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hysterically

adverb · in a hysterical manner

Example: she screamed hysterically when she heard the news

i

adjective · used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

Example: `ane' is Scottish

ibolium privet

noun · fast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium

ice ax

noun · an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

ice lolly

noun · ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

Example: in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly

ice over

verb · become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window

Example: When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane

icebound

adjective · locked in by ice

Example: icebound harbors

icelandic

adjective · of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language

Example: Icelandic ports

iceman

noun · a professional killer

ichthyosauridae

noun · later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres

icteric

adjective · affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

ida tarbell

noun · United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944)

idea

noun · an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

Example: an estimate of what it would cost

ideal gas

noun · a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces

idealise

verb · form ideals

Example: Man has always idealized

ideate

verb · form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Example: Can you conceive of him as the president?

ideational

adjective · being of the nature of a notion or concept

Example: a plan abstract and conceptional

idempotent

adjective · unchanged in value following multiplication by itself

Example: this matrix is idempotent

identify

verb · consider to be equal or the same

Example: He identified his brother as one of the fugitives

identity

noun · the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

Example: you can lose your identity when you join the army

ideographically

adverb · in an idiographic manner

Example: it's written ideographically

idiotically

adverb · in an idiotic manner

Example: what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically

idle

adjective · not in active use

Example: the machinery sat idle during the strike

idolise

verb · love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Example: Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

idolised

adjective · regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)

Example: adored grandchildren

idria columnaris

noun · candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers

if not

adverb · perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than

Example: will yield 10% if not more

igneous

adjective · like or suggestive of fire

Example: a fiery desert wind

ignite

verb · arouse or excite feelings and passions

Example: The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor

ignition

noun · the act of setting something on fire

ignominious

adjective · (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson

Example: Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands

ii timothy

noun · a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters

ill

adjective · presaging ill fortune- P.B.Shelley

Example: ill omens

ill-equipped

adjective · poorly supplied with physical equipment

Example: the school was ill-equipped

ill-fated

adjective · marked by or promising bad fortune- W.H.Prescott

Example: their business venture was doomed from the start

ill-humored

adjective · brusque and surly and forbidding

Example: crusty remarks

ill-shapen

adjective · so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

Example: deformed thalidomide babies

ill-sorted

adjective · not easy to combine harmoniously

ill-timed

adjective · badly timed

Example: an ill-timed intervention

ill-treat

verb · treat badly

Example: This boss abuses his workers

ill-use

verb · treat badly

Example: This boss abuses his workers

illative

adjective · expressing or preceding an inference

Example: `therefore' is an illative word

illegalize

verb · declare illegal; outlaw

Example: Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.

illegibly

adverb · in an illegible manner

Example: this student writes illegibly

illegitimately

adverb · of biological parents not married to each other

Example: this child was born illegitimately

illicit

adjective · contrary to or forbidden by law

Example: an illegitimate seizure of power

illume

verb · make lighter or brighter

Example: This lamp lightens the room a bit

illuminated

adjective · provided with artificial light

Example: illuminated advertising

illuminating

adjective · tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

Example: an enlightening glimpse of government in action

illumine

verb · make lighter or brighter

Example: This lamp lightens the room a bit

imaginable

adjective · capable of being imagined

Example: that is one possible answer

imaginatively

adverb · with imagination

Example: the room was decorated very imaginatively

imagine

verb · expect, believe, or suppose

Example: I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel

imaum

noun · (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide

imbauba

noun · tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems