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Iris :: Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..

Dorsiventral :: Dorsiventral (a.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral..

Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..

Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..

Satirist :: Satirist (n.) One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire..

Irises :: Irises (pl. ) of Iri.

Irish :: Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.

Iridian :: Iridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.

Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.

Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

Swaddling :: Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.

Iricism :: Iricism (n.) Irishism.

Acre :: Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English..

Hetairism :: Hetairism (n.) Alt. of Hetaris.

Irishry :: Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.

Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..

Iris :: Iris (n.) The rainbow.

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