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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a verse line consisting of iambs;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or consisting of iambs;
- Example: "iambic pentameter"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Iambic \I*am"bic\, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Iambic \I*am"bic\, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. [1913 Webster] Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. [1913 Webster] Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

iambic adj 1: of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter" n 1: a verse line consisting of iambs
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

87 Moby Thesaurus words for "iambic": Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic, dactyl, dactylic, dactylic hexameter, diaeresis, dimeter, dipody, dochmiac, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, emphasis, epitrite, feminine caesura, foot, heptameter, heptapody, heroic couplet, hexameter, hexapody, iamb, iambic pentameter, ictus, ionic, jingle, lilt, masculine caesura, measure, measured, meter, metric, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical group, metrical unit, metron, molossus, mora, movement, numbers, paeon, pentameter, pentapody, period, proceleusmatic, prosodic, pyrrhic, quantity, rhythm, rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, spondee, sprung rhythm, stress, swing, syzygy, tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme, thesis, tribrach, trimeter, tripody, triseme, trochaic, trochee