Look up: rainbow

1. rainbow
   [n] - an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun`s rays by rain 2. [n] - an illusory hope
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2. Rainbow
   Code name given to US war plans drawn up for various scenarios
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3. rainbow
   groups of concentric arcs with colours ranging from violet to red, produced on a 'screen' of water drops...in the atmosphere by light from the Sun or Moon. Category: The cosmos
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4. Rainbow
   Rain'bow` (-bō`) noun [ Anglo-Saxon regenboga , akin to German regenbogen . See Rain , and Bow anything bent.] A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of...
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5. rainbow
   A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colours of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain. ... Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow, which is formed by ...
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6. rainbow
   noun an illusory hope; `chasing rainbows`
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7. rainbow
   noun an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun`s rays by rain
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8. Rainbow
   • (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun`s rays in drops of falling rain.
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9. Rainbow
   (from the article `Griffiths, John Willis`) American naval architect who created the first extreme clipper ship, the Rainbow, which was designed to engage in the China trade. The Rainbow was ... ...intended primarily for speed, which came with the clipper ships. Clippers were long, graceful three-masted ships with projecting bows and .....
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10. rainbow
    series of concentric coloured arcs that may be seen when light from a distant source—most commonly the Sun—falls upon a collection of water drops—as ... [6 related articles]
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11. Rainbow
    Rainbow is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Rainbow` Rainbeau,Rainbeaux,Rainbo,Rainbow,Raynbow The name Rainbow doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Rainbow seems to be unique!
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12. Rainbow
    Rainbow Greek: Iris (goddess) Latin: (no equivalent goddess)
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13. Rainbow
    Rainbow is boxing slang for a discoloured bruise.
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14. Rainbow
    Rainbow is boxing slang for a discoloured bruise.
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15. RAINBOW
    A luminous arc featuring all colors of the visible light spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). It is created by refraction, total reflection, and the dispersion of light. It is visible when the sun is shining through air containing water spray or raindrops, which occurs du...
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16. rainbow
    an arch containing the colors of the spectrum
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17. Rainbow
    A flop that contains three different suits, thus no flush can be made on the turn. Can also mean a complete five card board that has no more than two of any suit, thus no flush is possible.
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18. rainbow
    rainbow, arc showing the colors of the spectrum, violet inside and red outside, which appears when the sun shines through water droplets. It often appears while the sun is shining after a brief thundershower in the late afternoon or on fog layers. The sun, the observer's eye, and the center of the a...
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19. rainbow
    When the cards on the board are all of different suit, it is said to be rainbow. "The flop came A-K-5 rainbow" means that the ace, the king and the five were all of different suits.
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20. rainbow
    Luminous arch in the sky displaying the colours of the spectrum formed by the refraction and reflection of the Sun's rays through rain or mist. Its cause was discovered by Theodoric of Freiburg in the 14th century
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21. Rainbow
    (band) `Rainbow` (also known as `Ritchie Blackmore`s Rainbow` or `Blackmore`s Rainbow`) were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with former Elf members, though over the years Rainbow went through ma...
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22. Rainbow
    (political party) The `Rainbow` (, Macedonian: Виножито Vinožito) is a political party in Greece, and a member of the European Free Alliance. It is known for its activism amongst what it regards as the Ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece and their descenda...
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23. Rainbow
    (disambiguation) A `rainbow` is a meteorological phenomenon that appears as a multicolored arc that forms with the sunlight `Rainbow` may also refer to: Geography: Organizations: Film and television: Music: Computing: Military: Other uses: People with the name: See also:
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24. Rainbow
    (TV series) `Rainbow` is a British children`s television series, created by Pamela Lonsdale, which ran twice weekly at 12:10 on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ITV network, from 16 October 1972 to 6 March 1992. It was intended to develop language and number skills for pre-school children, ...
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25. Rainbow
    (Ayumi Hamasaki album) `Rainbow` is the fifth studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on December 18, 2002, by Avex Trax, less than a year after her previous studio effort I am.... The album sold about 445,000 copies on the first day of its release, and also became numbe...
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