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irrational.adjective
not having commonsense.reasoning;
marked
by a lack of mental accord and sound
judgment; not crazy, just close to it, being unsane
irrationally.adverb
irrationality.noun,.plural.irrationalities
the state
or quality
of being irrational; an irrational idea, such as doing in a different way
something having no more benefits than that which already has been done
simply
and properly
irrationalness.noun,.plural.irrationalnesses
irrationalism.noun,.plural.irrationalisms
irrationality; irrational thought, expression
or behavior, such as the not too bright ancient Balaam showed:.Numbers
22:1-4;
the state
or quality
of being.irrational;
an irrational idea,
expression
or act
irrationalism.noun
irrational thought, expression or behavior; irrationality;
belief in feeling, instinct or
other non rational forces rather
than reason
irrational number.noun,.plural.irrational
numbers
any real
number that cannot be expressed as an integer
or as a ratio between two integers
imaginary number.noun,.plural.imaginary
numbers
a complex
number in which the real part is zero and the coefficient
of the imaginary unit is not zero
imperious.adjective
arrogantly.domineering
or overbearing
imperiously.adverb
imperiousness.noun,.plural.imperiousnesses
synonyms.dictatorial,
authoritarian,
dogmatic,
overbearing
incandescent.adjective
emitting
visible light as a result of being heated; shining brilliantly; very bright;
characterized
by ardent emotion, intensity or
brilliance
incandescence.noun,.plural.incandescences
the emission
of visible light by a hot object such as an incandescent light bulb; the
light emitted by an incandescent
object,
such as the much healthier older yellow light bulbs we all used; a blaze
(the incandescence of a beautiful outdoor warming fire); an incandescencent
light comes from something that is heated until it glows, such as the filament
in incandescent light bulbs
incandescently.adverb
indifferent.adjective
not mattering
one way or the other; having no marked
feeling for or against; not active or involved; having no particular
interest in or concern for; apathetic
(indifferent to the snide remarks
of others); being neither too much nor too little; moderate; being neither
good nor bad; mediocre (an indifferent
performance); being neither right nor wrong; neutral
(an indifferent response to the question);
characterized
by a lack of
partiality; unbiased
(a properly indifferent jury); undifferentiated
indifferently.adverb
synonyms.unconcerned,
incurious,
detached,
uninterested;
nonchalant
indifference.noun,.plural.indifferences
the state
or quality
of being indifferent
infrared.adjective
of or relating to the range of invisible radiation
wavelengths from about 750 nanometers,
just longer than red in the visible spectrum, to 1 millimeter, on the border
of the microwave region
infrared.noun,.plural.infrareds
infrared light or the infrared part of the spectrum
irony.noun,.plural.ironies
if you talk about the irony of a situation, you
mean that it is odd
or amusing
because it involves a contrast
between apparent and intended.meaning;
incongruity
between what might be expected and what actually occurs (the irony is that
many who are in government agree in private that their policies are
inconsistent
with laws set down for the benefit of We
The People); the use of words to express
something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning; an
expression or utterance.marked
by a deliberate.contrast
(much humor relies on irony to make you laugh)
ironic.also.ironical.adjective
characterized
by or constituting
irony; given to the use of irony; poignantly
contrary to what was expected or intended (the irony of life is going through
it without the true God)
ironically.adverb
ironicalness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
synonyms-sarcastic,
caustic,
satirical,
sardonic
irreligious.adjective
hostile or indifferent to religion;
unGodly; an irreligious person does not accept the beliefs of any religion
or opposes all religions
irreligiously.adverb
irreligiousness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
inerrant.adjective
incapable
of erring;
infallible; containing no errors
infallible.adjective
incapable
of erring;
incapable of failing; certain (an infallible Creator)
infallibly.adverb
infallibility.noun,.plural.infallibilities
infallibleness.noun,.plural.infalliblenesses
icon.also.ikon.noun,.plural.icons
also ikons
an image; a representation;
a simile or symbol
(a smile is a symbol of a happy heart); a representation or picture of
a sacred or sanctified
personage (a picture of Emmanuel;
a statue of Budda); something
or someone who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
Computers:.a
picture on a screen that when clicked on executes a specific command according
to the computer's programming (click on the pic of the download arrow to
download)
iconoclast.noun,.plural.iconoclasts
one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional
or popular ideas or institutions
iconoclastically.adverb
iconoclastic.adjective
ionosphere.noun
a region of the Earth's atmosphere where ionization
caused by incoming solar radiation affects the transmission of radio waves;
it extends from a height of 50 kilometers (30 miles) to 400 kilometers
(250 miles) above the surface of the Earth
ionospheric.adjective
invective.noun,.plural.invectives
invective is rude and unpleasant things that people
shout at people they hate or are angry with (racist
books filled with invectives); denunciatory
or abusive
language;
vituperation;
denunciatory
or abusive expression or discourse
invective.adjective
of, relating to or characterized
by denunciatory or abusive language
invectively.adverb
invectiveness.noun,.plural.invectivenesses
icosahedron.noun,.plural.icosahedrons
or icosahedra
a polyhedron
having 20 faces
icosahedral.adjective
inanimate.adjective
not having the qualities.associated
with connection to the invisible, intelligent energy field out of which
everything emerges;
not animate
Grammar:.belonging
to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things (the word car is
inanimate; the word dog is animate)
inanimately.adverb
inanimateness.noun,.plural.inanimatenesses
synonym.dead
implore, implored,
imploring,
implores.transitive
verbs
to ask with tears;
to appeal to in supplication;
beseech.(implored
the tribunal to have mercy; to
urgently
beg for; entreat
intransitive
verb use.to make an earnest
appeal
imploration.noun,.plural.implorations
implorer.noun,.plural.implorers
imploringly.adverb
inveterate.adjective
firmly
and long established;
deep rooted (inveterate preferences and beliefs); persisting
in an ingrained.habit;
habitual (an inveterate liar);
chronic
inveteracy.noun,.plural.inveteracies
inveterateness.noun,.plural.inveteratenesses
inveterately.adverb
irascible.adjective
prone to
outbursts of temper;
easily angered; characterized
by or resulting from anger
irascibly.adverb
irascibility.noun,.plural.irascibilities
irascibleness.noun,.plural.irasciblenesses
indicative.adjective
serving to indicate.(rainbows
indicative of good weather); an insignia
indicative of high rank; if one thing is indicative of another, it suggests
or indicates what the other thing
is likely to be
indicative.noun,.plural.indicatives
indicatively.adverb
Grammar:.the
indicative
mood; a clause that is in the indicative
also called the indicative mood, has a subject
followed by a verb group,
examples are ('I'm hungry' and 'she was followed'); clauses of this kind
are typically used to make statements
inscribe, inscribed,
inscribing,
inscribes.transitive
verbs
to write, print, carve or engrave
words or letters on or in a surface; to mark or engrave a surface with
words or letters; to enter a name on a list or in a register; to sign one's
name or write a brief message in or on a gift book or photograph, for example;
to dedicate to someone
Mathematics:.to
draw one figure within another figure so that every vertex
of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure
inscriber.noun,.plural.inscribers
inscription.noun,.plural.inscriptions
the act or an instance of inscribing; something,
such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument or seal, that is inscribed;
a short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift (the
ancient Egyptian inscriptions;
the inscriptions of the Assyrian king Sargon)
inscriptive.or.inscriptional.adjective
inscriptively.adverb
impair, impaired,
impairing,
impairs.transitive
verbs
to cause to diminish,
as in strength, value or quality (he bruised his arm imparing use of the
hammer he used in his work; a severe
storm impaired communications); injure
impairment.noun,.plural.impairments
indivisible.adjective
incapable
of undergoing division (an indivisible
union)
Mathematics:.incapable
of being divided without a remainder (the number 15 is indivisible by 7)
indivisibleness.noun,.plural.indivisiblenesses
indivisibility.noun,.plural.indivisibilities
indivisibly.adverb
impassive.adjective
devoid
of or not subject to emotion;
revealing no emotion; expressionless; incapable
of physical sensation; motionless;
still
impassively.adverb
impassiveness.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
impassivity.noun,.plural.impassivities
idle, idler,
idlest.adjective
inactive;
if people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work (employees
have been idle almost a month because of shortages of supply); not employed
or busy;
if machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used (now
the machine is lying idle); if you say that someone is idle, you disapprove
of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be;
not in use or operation (idle hands); lazy; lacking.substance,
value
or basis;
idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason,
often because you have nothing better to do (Brian kept up the idle chatter
for another five minutes; we were not idly sitting around); not employed
or busy (idle carpenters); inactive; to do nothing; not in use or operation
(of all the tired kids he was the idlest of them all)
idle, idled,
idling,
idles.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
pass time without working or while avoiding work; to run a motor vehicle
or device at a slow speed or out of gear
transitive verb use.to
pass time without working (relaxed and idled the afternoon away in the
Sun); waste; to cause a motor, for example to idle (he forgot he left the
engine running so the car idled for a long time)
idleness.noun,.plural.idlenesses
idler.noun,.plural.idlers
idly.adverb
she sat idly by just soaking up the Sun
idyl.noun.also
spelt.idyll,.plural.idyls,.idylls
if you describe a situation as an idyll, you mean
that it is idyllic (she finds that the sleepy town she moves to isn't the
rural
idyll she imagined); a short poem
or prose
piece depicting
a rural or pastoral
scene, usually in
idealized.terms;
a narrative
poem treating an epic
or romantic theme;
a scene
or an event
of a simple
and tranquil
nature; a carefree episode or experience
(a summer being idyll on the coast of British
Columbia); a romantic.interlude
idyllically.adverb
idyllic.adjective
of
or having
the nature
of an idyl; simple and carefree (an idyllic vacation in a seashore cottage)
introduction.noun,.plural.introductions
the act or process of introducing or the state
of being introduced; a means, such as a personal letter, of presenting
one indifidual to another; something
recently introduced; an innovation;
a preface, as to a book; an introduction
for a speech; in music, a short preliminary
movement in a larger work; a basic
introductory text or course of study
introductory.adjective
of,
relating
to or constituting
an introduction; serving to introduce; preliminary
introductorily.adverb
introduce, introduced,
introducing,
introduces.transitive
verbs
to acquaint
someone by name for the first time to others (if introducing someone to
another that you have already been introduced to, you say 'may I
present 'full name', such as Sally Jones, to you', as this lets the people
know that you already know this person which is being introduced to them);
to bring forward a plan, for example for consideration; to provide someone
with a beginning knowledge or first experience of something (introduced
me to yoga); to bring in and establish in a new place or environment (exotic
plants that had been introduced from the jungle); to bring into use or
practice; originate
(introduced the new product in several test markets; introduced the tango
into their circle of friends); to open or begin; preface
(introduced the movie with an orienting
talk)
introducible.adjective
introducer.noun,.plural.introducers
inaudible.adjective
impossible to hear (an inaudible conversation);
not audible
inaudibly.adverb
inaudibility.noun,.plural.inaudibilities
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