I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon.
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- (prefix.) See Y-.
We (pl. ) of I
Our (pl. ) of I
Ours (pl. ) of I
Us (pl. ) of I
I (object.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
Iamatology (n.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
Iamb (n.) An iambus or iambic.
Iambic (a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
Iambic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
Iambic (n.) An iambic foot; an iambus.
Iambic (n.) A verse composed of iambic feet.
Iambic (n.) A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
Iambical (a.) Iambic.
Iambically (adv.) In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
Iambize (v. t.) To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.
Iambi (pl. ) of Iambus
Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambus
Iambus (n.) 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 (pl. ) of Ianthina
Ianthinas (pl. ) of Ianthina
Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.
Iatraliptic (a.) Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
Iatric (a.) Alt. of Iatrical
Iatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.
Iatrochemical (a.) Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
Iatrochemist (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
Iatrochemistry (n.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
Iatromathematician (n.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to Iberia.
Ibexes (pl. ) of Ibex
Ibices (pl. ) of Ibex
Ibex (n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
Ibidem (adv.) In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
Ibis (n.) 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.
-ible () See -able.
-ic () A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.
-ic () A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
Icarian (a.) Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
Ice (n.) 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 (n.) Concreted sugar.
Ice (n.) Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
Ice (n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
Iced (imp. & p. p.) of Ice
Icing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ice
Ice (v. t.) To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
Ice (v. t.) To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
Ice (v. t.) To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Icebird (n.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
Icebound (a.) 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 (a.) Composed of ice.
Ice-built (a.) Loaded with ice.
Iced (a.) Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.
Iced (a.) Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.
Icefall (n.) A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.
Icelander (n.) A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
Icelandic (a.) Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.
Icelandic (n.) The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.
Iceland moss () A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
Icemen (pl. ) of Iceman
Iceman (n.) A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.
Iceman (n.) One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.
Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.
Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
Ich (pron.) I.
Ichneumon (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
Ichneumon (n.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
Ichneumonidan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon flies.
Ichneumonidan (n.) One of the Ichneumonidae.
Ichneumonides (n. pl.) The ichneumon flies.
Ichnite (n.) A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.
Ichnographic (a.) Alt. of Ichnographical
Ichnographical (a.) Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.
Ichnography (n.) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.
Ichnolite (n.) A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
Ichnolithology (n.) Same as Ichnology.
Ichnological (a.) Of or pertaining to ichnology.
Ichnology (n.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
Ichnoscopy (n.) The search for the traces of anything.
Ichor (n.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
Ichor (n.) A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Ichorous (a.) Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.
Ichthidin (n.) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.
Ichthin (n.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.
Ichthulin (n.) A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.
Ichthus (n.) In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words /, /, / /, /, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
Ichthyic (a.) Like, or pertaining to, fishes.
Ichthyocol (n.) Alt. of Ichthyocolla
Ichthyocolla (n.) Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
Ichthyocoprolite (n.) Fossil dung of fishes.
Ichthyodorulite (n.) One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.
Ichthyography (n.) A treatise on fishes.
Ichthyoid (a.) Alt. of Ichthyoidal