English Words Starting With I

• imbracery

  nounArchaic/Very Low
  /ɪmˈbreɪsəri/The offense of attempting to influence a jury or other judicial officer by bribery, threats, or other improper means.
• imbrangle

  verb-transitiveRare / Archaic
  /ɪmˈbræŋ.ɡəl/To confuse, entangle, or perplex something (a situation, an argument, a person).
• imbrex

  nounVery Low
  /ˈɪmbrɛks/A curved roof tile used in ancient Roman construction to cover the joints between flat tiles.
• imbricate

  adjectiveverbverb-ambitransitiveC2
  /ˈɪm.brɪ.keɪt/to arrange or be arranged in a regular overlapping pattern, like tiles or scales.
• imbrication

  nounC2
  /ˌɪm.brɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/An arrangement of objects that overlap in a regular pattern, like tiles or scales.
• imbroglio

  nounC1/C2 (Low frequency, educated vocabulary)
  /ɪmˈbrəʊlɪəʊ/An extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.
• imbros

  nounExtremely Rare (Specific, low-frequency proper noun)
  /ˈɪmbrɒs/A Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, part of Turkey.
• imbrown

  verb-ambitransitiveExtremely Low
  /ɪmˈbraʊn/To make something brown or dusky in colour; to darken.
• imbrue

  verbverb-transitiveC2/Rare
  /ɪmˈbruː/To stain deeply, especially with blood or gore.
• imbrute

  verb-ambitransitiveExtremely Rare / Archaic
  /ɪmˈbruːt/to make brutal or degrade to the level of a brute; to become brutish.
• imbue

  verbverb-transitiveC1-C2
  /ɪmˈbjuː/To fill or saturate something (someone) with a particular quality, feeling, or idea.
• imbued

  adjectiveverbC1/C2
  /ɪmˈbjuːd/To fill or permeate with a quality, feeling, or idea.
• imena

  nounExtremely Rare / Obsolete
  /ɪˈmiːnə/The plural form of the archaic or poetic term 'imen', meaning 'names' or 'titles'.
• imhotep

  nounLow (Proper Noun)
  /ɪmˈhəʊtep/The name of a high official and polymath in ancient Egypt (circa 27th century BCE), later deified as a god of medicine and architecture.
• imidazole

  nounC2
  /ˌɪmɪdˈeɪzəʊl/A colourless, crystalline organic compound with a five-membered ring containing two nitrogen atoms.
• imide

  nounVery low (Technical)
  /ˈɪm.ʌɪd/A chemical compound containing the functional group -CONHCO- (derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acyl groups).
• imido group

  nounC2
  /ˈɪmɪdəʊ ɡruːp/A functional group in chemistry consisting of two acyl groups bonded to nitrogen, -NR(CO)₂, often derived from ammonia or a primary amine.
• imidogen

  nounVery Low
  /ɪˈmɪdə(ʊ)dʒɛn/A highly reactive, neutral chemical species with the formula NH, analogous to a carbene but containing nitrogen.
• imine

  abbreviationnounLow (Specialist/Scientific)
  /ˈɪm.iːn/A functional group or organic compound containing a carbon–nitrogen double bond (C=N) with the nitrogen atom connected to a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
• imino group

  nounVery low
  /ˈɪmɪnəʊ ɡruːp/A chemical functional group with the structure =NH, derived from ammonia by removal of two hydrogen atoms.

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