irises
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Noun
- Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
- Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
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Words that sound like the term "irises".
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | 1 | 102 |
| 2 | crises | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | rises | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | raises | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | arises | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | praises | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | fairies | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | diaries | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | ironies | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | cruises | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | riss | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | ries | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | irishness | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | iris | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | highrises | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | viruses | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | riske's | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | revises | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | raisers | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | dairies | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 10
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 12
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