| CORONA | Circle of light around a luminous body such as the moon (6) |
| HALO | A circle of white or coloured light round a luminous body |
| PHASE | The varying appearance of the illuminated surface of a celestial body, such as the moon (5) |
| ALBEDO | Ratio of light that is reflected by a surface such as the moon (8) |
| SATELLITE | Body such as the moon (9) |
| SEPTUM | Partition in the body such as the one between the nostrils (6) |
| SHROOM | Slang word for a mycological body, such as the hallucinogenic "magic" liberty cap toadstool (6) |
| GALAXY | Astronomical body such as the Milky Way |
| AURORA | A luminous phenomenon involving streamers of light above polar regions (6) |
| PLANET | Body such as earth (6) |
| HALOES | Circles of light around the head |
| QUASAR | Distant luminous body (6) |
| ORGAN | A part of the body such as the heart or liver (5) |
| FREEFALL | Motion of a body, such as a spacecraft, under the force of gravity only; part of a parachute jump before the canopy deploys; or, any fast uncontrolled descent, dip or drop (4,4) |
| TENDONS | Fibrous "bands" in the body such as the ones named after Achilles (7) |
| DWARFSTAR | Astronomical body such as the red Proxima Centauri or the white Sirius B (5,4) |
| ECHINODERM | Marine invertebrate having a radially symmetrical body, such as the starfish (10) |
| ARC | From Latin for "bow", thus reflecting a curved shape, a word for a segment of a circle; or, a luminous discharge of electricity across a gap (3) |
| COMET | Astronomical body such as that depicted in place of the Star of Bethlehem in a painting by Giotto; or, one of Santa's reindeer (5) |
| HORMONE | Word, from "impel, set in motion, stir up", for an endocrinological chemical "messenger" of the body, such as irisin, named after the Greek messenger goddess of the rainbow (7) |
