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   ill-mannered
         adj 1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at
                  such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: {ill-mannered}, {bad-
                  mannered}, {rude}, {unmannered}, {unmannerly}]

English Dictionary: illumination by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-omened
adj
  1. marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
    Synonym(s): doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Illimani
n
  1. a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminance
n
  1. the luminous flux incident on a unit area [syn: illuminance, illumination]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminant
n
  1. something that can serve as a source of light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminate
v
  1. make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
    Synonym(s): light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
  2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
    Synonym(s): clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
  3. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminated
adj
  1. provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
    Synonym(s): illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminating
adj
  1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"
    Synonym(s): enlightening, informative, illuminating
    Antonym(s): unenlightening, unilluminating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illumination
n
  1. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light"
    Synonym(s): light, illumination
  2. the degree of visibility of your environment
  3. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
    Synonym(s): clarification, elucidation, illumination
  4. the luminous flux incident on a unit area
    Synonym(s): illuminance, illumination
  5. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
    Synonym(s): miniature, illumination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illumination unit
n
  1. a measure of illumination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illumine
v
  1. make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
    Synonym(s): light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ilmen
n
  1. a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga
    Synonym(s): Lake Ilmen, Ilmen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ilmenite
n
  1. a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-mannered \Ill`-man"nered\, a.
      Impolite; rude.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-minded \Ill"-mind`ed\, a.
      Ill-disposed. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-omened \Ill`-o"mened\, a.
      Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under {Ill},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminable \Il*lu"mi*na*ble\, a.
      Capable of being illuminated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminant \Il*lu"mi*nant\, n. [L. illuminans, -antis, p. pr. of
      illuminare.]
      That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and
      petroleum are illuminants. --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminary \Il*lu"mi*na*ry\, a.
      Illuminative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminating}.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of
      illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen
      light. See {Luminous}, and cf. {Illume}, {Illumine},
      {Enlimn}, {Limn}.]
      1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light,
            literally or figuratively; to brighten.
  
      2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a
            building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
  
      3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters,
            or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in
            manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
  
      4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by
            knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to
            illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. i.
      To light up in token or rejoicing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, a. [L. illuminatus, p. p.]
      Enlightened. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, n.
      One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light
      and knowledge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminating}.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of
      illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen
      light. See {Luminous}, and cf. {Illume}, {Illumine},
      {Enlimn}, {Limn}.]
      1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light,
            literally or figuratively; to brighten.
  
      2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a
            building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
  
      3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters,
            or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in
            manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
  
      4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by
            knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to
            illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminating}.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of
      illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen
      light. See {Luminous}, and cf. {Illume}, {Illumine},
      {Enlimn}, {Limn}.]
      1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light,
            literally or figuratively; to brighten.
  
      2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a
            building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
  
      3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters,
            or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in
            manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
  
      4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by
            knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to
            illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a.
      Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
  
      {Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2
      (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a.
      Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
  
      {Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2
      (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illumination \Il*lu`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. illuminatio: cf. F.
      illumination.]
      1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the
            state of being illuminated.
  
      2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
  
      3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored
            illustrations. See {Illuminate}, v. t., 3.
  
      4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented
            book or manuscript.
  
      5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness;
            splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
  
                     The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his
                     work.                                                --Felton.
  
      6. (Theol.) The special communication of knowledge to the
            mind by God; inspiration.
  
                     Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation
                     beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are
                     inspired.                                          --Hooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminatism \Il*lu"mi*na*tism\, n.
      Illuminism. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminative \Il*lu"mi*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. illuminatif.]
      Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light;
      illustrative. [bd]Illuminative reading.[b8] --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminator \Il*lu"mi*na`tor\, n. [L., an enlightener, LL. also,
      an illuminator of books.]
      1. One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially
            manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See
            {Illuminate}, v. t., 3.
  
      2. A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus;
            also, an illuminant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illumine \Il*lu"mine\, v. t. [Cf. F. illuminer. See
      {Illuminate}.]
      To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminee \Il*lu`mi*nee"\, n. [F. illumin[82]. Cf.
      {Illuminati}.]
      One of the Illuminati.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminer \Il*lu"mi*ner\, n.
      One who, or that which, illuminates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illume \Il*lume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illumed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Illuming}.] [Cf. F. illuminer. See {Illuminate}.]
      To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to
      illuminate; to illumine. --Shak.
  
               The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold.
                                                                              --Thomson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminism \Il*lu"mi*nism\, n. [Cf. F. illuminisme.]
      The principles of the Illuminati.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuministic \Il*lu`mi*nis"tic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminize \Il*lu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminizing}.]
      To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminize \Il*lu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminizing}.]
      To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminize \Il*lu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminizing}.]
      To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illuminous \Il*lu"mi*nous\, a.
      Bright; clear. [R.] --H. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall,
      where it was first found.] (Min.)
      An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of
      the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but
      occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic
      iron ore}, and {ilmenite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes
      used for the adverb ill.] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So
      called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.)
      Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall,
      where it was first found.] (Min.)
      An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of
      the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but
      occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic
      iron ore}, and {ilmenite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes
      used for the adverb ill.] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So
      called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.)
      Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ilmenium \Il*me"ni*um\, n. [NL. See {Ilmenite}.] (Chem.)
      A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by
      R.Harmann.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   Illuminatus!
   I.   "The Eye in the Pyramid"
   II.   "The Golden Apple"
   III. "Leviathan".
   Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
   Dell, 1988
   ISBN 0-440-53981-1
  
      This work of alleged fiction is an incredible berserko-surrealist
   rollercoaster of world-girdling conspiracies, intelligent dolphins, the
   fall of Atlantis, who really killed JFK, sex, drugs, rock'n'roll, and
   the Cosmic Giggle Factor.   First published in three volumes, but there
   is now a one-volume trade paperback, carried by most chain bookstores
   under SF.   The perfect right-brain companion to Hofstadter's "Go"del,
   Escher, Bach".   See {Eris}, {Discordianism}, {random numbers}, {Church
   of the SubGenius}.
  
  
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