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invoice

noun · an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

Example: he paid his bill and left

inwardly

adverb · with respect to private feelings

Example: inwardly, she was raging

ionised

adjective · converted totally or partly into ions

ionization

noun · the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas

ioway

noun · a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa

ipo

noun · a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public

iraki

adjective · of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture

Example: Iraqi oil

iraqi

adjective · of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture

Example: Iraqi oil

irately

adverb · in an irate manner

Example: `Get out,' he shouted irately

iris

noun · diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

irish potato

noun · an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

irish whisky

noun · whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley

irk

verb · irritate or vex

Example: It galls me that we lost the suit

iron lady

noun · British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)

iron out

verb · settle or put right

Example: we need to iron out our disagreements

irradiate

verb · expose to radiation

Example: irradiate food

irreclaimable

adjective · insusceptible of reform

Example: vicious irreclaimable boys

irrefutable

adjective · impossible to deny or disprove

Example: incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence

irregular

adjective · not occurring at expected times

irreplaceable

adjective · impossible to replace

Example: irreplaceable antiques

irrepressibility

noun · irrepressible liveliness and good spirit

Example: I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor

irrepressible

adjective · impossible to repress or control

Example: an irrepressible chatterbox

irreproachably

adverb · in an irreproachable and blameless manner

Example: she had lived blamelessly until she met this man

irresistibleness

noun · the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist

irrespective

adverb · in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

Example: he carried on regardless of the difficulties

irresponsibly

adverb · in an irresponsible manner

Example: he acted irresponsibly

irreverently

adverb · in an irreverent manner

Example: in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used

irrevokable

adjective · incapable of being retracted or revoked- Shakespeare

Example: firm and irrevocable is my doom

irritable

adjective · easily irritated or annoyed

Example: an incorrigibly fractious young man

irritate

verb · excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

Example: Aspirin irritates my stomach

isaac bashevis singer

noun · United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)

islamise

verb · convert to Islam

Example: The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century

islamism

noun · the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

Example: Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion

islamize

verb · convert to Islam

Example: The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century

island hop

verb · travel from one island to the next

Example: on the cruise, we did some island-hopping

isochronal

adjective · equal in duration or interval

Example: the oscillations were isochronal

isoclinal

adjective · having equal magnetic inclinations

isolation

noun · the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

isomerisation

noun · the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself

isotropous

adjective · invariant with respect to direction

isurus glaucus

noun · common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish

item-by-item

adjective · separate and distinct from others of the same kind

Example: mark the individual pages

itemize

verb · specify individually

Example: She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered

iterate

verb · run or be performed again

Example: the function iterates

ithaca

noun · a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king

ithiel town

noun · United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

ivory

noun · a shade of white the color of bleached bones

ivory tower

noun · a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place

Example: he lived in the ivory tower of speculation

ivory-nut palm

noun · a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts

ivy arum

noun · evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage

jabiru mycteria

noun · large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

jack ladder

noun · (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps

jack off

verb · get sexual gratification through self-stimulation