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   ilang-ilang
         n 1: oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in
               perfumery
         2: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers
            yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an
            ornamental [syn: {ilang-ilang}, {ylang-ylang}, {Cananga
            odorata}]

English Dictionary: Illinois by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iliamna acerifolia
n
  1. perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers
    Synonym(s): mountain hollyhock, Iliamna ruvularis, Iliamna acerifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Illinois
n
  1. a midwestern state in north-central United States [syn: Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL]
  2. a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
  3. the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Illinois River
n
  1. a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Illinoisan
n
  1. a native or resident of Illinois
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illness
n
  1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
    Synonym(s): illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
    Antonym(s): health, wellness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indris \In"dris\, Indri \In"dri\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any lemurine animal of the genus {Indris}.
  
      Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of
               Madagascar, as the diadem indris ({I. diadema}), which
               has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly indris
               ({I. laniger}); and the short-tailed or black indris
               ({I. brevicaudatus}), which is black, varied with gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chat \Chat\, n.
      1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
  
                     Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With
                     singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
            warblers, in America. The best known species are the
            yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed
            chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to
            several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the
            {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
  
      {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ihlang-ihlang \Ih*lang`-ih*lang"\, n. [Malayan, flower of
      flowers.]
      A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of
      the flowers of {Canada odorata}, an East Indian tree. [Also
      written {ylang-ylang}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illinois \Il`li*nois"\, n.sing. & pl. (Ethnol.)
      A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied
      the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illness \Ill"ness\, n. [From {Ill}.]
      1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness;
            unfavorableness. [Obs.] [bd]The illness of the
            weather.[b8] --Locke.
  
      2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health;
            sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.
  
      3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment.
  
      Usage: {Illness}, {Sickness}. Within the present century,
                  there has been a tendency in England to use illness in
                  the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health,
                  or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially
                  to a sense of nausea, or [bd]sickness of the
                  stomach.[b8]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Illinois City, IL
      Zip code(s): 61259

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   I-Link
  
      {Sony}'s name for {High Performance Serial
      Bus}.
  
      (2000-09-03)
  
  
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