean sunsplural of mean sun: An imaginary sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant rate equivalent to the real sun's average rate over the year, used in the calculation of solar time.
- mock sunsplural of mock sun: A sun dog or parhelion.
- sea sunsplural of sea sun: A sea anemone of the species Pachycerianthus fimbriatus.
- suns upthird-person singular simple present indicative of sun up: The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- Tuscan sunsplural of Tuscan sun: A slightly orangish yellow.
- Vergina sunsplural of Vergina sun: A sixteen-rayed solar symbol first appearing in Ancient Greek art between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC, tentatively interpreted as a royal symbol of ancient Macedonia.
Compound words 19
- sunsetsplural of sunset: The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- sunspotsplural of sunspot: A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.
- sunstarAlternative form of sun star: Any of various starfishes belonging to Solaster, Crossaster, and allied genera, having numerous rays.
- sunshadesplural of sunshade: Something to keep the sun off, or create shade from the sun; a parasol or awning.
- sunshinesplural of sunshine: The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
- antisunsplural of antisun: A hypothetical sun composed of antimatter.
- protosunsplural of protosun: A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.
- subsunsplural of subsun: An area of the air which appears to glow because of the many tiny ice crystals that are suspended in it, e.g., in a cirrus cloud or an ice fog and sunlight reflects off of them.
- Suisunsplural of Suisun: A Patwin band of Wintun people who lived in the Suisun Bay and Suisun Marsh regions of Solano County in northern California.
- SunseriA surname.