Words starting with i

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

ictodosaur means: intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals

ictodosauria means: extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period

ictonyx means: a genus of Mustelidae

ictonyx frenata means: muishond of northern Africa

ictonyx striata means: ferret-sized muishond often tamed

ictus means: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

icu means: a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

icy means: covered with or containing or consisting of ice

icy means: shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice

icy means: extremely cold

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

85 means: being five more than eighty

all-terrain bike means: a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country

beggar-my-neighbor policy means: a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy

boa means: any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs

boa means: a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur

break of the day means: the first light of day

charles lutwidge dodgson means: English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

co2 means: a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis

controllership means: the position of controller

dawson's encephalitis means: a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

dematerialize means: become immaterial; disappear

lipizzan means: a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage

mitella pentandra means: small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado

myxomycota means: slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista

proconvertin means: a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K

reactive means: participating readily in reactions

reactive means: reacting to a stimulus

rustiness means: ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice

rustiness means: the condition of being coated or clogged with rust

sclerometer means: a measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond point