Ignatius of Loyola
1: Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556) [syn: {Saint Ignatius of Loyola}, {St. Ignatius of Loyola}, {Loyola}]
igneous
1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrog...
igneous rock
1: rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
ignescent
1: can emit sparks or burst into flame
ignis fatuus
1: a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground [syn: {friar's lantern}, {jack-o'-lantern}, {will-o'-the-wisp}] 2: an illusion that misleads [syn: {will-o'-the-wisp}]
ignitable
1: possible to burn [syn: {burnable}, {flammable}, {ignitible}, {inflammable}]
ignite
1: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" [syn: {light}] [ant: {snuff out}] 2: start to burn or burst into flames; "M...
ignited
1: set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire" [syn: {enkindled}, {kindled}]
igniter
1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn: {ignitor}, {lighter}] 2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: {lighter}, {light}, {ignitor}]
ignitible
1: possible to burn [syn: {burnable}, {flammable}, {ignitable}, {inflammable}]
ignition
1: the process of initiating combustion 2: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine [syn: {ignition system}] 3: the act of setting on fire or catching fire [syn: {firing}, ...
ignition coil
1: an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs
ignition key
1: a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine
ignition lock
1: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key [syn: {lock}]
ignition switch
1: switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter
ignition system
1: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine [syn: {ignition}]
ignitor
1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn: {igniter}, {lighter}] 2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: {lighter}, {light}, {igniter}]
ignoble
1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government ...
ignobly
1: in a currish manner; meanspiritedly; "he behaved ignobly" [syn: {currishly}]
ignominious
1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat...
ignominiously
1: in a dishonorably manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low" [syn: {disgracefully}, {ingloriously}, {discreditably}, {shamefully}, {dishonorably}, {dishonourably}]
ignominiousness
1: unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor [syn: {shamefulness}, {disgracefulness}]
ignominy
1: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: {shame}, {disgrace}]
ignoramus
1: an ignorant person [syn: {know nothing}, {uneducated person}]
ignorance
1: the lack of knowledge or education
ignorant
1: lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlett...
ignorantly
1: in ignorance; in an ignorant manner; "they lived ignorantly in their own small world"
ignorantness
1: ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) [syn: {nescience}, {unknowing}, {unknowingness}]
ignoratio elenchi
1: the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue
ignore
1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: {disregard}, {snub}, {cut}] 2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: {dismiss}, {disregard}, {brush ...
ignored
1: disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice" [syn: {neglected}, {unheeded}]
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
1: composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) [syn: {Stravinsky}, {Igor Stravinsky}]
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
1: United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) [syn: {Sikorsky}, {Igor Sikorsky}]
Igor Sikorsky
1: United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) [syn: {Sikorsky}, {Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky}]
Igor Stravinsky
1: composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) [syn: {Stravinsky}, {Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky}]
Igor Tamm
1: Russian physicist (1895-1971) [syn: {Tamm}, {Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm}]
iguana
1: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America [syn: {common iguana}, {Iguana iguana}]
Iguana iguana
1: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America [syn: {common iguana}, {iguana}]
Iguania
1: New World lizards [syn: {Iguanidae}, {family Iguanidae}, {family Iguania}]
iguanid
1: lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males [syn: {iguanid lizard}]
iguanid lizard
1: lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males [syn: {iguanid}]
Iguanidae
1: New World lizards [syn: {family Iguanidae}, {Iguania}, {family Iguania}]
iguanodon
1: massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period
Iguassu
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu}, {Iguazu Falls}, {Iguassu Falls}, {Victoria Falls}]
Iguassu Falls
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu}, {Iguazu Falls}, {Iguassu}, {Victoria Falls}]
Iguazu
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu Falls}, {Iguassu}, {Iguassu Falls}, {Victoria Falls}]
Iguazu Falls
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu}, {Iguassu}, {Iguassu Falls}, {Victoria Falls}]
ii
1: being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: {two}, {2}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: {two}, {2}, {deuce}]
II Chronicles
1: the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC [syn: {2 Chronicles}]
II Corinthians
1: a New Testament book containing the second epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth [syn: {Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians}, {Second Epistle to the Corinthians}]
II Esdras
1: an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations [syn: {2 Esdras}]
II John
1: the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle [syn: {Second Epistel of John}]
II Kings
1: the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel [syn: {2 Kings}]
II Maccabees
1: an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus [syn: {2 Maccabees}]
II Peter
1: the second New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle [syn: {Second Epistle of Peter}]
II Samuel
1: the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David [syn: {2 Samuel}]
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II Thessalonians
1: a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's seceond epistle to the Thessalonians [syn: {Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians}, {Second Epistle to the Thessalonians}]
II Timothy
1: a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters [syn: {Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy}, {Second Epistle to Timothy}]
iii
1: being one more than two [syn: {three}, {3}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: {three}, {3}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {t...
