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HU'NDRED, _s._ a company or body consisting of a hundred.
HU'RRICANE, _s._ a blast; a tempest
HYDRAU'LIC, _a._ relating to the conveyance of water through pipes
HY'DROGEN, _s._ a gas, one of the component parts of the atmosphere
I'CEBERG, _s._ a hill of ice; a moving island of ice
I'CICLE, _s._ a pendent shoot of ice
I'DOL, _s._ an image wors.h.i.+pped as G.o.d; one loved or honoured to adoration
IGNO'BLE, _a._ mean of birth; worthless
IGUA'NA, _s._ a reptile of the lizard species
ILLE'GAL, _a._ unlawful
ILLUMINA'TION, _s._ brightness; splendour
ILLU'MINATIVE, _a._ having the power to give light
ILLU'SION, _s._ mockery; false show
ILLU'STRATE, _v.a._ brighten with light; brighten with honour; explain; clear
ILl.u.s.tRA'TION, _s._ explanation; example; exposition
ILLU'STRIOUS, _a._ conspicuous; n.o.ble; eminent
I'MAGE, _s._ a statue; a picture; an idol; a copy
IMA'GINARY, _a._ fanciful; poetical
IMAGINATION, _s._ fancy; conception; contrivance; scheme
I'MITATE, _v.a._ copy; counterfeit; resemble
IMMATE'RIAL, _a._ incorporeal; unimportant
IMMEA'SURABLE, _a._ immense; not to be measured
IMME'DIATELY, _ad._ without the intervention of any other cause or event
IMME'NSE, _a._ unlimited; unbounded; infinite
I'MMINENT, _a._ unavoidable; perilous
IMMO'RTALISE, _v.a._ to render immortal
IMMORTA'LITY, _s._ exemption from death; life never to end
IMPA'RT, _v.a._ grant; give; communicate
IMPA'RTIAL, _a._ indifferent; disinterested; just
IMPA'SSABLE, _a._ not to be pa.s.sed; not admitting pa.s.sage
IMPA'SSIBLE, _a._ incapable of suffering
IMPA'TIENT, _a._ not able to endure; hasty; eager
IMPERCE'PTIBLE, _a._ not to be discovered; not to be perceived; small
IMPERFE'CTION, _s._ defect; failure; fault
IMPE'RIAL, _a._ belonging to an emperor, king, or queen; regal; monarchical
IMPE'RIOUS, _a._ commanding; powerful
IMPE'TUOUS, _a._ violent; forcible; vehement
IMPLA'CABILITY, _s._ irreconcileable enmity
IMPLI'CITLY, _ad._ with unreserved confidence
IMPO'RT, _v.a._ carry into any country from abroad
IMPO'RTANCE, _s._ thing imported, or implied; consequence; matter
IMPO'RTANT, _a._ momentous; weighty; of great consequence; forcible
IMPO'SE, _v.a._ lay on as a burden or penalty; deceive; fix on
IMPO'SSIBLE, _a._ that which cannot be; that which cannot be done
IMPRE'GNABLE, _a._ invincible; unsubdueable
IMPRE'SSION, _s._ the act of pressing one body upon another; mark made by pressure; image fixed in the mind
IMPULSE, _s._ communicated love; the effect of one body upon another
IMPU'NITY, _s._ freedom from punishment; exemption from punishment
INABI'LITY, _s._ want of power; impotence
