| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| iatrochemical | adjective | Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists. |
| ichneumonidan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon flies., One of the Ichneumonidae. |
| ichneumonides | noun pl. | The ichneumon flies. |
| ichthyography | noun | A treatise on fishes. |
| ichthyologist | noun | One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology. |
| ichthyomorpha | noun pl. | The Urodela. |
| ichthyosauria | noun pl. | An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; — called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period. |
| ichthyosaurus | noun | An extinct genus of marine reptiles; — so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations. |
| ichthyotomist | noun | One skilled in ichthyotomy. |
| identicalness | noun | The quality or state of being identical; sameness. |
| ideographical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word “nine,” but the idea of the number itself. |
| idiographical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an idiograph. |
| idiorepulsive | adjective | Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat. |
| idiosyncratic | adjective | Alt. of Idiosyncratical |
| ignatius bean | See Saint Ignatius’s bean, under Saint. | |
| ignominiously | adverb | In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously. |
| ihlang-ihlang | noun | A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. |
| illecebration | noun | Allurement. |
| illegitimated | imp. & past participle | of Illegitimate |
| illiberalized | imp. & past participle | of Illiberalize |
| illiberalness | noun | The state of being illiberal; illiberality. |
| illustriously | adverb | In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously. |
| imaginability | noun | Capacity for imagination. |
| imaginariness | noun | The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality. |
| imaginational | adjective | Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination. |
| immarcescible | adjective | Unfading; lasting. |
| immarcescibly | adverb | Unfadingly. |
| immaterialism | noun | The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible., The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley’s theory of idealism. |
| immaterialist | noun | One who believes in or professes, immaterialism. |
| immateriality | noun | The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul. |
| immaterialize | verb t. | To render immaterial or incorporeal. |
| immediateness | noun | The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. |
| immiscibility | noun | Incapability of being mixed, or mingled. |
| immortalities | plural | of Immortality |
| immortalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Immortalize |
| immovableness | noun | Quality of being immovable. |
| impalpability | noun | The quality of being impalpable. |
| imparipinnate | adjective | Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet. |
| impartialness | noun | Impartiality. |
| impartibility | noun | The quality of being impartible; communicability., The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. |
| impassibility | adjective | The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things. |
| impassionable | adjective | Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion. |
| impatronizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Impatronize |
| impeccability | noun | the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense. |
| impecuniosity | noun | The state of being impecunious. |
| imperceivable | adjective | Imperceptible. |
| imperceptible | adjective | Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended. |
| imperdibility | noun | The state or quality of being imperdible. |
| imperfectible | adjective | Incapable of being mad perfect. |
| imperfectness | noun | The state of being imperfect. |
| imperforation | noun | The state of being without perforation. |
| imperialities | plural | of Imperiality |
| imperializing | present participle & vb. noun | of Imperialize |
| impermissible | adjective | Not permissible. |
| imperseverant | adjective | Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. |
| impersonality | noun | The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality. |
| impersonating | present participle & vb. noun | of Impersonate |
| impersonation | noun | Alt. of Impersonification |
| imperspicuity | noun | Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity. |
| imperspicuous | adjective | Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous. |
| impersuadable | adjective | Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. |
| impersuasible | adjective | Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. |
| impertinently | adverb | In an impertinent manner. |
| impertrubable | adjective | Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity. |
| imperturbably | adverb | In an imperturbable manner; calmly. |
| impignoration | noun | The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. |
| implacability | noun | The quality or state of being implacable. |
| implacentalia | noun pl. | A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed. |
| implicatively | adverb | By implication. |
| impoliticness | noun | The quality of being impolitic. |
| importunities | plural | of Importunity |
| imposableness | noun | Quality of being imposable. |
| impossibility | noun | The quality of being impossible; impracticability., An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured., Inability; helplessness. |
| imposthumated | imp. & past participle | of Imposthumate |
| impoverishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Impoverish |
| impracticable | adjective | Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking., Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; — used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with., Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method. |
| impracticably | adverb | In an impracticable manner. |
| imprejudicate | adjective | Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. |
| impreparation | noun | Want of preparation. |
