Word
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Definition
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iamatology | study of remedies
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iambic | consisting of iambuses; employing iambuses
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iambize | to satirize or lampoon; to ridicule in iambic verse
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iambographer | one who writes iambic verses
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iambus | poetic foot consisting of short then a long syllable
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ianthine | violet-coloured
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iatraliptic | relating to the curing of diseases by means of unguents
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iatramelia | medical negligence
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iatrarchy | government by physicians
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iatrochemistry | application of chemistry to medical theory
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iatrogenic | induced inadvertently by medical treatment
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iatrology | treatise or text on medical topics; study of medicine
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iatromathematics | archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology
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iatrophobia | fear of going to the doctor
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iberis | low-growing flowering shrubby herb
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ibex | wild mountain goat with recurved horns
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ibidem | in the same place
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ibidine | pertaining to the ibis
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ibis | large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour
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icaco | small fruit-bearing tropical tree
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iceblink | glare in the sky caused by light reflected off ice
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iceland | any land of perpetual ice
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ichneumon | small mongoose-like carnivorous quadruped
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ichneumous | parasitical
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ichneutic | of, like or pertaining to a tracker or tracking
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ichnite | fossilized footprint
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ichnogram | footprint
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ichnography | art of drawing ground plans; a ground plan
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ichnology | science of fossilized footprints
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ichnomancy | divination using footprints
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ichorescent | becoming ichorous
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ichthyic | of, resembling or pertaining to fish
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ichthyoacanthotoxism | poisoning from the sting or bite of a fish
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ichthyocoprolite | fossilized fish poop
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ichthyography | writing or description of fishes
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ichthyoid | fishlike
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ichthyolatry | the worship of fish
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ichthyology | study of fish
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ichthyomancy | divination by inspecting fish entrails
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ichthyomorphic | shaped like a fish
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ichthyonomy | classification of fishes
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ichthyophagous | fish-eating
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ichthyophile | one who loves fish or fishes
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ichthyopolist | fish seller
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ichthyotoxism | poisoning from fish venom
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ichthytaxidermy | fish taxidermy
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ichu | Andean alpine grass
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ickle | little
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iconism | imagery; metaphor
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iconoclasm | attacking of established beliefs
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iconoduly | veneration of icons or images
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iconography | study of drawing symbols
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iconolagny | sexual stimulation from pictures or statues
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iconolatry | image-worship
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iconology | study of icons; symbols
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iconomachy | opposition to the worship of images or icons
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iconomancy | divination using icons
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iconomania | obsession with icons or portraits
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iconomatic | using pictures to represent sounds of words; rebus-writing
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iconometer | instrument for finding size of object by measuring its image
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iconophilism | a taste for pictures and symbols
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iconophobia | fear or hatred of images
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iconoplast | one who makes images or icons
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iconoscope | old kind of television camera tube
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iconostasis | screen or partition in Eastern churches with tiers of icons
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iconotropy | misinterpretation by one group of the mythic imagery of another group
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icosahedron | solid with twenty plane faces
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icterical | of, like or pertaining to or suffering from jaundice
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icterine | of, like or pertaining to orioles and related birds
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icterine | yellowish or marked with yellow
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icteritious | jaundiced; yellow
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icterogenic | causing jaundice
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icteroid | resembling jaundice
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ictic | of, pertaining to, or caused by, a blow or stroke; pertaining to metrical stress
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ictuate | to emphasize; to put metrical stress on
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ictus | stress in poetry or verse
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idealism | doctrine that reality is ultimately mental
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idempotent | quantity which does not change when squared
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ideogenous | being of mental origin
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ideogeny | study of origins of ideas
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ideogram | symbol that stands for a concept rather than a word
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ideography | writing using signs representing ideas rather than sounds
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ideophone | word that is spoken but not written
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ideopraxist | one who is impelled to carry out an idea
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idiochromatic | having unique or distinctive coloration
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idiocrasis | intrinsic peculiarity or unique feature
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idioglossia | private language developed between children
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idiograph | private mark; trademark
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idiography | study or description of individual events or facts rather than patterns
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idiolect | distinctive individual form of speech
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idiologism | personal speech peculiarity
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idiomology | study of idiom, jargon or dialect
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idiomorphic | having a unique or distinct form
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idiopathic | disease particular to an individual
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idiophone | percussion instrument made of naturally resonant material
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idiorhythmic | self-regulating
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idiothermous | warm-blooded
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idioticon | vocabulary of a particular district
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idolomancy | divination using idols
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idolomania | obsession or devotion to idols
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idolothyte | sacrifice presented to an idol
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idolum | mental image; logical fallacy
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idoneous | suitable; appropriate
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ifsoever | if ever
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ignavia | laziness; laxity
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ignescent | capable of emitting sparks; of a volatile mood
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ignicolist | fire-worshipper
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ignify | to burn
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ignipotent | presiding over fire
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ignivomous | vomiting or spewing forth fire
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ignoscency | forgiveness
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ignotism | mistake due to ignorance
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iguana | large tropical New World lizard
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iiwi | bright red Hawaiian bird
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ilastical | propitiatory; expiatory
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iliac | of, like or pertaining to the loins
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ilicic | of, like or pertaining to holly
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ilke | kind or nature
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illapse | to glide in
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illaqueate | to ensnare
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illation | the act of inferring from premises
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illative | indicating movement into or toward
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illaudable | not praiseworthy
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illecebrous | enticing; attractive
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illeist | one who refers to oneself in the third person
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illimitable | limitlessly infinite
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illinition | act of rubbing against or on
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illiquation | the melting of one thing into another
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illision | the act of striking against something
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illocution | an act which is performed by speaking words
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illude | to trick
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illuminism | belief in an inward spiritual light
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illusionism | belief that the external world is philosophy
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illutation | mud bath
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illuvium | material dissolved in water and deposited in layers
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imagism | doctrine of use of precise images with unrestricted subject
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imago | idealized mental image of a person
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imbibition | the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
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imbreviate | to enroll
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imbricate | to lay overlapping one another
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imbroglio | confusing or disturbing situation; confused mass or heap
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imbrue | to wet or moisten
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imbrute | to degrade to the state of a brute
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imburse | to put in a purse; to pay
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immanation | flowing in
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immanent | inherent; permanently pervading the universe
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immanentism | belief in an immanent or permanent god
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immarcescible | unfading; imperishable
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immaterialism | the doctrine that there is no material substance
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immeability | state of being impassable or impermeable
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immerge | to immerse; to dip into water
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immeritous | undeserving
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imminution | lessening; decreasing
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immiseration | progressive impoverishment or degradation
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immission | insertion; infusion
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immix | to commingle
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immoralism | rejection of morality
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immortelle | everlasting dried flower
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immunifacient | causing immunity
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immunogenetics | study of genetic characteristics of immunity
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immunogenic | producing an immune response
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immunopathology | study of immunity to disease
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immure | to imprison; to shut in
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impacable | not able to be quieted or appeased
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impanate | embodied in bread
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imparidigitate | having an odd number of fingers on each limb
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imparlance | delay in pleading for amicable adjustment
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impaste | to lay paint or colours thickly on
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impavid | fearless; undaunted
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impecunious | without money; penniless
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impedimenta | things that impede; baggage
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impedimentary | hindering; obstructing
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impennate | featherless; wingless
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imperscriptible | not recorded; unwritten
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imperseverant | lacking the power to perceive
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impest | to infest with plague or pestilence
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impetrate | to obtain by entreaty, request or prayer
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impignorate | to pledge, pawn or mortgage
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impleach | to intertwine
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impletion | filling; fullness; fulfilment
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implex | not simple; involved; complicated
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implodent | an implosive sound
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implumous | without feathers
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imponent | that which imposes an obligation
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importune | to press or urge with repeated requests
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impostume | abscess
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imprecate | to call down by prayer; to curse; to invoke evil on
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imprescriptible | inalienable
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imprest | a loan or advance of money
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imprimatur | licence to print a book
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imprimis | in the first place
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imprimitive | not primitive
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impropriate | to appropriate for private use
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improvident | lacking foresight; thoughtless
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impudicity | shamelessness
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impugn | to oppose; to attack by words or arguments
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imputation | attribution of fault to
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imsonic | onomatopoetic
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inaniloquent | prone to foolish or empty babbling
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inanition | emptiness; starvation
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inappetent | lacking desire or appetite
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inapt | unfit or unqualified
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inaurate | gilded; golden
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inbeing | inherence; inherent existence
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inboard | inside the line of a ship's bulwarks or hull
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incalescent | growing warm
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incanous | covered with soft white hair
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incardination | acceptance by a diocese of clergyman from another diocese
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incarnadine | carnation-coloured; blood-red
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incatenation | harnessing; chaining together
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incede | to advance majestically
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incendivity | the power of causing ignition
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incentivize | to be given an incentive
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incept | to take into the body; ingest
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inceptive | marking the beginning or formation
