1) An illusory hope 2) Arc of the covenant 3) Atmospheric optical phenomena 4) Beautiful stone 5) California clipper 6) Colorful arc 7) Colorful sky arc 8) Coloured arc 9) Coloured arc in the sky 10) Colourful arch 11) Cut mineral 12) Decorative stone 13) English girl name 14) Exclusively Saxon word
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1) Arc 2) Colourful 3) Good omen 4) Iris 5) Irs 6) Spectrum
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Optical phenomena when light is refracted and reflected by moisture in the air into concentric arcs of color.
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• (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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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 during or imsfimagestely after a rain shower. The bo...
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(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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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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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 two refractions and one reflection, there is also ...
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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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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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Optical phenomena when light is refracted and reflected by moisture in the air into concentric arcs of color. Raindrops act like prisms, breaking the light into the colors of a rainbow, with red on the outer, and blue on the inner edge.
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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 the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refract...
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An arc or circle of coloured light caused by the refraction of light by water droplets in the air.
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Rainbow is boxing slang for a discoloured bruise.
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Optical phenomena when light is refracted and reflected by moisture in the air into concentric arcs of color. Raindrops act like prisms, breaking the light into the colors of a rainbow, with red on the outer, and blue on the inner edge.
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A shot especially on the beach that is hit over the head of the defender to the far corner and lands cleanly. Also known as a Jumbo Shrimp (due to the arc/shape of the shot).
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It is an arch in the sky displaying the colours of the spectrum formed by the refraction and reflection of the Sun’s rays through rain of mist.
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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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Rainbow Greek: Iris (goddess) Latin: (no equivalent goddess)
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A curveball that has a high arc in its course to the plate.
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Code name given to US war plans drawn up for various scenarios
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noun an illusory hope; `chasing rainbows`
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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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