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Iceland spar
A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. .
Iconical
Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
Iconism
The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
Idalian
Of or pertaining to , a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.
idealise
Same as .
Idiocyclophanous
Same as .
Idol
An image or representation of anything.
Ignescent
Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; .
Illustrable
Capable of illustration.
Imbrangle
To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.
Imitative
A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
Impertinence
The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
Impetratory
Containing or expressing entreaty.
Impinguate
To fatten; to make fat.
impish
Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp; naughtily or annoyingly playful; .
Imprecation
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
Impropriator
One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.
Inarch
To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to .
Incastellated
Confined or inclosed in a castle.
Incharitable
Uncharitable; unfeeling.
Incivil
Uncivil; rude.
Inclavated
Set; fast; fixed.
Incogitant
Thoughtless; inconsiderate.
Incognizance
Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.
Incomprehensive
Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited.
Inconcrete
Not concrete.
Incremable
Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.
Indesinent
Not ceasing; perpetual.
Indicter
One who indicts.
Ineffaceable
Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
Ineffectuality
Ineffectualness.
Inertly
Without activity; sluggishly.
Inexactitude
Inexactness; uncertainty; .
Infarce
To stuff; to swell.
Infeeble
See .
Inflexive
Inflective.
Inflictive
Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.
Influxively
By influxion.
Ingenerate
To generate or produce within; to beget; to engender; to occasion; to cause.
inheriting
capable of inheriting by law.
Inimitability
The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.
Innervation
The act of innerving or stimulating.
Inoculum
The preparation of microorganisms which is inoculated{5} into a growth medium; .
Insanely
Without reason; madly; foolishly.
Insensibly
In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.
Instimulation
Stimulation.
Instrumentalism
The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument.
Intenible
Incapable of holding or containing.
Intensifier
One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.
Intentation
Intention.
Interambulacrum
In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See of .
Interbrachial
Between the arms.
Interdiction
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Intersticed
Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.
Interveined
Intersected, as with veins.
Intonate
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; .
Intramural
Being within the walls, as of a city.
Intransitive
Not passing farther; kept; detained.
Inventor
One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices, new drugs, new processes, or other useful objects or procedures.
Inwardness
Internal or true state; essential nature; .
Inwit
Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience.
Iranian
Of or pertaining to Iran.
Irestone
Any very hard rock.
Irish
The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.
Iron oxide
Any of the oxides of iron, especially .
irradiant
Irradiating or illuminating; .
Irrecognition
A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
Irresolubleness
The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
Irretractile
Not retractile.
Isonitroso-
A combining form (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, , called the group.
Istanbul
A city in European Turkey, built on the site of ancient Byzantium. It is the former capital of the Turkish Empire, known as Constantinople before being captured by the Turks.
Ivoride
A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.