Words starting with i

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

idealisation means: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

idealise means: form ideals

idealise means: consider or render as ideal

idealised means: exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

idealism means: elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

idealism means: impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

idealism means: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

idealist means: someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

idealistic means: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

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

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aesculus hippocastanum means: tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds

blonde means: a light grayish yellow to near white

blonde means: a person with fair skin and hair

blonde means: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

canicola fever means: an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice

contrariwise means: contrary to expectations

contrariwise means: with the order reversed

contrariwise means: in a contrary disobedient manner

daytona beach means: a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials

epikeratophakia means: using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed

etherise means: anesthetize with ether

family elaeocarpaceae means: genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae

genus hesperiphona means: evening grosbeak

genus lactophrys means: a genus of Ostraciidae

inflectional means: characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions

neurosarcoma means: a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue

phlox stellaria means: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States

psyche means: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

psyche means: (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

psyche means: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life