isis

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.

Proper noun

1. 1
   An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.
2. 2
   42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
3. 3
   A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek.
4. 4
   The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.
5. 5
   Ellipsis of HM Prison Isis.
6. 6
   Alternative letter-case form of ISIS.
7. 7
   A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.