See Also: Western Isles(dictionary)
Western Isles(tourism)
Western Isles hotels(tourism)
Isles(medicine)
Isles (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
British Isles(dictionary)
Scilly Isles(dictionary)
Scilly, Isles of(encyclopedia)
Isles of Scilly Skybus(tourism)
Greek Isles Omelet(recipes)

diacoustics (iou) and Western Isles (oh)


diacoustics (iou)



diacoustics noun pl. (usu. treated as sing.). Now rare or obsolete. L17.
[from DI-3 + ACOUSTICS.]
The science of refracted sound. Cf. CATACOUSTICS.

Western Isles (oh)



the Western Isles
a region in northwest Scotland consisting of the Outer Hebrides islands of Harris, Lewis, North and South Uist, and Barra. Its main town is Stornoway.