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| Georgian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the period of British history from the reign of George I through that of George IV, or the style, as of architecture, of that period. [1/6 definitions] |
| Great War |
World War I. |
| here's to |
I wish success, health, prosperity, or the like for (a person, group, project, period of time, or the like); here is a toast to (a person or the like). |
| Herod |
king of Judea from 37 to 4 B.C., who ruled under the authority of the Roman Empire. Herod, also known as Herod I and Herod the Great, was in power at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ (b.73 B.C.?--d.4 B.C.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Holy Roman Empire |
the empire of central European, Germanic-speaking nations and Italy, beginning with Charlemagne's reign as Roman emperor in 800 A.D. or the crowning of Otto I in 962, and ending in 1806. |
| i |
having the shape of an I. [1/2 definitions] |
| I-beam |
a steel beam, used for construction, whose cross section resembles the capital letter I in shape. |
| I'd |
contracted form of "I would," or contracted form of "I had." |
| I'll |
contracted form of "I will." |
| I'm |
contracted form of "I am." |
| indirect object |
in grammar, the element of a sentence that represents a person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb, such as "him" in "I made him some tea". (Cf. direct object, subject.) |
| intransitive verb |
a verb that is not followed by a direct object. In the sentence, "I ran for an hour," "ran" is an intransitive verb. |
| iodine |
a highly reactive chemical element of the halogen group that has fifty-three protons in each nucleus and occurs naturally in compounds such as salts, and in pure form as a poisonous bluish black crystal. (symbol: I) [1/2 definitions] |
| IOU |
a signed paper acknowledging a debt and often bearing these letters, meaning "I owe you". |
| I've |
contracted form of "I have." |
| Jacobean |
of or pertaining to James I of England or the time of his reign, from 1603 to 1625. |
| je ne sais quoi |
I don't know what (French); an indefinable quality. |
| King James Version |
the English version of the Bible published in 1611 under the authorization of King James I; Authorized Version. |
| litotes |
in rhetoric, an understatement, esp. one expressed by a negation of an affirmative, as in "not the worst book I ever read". |
| me |
the objective case of I. |
| mea culpa |
(Latin) the fault is mine; I am to blame. |
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