…a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun…
…a cinema or stage star appearing with another or others of equal importance…
…a starlike object which emits little or no visible light. Its existence is inferred from other evidence, such as the eclipsing of other stars…
…an actor or actress who is famous for playing leading roles in films…
…having five stars in a grading system in which this denotes the highest standard…
…(especially of accommodation) given four stars in a grading system, typically one in which this denotes the highest standard or the next standard to the highest…
…having one star in a grading system (especially of accommodation) in which this denotes the lowest standard…
…a fairly bright star located within one degree of the celestial north pole, in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is a triple star, the bright component of which is a cepheid variable…
…a cabochon ruby reflecting an opalescent starlike image owing to its regular internal structure…
…the person or act that gives the most heralded or impressive performance in a programme…
…given two stars in a grading system in which this denotes a low middle standard, being the next above one-star…
…a system of two stars in which one star revolves round the other or both revolve round a common centre…
…a US military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement not involving participation in aerial flight…
…a dwarf star which displays spasmodic outbursts of radiation, believed to be due to extremely intense flares…
…an actor or actress who is famous for playing leading roles in movies…
…a star at or close to a celestial pole, especially the Pole Star…
…a decoration bestowed by the US Army upon a soldier for gallantry in action…
…a small star-shaped fruit with one seed in each arm. It has an aniseed flavour and is used unripe in Asian cookery…
…a region where stars appear to be especially numerous and close together…
…an explosive projectile designed to burst in the air and light up an enemy’s position…
…a systematic drift of stars in the same general direction within a galaxy…
…fascinated or greatly impressed by famous people, especially those connected with the cinema or the theatre…
…a large number of stars with a perceptible structure; a galaxy…
…(especially of accommodation or service) given three stars in a grading system in which this denotes a high class or quality, being one grade below four-star…
…any of a number of North American plants, some of which are cultivated for their flowers, in particular:…
…a small shallow-water starfish with a broad body and very short blunt arms…
…the planet Venus, seen shining in the western sky after sunset…
…an echinoderm (marine invertebrate) with a small disc-like body, long feathery arms for feeding and movement, and short appendages for grasping the surface…
…a planet, especially Venus, when visible in the east before sunrise…
…a group of stars very close together as seen from the earth, especially one whose members are in fact close together and rotate around a common centre…
…a small cluster of indistinct stars, or a star in a luminous haze…
…a celestial object of very small radius (typically 30 km) and very high density, composed predominantly of closely packed neutrons. Neutron stars are thought to form by the gravitational collapse of the remnant of a massive star after a supernova explosion, provided that the star is insufficiently massive to produce a black hole…
…a star awarded to indicate service in a specific battle or campaign…
…a small, rapidly moving meteor burning up on entering the earth’s atmosphere…
…an English court of civil and criminal jurisdiction that developed in the late 15th century, trying especially those cases affecting the interests of the Crown. It was noted for its arbitrary and oppressive judgements and was abolished in 1641…
