| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| imaginarily | adjective | In a imaginary manner; in imagination. |
| imagination | noun | The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines., The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy., The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal., A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. |
| imaginative | adjective | Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word., Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative., Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. |
| imber-goose | noun | The loon. See Ember-goose. |
| imbittering | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbitter |
| imbordering | present participle & vb. noun | of Imborder |
| imbrication | noun | An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure. |
| imbricative | adjective | Imbricate. |
| imbrocadoes | plural | of Imbrocado |
| imbrutement | noun | The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. |
| imbursement | noun | The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed., Money laid up in stock. |
| imitability | noun | The quality of being imitable. |
| imitational | adjective | Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities. |
| immalleable | adjective | Not maleable. |
| immanacling | present participle & vb. noun | of Immanacle |
| immarginate | adjective | Not having a distinctive margin or border. |
| immatchable | adjective | Matchless; peerless. |
| immateriate | adjective | Immaterial. |
| immeability | noun | Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness. |
| immediately | adverb | In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; — opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous., Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once., As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note. |
| immedeatism | noun | Immediateness. |
| immedicable | adjective | Not to be healed; incurable. |
| immelodious | adjective | Not melodious. |
| immemorable | adjective | Not memorable; not worth remembering. |
| immenseness | noun | The state of being immense. |
| immensities | plural | of Immensity |
| immensurate | adjective | Unmeasured; unlimited. |
| immethodize | verb t. | To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse. |
| immigrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Immigrate |
| immigration | noun | The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. |
| immitigable | adjective | Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased. |
| immitigably | adverb | In an immitigable manner. |
| immoderancy | noun | Immoderateness; excess. |
| immomentous | adjective | Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. |
| immortalist | noun | One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. |
| immortality | noun | The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul., Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame. |
| immortalize | verb t. | To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever., To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame., To become immortal. |
| immortelles | plural | of Immortelle |
| immundicity | noun | Uncleanness; filthness. |
| impalatable | adjective | Unpalatable. |
| impanelling | of Impanel | |
| impanelment | noun | The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled. |
| imparadised | imp. & past participle | of Imparadise |
| impartation | noun | The act of imparting, or the thing imparted. |
| impartially | adjective | In an impartial manner. |
| impassioned | past participle & adjective | Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse. |
| impassivity | noun | The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness. |
| impastation | noun | The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements. |
| impatiently | adverb | In an impatient manner. |
| impatronize | verb t. | To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one’s self of a seigniory. |
| impeachable | adjective | That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. |
| impeachment | noun | The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached, Hindrance; impediment; obstruction., A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration., A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. |
| impecunious | adjective | Not having money; habitually without money; poor. |
| impenitence | noun | The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart. |
| impenitency | noun | Impenitence. |
| imperatival | adjective | Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. |
| imperceived | adjective | Not perceived. |
| imperforata | noun pl. | A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous. |
| imperforate | adjective | Alt. of Imperforated |
| imperialism | noun | The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire. |
| imperialist | noun | One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism. |
| imperiality | noun | Imperial power., An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty. |
| imperialize | verb t. | To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire. |
| imperilling | of Imperil | |
| imperilment | noun | The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled. |
| imperiously | adverb | In an imperious manner. |
| impermanent | adjective | Not permanent. |
| impermeable | adjective | Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. |
| impersonate | verb t. | To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being., To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify., To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. |
| impertinent | adjective | Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable., Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark., Trifing; inattentive; frivolous., An impertinent person. |
| imperturbed | adjective | Not perturbed. |
| imperviable | adjective | Not pervious; impervious. |
| impetrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Impetrate |
| impetration | noun | The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty., The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm. |
| impetrative | adjective | Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. |
| impetratory | adjective | Containing or expressing entreaty. |
| impetuosity | noun | The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence., Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. |
| impignorate | verb t. | To pledge or pawn. |
| impingement | noun | The act of impinging. |
| implacental | adjective | Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes., A mammal having no placenta. |
| implausible | adjective | Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. |
| impleadable | adjective | Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. |
| implemental | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical. |
| implicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Implicate |
| implication | noun | The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated., An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. |
| implicative | adjective | Tending to implicate. |
| imploration | noun | The act of imploring; earnest supplication. |
| imploratory | adjective | Supplicatory; entreating. |
| impolitical | adjective | Impolitic. |
| impoliticly | adverb | In an impolitic manner. |
| imponderous | adjective | Imponderable. |
| importantly | adverb | In an important manner. |
| importation | verb t. | The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering., The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; — opposed to exportation., That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. |
| importunacy | noun | The quality of being importunate; importunateness. |
| importunate | adjective | Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity., Hard to be borne; unendurable. |
| importuning | present participle & vb. noun | of Importune |
| importunely | adverb | In an importune manner. |
| importunity | noun | The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. |
| imposturage | noun | Imposture; cheating. |
| imposturous | adjective | Impostrous; deceitful. |
| impractical | adjective | Not practical. |
| imprecating | present participle & vb. noun | of Imprecate |
| imprecation | noun | The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. |
| imprecatory | adjective | Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms. |
| imprecision | noun | Want of precision. |
| impregnable | adjective | Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue., Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant. |
| impregnated | imp. & past participle | of Impregnate |
| impresarios | plural | of Impresario |
| impressible | adjective | Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive. |
| impressment | noun | The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. |
| imprisoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Imprison |
| improbation | noun | The act of disapproving; disapprobation., The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged. |
| improbative | adjective | Alt. of Improbatory |
| improbatory | adjective | Implying, or tending to, improbation. |
| impropriate | verb t. | To appropriate to one’s self; to assume., To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement., To become an impropriator., Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated. |
| impropriety | noun | The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners., That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. |
| improvement | noun | The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc., The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse., The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old., Increase; growth; progress; advance., Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises., A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. |
| improvident | adjective | Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. |
| improvisate | adjective | Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore., To improvise; to extemporize. |
| improvising | present participle & vb. noun | of Improvise |
| improvision | noun | Improvidence. |
| impugnation | noun | Act of impugning; opposition; attack. |
| impuissance | noun | Lack of power; inability. |
| impulsively | adverb | In an impulsive manner. |