English words starting with i

Meanings of I:

suffix

A connecting vowel chiefly forming words ending in -ana, -ferous, -fic, -form, -fy, -gerous, -vorous.

noun

The ninth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

The letter i is made up of a single minim, with or without a dot above it.

pronoun

Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself.

Usage examples:

Accept me for what i am

abbreviation

Island(s) or isle(s) (chiefly on maps).

Electric current.

Usage examples:

V = i/r

Meanings of I wouldn’t put it past (someone):

idiom

Infml i would not be surprised if someone did something

Usage examples:

I wouldn’t put it past helena to tell a secret, especially if it helped her in some way.

Meanings of I-beg-your-pardon:

idiom

Could you please repeat what you just said

Usage examples:

"are you feeling better?" "i beg your pardon?" "i said: are you feeling better?", i beg your pardon…

Meanings of I-dare-say:

verb

Used to say that you agree or think that something is true

Usage examples:

"she's got a lot of admirers." "i daresay - she's very beautiful.", he gets paid a lot of money, bu…

Meanings of I-guess:

verb

To give an answer to a question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be certain if you are right

Usage examples:

[ i ] i didn’t know the answer, so i had to guess., [ + (that) clause ] he guessed (that) she was a…

Meanings of I-take-it:

idiom

Said if you think that what you say is likely to be true, although it is not proved

Usage examples:

You'll be staying the night, i take it?, so we can take it you've resigned?

Meanings of I’ve had it up to here:

phrase

Have no patience left to tolerate something or someone.

Usage examples:

They have had it up to here with being bossed around

Meanings of Ia:

suffix

Forming nouns adopted unchanged from latin or greek (such as mania, militia ), and modern latin terms (such as utopia ).

abbreviation

Iowa (in official postal use).

Meanings of Iamb:

noun

Another term for iambus.

Meanings of Iambi:

noun

A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Usage examples:

Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in english ver…

Meanings of Iambics:

noun

Iambic verse as a genre.

Usage examples:

Common metrical patterns in both poetry and music are iambic, trochaic, dactylic, amphibrachic, ana…

adjective

Of or using iambuses.

Usage examples:

The epilogue is written in the finest iambic verse

Meanings of Iambs:

noun

Another term for iambus.

Meanings of Iambus:

noun

A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Usage examples:

Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in english ver…

Meanings of Iambuses:

noun

A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Usage examples:

Of the five kinds of feet illustrated here, the iambus is by far the most often used in english ver…

Meanings of Ian:

suffix

Forming adjectives and nouns such as antediluvian and bostonian.

determiner

The form of the indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound.

abbreviation

Andaman and nicobar islands.

Meanings of Iapetus:

proper noun

A satellite of saturn, the seventeenth closest to the planet, having one bright icy side and one very dark side, discovered by cassini in 1671 (diameter 1,440 km).

Meanings of Iatrochemistry:

noun

A school of thought of the 16th and 17th centuries which sought to understand medicine and physiology in terms of chemistry.

Usage examples:

In 1608, oswald croll published his basilica chymica, a treatise devoted to a predominantly paracel…

Meanings of Iatrogenic:

adjective

Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment.

Usage examples:

Drugs may cause side effects which can lead to iatrogenic disease

Meanings of Ib:

adverb

Short for ibid.

abbreviation

International baccalaureate.

noun

A set of examinations intended to qualify successful candidates for higher education in any of several countries.

Meanings of Iba:

abbreviation

(in the uk) independent broadcasting authority.

Meanings of Iberia:

proper noun

The ancient name for the iberian peninsula.

Meanings of Iberian:

adjective

Relating to or denoting iberia, or the countries of spain and portugal.

Usage examples:

The russian countries and the iberian countries - spain and portugal - are both into it in quite a …

noun

A native of iberia, especially in ancient times.

Usage examples:

Its original inhabitants were iberians and celts who were later conquered by the romans and the moo…

Meanings of Iberians:

noun

A native of iberia, especially in ancient times.

Usage examples:

Its original inhabitants were iberians and celts who were later conquered by the romans and the moo…

adjective

Relating to or denoting iberia, or the countries of spain and portugal.

Usage examples:

The russian countries and the iberian countries - spain and portugal - are both into it in quite a …

Meanings of Iberis:

noun

A plant of a genus that comprises the candytufts.

Usage examples:

The seeds of the sub-species l. iberis alba are used in indian medicine.

Meanings of Ibex:

noun

A wild mountain goat with long, thick ridged horns and a beard, found in parts of central asia and in ethiopia.

Usage examples:

If you are lucky you may see an ibex, or wild mountain goat.