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icecap
a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
Ichthyol
An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in medicine as a remedy in some forms of skin diseases.
Iconographer
A maker of images.
Ictodosauria
An order of extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic.
Idle
To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
Illegal
Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral;
Illustrious
Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.
Immeritous
Undeserving.
Impavid
Fearless.
Impeccancy
Sinlessness.
impelled
motivated by an irresistable compulsion.
Impenitent
Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
Impenitently
Without repentance.
Imperatively
In an imperative manner.
Impersonator
One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
Imperviability
The quality of being imperviable.
Impeyan pheasant
An Indian crested pheasant of the genus . Several species are known. Called also , .
Impierceable
Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.
Impletion
The act of filling, or the state of being full.
Implicatively
By implication.
Imploring
That implores; beseeching; entreating.
imported
brought into the country from a foreign source; -- used of especially merchandise; -- correlative of .
Impossible
An impossibility; .
Impressionist
One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; .
Improvisate
Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore.
Inalienableness
The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
Inburst
A bursting in or into.
Incandescence
A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
Incensive
Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.
Incircumscription
Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless.
Incognizant
Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Incommutable
Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another.
Indescribable
Incapable of being described.
Indorsable
Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.
Inductional
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.
Induction motor
A type of alternating-current motor comprising two wound members, one stationary, called the , and the other rotating, called the , these two members corresponding to a certain extent to the field and armature of a direct-current motor.
Ineligibility
The state or quality of being ineligible.
Ineludible
Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
Infecund
Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile.
Inhere
To be inherent; to stick (); to be fixed in or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
Inhospitality
The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.
inhumaneness
the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others; the quality of being inhumane; inhumanity; -- of people or events.
Inking
Supplying or covering with ink.
in-migration
migration into a place.
innumerate
Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with . Opposite of .
Insanable
Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.
insightful
having intellectual depth; having or showing an exceptional degree of insight{2}; -- of people or their comments.
Insonorous
Not clear or melodious.
Inspirator
A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See , , 2.
Instratified
Interstratified.
Intercidence
The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident.
Interflow
To flow in.
Intermeddle
To intermix; to mingle.
Intermutation
Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
Interplanetary
Between planets; .
Interveined
Intersected, as with veins.
Invertebrata
A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
irrationalness
Irrationality.
irrebuttable
Incapable of being rebutted.
Irrecoverable
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; .
Irruptive
Rushing in or upon.
Isagoge
An introduction.
Isagogics
That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.
Isatogen
A complex nitrogenous radical, , regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue.
Isotrimorphic
Isotrimorphous.
Ixodian
A tick of the genus , or the family .