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Definitions of iris in various dictionaries:
noun - plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
noun - muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye
noun - diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adj usted to change the diameter of a central opening
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Part of the eye |
| Spring bloom |
| Pupil locale |
| Tennessee's state flower |
| Bit of eye makeup |
| Where a pupil sits |
| Showy flower |
| Blue flag, e.g. |
| Colored part of a ball? |
| Eye part |
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| In Ovid's "Metamorphoses", this goddess of the rainbow wore a robe of a thousand colors |
| Named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, this perennial can come in "bearded" varieties |
| By dropping 2 letters in Osiris' name, you get this Greek goddess who shares her name with a flower |
| Fittingly, the name of this colorful part of the eye goes back to a Greek word for "rainbow" |
| A rainbow goddess |
| Title first name of novelist & Alzheimer's sufferer Murdoch, played by Judi Dench |
| The Greek goddess of the rainbow gave her name to this flower that comes in a rainbow of colors |
| It regulates the light entering the eye |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) The name of this diaphragm in a camera lens can be found in film techniques; when used before the word "in", it can open a scene, & before the word "out", it can close a scene |
| She wasn't just the Greek goddess of the rainbow--she personified it, too |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| (of an aperture, typically that of a lens) open or close in the manner of an iris or iris diaphragm. |
| The goddess of the rainbow, who acted as a messenger of the gods. |
| a tall plant that has blue, yellow, or white flowers and long, narrow leaves |
| the coloured circular part of that eye that surrounds the black pupil ( central part) |
| a tall plant with large, colorful, often yellow or purple flowers and long pointed leaves |
| the colored, circular part of an eye surrounding the black pupil ( central part): |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Iris, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES |
| Iris, Santiago de Cuba, CUBA |
| Iris, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES |
| Iris, COLORADO, UNITED STATES |
| Iris, Tarapaca, CHILE |
| Iris, MONTANA, UNITED STATES |
| Iris might refer to |
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Iris or * Iris (anatomy), part of the eye * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet * Iris (insect), a genus of praying mantis * Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants |