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List of One word substitutions beginning with I
One Word Substitution : I
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One Word
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Sentence
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Ichthyologist
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An expert in fishes.
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Ichthyology
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Study of fishes.
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Iconoclast
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Destroyer of images attached on traditions.
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Iconography
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Teaching by pictures and models.
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Iconolater
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Worshipper of idols or images.
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Idol
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Favorite - Any person or thing devotedly or excessively admired.
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Igloo
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Eskimo home shaped hut or native house.
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Igneous
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Of or about fire produced under intense heat.
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Ill-omened
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Ill fated - Unlucky
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Illegible
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That which is incapable of being read.
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Illicit
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Unlicensed - unlawful
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Imago
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an insect in its sexually mature adult state
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Immiscible
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Incapable of being mined.
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Immutable
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Unchangeable - unalterable - changeless.
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Implicit
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Not fully and clearly expressed implied.
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Imply
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Indicate without express statement.
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Impregnable
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That which cannot be taken by force.
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Improbable
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That which is not likely to happen.
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Impromptu
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Made or done without previous preparation - Extemporaneous.
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Impenetrable
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impossible to pass through or enter.
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Inattentive
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Not giving proper attention.
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Inaudible
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That which cannot be heard.
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Incarcerate
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imprison or confine.
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Incarnadine
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Blood red - crimson - flesh coloured - pale pink.
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Incinerate
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Burn - Reduce to ashes.
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Incognito
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Travelling under a name other than one's own.
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Incombustible
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Not inflammable
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Incompatible
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Persons who cannot work or live together in harmony.
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Incomprehensible
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That which cannot be understood.
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Iconoclast
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A destroyer of images.
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Incorrigible
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Incapable of being corrected.
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Incorruptible
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very honest : incapable of being corrupted
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Incredible
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That which cannot be believed.
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Incriminate
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Change with a crime or fault.
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Incumbent
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Holding of an office - obligatory.
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Indescribable
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That which is impossible to describe adequately.
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Inescapable
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That which cannot escaped from.
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Inevitable
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Sometimes which cannot fail to come to pass.
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Inexplicable
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That which cannot be explained.
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Infallible
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Incable of making mistakes
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Infanticide
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Murder or infants.
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Infections
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That (disease) which is liable to spread.
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Inflammable
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That which sets on fire easily.
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Inimitable
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That which cannot be.
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Insolation
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The sun's energy
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Insoluble
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That which cannot be dissolved in liquid.
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Insomnia
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Loss of sleep.
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Inhalation
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taking air into lungs - stimulus.
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Insurmountable
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too great to be overcome.
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Interdiction
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Prohibition prevention from participation in certain sacred acts.
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Interjection
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A word exclamation
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Internist
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Medical student receiving training in a hospital.
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Intractable
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That which cannot be controlled easily.
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Invertebrate
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Without a backbone - without strength of characters.
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Invincible
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That which cannot be defeated.
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Invulnerable
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Incapable of being wounded.
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Ionosphere
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The layer of the earth's atmosphere which contains a
high concentration of ions and free electrons.
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Irrevocable
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A decision on which one cannot go back.
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Isobel
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Is a contour lines of equal rainfall.
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Isohyets
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A line on a map connecting points having the same amount
of rainfall in a given period.
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Isthmus
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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses.
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Itinerate
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One who journeys from place to place.
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