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   Iraqi Intelligence Service
         n 1: the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of
               Iraq's security system; "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been
               involved in numerous terrorist activities" [syn: {Iraqi
               Intelligence Service}, {IIS}, {Iraqi Mukhabarat}]

English Dictionary: irksome	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iraqi monetary unit n monetary unit in Iraq
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iraqi Mukhabarat n the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system; "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities" Synonym(s): Iraqi Intelligence Service, IIS, Iraqi Mukhabarat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iraqi National Congress n a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government Synonym(s): Iraqi National Congress, INC
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Iresine n genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs [syn: Iresine, genus Iresine]
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Iresine herbstii n South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts Synonym(s): beefsteak plant, beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iresine reticulata n South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts Synonym(s): beefsteak plant, beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata
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Iris kaempferi n iris native to Japan having large showy flowers [syn: Japanese iris, Iris kaempferi]
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Iris Murdoch n British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999) Synonym(s): Murdoch, Iris Murdoch, Dame Jean Iris Murdoch
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iris scanning n biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye; "the structure of the iris is very distinctive"
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Irish monetary unit n monetary unit in Eire
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Irish moss n dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America Synonym(s): Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus
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Irish National Liberation Army n a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland Synonym(s): Irish National Liberation Army, INLA, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army, Catholic Reaction Force
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Irishman n a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Irishwoman n a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irksome adj so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" Synonym(s): boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iroquoian n a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois Synonym(s): Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iroquoian language n a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois Synonym(s): Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
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irreconcilable adj impossible to reconcile; "irreconcilable differences" Synonym(s): irreconcilable, unreconcilable Antonym(s): reconcilable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iracund \I"ra*cund\, a. [L. iracundus, fr. ira anger.] Irascible; choleric. [bd]Iracund people.[b8] --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irish American \I"rish Amer"ican\ A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such a person.
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]:
Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss, etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and {Lycopodium}. 2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of words which need no special explanation; as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc. {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}. {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}. {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus {Hypnum}. {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See {Tillandsia}. {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}. {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}. {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}. {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan. {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium Oxycoccus}). {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic circle. {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its pores. {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P. subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for its handsome flowers. --Gray. {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose. {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J. squarrosus}). {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carrageen \Car"rageen`\, Carrigeen \Car"rigeen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a.
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]:
Irishman \I"rish*man\, n.; pl. {Irishmen}. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. {Irishman's hurricane} (Naut.), a dead calm. {Irishman's reef}. (Naut.) See {Irish reef}, under {Irish}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irksome \Irk"some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"somely}, adv. -- {Irk"someness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irksome \Irk"some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"somely}, adv. -- {Irk"someness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irksome \Irk"some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"somely}, adv. -- {Irk"someness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iroquoian \Ir`oquoi"an\ ([icr]r`[osl]kwoi"[ait]n), a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principal linguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The territory of the northern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. -- n. An Indian of an Iroquoian tribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irreconcilability \Irrec`onci`labil"ity\, n. The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irreconcilable \Irrec"onci`lable\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irr[82]conciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- {Irrec"onci`lableness}, n. -- {Irrec"onci`lably}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irreconcilable \Irrec"onci`lable\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irr[82]conciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- {Irrec"onci`lableness}, n. -- {Irrec"onci`lably}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irreconcilable \Irrec"onci`lable\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irr[82]conciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- {Irrec"onci`lableness}, n. -- {Irrec"onci`lably}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irreconcile \Irrec"oncile`\, v. t. To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. [Obs.]
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Irreconcilement \Irrec"oncile`ment\, n. The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.
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Irreconciliation \Irrec`oncil`i*a"tion\, n. Want of reconciliation; disagreement.
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Irregeneracy \Ir`regen"era*cy\, n. Unregeneracy.
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Irregeneration \Ir`regen`era"tion\, n. An unregenerate state. [Obs.]
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Irrision \Ir*ri"sion\, n. [L. irrisio, fr. irridere, irrisum. to laugh at; pref. ir- in + ridere to laugh: cf. F. irrision.] The act of laughing at another; derision. This being spoken sceptic[8a], or by way of irrision. --Chapman.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Irrigon, OR (city, FIPS 36500) Location: 45.89686 N, 119.48805 W Population (1990): 737 (302 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97844
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Irshemesh, a city of bondage