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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>ITINERAR</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="itinerant"> itinerant, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. traveling from place to place, especially in connection with some employment or vocation. Ex. an itinerant judge. In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. Whitefield ... an itinerant preacher (Benjamin Franklin). <DD>noun a person who travels from place to place. adv. itinerantly. </DL> <A NAME="itinerary"> itinerary, noun, pl. -aries, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a route of travel; plan of travel. <DD> 2. a record or journal of travel. <DD> 3. a guidebook for travelers. <DD>adj. 1. of traveling or routes of travel. <DD> 2. =itinerant. </DL> <A NAME="itinerate"> itinerate, intransitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> too travel from place to place, especially in connection with some employment or vocation. </DL> <A NAME="itineration"> itineration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of traveling from place to place; tour. </DL> <A NAME="itious"> -itious,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) of or having the nature of. Ex. Fictitious = having the nature of fiction. </DL> <A NAME="itis"> -itis,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming nouns.) <DD> 1. inflammation of; inflammatory disease of, as in appendicitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis. <DD> 2. state of mind or tendency fancifully regarded as a disease, as in telephonitis. </DL> <A NAME="itll"> it'll,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. it will. Ex. It'll make too much noise. <DD> 2. it shall. </DL> <A NAME="ito"> ITO (no periods) or I.T.O.,<DL COMPACT><DD> International Trade Organization. </DL> <A NAME="its"> its, adjective. possessive form of it.<DL COMPACT><DD> of it; belonging to it. Ex. The dog wagged its tail. </DL> <A NAME="its"> it's,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. it is. Ex. It's later than you think. <DD> 2. it has. Ex. It's been a long time. </DL> <A NAME="itself"> itself, pronoun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the form of it used to make a statement stronger. Ex. The land itself is worth the money, without the house. <DD> 2. the form of it used instead of it, him, or her in cases like. Ex. The horse tripped and hurt itself. The dog saw itself in the mirror. <DD> 3. its normal or usual self. Ex. After a few minor repairs my car was itself again. </DL> <A NAME="itsybitsy"> itsy-bitsy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) very small; teeny-weeny. Ex. This sort of itsy-bitsy coverage is totally inadequate for such a comprehensive subject (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="itt"> ITT (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. </DL> <A NAME="ittybitty"> itty-bitty, adjective. =itsy-bitsy.</DL> <A NAME="itu"> ITU (no periods) or I.T.U.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. International Telecommunication Union. <DD> 2. International Typographical Union. </DL> <A NAME="itv"> ITV (1) (no periods) or I.T.V.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Independent Television (the commercial television of Great Britain). </DL> <A NAME="itv"> ITV (2) (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. industrial television (closed-circuit television used in industry). <DD> 2. instructional television. Ex. With certain honorable exceptions, ITV has merely transferred conventional teaching techniques to the screen or served as a conduit for other media: films, slides, etc. (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="ity"> -ity,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming nouns from adjectives.) the condition, quality, or fact of being ______. Ex. Timidity = the condition of being timid. Sincerity = the condition or quality of being sincere. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, -ty. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="itza"> Itza, noun, pl. -za or -zas.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a warrior tribe, probably of Toltec origin, that ruled most of Yucatan from the 900's to about 1200. </DL> <A NAME="iu"> IU (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> international unit. </DL> <A NAME="iucd"> IUCD (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> intrauterine contraceptive device. </DL> <A NAME="iucn"> IUCN (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. </DL> <A NAME="iud"> IUD (no periods) or I.U.D.,<DL COMPACT><DD> intrauterine device (a contraceptive device). </DL> <A NAME="iue"> IUE (no periods) or I.U.E.,<DL COMPACT><DD> International Union of Electrical Workers. </DL> <A NAME="ium"> -ium,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix.) chemical element or radical, as in curium, sodium, ammonium. </DL> <A NAME="iupac"> IUPAC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. </DL> <A NAME="ius"> I.U.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> International Union of Students. </DL> <A NAME="iv"> i.v.