Look up: Siren

1. 
   Siren
   The siren was a type of cannon firing a 60 lb shot.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
2. 
   Siren
   Siren is a town in Burnett County Wisconsin, USA Siren is a village in Burnett County Wisconsin, USA
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
3. 
   siren
   [n] - a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived 2. [n] - a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound 3. [n] - an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning 4. [n] - eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
4. 
   siren
   In Greek mythology, a sea nymph, half woman and half bird, who lured sailors to shipwreck along rocky coasts with her irresistable singing, before devouring them. Odysseus, on the advice of the...
   Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/
   
   
5. 
   Siren
   NATO designation for medium-range sub-launched cruise missile [SU]
   Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html
   
   
6. 
   Siren
   Si'ren noun [ Latin , from Greek .........: confer French sirène .] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction. « Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruct ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/109
   
   
7. 
   Siren
   Si'ren adjective Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/109
   
   
8. 
   siren
   1. One of three sea nymphs, or, according to some writers, of two, said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction. 'Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please.' (Pope) ... 2. An enticing, dangerous woman. ... 3. Something ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
9. 
   siren
   noun eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
10. 
    siren
    noun an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
11. 
    siren
    noun a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
12. 
    Siren
    In Greek mythology the `Sirens` (Greek singular: `; Greek plural: `) were two or three deadly-dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses, who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions the literal geography of the `flowery` island of Anthemoussa or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum at others in the Sirenusian islands near Paestum, or in Capreae All locations were surrounded by cliffs and ro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren
    
    
13. 
    Siren
    • (n.) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. • (n.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
14. 
    Siren
    in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. According to Homer there were ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/102
    
    
15. 
    siren
    any member of the family Sirenidae (order Caudata), a group of four species of aquatic salamanders that resemble eels. Their long, slender bodies are ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/102
    
    
16. 
    siren
    noisemaking device producing a piercing sound of definite pitch. Used as a warning signal, it was invented in the late 18th century by the Scottish ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/102
    
    
17. 
    Siren
    Siren (sī'run) , in Greek mythology, one of three sea nymphs, usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. Daughters of Phorcus or of Achelous, the Sirens inhabited an island surrounded by dangerous rocks. They sang so enchantingly that all who heard were drawn near...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08453
    
    
18. 
    siren
    siren: see salamander.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09187