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imago
  • n  (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
  • n  an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
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imam
  • n  (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
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imamu amiri baraka
  • n  United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934)
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imaginativeness
  • n  the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
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imaging
  • n  the ability to form mental images of things or events
  • n  (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
  • v  render visible, as by means of MRI
  • v  imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
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imagism
  • n  a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
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imaum
  • n  (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
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imavate
  • n  a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression
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imbalance
  • n  a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
    a hormonal imbalance
  • n  (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
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imbauba
  • n  tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
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imbecility
  • n  retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
  • n  a stupid mistake
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imbiber
  • n  a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
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imbibing
  • n  the act of consuming liquids
  • v  take in, also metaphorically
  • v  take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
  • v  take in liquids
  • v  receive into the mind and retain
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imbibition
  • n  (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
  • n  the act of consuming liquids
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imbrication
  • n  covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
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