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Iambic
An iambic foot; an iambus.
Iatromathematical
Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
Ibero-mesornis
A sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Lower Cretaceous having a strutlike pectoral bone and vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds.
Icicled
Having icicles attached.
Iconical
Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
Ictus
The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. .
Idiom
The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
Igloo
An Eskimo snow house.
Iliad
A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.
Illegitimate
Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Illegitimately
In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
Impartibility
The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility.
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.
Imperfectibility
The state or quality of being imperfectible.
Impertinency
Impertinence.
imposed
of ; .
imprinting
The learning of a behavioral pattern that occurs soon after birth or hatching in certain animals, in which a long-lasting response to an individual (such as a parent) or an object is rapidly acquired; it is particularly noted in the response of certain birds to the animal they first see after hatching, usually the parent, as in ducks who will follow the adult duck they first see.
Inauguratory
Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration.
Incameration
The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, , to the pope's domain.
Incidental
An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; .
Inclining
Inclination; disposition.
Incorporate
Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
Indagate
To seek or search out.
Indagator
A searcher; an explorer; an investigator.
Indentedly
With indentations.
indentured
Bound by contract to work for another for a specified period of time.
Indicated
Shown; denoted; registered; measured.
Inditer
One who indites.
Indulgently
In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably.
Inexpiate
Not appeased or placated.
Inferentially
By way of inference; using inference.
Inferobranchiate
Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the .
Inflammabillty
Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
Influxive
Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.
Infusionism
The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to and .
Ingression
Act of entering; entrance.
Inharmoniously
Without harmony.
Inkstone
A kind of stone containing native vitriol or sulphate of iron, used in making ink.
innumerate
Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with . Opposite of .
Inoculate
To graft by inserting buds.
Insignment
A token, mark, or explanation.
Insnarer
One who insnares.
Instillment
The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
Instrumentary
Instrumental.
Insubmission
Lack of submission; disobedience; noncompliance.
Insulator
One who, or that which, insulates.
Intensification
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
Interchangeability
The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.
Interclude
To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.
Interfulgent
Shining between.
Interlamination
The state of being interlaminated.
Intermobility
Capacity of things to move among each other; .
Interposal
The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.
Intersecant
Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
Intervenue
Interposition.
Intortion
See .
Intrusional
Of or pertaining to intrusion.
Invalidate
To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; .
Invalidness
Invalidity; .
Invectively
In an invective manner.
Invertedly
In an inverted order.
Investigable
Unsearchable; inscrutable.
invitational
open only to persons issued an invitation; -- of gatherings, usually sports events; .
Invulnerability
Quality or state of being invulnerable.
Iodous
Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See (chemical suffix).
Iricism
Irishism.
iron-on
Able to be attached (to clothing) by applying pressure and heat, as with a hand iron; -- of cloth items specially made with a glue that is softened by heat; -- used especially of patches to clothing or accessories to clothing, such as replacement pockets.
Irredeemable
Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.
Irregular
One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
Irrepresentable
Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
Irreputable
Disreputable.
Irritative
Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; .
Isabelline
Of an isabel or isabella color.
Italianate
To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.
Ivorytype
A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also .
Ixobrychus
A genus of birds consisting of certain of the bitterns.