Words that Start with I

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Words that Start with I

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Interesting notes about the letter :

• The letter I is the ninth letter of the English alphabet; it is a vowel.
• It makes three general sounds – long \ g \ glove and short \ j \ giraffe, and a long \ e \ sound.
• The Phoenicians called it Yodh, the hand, and was used to represent the entire arm. It looked like a tilted Z with a bar in the middle.
• The Greeks simplified it for iota (Ι), and the Romans used it as I.

The following are a couple of examples of words starting with I.

Animals that start with I

• Ibis: wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
  • The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” is very sad and uses the bird as a symbol of the sickly brother.
• Iguana: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
  • My sister has a really nice iguana she keeps in a large aquarium.
• Impala: African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
  • The imapala raced across the plains in giant leaps. 

Places that start with I

• Infield: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
  • It’s depressing to see the other team come infield when I’m at bat, as if they don’t expect me to hit the ball far.
• Igloo: an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
  • The igloo was surprisingly warm inside. 
• Island: a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
  • The tropical fruits on the island were delicios. 

Words that describe people

• Invisible: impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
  • My little brother pretends he is invisible by putting a blanket over himself.
• Immune: relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
  • The vaccine would give them some immunity to the flu. 
• Intelligent: having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
  • The boy was intelligent and passed the test wuth flying colors.

Words that describe an idea

• Inconceivable: totally unlikely
  • In the movie “The Princess Bride,” the bad guy says ‘inconceivable’ each time the pirate is successful at a new obstacle.
• Ideal: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
  • The idea of including a fairy godmother character seemed ideal for her story. 

Words that describe a place/event

• Industrialized:
  • The industrialized area used to be farm land before the factories came.
• Imaginative: (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
  • The childrens’ daycare had imaginative scenes painted on the walls. 
• Icy: covered with or containing or consisting of ice
  • It was icy out on the terrace, but the view was beautiful. 

Longest words that start with I