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Look up: Lyra

  1. Lyra
    Lyra is a cultivated variety of potato.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Lyra
    a lyre or lute; a stringed instrument.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  3. Lyra
    [n] - a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Lyra
    English name: The Lyre. Genitive name: Lyrae. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  5. lyra
    A stringed musical instrument having a yoke (a crossbar and 2 arms); a lyre. It was made of wood or metal and could have a sound box made out of a turtle shell.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  6. Lyra
    Ly'ra noun [ Latin lyra , Greek .... See Lyre .] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ , or Vega . 2. (Anat.)
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/73

  7. lyra
    1. <astronomy> A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega. ... 2. <anatomy> The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in th...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. Lyra
    noun a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Lyra
    • (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain. • (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Lyra
    (from the article `Arion`) ...poet. Upon affirming that he had remained behind, they were suddenly confronted by Arion himself. The sailors confessed and were punished, and ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/88

  11. lyra
    (from the article `lyre`) ...the ancient Greek kithara. Bowl lyres have a rounded body with a curved back—often of tortoiseshell—and a skin belly; the arms are invariably ... ...instrument that came to them from King David; it is used, of course, for sacred music. The smaller lyre, krar (the ancient Greek lyra), has a ... [...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/88

  12. Lyra
    Lyra is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Of the Iyre or song` Where is it used? The name Lyra is mainly used In Other languages. The name Lyra doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Lyra seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Lyr

  13. Lyra
    Lyra (lī'ru) [Lat.,=the lyre], northern constellation lying S of Draco, E of Hercules, and W of Cygnus. Although many civilizations represented it as a bird, it was also depicted as a tortoise. The white star Vega (Alpha Lyrae), the brightest star in the constellation, is one of the bright...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08307

  14. Lyra
    Lyra is an ancient constellation, situated on the borders of the Milky Way, near Cygnus. Its primitive association with an eagle or vulture survives in the name Vega, its largest star.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. lyra
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lī′ră Definitions: 1. A lyre-shaped structure.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  16. Lyra
    Small but prominent constellation of the northern hemisphere, represented as the harp of Orpheus. Its brightest star is Vega. Epsilon Lyrae is a system of four gravitationally linked stars. Beta Lyrae is an eclipsing binary. The Ring nebula, M57, is a planetary nebula
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  17. Lyra
    three stringed bowed instrument with a bowl back carved from the solid. Popular in Greece and the balkans. Similar to mediaeval western European Rebec.
    Found on http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossa

  18. Lyra
    (song) "`Lyra`" is a song by Kate Bush, used in the closing credits of the 2007 film The Golden Compass. The song was written and produced by Bush in her own studio and features the Magdalen College Choir. It reached #187 on the UK Singles Chart<ref name="zobbel-ukcha...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra

  19. LYRA
    `LYRA` (Lyman Alpha Radiometer) is the solar UV radiometer on board Proba-2, a European Space Agency technology demonstration satellite that was launched on November 2, 2009. LYRA<ref name=hochedez2006>--><ref name=lyra_web>http://proba2.sidc.be/index.html/science/ LYRA Proba-2 Science Center-...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LYRA



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