English to English Dictionary

Irascible

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered; highly irritable and hot-tempered.

Irenic

Aiming or tending to promote peace, reconciliation, or goodwill rather than conflict or controversy.

Irrealis

A linguistic mood or inflectional category that indicates that an event or state of affairs is not realized or has not happened yet.

Irreproachability

The quality of being beyond criticism, faultless, or entirely free from blame.

Isentropically

In a manner that involves no change in entropy; at a constant entropy.

Isograft

A tissue or organ graft transplanted between two genetically identical individuals, such as monozygotic twins.

Isokinetic

Relating to muscular contraction in which the velocity of movement is constant throughout the range of motion, regardless of the magnitude of force applied.

Isolette

A specially shielded and temperature-controlled incubator used for the care and protection of premature or critically ill newborn infants.

Isosmotic

Having the same osmotic pressure as another solution or a specified fluid, such as body fluids.

Issachar

In the Bible, the ninth son of Jacob and the traditional ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Itero-parity

A life history strategy characterized by multiple reproductive events or cycles over the course of an organism's lifetime.

Iteroparous

Characterized by or undergoing multiple reproductive cycles over the course of a lifetime.