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n. An arc of spectral colors, usually identified as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, that appears in the sky opposite the sun as a result of the refractive dispersion of sunlight in drops of rain or mist.

n. A similar arc or band, as one produced by a prism or by iridescence.

n. A graded display of colors.

n. An illusory hope: chasing the rainbow of overnight success.

n. A diverse assortment or collection.

n. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

n. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.

n. A wide assortment; a varied multitude.

n. An illusion, mirage

n. A curveball, particularly a slow one

n. In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits

adj. Multicoloured.

adj. Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.

adj. LGBT.

adj. Composed entirely of different suits.

v. To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.

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.

n. A bow, or an arc of a circle, consisting of the prismatic colors, formed by the refraction and reflection of rays of light from drops of rain or vapor, appearing in the part of the heavens opposite to the sun.

n. In heraldry, the representation of a half-ring divided into seven concentric narrow rings and arched upward, each end resting on a clump of clouds.

n. In ornithology, a humming-bird of tho genus Diphlogena, containing two most brilliantly plumaged species, D. iris of Bolivia, and D. hesperus of Ecuador.

n. The rainbow-fish.

To color like a rainbow, or so brightly as to suggest the rainbow; curve over or surround, as with a rainbow.

n. an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain

n. an illusory hope

"Heritage Week or Day, established in recognition of the term rainbow nation, coined by former president Mandela in 1996, came to an end in pomp and fashion on Friday night and the hundreds that came over the week witnessed culture blend with the modern world in colour, sound and taste."

sea bow   

arc    bow    promise    hope   

spurious    rainbow style   

bowl    iris    water gall    weather gall    spectrum   

crimson    violet    sunset    silvery    emerald