Ixodes scapularis
— Noun
– English
～ parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
incentive scheme
— Noun
– English
～ a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something
infant school
— Noun
– English
～ British school for children aged 5-7
information science
— Noun
– English
～ the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
Isles of Scilly
— Noun
– English
～ an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
Irish Sea
— Noun
– English
～ an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland
Ionian Sea
— Noun
– English
～ an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy
Inland Sea
— Noun
– English
～ an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima
inverse secant
— Noun
– English
～ the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number
Interior Secretary
— Noun
– English
～ the position of the head of the Department of the Interior; "the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849"
Interior Secretary
— Noun
– English
～ the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department; "President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior"
internal secretion
— Noun
– English
～ the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
International Relations and Security Network
— Noun
– English
～ Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations
Indian senna
— Noun
– English
～ erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
interrogative sentence
— Noun
– English
～ a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
immune serum globulin
— Noun
– English
～ a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Iraqi Intelligence Service
— Noun
– English
～ the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system; "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities"
Internal Revenue Service
— Noun
– English
～ the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
intelligence service
— Noun
– English
～ a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
ill service
— Noun
– English
～ an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"