Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 1
I () I, ([imac]). I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Ph[oe]nician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Ph[oe]nician 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. [thorn]ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in p[imac]ne, [imac]ce; and the short sound, as in p[i^]n. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign. friend; and with o often forms a proper diphtong, as in oil, join, coin. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 98-106.
Note: The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together.
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 (n. pl. ) of I.
Our (n. pl. ) of I.
Ours (n. pl. ) of I.
Us (n. pl. ) of I.
I (pron.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
I (a.) Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane].
I (n.) A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) [syn: iodine, iodin, I, atomic number 53].
I (n.) The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity].
I (n.) The 9th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: I, i].
I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language, the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection. In grammar it is a pronoun of the first person and singular number. Its plural is said to be _We_, but how there can be more than one myself is doubtless clearer to the grammarians than it is to the author of this incomparable dictionary. Conception of two myselfs is difficult, but fine. The frank yet graceful use of "I" distinguishes a good writer from a bad; the latter carries it with the manner of a thief trying to cloak his loot.
Iamatology (n.) (Med.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
Iamb (n.) An iambus or iambic. [R.]
Iamb (n.) A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: iamb, iambus].
Iambic (a.) (Pros.) 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.) (Pros.) An iambic foot; an iambus.
Iambic (n.) (Pros.) A verse composed of iambic feet.
Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses.
Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. -- Dryden.
Iambic (n.) A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
Iambic (a.) Of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter."
Iambic (n.) A verse line consisting of iambs.
Iambical (a.) Iambic. [Obs. or R.]
Iambically (adv.) In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
Iambize (v. t.) To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [R.]
Iambi (n. pl. ) of Iambus.
Iambuses (n. pl. ) of Iambus.
Iambus (n.) (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in [a^]m[=a]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
Iambus (n.) A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: iamb, iambus].
Ianthinae (n. pl. ) of Ianthina.
Ianthinas (n. pl. ) of Ianthina.
Ianthina (n.) (Zool.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]
Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
Iatraliptic (a.) Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.] Iatric
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.) (Hist. Med.) 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.
Iberian (a.) Of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its.
Inhabitants (n.) A native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus.
Inhabitants (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times).
Ibexes (n. pl. ) of Ibex.
Ibices (n. pl. ) of Ibex.
Ibex (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
Note: The Alpine ibex ({Capra ibex) is the best known. The Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex ({Capra Hispanica) has smoother and more spreading horns.
Ibex (n.) Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns [syn: ibex, Capra ibex].
Ibidem (adv.) In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
Ibidem (adv.) In the same place (used when citing a reference) [syn: ibid., ib., ibidem].
IBIDEM. () This word is used in references, when it is intended to say that a thing is to be found in the same place, or that the reference has for its object the same thing, case, or other matter. IOU, contracts. The memorandum IOU, (I owe you), given by merchants to each other, is a mere evidence of the debt, and does not amount to a promissory note. Esp. Cas. N. A. 426; 4 Carr. & Payne, 324; 19 Eng. Com. L. Rep. 405; 1 Man. & Gran. 46; 39 E. C. L. R. 346; 1 Campb. 499; 1 Esp. R. 426; 1 Man. Gr. & So. 543; Dowl. & R. N. P. Cas. 8.
Ibis (n.) (Zool.) 【鳥】朱鷺 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.
Note: The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians ({Ibis aethiopica) has the head and neck black, without feathers. The plumage of the body and wings is white, except the tertiaries, which are lengthened and form a dark purple plume. In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north. The glossy ibis ({Plegadis autumnalis), which is widely distributed both in the Old World and the New, has the head and neck feathered, except between the eyes and bill; the scarlet ibis ({Guara rubra) and the white ibis ({Guara alba}) inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found in the United States. The wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator) of America belongs to the Stork family ({Ciconid[ae]). See Wood ibis.
Ibis (n.) Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
The African sacred ibis (n.) (Threskiornis aethiopicus) 埃及聖䴉ㄒㄩㄢˊ [註 1]（學名：Threskiornis aethiopicus），又名埃及聖朱鷺、埃及聖鷺、聖䴉、巫婆鳥 [2]，是撒哈拉以南非洲、伊拉克東南部及以往埃及的一種朱鷺。牠們在古埃及備受尊敬，經常被製成木乃伊當做托特的象徵。牠們也被引入到法國、義大利、西班牙及美國。2010年代後，在台灣西部濱海地區也可看到牠們。保守估計全台灣約有1200至1500隻的族群量。由於埃及聖䴉在台灣幾乎無天敵，對台灣當地的生態造成影響。根據中華鳥會的評估，2018年埃及聖䴉數量大約是2200到3000隻，比起兩年前幾乎翻倍，專家也觀察到，牠們不只在沿海出現，也順著河流往內陸蔓延。[3] 由於超量的關係，林務局將用氣槍進行撲殺。
Is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It is native to Africa and the Middle East. It is especially known for its role in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians, where it was linked to the god Thoth.
-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[deg] C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it.
Ice (n.) Concreted sugar. -- Johnson.
Ice (n.) Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
Ice (n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
Anchor ice, Ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
Bay ice, Ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea.
Ground ice, Anchor ice.
Ice age (Geol.), The glacial epoch or period. See under Glacial.
Ice anchor (Naut.), A grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. -- Kane.
Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], A streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight.
Ice boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht.
Ice boat. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
Ice box or Ice chest, A box for holding ice; a box in which things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator.
Ice brook, A brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] -- Shak.
Ice cream [for iced cream], Cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice field, An extensive sheet of ice.
Ice float, Ice floe, A sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller.
Ice foot, Shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. -- Kane.
Ice
house, A
close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
Ice machine (Physics), A machine for making ice artificially, as by the
production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a
gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
Ice pack, An irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
Ice paper, A transparent film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; papier glac['e].
Ice+petrel+(Zool.),+A+shearwater+({Puffinus+gelidus">Ice petrel (Zool.), a shearwater ({Puffinus gelidus) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Ice pick, A sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces.
Ice pilot, A pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called also ice master.
Ice pitcher, A pitcher adapted for ice water.
Ice plow, A large tool for grooving and cutting 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. ; as, iced cupcakes with a pink icing look delicious.
Ice (v. t.) To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
Ice (v. t.) To kill. [slang]
Ice (n.) Water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks" [syn: ice, water ice].
Ice (n.) The frozen part of a body of water.
Ice (n.) Diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!" [syn: ice, sparkler].
Ice (n.) A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes [syn: frosting, icing, ice].
Ice (n.) A frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) [syn: ice, frappe].
Ice (n.) An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash].
Ice (n.) A heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine [syn: internal-combustion engine, ICE].
Ice (n.) A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating; "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice" [syn: ice rink, ice-skating rink, ice].
Ice (v.) Decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: frost, ice].
Ice (v.) Cause to become ice or icy; "an iced summer drink."
Ice (v.) Put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs."
ICE, () Image Correction Enhancement (Minolta, Nikon, Scanner).
ICE, () In-Circuit-Emulation.
ICE, () Information and Content Exchange [protocol] (XML).
Iceberg (n.) 冰山；流冰；冷冰冰的人 A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.
Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier [syn: iceberg, berg].
Iceberg (n.) Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce" [syn: crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg].
Icebird (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Icebound (a.) Locked in by ice; "icebound harbors."
Ice-built (a.) Composed of ice.
Ice-built (a.) Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." -- Gray.
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 (n. 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 ecclesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo`s, Qeoy^ Gio`s Swth`r, 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.