English words: ichthyological to iCVV
300 English words, part 5 of 77 of the words starting with I, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.
English words ichthyological to iCVV
- ichthyological adjective: Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
- ichthyologically adverb: In terms of ichthyology.
- ichthyologist noun: An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes.
- ichthyology noun /ˌɪkθiˈɒləd͡ʒi/: A branch of zoology that studies fish.
- ichthyomancy noun: Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish. A form of augury.
- ichthyomantic adjective: Relating to ichthyomancy.
- ichthyomorph noun: A figure in ancient art resembling a fish.
- ichthyomorphic adjective: Shaped like a fish.
- ichthyomorphous adjective: Synonym of ichthyomorphic (“shaped like a fish”).
- ichthyoneuston noun: The fish component of the neuston.
- ichthyonomy noun: The naming and classification of types of fish.
- ichthyonym noun /ˈɪk.θi.əˌnɪm/: A name for a fish.
- ichthyootoxin noun /ˌɪkθiˈoʊ.əˌtɑksɪn/: Any poisonous substance found in the roe or gonads of fish, but not in other parts of the fish.
- ichthyopathogenic adjective: pathogenic to fish
- ichthyopathological adjective: Relating to ichthyopathology
- ichthyopathology noun: The study of diseases of fish.
- ichthyophagan adjective: Synonym of ichthyophagous.
- ichthyophage noun: That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
- ichthyophagi noun: Any of various coast-dwelling peoples known for eating fish.
- ichthyophagian adjective: Synonym of ichthyophagous.
- ichthyophagist noun: An eater of fish.
- ichthyophagoi noun: Alternative form of ichthyophagi.
- ichthyophagous adjective: Feeding on fish.
- ichthyophagy noun: The practice of eating fish.
- ichthyophiid noun: Any caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.
- ichthyophile noun: A person who is interested in fish.
- ichthyophobe noun: A person afflicted with ichthyophobia.
- ichthyophobia noun: The fear of fish.
- ichthyophobic adjective: Of, relating to, or afflicted with ichthyophobia.
- ichthyophthalmite noun: A form of apophyllite
- ichthyophthiriasis noun: A parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ichthyoplanktological adjective: Relating to ichthyoplanktology
- ichthyoplanktologist noun: One who studies ichthyoplanktology.
- ichthyoplanktology noun: The study of the free-floating larvae of fish
- ichthyoplankton noun: zooplankton derived from fish, such as fish eggs, fry and larvae
- ichthyoplanktonic adjective: Of or pertaining to ichthyoplankton.
- ichthyopolist noun: A seller of fish.
- ichthyopsid adjective, noun /ˌɪkθɪˈɒpsɪd/: Of or relating to the taxon Ichthyopsida of vertebrates.
- ichthyopterygian noun: Any of the superorder †Ichthyopterygia of extinct marine reptiles, superficially resembling dolphins.
- ichthyopterygium noun: fish fin.
- ichthyornid noun: Alternative form of ichthyornithid.
- ichthyornithean noun: Any ornithurine dinosaur of the group Ichthyornithes.
- ichthyornithid noun: Any avialan in the family Ichthyornithidae.
- ichthyosarcotoxic adjective: Containing poison within its flesh.
- ichthyosarcotoxin noun: Any poisonous substance found in fish that is not limited to the roe or to the blood.
- ichthyosarcotoxism noun: poisoning caused by toxins in fish flesh
- ichthyosaur noun /ˈɪkθiəsɔːɹ/: Any fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order †Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise.
- ichthyosaurian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- ichthyosaurid noun: Any member of the family Ichthyosauridae.
- ichthyosauriform noun: Any extinct reptile similar to an ichthyosaur
- ichthyosauromorph noun: Any extinct marine reptile of the clade †Ichthyosauromorpha
- ichthyosaurus noun /ˌɪkθiəˈsɔːɹəs/: Alternative form of ichthyosaur.
- ichthyosiform adjective: Resembling ichthyosis.
- ichthyosis noun /ˌɪk.θiˈəʊ̯.sɪs/: Any of a group of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin.
- ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens noun: A type of familial, autosomal dominant ichthyosis, a rare skin disorder.
- ichthyosis hystrix noun: A rare skin disorder, a form of ichthyosis characterized by massive hyperkeratosis with an appearance like spiny scales.
- ichthyosis lamellaris noun: Lamellar ichthyosis.
- ichthyosis prematurity syndrome noun: A dermatological disease associated with complications in the mid-trimester of a pregnancy leading to premature birth.
- ichthyosis vulgaris noun: A genetic skin disorder causing dry, scaly skin.
- ichthyosism noun: botulism caused by eating salted fish
- ichthyosporean noun: Any opisthokont of the class Ichthyosporea (syn. Mesomycetozoea)
- ichthyosporid noun: Any opisthokont of the class Ichthyosporea (syn. Mesomycetozoa).
- ichthyostegalian noun: An extinct group of early limbed vertebrates which lived in the Late Devonian period.
- ichthyostegid noun: Any labyrinthodont in the family Ichthyostegidae.
- ichthyotheology noun: The theology of fish.
- ichthyotherapy noun: The use of fish for therapeutic treatment, especially for cleaning wounds.
- ichthyotic adjective: Relating to or affected with ichthyosis.
- ichthyotomist noun: One who carries out ichthyotomy.
- ichthyotomous adjective: Relating to the Ichthyotomi.
- ichthyotomy noun: The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
- ichthyotoxic adjective: toxic to fish
- ichthyotoxicity noun: toxicity to fish
- ichthyotoxicology noun: The study of toxins found in fish; the toxicology of fish.
- ichthyotoxin noun: Any chemical compound that is toxic to fish.
- ichthyotoxism noun: Poisoning by an ichthyotoxin (any poison produced from fish).
- ichthyovorous adjective: Feeding on fish; piscivorous.
- ichthyphagous adjective /ɪkˈθɪfəɡəs/: Alternative spelling of ichthyophagous.
- ichthys noun /ˈɪkθəs/: A stylized representation of a fish, used as a Christian symbol.
- ichthysarcotoxism noun: poisoning caused by eating the flesh of fish
- ichthytaxidermy noun: The taxidermy of fishes.
- ichu noun: A grass of species Stipa ichu.
- -ician suffix /-ˈɪʃən/: forming nouns denoting occupations
- icicle noun /ˈʌɪsəkəl/: A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
- icicle plant noun: A plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae, with long, powdery-white leaves (Helichrysum thianschanicum).
- icicle radish noun: Synonym of daikon.
- icicled adjective: Hung with icicles.
- icicular adjective: Of, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles.
- -icidal suffix: Alternative form of -cidal.
- -icide suffix: Alternative form of -cide.
- icilin noun: A synthetic superagonist that produces an extreme sensation of cold, similar to that produced by menthol.
- icily adverb /ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/: In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
- iciness noun: The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
- icing noun, verb /ˈaɪsɪŋ/: A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for...
- icing on the cake noun: A thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad.
- icing sugar noun: Powdered sugar.
- icinged adjective: Having icing.
- icinglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of icing.
- -icism suffix /ɪsɪzəm/: Forms abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases.
- -icity suffix /ɪs.ɪ.ti/: Used to form nouns, denoting a quality or condition, from adjectives, especially ones ending in -ic (in which case "ic" is not duplicated (see -ity)).
- ick adjective, interjection, noun /ɪk/: An exclamation of disgust.
- ick factor noun: Synonym of yuck factor.
- Icke proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Ickenham proper noun /ˈɪkənəm/: A suburban area in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0786).
- icker noun: A head of grain.
- ickily adverb: In an icky manner.
- ickiness noun: The state or condition of being icky.
- ickle adjective, noun: An icicle.
- icktastic adjective: Very disgusting or icky.
- Ickx proper noun: A surname.
- icky adjective /ˈɪki/: Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
- icky-poo adjective, noun: Icky; yucky; disgusting.
- icl noun, phrase: Initialism of idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia.
- iclaprim noun: A diaminopyrimidine dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor being developed for the treatment of skin and tissue infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- iclazepam noun: A benzodiazepine derivative with sedative and anxiolytic effects.
