Words starting with io
2 letter words starting with io
- io — a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- io moth — a showy, yellow moth, Automeris io, of North America, having a prominent pink and bluish eyespot on each hind wing.
3 letter words starting with io
- ioc — International Olympic Committee
- ioi — International Olympiad in Informatics
- iom — Isle of Man
- ion — Classical Mythology. the eponymous ancestor of the Ionians: a son of Apollo and Creusa who is abandoned by his mother but returns to become an attendant in Apollo's temple at Delphi.
- ios — a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
4 letter words starting with io
- iona — an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions — Plural form of ion.
- ioof — Independent Order of Oddfellows
- iota — a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- iowa — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines. Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
5 letter words starting with io
- iodic — containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- iodin — a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iodo- — indicating iodine
- ionia — an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
6 letter words starting with io
- iodate — Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- iodide — a salt of hydriotic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is iodine, as sodium iodide, NaI.
- iodine — a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iodise — (British) alternative spelling of iodize.
- iodism — poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
7 letter words starting with io
- iobates — a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- iodates — Plural form of iodate.
- iodides — Plural form of iodide.
- iodised — Simple past tense and past participle of iodise.
- iodized — Treated with iodine or an iodide.
8 letter words starting with io
- ioannina — a city in NW Greece.
- iodinate — to iodize.
- iodizing — Present participle of iodize.
- iodoform — a yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, CHI 3 , analogous to chloroform, and having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- iodophor — a complex of iodine and a surfactant that releases free iodine in solution, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
9 letter words starting with io
- iodimetry — iodometry.
- iodinated — Simple past tense and past participle of iodinate.
- iodometry — a volumetric analytical procedure for determining iodine or materials that will liberate iodine or react with iodine.
- iodophile — taking an intense iodine stain
- ionizable — to separate or change into ions.
10 letter words starting with io
- iodimetric — iodometry.
- iodination — (chemistry) halogenation with iodine or an iodine compound.
- iodine-131 — a radioactive isotope of iodine having a mass number 131 and a half-life of 8.6 days, used in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the thyroid gland.
- iodization — The act or process of iodizing.
- ionisation — Alternative spelling of ionization.
11 letter words starting with io
- iodoformism — Iodoform poisoning.
- iodoformize — (transitive) To treat or impregnate with iodoform.
- iodoprotein — a protein that contains iodine
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
12 letter words starting with io
- ionophoresis — electrophoresis, esp of small ions
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
13 letter words starting with io
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
15 letter words starting with io
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
17 letter words starting with io
- iontophoretically — By means of iontophoresis.
20 letter words starting with io
- iodochlorhydroxyquin — The drug clioquinol.
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