| -ia |
pathological state; disease. [5 definitions] |
| IA |
abbreviation of "Iowa," a Midwestern U.S. state between Illinois and Nebraska. |
| Iago |
in Othello, the villain who causes Othello to suspect his wife of unfaithfulness and then murder her. |
| -ial |
a variant of -al1. |
| iamb |
in metric verse, a foot of two syllables in which the first is short and the second long, or the first unstressed and the second stressed. |
| iambus |
variant of iamb. |
| -ian |
a variant of -an. |
| -iana |
variant of -ana. |
| -iasis |
a process or condition, esp. a harmful or pathological one. |
| -iatric |
of or relating to (such) a type of healing or medical treatment. |
| -iatrics |
science or practice of medical treatment; healing. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, esp. from drugs or surgery. |
| -iatry |
medical care; healing. |
| I-beam |
a steel beam, used for construction, whose cross section resembles the capital letter I in shape. |
| Iberia |
a peninsula occupied by Spain and Portugal; Iberian Peninsula. |
| ibex |
any of a variety of mountain goats of Eurasia and North Africa, esp. those that have long, backward-curving horns. |
| ibid. |
abbreviation of "ibidem" (Latin); in the same place; in the same book, page, or the like. |
| ibidem |
in the same place (Latin); in the same reference previously cited (used in footnotes and bibliographies to indicate that a citation comes from the same book, article, page, or the like as the previous citation). (abbr.: ibid.) |
| -ibility |
variant of -ability. |
| ibis |
any of a variety of large wading birds that have long, slender, downward-curving bills. |
| -ible |
variant of -able. |