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ICBM
An intercontinental ballistic missile, a long-range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another. Contrasted with .
Ichnolithology
Same as .
Ichthyosaurus
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebr, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Olitic, and Cretaceous formations.
Idealess
Destitute of an idea.
Ihlang-ihlang
A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of , an East Indian tree.
Iliac
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; .
Illacrymable
Incapable of weeping.
Illuminate
To light up in token or rejoicing.
ill-used
taken advantage of; treated badly; -- of persons.
Illusory
Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; .
Ill-wisher
One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.
Imbannered
Having banners.
Immane
Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.
Immensely
In immense manner or degree.
Immethodize
To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.
imminency
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon; imminence.
Imp
To graft; to insert as a scion.
Impalpability
The quality of being impalpable.
Impoverisher
One who, or that which, impoverishes.
Incandescence
A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
Incapsulate
To inclose completely, as in a membrane.
Inch
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland,
Inclaudent
Not closing or shutting.
Incoalescence
The state of not coalescing.
Incomity
Lack of comity; incivility; rudeness.
Incommodation
The state of being incommoded; inconvenience.
Incoronate
Crowned.
Incorruptness
Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.
Incuriousness
Unconcernedness; incuriosity.
Incurvate
Curved; bent; crooked.
Incyst
See .
Indeciduous
Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial. Opposite of .
Indigitation
The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication.
Indirectly
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
Indiscussed
Not discussed.
Individually
In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself; .
indoleacetic acid
A plant hormone () recognized as the principle growth regulator in higher plants; called also . Abbreviated . Chemically it is .
Indorsed
See .
Indwelling
Residence within, as in the heart.
Ineffectual
Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing;
Inefficacy
Lack of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; .
Inenarrable
Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.
Inexorable
Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; -- of people and impersonal forces;
Inexperience
Absence or lack of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; .
Infumated
Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.
Injoint
To disjoint; to separate.
Injunction
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
Inobedience
Disobedience.
Inobservance
Lack or neglect of observance.
Inosculation
The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication;
Insatiety
Insatiableness.
Inset
That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
Insignificative
Not expressing meaning; not significant.
Insinuatingly
By insinuation.
Institute
Established; organized; founded.
Insubjection
Lack of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.
Intempestive
Out of season; untimely.
Intenseness
The state or quality of being intense; intensity;
Intercentrum
The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebr in some fossil batrachians.
Interlocation
A placing or coming between; interposition.
Intermutual
Mutual.
Interpellant
Interpelling; interrupting.
Interpenetration
The act or process of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration; also, the result of a process of interpenetration.
Interrogate
To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; .
Interrogatee
One who is interrogated.
interworking
The act of working in together; interweaving.
intimal
of or pertaining to the intima.
Intrication
Entanglement.
Intromitter
One who intromits.
Iodyrite
Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color.
Iron-cased
Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.
irrebuttable
Incapable of being rebutted.
Irremissive
Not remitting; unforgiving.
Irreproachably
In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
Irresistibility
The quality or state of being irresistible, irresistibleness.
-ish
A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes , , , and sometimes has a force;
isosmotic
having the same or equal osmotic pressure; isotonic; -- used of solutions. Contrasted with and
Issus
A battle (333 BC) in which defeated the Persians under