Words starting with i

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

idea means: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

ideal means: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

ideal means: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

ideal means: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception

ideal means: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

ideal means: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

ideal gas means: a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces

ideal solid means: any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent

idealisation means: a portrayal of something as ideal

idealisation means: something that exists only as an idea

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

bernard malamud means: United States writer (1914-1986)

common horsetail means: of Eurasia and Greenland and North America

corn poppy means: annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated

crossfire means: fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

crossfire means: a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions

ebb means: the outward flow of the tide

ebb means: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

ebb means: fall away or decline

ebb means: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

ebb means: flow back or recede

hairy spurge means: much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America

hun means: offensive term for a person of German descent

hun means: a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century

invalidation means: (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

juniperus procera means: tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood

military chaplain means: a chaplain in one of the military services

on the other hand means: (contrastive) from another point of view

oxyacetylene means: a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals

poverty line means: a level of personal income defining the state of poverty

rota means: a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties