IRRITABLE
IR'RITABLE, adjective [from irritate.] Susceptible of excitement, or of heat and action, as animal bodies.1. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated...
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IRRITANT
IR'RITANT, adjective Irritating.IR'RITANT, noun That which excites or irritates.
IRRITATE
IR'RITATE, verb transitive [Latin irrito; in and ira, wrath.]1. To excite heat and redness in the skin or flesh of living animal bodies, as by friction; to inflame; to fret; as,...
IRRITATED
IR'RITATED, participle passive Excited; provoked; caused to contract.
IRRITATING
IR'RITATING, participle present tense Exciting; angering; provoking; causing to contract.
IRRITATION
IRRITA'TION, noun The operation of exciting heat, action, and redness in the skin or flesh of living animals, by friction or other means.1. The excitement of action in the anima...
IRRITATIVE
IR'RITATIVE, adjective Serving to excite or irritate.1. Accompanied with or produced by increased action or irritation; as an irritative fever.
IRRITATORY
IR'RITATORY, adjective Exciting; stimulating.
IRRORATION
IRRORA'TION, noun [Latin irroratio.] The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew.
IRRUPTION
IRRUP'TION, noun [Latin irruption; in and rumpo, to break or burst.]1. A bursting in; a breaking or sudden violent rushing into a place. Holland has been often inundated by irru...
IRRUPTIVE
IRRUP'TIVE, adjective Rushing in or upon.
IS
IS, verb intransitive iz. [Latin est.] The third person singular of the substantive verb, which is composed of three or four distinct roots, which appear in the words am, be, ar...
ISABEL
IS'ABEL, nounisabel yellow is a brownish yellow, with a shade of brownish red.
ISAGOGICICAL
ISAGOG'IC'ICAL, adjective Introductory.
ISAGON
IS'AGON, noun [Gr. equal, and an angle.] A figure whose angles are equal.
ISATIS
IS'ATIS, noun In zoology, the arctic fox or Canis lagopus.
ISCHIADIC
ISCHIAD'IC, adjective [Latin ischiadicus, from ischias, the sciatica, from ischium, the hip.] Pertaining to the hip. The ischiadic passion or disease is ranked by Cullen with rh...
ISCHURETIC
ISCHURET'IC, adjective [See Ischury.]Having the quality of relieving ischury.ISCHURET'IC, noun A medicine adapted to relieve ischury.
ISCHURY
IS'CHURY, noun [Gr. to stop, and urine.]A stoppage or suppression of urine.
ISERIN
IS'ERINIS'ERINE, noun A mineral of an iron black color, and of a splendent metallic luster, occurring in small obtuse angular grains. It is harder than feldspar, and consists of...
ISERINE
IS'ERINE, n. A mineral of an iron black color, and of a splendent metallic luster, occurring in small obtuse angular grains. It is harder than feldspar, and consists of the oxyd...
ISH
ISH, a termination of English words, is, in Sax. isc. Dan.isk, G. isch; and not improbably, it is the termination esque, in French, as in grotesque, It.esco, in grotesco, and th...
ISICLE
I'SICLE, a pendant shoot of ice, is more generally written icicle. [See Ice and Icicle.]
ISINGLASS
I'SINGLASS, noun i'zinglass. [that is, ise or ice-glass.]A substance consisting chiefly of gelatin, of a firm texture and whitish color, prepared from the sounds or air-bladders...
ISINGLASS-STONE
ISINGLASS-STONE. [See Mica.]
ISLAMISM
IS'LAMISM, noun The true faith, according to the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism.
ISLAND
ISLAND, noun i'land. [This is an absurd compound of isle and land, that is, land-in-water land, or ieland-land. There is no such legitimate word in English, and it is found only...