Synonyms of the word

iris

• n. (botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive…
• n. (anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light…
• n. (photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of…
• n. (poetic) A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
• n. (electronics) A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
• n. (zoology) The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
• v. (of an aperture, lens, or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris.

diaphragm

• n. (anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed…
• n. (anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
• n. A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
• n. (mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into…
• n. (acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
• n. (optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light…
• n. (chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
• n. (construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, havig a sufficiently large in-plane…
• v. (optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
• v. To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.

flag

• n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
• n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
• n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or…
• n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
• n. (construction) Abbreviation of flagstone: a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or…
• n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
• n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically…
• n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise…
• n. (Britain) An abbreviation for capture the flag.
• n. (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally,…
• n. (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space…
• v. To furnish or deck out with flags.
• v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
• v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
• v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
• v. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
• v. (computing) To signal (an event).
• v. (computing) To set a program variable to true.
• v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
• v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
• v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
• n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
• n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
• n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
• n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
• v. To lay down flagstones.
• n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
• n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
• n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
• n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value.

fleur-de-lis

• n. (heraldry) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often…

membrane

• n. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually…
• n. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
• n. A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

stop

• v. (intransitive) To cease moving.
• v. (intransitive) To not continue.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
• v. (transitive) To close or block an opening.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera…
• v. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
• v. (intransitive) To tarry.
• v. (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with…
• v. (obsolete) To punctuate.
• v. (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
• n. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually…
• n. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
• n. A device intended to block the path of a moving object.
• n. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by…
• n. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly…
• n. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
• n. A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
• n. (by extension) A button that activates the stop function.
• n. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
• n. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as…
• n. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
• n. (photography) An f-stop.
• n. (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for…
• n. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which…
• n. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing…
• adv. Prone to halting or hesitation.
• interj. halt! stop!
• punct. Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
• n. (Britain dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
• adj. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.