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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: islam - isochor</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="islam"> Islam, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the Moslem religion, based on the teachings of Mohammed as they appear in the Koran. It holds that there is only one God, Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet, that the Koran is revealed literature containing a sufficient rule of life, and that salvation is achieved by the righteous. <DD> 2. Moslems as a group. <DD> 3. the countries under Moslem rule or inhabited by Moslems. </DL> <A NAME="islamic"> Islamic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of Islam; Moslem. </DL> <A NAME="islamiccalendar"> Islamic calendar,<DL COMPACT><DD> calendar used by Moslems, having cycles of 30 years, 12 months in a year, and alternate months of 30 and 29 days, with a day added to the last month each second and third year. It counts the years from A.D. 622, the date of Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina. </DL> <A NAME="islamics"> Islamics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of Islam. </DL> <A NAME="islamism"> Islamism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Moslem religion. </DL> <A NAME="islamist"> Islamist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an orthodox Moslem. <DD> 2. a student of Islam. </DL> <A NAME="islamite"> Islamite, noun, adjective. =Moslem.</DL> <A NAME="islamitic"> Islamitic, adjective. =Islamic.</DL> <A NAME="islamize"> Islamize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or become Moslem. noun Islamization. </DL> <A NAME="island"> island, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a body of land surrounded by water, smaller than a continent. Ex. Cuba is a very large island. To reach the island you go on a boat or plane. <DD> (Abbr:) I. <DD> b. something that suggests a piece of land surrounded by water. Platforms in the middle of crowded busy streets are called safety islands. <DD> c. (Figurative:) Ex. No nation can be an industrial island (Atlantic). <DD> 2. the superstructure, especially of a battleship or aircraft carrier. <DD> 3a. a piece of woodland surrounded by prairie. <DD> b. an elevated piece of land surrounded by marshes, swamps, or the like. <DD> 4. (Anatomy.) a group of cells different in structure or function from those around it. <DD> 5. a local, minor civil division in Maine. <DD> 6. a large platform built over the ocean by means of caissons for use as a military base or scientific station. <DD>v.t. 1. to make into an island or something resembling an island; isolate. Ex. A thousand streamlets ... islanding A thousand rocks (Robert Southey). <DD> 2. to dot with or as if with islands. Ex. The waveless plain of Lombardy ... Islanded by cities fair (Shelley). adj. islandlike. </DL> <A NAME="islander"> islander, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person born or living on an island. </DL> <A NAME="islandsoflangerhans"> islands of Langerhans, =islets of Langerhans.</DL> <A NAME="islandsoftheblessed"> Islands of the Blessed,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek and Roman Mythology.) the Elysian Fields; Elysium. </DL> <A NAME="islanduniverse"> island universe,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) a galaxy. </DL> <A NAME="islandwhitebear"> island white bear,<DL COMPACT><DD> a white variety of American black bear that inhabits the coastal islands of British Columbia; Kermode's bear. </DL> <A NAME="isle"> isle, noun, verb, isled, isling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a small island. Ex. The Statue of Liberty is on an isle by itself in New York harbor. <DD> 2. an island. <DD>v.t. to make into or as if into an isle; place on or as if on an isle. <DD>v.i. to live or remain on an isle. </DL> <A NAME="isleofwightdisease"> Isle of Wight disease,<DL COMPACT><DD> an acariasis of bees. </DL> <A NAME="islesman"> islesman, noun, pl. -men. =islander.</DL> <A NAME="islet"> islet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small island. <DD> 2. a small, isolated tract or area. Ex. an islet of color. <DD> 3. (Anatomy.) an island, as of the pancreas. </DL> <A NAME="isletsoflangerhans"> islets of Langerhans,<DL COMPACT><DD> the small scattered endocrine glands in the pancreas that secrete insulin. Also, islands of Langerhans. </DL> <A NAME="isls"> isls.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. islands. <DD> 2. isles. </DL> <A NAME="ism"> ism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice (usually unfriendly in use). Ex. Communism and Fascism are well-known isms. </DL> <A NAME="ism"> -ism,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming nouns.) <DD> 1. (added to verbs) act or practice of ______. Ex. Baptism = act or practice of baptizing. <DD> 2. (added to nouns or adjectives) quality or condition of being a ______. Ex. Heroism = quality of being a hero. Paganism = condition of being a pagan. <DD> 3. (added to nouns or adjectives) illustration or instance of being ______. Ex. Witticism = instance of being witty. <DD> 4. (added to nouns) <DD> a. an unhealthy condition caused by ______. Ex. Alcoholism = an unhealthy condition caused by alcohol. <DD> b. discrimination on the basis of ______. Ex. Ageism = discrimination on the basis of age. <DD> 5. (added to nouns or adjectives) doctrine, theory, system, or practice of ______. Ex. Darwinism = theory of Charles Darwin. </DL> <A NAME="ismaelian"> Ismaelian, noun. =Ismailian.</DL> <A NAME="ismaili"> Ismaili or Ismai'li, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a present-day Ismailian. </DL> <A NAME="ismailian"> Ismailian, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Moslem sect derived from the Shiites, having a body of secret doctrine revealed only to initiates </DL> <A NAME="ismailite"> Ismailite, noun. =Ismaili.</DL> <A NAME="ismelin"> Ismelin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) =guanethidine. </DL> <A NAME="isnt"> isn't,<DL COMPACT><DD> is not. </DL> <A NAME="iso"> iso-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) equal; alike. Ex. Isometric = metrically equal. Isosceles = having two sides equal. Isothermal = having to do with equal temperatures. Isotope = any of two or more elements having the same place (on the periodic table of elements). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, is- before vowels. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="iso"> ISO (no periods) or I.S.O.,<DL COMPACT><DD> International Standards Organization. </DL> <A NAME="isoabnormal"> isoabnormal, adjective, noun. =isabnormal.</DL> <A NAME="isoagglutination"> isoagglutination, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the agglutination of the red blood corpuscles of an animal by antibodies normally present in the serum of another animal of the same species. </DL> <A NAME="isoagglutinative"> isoagglutinative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or causing isoagglutination. </DL> <A NAME="isoagglutinin"> isoagglutinin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibody normally present in serum that will agglutinate the red blood corpuscles of another animal of the same species. </DL> <A NAME="isoantibody"> isoantibody, noun, pl. -bodies.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibody which acts against the antigen produced by another animal of the same species. </DL> <A NAME="isoantigen"> isoantigen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antigen that stimulates the production of a specific antibody in another animal of the same species. </DL> <A NAME="isobar"> isobar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a line on a weather map connecting places having the same average barometric pressure (after allowance for height above sea level). Isobars show the distribution of atmospheric pressure at a particular time, and are used in making forecasts of the weather. <DD> 2. (Chemistry, Physics.) one of two or more kinds of atoms that have the same atomic weight, but in most cases different atomic numbers. </DL> <A NAME="isobaric"> isobaric, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having or indicating equal atmospheric pressure. <DD> 2. of or containing isobars. </DL> <A NAME="isobarism"> isobarism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> equality or similarity of weight. </DL> <A NAME="isobath"> isobath, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line on a map connecting points that have the same depth below the surface of a body of water. </DL> <A NAME="isobathic"> isobathic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an isobath. </DL> <A NAME="isobathytherm"> isobathytherm, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line connecting points of equal temperature in a vertical section of a part of the ocean. </DL> <A NAME="isobathythermal"> isobathythermal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an isobathytherm. </DL> <A NAME="isobathythermic"> isobathythermic, adjective. =isobathythermal.</DL> <A NAME="isobutane"> isobutane, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hydrocarbon obtained from gas and gasoline, used as a refrigerant, a fuel, and in the synthesis of various chemical products. </DL> <A NAME="isobutylene"> isobutylene, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless hydrocarbon obtained from isobutane, used in the production of high-octane gasoline and butyl rubber. </DL> <A NAME="isocarpic"> isocarpic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a flower) having the same number of carpels as other floral parts. </DL> <A NAME="isocephalic"> isocephalic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with isocephaly. </DL> <A NAME="isocephaly"> isocephaly, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a convention of art in ancient Greece of representing the heads of the figures, whether seated or standing, at about the same level in a frieze, on a bowl, or other work. </DL> <A NAME="isocheim"> isocheim or isochime, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line on a weather map connecting places that have the same mean winter temperature. </DL> <A NAME="isocheimal"> isocheimal, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. (of lines on a map) indicating equal mean winter temperature. <DD>noun an isocheimal line; isocheim. </DL> <A NAME="isocheimenal"> isocheimenal, adjective, noun. =isocheimal.</DL> <A NAME="isochor"> isochor or isochore, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a curve denoting the relations between two variables, such as temperature and pressure, of a gas or quantity having a constant volume. </DL> <A HREF="isochori.dic">NEXT</A>