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invite, v. bid, ask, summon; allure, induce, entice.
invocation, n. prayer, supplication.
involuntary, a. uncontrollable, instinctive, automatic, compulsory, forced.
inwards, n. pl. entrails, intestines, bowels, guts; viscera; giblets, inmeats, umbles.
iota, n. scintilla, t.i.ttle, atom, mite, jot, whit, bit, particle.
Ireland, n. Erin, Emerald Isle.
iridescent, a. prismatic, nacreous.
iris, n. flower-de-luce, _fleur-de-lis_, flag.
Irish, a. Hibernian.
Irishman, n. Hibernian, Milesian, Teague, Pat, Paddy.
iron, v. smooth; mangle.
irons, n. pl. fetters, chains, handcuffs, shackles, manacles, hampers, gyves.
ironworker's pneumonia. siderosis.
irrecoverable, a. irretrievable.
irregular, a. inconformable, abnormal, anomalous, exceptional, unsymmetrical, unusual, erose, baroque, aberrant.
irregularity, n. inconformableness, abnormality, asymmetry, anomaly, aberration, intermittency.
irreligious, a. unG.o.dly, impious, G.o.dless, sacrilegious, blasphemous, profane.
irresolute, a. wavering, vacillating, inconstant, fickle, double-minded.
irresolution, n. indecision, vacillation, inconstancy, fickleness.
irresponsible, a. unaccountable, unanswerable, unreliable.
irritable, a. irascible, fretful, spleeny, choleric, petulant, fiery, captious, splenetic.
irritate, v. intensify, stimulate; provoke, vex, annoy, offend, chafe.
isingla.s.s, n. fishglue, ichthyocol, ichthyocolla; mica; carlock.
island, n. isle, eyot, holm, islet; atoll. a.s.sociated Words: insular, insularity, archipelago, lagoon, coral, maroon, marooner.
isolate, v. insulate, segregate, dissociate, detach, separate.
isolated, a. insulated, separate, solitary, segregated, sporadic.
isolation, n. insulation, segregation; loneliness, solitude.
issue, v. gush, disembogue; sally forth, debouch; proceed, emanate, ensue, follow, result.
Italian laborers. a.s.sociated Word: padrone.
Italian paste. macaroni, vermicelli.
itch, n. psora, scabies; prurigo; sycosis (barber's itch); eczema; pruriency.
itching, a. tingling, prurient.
ivory, n. a.s.sociated Words: eburnean, eburnine, eburin, eburnification, eburnation.
ivy, n. a.s.sociated Words: hederaceous, hederal, hederic, hederiferous, hederose.
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Jab, n. (Colloq.) thrust, punch, dig.
jabber, n. gibberish, chatter, gabble, babble.--v. gabble, gibber, babble, chatter.
jacka.s.s, n. donkey; dolt, simpleton, witling, ignoramus, fool.
jacket, n. coat, jerkin, blouse, spencer, bolero, pea-jacket sontag, blazer, sweater, reefer, jersey, jumper, cardigan jacket, grego, garibaldi, camisole, temiak (Eskimo); cleading.
jade, n. nephrite, jadeite; nag, plug; hussy, wench, quean.
jag, n. notch, cleft, barb, protuberance.--v. notch.
jagged, a. cleft, jaggy, notched, serrated, erose, sharp.
jail, n. prison, lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo.
jail bird. prisoner.
jailer, n. warden, turnkey, sheriff.
jail fever. typhus fever.
jam, n. preserve, conserve; crowd, throng, crush.
