item
1: a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "...
item-by-item
1: separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" [syn: {individual}, {case-by-case}]
itemisation
1: the act of making a list of items [syn: {listing}, {itemization}]
itemise
1: place on a list of items; "itemize one's tax deductions" [syn: {itemize}] 2: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible ...
itemization
1: the act of making a list of items [syn: {listing}, {itemisation}]
itemize
1: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [syn: {enumerate}, {recite}, {itemise}] 2: place on...
iterate
1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: {repeat}, {reiterate}, {ingeminate}, {restate}, {retell}]
iteration
1: (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations" [syn: {loop}] 2: (computer science) executing the same set of inst...
iterative
1: marked by tedious repetition [syn: {reiterative}, {repetitious}, {repetitive}]
Ithaca
1: a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga 2: a Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king [syn: {Ithaki}]
Ithaki
1: a Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king [syn: {Ithaca}]
Ithunn
1: goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young [syn: {Idun}]
itinerant
1: traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge" 2: working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring c...
itinerary
1: an established line of travel or access [syn: {path}, {route}] 2: a guidebook for travelers [syn: {travel guidebook}] 3: a proposed route of travel [syn: {travel plan}]
itinerate
1: travel from place to place, as for work; "an itinerating merchant"
itineration
1: journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing; a preaching tour or lecturing tour
itraconazole
1: an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease [syn: {Sporanox}]
itsy-bitsy
1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: {bitty}, {bittie}, {teensy}, {teentsy}, {teeny}, {wee}, {weeny}, {weensy}, {teensy-weensy}, {teeny-weeny}, {itty-bitty}]
itty-bitty
1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: {bitty}, {bittie}, {teensy}, {teentsy}, {teeny}, {wee}, {weeny}, {weensy}, {teensy-weensy}, {teeny-weeny}, {itsy-bitsy}]
IUD
1: contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus [syn: {intrauterine device}]
iv
1: being one more than three [syn: {four}, {4}] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four}, {4}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary}, {quaternity}, {quartet}, {...
iva
1: any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America [syn: {marsh elder}]
Iva xanthifolia
1: tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil is central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever [syn: {burweed marsh elder}, {f...
Ivan III
1: grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505) [syn: {Ivan III Vasilievich}, {Ivan the Great}]
Ivan III Vasilievich
1: grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505) [syn: {Ivan III}, {Ivan the Great}]
Ivan IV
1: the first czar of Russia (1530-1584) [syn: {Ivan Iv Vasilievich}, {Ivan the Terrible}]
Ivan Iv Vasilievich
1: the first czar of Russia (1530-1584) [syn: {Ivan IV}, {Ivan the Terrible}]
Ivan Lendl
1: United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 190) [syn: {Lendl}]
Ivan Pavlov
1: Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936) [syn: {Pavlov}, {Ivan Petrovich Pavlov}]
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
1: Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936) [syn: {Pavlov}, {Ivan Pavlov}]
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
1: Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883) [syn: {Turgenev}, {Ivan Turgenev}]
Ivan the Great
1: grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505) [syn: {Ivan III}, {Ivan III Vasilievich}]
Ivan the Terrible
1: the first czar of Russia (1530-1584) [syn: {Ivan IV}, {Ivan Iv Vasilievich}]
Ivan Turgenev
1: Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883) [syn: {Turgenev}, {Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev}]
Ivanov
1: Russian choreographer (1834-1905) [syn: {Lev Ivanov}]
Ives
1: United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954) [syn: {Charles Edward Ives}] 2: United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousand...
