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Invection
- - An inveighing against; invective.
Invention
- noun - a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- the act of inventing
- the creation of something in the mind
Inversion
- noun - (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
- a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
- the act of turning inside out
- the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- the reversal of the normal order of words
- turning upside down; setting on end
Iron Boot
- noun - an instrument of torture that is used to crush the foot and leg
- an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
Irruption
- noun - a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
Isherwood
- noun - United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)
Islington
- unknown - North london district
Isolation
- noun - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
- a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
- a feeling of being disliked and alone
- a state of separation between persons or groups
- the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
Iteration
- noun - (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
- (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration"
- doing or saying again; a repeated performance
Jactation
- noun - (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness