| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| iamatology | noun | Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies. |
| iambically | adverb | In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics. |
| ichnoscopy | noun | The search for the traces of anything. |
| ichthyocol | noun | Alt. of Ichthyocolla |
| ichthyosis | noun | A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; — called also fishskin. |
| ichthyoomy | noun | The anatomy or dissection of fishes. |
| iconoclasm | noun | The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking. |
| iconoclast | noun | A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship., One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical. |
| iconolater | noun | One who worships images. |
| iconolatry | noun | The worship of images as symbols; — distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves. |
| iconomachy | noun | Hostility to images as objects of worship. |
| iconomical | adjective | Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship. |
| icosandria | noun pl. | A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. |
| icteritous | adjective | Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice. |
| idealistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories. |
| idealities | plural | of Ideality |
| idealizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Idealize |
| ideational | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation. |
| identified | imp. & past participle | of Identify |
| identities | plural | of Identity |
| ideography | noun | The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc. |
| ideologist | noun | One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology. |
| ideo-motor | adjective | Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. |
| idiocrasis | noun | Idiocracy. |
| idiocratic | adjective | Alt. of Idiocratical |
| idiopathic | adjective | Alt. of Idiopathical |
| idioplasma | noun | That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; — distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm. |
| idle-pated | adjective | Idle-headed; stupid. |
| idolatress | noun | A female worshiper of idols. |
| idolatrize | verb i. | To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship., To make in idol of; to idolize. |
| idolatrous | adjective | Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices., Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity. |
| idolatries | plural | of Idolatry |
| idoloclast | noun | A breaker of idols; an iconoclast. |
| ignicolist | noun | A worshiper of fire. |
| igniferous | adjective | Producing fire. |
| ignifluous | adjective | Flowing with fire. |
| ignigenous | adjective | Produced by the action of fire, as lava. |
| ignipotent | adjective | Presiding over fire; also, fiery. |
| ignivomous | adjective | Vomiting fire. |
| ignobility | noun | Ignobleness. |
| ignominies | plural | of Ignominy |
| ignorantly | adverb | In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently. |
| ignoscible | adjective | Pardonable. |
| iguanodont | adjective | Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon. |
| ileocaecal | adjective | Pertaining to the ileum and caecum. |
| iliolumbar | adjective | Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery. |
| ilixanthin | noun | A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly. |
| illapsable | adjective | Incapable of slipping, or of error. |
| illaqueate | verb t. | To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch. |
| illatively | adverb | By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner. |
| illaudable | adjective | Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation. |
| ill-boding | adjective | Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened. |
| illegality | noun | The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act. |
| illegalize | verb t. | To make or declare illegal or unlawful. |
| illeviable | adjective | Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected. |
| illicitous | adjective | Illicit. |
| illinition | noun | A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment., A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. |
| illiteracy | noun | The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census., An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. |
| illiterate | adjective | Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. |
| ill-judged | adjective | Not well judged; unwise. |
| ill-minded | adjective | Ill-disposed. |
| illocality | noun | Want of locality or place. |
| ill-omened | adjective | Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv. |
| illuminant | noun | That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants. |
| illuminary | adjective | Illuminative. |
| illuminate | verb t. | To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten., To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect., To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages., To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty., To light up in token or rejoicing., Enlightened., One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge. |
| illuminati | verb t. | Literally, those who are enlightened, Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament., Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; — called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc., Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years., An obscure sect of French Familists;, The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;, The Rosicrucians., Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment. |
| illuminism | noun | The principles of the Illuminati. |
| illuminize | verb t. | To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati. |
| illuminous | adjective | Bright; clear. |
| illusively | adverb | In a illusive manner; falsely. |
| illustrate | verb t. | To make clear, bright, or luminous., To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously., To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples., To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance., To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify., Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. |
| illustrous | adjective | Without luster. |
| illutation | noun | The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath. |
| ill-wisher | noun | One who wishes ill to another; an enemy. |
| imaginable | adjective | Capable of being imagined; conceivable. |
| imbankment | noun | The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment. |
| imbannered | adjective | Having banners. |
| imbecility | noun | The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind. |
| imbenching | noun | A raised work like a bench. |
| imbibition | noun | The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. |
| imbittered | imp. & past participle | of Imbitter |
| imbitterer | noun | One who, or that which, imbitters. |
| imbordered | imp. & past participle | of Imborder |
| imbosoming | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbosom |
| imbricated | adjective | Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile., Lying over each other in regular order, so as to “break joints,” like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation., In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern. |
| imbroccata | noun | A hit or thrust. |
| imbroglios | plural | of Imbroglio |
| imbruement | noun | The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued. |
| imitatress | noun | A woman who is an imitator. |
| immaculate | adjective | Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure. |
| immanacled | imp. & past participle | of Immanacle |
| immanation | noun | A flowing or entering in; — opposed to emanation. |
| immanifest | adjective | Not manifest. |
| immaterial | adjective | Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied., Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not. |
| immaturely | adverb | In an immature manner. |
| immaturity | noun | The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. |
| immeasured | adjective | Immeasurable. |
| immemorial | adjective | Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. |
| immensible | adjective | Immeasurable. |
| immeritous | adjective | Undeserving. |
| immersable | adjective | See Immersible. |
| immersible | adjective | Capable of being immersed., Not capable of being immersed. |
| immetrical | adjective | Not metrical or rhythmical. |
| immigrated | imp. & past participle | of Immigrate |
| imminently | adverb | In an imminent manner. |
| imminution | noun | A lessening; diminution; decrease. |
| immiscible | adjective | Not capable of being mixed or mingled. |
| immobility | noun | The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state. |
| immobilize | verb t. | To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages. |
| immoderacy | noun | Immoderateness. |
| immoderate | adjective | Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. |
| immodestly | adverb | In an immodest manner. |
| immolating | present participle & vb. noun | of Immolate |
| immolation | noun | The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed., That which is immolated; a sacrifice. |
| immorality | noun | The state or quality of being immoral; vice., An immoral act or practice. |
| immortally | adverb | In an immortal manner. |
| immortelle | noun | A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting. |
| immunities | plural | of Immunity |
| immurement | noun | The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment. |
| immutation | noun | Change; alteration; mutation. |
| impackment | noun | The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. |
| impairment | noun | The state of being impaired; injury. |
| impalement | noun | The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled., An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed., That which hedges in; inclosure., The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3. |
| impalpable | adjective | Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch., Not material; intangible; incorporeal., Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions. |
| impalpably | adverb | In an impalpable manner. |
| impanating | present participle & vb. noun | of Impanate |
| impanation | adjective | Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ’s material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; — distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation. |
| impanelled | of Impanel | |
| impaneling | of Impanel | |
| imparadise | verb t. | To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. |
| imparlance | noun | Mutual discourse; conference., Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party., Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit. |
| imparsonee | adjective | Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession., A clergyman so inducted. |
| impartance | noun | Impartation. |
| impartible | adjective | Capable of being imparted or communicated., Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate. |
| impartment | noun | The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed. |
| impassable | adjective | Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. |
| impassible | adjective | Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. |
| impatience | noun | The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid. |
| impatiency | noun | Impatience. |
| impeaching | present participle & vb. noun | of Impeach |
| impearling | present participle & vb. noun | of Impearl |
| impeccable | adjective | Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong., One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness. |
| impeccancy | noun | Sinlessness. |
| impediment | noun | That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect., To impede. |
| impedition | noun | A hindering; a hindrance. |
| impeditive | adjective | Causing hindrance; impeding. |
| impendence | noun | Alt. of Impendency |
| impendency | noun | The state of impending; also, that which impends. |
| impenitent | adjective | Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart., One who is not penitent. |
| impeopling | present participle & vb. noun | of Impeople |
| imperative | adjective | Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders., Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order., Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood., The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood. |
| imperatory | adjective | Imperative. |
| imperdible | adjective | Not destructible. |
| imperially | adverb | In an imperial manner., Imperial power. |
| imperilled | of Imperil | |
| imperiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Imperil |
| impersonal | adjective | Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality., That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb. |
| impervious | adjective | Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air. |
| impetrable | adjective | Capable of being obtained or moved by petition. |
| impetrated | imp. & past participle | of Impetrate |
| impictured | adjective | Pictured; impressed. |
| impinguate | verb t. | To fatten; to make fat. |
| imppiteous | adjective | Pitiless; cruel. |
| implacable | adjective | Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince., Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. |
| implacably | adverb | In an implacable manner. |
| implanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Implant |
| impleading | present participle & vb. noun | of Implead |
| impleasing | adjective | Unpleasing; displeasing. |
| implicated | imp. & past participle | of Implicate |
| implicitly | adverb | In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence., By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence. |
| implorator | noun | One who implores. |
| impoisoner | noun | A poisoner. |
| impolarily | adverb | Alt. of Impolarly |
| imporosity | noun | The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness. |
| importable | adjective | Capable of being imported., Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. |
| importance | noun | The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance., Subject; matter., Import; meaning; significance., Importunity; solicitation. |
| importancy | noun | Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important. |
| importless | adjective | Void of meaning. |
| importunee | adjective | Inopportune; unseasonable., Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. |
| importuned | imp. & past participle | of Importune |
| importuner | noun | One who importunes. |
| importuous | adjective | Without a port or harbor. |
| imposement | noun | Imposition. |
| imposingly | adverb | In an imposing manner. |
| imposition | noun | The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like., That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax., An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment., An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture., The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc., The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4. |
| impossible | adjective | Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible., An impossibility. |
| impossibly | adverb | Not possibly. |
| imposthume | noun | A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess., Same as Imposthumate. |
| impostress | noun | Alt. of Impostrix |
| impostrous | noun | Characterized by imposture; deceitful. |
| impostured | adjective | Done by imposture. |
| impotently | adverb | In an impotent manner. |
| impounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Impound |
| impoundage | noun | The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded., The fee or fine for impounding. |
| impoverish | verb t. | To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families., To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. |
| imprecated | imp. & past participle | of Imprecate |
| impregnant | noun | That which impregnates., Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. |
| impregnate | verb t. | To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young., To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate., To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue., To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore., To become pregnant., Impregnated; made prolific. |
| imprenable | adjective | Impregnable. |
| impresario | noun | The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company. |
| impressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Impress |
| impression | noun | The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence., That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without., That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon., Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern., An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief., Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery., The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time., In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like., A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like. |
| impressive | adjective | Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene., Capable of being impressed. |
| impressure | noun | Dent; impression. |
| impresting | present participle & vb. noun | of Imprest |
| imprimatur | noun | A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published. |
| imptrinted | imp. & past participle | of Imprint |
| imprinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Imprint |
| imprisoned | imp. & past participle | of Imprison |
| imprisoner | noun | One who imprisons. |
| improbable | adjective | Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. |
| improlific | adjective | Not prolific. |
| improperia | noun pl. | A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; — sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual. |
| improperly | adverb | In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly. |
| improperty | noun | Impropriety. |
| improvable | adjective | Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities., Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous. |
| improvided | adjective | Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. |
| improvised | imp. & past participle | of Improvise |
| improviser | noun | One who improvises. |
| imprudence | noun | The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence. |
| impudently | adverb | In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly. |
| impudicity | noun | Immodesty. |
| impugnable | adjective | Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid. |
| impugnment | noun | The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned. |
| impuissant | adjective | Weak; impotent; feeble. |
| impunctate | adjective | Not punctuate or dotted. |
| impunctual | adjective | Not punctual. |
| impuration | noun | Defilement; obscuration. |
| impureness | noun | The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. |
| impurpling | present participle & vb. noun | of Impurple |
| imputation | The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged., Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation., A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ., Opinion; intimation; hint. | |
| imputative | adjective | Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
| inablement | noun | See Enablement. |
| inaccuracy | noun | The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness., That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc. |
| inaccurate | adjective | Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. |
| inactively | adverb | In an inactive manner. |
| inactivity | noun | The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter., Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness. |
| inadequacy | noun | The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness. |
| inadequate | adjective | Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. |
| inadherent | adjective | Not adhering., Free; not connected with the other organs. |
| inadhesion | noun | Want of adhesion. |
| inaffected | adjective | Unaffected. |
| inamoratos | plural | of Inamorato |
| inamovable | adjective | Not amovable or removable. |
| inanimated | adjective | Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated. |
| inanitiate | verb t. | To produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment. |
| inapposite | adjective | Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. |
| inaptitude | noun | Want of aptitude. |
| inaquation | noun | The state of being inaquate. |
| inaugurate | adjective | Invested with office; inaugurated., To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king., To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; — used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc., To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue., To begin with good omens. |
| inauration | noun | The act or process of gilding or covering with gold. |
| inbreaking | noun | A breaking in; inroad; invasion. |
| inbreathed | imp. & past participle | of Inbreathe |
| inbreeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Inbreed |
| incagement | noun | Confinement in, or as in, cage. |
| incapacity | noun | Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability., Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc. |
| incarnated | imp. & past participle | of Incarnate |
| incasement | noun | The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased., That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure. |
| incautious | adjective | Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. |
| incavation | noun | Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression. |
| incaverned | adjective | Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern. |
| incedingly | adverb | Majestically. |
| incendiary | noun | Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property., A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter., Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime., Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. |
| incendious | adjective | Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. |
| inceration | noun | The act of smearing or covering with wax. |
| incerative | adjective | Cleaving or sticking like wax. |
| incessable | adjective | Unceasing; continual. |
| incessancy | noun | The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. |
| inchastity | noun | Unchastity. |
| inchoation | noun | Act of beginning; commencement; inception. |
| inchoative | adjective | Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb., An inchoative verb. See Inceptive. |
| incidently | adverb | Incidentally. |
| incinerate | Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed., To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. | |
| incipience | noun | Alt. of Incipiency |
| incipiency | noun | Beginning; commencement; incipient state. |
| incitation | noun | The act of inciting or moving to action., That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive. |
| incitative | noun | A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant. |
| incitement | noun | The act of inciting., That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. |
| incitingly | adverb | So as to incite or stimulate. |
| incivility | noun | The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness., Any act of rudeness or ill breeding., Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. |
| inclaudent | adjective | Not closing or shutting. |
| inclavated | adjective | Set; fast; fixed. |
| inclemency | noun | The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity., Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow. |
| inclinable | adjective | Leaning; tending., Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth. |
| incloister | verb t. | To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. |
| includible | adjective | Capable of being included. |
| incogitant | adjective | Toughtless; inconsiderate. |
| incognitos | plural | of Incognito |
| incoherent | adjective | Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; — said of material substances., Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected. |
| incolumity | noun | Safety; security. |
| incommoded | imp. & past participle | of Incommode |
| incompared | adjective | Peerless; incomparable. |
| incomplete | adjective | Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective., Wanting any of the usual floral organs; — said of a flower. |
| incomposed | adjective | Disordered; disturbed. |
| inconcinne | adjective | Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable. |
| inconcrete | adjective | Not concrete. |
| inconfused | adjective | Not confused; distinct. |
| inconstant | adjective | Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; — said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship. |
| incoronate | adjective | Crowned. |
| incorporal | adjective | Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual. |
| incrassate | verb t. | To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts., To become thick or thicker., Alt. of Incrassated |
| increasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Increase |
| increating | present participle & vb. noun | of Increate |
| incredible | adjective | Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous. |
| incredibly | adverb | In an incredible manner. |
| incredited | adjective | Uncredited. |
| incremable | adjective | Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. |
| increscent | adjective | Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging., Increasing; on the increase; — said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side. |
| incruental | adjective | Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental sacrifice. |
| incrusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Incrust |
| incrustate | adjective | Incrusted., To incrust. |
| incubating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incubate |
| incubation | noun | A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process., The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.), A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. |
| incubative | adjective | Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation. |
| incubatory | adjective | Serving for incubation. |
| incubiture | noun | Incubation. |
| inculcated | imp. & past participle | of Inculcate |
| inculcator | noun | One who inculcates. |
| inculpable | adjective | Faultless; blameless; innocent. |
| inculpably | adverb | Blamelessly. |
| inculpated | imp. & past participle | of Inculpate |
| incumbency | noun | The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something., That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight., That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility., The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office. |
| incumbered | imp. & past participle | of Incumber |
| incumbrous | adjective | Cumbersome; troublesome. |
| incunabula | plural | of Incunabulum |
| incurrence | noun | The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one’s self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc. |
| incurvated | imp. & past participle | of Incurvate |
| indagation | noun | Search; inquiry; investigation. |
| indagative | adjective | Searching; exploring; investigating. |
| indebtment | noun | Indebtedness. |
| indecently | adverb | In an indecent manner. |
| indecision | noun | Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation. |
| indecisive | adjective | Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer., Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character. |
| indecorous | adjective | Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct. |
| indefinite | adjective | Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc., Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line., Boundless; infinite., Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; — said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. |
| indelicacy | noun | The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind. |
| indelicate | adjective | Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. |
| indentedly | adverb | With indentations. |
| indentment | noun | Indenture. |
| indentured | imp. & past participle | of Indenture |
| indesinent | adjective | Not ceasing; perpetual. |
| indevotion | noun | Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion. |
| indicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Indicate |
| indication | noun | Act of pointing out or indicating., That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence., Discovery made; information., Explanation; display., Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. |
| indicative | adjective | Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious., Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc., The indicative mood. |
| indicatory | adjective | Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying. |
| indicatrix | noun | A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic. |
| indicolite | noun | A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color. |
| indictable | adjective | Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense. |
| indictment | noun | The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted., The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury., An accusation in general; a formal accusation. |
| indifulvin | noun | A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican. |
| indifuscin | noun | A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican. |
| indigenous | adjective | Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported., Native; inherent; innate. |
| indigently | adverb | In an indigent manner. |
| indigested | adjective | Not digested; undigested., Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts., Not in a state suitable for healing; — said of wounds., Not ripened or suppurated; — said of an abscess or its contents., Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam. |
| indigitate | verb i. | To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers., To point out with the finger; to indicate. |
| indiglucin | noun | The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling’s solution. |
| indignance | noun | Alt. of Indignancy |
| indignancy | noun | Indignation. |
| indigofera | noun | A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil. |
| indigrubin | noun | Same as Urrhodin. |
| indilatory | adjective | Not dilatory. |
| indiligent | adjective | Not diligent; idle; slothful. |
| indirected | adjective | Not directed; aimless. |
| indirectly | adverb | In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly. |
| indiscreet | adjective | Not discreet; wanting in discretion. |
| indiscrete | adjective | Indiscreet., Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous. |
| indisposed | imp. & past participle | of Indispose |
| indisputed | adjective | Undisputed. |
| indistancy | noun | Want of distance o/ separation; nearness. |
| indistinct | adjective | Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance., Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection. |
| inditement | noun | The act of inditing. |
| individual | adjective | Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city., Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities., A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person., An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal., The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission. |
| indivinity | noun | Want or absence of divine power or of divinity. |
| indivision | noun | A state of being not divided; oneness. |
| indobriton | noun | A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste. |
| indocility | noun | The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness. |
| indogenide | noun | Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus. |
| indolently | adverb | In an indolent manner. |
| indophenol | noun | Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated. |
| indorsable | adjective | Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible. |
| indubitate | adjective | Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain., To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted. |
| inducement | noun | The act of inducing, or the state of being induced., That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil., Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to. |
| inducteous | adjective | Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies. |
| inductoria | plural | of Inductorium |
| indulgence | noun | The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control., An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification., Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory., To grant an indulgence to. |
| indulgency | noun | Indulgence. |
| indulgiate | verb t. | To indulge. |
| indurating | present participle & vb. noun | of Indurate |
| induration | noun | The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard., State of being indurated, or of having become hard., Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling. |
| indusiated | adjective | Furnished with an indusium. |
| industrial | adjective | Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. |
| industries | plural | of Industry |
| indwelling | present participle & vb. noun | of Indwell, Residence within, as in the heart. |
| inebriated | imp. & past participle | of Inebriate |
| inefficacy | noun | Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. |
| inelegance | noun | Alt. of Inelegancy |
| inelegancy | noun | The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners., Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition. |
| ineligible | adjective | Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable. |
| ineloquent | adjective | Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language. |
| ineludible | adjective | Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable. |
| ineptitude | noun | The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness., Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness. |
| inequality | noun | The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc., Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc., Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc., Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul., An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (< or >) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1., An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation. |
| inequation | noun | An inequality. |
| inequitate | verb t. | To ride over or through. |
| inerringly | adverb | Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. |
| inertitude | noun | Inertness; inertia. |
| inescation | noun | The act of baiting; allurement. |
| inevasible | adjective | Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable. |
| inevidence | noun | Want of evidence; obscurity. |
| inevitable | adjective | Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain., Irresistible. |
| inevitably | adverb | Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly. |
| inexertion | noun | Want of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness. |
| inexistant | adjective | Inexistent; not existing. |
| inexistent | adjective | Not having being; not existing., Inherent; innate; indwelling. |
| inexorable | adjective | Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge. |
| inexorably | adverb | In an inexorable manner; inflexibly. |
| inexpected | adjective | Unexpected. |
| inexpiable | adjective | Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense., Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable. |
| inexpiably | adverb | In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement. |
| inexplicit | adjective | Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague. |
| inexposure | noun | A state of not being exposed. |
| inextended | adjective | Not extended. |
| infallible | adjective | Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable., Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy., Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility. |
| infallibly | adverb | In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. |
| infamizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Infamize |
| infamously | adverb | In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. |
| infangthef | noun | The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. |
| infanthood | noun | Infancy. |
| infantlike | adjective | Like an infant. |
| infarction | noun | The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation. |
| infatuated | imp. & past participle | of Infatuate, Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation. |
| infausting | noun | The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. |
| infeasible | adjective | Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable. |
| infectible | adjective | Capable of being infected. |
| infectious | adjective | Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices., Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing., Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture., Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. |
| infelicity | noun | The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness., That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech. |
| inferiorly | adverb | In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part. |
| infernally | adverb | In an infernal manner; diabolically. |
| inferrible | adjective | Inferable. |
| infestuous | adjective | Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. |
| infidelity | noun | Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity., Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery., Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. |
| infiltered | imp. & past participle | of Infilter |
| infiltrate | verb i. | To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something., To penetrate gradually; — sometimes used reflexively. |
| infinitely | adverb | Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity., Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely. |
| infinitive | noun | Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined., An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood., In the manner of an infinitive mood. |
| infinitude | noun | The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness., Infinite extent; unlimited space; immensity; infinity., Boundless number; countless multitude. |
| infinities | plural | of Infinity |
| infirmness | noun | Infirmity; feebleness. |
| inflammbly | adverb | In an inflammable manner. |
| inflatable | adjective | That may be inflated. |
| inflecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inflect |
| inflection | noun | The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected., A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist., A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection., The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc., Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice., A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting., Same as Diffraction. |
| inflective | adjective | Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air., Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection. |
| inflexible | adjective | Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding., Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn., Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. |
| inflexibly | adverb | In an inflexible manner. |
| inflicting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inflict |
| infliction | noun | The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment., That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. |
| inflictive | adjective | Causing infliction; acting as an infliction. |
| influenced | imp. & past participle | of Influence |
| influencer | noun | One who, or that which, influences. |
| inflential | adjective | Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc. |
| influxious | adjective | Influential. |
| infoldment | noun | The act of infolding; the state of being infolded. |
| informally | adverb | In an informal manner. |
| infortuned | adjective | Unfortunate. |
| infracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Infract |
| infraction | noun | The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law. |
| infragrant | adjective | Not fragrant. |
| infrahyoid | adjective | Same as Hyosternal (a). |
| infrequent | adjective | Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual. |
| infringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Infringe |
| infucation | noun | The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face. |
| infumating | present participle & vb. noun | of Infumate |
| infumation | noun | Act of drying in smoke. |
| infuriated | imp. & past participle | of Infuriate, Enraged; furious. |
| infuscated | adjective | Darkened with a blackish tinge. |
| infusorial | adjective | Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. |
| infusorian | noun | One of the Infusoria. |
| infusories | plural | of Infusory |
| ingeminate | adjective | Redoubled; repeated., To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. |
| ingenerate | adjective | Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body., To generate or produce within; to begete; to engener; to occasion; to cause. |
| inglorious | adjective | Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease., Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc. |
| ingluvious | adjective | Gluttonous. |
| ingracious | adjective | Ungracious; unkind. |
| ingrafting | present participle & vb. noun | of Ingraft |
| ingraining | present participle & vb. noun | of Ingrain |
| ingrateful | adjective | Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative., Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive. |
| ingratiate | verb t. | To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; — used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought., To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; — followed by to., To gain favor. |
| ingredient | noun | That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent., Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. |
| ingression | noun | Act of entering; entrance. |
| ingulfment | noun | The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed. |
| ingustable | adjective | Tasteless; insipid. |
| inhability | noun | Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability. |
| inhabiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhabit |
| inhabitant | noun | One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state., One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. |
| inhabitate | verb t. | To inhabit. |
| inhalation | noun | The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled. |
| inharmonic | adjective | Alt. of Inharmonical |
| inhearsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhearse |
| inherently | adverb | By inherence; inseparably. |
| inheriting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inherit |
| inheritrix | noun | Same as Inheritress. |
| inhibiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhibit |
| inhibition | noun | The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo., A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc., A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. |
| inhibitory | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. |
| inhumanity | noun | The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. |
| inhumation | noun | The act of inhuming or burying; interment., The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed., Arenation. |
| inimically | adverb | In an inimical manner. |
| inimitable | adjective | Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. |
| iniquitous | adjective | Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. |
| iniquities | plural | of Iniquity |
| initialing | present participle & vb. noun | of Initial |
| initiating | present participle & vb. noun | of Initiate |
| initiation | noun | The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc., The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order. |
| initiative | adjective | Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary., An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins., The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives. |
| initiatory | adjective | Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step., Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary., An introductory act or rite. |
| injudicial | adjective | Not according to the forms of law; not judicial. |
| injunction | noun | The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting., That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction., A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. |
| inkhornism | noun | Pedantry. |
| inlagation | noun | The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing. |
| inlapidate | verb t. | To convert into a stony substance; to petrity. |
| inleaguing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inleague |
| innateness | noun | The quality of being innate. |
| innocently | adverb | In an innocent manner. |
| innodating | present participle & vb. noun | of Innodate |
| innominate | adjective | Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place., A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava. |
| innovating | present participle & vb. noun | of Innovate |
| innovation | noun | The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc., A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites., A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses. |
| innovative | adjective | Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. |
| innubilous | adjective | Cloudless. |
| innumerous | adjective | Innumerable. |
| inobedient | adjective | Not obedient; disobedient. |
| inoceramus | noun | An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period. |
| inoculable | adjective | Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation. |
| inoculated | imp. & past participle | of Inoculate |
| inoculator | noun | One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation. |
| inofficial | adjective | Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence. |
| inopinable | adjective | Not to be expected; inconceivable. |
| inordinacy | noun | The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire. |
| inordinate | adjective | Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. |
| inorganity | noun | Quality of being inorganic. |
| inosculate | verb i. | To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose., To intercommunicate; to interjoin., To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body., To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. |
| inquietude | noun | Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude. |
| inquirable | adjective | Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest. |
| inquirance | noun | Inquiry. |
| inquisible | adjective | Admitting judicial inquiry. |
| inquisitor | noun | An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions., One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc., A member of the Court of Inquisition. |
| inracinate | verb t. | To enroot or implant. |
| inregister | verb t. | To register; to enter, as in a register. |
| insalutary | adjective | Not salutary or wholesome; unfavorable to health., Not tending to safety; productive of evil. |
| insaneness | noun | Insanity; madness. |
| insanitary | adjective | Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage. |
| insatiable | adjective | Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire. |
| insatiably | adverb | In an insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably. |
| inscribing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inscribe |
| inscrolled | imp. & past participle | of Inscroll |
| insectator | noun | A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. |
| insecurely | adverb | In an insecure manner. |
| insecurity | noun | The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt., The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence. |
| insecution | noun | A following after; close pursuit. |
| inseminate | verb t. | To sow; to impregnate. |
| insensible | adjective | Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility., Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; — often used with of or to., Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion., Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. |
| insensibly | adverb | In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually. |
| insensuous | adjective | Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses. |
| inseparate | adjective | Not separate; together; united. |
| inservient | adjective | Conducive; instrumental. |
| insessores | plural | of Insessor, An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group. |
| insidiator | noun | One who lies in ambush. |
| insignment | noun | A token, mark, or explanation. |
| insimulate | verb t. | To accuse. |
| insinewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Insinew |
| insinuated | imp. & past participle | of Insinuate |
| insinuator | noun | One who, or that which, insinuates. |
| insipidity | noun | Alt. of Insipidness |
| insipience | noun | Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly. |
| insistence | noun | The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency. |
| insobriety | noun | Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness. |
| insociable | adjective | Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected., Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn. |
| insociably | adverb | Unsociably. |
| insolating | present participle & vb. noun | of Insolate |
| insolation | noun | The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar., A sunstroke., Exposure of a patient to the sun’s rays; a sun bath. |
| insolently | adverb | In an insolent manner. |
| insolidity | noun | Want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument. |
| insolvable | adjective | Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty., Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts., Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable. |
| insolvency | noun | The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant’s insolvency., Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate. |
| insomnious | adjective | Restless; sleepless. |
| insonorous | adjective | Not clear or melodious. |
| insouciant | adjective | Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned. |
| inspecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inspect |
| inspective | adjective | Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection. |
| inspersion | noun | The act of sprinkling. |
| inspeximus | noun | The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant. |
| insphering | present participle & vb. noun | of Insphere |
| inspirable | adjective | Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration. |
| inspirator | noun | A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2. |
| inspirtory | adjective | Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles. |
| inspirited | imp. & past participle | of Inspirit |
| inspissate | verb t. | To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation., Thick or thickened; inspissated. |
| installing | present participle & vb. noun | of Install |
| instancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Instance |
| instaurate | verb t. | To renew or renovate. |
| insteeping | present participle & vb. noun | of Insteep |
| instigated | imp. & past participle | of Instigate |
| instigator | noun | One who instigates or incites. |
| instilling | present participle & vb. noun | of Instill |
| instituted | imp. & past participle | of Institute |
| instituter | noun | An institutor. |
| institutor | noun | One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes., One who educates; an instructor., A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church. |
| instructed | imp. & past participle | of Instruct |
| instructer | noun | See Instructor. |
| instructor | noun | One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher. |
| instrument | noun | That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments., A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument., A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc., One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent., To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra. |
| insuitable | adjective | Unsuitable. |
| insularity | noun | The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation., Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy. |
| insulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Insulate |
| insulation | noun | The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation., The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated. |
| insultable | adjective | Capable of being insulted or affronted. |
| insultment | noun | Insolent treatment; insult. |
| insurancer | noun | One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. |
| insurgence | noun | Alt. of Insurgency |
| insurgency | noun | A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection. |
| intactible | adjective | Alt. of Intactable |
| intactable | adjective | Not perceptible to the touch. |
| intangible | adjective | Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. |
| intastable | adjective | Incapable of being tasted; tasteless; unsavory. |
| integrable | adjective | Capable of being integrated. |
| integrally | adverb | In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration. |
| integrated | imp. & past participle | of Integrate |
| integrator | noun | That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined. |
| integument | noun | That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular. |
| intemerate | adjective | Alt. of Intemerated |
| intendancy | noun | The office or employment of an intendant., A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant. |
| intendedly | adverb | Intentionally. |
| intendment | noun | Charge; oversight., Intention; design; purpose., The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument. |
| intenerate | adjective | To make tender or sensitive; to soften., Made tender or soft; softened. |
| intensated | imp. & past participle | of Intensate |
| intentness | noun | The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. |
| interagent | noun | An intermediate agent. |
| interaulic | adjective | Existing between royal courts. |
| interbrain | noun | See Thalamencephalon. |
| interbreed | verb t. & i. | To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants. |
| intercalar | adjective | Intercalary. |
| interceded | imp. & past participle | of Intercede |
