Siren

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A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning. noun

An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning. noun

Any of several slender aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae of eastern North America, having external gills, small forelimbs, and no hind limbs. noun

A monster without lower extremities. noun

Same as sympus. noun

In Greek myth, one of two, three, or an indeterminate number of seanymphs who by their singing fascinated those who sailed by their island, and then destroyed them. noun

A mermaid. noun

A charming, alluring, or enticing woman; a woman dangerous from her arts of fascination. noun

One who sings sweetly. noun

A fabulous creature having the form of a winged serpent. noun

In herpetology: Any member of the Sirenidæ. noun

A Linnean genus of amphibians, now restricted as the type of the family Sirenidæ. Also Sirene. noun

One of the Sirenia, as the manatee, dugong, halicore, or sea-cow; any sirenian. noun

An acoustical instrument consisting essentially of a wooden or metallic disk, pierced with holes equidistantly arranged in a circle, which can be revolved over a jet of compressed air or steam so as to produce periodic puffs. noun

An apparatus for testing woods and metals to ascertain their sonorous qualities. noun

In heraldry, the representation of a mermaid, used as a bearing. noun

Pertaining to or characteristic of a siren; dangerously alluring; fascinating; bewitching.

Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring. adjective

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

One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

One who sings sweetly and charms.

A dangerously seductive woman.

A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia (first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, 1671).

A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae (originally introduced by Linnaeus, 1766, for a genus of his reptiles), commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.

A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).

A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).

An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.

An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.

Words that are spelled similarly to siren:
siren, sire, siret, syren, hiren, soren, sired, seren, siree, sien, sires, viren, siran, miren, iren, simen, suren, sirin, silen, siron, ciren, airen, saren, sdren, wiren, biren, diren, sirex, stren.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word siren:
sirens, wail, sounded, madman, salamander, mermaid, roxy, alarm, whistle, umpire, alert, dwarf, counter, warn, curse, fog, loud, tornado, tones, kay, kick, warning, manga, activated, kicked, lights, disk, heard, signal, sounds, tone, emergency, horn, sound, anime, visual, audio, silent, hear, licensed, horror, installed, drums, entertainment, raid, bit, melbourne, electronic, finnish, tested, song, frequency, drummer.

Words that rhyme with siren:
chyron, chiron, byron, myron, syren, dry run, tyran, pyran, tiran, biron, kyron, myren, admire in, afire in, aspire in, backfire in, devonshire in, dire in, dire un, eir in, elmira in, elvira in, esquire in, expire in, eye run, guy run, haywire in, hellfire in, inquire in, inspire in, ira in, ire in, lancashire in, lyra in, lyre in, macintyre in, maguire in, mcguire in, mcintyre in, mire in, myra in, nigh run, perspire in, proxmire in, quire in, retire in, safire in, shire in, shropshire in, skier in, spire in, squire in, supply run, syron, thereby run, tyre in, untermeyer in, why run, wilshire in, wiltshire in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe siren:
raid, distant, loud, first, clear, little, beautiful, seductive, shrill, sweet, double, second, sexy, alert, electric, haired, blaring, pitched, occasional, lovely, dangerous, powerful, red, eyed, sultry, bewitching, electronic, lesser, fair, off, final, polyphonic, alluring, wicked, deafening, mechanical, upper, silent, voluptuous, familiar, irresistible, hoarse, civil, faint, harkki, male, winged, famous, whooping, wild, infernal, engine, false, fascinating, melancholy, noxious, tempting, blonde, sudden, crafty, cruel, heartless, splitting, terrible, tailed, portable, greek, parliamentary, huge, time.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective siren:
song, suit, subjects, call, music, wailing, serpents, witch, singing, songs, sands, goin, voice, motif, cliffs.

Consonant match to siren:
serein, serin, sarin, serine, syren, sirene, seren, cyrene, ceroon, cerin, seron, sorin, suren, siron, sea run, c run, ceara in, cirone, cyr in, cyr on, saar in, sar in, sara in, sarah in, saw ron, saw run, say run, sayre in, sea ran, sear in, sear on, seer in, sehr in, sera in, sera un, sere in, serra in, sir run, so ran, so run, soar in, soar on, soir in, sor in, sore in, sore on, sura in, surah in, syron.

Words that sound like siren:
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