| impresionable | adjective | Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible. |
| impressionism | noun | The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; — a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching. |
| impressionist | noun | One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called. |
| impreventable | adjective | Not preventable; invitable. |
| imprison ment | noun | The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. |
| improbability | noun | The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result. |
| improficience | noun | Alt. of Improficiency |
| improficiency | noun | Want of proficiency. |
| improgressive | adjective | Not progressive. |
| improlificate | verb t. | To impregnate. |
| improperation | noun | The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. |
| impropriating | present participle & vb. noun | of Impropriate |
| impropriation | noun | The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated., The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation., A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation. |
| impropriatrix | noun | A female impropriator. |
| improprieties | plural | of Impropriety |
| improvability | noun | The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness. |
| improvidently | adverb | In a improvident manner. |
| improvisating | present participle & vb. noun | of Improvisate |
| improvisation | noun | The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ., That which is improvised; an impromptu. |
| improvisatize | verb t. & i. | Same as Improvisate. |
| improvisatore | noun | See Improvvisatore. |
| improvisatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition. |
| impulsiveness | noun | The quality of being impulsive. |
| impunctuality | noun | Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality. |
| imputableness | noun | Quality of being imputable. |
| imputrescible | adjective | Not putrescible. |
| inacquiescent | adjective | Not acquiescent or acquiescing. |
| inaffectation | noun | Freedom from affectation; naturalness. |
| inanimateness | noun | The quality or state of being inanimate. |
| inapplication | noun | Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence. |
| inappreciable | adjective | Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated. |
| inappropriate | adjective | Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; — followed by to or for. |
| inarticulated | adjective | Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint. |
| incandescence | noun | A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. |
| incapableness | noun | The quality or state of being incapable; incapability. |
| incapacitated | imp. & past participle | of Incapacitate |
| incapsulation | noun | The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus. |
| incarcerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incarcerate |
| incarceration | noun | The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment., Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia., A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. |
| incastellated | adjective | Confined or inclosed in a castle. |
| incircumspect | adjective | Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic. |
| incito-motory | adjective | Incitomotor. |
| inclinnometer | noun | An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth’s magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; — called also inclination compass, and dip circle. |
| incoalescence | noun | The state of not coalescing. |
| incoexistence | noun | The state of not coexisting. |
| incognoscible | adjective | Incognizable. |
| incoincidence | noun | The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence. |
| incombustible | adjective | Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. |
| incommiscible | adjective | Not commiscible; not mixable. |
| incommodating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incommodate |
| incommodation | noun | The state of being incommoded; inconvenience. |
| incommodement | noun | The act of incommoded. |
| incommodities | plural | of Incommodity |
| incompetently | adverb | In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably. |
| incompossible | adjective | Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. |
| incomprehense | adjective | Incomprehensible. |
| inconcealable | adjective | Not concealable. |
| inconceivable | adjective | Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. |
| inconceptible | adjective | Inconceivable. |
| inconcussible | adjective | Not concussible; that cannot be shaken. |
| incondensable | adjective | Alt. of Incondensible |
| incondensible | adjective | Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form. |
| inconditional | adjective | Unconditional. |
| inconformable | adjective | Unconformable. |
| incongealable | adjective | Not congealable; incapable of being congealed. |
| incongruities | plural | of Incongruity |
| inconsequence | noun | The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. |
| inconsideracy | noun | Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness. |
| inconsiderate | adjective | Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct., Inconsiderable. |
| inconsistence | noun | Inconsistency. |
| inconsistency | noun | The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility., Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent., Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness. |
| inconspicuous | adjective | Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. |
| incontaminate | adjective | Not contaminated; pure. |
| incontestable | adjective | Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. |
| incontinently | adverb | In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; — used esp. of the passions or appetites., Immediately; at once; forthwith. |
| inconvenience | noun | The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement., That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty., To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor. |
| inconveniency | noun | Inconvenience. |
| inconversable | adjective | Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. |
| inconvertible | adjective | Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. |
| inconvertibly | adverb | In an inconvertible manner. |
| inconvincible | adjective | Not convincible; incapable of being convinced. |
| inconvincibly | adverb | In a manner not admitting of being convinced. |
| incorporality | noun | Incorporeality. |
| incorporating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incorporate |
| incorporation | noun | The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated., The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis., The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic., The act of creating a corporation., A body incorporated; a corporation. |
| incorporative | adjective | Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word. |
| incorporeally | adverb | In an incorporeal manner. |
| incorrectness | noun | The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance. |
| incorruptible | adjective | Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible., Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright., One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance., The quality or state of being incorruptible. |
| incorruptibly | adverb | In an incorruptible manner. |
| incorruptness | noun | Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption., Probity; integrity; honesty. |
| incredibility | noun | The quality or state of being incredible; incredibleness., That which is incredible. |
| incredulously | adverb | In an incredulous manner; with incredulity. |
| incriminating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incriminate |
| incrimination | noun | The act of incriminating; crimination. |
| incriminatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory. |
| incultivation | noun | Want of cultivation. |
| incurableness | noun | The state of being incurable; incurability. |
| incuriousness | noun | Unconcernedness; incuriosity. |
| indefatigable | adjective | Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application. |
| indefatigably | adverb | Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently. |
| indeliberated | adjective | Indeliberate. |
| independently | adverb | In an independent manner; without control. |
| indescribable | adjective | Incapable of being described. |
| indescriptive | adjective | Not descriptive. |
| indeterminate | adjective | Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. |
| indevirginate | adjective | Not devirginate. |
| indifferently | adverb | In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. |
| indiscernible | adjective | Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible. |
| indiscerpible | adjective | Alt. of Indiscerptible |
| indispensable | adjective | Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite., Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption., Unavoidable; inevitable. |
| indispensably | adverb | In an indispensable manner. |
| indisposition | noun | The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine., A slight disorder or illness. |
| indissolvable | adjective | Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable o/ separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union. |
| indistinction | noun | Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. |
| indistinctive | adjective | Having nothing distinctive; common. |
| indisturbance | noun | Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference. |
| individualism | noun | The quality of being individual; individuality; personality., An excessive or exclusive regard to one’s personal interest; self-interest; selfishness. |
| individuality | noun | The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity., The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality. |
| individualize | verb t. | The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality. |
| individuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Individuate |
| individuation | noun | The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization. |
| indoctrinated | imp. & past participle | of Indoctrinate |
| indo-european | adjective | Aryan; — applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family. |
| indo-germanic | adjective | Same as Aryan, and Indo-European., Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the ancient Aryan language. |
| induplicative | adjective | Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation., Having induplicate leaves in vernation. |
| industrialism | noun | Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry., The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor. |
| ineffableness | noun | The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. |
| ineffectively | adverb | In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually. |
| ineffectually | adverb | Without effect; in vain. |
| inefficacious | adjective | Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. |
| inefficiently | adverb | In an inefficient manner. |
| ineligibility | noun | The state or quality of being ineligible. |
| inequidistant | adjective | Not equally distant; not equidistant. |
| inequilateral | adjective | Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided., Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells. |
| inergetically | adverb | Without energy. |
| inerrableness | noun | Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility. |
| inevitability | noun | Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness. |
| inexhaustedly | adverb | Without exhaustion. |
| inexhaustible | adjective | Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. |
| inexorability | noun | The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty. |
| inexpectation | noun | Absence of expectation. |
| inexpediently | adverb | Not expediently; unfitly. |
| inexperienced | adjective | Not having experience unskilled. |
| inexplainable | adjective | Incapable of being explained; inexplicable. |
| inexpressible | adjective | Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure. |
| inexpressibly | adverb | In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. |
| inexsuperable | adjective | Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable. |
