Ichthyoidal (a.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
Ichthyolatry (n.) Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
Ichthyolite (n.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.
Ichthyologic (a.) Alt. of Ichthyological
Ichthyological (a.) Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
Ichthyologist (n.) One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.
Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.
Ichthyomancy (n.) Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
Ichthyomorpha (n. pl.) The Urodela.
Ichthyomorphic (a.) Alt. of Ichthyomorphous
Ichthyomorphous (a.) Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
Ichthyophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, fish.
Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
Ichthyohagy (n.) The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
Ichthyophthalmite (n.) See Apophyllite.
Ichthyophthira (n. pl.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.
Ichthyopsida (n. pl.) A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.
Ichthyopterygia (n. pl.) See Ichthyosauria.
Ichthyopterygium (n.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
Ichthyornis (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.
Ichthyosaur (n.) One of the Ichthyosaura.
Ichthyosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
Ichthyosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.
Ichthyosaurian (n.) One of the Ichthyosauria.
Ichthyosauri (pl. ) of Ichthyosaurus
Ichthyosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.
Ichthyosis (n.) A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin.
Ichthyotomist (n.) One skilled in ichthyotomy.
Ichthyoomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
Ichthys (n.) Same as Ichthus.
Icicle (n.) A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.
Icicled (a.) Having icicles attached.
Icily (adv.) In an icy manner; coldly.
Iciness (n.) The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
Icing (n.) A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.
Ickle (n.) An icicle.
Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Iconical (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
Iconism (n.) The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
Iconize (v. t.) To form an image or likeness of.
Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
Iconoclast (n.) A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.
Iconodule (n.) Alt. of Iconodulist
Iconodulist (n.) One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast.
Iconographer (n.) A maker of images.
Iconographic (a.) Of or pertaining to iconography.
Iconographic (a.) Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopaedia.
Iconography (n.) The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.
Iconography (n.) The study of representative art in general.
Iconolater (n.) One who worships images.
Iconolatry (n.) The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.
Iconology (n.) The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.
Iconomachy (n.) Hostility to images as objects of worship.
Iconomical (a.) Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship.
Iconophilist (n.) A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.
Icosahedral (a.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.
Icosahedron (n.) A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.
Icosandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
Icosandrian (a.) Alt. of Icosandrous
Icosandrous (a.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
Icositetrahedron (n.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.
-ics () A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics, politics, athletics.
Icteric (n.) A remedy for the jaundice.
Icteric (a.) Alt. of Icterical
Icterical (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.
Icterical (a.) Good against the jaundice.
Icteritious (a.) Alt. of Icteritous
Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
Icteroid (a.) Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.
Icterus (a.) The jaundice.
Ictic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.
Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.
Ictus (n.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
Icy (superl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.
Icy (superl.) Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
Icy-pearled (a.) Spangled with ice.
I'd () A contraction from I would or I had.
Id (n.) A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.
Idalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.
Ide (n.) Same as Id.
-ide () A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.
Ideas (pl. ) of Idea
Idea (n.) The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
Idea (n.) A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.
Idea (n.) Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.
Idea (n.) A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.
Idea (n.) A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
Idea (n.) A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.
Idea (n.) A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.
Ideal (a.) Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
Ideal (a.) Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
Ideal (a.) Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
Ideal (a.) Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
Ideal (a.) Imaginary.
Ideal (n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
Idealess (a.) Destitute of an idea.
Idealism (n.) The quality or state of being ideal.
Idealism (n.) Conception of the ideal; imagery.