ivied
1: overgrown with ivy; "Harvard's ivied buildings" [syn: {ivy-covered}]
Ivor Armstrong Richards
1: English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979) [syn: {Richards}, {I. A. Richards}]
ivory
1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: {tusk}] 2: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: {bone}, {pearl}, {off-white}]
ivory black
1: a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil
Ivory Coast
1: a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa [syn: {Cote d'Ivoire}, {Republic of Cote d'Ivoire}]
Ivory Coast franc
1: the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast [syn: {Cote d'Ivoire franc}]
ivory gull
1: white arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick [syn: {Pagophila eburnea}]
ivory nut
1: nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons [syn: {vegetable ivory}, {apple nut}]
ivory palm
1: a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts [syn: {ivory-nut palm}, {ivory plant}, {Phytelephas macrocarpa}]
ivory plant
1: a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts [syn: {ivory palm}, {ivory-nut palm}, {Phytelephas macrocarpa}]
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ivory tower
1: a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place; "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation"; "they viewed universities as ivory towers"
ivory tree
1: tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea [syn: {conessi}, {kurchi}, {kurchee}, {Holarrhena pubescens}, {Holarrhena antidysenterica}]
ivory-billed woodpecker
1: large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct [syn: {ivorybill}, {Campephilus principalis}]
ivory-nut palm
1: a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts [syn: {ivory palm}, {ivory plant}, {Phytelephas macrocarpa}]
ivorybill
1: large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct [syn: {ivory-billed woodpecker}, {Campephilus principalis}]
IVP
1: X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye [syn: {intravenous pyelogram}] 2: performing pyelography with intravenous injection of a contrast medium [syn: {intraven...
Ivry
1: a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne [syn: {battle of Ivry}, {Ivry la Bataille}]
Ivry la Bataille
1: a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne [syn: {Ivry}, {battle of Ivry}]
ivy
1: Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits [syn: {common ivy}, {English ivy}, {Hedera helix}]
ivy arum
1: evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage [syn: {golden pothos}, {pothos}, {Epipremnum aureum}, {Scindapsus aureus}]
ivy family
1: mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera [syn: {Araliaceae}, {family Araliaceae}]
ivy geranium
1: a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers [syn: {ivy-leaved geranium}, {hanging geranium}, {Pelargonium peltatum}]
Ivy League
1: a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige
Ivy Leaguer
1: a student or graduate at an Ivy League school
ivy-covered
1: overgrown with ivy; "Harvard's ivied buildings" [syn: {ivied}]
ivy-leaved geranium
1: a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers [syn: {ivy geranium}, {hanging geranium}, {Pelargonium peltatum}]
IW
1: the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries; "not everyone agrees that in...
Iwo
1: a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945) [syn: {Iwo Jima}, {invasion of Iwo}]
Iwo Jima
1: the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan 2: a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945) ...
IWW
1: a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War ...
ix
1: denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten [syn: {nine}, {9}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one [syn: {nine}, {9}, {niner}, {Nina from Caroli...
ixc
1: being nine more than eighty [syn: {eighty-nine}, {89}]
Ixia
1: a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae [syn: {genus Ixia}]
ixl
1: being nine more than thirty [syn: {thirty-nine}, {39}]
Ixodes
1: type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: {genus Ixodes}]
Ixodes dammini
1: a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis [syn: {deer tick}]
Ixodes dentatus
1: usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
Ixodes neotomae
1: a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
Ixodes pacificus
1: feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California [syn: {western black-legged tick}]
Ixodes ricinus
1: parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete [syn: {sheep-tick}, {sheep tick}...
Ixodes scapularis
1: parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (de...
Ixodes spinipalpis
1: usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
ixodid
1: ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head [syn: {hard tick}]
Ixodidae
1: hard ticks [syn: {family Ixodidae}]
Iyar
1: the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May) [syn: {Iyyar}]
Iyyar
1: the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May) [syn: {Iyar}]
Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions
1: the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel [syn: {Qassam Brigades}, {Salah al-Din Battalions}]
Izaak Walton
1: English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683) [syn: {Walton}]
Izanagi
1: the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami
Izanami
1: sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan
izar
1: a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body
Izmir
1: a port city in western Turkey [syn: {Smyrna}]
izzard
1: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: {Z}, {zee}, {zed}, {ezed}]
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