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Irrigation
- noun - (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
- supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
Irritating
- verb - (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent"
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
- causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
- causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
- excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
- excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf"
Irritation
- noun - (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach"
- a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Irritative
- adjective - (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent"
Irritatory
- - Exciting; producing irritation; irritating.
Irroration
- - The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew.
Irrubrical
- - Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical.
Irruptions
- noun - a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
Isaac Hull
- noun - United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
- United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution'' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
Isabella I
- noun - queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand V marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; she sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus (1451-1504)
- the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)