| ivory |
the hard, white, toothlike substance that forms the tusks of elephants and other animals. [7 definitions] |
| Ivory Coast |
a West African country on the Atlantic coast between Ghana and Liberia. |
| ivory nut |
the hard, ivorylike seed of a small South American palm, used for buttons, ornaments, and the like. |
| ivory tower |
a position that is removed from practical concerns, or an attitude of withdrawal or aloofness. |
| ivy |
a climbing, woody vine that has shiny evergreen leaves, bears black berries, and is often used as an ornamental covering on buildings; English ivy. [2 definitions] |
| Ivy League |
an association of eight prestigious colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania, and Yale. |
| ixora |
a tropical evergreen plant of the madder family that is often grown in greenhouses. |
| ixtle |
variant of istle. |
| Iyar |
the eighth month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late April through early May in the Gregorian calendar. |
| -ization |
process, action, or result of making or doing. |
| -ize |
to become, or to cause to be, become, or be formed into. [4 definitions] |
| j |
the tenth letter of the English alphabet. [2 definitions] |
| jab |
to prod or poke, esp. with a pointed object. [3 definitions] |
| jabber |
to speak or make sounds like speech quickly or at length but without making sense; babble. [2 definitions] |
| Jabberwocky |
in the nineteenth-century tale Through the Looking Glass, a poem containing many nonsense words. [2 definitions] |
| jabot |
a decorative ruffle on the front of a blouse or shirt that hangs down from the neck, formerly worn by men and now worn mostly by women. |
| jacal |
a hut made of closely set wooden stakes that is plastered with mud and roofed with straw or rushes, found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
| jacamar |
an exotic tropical American bird having iridescent green plumage and a long bill. |
| jacaranda |
any of several tropical American trees of the bignonia family, with compound leaves and clusters of pale purple flowers. [2 definitions] |
| jacinth |
a reddish orange zircon or similar mineral, used as a gemstone. [2 definitions] |
| jack |
any of a number of devices used to lift all or a part of a heavy object a short distance, as by leverage or hydraulic pressure. [8 definitions] |