- -icle suffix: Alternative form of -sicle.
- ICM noun: Abbreviation of intracluster medium.
- ICME noun: Initialism of interplanetary coronal mass ejection: a disruption of the fast and slow solar winds.
- ICN proper noun: The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, a body of rules and recommendations governing botanical names.
- ICO noun: Initialism of initial coin offering.
- icodextrin noun: A colloid osmotic agent derived from maltodextrin.
- icogenin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- icon noun /ˈaɪ.kɒn/: An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
- iconhood noun: The state or quality of being an icon.
- Iconian adjective, noun /aɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Iconium.
- iconic adjective /aɪˈkɒnɪk/: Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
- iconical adjective: Pertaining to or consisting of images or icons.
- iconically adverb: In a way or to an extent that is iconic
- iconicity noun: the state of being iconic (in all meanings)
- iconicize verb: To make iconic.
- iconicness noun: The quality of being iconic.
- iconics noun: The study of images and symbols as a form of communication.
- iconification noun: The act, process or result of iconifying.
- iconify verb: To make into an icon.
- iconique adjective: Rare spelling of iconic.
- iconisation noun: Alternative spelling of iconization.
- iconise verb: Non-Oxford British English form of iconize.
- iconism noun: The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
- iconistic adjective: Relating to iconism.
- iconistically adverb: In an iconistic manner; with relation to iconism.
- Iconium proper noun /aɪˈkəʊ.ni.əm/: Former name of Konya: a city in Turkey.
- iconization noun: The act, process or result of iconizing.
- iconize verb: To form an image or likeness of someone.
- iconless adjective: Without icons (religious articles).
- iconlike adjective: Resembling an icon (religious emblem).
- icono- prefix: Forms terms relating to images or to icons
- iconoclasm noun /aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm/: The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
- iconoclast noun /aɪˈkɒn.əˌklæst/: One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European...
- iconoclastic adjective, noun /aɪˌkɒ.nəˈklæ.stɪk/: Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.
- iconoclastical adjective: Alternative form of iconoclastic
- iconoclastically adverb: In an iconoclastic manner.
- iconoclasticism noun: iconoclastic beliefs and attitudes
- iconoclastism noun: Alternative form of iconoclasticism.
- iconodule noun: A person who supports the veneration of religious icons; an iconophile or iconodulist
- iconodulia noun: The veneration of religious icons.
- iconodulic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to iconodulism.
- iconodulism noun: The veneration of religious icons.
- iconodulist noun: An iconodule.
- iconoduly noun: iconodulism
- iconograph noun: A picture formed by a word or words.
- iconographer noun: One who creates (religious) icons
- iconographic adjective: Of or pertaining to iconography.
- iconographical adjective: iconographic
- iconographically adverb: In terms of iconography.
- iconographist noun: An iconographer.
- iconography noun /ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/: A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
- iconolater noun /ˌaɪ.kəˈnɒlətə/: Someone who worships images; a practicer of iconolatry.
- iconolatrous adjective: Engaging in iconolatry; worshipping images.
- iconolatry noun /ˌaɪ.kəˈnɒ.lə.triː/: The use of images as symbols that provide an inspiration and aid to worship.
- iconologic adjective: Alternative form of iconological.
- iconological adjective: Of or pertaining to iconology.
- iconologically adverb: In terms of iconology.
- iconologist noun: One who studies iconology.
- iconology noun /aɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/: The study of icons in art or art history.
- iconomach noun: Synonym of iconomachist.
- iconomachal adjective: Opposing the worship of images.
- iconomachic adjective: Relating to iconomachy.
- iconomachist noun: One who opposes the worship of images or idols.
- iconomachy noun: Hostility to images as objects of worship.
- iconomania noun: zealous dedication to icons or images
- iconomatic adjective /ʌɪkɒnəˈmatɪk/: The use of pictographs to represent their sounds, as in English rebuses using an eye to mean I or in Chinese phonetic transcription of foreign terms into...
- iconomatically adverb: In an iconomatic manner: representing ideas by means of the picture of a homophone.
- iconomatography noun: An iconomatic writing system.
- iconometer noun: An early form of viewfinder.
- iconometric adjective: Relating to iconometry.
- iconometrical adjective: Relating to iconometry.
- iconometrically adverb: In terms of iconometry.
- iconometry noun /ˌaɪkəˈnɑmətɹi/: The measurement of icons and their proportions etc., in religious art.
- iconophile noun: A person who supports the use of religious icons.
- iconophilia noun: Synonym of iconophily.
- iconophilism noun: A love of icons, or religious images.
- iconophilist noun: An expert or enthusiast of iconography.
- iconophily noun: A love of icons or images.
- iconophobe noun: An iconophobic person.
- iconophobia noun: An aversion to icons.
- iconophobic adjective /ʌɪkɒnəˈfəʊbɪk/: Disliking or opposing images, especially religious icons.
- iconoplast noun: One who creates images, idols, or symbols, typically as opposed to an iconoclast who destroys them.
- iconoscope noun: an early television camera having a mosaic of photoactive cells
- iconostas noun: Synonym of iconostasis.
- iconostasion noun: The screen between the sanctuary and choir in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- iconostasis noun /ˌaɪkəˈnɒstəsɪs/: A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.
- iconotext noun: A form of document consisting of text and images that complement each other, such as a comic.
- iconotextual adjective: Being or relating to an iconotext; consisting of both text and images.
- iconotextuality noun: The quality of being iconotextual.
- iconotextually adverb: In an iconotextual manner.
- iconotheca noun: A collection of icons.
- iconotropic adjective: of a myth or tradition that has its origin in a misrepresentation of an earlier one
- iconotropy noun: the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those...
- iconotype noun: An illustration of a biological specimen that serves as a holotype or lectotype (type specimen and it becomes the type illustration). It is not an...
- iconstasis noun: Alternative form of iconostasis.
- icosa- prefix: twenty
- icosaedric adjective: Alternative form of icosahedral.
- icosaedron noun: Alternative spelling of icosahedron.
- icosagen noun: A member of the boron group (group 13) of elements in the periodic table.
- icosagon noun: A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- icosagonal adjective: Having the form of a icosagon
- icosagrid noun: An icosahedral grid
- icosahedral adjective /(ˌ)aɪˌkoʊsəˈhiːdɹəl/: Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedrality noun: The state or condition of being icosahedral.
- icosahedrally adverb: In an icosahedral way.
- icosahedric adjective: Alternative form of icosahedral.
- icosahedrical adjective: Alternative form of icosahedral.
- icosahedrite noun: A mineral, Al₆₃Cu₂₄Fe₁₃, that represents the only known natural occurrence of quasicrystals.
- icosahedron noun /(ˌ)aɪˌkoʊsəˈhiːdɹən/: A polyhedron with twenty faces.
- icosahedronic adjective: Characteristic of icosahedrons.
- icosandrian adjective: Relating to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
- icosandrous adjective: Having twenty or more stamens in each perigynous flower.
- icosane noun: Alternative form of eicosane.
- icosanoid noun: Alternative form of eicosanoid.
- icosapentaenoic acid noun: Alternative form of eicosapentaenoic acid.
- icosapeptide noun: Any oligopeptide that has twenty amino acid units
- icosasphere noun: A geometric figure with twenty or more triangular faces producing a semi-spherical solid.
- icosatetramer noun: An oligomer that has twenty-four subunits.
- icosathlon noun: A sports event consisting of twenty contests.
- icosi- prefix: Alternative form of icosa-.
- icosian noun: Any of a specific set of Hamiltonian quaternions with the same symmetry as the 600-cell.
- icosidigon noun: A polygon with twenty two sides and twenty two angles.
- icosidodecadodecahedron noun: a polyhedron having 44 faces, 60 vertices, 120 edges, 12 self intersected faces and 12 nonconvex faces
- icosidodecahedral adjective: Being or relating to an icosidodecahedron.
- icosidodecahedron noun: An Archimedean solid with thirty-two regular faces (twelve pentagons and twenty triangles).
