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iconography artistic representations that usually have overt religious or ceremonial significance; the study of such images

interglacial period of warmer, wetter climate between two Ice Ages or glacials

Ionic order Greek architectural style of the Classical period and later, with volute-headed column capitals (like rams' horns) and a continuous (often sculpted) frieze on the external entablature

isostatic uplift the rise of landmasses once the weight of the ice sheets has been removed

isozyme variant of an individual enzyme


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