12-letter words starting with i
- i don't mind — I have no preference
- i tell a lie — People sometimes say 'I tell a lie' when they have just made a mistake in something that they are saying and immediately correct it.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- ibn-al-arabi — Muhyi-l-din. 1165–1240, Muslim mystic and poet, born in Spain, noted for his influence on Sufism
- ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
- ic prolog ii — (language, Prolog) Imperial College Prolog. A Prolog with multi-threading, TCP primitives for interprocess communication, mailboxes, and an interface to Parlog.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs
- ice crystals — ice formations
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- ichthyocolla — a fish glue or gelatine used as food or medicine
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- iconoclastic — attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity: an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- iconological — Of or pertaining to iconology.
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- identifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
- idiomaticity — peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- ignitability — to set on fire; kindle.
- ignition key — key that starts an engine
- ignorantness — The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance.
- iguaçú falls — a waterfall on the border between Brazil and Argentina, on the Iguaçú River: divided into hundreds of separate falls by forested rocky islands. Width: about 4 km (2.5 miles). Height: 82 m (269 ft)
- il penseroso — a poem (1632) by John Milton.
- il trovatore — an opera (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi.
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