III John
1: the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle [syn: {Third Epistel of John}]
IIS
1: the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system; "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities" [syn: {Iraqi Intelligence Service}, {Iraq...
IJssel
1: a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer [syn: {IJssel river}]
IJssel river
1: a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer [syn: {IJssel}]
IJsselmeer
1: a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee
ijtihad
1: the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that deb...
Ike
1: United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) [syn: {Eisenhower}, {Dwight Eisenhower}, {Dwight D. Eis...
Ikhanaton
1: early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC) [syn: {Akhenaton}, {Akhenaten}, {Amenhotep IV}]
ikon
1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly t...
il
1: being nine more than forty [syn: {forty-nine}, {49}] n : a Midwest state in north-central United States [syn: {Illinois}, {Prairie State}, {Land of Lincoln}]
Il Duce
1: Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945) [syn: {Mussolini}, {Benito Mussolini}]
ilama
1: tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit [syn: {ilama tree}, {Annona diversifolia}] 2: whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custar...
ilama tree
1: tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit [syn: {ilama}, {Annona diversifolia}]
ilang-ilang
1: oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery 2: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an orname...
Ile-de-France
1: a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it
ileal artery
1: branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum [syn: {intestinal artery}, {arteria ileum}]
ileitis
1: inflammation of the ileum
ileocecal valve
1: valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine
ileocolic artery
1: an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon [syn: {arteria ileocolica}...
ileocolic vein
1: a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon [syn: {vena ileocolica}]
ileostomy
1: surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis
Iles Comores
1: three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar [syn: {Comoro Islands}]
Iles Marquises
1: a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia [syn: {Marquesas Islands}]
ileum
1: the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum
ileus
1: blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel [syn: {intestinal obstruction}]
Ilex
1: a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies) [syn: {genus Ilex}]
Ilex cornuta
1: dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn: {Chinese holly}]
Ilex decidua
1: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States [syn: {bearberry}, {possum haw}, {winterberry}]
Ilex glabra
1: evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries [syn: {inkberry}, {gallberry}, {gall-berry}, {evergreen winterberry}]
Ilex paraguariensis
1: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea [syn: {mate}, {Paraguay tea}]
iliac
1: of or relating to the ilium
iliac artery
1: one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs [syn: {arteria iliaca}]
iliac vein
1: one of three veins draining the pelvic area [syn: {vena iliaca}]
Iliad
1: a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy
Iliamna
1: small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera [syn: {genus Iliamna}]
Iliamna acerifolia
1: perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers [syn: {mountain hollyhock}, {Iliamna ruvularis}]
Iliamna remota
1: a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea [syn: {wild hollyhock}, {Sphaeralcea remota}]
Iliamna ruvularis
1: perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers [syn: {mountain hollyhock}, {Iliamna acerifolia}]
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
1: Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) [syn: {Sanchez}, {Ilich Sanchez}, {Carlos}, {Carlos the Jackal}, {Salim...
Ilich Sanchez
1: Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) [syn: {Sanchez}, {Ilich Ramirez Sanchez}, {Carlos}, {Carlos the Jackal}...
iliolumbar artery
1: an artery that originates in the internal iliac artery and supplies the pelvic muscles and bones [syn: {arteria iliolumbalis}]
iliolumbar vein
1: a branch of the internal iliac vein [syn: {vena iliolumbalis}]
Ilion
1: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War [syn: {Troy}, {Ilium}]
Ilium
1: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War [syn: {Troy}, {Ilion}] 2: the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
ilk
1: a kind of person; "I don't like people of his ilk"
ill
1: not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" [syn: {sick}] [ant: {well}] 2: resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no go...
ill at ease
1: not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers" [syn: {awkward}, {...
ill fame
1: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality [syn: {notoriety}]
ill health
1: a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain [syn: {unhealthiness}, {health problem}] [ant: {good health}]
ill humor
1: an angry and disagreeable mood [syn: {ill humour}, {distemper}] [ant: {good humor}]
ill humour
1: an angry and disagreeable mood [syn: {ill humor}, {distemper}] [ant: {good humor}]
ill luck
1: an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes [syn: {misfortune}, {bad luck}, {tough luck}] [ant: {good fortune}, {good fortune}]
ill nature
1: a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition [ant: {good nature}]
ill service
1: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice" [syn: {disservice}, {ill turn}] [ant: {service}]
ill temper
1: a persisting angry mood [syn: {bad temper}]
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