English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 4 of 359

i-dotternoun

A detail-oriented individual.

i-dottingadj

Extremely meticulous; detail-oriented.

I-hoodnoun

The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.

I-lanname

Alternative form of Yilan.

I-languagenoun

Abbreviation of internal language: language as perceived and understood in the individual rather than as transmitted and shared in the world or community.

I-lingname

Alternative form of Yiling.

I-nessnoun

I-hood.

I-ningname

Alternative form of Yining.

I-novelnoun

A type of autofictional Japanese literary genre; a novel written in that genre.

I-pinname

Alternative form of Yibin.

I-popnoun

Indian pop music.

I-shipnoun

I-hood.

I-tuname

Alternative form of Yidu, Hubei.

I-wayname

information superhighway

I-wuname

Alternative form of Yiwu.

i.e.adv

That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

I.P.noun

Alternative form of IP (“intellectual property”).

i.q.prep

the same as

I/Onoun

Abbreviation of input/output.

i18nnoun

Abbreviation of internationalization.

I2name

Internet2, the state-of-the-art network connecting multiple research universities.

i386name

The Intel 80386 (i386) processor.

IAname

Abbreviation of Iowa: a state of the United States.

IA-32name

The 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture (as opposed to the original 16-bit x86 architecture or its later 64-bit extension).

IA-64noun

An EPIC 64-bit instruction set architecture designed to allow relatively simple, cheap CPUs to execute many 64-bit instructions simultaneously and with potentially very high performance; developed by Intel in the late 1990s with the intent of replacing the older x86 architecture, but was delayed and proved uncompetitive with x86 (especially x86-64), seeing use only in Intel's own Itanium line of high-end CPUs.

IAAFname

Initialism of International Amateur Athletics Federation (1912–2001).

IaaSnoun

Acronym of infrastructure as a service.

IaCnoun

Initialism of infrastructure as code.

Iacchusname

A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.

iacinctnoun

Obsolete spelling of jacinth

Iacobeniname

Several locations in Romania:

Iacobescuname

A surname from Romanian.

Iacobucciname

A surname from Italian.

Iacoccaname

A surname from Italian

Iacononame

A surname from Italian, equivalent to English Deacon.

Iacovelliname

A surname from Italian.

IACUCnoun

Initialism of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

Iacuzziname

A surname from Italian.

IAEAname

Initialism of International Atomic Energy Agency.

IAFname

Any of several air forces

Iafratename

A surname from Italian.

Iagoname

A male given name.

iaidonoun

A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.

Iainname

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English John.

Ialomițaname

A county of Romania.

Ialoveniname

A city and district of Moldova.

Ialpujeniname

A commune and village in Cimișlia, Moldova.

iamatologicaladj

Relating to iamatology.

iamatologynoun

The science of remedies, or of therapeutics.

iambnoun

A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

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 4. 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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