<B>illustrious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very famous; great; outstanding; renowned. <BR> <I>Ex. Washington and Lincoln are illustrious Americans.</I> (SYN) distinguished, eminent. <DD><B> 2. </B>bringing or conferring glory; glorious. <BR> <I>Ex. Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse (Edmund Waller).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) luminous; bright. adv. <B>illustriously.</B> noun <B>illustriousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="illuvial">
<B>illuvial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or produced by illuviation. </DL>
<A NAME="illuviation">
<B>illuviation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the addition to underlying levels of soil of material moving downward by chemical or mechanical processes, most common in humid regions. </DL>
<A NAME="illwill">
<B>ill will,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an unkind or unfriendly feeling; dislike; hate; spite. <BR> <I>Ex. He bears much ill will toward his old enemy. How comes it, then, that your steps are haunted by general ill will? (Scott).</I> (SYN) malevolence, malice, enmity. </DL>
<B>ill wind,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> misfortune; affliction; calamity. <BR> <I>Ex. A savage assortment of ill winds--communism, corruption, mass poverty and insane inflation--pound Brazil (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="illwisher">
<B>ill-wisher, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who wishes ill to another. <BR> <I>Ex. If he was left to his ill-wishers he would be a bloody corpse ere morn (Scott).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="illy">
<B>illy, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> badly; ill. <BR> <I>Ex. I can very illy spend the money (George Washington).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="illyrian">
<B>Illyrian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with ancient Illyria. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Illyria, an ancient territory extending eastward from the Adriatic. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of ancient Illyria. It is considered a branch of the Indo-European linguistic family that includes Albanian. </DL>
<A NAME="ilmenite">
<B>ilmenite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a luminous black mineral composed of iron, titanium, and oxygen. </DL>
<A NAME="ilnyapasdequoi">
<B>il n'y a pas de quoi,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) it is nothing; don't mention it; you're welcome. </DL>
<A NAME="ilo">
<B>ILO</B> (no periods) or <B>I.L.O.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> International Labor Organization. </DL>
<A NAME="ilokano">
<B>Ilokano</B> or <B>Ilocano, </B>noun, pl. <B>-no</B> or <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a large civilized group of people inhabiting the northern part of Luzon in the Philippine Islands. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Indonesian language. </DL>
<A NAME="ilp">
<B>I.L.P.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) Independent Labour Party. </DL>
<A NAME="ils">
<B>ILS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> instrument landing system (for aircraft). </DL>
<A NAME="iltf">
<B>ILTF</B> (no periods) or <B>I.L.T.F.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> International Lawn Tennis Federation. </DL>
<A NAME="im">
<B>im-</B> (1),<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>in-</B> (1) before <I>b, m, p,</I> as in <I>imbalance, immoral, impossible, impatient.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="im">
<B>im-</B> (2)<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>in-</B> (2) before <I>b, m, p,</I> as in <I>imbibe, immure, impart.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="im">
<B>I'm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> I am. </DL>
<A NAME="im">
<B>IM</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> infectious mononucleosis. </DL>
<A NAME="im">
<B>I.M.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Isle (of) Man. </DL>
<A NAME="image">
<B>image, </B>noun, verb, <B>-aged,</B> <B>-aging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a likeness or copy. <BR> <I>Ex. You will see your image in this mirror. She is almost the image of her mother. God created man in his own image (Genesis 1:27).</I> (SYN) resemblance, form, appearance. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a likeness made of stone, wood, or some other material; statue. <BR> <I>Ex. The shelf was full of little images of all sorts of animals. The ancient Greeks and Romans worshiped images of their gods.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a likeness painted, drawn, or carved on a surface. <BR> <I>Ex. an image of Caesar on a coin.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a picture in the mind; idea. <BR> <I>Ex. I can shut my eyes and see images of things and persons.</I> (SYN) conception. <DD><B> 4. </B>a comparison, description, or figure of speech that helps the mind to form forceful or beautiful pictures. Poetry often contains images. <DD><B> 5. </B>a symbol; representation; example. <BR> <I>Ex. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna (Shakespeare). An awful image of calm power ... now thou sittest (Shelley).</I> (SYN) embodiment. <DD><B> 6. </B>the impression that a person, group, or organization presents to the public or a segment of it. <BR> <I>Ex. to create a new corporate image, to project a favorable image.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>the optical reproduction of an object, especially one produced by reflection in a mirror, or refraction through a lens or small hole. <DD><B> 8. </B>a television picture. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Psychology.) a sensory experience revived in whole or in part in the absence of the original stimulation. <DD><B> 10. </B>(Archaic.) an illusion; apparition. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make or form an image of; represent by an image; portray. <DD><B> 2. </B>to reflect as a mirror does; mirror. <BR> <I>Ex. The clouds were imaged in the still waters of the lake.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to picture in one's mind; imagine; conceive. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldier could image what his friends were doing at home.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to describe with images. <BR> <I>Ex. The flight of Satan to the gates of hell is finely imaged (Joseph Addison).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to symbolize; typify. <BR> <I>Ex. O stream! ... Thou imagest my life (Shelley).</I> adj. <B>imageless.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="imagead">
