English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 33 of 359

ignosticismnoun

Nescience towards the meaning (if any) of the word, "God," or the phrase, "God exists."

ignoteadj

unknown

ignotum per ignotiusphrase

An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.

IGOnoun

Initialism of intergovernmental organization /international governmental organization.

Igopogoname

A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

Igorname

A male given name from Russian.

Igorotnoun

A member of any of several Austronesian ethnic groups in the Philippines, inhabiting the mountains of Luzon.

Igorrotename

Obsolete spelling of Igorot.

igpaynoun

A police officer.

igpay atinlaynoun

Pig Latin.

igqiranoun

A traditional tribal diviner or spiritual healer.

igqirhanoun

A Xhosa witch doctor.

igtheismnoun

Synonym of ignosticism.

Igualadaname

The capital city of Anoia comarca, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain.

iguananoun

A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

iguaniannoun

Any of the suborder Iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "New World lizards".

iguanodonnoun

Any large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

iguanodontiannoun

Any herbivorous dinosaur of the clade Iguanodontia.

iguanoidadj

Relating to the Iguanidae.

iguanomorphadj

Having the form of an iguana

Iguazuname

A river in Brazil and Argentina, that starts in the Brazilian mountains in Serra do Mar and flows into the Paraná in Brazil.

iguinoun

In shogi variants, a type of move in which a piece captures an opposing piece without moving.

Iguisabelname

A surname from Spanish.

igunaqnoun

An Inuit delicacy made by burying meat and fat which decompose for consumption the following year.

Iguvineadj

Of or relating to ancient Iguvium (modern Gubbio) in Italy.

Iguviumname

Gubbio (a city in Umbria).

Igwename

A surname from Igbo.

IGZOnoun

Initialism of indium gallium zinc oxide: an oxide-semiconductor with the chemical formula InGaO₃(ZnO)₅.

IHnoun

Initialism of industrial hygiene.

IHATname

Initialism of Iraq Historic Allegations Team.

IHCnoun

Initialism of immunohistochemistry.

IHEnoun

Initialism of institution of higher education.

Ihithaname

A female given name from Hindi used in India, meaning a goddess who does good for all creatures in the world.

ihleitenoun

The mineral copiapite.

Ihoodnoun

Alternative form of I-hood.

IHOPname

Acronym of International House of Pancakes, a US-based restaurant chain.

IHPnoun

Initialism of Indian head penny.

IHRname

Acronym of International Health Regulations.

IHRAname

Initialism of International Hot Rod Association.

ihramnoun

The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca.

ihtphrase

Initialism of I had to.

IInoun

Initialism of illegal immigrant.

IIBnoun

Initialism of instance initialization block.

iidnoun

Initialism of independent investigations division

iid-nessnoun

The state of being iid (independent and identically distributed).

Iidaname

A surname from Japanese.

IidaDekuname

The ship of characters Tenya Iida and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.

IIFEnoun

Initialism of immediately-invoked function expression.

IIHFname

Initialism of International Ice Hockey Federation.

IIIIthadj

Abbreviation of fourth.

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 33. 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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