Periscopes is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PERISCOPES in dictionary:

NOUN:
• PERISCOPE, a device (e.g. a tube with mirrors) by which an observer can look at something which is not in the direct line of sight
• an apparatus consisting of a tube attached to a set of mirrors or prisms, by which an observer (typically in a submerged submarine or behind a high obstacle) can see things that are otherwise out of sight.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a tubular optical instrument containing lenses and mirrors by which an observer obtains an otherwise obstructed field of view

Words related to PERISCOPES

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How to use PERISCOPES in a sentence

• Gideon would rather have seen him talking to the practical looking sailor about periscopes.
• At intervals along the parapet men watched through periscopes hoisted over the top edge, and every now and then one fired through a loophole.
• Field-glasses, periscopes, water-bottles, they arrive from the trenches with the same certainty as a wounded howitzer or machine-gun, and are returned as promptly.
• Most of our large periscopes were shattered by keen-sighted German snipers.
• Sniping was also rampant, and periscopes, no matter how small, survived not longer than a few minutes.
• A certain officer was escorted down to the front line trenches one day, and, as usual, the party was armed with periscopes.
• Having looked out upon this scene for months through glasses, telescopes and periscopes, it was interesting now to obtain a close view of these fortress defences.
• Then I have had to cable for Engineers, trench mortars, bombs, hand grenades, periscopes.
• Have cabled home begging for more engineers, a lot of hand grenades, trench mortars, periscopes and tools.
• Lieutenant McClure and his executive officer peered intently though the periscopes, hoping to catch sight of the unknown craft and speculating on her nationality.
• The periscopes had been well out of water when the destroyer had first been sighted.
• Early dawn was streaking the sky with tints of orange gray when at last the submarine poked its periscopes above the waves.
• An hour later preparations were made to ascend and repair the damaged periscopes.
• The submarines were running submerged with only the tips of their periscopes showing.
• The periscopes showed another vessel, a second line battleship of the pre-dreadnought type, off the starboard beam.
• Not that any periscopes were now visible, however, for these had been instantly withdrawn under the surface.
• Only the look-out men, crouching behind their periscopes and loopholes, keep their posts.

Similar words containing PERISCOPE without suffix s

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