Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
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An iambus or iambic.
An iambic foot; an iambus. A verse composed of iambic feet.
Iambic.
In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /m/ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.
Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.
Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.
Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
Of or pertaining to Iberia.
A genus of Old World herbs and subshrubs including the candytuft.
A sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Lower Cretaceous having a strutlike pectoral bone and vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds.
One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibid/, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist.
of or pertaining to Henrik Ibsen.
The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic; Advil and Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets.
A small tropical American tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) bearing edible plumlike fruit.
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.
Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
An intercontinental ballistic missile, a long-range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another. Contrasted with IRBM.
Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4/ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
A shoe with a metal runner (called a blade) attached to permit the wearer to glide on ice.
One who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; esp. an athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; a speed skater or a figure skater.
Composed of ice.
having flow restricted by ice; -- of rivers or conduits; as, ice-clogged rivers.
as cold as ice; extremely cold.
free of ice and open to travel; -- of water routes; as, an ice-free channel in the river.
A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation; an icebreaker.
Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
a ship with a reinforced bow and powerful engines designed to break up layers of ice on waterways and keep channels open for navigation.
a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
Covered with ice.
A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.
a building used for storing ice, especially one built partly below ground and insulated so as to preserve ice obtained during the winter from frozen lakes or rivers.
A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.
A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.
The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
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Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverrid/. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species (Herpestes ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (Herpestes griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonid/, or ichneumon flies. One of the Ichneumonid/.
The ichneumon flies.
A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.
Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.
A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.
A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
Same as Ichnology.
Of or pertaining to ichnology.
The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
The search for the traces of anything.
An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.
A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.
A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.
A substance from the yolk of salmon's eggs.
In early Christian and ecclesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo`s, Qeoy^ Gio`s Swth`r, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
Like, or pertaining to, fishes.
Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
Fossil dung of fishes.
One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates.
A treatise on fishes.
Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in medicine as a remedy in some forms of skin diseases.
Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.
Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.
The natural history of fishes; that branch of Zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.
Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
The Urodela.
Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
One who eats, or subsists on, fish.
Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
See Apophyllite.
A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.
A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.
See Ichthyosauria.
The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebr/, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotorm/.
One of the Ichthyosaura.
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria. One of the Ichthyosauria.
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebr/, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, O/litic, and Cretaceous formations.
A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin.
One skilled in ichthyotomy.
The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
Same as Ichthus.
A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.
Having icicles attached.
In an icy manner; coldly.
The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.
An icicle.
very bad; repulsive; unpleasant; distasteful.
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
To form an image or likeness of.
The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.
One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast.
An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A maker of images.
Of or pertaining to iconography.
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