Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 74
Irrenowned (a.) Not renowned. [Obs.]
Irreparability (n.) The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness. -- Sterne.
Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. -- Shak.
Irreparable (a.) Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages" [ant: rectifiable, reparable].
Irreparableness (n.) Quality of being irreparable.
Irreparably (adv.) In an irreparable manner.
Irrepealability (n.) The quality or state of being irrepealable.
Irrepealable (a.) Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.
Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Irrepleviable (a.) 【律】(動產)不能收回的 Alt. of Irreplevisable
Irreplevisable (a.) (Law) Not capable of being replevied.
Irreprehensible (a.) Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.
Irrepresentable (a.) Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
Irrepressible (a.) 壓抑不住的 Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. -- W. H. Steward.
Irrepressible (a.) Impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter" [syn: {irrepressible}, {uncontrollable}].
Irrepressibly (adv.) 鎮壓不住地；無法抑制地 In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
Irreproachability (n.) 無可責備；無懈可擊；無缺點 The quality or state of being free from guilt or blame.
// We commended the children on the irreproachability of their table manners.
Synonyms of irreproachability
Blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachableness.
Irreproachable (a.) 無可指責的，無過失的 Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless.
He [Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error? -- but his intentions were irreproachable. --Beattie.
Irreproachable (a.) Free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" [syn: {blameless}, {inculpable}, {irreproachable}, {unimpeachable}].
Irreproachableness (n.) 無罪；無缺點 The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
Irreproachableness (n.) The quality or state of being free from guilt or blame.
// The irreproachableness of the sergeant's conduct in conducting the investigation.
Syn: Blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability.
Irreproachably (adv.) 無可指責地；無過失地 In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
Irreproachably (adv.) In an irreproachable and blameless manner; "she had lived blamelessly until she met this man" [syn: {irreproachably}, {blamelessly}].
Irreprovable (a.) Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright. -- {Ir`re*prov"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir`re*prov"a*bly}, adv.
Irreprovable (a.) 無可指責的，無過失的 Irreproachable.
Irreprovable (a.) 無爭論之餘地的；明白的 Indisputable [Obs.]
Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.
Irreputable (a.) Disreputable.
Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Irresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission.
Irresistibility (n.) The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness.
Irresistible (a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.
Irresistibleness (n.) Quality of being irrestible.
Irresistibly (adv.) In an irrestible manner.
Irresistless (a.) Irresistible.
Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble.
Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being relieved or assisted.
Irresolubleness (n.) The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
Irresolute (a.) 無決斷的，優柔寡斷的，躊躇不定的 Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.
Irresolution (n.) Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
Irresolvability (n.) The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.
Irresolvable (a.) Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.
Irresolvableness (n.) The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.
Irresolvedly (adv.) Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully.
Irrespective (a.) Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.
Irrespective (a.) Disrespectful.
Irrespectively (adv.) Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances into consideration.
Irrespirable (a.) Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.
Irresponsibility (n.) 不承擔責任；無責任感 [U] Lack of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.
Irresponsibility (n.) A trait causing one to act without a proper sense of responsibility; acting without giving proper weight to one's responsibilities.
Irresponsibility (n.) A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions [syn: {irresponsibility}, {irresponsibleness}] [ant: {responsibility}, {responsibleness}].
Irresponsible (a.) 不須承擔責任的；無責任感的，不可靠的；不負責任的；無責任能力的 Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.
Irresponsible (a.) Not to be trusted; unreliable ; lacking a proper sense of responsibility.
Irresponsible (a.) Showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action" [ant: {responsible}].
Irresponsibly (adv.) 不負責任地；不可靠地 So as not to be responsible.
Irresponsibly (adv.) In an irresponsible [2] manner; without due care or diligence.
Irresponsibly (adv.) In an irresponsible manner; "he acted irresponsibly" [ant: {responsibly}].
Irresponsive (a.) Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.
Irresuscitable (a.) Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.
Irretention (n.) Want of retaining power; forgetfulness.
Irretentive (a.) Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.
Irretraceable (a.) Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.
Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.
Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Irretrievable (a.) 不能恢復的；無法挽救的；不能彌補的 Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.
Syn: Irremediable; incurable; irrecoverable.
Irretrievable (a.) Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome; "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment" [syn: irretrievable, unretrievable].
Irretrievableness (n.) The state or quality of being irretrievable.
Irretrievably (adv.) In an irretrievable manner.
Irretrievably (adv.) In an irretrievable manner; "it is irretrievably lost."
Irreturnable (a.) Not to be returned.
Irrevealable (a.) Incapable of being revealed. -- Ir`re*veal"a*bly, adv.
Irreverence (n.) The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
Irreverend (a.) Irreverent.
Irreverent (a.) Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.
Irreverent (a.) Showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists" [ant: reverent].
Irreverent (a.) Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy].
Irreverent (a.) Not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent].