| interceder | noun | One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. |
| interchain | verb t. | To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain. |
| inrecision | noun | A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption. |
| interclose | verb t. | To shut in; to inclose. |
| intercloud | verb t. | To cloud. |
| interclude | verb t. | To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt. |
| intercross | verb t. & i. | To cross each other, as lines., To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety., The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants. |
| interested | imp. & past participle | of Interest, Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener., Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness. |
| interfered | imp. & past participle | of Interfere |
| interferer | noun | One who interferes. |
| intergrave | verb t. | To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections. |
| interhemal | adjective | Alt. of Interhaemal |
| interiorly | adverb | Internally; inwardly. |
| interjoist | noun | The space or interval between two joists., A middle joist or crossbeam. |
| interlaced | imp. & past participle | of Interlace |
| interlapse | noun | The lapse or interval of time between two events. |
| interleave | verb t. | To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book. |
| interlibel | verb t. | To libel mutually. |
| interlined | imp. & past participle | of Interline |
| interlobar | adjective | Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland. |
| interloped | imp. & past participle | of Interlope |
| interloper | noun | One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously. |
| interluded | adjective | Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes. |
| interluder | noun | An actor who performs in an interlude. |
| interlunar | adjective | Alt. of Interlunary |
| intermarry | verb i. | To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; — said of families, ranks, castes, etc. |
| intermedia | plural | of Intermedium |
| intermezzo | noun | An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede. |
| intermural | adjective | Lying between walls; inclosed by walls. |
| intermured | imp. & past participle | of Intermure |
| internally | adverb | Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface., Hence: Mentally; spiritually. |
| internasal | adjective | Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage. |
| internment | noun | Confinement within narrow limits, — as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. |
| internodal | adjective | Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints. |
| interpause | noun | An intermission. |
| interplace | verb t. | To place between or among; as, to interplace a name. |
| interplead | verb i. | To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. |
| interpoint | verb t. | To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. |
| interposal | noun | The act of interposing; interposition; intervention. |
| interposed | imp. & past participle | of Interpose |
| interposer | noun | One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. |
| interposit | noun | An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another. |
| interpubic | adjective | Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk. |
| interramal | adjective | Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular. |
| interreign | noun | An interregnum. |
| interrenal | adjective | Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes., The interrenal body. |
| interrexes | plural | of Interrex |
| interreges | plural | of Interrex |
| interscind | verb t. | To cut off. |
| intershock | verb t. | To shock mutually. |
| interspace | noun | Intervening space. |
| interstate | adjective | Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce. |
| interstice | noun | That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall., An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders. |
| intertrigo | noun | A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children. |
| intertwine | verb t. | To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace., To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded., The act intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. |
| intertwist | verb t. | To twist together one with another; to intertwine. |
| intervalla | plural | of Intervallum |
| intervened | imp. & past participle | of Intervene |
| intervener | noun | One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others. |
| intervenue | noun | Interposition. |
| intervisit | verb i. | To exchange visits. |
| intervital | adjective | Between two lives. |
| intervolve | verb t. | To involve one within another; to twist or coil together. |
| interwoven | past participle | of Interweave, imp. & p. p. of Interweave. |
| interweave | verb t. | To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven., To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. |
| interworld | noun | A world between other worlds. |
| intestable | adjective | Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. |
| intestinal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments. |
| intestines | plural | of Intestine |
| intextured | adjective | Inwrought; woven in. |
| inthralled | imp. & past participle | of Inthrall |
| inthronize | verb t. | To enthrone. |
| intimacies | plural | of Intimacy |
| intimating | present participle & vb. noun | of Intimate |
| intimately | adverb | In an intimate manner. |
| intimation | noun | The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated., Announcement; declaration., A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design. |
| intimidate | verb t. | To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. |
| intinction | noun | The act of tingeing or dyeing., A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together. |
| intituling | present participle & vb. noun | of Intitule |
| intolerant | adjective | Not enduring; not able to endure., Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted., An intolerant person; a bigot. |
| intombment | noun | See Entombment. |
| intonating | present participle & vb. noun | of Intonate |
| intonation | noun | A thundering; thunder., The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale., Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false., Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t. |
| intoxicant | noun | That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants. |
| intoxicate | adjective | Intoxicated., Overexcited, as with joy or grief., To poison; to drug., To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance., To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. |
| intracolic | adjective | Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve. |
| intractile | adjective | Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended. |
| intramural | adjective | Being within the walls, as of a city., Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy. |
| intreasure | verb t. | To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. |
| intreatful | adjective | Full of entreaty. |
| intrenched | imp. & past participle | of Intrench |
| intrepidly | adverb | In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely. |
| intricable | adjective | Entangling. |
| intrigante | noun | A female intriguer. |
| intriguing | present participle & vb. noun | of Intrigue |
| intriguery | noun | Arts or practice of intrigue. |
| introduced | imp. & past participle | of Introduce |
| introducer | noun | One who, or that which, introduces. |
| introspect | verb t. | To look into or within; to view the inside of. |
| intrudress | noun | A female intruder. |
| intrusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Intrust |
| intubation | noun | The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup. |
| intumesced | imp. & past participle | of Intumesce |
| inundating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inundate |
| inundation | noun | The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds., An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists. |
| inurbanity | noun | Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. |
| invaginate | verb t. | To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in., Alt. of Invaginated |
| invalidate | verb t. | To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument. |
| invalidism | noun | The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity. |
| invalidity | noun | Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will., Want of health; infirmity. |
| invalorous | adjective | Not valorous; cowardly. |
| invaluable | adjective | Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious. |
| invaluably | adverb | Inestimably. |
| invariable | adjective | Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform., An invariable quantity; a constant. |
| invariance | noun | The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. |
| inveighing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inveigh |
| inveigling | present participle & vb. noun | of Inveigle |
| invendible | adjective | Not vendible or salable. |
| inventible | adjective | Capable of being invented. |
