Interrupted fern The interrupted fern is a fern native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. In eastern North America it occurs from southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec east to Newfoundland and south through the Appalachian mountains down to Georgia and west to the Mississippi River.
	Interstellar medium The interstellar medium is the name astronomy give to the tenous gas and dust that pervade interstellar space. Whilst the ISM refers to the matter that exists between the stars within a galaxy, the energy, in the form of electromagnetic radiation, that occupies the same volume is called the interstellar radiation field.
	Interview *The Rolling Stone Interview - a number of very influential pop-cultural interviews in the 70's *Microsoft interview - canonically challenging method of job interview *Living with Michael Jackson - An interview with Michael Jackson, later created into a documentary
	Interwoven Interwoven Inc. is a provider of information management, document and records management, customer experience, web content management and digital asset management software. Interwoven products provide content and digital asset management for more than 1500 organizations world wide, including over 60% of the top 200 law firms worldwide, plus major corporations such as Air France, Cisco Systems, General Electric, General Motors Corporation, and Yamaha Motor Corporation.
	Intestine In anatomy, the intestine is the portion of the Gastrointestinal tract extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the colon . In humans, the small intestine is further subivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the Large intestine#Caecum, colon and rectum.
	Inti In Inca mythology, Inti was the sun god, as well a patron deity of Tahuantinsuyu. His exact origin is not known. The most common story says he is the son of Viracocha, the god of civilization.
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	Intrauterine device An intrauterine device is a birth control device also known as an IUD or a coil . It is a device placed in the uterus and is the world's most widely used method of reversible birth control. The device has to be fitted inside or removed from the uterus by a doctor or qualified medical practitioner.
	Intrinsics Intrinsics is a library used in the X Window System. More precisely, it is a library that uses the low-level Xlib library and provides a friendly API to develop X11 software with graphical widgets. It can be used while programming in the C or C++ languages.
	Intron Introns are sections of DNA that will be splicing out after Transcription , but before the RNA is used. Introns are common in eukaryote RNAs of all types, but are found in prokaryote Transfer RNA and Ribosomal RNA genes only.
	Intrusion In geology, an intrusion is a body of igneous rock that has crystallized from a molten magma below the surface of the Earth. Bodies of magma that solidify underground before they reach the surface of the earth are called plutons, named for Pluto, the Roman mythology of the underworld.
	Intubation In medicine, intubation is the placement of a tube into an external or internal orifice of the body. Although the term can refer to endoscopy procedures, it is most often used to denote tracheal intubation. Tracheal intubation is placing a tube into the trachea. The most common tracheal intubation is orotracheal intubation where an endotracheal tube is passed through the mouth, through the larynx, and into the trachea.
	Intumescent An intumescent is a substance which swells as a result of heat exposure, thus increasing in volume, and decreasing in density. Intumescents are typically used in passive fire protection and require bounding installations in order to comply with the law.
	Inuit Inuit is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador and Greenland . Until fairly recent times, there has been a remarkable homogeneity in the culture throughout this area, which traditionally relied on fish, sea mammals, and land animals for food, heat, light, clothing, tools, and shelter.
	Inula Inula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It has been reported that this genus is paraphyletic, based on chemical data of the phenolic compounds of this genus. These are mostly perennial herbs.
	Invar Invar, also called FeNi, is an alloy of iron and nickel with some carbon and chromium. This alloy is known worldwide for its unique properties of controlled coefficient of thermal expansion. It was invented in 1896 by Charles Edouard Guillaume, who later received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920.
	Invasion An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitics entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government. An invasion can be the cause of a war, it can be used as a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in and of itself.
	Inversions Inversions is a science fiction novel by Scotland writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1998.
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	Invisibility Invisibility is the state of an object which cannot be Visual perception. An object in this state is said to be invisible. The term is usually used as a fantasy/science fiction term, where objects are literally made unseeable by Magic or Technology means.
	Iodic acid Iodic acid, HIO3, can be obtained as a white solid. It is an isolable compound, unlike chloric acid or bromic acid.
	Iodoform The compound iodoform is CarbonHydrogenIodine3. A pale yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, it has a penetrating odor and, analogous to chloroform sweetish taste. It was used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores around the beginning of the 20th century, though this use is now superseded by better antiseptics.
	Ionia Ionia was an ancient region of southwestern coastal Anatolia on the Aegean Sea. It comprised a narrow coastal strip from Phocaea in the north near the mouth of the river Hermus , to Miletus in the south near the mouth of the river Maeander, and included the islands of Chios and Samos Island.
	Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula, to the west, by southwestern Albania and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and Lefkas to the east.
	Ionic bond Ionic bonds are a type of chemical bond based on electrostatic forces between two oppositely-charged ions. In ionic bond formation, a metal donates an electron, due to a low electronegativity to form a positive ion or cation. In ordinary table salt, the bonds between the sodium and chlorine ions are ionic bonds.
	Ionic order The Ionic order forms one of the Classical order of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric order and the Corinthian order. The Ionic order originated in the mid-6th century BC in Ionia, the southwestern coastland and islands of Anatolia settled by Ionian Greeks, where an Ionian dialect was spoken.
	Ionizing radiation Ionizing radiation has many practical uses, but it is also dangerous to human health. Both aspects are treated below. Ionizing radiation is either particle radiation or electromagnetic radiation in which an individual particle/photon carries enough energy to ionize an atom or molecule by completely removing an electron from its orbit.
	Ionosphere he ionosphere is the part of the Earth's atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere. It has practical importance because, among other functions, it influences radio propagation to distant places on the Earth.
	Iontophoresis Iontophoresis is a non-invasive method of propelling high concentrations of a charged substance, normally medication or bioactive-agents, transdermally by repulsive electromotive force using a small electrical charge applied to an iontophoretic chamber containing a similarly charged active agent and its vehicle.
	Iowa Iowa is a Midwest U.S. state of the United States. It is the 29th U.S. state of the United States, having joined the Union on December 28, 1846. The official name of the state is the "State of Iowa". The state is named for the Native Americans in the United States Iowa tribe people.
	Ipomoea alba Ipomoea alba, sometimes called the moonflower or moon vine, is a species of night-blooming Ipomoea, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from northern Argentina north to Mexico and Florida. It is a perennial plant herbaceous liana growing to a height of 5-30 m tall with twining stems.
	Ipomoea pes-caprae Ipomoea pes-caprae, the beach morning glory or Goat's foot, is a common tropical creeping vine belonging to the family of Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt tolerant plants and provides one of the best known examples of oceanic dispersal.
	Ipomoea purpurea Ipomoea purpurea, the Purple or Common Morning Glory, is a species in the genus Ipomoea, native to Mexico and Central America. Like all morning glories the plant entwines itself around structures with its viny stems, growing to a height of 2-3 m tall. The leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs.
	Ipomoea quamoclit Ipomoea quamoclit is a species of Ipomoea native to tropical regions of the New World from northern South America north to Mexico. It is an annual plant or perennial plant herbaceous twining vine growing to 1-3 m tall. The leaf are 2-9 cm long, deeply lobed with 9-19 lobes on each side of the leaf.
	Ipomoea tricolor Ipomoea tricolor is a species of Ipomoea native to the New World tropics, and widely cultivated and naturalisation elsewhere. It is a herbaceous annual plant or perennial plant twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. The leaf are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole.
	Iran ' Throughout history, Iran has been of great geostrategy importance because of its central location in Eurasia. Iran is a member and co-founder of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
	Iran-Iraq War The Iran-Iraq War, also known as the Imposed War in Iran, and Saddam's Qadisiyyah in Iraq, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. It was commonly referred to as the Gulf War until the Persian Gulf War , which became known as the Second Gulf War and later simply the Gulf War.
	Iranian languages The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages with an estimated number of 150-200 million native speakers today.SIL in a 2005 estimate counts a total of 87 varieties, the largest in terms of native speakers being Persian language, Kurdish and Pashto and Balochi; see also list of languages by number of native speakers. Together with the Indo-Aryan languages they form the Indo-Iranian languages group, a branch of Indo-European.
	Iraq The Republic of Iraq, is a Middle Eastern country in Southwest Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east.
	Iraqi dinar The Iraqi dinar is the legal currency of Iraq. The dinar is issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.
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	Ireland Ireland is the List of islands by area island in Europe. It lies in between the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea. Politically it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, a state which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
	Irenaeus Irenaeus was bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, which is now Lyon, France. His writings were formative in the early development of Christianity theology, and he is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church; the latter considers him a Church Fathers.
	Irčne Joliot-Curie Irne Joliot-Curie ne) Curie, was a French people-Polish people scientist, the daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frdric Joliot-Curie. She was born in Paris and studied at the Collge Svign from 1912 to 1914, where she obtained her Baccalaureat, and at the Faculty of Science at the University of Paris, but her education was interrupted by World War I during which she served as a nurse radiography.
	Iresine Iresine is a genus which have a number garden ornamental plants in the family Amaranthaceae. These plants are found in the wild in tropical America, and there are between 20 and 25 species. However, only some species are usually cultivated because they have colored foliage, which is called bloodleaf.
	Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants in Order Asparagales, taking its name from the Iris. It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as the Freesia and the Crocus. Members of this family are perennials, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold.
	Iridescence Iridescence is an optical phenomenon characterized as the property of surfaces in which hue changes according to the angle from which the surface is viewed. Iridescence is caused by multiple reflections from multi-layered, semi-transparent surfaces in which phase and interference of the reflections amplitude modulation the incident light.
	Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch Order of the British Empire was an Ireland-born United Kingdom writer and Philosophy, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving Ethics or sexual themes.
	Iris pseudacorus Iris pseudacorus is a species of iris, native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1-1.5 m tall, with erect leaf up to 90 cm long and 3 cm broad.
	Iris versicolor Iris versicolor, also commonly known as the Harlequin Blueflag the Blue Flag Iris and other varitations of those names, is a species of Iris native to North America where it is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores. I. versicolor is a perennial herb, usually 10-80 centimeter.
	Irish coffee A classic Irish coffee consists of hot coffee, Irish whiskey and sugar, with double cream floated on top. Irish coffee can be considered to be a variation on the hot toddy. The older Irish coffee, or so the lore would have it, was invented at Foynes by Mr Joseph Sheridan, the head chef there..
	Irish Free State The Irish Free State was the name of the state comprising the 26 of Ireland's 32 counties that were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement signed by British and Irish Republic representatives in London on December 6, 1921.
	Irish moss Irish moss, or carrageen moss is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Europe and North America. In its fresh condition the plant is soft and cartilaginous, varying in colour from a greenish-yellow to a dark purple or purplish-brown; but when washed and sun-dried for preservation it has a yellowish translucent horn-like aspect and consistency.
	Irish people The Irish are a northwest European ethnic group who originated in Ireland. People of Irish ethnicity outside of Ireland are common in many Western world, especially Commonwealth of Nations and North American, countries.
	Irish Republican Army An ideogram or ideograph is a graphical symbol that represents an idea, rather than a group of letters arranged according to the phonemes of a spoken language, as is done in alphabetic languages. Examples of ideograms include wayfinding signage, such as in airports and other environments where many people may not be familiar with the language of the place they are in, as well as Arabic numerals and mathematical notation, which are used worldwide regardless of how they are pronounced in different languages.
	Irish Sea The Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between the Republic of Ireland and Wales and Cornwall to the south and by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland to the north-east.
	Irish Setter akcgroup = Sporting | akcstd = altname = Red SetterIrish Red SetterMadra rua | ankcgroup = Group 3 | ankcstd = ckcgroup = Group 1 - Sporting Dogs | ckcstd = country = Ireland | fcigroup = 7 | fcinum = 120 | fcisection = 2 | fcistd = image = Can Setter dog GFDL.jpg | image_caption = Irish Setter
	Irish Terrier akcgroup = Terrier | akcstd = altname = Irish Red Terrier | ankcgroup = Group 2 | ankcstd = ckcgroup = Group 4 - Terrier | ckcstd = country = Ireland | fcigroup = 3 | fcinum = 139 | fcisection = 1 | fcistd = image = redlawn.jpg | image_caption = Irish Terrier | kcukgroup = Terrier | kcukstd = name = Irish Terrier
	Irish Water Spaniel Known as the "clown" of the spaniel family, the Irish Water Spaniel is the largest and one of the oldest breeds of spaniels. It is also one of the rarest.
	Irish whiskey Irish whiskey is a grain whiskey made in Ireland. There are several types of whiskey common to Ireland. Single Malt; Pure Pot Still, and Blended Whiskey. Note the difference in how the Irish spell "whiskey" and how the Scotland spell it"whisky". There is no known reason, legal or otherwise why this difference exists.
	Irish Wolfhound akcgroup = Hound | akcstd = ankcgroup = Group 4 | ankcstd = ckcgroup = Group 2 | ckcstd = country = Ireland | fcigroup = 10 | fcinum = 160 | fcisection = 2 | fcistd = image = IrishWolfhoundPair.jpg | image_caption = A pair of Irish Wolfhounds | kcukgroup = Hound | kcukstd = name = Irish Wolfhound
	Iron Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and Period 4 element metal. Iron are notable for being the final elements produced by stellar nucleosynthesis, and thus the heaviest elements which do not require a supernova or similarly cataclysmic event for formation.
	Iron Age In archaeology, the Iron Age is the stage in the development of any people where the use of iron implements as tools and weapons is prominent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other changes in some past societies often including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles, although this was not always the case.
	Iron Curtain The "Iron Curtain" is a term coined by Joseph Goebbels, and made famous by Winston Churchill, which refers to the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1990.
	Iron Fist Iron Fist is a fictional superhero martial arts in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane. He first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 in May of 1974. Iron Fist was created by Marvel Comics along with characters such as Shang-Chi: Master of Kung-Fu, to cash in on the sudden popularity of martial arts in the early 1970s.
	Iron lung An iron lung is a large machine that enables a person to respiration when normal muscle control has been lost or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability. Properly, it is called a negative medical ventilator. Persons using the iron lung are placed into the central chamber, a cylindrical steel drum.
	Iron Maiden band_name = | image = | caption = From left to right : Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Dave Murray, Janick Gers, Nicko McBrain | years_active = 1975present | origin = East London, England, England | music_genre = Heavy metal music NWOBHM Classic metal
	Iron Man Iron Man is a fictional character superhero in the Marvel Comics Marvel universe. He was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby in Tales of Suspense #39 .
	Iron ore Iron ores are Rock and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the form of magnetite, hematite, limonite or siderite.