irides
Colored eye parts
Irides is the plural of iris, referring to the colored parts of multiple eyes: The irides of her twin daughters were identical shades of green.
The word appears mainly in medical and scientific contexts.
Most speakers use irises instead.
Learner or eye opening
- corneaEye's clear outer dome
- retinaLight-sensing tissue layer
- scleraEyeball's outer membrane
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
conjunctiva · uvea · ciliary · choroid · aqueous · vitreous · fovea · macula
One who delivers communications
Refracted light arc
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
- opalescentShowing milky iridescence
- pearlescentShowing soft iridescence
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
lustrous · nacreous · holographic · spectral · refracted · gleaming · play-of-color · mother-of-pearl
pupil
Learner or eye opening
lens · conjunctiva · uvea · ciliary · choroid · aqueous · vitreous · fovea · macula · trabecular
messenger
One who delivers communications
Hera · caduceus · divine · herald · Greek · pantheon · Electra
rainbow
Refracted light arc
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
- opalescentShowing milky iridescence
- pearlescentShowing soft iridescence
shimmering · lustrous · nacreous · holographic · spectral · refracted · gleaming · play-of-color · mother-of-pearl · fire