| inventious | adjective | Inventive. |
| inventress | noun | A woman who invents. |
| inveracity | noun | Want of veracity. |
| invertedly | adverb | In an inverted order. |
| invertible | adjective | Capable of being inverted or turned., Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar., Incapable of being turned or changed. |
| investient | adjective | Covering; clothing. |
| investment | noun | The act of investing, or the state of being invested., That with which anyone is invested; a vestment., The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded., The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. |
| inveteracy | noun | Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; — usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error., Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. |
| inveterate | adjective | Old; long-established., Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse., Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker., Malignant; virulent; spiteful., To fix and settle by long continuance. |
| invigorate | verb t. | To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. |
| invillaged | p. adjective | Turned into, or reduced to, a village. |
| invincible | adjective | Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. |
| inviolable | adjective | Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine., Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted., Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. |
| inviolably | adverb | Without violation. |
| inviolated | adjective | Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken., Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. |
| invirility | noun | Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy. |
| inviscated | imp. & past participle | of Inviscate |
| invitation | noun | The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person’s company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend., A document written or printed, or spoken words, /onveying the message by which one is invited., Allurement; enticement. |
| invitatory | adjective | Using or containing invitations., That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship. |
| invitement | noun | Invitation. |
| invocating | present participle & vb. noun | of Invocate |
| invocation | noun | The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being., A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court. |
| invocatory | adjective | Making or containing invocation; invoking. |
| involucral | adjective | Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum. |
| involucred | adjective | Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. |
| involucret | noun | An involucel. |
| involucrum | noun | See Involucre., A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora. |
| involution | noun | The act of involving or infolding., The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement., That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope., The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction., The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; — the reverse of evolution., The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a’, b.b’, c.c’, so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa’ = Ob.Ob’ = Oc.Oc’ is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution., The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy. |
| inwardness | noun | Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct., Intimacy; familiarity., Heartiness; earnestness. |
| irefulness | noun | Wrathfulness. |
| iridaceous | adjective | Alt. of Irideous |
| iridectomy | noun | The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil. |
| iridescent | adjective | Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass. |
| iridosmine | noun | Alt. of Iridosmium |
| iridosmium | noun | The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens. |
| iron-cased | adjective | Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad. |
| ironmaster | noun | A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein. |
| ironmonger | noun | A dealer in iron or hardware. |
| iron-sided | adjective | Having iron sides, or very firm sides. |
| iron works | See under Iron, a. | |
| irradiance | noun | Alt. of Irradiancy |
| irradiancy | noun | The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light., That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy. |
| irradiated | imp. & past participle | of Irradiate |
| irradicate | verb t. | To root deeply. |
| irrational | adjective | Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals., Not according to reason; absurd; foolish., Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; — said especially of roots. See Surd. |
| irregulate | verb t. | To make irregular; to disorder. |
| irregulous | adjective | Lawless. |
| irrelation | noun | The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation. |
| irrelative | adjective | Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected. |
| irrelavant | adjective | Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case. |
| irreligion | noun | The state of being irreligious; want of religion; impiety. |
| irremeable | adjective | Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way. |
| irrenowned | adjective | Not renowned. |
| irresolute | adjective | Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution. |
| irreverend | adjective | Irreverent. |
| irreverent | adjective | Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest. |
| irrigating | present participle & vb. noun | of Irrigate |
| irrigation | noun | The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants. |
| irritating | present participle & vb. noun | of Irritate |
| irritation | noun | The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger., The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; — as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation., A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action. |
| irritative | adjective | Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent., Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever. |
| irritatory | adjective | Exciting; producing irritation; irritating. |
| irrorating | present participle & vb. noun | of Irrorate |
| irroration | noun | The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew. |
| irrubrical | adjective | Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical. |
| isabelline | adjective | Of an isabel or isabella color. |
| isagogical | adjective | Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology. |
| ischuretic | adjective | Having the quality of relieving ischury., An ischuretic medicine. |
| isentropic | adjective | Having equal entropy. |
| isethionic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid. |
| ishmaelite | noun | A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, “His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him.”, One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast., See Ismaelian. |
| islamizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Islamize |
| isochasmic | adjective | Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line. |
| isocheimal | adjective | Alt. of Isochimal |
| isocheimic | adjective | The same as Isocheimal. |
| isochimene | noun | The same as Isocheim. |
| isochronal | adjective | Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations or oscillations. |
| isochronic | adjective | Isochronal. |
| isochronon | noun | A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time. |
| isochroous | adjective | Having the same tint or color throughout; uniformly or evenly colored. |
| isodulcite | noun | A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (ductile, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses. |
| isodynamic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force. |
| isographic | adjective | Of or pertaining to isography. |
| isohyetose | adjective | Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth’s surface which have a mean annual rainfall., An isohyetose line. |
| isolatedly | adverb | In an isolated manner. |
| isomorphic | adjective | Isomorphous. |
| isopiestic | adjective | Having equal pressure. |
| isostemony | noun | The quality or state of being isostemonous. |
| isothermal | adjective | Relating to equality of temperature., Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. |
| isotropism | noun | Isotropy. |
| isotropous | adjective | Isotropic. |
| israelitic | adjective | Alt. of Israelitish |
| italianate | verb t. | To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize., Italianized; Italianated. |
| italianism | noun | A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism., Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy. |
| italianize | verb i. | To play the Italian; to speak Italian., To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate. |
| italicized | imp. & past participle | of Italicize |
| itinerancy | noun | A passing from place to place., A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge official duty. |
| itinerated | imp. & past participle | of Itinerate |
| ivory-bill | noun | A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. |