I’ve /aiv/ short form I have -ive suffix (in nouns and adjectives tending to; having the nature of   ( W );

(       ) : explosive o descriptive

IVF /,ai vi: ‘ef/ noun [U] (technical A ig) the abbreviation for ‘in vitro fertilization’ (a process which fertilizes an egg from a woman outside her body. The egg is then put inside her uterus to develop.)      i ( £^1% in

vitro fertilization,

W ) — see also test-tube baby ivory /‘aivari/ {pi. -ies) noun 1 [U] a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that forms the tusks (= long teeth) of elephants and some other animals 4£5F; (

) -fe#: a ban on the ivory trade   ^4"

0 an ivory chess set —* gij % 5f H p* %.     2 [C] an object

made of ivory %.     $!] & 3 [U] a yellowish-white colour

.ivory 'tower noun {disapproving) a place or situation where you are separated from the problems and prac­tical aspects of normal life and therefore do not have to worry about or understand them ip.Jfig ( ja

) ; academics living in ivory towers

ivy /’arvi/ noun [U, C] {pi. -ies) a climbing plant, especially one with dark green shiny leaves with five points # # 3: stone walls covered in ivy JUSii ## Hi ft) S' W — see also POISON IVY

the ,lvy 'League noun [sing.] a group of eight trad­itional universities in the eastern US with high academic standards and a high social status # # 3

— compare Oxbridge ► , Ivy ' League adj.: Ivy League ^ colleges

iwi /'i:wi/ noun {pi. iwi) (A/Z£) a Maori community or people       €*'JA

-ize, -ise suffix (in verbs f^fit^is]) 1 to become, make or make like A;      privatize   0 fossilize

0 Americanize US ft 2 to speak, think, act, treat, etc. in the way mentioned VI •••      , fr

%fj,   ) : criticize jftif O theorize   0

deputize ft A O pasteurize        3 to place in $c

&-M;      hospitalize MM►-ization,

-isation (in nouns fit & is]) : immunization ^ -izationally, -isati