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inchoate | undeveloped; just begun
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incipient | beginning; in an early stage
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incivism | neglect of duty as a citizen
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inclinometer | instrument for measuring inclination to the horizontal of an axis
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incommiscible | unable to be mixed or intermingled
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incommode | to cause trouble or inconvenience to
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incommutable | that cannot be commuted or exchanged
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incompossible | incapable of coexisting
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inconcinnity | lack of congruousness or proportion
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incondite | not well put together; poorly constructed
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inconscient | unconscious; abstracted
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incontrair | in opposition to
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incoronate | crowned
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incorpse | to incorporate
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incrassate | to thicken
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increscent | waxing
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incubus | nightmare; burden
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inculcate | implant in by persistent urging
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inculpate | to blame; to incriminate
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incult | uncultivated; coarse
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incunabulist | one who collects early books
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incunabulum | early printed book; early version of a thing
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incuse | impressed or stamped upon
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indagate | to search out; to investigate
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indehiscent | not opening when mature
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indicia | indicating marks or symptoms
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indifferentism | the belief that all religions are equally valid
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indigence | poverty; state of being needy
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indign | unworthy; disgraceful; unseemly
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indigo | deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye
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indiscerptible | not able to be separated
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indite | to compose
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individualism | belief that individual interests and rights are paramount
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indoles | inherent disposition
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induciae | peace treaty or armistice
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inductivism | belief in the superiority of induction over deduction
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indue | to supply; to endow
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indulgence | former Catholic pardon granted for remission of punishment for sins
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indult | special temporary dispensation granted by the Catholic church
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indumentum | total body covering of hair, fur or feathers
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indurate | to make hard, callous or unfeeling
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induviae | withered leaves which persist on plants
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indwell | to exist within as a guiding force
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ineloquence | unappealing speech
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ineluctable | against which it is useless to struggle
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inescatory | of, like or pertaining to baiting; adapted to bait
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inesculent | inedible
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inessive | indicating location within
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ineunt | entering
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inexpiable | that which cannot be expiated or atoned for
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inexpugnable | not able to be attacked or captured
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infandous | unmentionable
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infantocracy | government by an infant
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infarction | tissue dying due to lack of blood flow
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infaust | unlucky; ill-omened
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infelicitous | inappropriate in application or expression
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inferiae | offerings to the spirits of the dead
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inficete | not facetious; rudely jesting
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infinitism | belief that God or the universe are infinite
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inflorescence | process of producing flowers; flowering
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infomania | excessive devotion to accumulating facts
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infra | below; later in a text
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infrangible | not able to be broken or violated
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infructuous | not fruitful
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infumate | smoky; blackened
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infundibuliform | having the form or shape of a funnel or cone
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infuscate | clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour
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ingannation | deception
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ingate | inlet for molten metal in founding
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ingeminate | to reiterate; to redouble
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ingerence | intrusion; interference
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ingle | a fire in a room; a fireplace
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inglenook | alcove by a large open fire
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ingluvies | a crop or craw of birds
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ingluvious | gluttonous
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ingravescent | becoming more severe
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ingression | pronounced with inhalation rather than exhalation
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inguinal | of, like or pertaining to the groin
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ingurgitate | to swallow; to guzzle
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inhaust | to drink in
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inhere | be inherent
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inhumation | burial; act of depositing in the ground
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inhumist | referring to a society that burns its dead
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inimical | hostile; harmful
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iniquity | wickedness; gross injustice
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inkhorn | portable case for ink
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inkhornism | pedantic word or expression
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inlagation | pardoning of an outlaw
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inlapidate | to petrify
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inly | inwardly; thoroughly
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innitency | state of leaning or resting upon something
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innominate | having no name
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innoxious | harmless
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inoperculate | without an operculum or lid
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inopinate | not thought of; unexpected
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inorthography | incorrect spelling
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inosculate | to join together with ducts or openings; to blend or combine
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inquiline | living with another; dwelling in another creature's lair
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inquinate | to corrupt or defile
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inquirendo | authority to inquire into something
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inquisiturient | eager to act as an inquisitor
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inquorate | not making up a quorum
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inscenation | staging; setting
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inscient | having little or no knowledge
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insculp | to engrave, to cut or carve from something
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insectifuge | insect repellent
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insectivorous | eating insects
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insectology | study of insects
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insessorial | adapted for perching
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insidiate | to conspire against; to betray
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insipience | lack of wisdom; stupidity
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insolate | to treat by exposure to the sun's rays
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insouciance | indifference; apathy
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insouciant | lighthearted and unconcerned
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inspan | to bring or force into service
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inspissate | to thicken or condense
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instanter | at once
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instauration | restoration; renewal
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institorial | of, like or pertaining to an agent or factor
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instructive | indicating means whereby
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instrumental | indicating means by which
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instrumentalism | doctrine that ideas are instruments of action
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insufflate | to disseminate by blowing; to breathe upon
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insulse | lacking wit; dull; stupid; insipid
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intaglio | a figure engraved into a gem or another substance
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integument | an external covering or coating
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intellection | act of thinking; exercise of the intellect
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intellectualism | belief that all knowledge is derived from reason
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intemerate | pure; undefiled
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intempestive | unseasonable; untimely; inopportune
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intenerate | to make tender; to soften
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intenible | not capable of holding or retaining
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interactionism | belief that mind and body act on each other
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interamnian | between two rivers
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intercalary | interpolated; inserted between other things
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intercalation | interpolation; insertion between others
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interciliary | between the eyebrows
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intercipient | intercepting
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interclude | to block; to enclose; to cut off
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intercolline | lying between hills
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intercostal | between the ribs
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intercrural | within or pertaining to the area between the legs
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interdigitate | to interlock in the manner of locked fingers
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interdine | to eat together
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interfenestration | spacing of windows
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interferometer | instrument for analysing spectra of light
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interfluve | area between two rivers that flow in the same direction
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intergrade | to merge or shade by means of intermediate steps
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interim | meanwhile
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interjacent | intervening; situated between two things
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interjaculate | to ejaculate in interruption
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interlaminate | to insert between layers
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interlocutor | one who converses; interpreter; participant in conversation
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interlucation | thinning of a forest to let some light in
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interlunation | dark time between old moon and new
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intermure | to wall in
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internecine | causing (mutual) destruction
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internuncio | messenger between two parties; low-ranking papal legate
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interosculant | possessing attributes common to different groups
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interpellation | question raised during the course of debate
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interpilaster | space between two pilasters
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interpunct | point or dot between words in•place•of•spaces
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interpunction | insertion of punctuation marks in writing
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interramification | interweaving of branches
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interrex | one who rules during an interregnum; regent
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interrobang | combination of exclamation point and question mark
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interscribe | to write between
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intersidereal | between stars
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interstitial | of, like or pertaining to the space between things
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intertesselation | complex interrelationship
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intertie | short timber binding together upright posts
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intertrigo | skin rash due to friction of two moist surfaces
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intervallum | between the ramparts
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intervolve | to roll up or entwine with one another
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intinction | administering communion by dipping bread into wine
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intitule | to endow or furnish with a title
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intorted | twisted inwards; involved
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intrados | undersurface of an arch or vault
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intrant | entering; penetrating
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introessive | indicating motion into
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introit | psalm or hymn sung at beginning of church service
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intromit | to introduce; to admit; to insert
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introrse | turned or facing inward
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introspectionism | doctrine that knowledge of mind must derive from introspection
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intuitionism | belief that the perception of truth is by intuition
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intumesce | to enlarge; to swell; to bubble
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intussusception | movement of one part of a thing into another
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inumbrate | to cast a shadow upon; to shade
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inunction | anointing, smearing or rubbing with ointment
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inurbanity | lack of manners or deportment; incivility
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inusitation | disuse; disrepair
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inustion | burning in; cauterization
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invaginate | to sheathe; to draw in; to enfold
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inveigh | to make an attack in speech or writing
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inveigle | to entice; to wheedle
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invenit | invented it
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inverecund | shameless; unabashed
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inveterate | long-established; confirmed
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invictive | insurmountable; undefeatable
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invidious | likely to excite indignation against the performer
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invination | presence of Christ's blood in sanctified wine
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inviscate | to entrap with sticky material
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invitatory | psalm or anthem sung before prayer during church service
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invultuation | the making of an image for use in witchcraft
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inwith | inside
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ionophone | loudspeaker that uses vibrations of ionized air to amplify sound
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ionosonde | device for recording information about the ionosphere using echoes
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iopterous | having violet-coloured wings
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iotacism | excessive use of the letter 'i'
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iotize | to add the letter 'i' before another letter
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ipecac | an emetic root-plant