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. initial velocity. <DD> 2. intravenous; intravenously. </DL> <A NAME="iv"> IV (no periods) or I.V.,<DL COMPACT><DD> intravenous; intravenously. </DL> <A NAME="ive"> I've,<DL COMPACT><DD> I have. Ex. I've got nothing to do, and I've been bored stiff. </DL> <A NAME="ive"> -ive,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming adjectives from nouns.) <DD> 1. of or having to do with, as in interrogative, inductive. <DD> 2. tending to; likely to, as in appreciative, active, imitative. </DL> <A NAME="ivied"> ivied, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covered or overgrown with ivy. Ex. Upon an ivied stone Reclined his lanquid head (Shelley). </DL> <A NAME="ivorian"> Ivorian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or belonging to the Ivory Coast, a country in western Africa. <DD>noun a native or inhabitant of the Ivory Coast. </DL> <A NAME="ivoried"> ivoried, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> finished to resemble ivory. Ex. an ivoried tabletop. </DL> <A NAME="ivorist"> ivorist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a worker in ivory. </DL> <A NAME="ivory"> ivory, noun, pl. -ries, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a hard white substance making up the tusks of elephants or walruses. Ivory is a form of dentin and is used for piano keys, billiard balls, combs, and ornaments. <DD> b. a tusk, such as that of an elephant. <DD> 2. a substance like ivory. <DD> 3. a creamy white. <DD>adj. 1. made of ivory. Ex. an ivory carving of an elephant. <DD> 2. of or like ivory. Ex. the ivory chill of his look. <DD> 3. creamy-white. Ex. her beautiful ivory-colored complexion. expr. ivories, (Slang.) <DD> a. piano keys. Ex. He handles the ivories like a real piano buff. <DD> b. dice. Ex. The gambler's ivories were loaded. <DD> c. teeth. Ex. ... the swarthy tint, the grinning ivories ... and twinkling little eyes of the immortal governor of Barataria (G. A. Sala). <DD> d. billiard balls. Ex. On new premises ... where erstwhile the click of ivories was heard (Sporting Life). </DL> <A NAME="ivorybill"> ivory-bill, noun. =ivory-billed woodpecker.</DL> <A NAME="ivorybilledwoodpecker"> ivory-billed woodpecker,<DL COMPACT><DD> a woodpecker with an ivory-white bill and flaming red crest, the largest of all North American woodpeckers. It inhabited the forests of the southern United States but is near extinction. </DL> <A NAME="ivoryblack"> ivory black,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fine black coloring matter made by burning ivory, used in painting. <DD> 2. =boneblack. </DL> <A NAME="ivorygull"> ivory gull,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, black-legged, all-white gull of arctic regions. </DL> <A NAME="ivorynut"> ivory nut,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the nutlike seed of a South American palm tree that is white and very hard when dry. It is used to make buttons, chessmen, and small ornaments. <DD> 2. a similar seed obtained from other palms. </DL> <A NAME="ivorypalm"> ivory palm,<DL COMPACT><DD> a palm tree native to South America with a short trunk, slender, featherlike leaves, and fragrant flowers. </DL> <A NAME="ivorytower"> ivory tower,<DL COMPACT><DD> a place or condition of withdrawal from the world of action into a world of ideas and dreams; aloofness. Ex. Administrators with training outside the ivory towers of scholarship are obviously required (Wall Street Journal). The landgrant colleges broke with the concept of the ivory tower--scholarship remote from the realities of everyday life and workaday problems (Fred M. Hechinger). </DL> <A NAME="ivorytower"> ivory-tower, adjective. =ivory-towered.</DL> <A NAME="ivorytowered"> ivory-towered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> withdrawn from the world of action; aloof; abstracted. Ex. The scientists ... find refuge in an ivory-towered, secure theoretical world (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="ivorytowerish"> ivory-towerish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to abstract, speculative, or impractical thought or behavior. </DL> <A NAME="ivorytowerism"> ivory-towerism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being withdrawn or distant from the world of action. </DL> <A NAME="ivorytype"> ivorytype, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of picture in which a light print, made translucent by varnish and tinted on the back, is placed over a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors. </DL> <A NAME="ivorywhite"> ivory-white, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a creamy-white color; of the color of ivory. </DL> <A NAME="ivs"> I.V.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> International Voluntary Services (a U.S. organization of volunteers who work on farms and in cities of underdeveloped countries). </DL> <A NAME="ivy"> ivy, noun, pl. ivies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a climbing plant with smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves; English ivy. It belongs to the ginseng family and is grown for ornament on walls and buildings. It is native to Europe and parts of Asia, and bears clusters of greenish-yellow flowers, followed by dark berries. <DD> 2. any one of various other climbing plants, such as American ivy, Japanese ivy, or poison ivy. adj. ivylike. </DL> <A HREF="ivybush.dic">NEXT</A>