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island-dweller |
islander |
islands of langerhans |
islandy |
islay |
Isle
| isle of man
| isle of skye
| isle of wight
| isle royal national park
| isles of langerhans
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Isle has 1 sense
- isle(n = noun.object) islet - a small island; Array is a kind of island
has particulars: perejil, isle of wight, wight
Derived form noun islet1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Isle, n. [Obs.].
See Aisle. [1913 Webster]
Isle, n. [OF. isle, F. île, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.].
- An island. [1913 Webster]"Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles." [1913 Webster]
- A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects. [1913 Webster]
Isle, v. t.
To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [1913 Webster]
"Isled in sudden seas of light."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Isle, n. poet. (and in place-names) an island or peninsula, esp. a small one.
Etymology
ME ile f. OF ile f. L insula: later ME & OF isle after L
THESAURUS
Isle
ait, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group, islandology, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbarROGET THESAURUS
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Island
N island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker, archipelago, islander, insular, seagirt, archipelagic, Fluids in Motion.
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