Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
indew |
verb t. |
To indue. |
index |
noun |
That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses., That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; — called also fist., A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; — usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume., A prologue indicating what follows., The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger., The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent., To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents. |
india |
noun |
A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. |
indin |
noun |
A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol. |
indo- |
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A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India. |
indol |
noun |
A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora. |
indow |
verb t. |
See Endow. |
indri |
noun |
Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris. |
indue |
verb t. |
To put on, as clothes; to draw on., To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities. |