isinglass
A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass and/or resulting from confusion with the term Muscovy glass for glazing made from mica, but also used for isinglass, which was chiefly produced in the Caspian Sea region of Russia, or Muscovy).

isinglasses
plural of isinglass

iso
Clipping of isolation.
Clipping of isolation.
Clipping of isomorphism.

isoagglutinin
A hemagglutinin that causes clumping of the red blood cells of animals of the same species, though not of the individual animal producing it.

isoagglutinins
plural of isoagglutinin

isocenter
Alternative form of isocentre.

isocenters
plural of isocenter

isocentre
The point through which the central ray of the radiation beam passes

isocentres
plural of isocentre

isochorismate
an intermediate in the biosynthesis pathways of insect respiration

isogenesis
Similarity in development.

isolysin
A hemolysin, in the serum of an animal, that will dissolve the red blood cells of another animal of the same species.

isolysins
plural of isolysin

isopedine
A layer of mineralized collagen in some fish scales

isopedines
plural of isopedine

isophenogamy
mating between people who have the same phenotype (who bear a somatic resemblance to each other)

isoprenogenesis
The biosynthesis of isoprenoids

isopteran
Any member of the infraorder Isoptera of termites.

isopterans
plural of isopteran

isorhiza
An open, tubular nematocyst, in Cnidaria, that anchors the animal as it moves on its tentacles

isorhizas
plural of isorhiza

isos
plural of iso

isospore
One of the spores produced by an isosporous organism.

isospores
plural of isospore

isotemnid
Any member of the family †Isotemnidae of extinct ungulates.

isotemnids
plural of isotemnid

isotocin
A derivative of oxytocin that occurs in fish

isoxyid
Any member of the Isoxyida order of extinct arthropods.

isoxyids
plural of isoxyid

issei
A member of the first generation of Japanese immigrants to North America, South America, or Australia.

isseis
plural of issei

ithomiine
a butterfly in the nymphalid tribe Ithomiini.

ithomiines
plural of ithomiine

itinerants
plural of itinerant

ivorybill
An ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis).

ivorybills
plural of ivorybill

ixode
A member of the genus Ixodes of ticks.

ixodid
Any of various ticks of the family Ixodidae.

ixodids
plural of ixodid

iyomante
Alternative form of iomante.

jaadi
Alternative form of jadi (“pickled fish”).

jaagsiekte
pulmonary adenomatosis of sheep or goats

jaboti
Alternative form of jabuti.

jabotis
plural of jaboti

jabuti
A Brazilian tortoise, especially a yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus).

jabutis
plural of jabuti

jacare
Alternative form of yacare.

jacares
plural of jacare

jack mackerel
Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium, and Euthynnus.

jack salmon
Merluccius productus, a ray-finned fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
A Chinook salmon that returns to the fresh water one or two years early.
Sander canadensis.
Sander vitreus.

jackalope
A folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.

jackalopes
plural of jackalope

jackalsona
A fursona that is a jackal.

jackalsonas
plural of jackalsona

jackanapes
(A proper name for) an ape or monkey, especially a tame one kept for entertainment or as a pet.
(A proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey, for example, in being impudent, mischievous, vain, etc.; specifically (chiefly humorous), an impudent or mischievous child.
A crucifix.
A small pulley which keeps a rope in line when lifting ore, water, etc., from a mine.

jackanapeses
plural of jackanapes

jackass
A male donkey.
A foolish or stupid person.
An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
A kind of bootleg liquor.
The laughing kookaburra.

jackass morwong
tarakihi

jackasses
plural of jackass

jackassfish
A common name for Cheilodactylidae, a family of marine ray-finned fish.

jackelope
Alternative form of jackalope.

jackelopes
plural of jackelope

jackey
Gin (the drink).

jackfish
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).

jackfishes
plural of jackfish

jackies
plural of jacky

jackman
A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.
One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer.
A six-pointed playing piece in the game of jacks; a jackstone.

jackmen
plural of jackman

jacksmelt
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.

jacksmelts
plural of jacksmelt

jacky
A sailor.
English gin.

jacky dragon
An agamid lizard of species Amphibolurus muricatus, native to south-eastern Australia.

jacobita
Commerson's dolphin

jacobitas
plural of jacobita

jacopever
Any of certain species of marine fish in the genus Sebastes.

jacopevers
plural of jacopever

jacuaru
Synonym of tegu (“South American lizard”).

jacuarus
plural of jacuaru

jaculator
One who throws or casts.
The archerfish.
A retinaculum

jaculators
plural of jaculator

jacutinga
A black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).
A micaceous iron ore, related to itabirite and associated with gold.

jadi
Pickled fish.

jaglion
An animal born to a female lion and a male jaguar.

jaglions
plural of jaglion

jakie
A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults.

jakies
plural of jakey

jandaya
Aratinga jandaya, a small neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to wooded habitats in northeastern Brazil.

jandayas
plural of jandaya

janiceps
conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions

janolid
Any member of the Janolidae (synonym of Proctonotidae), a family of sea slugs.

janolids
plural of janolid

janthinid
Any member of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae); a wentletrap.

janthinids
plural of janthinid

japalura
Any lizard of the genus Japalura.

japaluras
plural of japalura

japonilure
A sex pheromone, (5R)-5-[(Z)-dec-1-enyl]oxolan-2-one, of the Japanese beetle

jaracaca
Alternative form of jararaca (venomous snake of South America).

jaracacas
plural of jaracaca

jararaca
A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.

jararacas
plural of jararaca

jararacussu
Bothrops jararacussu, a highly venomous pit viper, endemic to South America.

jararacussus
plural of jararacussu

jararaka
Alternative spelling of jararaca.

jararakas
plural of jararaka

jarbua terapon
An edible omnivorous fish of species Terapon jarbua, fawn in color on top, cream-colored below, with a dark nape, and three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin, of the Actinopterygii order.

jarovization
Synonym of vernalization.

jasplakinolide
A cyclodepsipeptide, isolated from the marine sponge Jaspis johnstoni, that is a potent inducer of actin polymerization and stabilization

jasplakinolides
plural of jasplakinolide

javelin sand boa
A species of snake in the Boidae family.

javelinfish
A rattail of species Coelorinchus australis, found around Australia and New Zealand.

javelinfishes
plural of javelinfish

jawfish
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.

jawfishes
plural of jawfish

jaypie
The jay (bird).

jaypies
plural of jaypie

jayrunner
A pedestrian who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by rapidly crossing a street away from a designated crossing.

jecorin
An azotized substance containing sulfur, found in the livers of young animals.

jelerang
A large squirrel of Java and Southern Asia.

jelerangs
plural of jelerang