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   imam
         n 1: (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites
               an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and
               law and a spiritual guide [syn: {imam}, {imaum}]

English Dictionary: inhume by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imaum
n
  1. (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
    Synonym(s): imam, imaum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immune
adj
  1. relating to the condition of immunity; "the immune system"
  2. secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution"
  3. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
    Synonym(s): immune, resistant
  4. (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; "immune to persuasion"
n
  1. a person who is immune to a particular infection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in name
adv
  1. by title or repute though not in fact; "he's a doctor in name only"
    Synonym(s): in name, in name only
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in on
adv
  1. participating in or knowledgeable out; "was in on the scheme"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inane
adj
  1. devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Inanna
n
  1. consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhume
v
  1. place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
    Synonym(s): bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inion
n
  1. the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ionian
adj
  1. of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture
n
  1. a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
  2. the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Immane \Im*mane"\, a. [L. immanis.]
      Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character;
      inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]So immane a man.[b8]
      --Chapman. -- {Im*mane"ly}, adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Immune \Im*mune"\, n.
      One who is immune; esp., a person who is immune from a
      disease by reason of previous affection with the disease or
      inoculation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Immune \Im*mune"\, a. [L. immunis. See {Immunity}.]
      Exempt; protected by inoculation. -- {Im*mu"nize}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Name \Name\, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G.
      name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth.
      nam[omac], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere,
      to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[be]man. [root]267. Cf.
      {Anonymous}, {Ignominy}, {Misnomer}, {Nominal}, {Noun}.]
      1. The title by which any person or thing is known or
            designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of
            an individual or a class.
  
                     Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that
                     was the name thereof.                        --Gen. ii. 19.
  
                     What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any
                     other name would smell as sweet.         --Shak.
  
      2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person
            or thing, on account of a character or acts.
  
                     His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
                     mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
                     Peace.                                                --Is. ix. 6.
  
      3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation;
            fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable
            estimation; distinction.
  
                     What men of name resort to him?         --Shak.
  
                     Far above . . . every name that is named, not only
                     in this world, but also in that which is to come.
                                                                              --Eph. i. 21.
  
                     I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1
                                                                              Macc. iii. 14.
  
                     He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin.
                                                                              --Deut. xxii.
                                                                              19.
  
                     The king's army . . . had left no good name behind.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  
                     The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his
                     name, came every day to pay their feigned
                     civilities.                                       --Motley.
  
      5. A person, an individual. [Poetic]
  
                     They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden.
  
      {Christian name}.
            (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as
                  distinguished from {surname}; baptismal name.
            (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not.
  
      {Given name}. See under {Given}.
  
      {In name}, in profession, or by title only; not in reality;
            as, a friend in name.
  
      {In the name of}.
            (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. [bd] I charge you
                  in the duke's name to obey me.[b8]         --Shak.
            (b) In the represented or assumed character of. [bd]I'll
                  to him again in name of Brook.[b8]         --Shak.
  
      {Name plate}, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name
            upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.
  
      {Pen name}, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom
            de plume. --Bayard Taylor.
  
      {Proper name} (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person,
            place, or thing.
  
      {To call names}, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by
            reproachful appellations.
  
      {To take a name in vain}, to use a name lightly or profanely;
            to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex.
            xx. 7.
  
      Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination;
               epithet.
  
      Usage: {Name}, {Appellation}, {Title}, {Denomination}. Name
                  is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or
                  letters by which a person or thing is known and
                  distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for
                  name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive
                  term, used by way of marking some individual
                  peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold,
                  Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to
                  point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of
                  Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to
                  particular bodies what appellation is to individuals;
                  thus, the church of Christ is divided into different
                  denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians,
                  Presbyterians, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   One \One\, n.
      1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
  
      2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
  
      3. A single person or thing. [bd]The shining ones.[b8]
            --Bunyan. [bd]Hence, with your little ones.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     He will hate the one, and love the other. --Matt.
                                                                              vi. 24.
  
                     That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
                     other on thy left hand, in thy glory. --Mark x. 37.
  
      {After one}, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {At one}, in agreement or concord. See {At one}, in the
            Vocab.
  
      {Ever in one}, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {In one}, in union; in a single whole.
  
      {One and one}, {One by one}, singly; one at a time; one after
            another. [bd]Raising one by one the suppliant crew.[b8]
            --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inane \In*ane"\, a. [L. inanis.]
      Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence;
      purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. [bd]Vague and
      inane instincts.[b8] --I. Taylor. -- {In*ane"ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inane \In*ane"\, n.
      That which is void or empty. [R.]
  
               The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inhume \In*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhumed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Inhuming}.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See {Inhumate}.]
      1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to
            inter.
  
                     Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume
                     the natives in their native plain.      --Pope.
  
      2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal
            purposes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ionian \I*o"ni*an\, a. [L. Ionius. See {Ionic}.]
      Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic. -- n. A
      native or citizen of Ionia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ionic \I*on"ic\, a. [L. Ionicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] Ionia.]
      1. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
  
      2. (Arch.) Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one
            of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the
            five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth
            century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with
            spiral volutes. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      {Ionic dialect} (Gr. Gram.), a dialect of the Greek language,
            used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written in what is
            designated old Ionic, as distinguished from new Ionic, or
            Attic, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in the period
            of Athenian prosperity and glory.
  
      {Ionic foot}. (Pros.) See {Ionic}, n., 1.
  
      {Ionic}, [or] {Ionian}, {mode} (Mus.), an ancient mode,
            supposed to correspond with the modern major scale of C.
           
  
      {Ionic sect}, a sect of philosophers founded by Thales of
            Miletus, in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that
            water is the original principle of all things.
  
      {Ionic type}, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the
            following line).
  
      Note: This is Nonpareil Ionic.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Inman, KS (city, FIPS 34275)
      Location: 38.22912 N, 97.77376 W
      Population (1990): 1035 (428 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67546
   Inman, NE (village, FIPS 24075)
      Location: 42.38131 N, 98.52894 W
      Population (1990): 159 (78 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68742
   Inman, SC (city, FIPS 35755)
      Location: 35.05198 N, 82.09330 W
      Population (1990): 1742 (760 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29349
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