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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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ileocolic artery
  • n  an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon
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ileocolic vein
  • n  a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon
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ileostomy
  • n  surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis
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iles comores
  • n  three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar
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iles marquises
  • n  a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia
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