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Irreverence

The state or quality of being irreverent; lack of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Irreverent

Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a lack of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.

Irreversibility

The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.

Irreversible

Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine; an irreversible process; an irreversible reaction.

Irrevocability

The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.

Irrevocable

Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate.

Irrevoluble

That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.

Irrigation

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

Irrision

The act of laughing at another; derision.

Irritancy

The state or quality of being irritant or irritating.

Irritant

Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.

irritated

aroused to impatience or anger; as, made an irritated gesture.

Irritative

Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent.

Irritatory

Exciting; producing irritation; irritating.

Irrorate

Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand.

Irroration

The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew.

Irrotational

Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

Irvingite

The common designation of a member of a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ.

Is

The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.

Isagel Isagelous

Containing the same information; as, isagelous sentences. One of two or more objects containing the same information.

Isagogics

That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.

Isagon

A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.

Isapostolic

Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.

Isatide

A white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reduction of isatin.

Isatin

An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.

Isatinic Isatic

Pertaining to, or derived from, isatin; as, isatic acid, which is also called trioxindol.

Isatis

A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad.

Isatogen

A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue.

Isatropic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic acid.

Ischial

Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic; ischiatic.

Ischiocapsular

Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.

Ischiocerite

The third joint or the antenn/ of the Crustacea.

Ischiopodite

The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Ischiorectal

Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial tuberosity.

Ischium Ischion

The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

Ischuretic

Having the quality of relieving ischury. An ischuretic medicine.

Ischury

A retention or suppression of urine.

Isethionic

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.

Ishmaelite

A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, /His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him./

Ishmaelitish

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.

Isiac

Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries.

Isidorian

Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century.

ISKCON

The abbreviation for International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a society founded in the US in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures. Groups of devotees engage in joyful chanting of "Hare Krishna" ("O Krishna!").

Islamic

Of or pertaining to Islam; as, Islamic art.

Islamism

The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Muslims; same as Islam, but less commonly used.

Islamitic

Of or pertaining to Islam; Islamic; Muslim.

Islamize

To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam.

Island

To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.

Islandy

Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.

Isle

To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.

Ism

A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

Ismaelite Ismaelian

One of a sect of Muslims who followed the practices of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house of Ali.

Isobar

A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line.

Isobaric

Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars.

Isobarism

The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science.

Isobathytherm

A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth.

Isobathythermic

Of or pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicating the same temperature at the same depth.

Isobront

An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking the simultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by observing the time when the thunder is heard at different places.

Isocephalism

A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia.

Isochasm

A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which there is the same mean frequency of auroras.

Isochasmic

Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line.

Isocheim

A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere.

Isochimal Isocheimal

Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart.

Isochor

A line upon a thermodynamic diagram so drawn as to represent the pressures corresponding to changes of temperature when the volume of the gas operated on is constant.

Isochromatic

Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals.

Isochronal

Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; as, isochronal vibrations or oscillations.

Isochronize

To make, or tend to make (the motion of a moving body), uniform in rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration.

Isochronon

A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

Isochroous

Having the same tint or color throughout; uniformly or evenly colored.

Isoclinic Isoclinal

Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having equal inclination or dip.

Isocrymal

Pertaining to, having the nature of, or illustrating, an isocryme; as, an isocrymal line; an isocrymal chart.

Isocryme

A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.

Isocyanic

Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid.

Isocyanuric

Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.

Isodiabatic

Pertaining to the reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a substance.

Isodimorphism

Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances.

Isodrome

A method of moving a fleet from one formation to another, the direction usually being changed eight points (90/), by means of paths of equal length for each ship. It is prohibited in the United States navy.

Isodulcite

A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (dulcite, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses.

Isodynamic

Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force.

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