"Is-" is a word in ENGLISH
See Iso-.
Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but
different properties; as in isocyanic.
Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose
structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other
carbon atoms; -- contrasted with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine;
isopentane.
A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality;
the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic.
The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the
indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Two men were out hunting when one of them saw a rabbit. "Quick," said the first, "shoot it." "I can't," said the second. "My gun isn't loaded." "Well," said the first," you know that, and I know that, but the rabbit doesn't."
Lat. In the clvll law. To drive awny. Applied to those who drove nway animals with the intention of stealing …
Read the complete definitionApplied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
Read the complete definitionWith the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.
Read the complete definitionA tube, conical ln form, intended to be applied to an aperture through which water passes, whereby the flow of …
Read the complete definitionApplied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
Read the complete definitionThe European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the …
Read the complete definitionProducing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
Read the complete definitionA small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. …
Read the complete definitionTo take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a …
Read the complete definitionNow especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. …
Read the complete definitionResembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.
Read the complete definitionA Greek word, meaning “king.” A title assumed by the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire. It ls used by …
Read the complete definitionA sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves …
Read the complete definitionbulúng - Medicine, physic, simple, drug, potion, draught, treatment, nostrum, remedy for a wound or disease; to doctor, heal, physic, …
Read the complete definitionA beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; …
Read the complete definitionThe wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.
Read the complete definitionA cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.
Read the complete definitionAn animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild …
Read the complete definitionA name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the …
Read the complete definitionOne aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of …
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