Definition of iris

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Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..

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Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
Dorsiventral :: Dorsiventral (a.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral..
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.
Kafir :: Kafir (n.) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
Iridal :: Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors..
Anglo- :: Anglo- () A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish..
Iris :: Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..
Empiristic :: Empiristic (a.) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic..
Irishism :: Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
Synecphonesis :: Synechia (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens..
Ixia :: Ixia (n.) A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers..
Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..
Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.
Gladiate :: Gladiate (a.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus..
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.
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