These are the meanings of the letters QOIRIUOS when you unscramble them.
- Iris (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.
- Iris (n.)
An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
- Iris (n.)
See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
- Iris (n.)
The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
- Iris (n.)
The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
- Iris (n.)
The rainbow.
- Ours (pl. )
of I
- Ours (possessive pron.)
See Note under Our.
- Sori (n.)
pl. of Sorus.
- Sori (pl. )
of Sorus
- Sour (n.)
A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- Sour (superl.)
Afflictive; painful.
- Sour (superl.)
Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
- Sour (superl.)
Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
- Sour (superl.)
Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
- Sour (superl.)
Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
- Sour (v. i.)
To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
- Sour (v. t.)
To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
- Sour (v. t.)
To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
- Sour (v. t.)
To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
- Sour (v. t.)
To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
- Sour (v. t.)
To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.