Irreverently (adv.) In an irreverent manner.
Irreverently (adv.) Without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence" [ant: reverentially, reverently].
Irreverently (adv.) In an irreverent manner; "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."
Irreversibility (n.) The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.
Irreversibility (n.) The quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed) [ant: reversibility].
Irreversible (a.) 不可逆的；不能翻轉的；不能取消的；不能倒置的 Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine; an irreversible process; an irreversible reaction.
Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible. -- Jortin.
Syn: Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.
Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed; "irreversible momentum toward revolution" [ant: reversible].
Irreversibleness (n.) The state or quality of being irreversible.
Irreversibly (adv.) In an irreversible manner.
Irrevocability (n.) The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.
Irrevocable (a.) 不可撤回的；不可取消的；不可挽回的；不可改變的 Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate.
Firm and irrevocable is my doom. -- Shak. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.
Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare [syn: {irrevocable}, {irrevokable}] [ant: {revocable}, {revokable}].
Irrevokable (a.) Irrevocable.
Irrevoluble (a.) That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.
Irrhetorical (a.) Not rethorical.
Irrigated (imp. & p. p.) of Irrigate.
Irrigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irrigate.
Irrigate (v. t.) To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
Irrigate (v. t.) (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.
Irrigate (v. t.) (Med.) To rinse (a wound, infected area, etc.) with a flow or spray of a liquid.
Irrigate (v.) Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate].
Irrigate (v.) Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound."
Irrigation (n.) The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
Irrigation (n.) Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc.
Irrigation (n.) (Medicine) Cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution.
Irrigation, () As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the foot (Deut. 11:10).
For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the banks of the Nile to the present day.
Irrigation. () The act of wetting or moistening the ground by artificial means.
Irrigation. () The owner of land over which there is a current stream, is, as such, the proprietor of the current. 4 Mason's R. 400. It seems the riparian proprietor may avail himself of the river for irrigation, provided the river be not thereby materially lessened, and the water absorbed be imperceptible or trifling. Ang. W. C. 34; and vide 1 Root's R. 535; 8 Greenl. R. 266; 2 Conn. R. 584; 2 Swift's Syst. 87; 7 Mass. R. 136; 13 Mass. R. 420; 1 Swift's Dig. 111; 5 Pick. R. 175; 9 Pick. 59; 6 Bing. R. 379; 5 Esp. R. 56; 2 Conn. R. 584; Ham. N. P. 199; 2 Chit. Bl. Com. 403, n. 7; 22 Vin. Ab. 525; 1 Vin. Ab. 657; Bac. Ab. Action on the case, F. The French law coincides with our own. 1 Lois des Batimens, sect. 1, art. 3, page 21.
Irriguous (a.) Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.]
The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. -- Milton.
Irriguous (a.) Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] -- J. Philips.
Irrisible (a.) Not risible. [R.]
Irrision (n.) The act of laughing at another; derision.
This being spoken sceptic[`e], or by way of irrision. -- Chapman.
Irritability (n.) 易怒；過敏性 The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
Irritability (n.) (Physiol.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.
Irritability (n.) (Med.) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Irritability (n.) An irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler].
Irritability (n.) Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn: excitability, irritability].
Irritability (n.) A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness].
Irritable (a.) Capable of being irriated.
Irritable (a.) Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
Vicious, old, and irritable. -- Tennyson.
Irritable (a.) (Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
Irritable (a.) (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Syn: Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
Irritable (a.) Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy].
Irritable (a.) Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
Irritable (a.) Capable of responding to stimuli [syn: excitable, irritable].
Irritable (a.) 易怒的，暴躁的 (C2) Becoming annoyed very easily.
// Be careful what you say - he's rather irritable today.
// "Don't disturb me again," she said in an irritable (= angry) voice.
Irritableness (n.) Irritability.
Irritably (adv.) In an irritable manner.
Irritably (adv.) In a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly].
Irritably (adv.) In an irritable manner; "she had become irritably exact."
Irritancy (n.) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.
Irritancy (n.) The state o quality of being irritant or irritating.
Irritant (a.) (Scots Law) 刺激的 Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance. -- Hayward.
Irritant (a.) Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.
Irritant (n.) 刺激物 That which irritates or excites.
Irritant (n.) (Physiol. & Med.) Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.
Irritant (n.) (Toxicology) A poison that produces inflammation.
Counter irritant. See under Counter.
Pure irritant (Toxicology), A poison that produces inflammation without any corrosive action upon the tissues.
Irritant (n.) Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" [syn: irritant, thorn].
Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void. [R.] -- Abp. Bramhall.
Irritated (imp. & p. p.) of Irritate.
Irritating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irritate.
Irritate (v. t.) 使惱怒；使煩躁；使過敏；使難受；使發炎；使疼痛 To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth them. -- Bacon.
Irritate (v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. -- Pope.