2-Letter Words Ending in I

Well-informed people

Very well-informed people

Those in the know since con got busted

Pl. condottieri (-tyâr ) A leader of mercenary soldiers between the 14th and 16th centuries.

""Pl. consiglieri (-r ) An adviser or counselor, especially to a capo or leader of an organized crime syndicate.""

Plural of echinococcus .

""Pl. enterococci (-k k s , -k k ) A usually nonpathogenic streptococcus that inhabits the intestine.""

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

""The second of the three excretory organs that develop in a vertebrate embryo, becoming the functioning kidney in fish and amphibians but replaced by the metanephros in higher vertebrates. Also called Wolffian body .""

""The third and final excretory organ that develops in a vertebrate embryo. In birds, reptiles, and mammals it replaces the mesonephros as the functional excretory organ and develops into the adult kidney.""

Pl. micronuclei (-kl - ) or micronucleuses The smaller of two nuclei in ciliate protozoans that contains genetic material and functions in reproduction.

Gram positive balls, often from the lung

Bacteria which cause a particular lung disease

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Pasta in long fine strands.

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Eastern unfurnished inn

Fitzgerald's battered inn

Eastern inn

Pl. divertimentos or divertimenti (-t ) A chiefly 18th-century form of instrumental chamber music having several short movements. Also called divertissement .

""Pl. electrophori (- -r , - -r ) An apparatus for generating static electricity, consisting of a hard rubber disk that is given a negative charge by friction and a metal plate that is given a net positive charge by induction when in contact with the disk.""

""Pl. gastrocnemii (-m - ) The largest, most prominent muscle of the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot and bends the knee.""

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""Pl. leptocephali (-l ) One of the small, flat, transparent larvae of eels and certain other fishes, characterized by a long, narrow head.""

""Pl. meningococci (-k k s , -k ) A bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.""

Pathogenic bacteria

Bacteria that can cause scarlet fever, pneumonia etc.

Scholarly gatherings for discussion

Pl. proventriculi (-l ) The division of the stomach in birds that secretes digestive enzymes and passes food from the crop to the gizzard.

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An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus.

""Pl. streptobacilli (-s l ) Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped, often pathogenic bacteria of the genus Streptobacillus, occurring in chains, especially S. moniliformis, which causes a type of rat-bite fever.""

""Pl. tarsometatarsi (-s , -s ) A compound bone between the tibia and the toes of a bird's leg, formed by fusion of the tarsal and metatarsal bones.""