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   I. A. Richards
         n 1: English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden
               and contributed to the development of Basic English
               (1893-1979) [syn: {Richards}, {I. A. Richards}, {Ivor
               Armstrong Richards}]

English Dictionary: Iris germanica florentina by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ira Gershwin
n
  1. United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983)
    Synonym(s): Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iris cristata
n
  1. low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States
    Synonym(s): dwarf iris, Iris cristata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iris germanica
n
  1. a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe
    Synonym(s): German iris, Iris germanica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iris germanica florentina
n
  1. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
    Synonym(s): Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Irish Republic
n
  1. a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
    Synonym(s): Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Irish Republican Army
n
  1. a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Synonym(s): Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irregardless
adv
  1. regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flower-de-luce \Flow"er-de-luce"\, n. [Corrupted fr.
      fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.)
      A genus of perennial herbs ({Iris}) with swordlike leaves and
      large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but
      probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French
      emblem.
  
      Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the
               north temperate zone. Some of the best known are {Iris
               Germanica}, {I. Florentina}, {I. Persica}, {I.
               sambucina}, and the American {I. versicolor}, {I.
               prismatica}, etc.

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]:
   Irishry \I"rish*ry\, n.
      The Celtic people of Ireland. [bd]The whole Irishry of
      rebels.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrecordable \Ir`re*cord"a*ble\, a. [Pref. ir-- not + record:
      cf. L. irrecordabilis not to be remembered.]
      Not fit or possible to be recorded.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrecured \Ir`re*cured"\, a.
      Incurable. [Obs.]
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