Words starting with i

Words and definitions

ical means: Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

ical means: Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

I means: In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

I means: As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.

I- means: See Y-.

I means: The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

Iamatology means: Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

Iamb means: An iambus or iambic.

Iambic means: Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

Iambic means: Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.