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ipecacuanhic | of or relating to ipecac
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ipiti | a small antelope
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ipseand | old name for the ampersand
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ipseity | selfhood; state of being oneself
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ipsilateral | occurring on the same side of the body
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iracund | inclined to become angry
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iracundulous | somewhat inclined to become angry
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irascent | becoming enraged or angry
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ireless | without anger or ire
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irenarch | ancient Roman and Byzantine keeper of the peace
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irenic | conducive to or working towards peace
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irenicon | proposal to promote peace between rival churches
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irenology | the study of peace
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irian | belonging to the iris of the eye
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iridaceous | of, like, or pertaining to iris plants
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iridal | of or pertaining to the rainbow
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iridian | having or suggestive of the colours of a rainbow
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iridic | of, like or pertaining to the iris of the eye
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iridine | rainbow-like
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iridize | to make iridescent
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iridology | study of the iris; diagnosis of disease based on the iris of the eye
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irisate | to render iridescent
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iriscope | instrument for exhibiting the prismatic colours
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iroko | West African hardwood tree
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ironice | ironically
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ironism | practice of using irony
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ironless | not possessing iron
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ironmaster | head of an ironworks
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ironwort | herb reputed to be effective in treating sword wounds
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irradiant | emitting rays of light
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irradicate | to fix firmly
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irrased | in heraldry, indented
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irrecusable | that cannot be rejected
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irredenta | territory related ethnically to one state but subject to another
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irredentism | advocating restoration of territory to a nation
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irredivivous | unable to be revived
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irreflex | not turned back; not turned aside
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irrefragable | that cannot be refuted; unanswerable
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irrefrangible | incapable of refraction
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irregenerate | not regenerate; unregenerate
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irrelate | unrelated
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irreligion | hostility to religious principles; lack of religion
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irreligionism | system of belief that is hostile to religions
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irremeable | which cannot be returned; irrevocable
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irremissible | that cannot be forgiven; unpardonable
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irremoval | absence of removal
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irreplevisable | in law, that cannot be restored to its rightful owner
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irreposcible | unable to be demanded back
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irreption | stealthy entrance; a subtle or creeping entry into
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irreptitious | having crept into a text
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irrequisite | unnecessary
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irresiant | having no residence; not resident
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irrespectuose | disrespectful
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irresultive | having no result
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irretiate | to ensnare; to trap in a net
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irrevincible | invincible; incontrovertible
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irriguous | watered; wet; irrigating
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irrisible | worthy of derision
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irrision | the act of laughing at another
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irrisory | mocking; derisive
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irrite | void
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irroborate | to strengthen
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irroration | watering a plant with discharge of a sick person
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irruent | running hastily; rushing
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irrumpent | bursting or breaking in
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irruption | breaking or bursting in
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isabelline | greyish yellow
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isabnormal | line connecting points of equal deviation from mean temperature
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isacoustic | line connecting points of equal acoustic quality
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isagoge | academic introduction to a subject
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isagogic | introductory
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isallobar | line connecting points of equal change in barometric pressure
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isallotherm | line connecting points of equal temperature variation in a period
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isanemone | line connecting points on map having same wind velocity
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isanther | line connecting points where flowers bloom at the same time of year
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isapostolic | equal to or contemporary with the apostles
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isatis | Arctic fox
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ischaemia | lack of blood in a part of the body due to an obstruction
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ischiatic | of or pertaining to the ischium or hip
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ischiorrhogic | of an iambic line, having spondees in the second, fourth or sixth place
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ischuretic | diuretic
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ischuria | retention of urine
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iseidomal | line connecting points of equal visibility of a spectacle
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isentropic | line connecting points of equal entropy
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ishan | prehistoric Iraqi mound
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ishies | hip-joints
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ising | meat sausage
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isinglass | firm semitransparent substance used to make jellies
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islandic | of or pertaining to an island
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islesman | inhabitant of a group of islands
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islomania | craze or obsession for islands
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ismatic | addicted to “isms” or faddish theories
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isness | the fact of being; essence
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isobar | line connecting points of same atmospheric pressure
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isobase | line connecting points of equal land upheaval
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isobath | line connecting points of equal underwater depth
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isobathytherm | line connecting points of equal temperature and depth underground
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isobront | line connecting points of simultaneous storm development
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isocephaly | arrangement of figures in art so that their heads are at the same height
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isochar | line connecting points of similar distinguishing characteristics of plant life
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isochasm | line connecting points of equal frequency of aurorae
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isocheim | line connecting points of same average winter temperature
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isochlor | line connecting points of equal chlorine concentration
