English Dictionary: Iraqi Intelligence Service | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Iracund \I"ra*cund\, a. [L. iracundus, fr. ira anger.] Irascible; choleric. [bd]Iracund people.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irish American \I"rish A*mer"i*can\ A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such a person. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irish \I"rish\, a. [AS. [?]risc, fr. [?]ras the Irish. Cf. {Aryan}, {Erse}.] Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland. {Irish elk}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Elk}. {Irish moss}. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange. {Irish poplin}. See {Poplin}. {Irish potato}, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland. {Irish reef}, [or] {Irishman's reef} (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up. {Irish stew}, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss, etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and {Lycopodium}. 2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of words which need no special explanation; as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc. {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}. {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}. {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus {Hypnum}. {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See {Tillandsia}. {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}. {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}. {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}. {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan. {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium Oxycoccus}). {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic circle. {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its pores. {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P. subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for its handsome flowers. --Gray. {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose. {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J. squarrosus}). {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.] | |
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Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a. | |
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Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a. | |
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Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a. | |
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Irish \I"rish\, a. [AS. [?]risc, fr. [?]ras the Irish. Cf. {Aryan}, {Erse}.] Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland. {Irish elk}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Elk}. {Irish moss}. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange. {Irish poplin}. See {Poplin}. {Irish potato}, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland. {Irish reef}, [or] {Irishman's reef} (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up. {Irish stew}, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irksome \Irk"some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irksome \Irk"some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irksome \Irk"some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Iroquoian \Ir`o*quoi"an\ ([icr]r`[osl]*kwoi"[ait]n), a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principal linguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The territory of the northern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. -- n. An Indian of an Iroquoian tribe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irreconcilability \Ir*rec`on*ci`la*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness. | |
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Irreconcilable \Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irr[82]conciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- {Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly}, adv. | |
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Irreconcilable \Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irr[82]conciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- {Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly}, adv. | |
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Irreconcilable \Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irr[82]conciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- {Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly}, adv. | |
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Irreconcile \Ir*rec"on*cile`\, v. t. To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. [Obs.] | |
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Irreconcilement \Ir*rec"on*cile`ment\, n. The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement. | |
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Irreconciliation \Ir*rec`on*cil`i*a"tion\, n. Want of reconciliation; disagreement. | |
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Irregeneracy \Ir`re*gen"er*a*cy\, n. Unregeneracy. | |
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Irregeneration \Ir`re*gen`er*a"tion\, n. An unregenerate state. [Obs.] | |
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Irrision \Ir*ri"sion\, n. [L. irrisio, fr. irridere, irrisum. to laugh at; pref. ir- in + ridere to laugh: cf. F. irrision.] The act of laughing at another; derision. This being spoken sceptic[8a], or by way of irrision. --Chapman. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Irrigon, OR (city, FIPS 36500) Location: 45.89686 N, 119.48805 W Population (1990): 737 (302 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97844 | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Irshemesh, a city of bondage |