Words starting with i

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icosahedron means: any polyhedron having twenty plane faces

icsh means: a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

ictal means: of or relating to a seizure or convulsion

ictalurus means: channel catfishes

ictalurus punctatus means: freshwater food fish common throughout central United States

icteria means: New World chats

icteria virens means: American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds

icteric means: affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

icteridae means: American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks

icterogenic means: producing jaundice

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arthur schopenhauer means: German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)

baltic language means: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European

borsht circuit means: (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests

colorado plateau means: a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner

corydalis claviculata means: annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers

flabbily means: in a flabby manner

flitter means: move back and forth very rapidly

genus lycaena means: type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper

heath violet means: Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet

humification means: the process of the formation of humus from plant remains

marathon means: any long and arduous undertaking

marathon means: a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

marathon means: a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards

nine-membered means: of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members

non-automatic means: operated by hand

nymphomaniac means: a woman with abnormal sexual desires

nymphomaniac means: (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire

passing note means: a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes

procrastinator means: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)

spiral bandage means: an oblique bandage in which successive turns overlap preceding turns