| inextinguible | adjective | Inextinguishable. |
| infallibilist | noun | One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility. |
| infallibility | noun | The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. |
| infashionable | adjective | Unfashionable. |
| infeasibility | noun | The state of being infeasible; impracticability. |
| inferentially | adverb | By way of inference. |
| infinitesimal | adjective | Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small., An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity. |
| inflexibility | noun | The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy. |
| inflorescence | noun | A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms., The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other., An axis on which all the flower buds. |
| influentially | adverb | In an influential manner. |
| informalities | plural | of Informality |
| inframarginal | adjective | Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain. |
| infraposition | noun | A situation or position beneath. |
| infrascapular | adjective | Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular. |
| infratemporal | adjective | Below the temple; below the temporal bone. |
| infrigidation | noun | The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. |
| infrugiferous | adjective | Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous. |
| infundibulate | adjective | Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum. |
| infundibulums | plural | of Infundibulum |
| infusibleness | noun | Infusibility. |
| ingeniousness | noun | The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity. |
| ingenuousness | noun | The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness., Ingenuity. |
| ingravidation | noun | The state of being pregnant or impregnated. |
| ingurgitation | noun | The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed. |
| inhospitality | noun | The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. |
| inimitability | noun | The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness. |
| injudiciously | adverb | In an injudicious manner. |
| injuriousness | noun | The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury. |
| innovationist | noun | One who favors innovation. |
| inobservation | noun | Neglect or want of observation. |
| inoculability | noun | The qual ity or state of being inoculable. |
| inofficiously | adverb | Not-officiously. |
| inopportunely | adverb | Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently. |
| inopportunity | noun | Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. |
| inorganically | adverb | In an inorganic manner. |
| inorthography | noun | Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling. |
| inquisitional | adjective | Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition. |
| inquisitively | adverb | In an inquisitive manner. |
| inquisitorial | adjective | Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power., Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. |
| inregistering | present participle & vb. noun | of Inregister |
| insanableness | noun | The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness. |
| insatiability | noun | The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness. |
| insatiateness | noun | The state of being insatiate. |
| insectivorous | adjective | Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous., plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus’s flytrap, Sarracenia, etc., the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles. |
| insensibility | noun | The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates., Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity. |
| insignificant | adjective | Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words., Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile., Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person. |
| insinuatingly | adverb | By insinuation. |
| insociability | noun | The quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability. |
| insolubleness | noun | The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. |
| inspectorship | noun | The office of an inspector., The district embraced by an inspector’s jurisdiction. |
| inspirational | adjective | Pertaining to inspiration. |
| instabilities | plural | of Instability |
| instantaneity | noun | Quality of being instantaneous. |
| instantaneous | adjective | Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous., At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc. |
| instigatingly | adverb | Incitingly; temptingly. |
| instilllatory | adjective | Belonging to instillation. |
| instimulation | noun | Stimulation. |
| instinctively | adverb | In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse. |
| instinctivity | noun | The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. |
| institutional | adjective | Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends., Instituted by authority., Elementary; rudimental. |
| institutively | adverb | In conformity with an institution. |
| instructional | adjective | Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational. |
| instrumentary | adjective | Instrumental. |
| instrumentist | noun | A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist. |
| insubmergible | adjective | Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. |
| insubordinate | adjective | Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous. |
| insubstantial | adjective | Unsubstantial; not real or strong. |
| insufficience | noun | Insufficiency. |
| insufficiency | noun | The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc., Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office. |
| insupportable | adjective | Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. |
| insuppressive | adjective | Insuppressible. |
| insusceptible | adjective | Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery. |
| insusurration | noun | The act of whispering into something. |
| intangibility | noun | The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness. |
| integrability | noun | The quality of being integrable. |
| integumentary | noun | Belonging to, or composed of, integuments. |
| intelligencer | noun | One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. |
| intelligently | adverb | In an intelligent manner; with intelligence. |
| intemperately | adverb | In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint. |
| intemperature | noun | Intemperateness. |
| intensiveness | noun | The quality or state of being intensive; intensity. |
| intentionally | adverb | In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose. |
| intentiveness | noun | Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. |
| interadditive | adjective | Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence. |
| interalveolar | adjective | Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs. |
| interaxillary | adjective | Situated within or between the axils of leaves. |
| interbrachial | adjective | Between the arms. |
| intercalating | present participle & vb. noun | of Intercalate |
| intercalation | noun | The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar., The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. |
| intercellular | adjective | Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels. |
| interchaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Interchain |
| interchanging | present participle & vb. noun | of Interchange |
| interclavicle | noun | See Episternum. |
| intercolonial | adjective | Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade. |
| intercolumnar | adjective | Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart’s ligament; an intercolumnar statue. |
| intercommoned | imp. & past participle | of Intercommon |
| intercommuned | imp. & past participle | of Intercommune |
| intercondylar | adjective | Alt. of Intercondyloid |
| intercrossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Intercross |
| intercurrence | noun | A passing or running between; occurrence. |
| interdigitate | verb t. | To interweave., To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle. |
| interepimeral | adjective | Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans. |
| interestingly | adverb | In an interesting manner. |
| interferingly | adverb | By or with interference. |
| interglobular | adjective | Between globules; — applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine. |
| interjaculate | verb t. | To ejaculate parenthetically. |
| interjunction | noun | A mutual joining. |
| interlacement | noun | The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced. |
| interlamellar | adjective | Alt. of Interlaminar |
| interlocation | noun | A placing or coming between; interposition. |
| interlocution | noun | Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference., An intermediate act or decree before final decision., Hence, intermediate argument or discussion. |
| interlocutory | adjective | Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational., Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action., Interpolated discussion or dialogue. |
| interlucation | noun | Act of thinning a wood to let in light. |
| intermarriage | noun | Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations. |
| intermaxillae | plural | of Intermaxilla |
| intermeddling | noun | The act of improperly interfering. |
| intermediator | noun | A mediator. |
| intermication | noun | A shining between or among. |
| intermination | noun | A menace or threat. |
| intermittence | noun | Act or state of intermitting; intermission. |
| intermobility | noun | Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles. |
| intermuscular | adjective | Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa. |
| intermutation | noun | Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change. |
| international | adjective | Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations., Of or concerning the association called the International., The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen’s Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations., A member of the International Association. |
| internunciess | noun | A female messenger. |
| interpercular | adjective | Of or pertaining to the interoperculum., The interopercular bone. |
| interosculant | adjective | Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles., Uniting two groups; — said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant. |
| interosculate | verb i. & t. | To kiss together to touch. See Osculate., To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups. |
| interparietal | adjective | Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture., The interparietal bone or cartilage. |
| interpetalary | adjective | Between the petals of a flower. |
| interpetiolar | adjective | Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar. |
| interpilaster | noun | The interval or space between two pilasters. |
| interpolating | present participle & vb. noun | of Interpolate |
| interpolation | noun | The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign., That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious., The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series. |
| interposition | noun | The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation., The thing interposed. |
| interpretable | adjective | Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained. |
| interpunction | noun | The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation. |
| interrelation | noun | Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation. |
| interrogating | imp. & past participle | of Interrogate |
| interrogation | noun | The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry., A question put; an inquiry., A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point. |
| interrogative | adjective | Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun., A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why? |
| interrogatory | noun | A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing., Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence. |
| interruptedly | adverb | With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously. |
| interscapular | adjective | Between the scapulae or shoulder blades., Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers. |
| interscendent | adjective | Having exponents which are radical quantities; — said of certain powers; as, xÃ2, or xÃa. |
| interscinding | present participle & vb. noun | of Interscind |
| interscribing | present participle & vb. noun | of Interscribe |
| interseminate | verb t. | To sow between or among. |
| interserttion | noun | The act of interserting, or that which is interserted. |
| intersesamoid | adjective | Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments. |
| intersidereal | adjective | Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar. |
| intersomnious | adjective | Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness. |
| interspersing | present participle & vb. noun | of Intersperse |
| interspersion | noun | The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed. |
| interstellary | adjective | Interstellar. |
| interstratify | verb t. | To put or insert between other strata. |
| interthoracic | adjective | In the thorax. |
| intertropical | adjective | Situated between or within the tropics. |
| interungulate | adjective | Between ungulae; as, interungular glands. |
| intervenience | noun | Alt. of Interveniency |
| interveniency | noun | Intervention; interposition. |
| intervolution | noun | The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake. |
| intraaxillary | adjective | Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem. |
| intracellular | adjective | Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells. |
| intramarginal | adjective | Situated within the margin. |
| intranscalent | adjective | Impervious to heat; adiathermic. |
| intraparietal | adjective | Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. |
| intrapetiolar | adjective | Situated between the petiole and the stem; — said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; — often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning. |
| intrathoracic | adjective | Within the thora/ or chest. |
| intratropical | adjective | Within the tropics. |
| intravalvular | adjective | Between valves. |
| intricateness | noun | The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy. |
| intrinsically | adverb | Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly. |
| introducement | noun | Introduction. |
| introductress | noun | A female introducer. |
| introgression | noun | The act of going in; entrance. |
| intropression | noun | Pressure acting within. |
| introspection | noun | A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one’s own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection. |
| introspective | adjective | Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious., Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; — contrasted with associational. |
| inturbidating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inturbidate |
| inturgescence | noun | A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled. |
| invariability | noun | The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity. |
| invendibility | noun | The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness. |
| invertebrated | adjective | Having no backbone; invertebrate. |
| investigating | present participle & vb. noun | of Investigate |
| investigation | noun | The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist. |
| investigative | adjective | Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. |
| invincibility | noun | The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness. |
| inviolability | noun | The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness. |
| inviscerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inviscerate |
| invisibleness | noun | The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility. |
| invitrifiable | adjective | Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. |
| involucellate | adjective | Furnished with involucels. |
| involuntarily | adverb | In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly. |
| ironbark tree | The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; — called also ironwood. | |
| irrationality | noun | The quality or state of being irrational. |
| irreclaimable | adjective | Incapable of being reclaimed. |
| irrecognition | noun | A failure to recognize; absence of recognition. |
| irrecoverable | adjective | Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. |
| irrecuperable | adjective | Irrecoverable. |
| irrefrangible | adjective | Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another. |
| irreligionist | noun | One who is irreligious. |
| irreligiously | adverb | In an irreligious manner. |
| irremunerable | adjective | Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration. |
| irrepleviable | adjective | Alt. of Irreplevisable |
| irrepressible | adjective | Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. |
| irrepressibly | adverb | In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed. |
| irresponsible | adjective | Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent., Not to be trusted; unreliable. |
| irresponsibly | adverb | So as not to be responsible. |
| irretraceable | adjective | Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable. |
| irretrievable | adjective | Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss. |
| irretrievably | adverb | In an irretrievable manner. |
| irritableness | noun | Irritability. |
| isabella moth | A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part. | |
| isobarometric | adjective | Indicating equal barometric pressure. |
| isobathytherm | noun | A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth. |
| isodimorphism | noun | Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances. |
| isodimorphous | adjective | Having the quality of isodimorphism. |
| isogeothermal | adjective | Alt. of Isogeothermic |
| isogeothermic | adjective | Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart., An isogeotherm. |
| isospondylous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal. |
| isothermobath | noun | A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean. |
| isotrimorphic | adjective | Isotrimorphous. |