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Monday 23rd of November 2009
Traducement
1: a malicious attack [syn:
{defamation}, {calumny},
{obloquy}, {hatchet job}]
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Ignatius of Loyola
1: Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556) [syn: {Saint Ignatius of Loyola}, {St. Ignatius of Loyola}, {Loyola}]
igneous
1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrog...
igneous rock
1: rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
ignescent
1: can emit sparks or burst into flame
ignis fatuus
1: a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground [syn: {friar's lantern}, {jack-o'-lantern}, {will-o'-the-wisp}] 2: an illusion that misleads [syn: {will-o'-the-wisp}]
ignitable
1: possible to burn [syn: {burnable}, {flammable}, {ignitible}, {inflammable}]
ignite
1: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" [syn: {light}] [ant: {snuff out}] 2: start to burn or burst into flames; "M...
ignited
1: set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire" [syn: {enkindled}, {kindled}]
igniter
1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn: {ignitor}, {lighter}] 2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: {lighter}, {light}, {ignitor}]
ignitible
1: possible to burn [syn: {burnable}, {flammable}, {ignitable}, {inflammable}]
ignition
1: the process of initiating combustion 2: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine [syn: {ignition system}] 3: the act of setting on fire or catching fire [syn: {firing}, ...
ignition coil
1: an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs
ignition key
1: a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine
ignition lock
1: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key [syn: {lock}]
ignition switch
1: switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter
ignition system
1: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine [syn: {ignition}]
ignitor
1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn: {igniter}, {lighter}] 2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: {lighter}, {light}, {igniter}]
ignoble
1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government ...
ignobly
1: in a currish manner; meanspiritedly; "he behaved ignobly" [syn: {currishly}]
ignominious
1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat...
ignominiously
1: in a dishonorably manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low" [syn: {disgracefully}, {ingloriously}, {discreditably}, {shamefully}, {dishonorably}, {dishonourably}]
ignominiousness
1: unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor [syn: {shamefulness}, {disgracefulness}]
ignominy
1: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: {shame}, {disgrace}]
ignoramus
1: an ignorant person [syn: {know nothing}, {uneducated person}]
ignorance
1: the lack of knowledge or education
ignorant
1: lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlett...
ignorantly
1: in ignorance; in an ignorant manner; "they lived ignorantly in their own small world"
ignorantness
1: ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) [syn: {nescience}, {unknowing}, {unknowingness}]
ignoratio elenchi
1: the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue
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ignore
1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: {disregard}, {snub}, {cut}] 2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: {dismiss}, {disregard}, {brush ...
ignored
1: disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice" [syn: {neglected}, {unheeded}]
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
1: composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) [syn: {Stravinsky}, {Igor Stravinsky}]
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
1: United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) [syn: {Sikorsky}, {Igor Sikorsky}]
Igor Sikorsky
1: United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) [syn: {Sikorsky}, {Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky}]
Igor Stravinsky
1: composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) [syn: {Stravinsky}, {Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky}]
Igor Tamm
1: Russian physicist (1895-1971) [syn: {Tamm}, {Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm}]
iguana
1: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America [syn: {common iguana}, {Iguana iguana}]
Iguana iguana
1: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America [syn: {common iguana}, {iguana}]
Iguania
1: New World lizards [syn: {Iguanidae}, {family Iguanidae}, {family Iguania}]
iguanid
1: lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males [syn: {iguanid lizard}]
iguanid lizard
1: lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males [syn: {iguanid}]
Iguanidae
1: New World lizards [syn: {family Iguanidae}, {Iguania}, {family Iguania}]
iguanodon
1: massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period
Iguassu
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu}, {Iguazu Falls}, {Iguassu Falls}, {Victoria Falls}]
Iguassu Falls
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu}, {Iguazu Falls}, {Iguassu}, {Victoria Falls}]
Iguazu
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu Falls}, {Iguassu}, {Iguassu Falls}, {Victoria Falls}]
Iguazu Falls
1: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil [syn: {Iguazu}, {Iguassu}, {Iguassu Falls}, {Victoria Falls}]
ii
1: being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: {two}, {2}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: {two}, {2}, {deuce}]
II Chronicles
1: the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC [syn: {2 Chronicles}]
II Corinthians
1: a New Testament book containing the second epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth [syn: {Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians}, {Second Epistle to the Corinthians}]
II Esdras
1: an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations [syn: {2 Esdras}]
II John
1: the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle [syn: {Second Epistel of John}]
II Kings
1: the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel [syn: {2 Kings}]
II Maccabees
1: an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus [syn: {2 Maccabees}]
II Peter
1: the second New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle [syn: {Second Epistle of Peter}]
II Samuel
1: the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David [syn: {2 Samuel}]
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