siren
siren is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
- noun. An enticing, dangerous woman.
- noun. Something which is insidious or deceptive.
- noun. A mermaid.
- noun. Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
- noun. An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
- noun. eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
- noun. an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
- noun. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
- noun. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- noun. a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
"Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
Synonyms
delilah, enchantress, temptress
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in siren:
reins, resin, rinse, risen, serin
Common word forms
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