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- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
- indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
- indian tobacco — a common American plant, Lobelia inflata, of the lobelia family, having small, blue flowers and inflated capsules.
- indian warrior — a lousewort, Pedicularis densiflora, of the western U.S., having densely clustered red flowers.
- indiana ballot — a ballot on which the candidates are listed in separate columns by party.
- indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
- indigenization — to make indigenous.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- indoctrinating — Present participle of indoctrinate.
- indoctrination — the act of indoctrinating, or teaching or inculcating a doctrine, principle, or ideology, especially one with a specific point of view: religious indoctrination.
- indomitability — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
- intergradation — the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
- intermediation — the act of intermediating.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- inward-looking — person
- ionian islands — a group of Greek islands including Corfu, Levkas, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Paxos, and Zante off the W coast of Greece, and Cerigo off the S coast.
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocitric acid — a major intermediate in the Krebs cycle, having the formula C 6 H 8 O 7 .
- isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- judge advocate — a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- know backwards — to understand completely
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite