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initialism
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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
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| IFF |
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initialism
- Interchange File Format, a file format standard developed for Amiga computers.
- identification friend or foe
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| igloo |
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noun (plural:igloos)
- An Inuit snow house
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(italbrac-colon, Zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.
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| incendiary |
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noun (incendiaries)
- Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
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The military used incendiaries to destroy the building, fortunately the fire didn't spread.
adjective
- Capable of causing fire.
- Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
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Politics is an topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.
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| induct |
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verb
- to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera.
- to introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults).
- to draft into military service.
- to bring in as a member.
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| inductee |
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noun
- A person who is inducted into an organization
- A person who is drafted or a volunteer that is activated into military service
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| infantry |
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noun (infantr, ies)
- Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry.
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(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers. (Compare artillery, armor.)
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| infantryman |
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noun (pl=infantrymen)
- a soldier employed in any infantry role; a foot soldier.
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| installation |
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noun
- The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.
- The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
- A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base
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| invalid |
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noun
- One who is confined to home or bed due to illness, disability or injury
- Any person with disability, e.g. w:en:invalid carriage , invalid carriage
adjective- not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate
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| invest |
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noun
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An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. A temporary designation by the U.S. http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/ Naval Research Lab Joint Typhoon Warning Center and http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center. Internal jargon (possibly teletype abbreviation) in the 1980's. Appears today on some tracking maps, e.g. tropical storm advisories at the http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/ wunderground.com tropical weather page. Designation, e.g. <code>91e</code>, is a cyclic number (90-99) and a letter suffix for oceanic region:
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<code>a</code> - Arabian Sea
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<code>b</code> - Bay of Bengal
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<code>c</code> - North Central Pacific Ocean
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<code>e</code> - Northeast Pacific Ocean
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<code>l</code> - North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
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<code>p</code> - South Pacific Ocean
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<code>s</code> - South Indian Ocean
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<code>w</code> - Northwest Pacific Ocean
verb
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(dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
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1667: Night / Invests the Sea, and wished Morn delayes " John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 207-8
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose.
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The contributors to the Wikipedia and Wiktionary projects have invested countless hours into this resource..
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To formally give someone some power or authority.
- To lay siege to.
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(intransitive): To make investments.
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| irregular |
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adjective
- something nonstandard; something that breaks the series
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