Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Igu A district of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Igualada The capital city of Anoia comarca, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. iguana A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet. iguanian Any of the suborder Iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "New World lizards". iguanid Any lizard of the family Iguanidae. iguaniform Resembling or characteristic of an iguana. iguanine Any lizard of the genus Iguana. iguanodon Any large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. iguanodont Any member of the genus Iguanodon. iguanodontian Any herbivorous dinosaur of the clade Iguanodontia. iguanodontid Any member of the family †Iguanodontidae of iguana-like dinosaurs. iguanodontoid Any iguanodontian of the superfamily Iguanodontoidea iguanoid Relating to the Iguanidae. iguanomorph Having the form of an iguana Iguazu A river in Brazil and Argentina, that starts in the Brazilian mountains in Serra do Mar and flows into the Paraná in Brazil. igui In shogi variants, a type of move in which a piece captures an opposing piece without moving. Iguig A municipality of Cagayan, Philippines. Iguisabel A surname from Spanish. igunaq An Inuit delicacy made by burying meat and fat which decompose for consumption the following year. iguratimod A sulfonamide drug used to treat autoimmune diseases Iguvine Of or relating to ancient Iguvium (modern Gubbio) in Italy. Iguvium Gubbio (a city in Umbria). Igwe A surname from Igbo. IH International Harvester Company, a former machinery-building company and the tractor brand named for it. Iha a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia Ihan A barangay of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines. Ihar A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name І́гар (Íhar). Ihavandhoo A residential island of Haa Alifu, Maldives. IHC International Harvester Company, a former machinery-building company and the tractor brand named for it. Ihde A surname. Ihitha A female given name from Hindi used in India, meaning a goddess who does good for all creatures in the world. Ihlat A member of a certain subgroup of the Turcoman people. Ihle A surname. ihleite The mineral copiapite. Ihnat A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Ігна́т (Ihnát). Ihor A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name І́гор (Íhor). ihram The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca. Ihrig A surname. Ihrke A surname. ihsan The practice of showing one's faith in deed and action, as though watched by Allah. Ihuru A resort island of Kaafu, Maldives. II A surname from Japanese. Iida A surname from Japanese. IidaDeku The ship of characters Tenya Iida and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series. Iide A town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. IIITian An alumnus of one of the 5 International Institutes of Information Technology. IIMite An alum of one of the Indian Institutes of Management. IInd A non-standard way to write the Roman numeral II. iishanten Of a mahjong hand: one tile away from reaching tenpai. IIT Any particular one of those various institutes. Iitate A village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. IITian A student and alum of one of the Indian Institutes of Technology. iiwi A bird, the scarlet honeycreeper (Drepanis coccinea). Iizuka A city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. IJ A lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ijames A surname transferred from the given name. Ijamsville An unincorporated community in Pleasant, Wabash County, Indiana. ijarah A non-binding exchange contract concerning ownership of a benefit related to the services of a human being or sale of a movable object, but not concerning land, houses, ships, or animals. Ijaw A member of a collection of peoples mostly indigenous to forest regions within the Niger Delta in Nigeria. Ijaz A surname from Arabic. ijazah A license authorizing its holder to transmit a certain text or subject, especially Islamic religious knowledge. ijbol To burst out laughing. Ijekavian A dialect, group of dialects or dialect continuum of Serbo-Croatian spoken through most of Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro and parts of Serbia and distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as disyllabic (triphonemic) /ije/ or diphthongal /je/ sequence. Ijekavic pertaining to the Ijekavian dialect Ijen A volcano in East Java, Indonesia. Ijeoma A female given name. Ijevan a town in Armenia and the administrative centre of the Tavush Province Ijiraq A monster in Inuit mythology. IJN Imperial Japanese Navy ship, informal ship prefix used for a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, usually in reference to WWII. Ijnisinya A village in Palestine. Ijo A subgroup of the Ijaw people of Nigeria. Ijoid A branch of Niger-Congo languages, spoken in the Niger delta in Nigeria. ijolite A rare igneous rock consisting essentially of nepheline and augite. IJssel A river in Gelderland