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inconsolable.adjective
impossible
or difficult to console;
despondent
(she was inconsolable after her pet died)
inconsolability.or.inconsolableness.noun
inconsolably.adverb
I've..
the word I've is a contraction
of the short phrase I have, which
has been.abbreviated
iron.noun,.plural.irons
iron is an element
which usually takes the form
of a hard, dark grey metal; it is
used
to make steel and also forms part
of many tools, buildings and vehicles; very small amounts of iron occur
in your blood and in food (the huge,
iron gate was locked)
iron.noun,.plural.irons
an iron is an electrical.device
with a flat metal.base;
you heat it until the base is hot, then smoothly
rub it up and down over clothes to remove creases; iron is used in expressions
such as an iron hand and iron discipline
to
describe strong, harsh
or unfair.methods
of control which do not allow
people much freedom; atomic
number 26; atomic weight
55.847; melting point 1,535°C;
boiling point 2,750°C; specific
gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence
2, 3, 4, 6.
iron,
ironed,
ironing,
irons.verbs
transitive
verb use.iron
clothes by pressing and smoothing with a heated iron (iron clothes to remove
creases)
intransitive
verb use.to
iron clothes (I managed to get all the ironing done this morning)
iron out.phrasal
verb
to settle
through discussion or compromise;
to work out
iron in the fire.idiom
an undertaking
or project in progress
(she has many irons in the fire this year); if someone has a lot of irons
in the fire, they are involved in several different activities or have
several different plans
innumerable.adjective
too numerous
to be counted; numberless;
incalculable
innumerably.adverb
innumerableness.noun
intergalactic.adjective
being
or occurring
between galaxies
(intergalactic space)
intergalactically.adverb
ineradicable.adjective
you use ineradicable to
emphasize
that a quality,
fact
or situation is permanent
and cannot be changed;
impossible
to eradicate or be eradicated
(ineradicable stains)
ineradicably.adverb
id.noun,.plural.ids
the part of the mind below
conscious.thinking
and which brings thoughts to it from the invisible with an apparent
time delay of 6 seconds
inbred.adjective
produced by inbreeding;
fixed
in the character or disposition.as
if.inherited;
rooted and ingrained in one's
nature
as deeply as if implanted by
heredity;
innate;
derived
from within, subjective,
intrinsic,
fundamental,
normal,
implanted, inherent,
essential,
natural,
inborn;
existing from birth; produced by breeding among closely related members
of a group of animals, people or
plants (an inbred racehorse); inbreeding often results in decreased.vigor,
size and fertility of the offspring
because of the combined.effect
of weaker recessive.genes
in both parents, but one does
have control over correcting the genes
inbreed,
inbred,
inbreeding,
inbreeds.transitive
verbs
to breed
over time by the continued mating of closely related individuals, especially
to preserve desirable traits in
a stock (selecting one to
mate with that is within one's close family may weaken the progeny);
to breed or develop within; engender
inbreeder.noun,.plural.inbreeders
interbreed,
interbred,
interbreeding,
interbreeds.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
breed with another kind or
species;
hybridize;
to breed within a narrow.range
or with closely related types
or individuals; inbreed
transitive verb use.to
cause
to interbreed
Indo-Iranian.noun,.plural.Indo-Iranians
also called Aryan;
a subfamily of the Indo-European
language family that comprises
the Indic and Iranian branches;
a member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-Iranian language
Indo-Iranian.adjective
Israel.noun
a country on the eastern
side of the Mediterranean Sea (map),
surrounded by Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Population: 6,000,000 in 2001.
Capital is Jerusalem
Israelite.noun,.plural.Israelites
a descendant
of the Hebrew.patriarch.Jacob.specifically;
a native or inhabitant
of the ancient northern kingdom of Israel
(map)
Israeli.noun,.plural.Israelis
a term.having
to do with modern day Israel; of.or.relating.to
Israel or its people today; a native
or inhabitant of modern-day Israel
imperfection.noun,.plural.imperfections
the quality
or condition of being imperfect;
something
imperfect; a defect or flaw;
a blemish
imperfect.adjective
not perfect
imperfectly.adverb
imperfectness.noun
imperfect.noun,.plural.imperfects
a piece of merchandise
having a minor.flaw
that does not impair its use,
usually sold at a discount
Grammar:.the
imperfect tense; a verb in the imperfect tense;
in Grammar, of or being
the tense of a verb that shows, usually
in the past, an action or a condition
as incomplete, continuous
or coincident with another action
Botany:
in botany, as used of a flower,
having
either stamens or a pistil
only
Law:
in law, not legally.enforceable
(an imperfect contract)
incinerate,
incinerated,
incinerating,
incinerates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
cause to burn to ashes
intransitive verb use.to
burn completely; from Medieval
times, the Latin incinerare, incinerat-
+ Latin cinis, ciner-, meaning ashes
incineration.noun,.plural.incinerations
incurable.adjective
being
such that a cure is impossible; not
curable; believed to be incapable
of being altered, as in disposition
or habits
incurability.or.incurableness.noun
incurable.noun,.plural.incurables
incurably.adverb
inexpensive.adjective
not high in price; less
in cost than expected
inexpensively.adverb
inexpensiveness.noun
intercept, intercepted,
intercepting,
intercepts.transitive
verbs
to stop, deflect
or interrupt the progress
or intended.course
of (intercepted me with a message as I was leaving); in sports, to take
possession of by catching an opponent's ball such as in football
Mathematics:.in
mathematics,
to include or bound
a part of a space or curve between two points or lines
intercept.noun,.plural.intercepts
interception of a radio transmission; an interceptor;
in mathematics, the distance from the origin
to the point at which a line, curve
or surface.intersects
a coordinate.axis;
from Middle
English 'intercepten' meaning 'to seize'
interceptive.adjective
interception.noun,.plural.interceptions
the act
of intercepting or the state
of being
intercepted; in sports, a pass that is intercepted, such
as a forward pass in football; something,
such
as a a radio transmission, missile, or aircraft that is intercepted
intercepter.also.spelt.interceptor.noun
plural.intercepters.or.interceptors
someone or something that intercepts
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