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   Iridoprocne
         n 1: a genus of Hirundinidae [syn: {Iridoprocne}, {genus
               Iridoprocne}]

English Dictionary: irritably by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iridoprocne bicolor
n
  1. bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
    Synonym(s): white-bellied swallow, tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irritability
n
  1. an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]
  2. excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
    Synonym(s): excitability, irritability
  3. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
    Synonym(s): temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irritable
adj
  1. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
    Synonym(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
  2. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
  3. capable of responding to stimuli
    Synonym(s): excitable, irritable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irritable bowel syndrome
n
  1. recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress
    Synonym(s): irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon, mucous colitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irritably
adv
  1. in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly]
  2. in an irritable manner; "she had become irritably exact"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irritability \Ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F.
      irritabilit[82].]
      1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick
            excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of
            temper.
  
      2. (Physiol.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all
            living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of
            certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of
            ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit
            motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property
            which living muscle processes, of responding either to a
            direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating
            influence of its nerve fibers, the response being
            indicated by a change of form, or contraction;
            contractility.
  
      3. (Med.) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or
            part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of
            stimuli. See {Irritation}, n., 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irritable \Ir"ri*ta*ble\, a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable.
      See {Irritate}.]
      1. Capable of being irriated.
  
      2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or
            exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
  
                     Vicious, old, and irritable.               --Tennyson.
  
      3. (Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of
            irritation; capable of being excited to action by the
            application of certain stimuli.
  
      4. (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to
            irritants or stimuli. See {Irritation}, n., 3.
  
      Syn: Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irritableness \Ir"ri*ta*ble*ness\, n.
      Irritability.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irritably \Ir"ri*ta*bly\, adv.
      In an irritable manner.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IRDP
  
      {ICMP Router Discovery Protocol}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IRTF
  
      {Internet Research Task Force}
  
  
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