English Words Starting With I

• iscariot

  nounRare
  /ɪˈskærɪət/The surname of Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus Christ.
• ischaemia

  nounC2
  /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/A medical condition where there is an inadequate blood supply to a part of the body, typically due to a blocked or constricted blood vessel.
• ischemia

  nounC2/Technical
  /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/A deficiency of blood supply to a part of the body, especially the heart or brain, due to constriction or blockage of blood vessels.
• ischia

  nounC2
  /ˈɪskɪə/The plural form of 'ischium', referring to the lower, posterior part of the hip bone (os coxae) in humans and many vertebrates.
• ischium

  nounC2
  /ˈɪskiəm/The lowermost of the three bones forming each side of the pelvis, commonly known as the sitting bone.
• ischys

  nounExtremely Rare
  /ˈɪskɪs/Ancient Greek word meaning 'strength', 'power', or 'might'. In English, it is not a standard vocabulary item but is used almost exclusively in scholarly contexts as a transliterated form of the Greek original.
• ise bay

  nounExtremely Rare / Non-Standard
  /ˌaɪs ˈbeɪ/The phrase 'ise bay' does not exist as a standard English lexical item. It appears to be either a typographical error for 'ice bay' (a geographical feature) or possibly a misinterpretation of 'I say' (as an exclamation).
• isenheim altarpiece

  nounVery Low
  /ˈiːzənhaɪm ˈɔːltəpiːs/A specific, famous polyptych altarpiece created by Matthias Grünewald (c. 1512–1516) for the Monastery of St. Anthony in Isenheim, Alsace.
• isenland

  nounExtremely rare / obsolete
  /ˈaɪsənlənd/A non‑standard, archaic or dialectal variant of 'Iceland', referring to the Nordic island country.
• isenstein

  nounVery Low
  /ˈaɪ.zən.staɪn/A proper noun referring to a surname, most famously that of Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein.
• isentrope

  nounC2+
  /ˈaɪsənˌtrəʊp/A line on a graph or diagram connecting points of equal entropy.
• isere

  nounLow
  /iːˈzɛə/A proper noun referring to a river in southeastern France, as well as the French department named after it.
• iserlohn

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun, Geographic)
  /ˈiːzəˌləʊn/A city in western Germany, located in the North Rhine-Westphalia region.
• iseult

  nounVery Low
  /ɪˈzuːlt/A proper noun referring to a female name, most famously associated with the tragic heroine of the medieval Arthurian legend of Tristan and Iseult (Isolde).
• isfahan

  nounC2
  /ˌɪsfəˈhɑːn/A major city in central Iran, known for its historical and cultural significance.
• ish-bosheth

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɪʃ ˈbəʊʃɛθ/A biblical proper name, specifically referring to a son of King Saul who briefly reigned over Israel.
• isherwood

  nounRare (except in literary/academic contexts)
  /ˈɪʃəwʊd/A surname of English origin, famously associated with the 20th-century British-American novelist Christopher Isherwood.
• isherwood framing

  nounVery Low
  /ˈɪʃəwʊd ˈfreɪmɪŋ/A specific arrangement of multiple images or camera shots on a single strip of motion picture film, first used in the 1969 film "The Sterile Cuckoo"; essentially, a film editing technique.
• ishiguro

  nounVery Low (proper noun, culture-specific)
  /ˌɪʃɪˈɡʊərəʊ/A proper noun, primarily a Japanese surname, most commonly associated with Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro.
• ishihara test

  nounC2 / Very low frequency
  /ˌɪʃiːˈhɑːrə ˌtest/A specific type of colour vision test consisting of plates with coloured dots forming numbers or patterns, used to diagnose red-green colour deficiencies.

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