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ijssel
  • n  a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer
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ijssel river
  • n  a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer
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ijsselmeer
  • n  a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee
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ijtihad
  • n  the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen
    some reform-minded Islamic scholars believe that reopening ijtihad is a prerequisite for the survival of Islam
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ike
  • n  United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
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ikhanaton
  • n  early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)
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ikon
  • n  a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  • n  a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
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ilama
  • n  tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit
  • n  whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States
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ilama tree
  • n  tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit
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ilang-ilang
  • n  oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery
  • n  evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental
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ile-de-france
  • n  a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it
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ileal artery
  • n  branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum
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ileocecal valve
  • n  valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine
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