province and Overijssel province, Netherlands, which flows from the Rhine and discharges into the IJsselmeer. IJsselstein A city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands. ijtihad The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion. ijuk gomuti (Arenga pinnata) ijussite A kind of mafic teschenite mineral. ijzerkoekje A soft cookie baked on a checkered iron plate that gives it a characteristic pattern. ik An ethnic group in northeastern Uganda near the border with Kenya. Ikaalinen A city and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland. ikaite An evaporite, consisting of hydrated calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃·6H₂O, found in cold marine waters. Ikanovic A surname from Serbo-Croatian. Ikard A surname from German. Ikaria An island of Greece, of the northeast Aegean Sea. ikarugamycin A macrocyclic antibiotic isolated from some species of Streptomyces ikat Traditional Indonesian decorative technique in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tie-dyed before weaving. Ikavian A dialect or group of dialects of Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily in coastal Croatia distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as /i/. ikavic Pertaining to the Ikavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian. Ike An Eisenhower dollar. IKEA An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer. ikebana The Japanese art of flower arrangement. Ikebukuro A district of Toshima, Tokyo prefecture, Japan. Ikeda A surname from Japanese. Ikeja A city, the state capital of Lagos State, Nigeria. ikejime A method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain. Ikelos In Ovid's Metamorphoses, one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep). Ikerd A surname. ikey A Jew. ikeyness The state or condition of being ikey or Jew-like. ikhshid Title of rulers of Ferghana and Sogdia in Transoxiana. Ikhshidid Relating to the Ikhshidid dynasty. Ikhwan A Wahhabi religious militia of the early 20th century, made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen, which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Iki A city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. ikigai The Japanese concept of a reason for being, and having a sense of purpose based on one's interests and talents. Ikin A surname. Ikizu A Bantu language of Tanzania. ikizukuri The preparation of sashimi from live seafood. Ikla A village in Pärnu County, Estonia. ikmo betel pepper (plant and leaves) Ikner A surname from German. Ikoma A city in Nara Prefecture, Japan. ikona An Eastern Orthodox icon, or religious painting. ikra Roe of the salmon. ikranite A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal brownish yellow mineral containing calcium, cerium, chlorine, fluorine, hafnium, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, manganese, neodymium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium, and zirconium. Ikshvaku The first king of Ayodhya, one of the sons of Vaivasvata Manu, and ancestor of Rāma. Iktomi A spider-trickster spirit in Lakota mythology. iktsuarpok The feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them. Ikuko A female given name from Japanese. Ikumi A female given name from Japanese. ikunolite A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral lead gray mineral containing bismuth, selenium, and sulfur. ikupasuy A ceremonial carved wooden stick used by Ainu men when making offerings to spirits. ikura Synonym of red caviar. Ikvovich A surname. Ikwuano A local government area of Abia State, Nigeria. IL Intermediate language Ila An ethnic group of Zambia. Ilagan A Filipino surname from Tagalog. Ilaksh A simplified version of Ithkuil published in 2007. ilala Hyphaene coriacea, a type of palm tree native to South Africa. Ilam A city in Iran, the seat of Ilam County's Central District and the capital of Ilam Province. ilama A Central American fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona diversifolia. Ilan A male given name from Hebrew. Ilana A female given name, variant of Alana Ilang A barangay of San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippines. Ilanjian A surname from Armenian. Ilanz A town and former municipality, now in Ilanz/Glion municipality, Graubünden canton, Switzerland. ilaprazole The proton pump inhibitor 2-[(RS)-[(4-methoxy-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)methyl]sulfinyl]-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazole Ilardi A surname from Italian. ilariid Any extinct marsupial in the family Ilariidae. Ilarion A male given name from Russian, Ukrainian ilarviral Of or relating to the ilarviruses. ilarvirus Any member of the virus genus Ilarvirus. Ilarwill A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. Ilava A town in the Trenčín Region of northwestern Slovakia, the site of the Battle of Ilava in 1431. Ilawod A barangay of Camalig, Albay, Philippines. Ilaya A barangay of Balud, Masbate, Philippines. Ilbert A surname originating as a patronymic. Ilbery A surname. Ilca An island of El Salvador.