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Iambic
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; .
Ichnolite
A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
Iconism
The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
Idolatrous
Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; .
Ileus
A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also .
Ill-natured
Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; -- of people; . Opposite of .
Illtreat
To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.
Imager
One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
Imbark
See .
Imbody
To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See .
imbricated
overlapping or layered as scales or shingles; -- used especially of leaves or bracts.
Immailed
Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor.
Immask
To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.
Immolation
The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.
Immortality
The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; .
Impastation
The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.
Impenetrability
Quality of being impenetrable.
Impetuosity
The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
Imphee
The African sugar cane (), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.
Impictured
Pictured; impressed.
Implication
The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
Impregnation
The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
Improvisation
The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; .
Impune
Unpunished.
Inaction
Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
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 .
Incandescence
A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
Incanting
Enchanting.
Incensor
A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter.
Incongruence
Lack of congruence; incongruity.
Inconsequentiality
The state of being inconsequential.
Inconsideration
Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness.
Inconsonant
Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.
Inconverted
Not turned or changed about.
Incorrigibleness
Incorrigibility.
Incurvate
To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Incute
To strike or stamp in.
Indamaged
Not damaged.
Indepravate
Undepraved.
Indigest
Something indigested.
Indivisibleness
The state of being indivisible; indivisibility.
Ineffectively
In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.
Inexorableness
The quality or state of being inexorable.
Infinite
That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.
Ingredient
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent.
Inhabitable
Capable of being inhabited; habitable.
Inmate
Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.
Inobtrusive
Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.
Insatiate
Insatiable; .
Insectivora
An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
Insecution
A following after; close pursuit.
Instar
To stud as with stars.
Instructible
Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible.
Insular
An islander.
Intangibility
The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.
Interlocation
A placing or coming between; interposition.
Interminate
Endless; .
Interreign
An interregnum.
Intertubular
Between tubes or tubules;
Intertwine
To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.
Intrafoliaceous
Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; .
Intrigue
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
Introduct
To introduce.
Intuitional
Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.
Invariance
The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions.
Involute
A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also . See .
Inward
That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
Iritis
An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
Ironware
Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.
Iroquoian
Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principal linguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The territory of the northern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war.
Irreconcile
To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
irredentist
an advocate of irredentism, especially a person in one country who advocates the incorporation of a region in another country related historically to his country.
Irregulous
Lawless.
Irremovable
Not removable; immovable; inflexible.
Irresistance
Nonresistance; passive submission.
Islet
A little island.
Issue
To send out; to put into circulation; .