| Israelite |
a member of the Hebrew people, esp. of Biblical times. [2 definitions] |
| Issei |
(sometimes l.c.) a first-generation Japanese immigrant to the United States or Canada. (See Kibei, Nisei, Sansei.) |
| issuance |
the act or process of issuing. |
| issue |
the act or process of sending or coming from a particular source. [10 definitions] |
| issueless |
combined form of issue. |
| -ist |
one who does, makes, or handles. [3 definitions] |
| Istanbul |
a Turkish city at the entrance to the Black Sea; formerly Byzantium and Constantinople. |
| isthmian |
of or relating to an isthmus. [3 definitions] |
| isthmus |
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses and bordered on its long sides by water. [2 definitions] |
| -istic |
of, relating to, or having the characteristics of. |
| istle |
a fiber from any of various tropical American plants such as agave and yucca, used for cords, nets, carpets, and the like. |
| it |
used to indicate an animal, abstract thing, group, inanimate object, or being of undetermined gender that has been mentioned or is about to be mentioned. [6 definitions] |
| itai-itai disease |
a painful degenerative bone disease contracted by ingesting water or food that has been polluted by industrial cadmium waste. |
| ital. |
abbreviation of "italic" or "italicized." |
| Italian |
of or pertaining to Italy or its people, culture, language, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| Italian greyhound |
a breed of dog similar to the grayhound, but smaller and more slender. |
| Italian sonnet |
a Petrarchan sonnet. |
| italic |
of, designating, or pertaining to a style of printing type in which the letters slant to the right, used for emphasis or for foreign words. [4 definitions] |
| italicize |
to print in italic type, or to underscore with a single line in a handwritten text. [2 definitions] |
| Italy |
a southern European country that occupies a boot-shaped Mediterranean peninsula and several adjacent islands. |
| itch |
to feel a sensation, as on the skin, that causes a desire to scratch. [8 definitions] |