| 3 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| ida |
lithuanian, english, german, scandinavian, italian, spanish, portuguese, hungarian and slovene name, derived from the german word meaning "youthful, full of youth". |
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| idril |
a name from h.r.r. tolkien's "silmarillion" which means "sparkle brilliance" in sindarin. |
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| ilma |
a finnish name which means "air". |
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| ilona |
a lithuanian, finnish and latvian version of the name "helen". also an ancient hungarian name for a tree fairy, most likely derived from the hebrew word for tree, "ilana". |
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| ilta |
a name which means "night" in finnish. |
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| indra |
indian name from hindu mythology which means "possessing drops of rain" (sanskrit: indu - "a drop" and ra - "possessing"). indra is the name of the hindu warrior god of the sky and rain. |
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| indraja |
from the upper-lithuanian "indre", meaning "reed". this was the name of a lithuania pagan goddess, the eldest daughter of the sun. indraja is also the lithuanian term for the planet jupiter. |
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| indre |
a lithuanian name derived from the word "nendre", meaning "reed". |
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| industrial felt |
thought to have been around for approximately 8,000 years, felting is one of the oldest textile techniques in the world. modern technology has made it possible to create felt with a machine. industrial felt is a non-woven material made from natural (usually wool) and synthetic fibers. it is used in both industry and textile art. industrial felt wall hangings are created in several stages. first the picture or design is created by placing colored fibers on a textile base (usually linen). the artist then tacks these fibers to the base fabric. the hanging is then passed through a basting machine and the fibers are felted to the base. |
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| inga |
lithuanian and swedish short form of the name "ingeborga", "ingrida", in reference to the norse god of fertility "ing". |
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| ingeborg |
this name, which is common in scandinavia and germany, means "protection, help". |
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| ingeborg |
a scandinavian name from the old norse name "ingibjrg", which was derived from the name of the norse god ing combined with "bjrg" meaning "protection, help". |
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| inlay |
a technique where decorative materials, such as precious metals or stones, are embedded into recesses of another surface. |
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| intaglio |
a general term used for printing techniques which involve metal-plates. as opposed to relief prints, intaglio (which means "to incise" in italian) prints are created by incising the image into a metal plate. the plate is then inked, and the ink is held in the engraved area, below the surface of the plate. damp paper is then applied to the plate and run through a press. the pressure of the press forces the damp paper into these incised areas to pick up the ink, thus transferring the engraved lines onto the paper. the most common types of intaglio are engraving, etching, mezzotint and aquatint. |
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| irena |
lithuanian, dutch, polish, czech, slovene, croatian and serbian name derived from the greek "eirene", meaning "peace". |
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| iris print |
the trademarked name for a digital print produced by an iris graphics inkjet printer. these printers produce better quality prints than standard inkjet printers. |
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| irma |
a feminine name which means "whole, universal". |
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| iroko |
the iroko tree (chlorophora excelsa) is native to the west coast of africa. although sometimes called african, or nigerian, teak, the iroko is unrelated to the teak family. the wood is tough, dense, and very durable. it is usually light brown to deep golden-brown, and similar in grain to teak.
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| isis |
in egyptian mythology, isis was the goddess of the sky and nature. |
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| isla |
a scottish name which traces back to the island of islay, which lies off of the west coast of scotland. |
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| isolde |
the origins of this name are uncertain, though it is possible that the name is ultimately germanic, perhaps from a hypothetic name like "ishild", composed of the elements "is", meaning "ice", and "hild", meaning "battle".
in arthurian legend, isolde was an irish princess betrothed to king mark of cornwall. she became the lover of his knight tristan, which led to their tragic deaths. |
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