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noun • (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings | ||||||||
34% | 14 | Often followed by a rainbow | ||||||
noun • a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | ||||||||
29% | 4 | Goddess whose name is given poetically to the rainbow; a coloured part of the eye; a purple or yellow “fleur-de-lis”; or, a rainbow quartz | ||||||
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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