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   Iseult
         n 1: (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who
               (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew
               (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that
               left them eternally in love with each other [syn: {Iseult},
               {Isolde}]

English Dictionary: isolate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
islet
n
  1. a small island
    Synonym(s): isle, islet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
islets of Langerhans
n
  1. cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones
    Synonym(s): islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolate
v
  1. place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
    Synonym(s): isolate, insulate
  2. obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
  3. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
    Synonym(s): sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
  4. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolated
adj
  1. not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"
    Synonym(s): isolated, stray
  2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
    Synonym(s): detached, isolated, separated, set- apart
  3. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
    Synonym(s): disjunct, isolated
  4. cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
    Synonym(s): isolated, marooned, stranded
  5. under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients"
    Synonym(s): isolated, quarantined
  6. remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
    Synonym(s): apart(p), isolated, obscure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolating
adj
  1. relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolation
n
  1. a state of separation between persons or groups
  2. a feeling of being disliked and alone
  3. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
    Synonym(s): isolation, closing off
  4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
  5. a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolationism
n
  1. a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolationist
adj
  1. of or relating to isolationism [syn: isolationist, isolationistic]
n
  1. an advocate of isolationism in international affairs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isolationistic
adj
  1. of or relating to isolationism [syn: isolationist, isolationistic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Isolde
n
  1. (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
    Synonym(s): Iseult, Isolde
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions
n
  1. the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
    Synonym(s): Qassam Brigades, Salah al-Din Battalions, Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Islet \Is"let\, n. [OF. islette (cf. F. [8c]lot), dim. of isle.]
      A little island.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolate \I"so*late\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Isolated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Isolating}.] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to
      isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d {Isle}, and cf.
      {Insulate}.]
      1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or
            alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
  
                     Short isolated sentences were the mode in which
                     ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.
                                                                              --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
  
      2. (Elec.) To insulate. See {Insulate}.
  
      3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make
            pure; to obtain in a free state.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolated \I"so*la`ted\, a.
      Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
  
      {Isolated point of a curve}. (Geom.) See {Acnode}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolate \I"so*late\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Isolated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Isolating}.] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to
      isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d {Isle}, and cf.
      {Insulate}.]
      1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or
            alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
  
                     Short isolated sentences were the mode in which
                     ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.
                                                                              --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
  
      2. (Elec.) To insulate. See {Insulate}.
  
      3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make
            pure; to obtain in a free state.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolated \I"so*la`ted\, a.
      Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
  
      {Isolated point of a curve}. (Geom.) See {Acnode}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolatedly \I"so*la`ted*ly\, adv.
      In an isolated manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolate \I"so*late\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Isolated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Isolating}.] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to
      isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d {Isle}, and cf.
      {Insulate}.]
      1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or
            alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
  
                     Short isolated sentences were the mode in which
                     ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.
                                                                              --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
  
      2. (Elec.) To insulate. See {Insulate}.
  
      3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make
            pure; to obtain in a free state.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolation \I`so*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. isolation.]
      The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated;
      insulation; separation; loneliness. --Milman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isolator \I"so*la`tor\, n.
      One who, or that which, isolates.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Isle Au Haut, ME
      Zip code(s): 04645

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Isleta Pueblo, NM (CDP, FIPS 34655)
      Location: 34.88222 N, 106.68339 W
      Population (1990): 1703 (637 housing units)
      Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Isleton, CA (city, FIPS 36882)
      Location: 38.16139 N, 121.60426 W
      Population (1990): 833 (352 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95641

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ISO Latin 1
  
      {ISO 8859}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   isolated
  
      {compact}
  
  
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