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Gladen :: Gladen (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima..

Irideous :: Irideous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others..

Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.

Iridal :: Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors..

Iridic :: Iridic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.

Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.

Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

Iridectomy :: Iridectomy (n.) The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.

Megaceros :: Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.

Pupil :: Pupil (n.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris..

Girder :: Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.

Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..

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..

Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A satirist.

Synecphonesis :: Synechia (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens..

Milesian :: Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish..

Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

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