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   iceman
         n 1: someone who cuts and delivers ice
         2: a professional killer [syn: {hatchet man}, {iceman}]

English Dictionary: ignominious by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ichneumon
n
  1. northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs
    Synonym(s): ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ichneumon fly
n
  1. hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ichneumonidae
n
  1. ichneumon flies [syn: Ichneumonidae, {family Ichneumonidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignominious
adj
  1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
    Synonym(s): black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignominiously
adv
  1. in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low"
    Synonym(s): disgracefully, ingloriously, ignominiously, discreditably, shamefully, dishonorably, dishonourably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignominiousness
n
  1. unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor [syn: shamefulness, disgracefulness, ignominiousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignominy
n
  1. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
    Synonym(s): shame, disgrace, ignominy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isamu Noguchi
n
  1. United States sculptor (1904-1988) [syn: Noguchi, {Isamu Noguchi}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Izanami
n
  1. sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iceman \Ice"man\, n.; pl. {Icemen}.
      1. A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among
            glaciers.
  
      2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iceman \Ice"man\, n.; pl. {Icemen}.
      1. A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among
            glaciers.
  
      2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ichneumon \Ich*neu"mon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., the tracker;
      so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr.
      [?] to track or hunt after, fr. [?] track, footstep.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus
            {Herpestes}, and family {Viverrid[91]}. Numerous species
            are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species({H.
            ichneumon}), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted
            for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well
            as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered
            sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of
            India ({H. griseus}), known as the mongoose, has similar
            habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing
            the cobra.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family
            {Ichneumonid[91]}, of which several thousand species are
            known, belonging to numerous genera.
  
      Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of
               other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc.
               The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect
               in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence,
               many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by
               destroying noxious insects.
  
      {Ichneumon fly}. See {Ichneumon}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ichneumon \Ich*neu"mon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., the tracker;
      so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr.
      [?] to track or hunt after, fr. [?] track, footstep.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus
            {Herpestes}, and family {Viverrid[91]}. Numerous species
            are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species({H.
            ichneumon}), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted
            for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well
            as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered
            sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of
            India ({H. griseus}), known as the mongoose, has similar
            habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing
            the cobra.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family
            {Ichneumonid[91]}, of which several thousand species are
            known, belonging to numerous genera.
  
      Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of
               other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc.
               The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect
               in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence,
               many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by
               destroying noxious insects.
  
      {Ichneumon fly}. See {Ichneumon}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ichneumonidan \Ich`neu*mon"i*dan\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the {Ichneumonid[91]}, or ichneumon
      flies. -- n. One of the {Ichneumonid[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iconomachy \I`co*nom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. [?] a war against images;
      e'ikw`n an image + [?] fight.]
      Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iconomania \I`co*no*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Icon}, and {Mania}.]
      A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of
      devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iconomical \I`co*nom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]; e'ikw`n image + [?]
      fight.]
      Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship. [R.]
      --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\, n.; pl. {Ignominies}. [L. ignominia
      ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not +
      nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See {In-} not, and {Name}.]
      1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
  
                     Their generals have been received with honor after
                     their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.
                                                                              --Rambler.
  
                     Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made
                     dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is
                     made honorable by the Common wealth.   --Hobbes.
  
      2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
  
      Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ignominious \Ig`no*min"i*ous\, a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F.
      ignominieux.]
      1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace;
            dishonorable; shameful.
  
                     Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain,
                     Fled ignominious.                              --Milton.
  
      2. Deserving ignominy; despicable.
  
                     One single, obscure, ignominious projector. --Swift.
  
      3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or
            sentence. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ignominiously \Ig`no*min"i*ous*ly\, adv.
      In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully;
      ingloriously.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\, n.; pl. {Ignominies}. [L. ignominia
      ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not +
      nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See {In-} not, and {Name}.]
      1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
  
                     Their generals have been received with honor after
                     their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.
                                                                              --Rambler.
  
                     Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made
                     dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is
                     made honorable by the Common wealth.   --Hobbes.
  
      2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
  
      Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ignomy \Ig"no*my\, n.
      Ignominy. [R. & Obs.]
  
               I blush to think upon this ignomy.         --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iguanian \I*gua"ni*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pachonta \[d8]Pa*chon"ta\, n. (Bot.)
      A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate
      it, obtained from the East Indian tree {Isonandra acuminata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Isonandra \[d8]I`so*nan"dra\, n. [Iso- + Gr. [?], [?], a man,
      male.] (Bot.)
      A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. {Isonandra Gutta} is
      the principal source of gutta-percha.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutta-percha \Gut"ta-per`cha\, n. [Malay gutah gum + pertja the
      tree from which is it procured.]
      A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the
      Malayan archipelago, especially by the {Isonandra, [or]
      Dichopsis, Gutta}. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the
      tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its
      new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water.
      In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is
      extensively used for many economical purposes. The {Mimusops
      globosa} of Guiana also yields this material.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isonomic \I`so*nom"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] equal + [?] law.]
      The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin;
      analogous; similar. --Dana.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isonomy \I*son"o*my\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. isonomie. See
      {Isonomic}.]
      Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and
      privileges; similarity.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Iconium
      the capital of ancient Lycaonia. It was first visited by Paul
      and Barnabas from Antioch-in-Pisidia during the apostle's first
      missionary journey (Acts 13:50, 51). Here they were persecuted
      by the Jews, and being driven from the city, they fled to
      Lystra. They afterwards returned to Iconium, and encouraged the
      church which had been founded there (14:21,22). It was probably
      again visited by Paul during his third missionary journey along
      with Silas (18:23). It is the modern Konieh, at the foot of
      Mount Taurus, about 120 miles inland from the Mediterranean.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Iconium, coming
  
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