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1: being (or being of the nature of) a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question" [syn: {conceptional}, {notional...

1: unchanged in value following multiplication by itself; "this matrix is idempotent"

1: exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" [syn: {indistinguishable}]...

1: either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material) [syn: {monozygotic twin}, {monozygous twin}]

1: with complete identity; in an identical manner; "he is fitted with an identically similar one"

1: exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn: {identity}, {indistinguishability}]

1: possible to identify [ant: {unidentifiable}]

1: in an identifiable manner; "they were identifiably different"

1: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: {designation}] 2: attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) 3: evid...

1: a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" [syn: {number}]

{identify}

1: a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it

1: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" [syn: {place}] 2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by na...

1: serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or dis...

1: a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought ...

1: a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought ...

1: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" [syn: {personal identity}, {individuality}] 2: the individual characte...

1: a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in" [syn: {card}]

1: distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society

1: an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" [syn: {identity}, {identity operator}]

1: a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity [syn: {unit matrix}]

1: an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" [syn: {identity}, {identity element}]

1: the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, social security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge

1: the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; ...

1: a graphic character used in ideography [syn: {ideograph}]

1: a graphic character used in ideography [syn: {ideogram}]

1: of or relating to or consisting of ideograms

1: in an idiographic manner; "it's written ideographically"

1: the use of ideograms in writing

1: concerned with or suggestive of ideas; "an ideological argument"; "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological" [syn: {ideological}]

1: concerned with or suggestive of ideas; "an ideological argument"; "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological" [syn: {ideologic}]

1: a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies

1: with respect to ideology; "ideologically, we do not see eye to eye"

1: an advocate of some ideology [syn: {ideologue}]

1: an advocate of some ideology [syn: {ideologist}]

1: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation [syn: {political orientation}, {political theory}] 2: imaginary or visionary theorization

1: in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month

1: deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red be...

1: deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red be...

1: the ground and air and naval forces of Israel [syn: {Israeli Defense Force}]

1: extreme mental retardation [syn: {amentia}]

1: relating to or involving the study of individuals [ant: {nomothetic}]

1: worship of yourself [syn: {autolatry}, {self-worship}]

1: the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life

1: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language [syn: {parlance}] 2: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd...

1: an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots

1: of or relating to or conforming to idiom; "idiomatic English" [syn: {idiomatical}]

1: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: {idiom}, {phrasal idiom}, {set phrase}, {phrase}]

1: of or relating to or conforming to idiom; "idiomatic English" [syn: {idiomatic}]

1: in an idiomatic manner; "he expressed himself idiomatically"

1: (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause; "idiopathic epilepsy"

1: any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause [syn: {idiopathic disorder}, {idiopathy}]

1: any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause [syn: {idiopathic disease}, {idiopathy}]

1: inherited form of hemochromatosis [syn: {classic hemochromatosis}]

1: purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors [syn: {thrombocytopenic purpura}, {purpura hemorrhagica}, {Werlhof's disease}]

1: any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause [syn: {idiopathic disease}, {idiopathic disorder}]

1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: {foible}, {mannerism}]

1: peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting"

1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: {imbecile}, {cretin}, {moron}, {changeling}, {half-wit}, {retard}]

1: a receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: {television receiver}, {television}, {television set}, {tv}, {tv set}, {boob tube}, {telly}, {goggle box}]

1: a colored warning light on an instrument panel (as for low oil pressure)

1: person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

1: insanely irresponsible; "an idiotic idea" [syn: {crackbrained}] 2: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a non...

1: in an idiotic manner; "what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically"

1: an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail [syn: {Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race}]

1: a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome

1: an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail [syn: {Iditarod}]

1: not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" [ant: {busy}] 2: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundle...

1: a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it [syn: {idler pulley}, {idle wheel}]

1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: {prate}, {prattle}, {blether}, {chin music}]

1: a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it [syn: {idle pulley}, {idler pulley}]

1: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: {wind}, {jazz}, {nothingness}]

1: having no employment [syn: {idling}, {loafing}] 2: the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work [syn: {faineance}]

1: person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: {loafer}, {do-nothing}, {layabout}, {bum}]

1: a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it [syn: {idle pulley}, {idle wheel}]

1: having no employment [syn: {idleness}, {loafing}]

1: in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people" [syn: {lazily}]

1: an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto

1: a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone [syn: {vesuvianite}, {vesuvian}]

1: a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [syn: {graven image}, {god}] 2: someone who is adored blindly and excessively [s...

1: the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God [syn: {idolatry}]

1: a person who worships idols [syn: {idolater}, {idolizer}, {idoliser}]

1: a person who worships idols [syn: {idolizer}, {idoliser}, {idol worshiper}]

1: a woman idolater

1: relating to or practicing idolatry; "idolatrous worship" 2: blindly or excessively devoted or adoring

1: in an idolatrous manner; "the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf"

1: religious zeal; willingness to serve God [syn: {devotion}, {veneration}, {cultism}] 2: the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God [syn: {idol worship}]

1: the act of admiring strongly [syn: {adoration}, {idolization}] 2: worshiping blindly and to excess [syn: {idolization}]

1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: {idolize}, {worship}, {hero-worship}, {revere}]

1: regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife" [syn: {adored}, {idolized}, {worshipped(a)}]

1: a lover blind with admiration and devotion [syn: {idolizer}] 2: a person who worships idols [syn: {idolater}, {idolizer}, {idol worshiper}]

1: the act of admiring strongly [syn: {adoration}, {idolisation}] 2: worshiping blindly and to excess [syn: {idolisation}]

1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: {idolise}, {worship}, {hero-worship}, {revere}]

1: regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife" [syn: {adored}, {idolised}, {worshipped(a)}]

1: a lover blind with admiration and devotion [syn: {idoliser}] 2: a person who worships idols [syn: {idolater}, {idoliser}, {idol worshiper}]

1: automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system [syn: {integrated data processing}]

1: candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers [syn: {boojum tree}, {cirio}, {Fouquieria columnaris}]

1: goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young [syn: {Ithunn}]

1: an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll 2: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: {pastorale}, {pastoral}] 3: a short descriptive po...

1: excellent and delightful in all respects; "an idyllic spot for a picnic" 2: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Go...

1: in an idyllic manner

1: that is to say; in other words [syn: {i.e.}, {id est}, {that is}]

1: United States architect (born in China in 1917) [syn: {Pei}, {I. M. Pei}]

1: perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than; "will yield 10% if not more"; "pretty if not actually beautiful"; "let's meet tonight if not sooner"

1: a United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank [syn: {International Finance Corporation}]

1: subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" [syn: {chancy}, {fluky}, {flukey}]

1: a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response [syn: {immunoglobulin}, {immune serum globulin}, {immune gamma globulin}, {immune ...

1: one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts [syn: {immunoglobulin A}]

1: a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria; "most Igbo are farmers"

1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts [syn: {immunoglobulin D}]

1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes [syn: {immunoglobulin E}]

1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria [syn: {immunoglobulin G}]

1: any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu

1: Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943) [syn: {Julio Iglesias}]

1: an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome [syn: {iglu}]

1: an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome [syn: {igloo}]

1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G [syn: {immunoglobulin M}]

1: Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) [syn: {Paderewski}, {Ignace Paderewski}]

1: Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) [syn: {Paderewski}, {Ignace Jan Paderewski}]

1: bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110) [syn: {Saint Ignatius}, {St. Ignatius}]