| immune |
When you are immune to a disease, your body is protected from it. |
| important |
When something is important, it has a lot of value or meaning, or it is very necessary. |
| impossible |
When something is impossible, it means that it can't happen or be done. |
| improve |
When you improve something, you make it better. [2 definitions] |
| in |
When you are in something, that thing is on all sides of you or all around you. When you are in a room, it means that the walls are all around you. If there is milk in a glass, the glass contains the milk. [4 definitions] |
| inch |
When we talk about how many inches something is, we are talking about how long it is. If we measured a grown-up's nose, it might be about two inches long. Most soda cans are about five inches high. A short way to write inch or inches is in. |
| include |
If something is included in something, it is a part of it. When a family picture includes your dog, it means that your dog is in the picture with everyone else. [2 definitions] |
| increase |
When you increase something, you make it bigger or you add more to it. [2 definitions] |
| independent |
When a person is independent, they can take care of themselves without help from their parents or other people. [2 definitions] |
| index finger |
Your index finger is the finger between your thumb and the longest finger of your hand. |
| India |
India is a large country in Asia. Some of its neighbors are Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Part of India is a large peninsula that sticks out into the Indian Ocean. India has very high mountains in the north, but it has jungles and deserts in the south. India is home to elephants, rhinoceroses, and tigers. In the farming areas of India, farmers grow a lot of rice for food and cotton to make cloth. India has many, many people and very large cities. In the world, only China has more people than India. |
| Indian |
An Indian is a person from the country of India in Asia. [4 definitions] |
| Indiana |
Indiana is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Indiana is IN. |
| Indian Ocean |
The Indian Ocean is one of the five oceans on our planet. An ocean is a large body of salt water that covers a very large part of the earth. The Indian Ocean stretches all the way from Africa and southern Asia to Australia. Two of the largest cities in the world, Mumbai and Chennai in India, are on the coast of the Indian Ocean. |
| individual |
Individual things are single, separate things. [3 definitions] |
| Indonesia |
Indonesia is a large country made up of a group of islands that stretches from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Some of Indonesia's islands are bigger than many countries of the world. Indonesia has many jungles, and it has mountains that are volcanoes. It also has large cities and beautiful beaches that tourists like to visit. Many different groups of people live in Indonesia, but the main language is Indonesian. |
| Indonesian |
When something is Indonesian, it is from the country of Indonesia, or it has to do with the people or culture of Indonesia. |
| indoor |
When something is indoor, it means that it is inside a house or other building. |
| Indus River |
The Indus River is a long and important river in southern Asia. It begins in the mountains of Tibet. Then it flows through India and Pakistan and into the Arabian Sea. |
| industry |
An industry is the group of companies that all make a certain thing. The car industry is made up of many companies that make cars. |
| infect |
If one person infects another person, it means that they pass their germs to that person and cause them to get sick. If you have a cold, you can infect other people by coughing or sneezing near them. If you touch a thing that has a lot of germs, like a telephone or a dog's ball, you can infect yourself if the germs get inside your body. [2 definitions] |