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Hypothesis regarding infrared radiation leakage
The iris hypothesis was a hypothesis proposed by Richard Lindzen and colleagues in 2001 that suggested increased sea surface temperature in the tropics
Iris_hypothesis
American atmospheric physicist
literature on anthropogenic climate change is his proposal of the iris hypothesis in 2001, with co-authors Ming-Dah Chou and Arthur Y. Hou. Lindzen is
Richard_Lindzen
conclude in 2007 that this discrepancy is reconciled. The iris hypothesis was a hypothesis proposed by Richard Lindzen and colleagues in 2001 that suggested
History of climate change science
History_of_climate_change_science
Theory of cloud radiation emission
model the height of high clouds. A hypothesis which would have the opposite effect on climate is the iris hypothesis, according to which the coverage of
Fixed anvil temperature hypothesis
Fixed_anvil_temperature_hypothesis
Polygenic phenotypic characteristic
iris and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. In humans, the pigmentation of the iris varies
Eye_color
American meteorologist (born 1955)
feedback in the tropics that potentially supports Richard Lindzen's Iris hypothesis, which proposes that as the tropical atmosphere warms, cirrus clouds
Roy_Spencer_(meteorologist)
Intraocular lens
lens Simões PS, Ferreira TB (2014). "Iris-fixated intraocular lenses for ametropia and aphakia". Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 3 (4): 116–22
Iris-fixated_intraocular_lens
Change in the statistical distribution of climate elements for an extended period
effects on climatic temperatures, for example contrasting the Iris hypothesis and CLAW hypothesis. A change in the type, distribution and coverage of vegetation
Climate variability and change
Climate_variability_and_change
Bias confirming existing attitudes
Peter Wason, as "a preference for information that is consistent with a hypothesis rather than information which opposes it." Confirmation biases are effects
Confirmation_bias
Theory for the human eye's appearance
outline of the eye and the position of the iris can be clearly seen in each individual. The cooperative eye hypothesis was first proposed Michael Tomasello
Cooperative_eye_hypothesis
bioregions it invades economically, environmentally, and/or ecologically. iris hypothesis irradiance The amount of electromagnetic radiation reaching a surface
Glossary_of_climate_change
Pastoral lease in Western Australia
Harvey, C. Chyba. IRIS Assists Senate in Investigation of International Terrorist Group. IRIS Newsletter, Fall 1996. Available on the IRIS Newsletter website
Banjawarn_Station
Season of television series
Amanda Walsh. They also had a female friend called Gilda, who was played by Iris Bahr. The series' original theme music was also different, using Thomas Dolby's
The_Big_Bang_Theory_season_1
Language a person is exposed to from birth
original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013. "IRIS | Page 5: Language Acquisition". iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. Archived from the original on
First_language
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Agnès (13 April 2022). "David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the 'populist hypothesis' in the British Conservative Party". Comparative European Politics. 20
Boris_Johnson
Decentralized machine learning
share sensitive biometric templates like fingerprints, facial images, and iris scans, FL addresses privacy concerns and regulatory constraints, allowing
Federated_learning
high-end Category 4-equivalent typhoon. From there on, 4 years later, Typhoon Iris in 1951 would become the first Category 5-equivalent typhoon referred to
List_of_super_typhoons
Concepts from statistical hypothesis testing
null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing. A type II error, or a false negative, is the incorrect acceptance of a false null hypothesis. An analysis
Type_I_and_type_II_errors
Eighth planet from the Sun
Galilean moons, the dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroids 4 Vesta, 2 Pallas, 7 Iris, 3 Juno, and 6 Hebe. A telescope or strong binoculars will resolve Neptune
Neptune
English scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)
Jones, who presented him with a fresh slice of human iris. Lister took the opportunity to study the iris. He reviewed existing research and studied tissue
Joseph_Lister
Concept in evolution theory
The resource-use hypothesis is a macroevolutionary theory proposed by paleontologist Elisabeth S. Vrba as part of her broader Habitat Theory. It posits
Resource-use_hypothesis
White part of an eyeball
vertebrates, the whole sclera is white or pale, contrasting with the coloured iris. The sclera forms the posterior five-sixths of the connective tissue coat
Sclera
British writer, political activist, and film critic (1911–1973)
Jean Iris Ross Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbərn/; 7 May 1911 – 27 April 1973) was a British journalist, political activist, and film critic. A devout Stalinist, she
Jean_Ross
Country in West Asia
Retrieved 23 February 2025. "The Underbelly of Iraq's 'Economic Boom'". IRIS. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2025. "The Mini Economic Boom in Iraq
Iraq
Fifth planet from the Sun
reached its final mass in 3–4 million years. According to the "grand tack hypothesis", Jupiter began to form at a distance of roughly 3.5 AU (520 million km;
Jupiter
Mass extinction event about 66 million years ago
photosynthesis in plants and plankton. The impact hypothesis, also known as the Alvarez hypothesis, was bolstered by the discovery of the 180 km (112 mi)
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
Study of collection and analysis of data
model. A hypothesis is proposed for the statistical relationship between the two data sets, an alternative to an idealized null hypothesis of no relationship
Statistics
Hypothesis that human replicas elicit revulsion
human being and the emotional response to the object. The uncanny valley hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will elicit uncanny or
Uncanny_valley
List of subspecies of the common pheasant
broad buff margins. The iris of the female is dark brown or dark hazel, like that of P. c. pallasi, but unlike the yellowish iris of P. c. kiangsuensis
Subspecies of Phasianus colchicus
Subspecies_of_Phasianus_colchicus
Greek goddess of magic and transitions
Artemis and Selene. This line of reasoning lies behind the widely accepted hypothesis that she was a foreign deity who was incorporated into the Greek pantheon
Hecate
Class of photoreceptors in plants and animals
CRY2 proteins were found in iris myotubes, and decreasing transcription of these genes inhibited PMTRs. The greatest iris PMTRs therefore correspond with
Cryptochrome
Religion of the Mesoamerican Olmec people
cultures to the present day. This assumption is called the Continuity Hypothesis. Using these techniques, researchers have discerned several separate deities
Olmec_religion
Movement consisting of not wearing a bra
they own breasts and that only they should remove bras." Feminist author Iris Marion Young wrote in 2005 that the bra "serves as a barrier to touch" and
Bralessness
Incentive with unintended results
German). Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. ISBN 3-421-05562-9. Gonzales, Iris. "The cobra effect". Philstar.com. Retrieved 21 April 2026. "The Cobra Effect
Perverse_incentive
Bird of prey
blue-grey plumage. Adults have a featherless, red-orange face with pale brown irises and a yellow cere. The legs and feet are pinkish-grey, and the upper legs
Secretarybird
Norms for writing the English language
ally (n) elsewhere /ɪ/ bicycle, oxygen, polymer, dyslexia, physique, synonymous /ə/ /aɪ/ /i/ sibyl, pyjamas dynamics, hypothesis, typhoon anyway, everything
English_orthography
Personality construct
January 2018. doi:10.1037/apl0000275. PMID 28967764. Volmer, Judith; Koch, Iris K.; Göritz, Anja S. (October 2016). "The bright and dark sides of leaders'
Machiavellianism_(psychology)
Ancient Roman god of fire, volcanoes, and metalworking
Alaeg (the name of one of the Nartic families)+ on ("of the family")—this hypothesis has been considered unacceptable by Dumezil. Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h
Vulcan_(mythology)
City in Nara prefecture, Japan
being a borrowing from the Korean word". Kusuhara et al. argues that this hypothesis cannot account for the fact there are many places named Nara, Naru and
