kamet
- n a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
iodochlorhydroxyquin
- n drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot)
involution
- n reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
- n a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
- n marked by elaborately complex detail
- n the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- n the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
- n the action of enfolding something
involutional depression
- n a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric
involvement
- n the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- n a connection of inclusion or containment
he escaped involvement in the accident
there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen - n a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
- n a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- n the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
invulnerability
- n having the strength to withstand attack
- n the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)
inwardness
- n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- n preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright - n the quality or state of being inward or internal
the inwardness of the body's organs - n preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
io
- n (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer
- n the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes
io moth
- n large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines
iodic acid
- n a soluble crystalline acid; used as a reagent and disinfectant