2-Letter Words Starting with I

Takes to heart

NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}

Of or pertaining to an internuncio.

Like the QE2

""Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum. as, the interorbital septum.""

""To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; generally on the part of a legislative body.""

Interplant

Interplay

Interplead

One who interpleads.

PLUVIAL a prolonged period of wet climate

""Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.""

Interpolate

""One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.""

Linked, as this puzzle's thematic entries

Interrelate

Interrobang

Grilled deer rotating in pieces

Closely questioned

One who is interrogated.

Grills

Inquisitor used terror to gain conversion

Questioner

SPACING the distance between any two objects

STADIAL a substance which depends on the life of a glacier

STATION to assign to a position

In deep space

Let star liner make such a voyage

Occurring between stars

Sitting in the intervening spaces

Plural noun or verb form

Plural noun or verb form

Intertidal

""TILLAGE cultivated land, also TILTH""

Plural noun or verb form

VILLAGE a small community in a rural area

""Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.""

WEAVING the act of making cloth

How to bellyache at home match with friend after batting

INTIMATE to {announce=v}

Trendy man, to one getting old-fashioned, is threatening

The use of threats to influence others

Strong persuasion I'd put in hint

Menacing coercion

Bullies

Frightening, overawing

Intolerance

Like a bigot actively enjoying vigorous net rally

INTONATION A thundering; thunder.

Exciting, exhilarating

Making drunk

Exhilarating - as the Christmas spirit may be

Drunkenness - exhilaration

Inebriation

Drunkenness

Within the heart.

Adjective (-al)

Occurring within or between the branches of a company: an intracompany network.

Within the cranium or skull.

Intramural

Intranasal

Unlikely to budge

Renting isn't a problem if obstinate

Impervious to persuasion or reason

(Of verb) not taking a direct object

Neither here nor there I have to describe some verbs thus

A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through assertive risk-taking and innovation.

Existing or taking place within the mind or psyche: intrapsychic conflict.

Arising or occurring within a species: intraspecific competition.

Like some contraceptive devices

Intravital

INVAGINATE To insert as in a sheath; to pr<?/<?/<?/ce intussusception in.

The condition of an invaginated organ or part.

Tending to invalidate or prove false.

Process of making a thing no longer valid

Invalidator

Invalidity

INVASIVE aggressive

Animal with no backbone

Animal without a backbone

Backboneless creature

""INVESTIGATE To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena. as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.""

What Brewster's committee does

One making a search or enquiries

One making a search or enquiry

Private eye

Inveteracy

Stubbornly

INVIGILATE To keep watch.

Keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating.

Invigilator

Bracing

Action of strengthening

Enlivening process

Invigorator

""Open only to persons issued an invitation; -- of gatherings, usually sports events; as, an invitational tournament.as, an invitational tournament.""

Invitatory

""INVOCATION The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.""

INVOLUTION The act of involving or infolding.

Impossible to hurt

Run with last bit of email, cc from Vince Cable - redraft can't be damaged

""INVULNERABLE Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.""

Inwardness

Ipecacuanha

Hot temper

""IRONICAL pertaining to irony, also IRONIC""

Irradiation

Sans sense

Unreasonableness shown by Irish supporter about quota

Not able to be saved

Beyond being saved

Can't be saved by teacher losing the head with convert up to the task

""IRREDEEMABLE Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.""

Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible.

""Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.""

""IRREFRAGABLE Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.""

*No matter

Common malapropism used to mean "Nonetheless!"

Fluctuation

Abnormality

Irrelative

Irrelevance

Irrelevant

Irish army unit with French 4 that 26

""In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction.""

""Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.""

Setter with Observer: all new and very puzzling

Peevishness

Tetchiness

Irritating

Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

ISOANTIGEN

Isochronal

Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.

ISOENZYME

Doctrine to be fought on home front

Policy of remaining apart

Political policy of non-involvement with other countries

Phenomenon of the 1940's.

Unpopular person after Pearl Harbor.

One not getting involved in other countries' affairs

English word

Isothermal

ISOTONIC of equal tension

ISOTOPIC pertaining to an {isotope=n}

""ITALIANATE To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.""

ITALIANISE

ITALIANIZE To play the Italian; to speak Italian.

Itemization

Itinerancy

Itineration

English word

ICHTHYOFAUNA

Ichthyofauna

Iconographer

Iconography

Idealization

Exact sameness

""A character or symbol representing an idea or a thing without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word or words for it, as in the traffic sign commonly used for "no parking" or "parking prohibited." Also called ideograph .""

Ideological

In stupid way, securing degree, as expressed in particular language

Idiomatic

Eccentric; dictionary (sic) (anagram)

Peculiar to the individual

Peculiar or individual

Illiberalism

The state of being illiberal; illiberality.

ILLOCUTION

Illogical

Rimbaud work

2 +15's display of examples of bookish monks' work (wordplay)

Lights

Pictures (in a book)

False perceptions about retro art and origin of terrific drawings (wordplay)

Pictures

The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.

In a creative way

Creatively

IMAGISTIC

Imitative

IMMANENTIST

""The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.""

""One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.""

""The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul. as, the immateriality of the soul.""

To render immaterial or incorporeal.

""The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.""

IMMIGRATION The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Immoderation

IMMORTALISE

Immortality

Immortalizer

IMMORTALIZE To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.

Quality of being immovable.

Immunization

Of or pertaining to immunology.

Type of allergy treatment

Immutable

The quality of being impalpable.

""Impossible to pass, cross, or overcome: impassable roads; impassable problems.""

The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

Impassive

Impassivity

""The quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.""

Imperceptible.

Expansionist

Imperishable

Impermanence

Impermanent

The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

IMPERSONAL Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

IMPERSONATE To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

Pretence of being another person

Pretending to be someone else

Pretence of being someone else

They take others off ropes in a storm at sea

They take off more points as boxer finally reels

Calm after suffering a terrible bump

Cool as a cucumber

Keeping calm

In an imperturbable manner; calmly.

Remorselessness from rogue - account hiding large gift

Implantation

By implication.

Impolitical

Factors difficult to assess

They are difficult to assess

They are impossible to assess

Importunate

Impossible to carry out

Unable to be done

Not feasible

In an impracticable manner.

Impractical

Impregnation

Unlikelihood

The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.

Jam session activity

Ad lib performance

Ad-libbed bit

See Improvvisatore. Improvvisatore.

English word

Improvisator

Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.

Inactivation

Inadvertence

In an unguarded moment

By accident

Accidentally

The quality or state of being inanimate.