<B>image ad,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an advertisement intended to alter or improve the public's impression of a person or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. Agencies such as Mingo help clients ranging from AT&T ... to President George Bush ... They create image ads (News Day).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="imagebuilder">
<B>image-builder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing devoted to image-building. </DL>
<A NAME="imagebuilding">
<B>image-building, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of publicity and advertising to create or maintain a favorable impression before the public. <BR> <I>Ex. The program also gave a sympathetic hearing to policemen and showed ... some of the new techniques of image-building being employed to reach the communities they serve (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="imageconverter">
<B>image converter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electronic device with a photosensitive surface, used to reproduce on its fluorescent screen an image of a pattern of radiation; image tube. Image converters are used in television cameras, in high-speed photography, and in telescopes to increase their effective power. </DL>
<A NAME="imagedissector">
<B>image dissector,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device used in early television cameras, similar to the iconoscope. Instead of a beam scanning the image, the image is focused through an aperture which breaks it up into a series of lines. </DL>
<A NAME="imageintensifier">
<B>image intensifier,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various devices used with fluoroscopes, telescopes, and other instruments, to make optical images more intense. <BR> <I>Ex. A new image intensifier ... can be made to amplify light as much as a million and a half times (Science News Letter). The most highly developed of all image intensifiers is the signal-generating image orthicon used in commercial television (W. C. Livingston).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="imagemaker">
<B>imagemaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a maker of painted, drawn, or carved images. <BR> <I>Ex. Man ... as an imagemaker, artist, and dreamer (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person whose work is to alter or improve the public image of something, such as a company or public figure; image-builder. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Soames has been held back in the hierarchy because the party imagemakers believe him to look too much like the cartoonists' versions of the Tory squire (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="imageorthicon">
<B>image orthicon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very sensitive cathode-ray tube used in television cameras to convert light images into electronic impulses. It consists of an orthicon, an electron gun, and an electron multiplier. <BR> <I>Ex. The standard tube in the United States for television cameras is the image orthicon (Kenneth Harwood).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="imagery">
<B>imagery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a picture formed in the mind; things imagined. <BR> <I>Ex. a dream's dim imagery (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>comparisons, descriptions, and figures of speech that help the mind form forceful or beautiful pictures. Poetry often contains imagery. <BR> <I>Ex. Imagery is best defined as the total sensory suggestion of poetry (John Ciardi).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>images; statues. </DL>
<A NAME="imagetube">
<B>image tube,</B> <B>=image converter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="imaginable">
<B>imaginable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be imagined; possible. <BR> <I>Ex. We had the best time imaginable at the party. Cinderella was dressed with the greatest splendor imaginable. He ran into all the extravagancies imaginable (Sir Richard Steele).</I> (SYN) conceivable, thinkable. noun <B>imaginableness.</B> adv. <B>imaginably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="imaginal">
<B>imaginal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the imagination; using or involving the imagination. <BR> <I>Ex. imaginal education.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Entomology.) of or having to do with an imago. </DL>
<A NAME="imaginarily">
<B>imaginarily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an imaginary way. </DL>
<A NAME="imaginariness">
<B>imaginariness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or state of being imaginary. </DL>
<A NAME="imaginary">
<B>imaginary, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>existing only in the imagination; not real. <BR> <I>Ex. Ghosts are imaginary. The equator is an imaginary circle around the earth.</I> (SYN) illusory. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mathematics.) of or having to do with the even root of a negative number or any expression involving such a root. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) imaginative. <BR> <I>Ex. My soul's imaginary sight Presents thy shadow to my sightless view (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> (Mathematics.) an imaginary number or expression. </DL>
