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ical
() Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
ical
() Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.
I
() In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.
I
() As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
I-
() See Y-.
I
() The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
Iamatology
() Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
Iamb
() An iambus or iambic.
Iambic
() Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
Iambic
() Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
Iambic
() An iambic foot; an iambus.
Iambic
() A verse composed of iambic feet.
Iambic
() A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
Iambical
() Iambic.
Iambically
() In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
Iambize
() To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.
Iambi
() of Iambus
Iambuses
() of Iambus
Iambus
() A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
Ianthinae
() of Ianthina
Ianthinas
() of Ianthina
Ianthina
() Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.
Iatraliptic
() Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
Iatric
() Alt. of Iatrical
Iatrical
() Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.
Iatrochemical
() Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
Iatrochemist
() A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
Iatrochemistry
() Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.
Iatromathematical
() Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
Iatromathematician
() One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
Iberian
() Of or pertaining to Iberia.
Ibexes
() of Ibex
Ibices
() of Ibex
Ibex
() One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
Ibidem
() In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
Ibis
() Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
Icarian
() Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
Ice
() Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4¡ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
Ice
() Concreted sugar.
Ice
() Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
Ice
() Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
Iced
() of Ice
Icing
() of Ice
Ice
() To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
Ice
() To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
Ice
() To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
Iceberg
() A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Icebird
() An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
Icebound
() Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
Ice-built
() Composed of ice.