kamet
- n a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
katsina
- n a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
italo calvino
- n Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987)
isothiocyanate
- n a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations
italian bread
- n unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends
isotonic exercise
- n exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change)
isotonic solution
- n a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood
isotope
- n one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
isotropy
- n (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
israel
- n Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
- n an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC
israel baline
- n United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)