Nara_(city)
Biological adjustment to new climates
known as the beneficial acclimation hypothesis. Despite such widespread support for the beneficial acclimation hypothesis, not all studies show that acclimation
Acclimatization
Species of plant
Iris orjenii, the Orjen iris, is a rare species of iris found in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the karst landscape of Orjen mountain. It grows
Iris_orjenii
Active continental rift zone in East Africa
deformation. Although the effects of deep-rooted mantle plumes are an important hypothesis, their location and dynamics are poorly understood, and a matter of active
East_African_Rift
Meteorological phenomenon
usually said to be at the end of the rainbow. In Greek mythology, the goddess Iris is the personification of the rainbow, a messenger goddess who, like the
Rainbow
1902 French short film by Georges Méliès
screenings of A Trip to the Moon, under the direction of MoMA's film curator Iris Barry, opened the film up once again to a wide audience of Americans and
A_Trip_to_the_Moon
Circa 24,000–16,000 BCE; most recent era when ice sheets were at their greatest extent
Aurélien; Crétat, Julien; Laffont, Rémi; Gamboa, Sara; Luna, Belén; Menéndez, Iris; Pohl, Benjamin; Montuire, Sophie; Hernández Fernández, Manuel (2025). "Late
Last_Glacial_Maximum
Theoretical conditions under which life on the Earth might have begun
aspect of the heterotrophic theory (also known as the Oparin–Haldane hypothesis) concerning the origin of life, first proposed by Alexander Oparin in
Primordial_soup
Computerized information extraction from images
Inference and control requirements for IUS are: search and hypothesis activation, matching and hypothesis testing, generation and use of expectations, change
Computer_vision
Species of amphibian
Other synapomorphies of this genus include the presence of a red hue on the iris and a golden reticulated palpebral membrane. Agalychnis callidryas is native
Agalychnis_callidryas
Sensory organ of vision
from the outside world; then an aperture (the pupil) in a diaphragm (the iris—the coloured part of the eye), which controls the amount of light entering
Human_eye
Taxonomic group of semi-aquatic mammals
centre where refraction does not change between air and water. The vascular iris has a strong dilator muscle. A contracted pupil is typically pear-shaped
Pinniped
Removal of opacified lens from the eye
ciliary sulcus (the space between the iris and the ciliary body), in the anterior chamber in front of the iris, or less commonly, sutured to the sclera
Cataract_surgery
Dermatitis caused by avian mites
Palitot; Cardoso, Alberto Eduardo Cox; Passos, Rafaela Tenório; Ferreira, Íris Sampaio Costa (2020-03-01). "Case for diagnosis. Erythematous and pruritic
Gamasoidosis
1st millennium BC process
mechanisms behind this phenomenon remain unclear." In 2011, Sarah Japp, Iris Gerlach [de], Holger Hitgen, and Mike Schnelle authored a paper which analysed
Sabaeans in the Horn of Africa
Sabaeans_in_the_Horn_of_Africa
English philosopher (1910–1989)
Radio Times article by Tim Heald, 20–26 August 1977 Wilson, A. N. (2003). Iris Murdoch as I knew her. London: Hutchinson. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-09-174246-1
A._J._Ayer
Mythological antecedence of the Germanic people
academic visibility to the Nordic hypothesis of the origin of European civilization, in total opposition to the hypothesis of Asian origin that had prevailed
Nordic_Indo-Germanic_People
Species of owl
two (although long-eared owls can sometimes hold their ear-tufts lax). The iris-colour differs: yellow in short-eared, and often orange in long-eared. Furthermore
Long-eared_owl
Greenhouse gases emitted from human activities
S2CID 155259589. Alix, Alexandre; Bellet, Laurent; Trommsdorff, Corinne; Audureau, Iris, eds. (2022). Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Water and Sanitation
Greenhouse_gas_emissions
Hypothesis in psychology
Bicameral mentality is a psychological hypothesis proposed by American psychologist Julian Jaynes. It suggests that early modern humans experienced thoughts
Bicameral_mentality
Pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory
Raj. It instead included the characters Katie (Amanda Walsh) and Gilda (Iris Bahr). Katie, like Penny, is a street-smart foil to book-smart Leonard and
Pilot_(The_Big_Bang_Theory)
Greek myth and discredited archaeological theory
Dorian migration) is an ancient Greek myth and discredited archaeological hypothesis describing the movement of the Dorian people into the Peloponnese region
Dorian_invasion
Extinct species of bird
does not appear to have been based on the existing specimen. Forbes had the iris depicted as orange and the skin around the eye as green, though this was
Spotted_green_pigeon
LCCN 2009012263. Boylan, Desmond. "A modern witch". The Wider Image. Gareis, Iris (2013). "Merging Magical Traditions: Sorcery and Witchcraft in Spanish and
Witchcraft_in_Latin_America
Attributing events to improbable causes
(5): 469–476. doi:10.1080/10999922.2019.1603045. Lazić, Aleksandra; Žeželj, Iris (18 May 2021). "A systematic review of narrative interventions: Lessons for
Conspiracy_theory
Characters in the books by Lewis Carroll
voiced by Meera Syal. The flowers Alice meet include a tiger-lily, a rose, a iris, pansies, tulips, lilac, daffodils, sunflowers, dandelions, daisies, a violet
List of minor characters in the Alice series
List_of_minor_characters_in_the_Alice_series
2005 European film
It's a matter of perspective". The setting of Rue des Iris has symbolic significance, as "iris" refers to a part of the human eye and to a camera diaphragm
Caché_(film)
home". Rochester Post Bulletin. 2025-03-09. Retrieved 2025-03-09. Neumann, Iris Clark (December 8, 2021). "Front & Center is a Place of Blessing to Eyota"
List of Residences in Pill Hill Historic District, Rochester, Minnesota
List_of_Residences_in_Pill_Hill_Historic_District,_Rochester,_Minnesota
Star noted for unusual dimming events
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Belgian AstroLAB IRIS Observatory, only "microscopic fine-dust screens", originating from "circumstellar
Tabby's_Star
British parapsychologist
biological science." Carington's ideas about telepathy inspired the novelist Iris Murdoch who wrote "His theory, though wrong I've no doubt, is interesting
Whately_Carington
Artificial neural network that mimics neurons
unsupervised learning methods have been tested on benchmark datasets such as Iris, Wisconsin Breast Cancer or Statlog Landsat dataset. Various approaches to
Spiking_neural_network
Cognitive bias
argues in its favor as the underlying generative mechanism (it is the hypothesis which makes the fewest assumptions). Selective recruitment is the notion
Illusory_superiority
Part of an eye
The pupil is a hole located in the center of the iris of the eye that allows light to strike the retina. It appears black because light rays entering the
Pupil
Protein-coding gene
opposing effects of FLCN deficiency on the mTOR pathway have led to the hypothesis that FLCN regulation of mTOR activity may be context or cell-type dependent
Folliculin
Phase of sleep characterized by random and rapid eye movements
cornea and iris, was stagnant if not stirred. Among the supportive evidence, he calculated that if aqueous humor was stagnant, oxygen from the iris had to
Rapid_eye_movement_sleep
Stylized lily, heraldic symbol
same opinion: However, a hypothesis ventured in the 17th c. sounds very plausible to me. One species of wild iris, the Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag in
Fleur-de-lis
Physiological structure of birds' bodies
ample opportunities for evolutionary changes. Proponents of the running hypothesis believe that flight was formed through fast running, bouncing, and then
Bird_anatomy
New Zealand radio program
companions The blind princess Tabitha falls out the window, landing on a bed of irises. The Strange Old Cat finds, and casts a spell on, the mirror so he can see
Ashley's_Worlds
Serotonin receptor protein distributed in the cerebrum and raphe nucleus
the locus coeruleus, which then reduces or increases neuronal tone to the iris sphincter muscle by modulation of postsynaptic α2-adrenergic receptors within
5-HT1A_receptor
Type of complementary and alternative medicine
Eck, Sandra; Riegel, Björn; Friedrich, Sibylle; Fuhr, Kristina; Torchalla, Iris; Tönnies, Sven (2024-02-27). "Hypnotherapy compared to cognitive-behavioral
