inferior vena cava
— Noun
– English
～ receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins
intransitive verb
— Noun
– English
～ a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
intransitive verb form
— Noun
– English
～ a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
identity verification
— Noun
– English
～ the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
Iris verna
— Noun
– English
～ low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers
Iris versicolor
— Noun
– English
～ a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
Illecebrum verticullatum
— Noun
– English
～ glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
Illicium verum
— Noun
– English
～ small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
Innocent VIII
— Noun
– English
～ Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492)
Icteria virens
— Noun
– English
～ American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
intra vires
— Adjective
– English
～ within the legal power or authority or a person or official or body etc
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
— Noun
– English
～ (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
Iris virginica
— Noun
– English
～ similar to blue flag; the eastern United States
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
— Noun
– English
～ Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
in vitro
— Adverb
– English
～ in an artificial environment outside the living organism; "an egg fertilized in vitro"
in vitro
— Adjective
– English
～ of a biological process occurring in an artificial environment outside the living organism; "in vitro fertilization"
in vivo
— Adverb
– English
～ in the living organism; "studies conducted in vivo"
in vivo
— Adjective
– English
～ of a biological process occurring within a living organism; "in vivo techniques"
inter vivos trust
— Noun
– English
～ a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime