IPage 238
- English Word Irefulness Definition Wrathfulness.
- English Word Irenarch Definition An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace.
- English Word Irenic Definition Alt. of Irenical
- English Word Irenical Definition Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful.
- English Word Irenicon Definition A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church.
- English Word Irenics Definition That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology.
- English Word Irestone Definition Any very hard rock.
- English Word Irian Definition Of or pertaining to the iris.
- English Word Iricism Definition Irishism.
- English Word Iridaceous Definition Alt. of Irideous
- English Word Iridal Definition Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors.
- English Word Iridectomy Definition The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
- English Word Irideous Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.
- English Word Irides Definition of Iris
- English Word Iridescence Definition Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
- English Word Iridescent Definition Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.
- English Word Iridian Definition Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.
- English Word Iridiated Definition Iridescent.
- English Word Iridic Definition Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.
- English Word Iridic Definition Of or pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.
- English Word Iridioscope Definition A kind of ophthalmoscope.
- English Word Iridious Definition Of or pertaining to iridium; -- applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low valence.
- English Word Iridium Definition A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.
- English Word Iridize Definition To point or tip with iridium, as a gold pen.
- English Word Iridize Definition To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass.
- English Word Iridized Definition of Iridize
- English Word Iridizing Definition of Iridize
- English Word Iridoline Definition A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.
- English Word Iridosmine Definition Alt. of Iridosmium
- English Word Iridosmium Definition The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens.