English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 28 of 359

Iecavaname

A town in Latvia.

IEDnoun

Initialism of Intelligent Electronic Device, a sensor, actuator, or PLC used as part of a SCADA system.

Iederaname

A commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania.

IEEname

Initialism of Institution of Electrical Engineers.

IEEEname

Initialism of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

IEEPAname

Initialism of International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Ieeshaname

A female given name from Arabic.

IELTSname

Initialism of International English Language Testing System.

IEPnoun

Initialism of isoelectric point.

Iepureștiname

A commune of Giurgiu County, Romania.

Iernutname

A city in Mureș County, Romania.

Ieroname

A surname from Italian.

iesnoun

plural of i, the name of the letter I.

Ieshaname

A female given name from Arabic.

Iesusname

Archaic spelling of Jesus.

Ietsismnoun

An unspecified belief in an undetermined transcendent force.

Iezziname

A surname from Italian.

ifconj

Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.

if all else failsphrase

If none of someone's attempts or plans succeed.

if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailproverb

With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminately.

if and only ifconj

Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.

if and whenconj

At the time of an event, contingent on that event happening at all.

if anythingadv

Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).

if at first you don't succeedproverb

Persistence is important in the pursuit of success.

if everadv

If at any time; if at all.

if ever there has been onephrase

Alternative form of if ever there was one.

if ever there was onephrase

Used to emphasize the truth of a characterization.

if ever there were onephrase

Alternative form of if ever there was one.

if I ever saw onephrase

Synonym of if ever there was one.

if I had a nickel for every timephrase

Implies that the situation has happened frequently to the speaker.

if I mayphrase

Without any following verb, implies a request to interrupt, to speak at length, or to take control, often when the speaker can introduce new, unexpected information or, alternatively, when the speaker disapproves of how a task was done and proposes to redo it.

if it ain't broke, don't fix itproverb

It is wise to leave something alone and to avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient (often with an implication that is the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire).

if it fits, I sitsphrase

A domestic cat, out of instinctual habit, will sit in any empty box or other container of any size that is left unattended.

if it had teeth, it'd bite onephrase

It is in plain sight; one should be able to see it for oneself.

if it isn'tphrase

Observes, with (sometimes ironic) surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.

if it kills onephrase

Regardless of how much effort or struggle is required from one.

if it works, it worksphrase

if an action achieves its desired result, one should leave it at that; the outcome of an action is more important than the action itself

if it you pleasephrase

Archaic form of if you please (“please”).

if it's all the samephrase

If it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.

if it's the last thing I dophrase

At any cost; for certain; indicates the speaker is determined, resolute in doing something.

if it's yellow let it mellowphrase

In order to save water, do not flush the toilet every time you urinate.

if it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it downphrase

In order to save water, only flush the toilet after defecation, not after urination.

if looks could killphrase

Used to characterize a look of strong hostility.

if memory servesphrase

If I have correctly remembered the details.

if my aunt had balls, she'd be my unclephrase

It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations.

if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagonphrase

Synonym of if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

if need beadv

If necessary; if there is a need.

if needs beadv

If need be; if there is a need.

if notconj

Indicates that a statement is true in the event that a condition is not satisfied.

if not forphrase

If (something) were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of (something); without.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter I contains 17,902 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 359 pages, and you are currently viewing page 28. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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