Hypnotherapy
Overview of the events of 2020 in science
rate in all directions and that therefore the widely accepted isotropy hypothesis might be wrong. While previous studies already suggested this, the study
April–June_2020_in_science
Historic Jesuit reduction in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
coloniales. El Colegio de Mexico AC, 2008, p. 27-34 ISBN 9789681213541 Gareis, Iris. "La evangelización de la población indígena y afro, y las haciendas jesuitas
Ruins of São Miguel das Missões
Ruins_of_São_Miguel_das_Missões
Set of techniques for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a message
visualizations include the data flow models popularized by systems such as AVS, IRIS Explorer, and VTK toolkit, and data state models in spreadsheet systems such
Visualization_(graphics)
Yang, Joyce; Nguyen, Kevin; Tiret, Brice; Gao, Xiao; Bennett, Neal; Lo, Iris; Dayton, Talya L.; Kampmann, Martin; Huang, Yadong; Rathmell, Jeffrey C.;
2023_in_science
Species of frog
an average female snout-vent length of 46.2–51.2 mm (1.82–2.02 in). The iris of the eye can be bronze in color or gray in color, with a whole or half
Boana_paranaiba
Extinct species of bird
base and olive at the tip, the feet reddish orange with darker webs and the iris brown. The eclipse plumage looked similar to a dark eclipse mallard drake
Mariana_mallard
Pre-Columbian city in South America
for 'moon', deserve the latter qualification. The third etymological hypothesis was postulated by German scholar Ernst Middendorf, who offers the Mochica
Chan_Chan
Albanian women, until recent times. She features attributes of Aphrodite, Iris, and Helen, as well as Persephone as shown by the etymology of her name.
Albanian_paganism
American neuroscientist
Disease. 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2020. Gounaris, Anne D.; Turkenkopf, Iris; Buckwald, Sharon; Young, Anne (1971). "Pyruvate Decarboxylase I. Protein
Anne_B._Young
Model of consciousness
2020. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 7055139. PMID 32132221. Meyen, Sascha; Zerweck, Iris A.; Amado, Catarina; von Luxburg, Ulrike; Franz, Volker H. (2022). "Advancing
Global_workspace_theory
Group of eye diseases related to poor retinal and nerve perfusion
and anteriorly by the iris. It then flows through the pupil of the iris into the anterior chamber, bounded posteriorly by the iris and anteriorly by the
Glaucoma
Progressive neurodegenerative disease
(or Aβ) hypothesis, and the tau hypothesis. The amyloid hypothesis, also known as the "amyloid cascade hypothesis" or "Aβ cascade hypothesis", holds that
Alzheimer's_disease
plant species are found in most Levantine environments. Among these is the iris, which comprises more than thirty species in the Levant. At least fifty species
Wildlife_of_the_Levant
Form of language acquisition in autistic people
(2): 415–426. doi:10.1002/aur.3300. PMC 11826007. PMID 39739894. Hindi, Iris; Meir, Natalia (20 January 2025). "Different paths to multilingualism in
Unexpected_bilingualism
Portrait attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
relief of the ear hinted at below the hair, and the amber of the sitter's iris. There are strong stylistic parallels with the Windsor silverpoint drawing
La_Bella_Principessa
Traumatic memories in the human mind
3, 279–305. ISBN 978-1-60623-001-5. van den Hout, Marcel A.; Engelhard, Iris M.; Rijkeboer, Marleen M.; Koekebakker, Jutte; Hornsveld, Hellen; Leer, Arne;
Traumatic_memories
pediment labelled as Figure G (variously identified as goddesses including Iris and Hebe), as well as the entire portion of the frieze displayed on the Elgin
1937–1938 Elgin Marbles cleaning scandal
1937–1938_Elgin_Marbles_cleaning_scandal
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
PMID 9543632. Doss EW, Ward KA, Koretz JF (1998). "Investigation of the 'fines' hypothesis of primary open-angle glaucoma: the possible role of alpha-crystallin"
CRYAA
Biological process
PMID 21222204 van den Berg, Ilse M.; Laven, Joop S.E.; Stevens, Mary; Jonkers, Iris; Galjaard, Robert-Jan; Gribnau, Joost; Hikke van Doorninck, J. (June 2009)
Sex-chromosome dosage compensation
Sex-chromosome_dosage_compensation
Species of bird
on the upper tail coverts. Its bill is a blue-grey edged with black, and iris is brown. The female is duller overall, with an olive-brown head and chest
Mulga_parrot
has collaborated with the Gabon Association of Midwives. Obanga Makeesi, Iris (2 October 2024). "Afrobarometer: 56% des Gabonais favorables à l'emprisonnement
Abortion_in_Gabon
census, cinema, circus, crisis, dilemma, error, focus, genesis, genius, hypothesis, icon, insignia, item, junior, major, medium, minor, murmur, onus, panacea
Traditional English pronunciation of Latin
Traditional_English_pronunciation_of_Latin
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
Female
Hebrew
(עִירִית) Hebrew name IRIT means "animal fodder."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The Rainbow
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, Greek
Iris; Rainbow
Boy/Male
Irish
From the river island.
Boy/Male
Indian
A prophets name, Fiery Lord
Boy/Male
Latin
F: Ameaning bringer of joy. In the Divine Comedy, Beatrice was Dante's guide through Paradise,...
Female
Greek
(ΈÏις) Greek name ERIS means "strife." In mythology, this is the name of a war-goddess, the sister of Ares. Her Roman name is Discordia.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Nickname of names beginning with - Kris, Short form of Lord Krishna
Female
English
(ΊÏις) Greek name IRIS means "rainbow." In mythology, this is the name of a rainbow goddess. In use by the English as a feminine name, and by the Jews as a unisex name.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of the earth
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, Greek, Jamaican, Japanese
Colorful; Rainbow; From the Name Iris
Female
English
English short form of Roman Latin Priscilla, PRIS means "ancient."
Girl/Female
Egyptian American
Mythical goddess of magic. Isis is the most powerful of all female goddesses; sister to Osiris.
Girl/Female
Hebrew American Latin Greek Shakespearean
Flower.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Italian, Netherlands, Portuguese, Shakespearean, Swedish
Rainbow; Flower; Radiance; Peace
Boy/Male
Celtic
Sad din. In a story from the Middle Ages, Tristan, nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, was in love...
Female
Greek
(Ίσις) Greek form of Coptic Esi, ISIS means "(female) of the throne," which is usually translated "Queen of the throne." This name is a corruption of her true name which is unknown because Egyptian hieroglyphs left out most of the vowels.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : ethnic name for someone of Irish origin. Compare Ireland.
Girl/Female
Irish
From Ennis.
Boy/Male
Hindu
King of warriors
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : patronymic from the personal name Randel (see Randall).
Girl/Female
Indian
Shape, Structure
Girl/Female
Hindu
Winner, Victor
Girl/Female
Arabic, Pashtun
Paradise; Heaven
Girl/Female
Tamil
Auspicious
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant of Ingram, influenced by Graham.
Biblical
impoverished; to prepare; certain; true
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
A Good Smell
Male
Native American
Native American Sioux name WEAYAYA means "setting sun."
Girl/Female
Indian
Bunch of Flowers
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
IRIS HYPOTHESIS
n.
The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
n. sing. & pl.
The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
n.
The gladen, and other species of Iris.
n.
The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
n.
The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
n.
See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
n.
An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
n.
An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
n.
The iris. See Flower-de-luce.
n.
A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
n.
The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
n.
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
n.
A rainbow; an iris.
n.
Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea.
pl.
of Iris
pl.
of Iris
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris.
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.
n.
The rainbow.