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   ideogram
         n 1: a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing
               without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese
               characters are ideograms" [syn: {ideogram}, {ideograph}]

English Dictionary: idocrase by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ideograph
n
  1. a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms"
    Synonym(s): ideogram, ideograph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ideographic
adj
  1. of or relating to or consisting of ideograms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ideographically
adv
  1. in an idiographic manner; "it's written ideographically"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ideography
n
  1. the use of ideograms in writing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idiographic
adj
  1. relating to or involving the study of individuals [ant: nomothetic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idocrase
n
  1. a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone
    Synonym(s): vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideogram \I*de"o*gram\, n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. id[82]ograme.]
      1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of
            hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
  
                     Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to
                     represent either things or thoughts.   --I. Taylor
                                                                              (The
                                                                              Alphabet).
  
                     You might even have a history without language
                     written or spoken, by means of ideograms and
                     gesture.                                             --J. Peile.
  
      2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1,
            2, 3, +, -, [?], $, [?], etc.
  
      3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideograph \I*de"o*graph\, n.
      Same as {Ideogram}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideographic \I`de*o*graph"ic\, Ideographical
   \I`de*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. id[82]ographique.]
      Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by
      symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the
      word [bd]nine,[b8] but the idea of the number itself. --
      {I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideographic \I`de*o*graph"ic\, Ideographical
   \I`de*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. id[82]ographique.]
      Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by
      symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the
      word [bd]nine,[b8] but the idea of the number itself. --
      {I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideographic \I`de*o*graph"ic\, Ideographical
   \I`de*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. id[82]ographique.]
      Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by
      symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the
      word [bd]nine,[b8] but the idea of the number itself. --
      {I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideographics \I`de*o*graph"ics\, n.
      The system of writing in ideographic characters; also,
      anything so written.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ideography \I`de*og"ra*phy\, n.
      The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an
      ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand
      writing, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiocracy \Id`i*oc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Idiocrasies}. [Idio- + Gr.
      [?] a mixture, fr. [?] to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie.]
      Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of
      constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiocracy \Id`i*oc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Idiocrasies}. [Idio- + Gr.
      [?] a mixture, fr. [?] to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie.]
      Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of
      constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiocratic \Id`i*o*crat"ic\, Idiocratical \Id`i*o*crat"ic*al\,
      a.
      Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiocratic \Id`i*o*crat"ic\, Idiocratical \Id`i*o*crat"ic*al\,
      a.
      Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiograph \Id"i*o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] autographic; [?] one's own
      + [?] to write.]
      A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiographic \Id`i*o*graph"ic\, Idiographical
   \Id`i*o*graph"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to an idiograph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiographic \Id`i*o*graph"ic\, Idiographical
   \Id`i*o*graph"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to an idiograph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vesuvianite \Ve*su"vi*an*ite\, n. (Min.)
      A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive,
      of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It
      is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia,
      and is common at Vesuvius. Also called {idocrase}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idocrase \Id"o*crase\ ([icr]d"[osl]*kr[amac]s; 277), n. [Gr.
      e'i^dos form + kra^sis mixture, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf.
      F. idocrase.] (Min.)
      Same as {Vesuvianite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vesuvianite \Ve*su"vi*an*ite\, n. (Min.)
      A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive,
      of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It
      is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia,
      and is common at Vesuvius. Also called {idocrase}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idocrase \Id"o*crase\ ([icr]d"[osl]*kr[amac]s; 277), n. [Gr.
      e'i^dos form + kra^sis mixture, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf.
      F. idocrase.] (Min.)
      Same as {Vesuvianite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iodizer \I"o*di`zer\, n.
      One who, or that which, iodizes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iodocresol \I`o*do*cre"sol\, n. [Iodo- + cresol.] (Org. Chem.)
      Any of several isomeric iodine derivatives of the cresols,
      {C6H3I(CH3)OH}, esp. one, an odorless amorphous powder, used
      in medicine as a substitute for iodoform.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or
            that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind
            rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and
            fair deductions from true principles; that which is
            dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind;
            right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
  
                     I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my
                     rhyme.                                                --Spenser.
  
                     But law in a free nation hath been ever public
                     reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he
                     denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which
                     ought to be our law; interposing his own private
                     reason, which to us is no law.            --Milton.
  
                     The most probable way of bringing France to reason
                     would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish
                     West Indies.                                       --Addison.
  
      4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow.
  
      {By reason of}, by means of; on account of; because of.
            [bd]Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the
            sterility of the soil.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      {In reason},
  
      {In all reason}, in justice; with rational ground; in a right
            view.
  
                     When anything is proved by as good arguments as a
                     thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in
                     reason, to doubt of its existence.      --Tillotson.
  
      {It is reason}, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
  
                     Yet it were great reason, that those that have
                     children should have greatest care of future times.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle;
               sake; account; object; purpose; design. See {Motive},
               {Sense}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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      Location: 42.34439 N, 95.47294 W
      Population (1990): 2357 (1057 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51445
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