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Ironies
- noun - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
- incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
- witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
Irrupts
- verb - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
- erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
- increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
Islands
- noun - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- a zone or area resembling an island
Isobars
- noun - (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
Isoetes
- noun - type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales
Isogons
- noun - an equiangular polygon
Isohels
- noun - an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine
Isomers
- noun - a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
Isopods
- noun - any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
Issuers
- noun - an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.)