- icosihemidodecahedron noun: Either of two polyhedra, the small icosihemidodecahedron and the great icosihemidodecahedron.
- icosihenagon noun: A polygon with twenty-one edges and twenty-one angles.
- icosihexahedron noun: A polyhedron with twenty-six faces.
- icosikaidigon noun: A polygon with twenty-two sides and twenty-two angles.
- icosioctahedron noun: A polyhedron with twenty-eight faces.
- icositetrachoron noun /aɪkoʊsɪtɛtɹəˈkoʊɹɔn/: A four-dimensional object with no regular three-dimensional analogue, constructed out of twenty-four octahedra.
- icositetragon noun: A polygon with 24 sides and 24 angles.
- icositetrahedron noun: Any of several solids having twenty-four faces.
- icositrigon noun: A polygon with 23 sides and 23 angles.
- icospiramide noun: An antiemetic drug.
- icosteid noun: Any in the family Icosteidae of ragfishes.
- icotinib noun: The epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor...
- icotrokinra noun: A cyclic peptide drug that functions as a selective interleukin 23 receptor antagonist, being developed to treat autoimmune disorders.
- icotype noun: An icon or graphic symbol, distinguished from one that contains text.
- ICP noun: Initialism of intracranial pressure.
- icpal noun: A kind of indigenous Mexican seat or bench.
- icpalli noun [ikˈpa.lːi]: A seat or throne in ancient Aztec culture.
- ICPL noun: Initialism of isotope-coded protein label, isotope-coded protein labeling.
- ICQ noun, verb /ˌaɪsiːˈkjuː/: A call for acknowledgement.
- ICQer noun: A user of the ICQ instant-messaging software.
- ICR noun: Initialism of intelligent character recognition.
- ICS noun, suffix: Initialism of intercostal space.
- ICSI noun: Initialism of intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
- ICT noun: Initialism of In-Circuit Test.
- ictal adjective: Of or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure, stroke or headache.
- ictalurid noun: Any catfish in the family Ictaluridae.
- icteremia noun: The presence of bile in the blood.
- icteric adjective, noun: Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body.
- icterical adjective: Dated form of icteric.
- icterid noun: Any member of the family Icteridae of grackles and related New World birds.
- icterine adjective: Yellowish.
- icterine warbler noun: Hippolais icterina, an Old World warbler.
- icteritious adjective: yellow; jaundiced
- icteritous adjective: Alternative form of icteritious.
- ictero- prefix: jaundice
- icterode adjective: Dated form of icteroid.
- icterogenetic adjective: Causing jaundice.
- icterogenic adjective: That causes jaundice
- icterogenous adjective: Causing jaundice.
- icterohaemorrhagic adjective: Alternative form of icterohemorrhagic.
- icterohematuria noun: A form of infectious jaundice in sheep caused by the parasite Babesia ovis.
- icterohemorrhagic adjective: Characterised by jaundice and hemorrhage
- icteroid adjective: Marked by jaundice, or having the appearance of that disease
- icterometer noun: An instrument for gauging hyperbilirubinemia by measuring the yellowness of the skin.
- icterus noun /ˈɪktəɹəs/: An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
- icterus neonatorum noun: neonatal jaundice
- icthyomancy noun: Alternative form of ichthyomancy.
- icthyosporean noun: Alternative spelling of ichthyosporean.
- ictic adjective: Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.
- ictidorhinid noun: Any therapsid of the genus Ictidorhinus.
- ictidosaur noun: Synonym of tritheledontid.
- ictidosaurian noun: Synonym of tritheledontid.
- ictogenesis noun: The generation of a seizure
- ictogenic adjective: That produces ictus
- ictogenicity noun: The condition of being ictogenic
- ictometer noun: A machine that determines the force of the apex beat of the heart.
- ictus noun /ˈɪktəs/: The pulse.
- ICU noun, phrase: Initialism of intensive care unit.
- ICV noun: Abbreviation of international certificate of vaccination.
- ICVP noun: Initialism of International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.
- iCVV noun: A security feature of chip credit cards to ensure authenticity.
Part 4 · Part 6 · English words: I
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under I: 23,084 words, in 77 parts.