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isochor | line connecting points of varying conditions under constant volume
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isochrone | line connecting points of equal time difference or simultaneous occurrence
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isochronous | having the same duration; recurring at equal intervals
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isochroous | having a uniform colour
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isoclinal | line connecting points of same magnetic dip
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isocost | line connecting points of equal cost
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isocracy | equal political power
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isocryme | line connecting points of equal winter temperature
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isodiabatic | having equal transmission of heat
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isodose | line connecting points that receive equal doses of radiation
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isodynamic | line connecting points of equal magnetic intensity
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isoflor | line connecting points of equal number of plant species
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isogam | line connecting points of equal acceleration due to gravity
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isogen | line connecting points of equal birthrates
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isogeny | sameness or similarity of origin
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isogeotherm | line connecting points of equal subterranean temperature
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isogloss | line connecting points of similar regional dialect
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isoglossal | having similar speech patterns or language
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isogonal | having equal angles
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isogonal | line connecting points of equal magnetic declination
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isograd | line connecting points of similar conditions during geological metamorphism
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isogram | line connecting points on a map having some similar feature
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isograph | line connecting points of same linguistic usage in some respect
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isography | imitation of handwriting
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isohaline | line connecting points of equal salinity
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isohalsine | line connecting points of equal ocean salinity
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isohel | line connecting points of equal sunlight
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isohyet | line connecting points of equal rainfall
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isokeraunic | line connecting points of equal occurrence of thunderstorms
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isolex | line connecting points of same vocabulary usage
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isoline | line connecting points on a map having some similar feature
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isomagnetic | line connecting points of equal magnetic induction
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isometric | line connecting points of equal variations of pressure
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isomorph | line connecting points of same linguistic morphological forms
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isonephelic | line connecting points of equal cloud cover
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isonomy | equal law; rights or privileges
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isonym | word having the same derivation or form as another
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isopach | line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata
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isophene | line connecting points of the same phenotype or seasonal variation
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isophote | line connecting points of equal light intensity from a given source
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isopiestic | line connecting points of equal pressure but varying temperature and volume
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isopiptesis | line connecting points of same arrival date of migratory species
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isopleth | line connecting points of equal aspect of climate
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isopolity | reciprocity of rights of citizenship in two communities
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isopor | line connecting points of equal annual change in magnetic field
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isoprofit | line connecting points of equal profit
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isopsephic | equal in number
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isopycnic | line connecting points of equal density
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isoquant | line connecting points of equal output
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isorithm | line connecting points of equal population density
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isorropic | of equal value
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isoseismal | line connecting points of same earthquake intensity
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isostasy | condition of equilibrium in the earth's crust
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isostere | line connecting points of equal specific volume of a substance
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isotac | line joining points where the ice melts at the same time of year
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isotach | line connecting points of the same wind speed
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isothere | line connecting points of equal summer temperature
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isotherm | line connecting points of equal temperature
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isothermobath | line connecting points of equal temperature at a given ocean depth
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isotherombrose | line connecting points of equal ratio of summer rainfall to annual rainfall
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isotropic | having the same properties in every direction
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isovol | line connecting points of equal ratio of fixed to volatile carbon in coal
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issles | sparks; embers
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issuant | issuing from; in heraldry, emerging from the bottom of a chief
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ist | one who holds to an 'ism'
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isthmian | living on or situated on an isthmus
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isthmoid | resembling an isthmus
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istle | coarse tough Central American fibre used to make cords and nets
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itacism | pronunciation of the Greek letter eta as 'ee'
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itai-itai | disease caused by cadmium poisoning and resulting in back pain
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Italiot | person of Greek descent dwelling in ancient Italy
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Italomania | obsession with Italy or Italians
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item | likewise; also
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iter | circuit; path; road or line of travel
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iterant | repeating; echoing
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iteration | repetition
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iterum | again; afresh; anew
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ithomiid | tropical South American butterfly
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ithyphallic | indecent; immoral
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itinerarian | traveller
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itinerarily | in the course of wandering
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ition | the action of going
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itis | bodily condition or disease
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iulan | of the first growth of the beard
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iulus | millipede
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ivi | Tahitian chestnut tree
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ivoride | imitation ivory
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ivorine | white and smooth like ivory
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ivorist | one who carves ivory professionally
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ivresse | drunkenness
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iwis | surely; certainly
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ixia | South African beautiful flowering plant
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ixiodic | of, like or pertaining to ticks
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ixora | tropical evergreen shrub with white flowers
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izard | goatlike antelope found in the Pyrenees
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izzard | archaic name for the letter Z
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izzat | public esteem; honour
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