| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| iambical | adjective | Iambic. |
| iambuses | plural | of Iambus |
| ianthina | noun | Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; — called also purple shell, and violet snail. |
| iatrical | adjective | Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men. |
| icebound | adjective | Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast. |
| icequake | noun | The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, — often due to contraction from extreme cold. |
| ichorous | adjective | Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious. |
| ichthyic | adjective | Like, or pertaining to, fishes. |
| iconical | adjective | Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind. |
| icteroid | adjective | Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion. |
| idealess | adjective | Destitute of an idea. |
| idealism | noun | The quality or state of being ideal., Conception of the ideal; imagery., The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations. |
| idealist | noun | One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations., One who holds the doctrine of idealism. |
| ideality | noun | The quality or state of being ideal., The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection., The conceptive faculty. |
| idealize | verb t. | To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life., To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2., To form ideals. |
| ideation | noun | The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought. |
| identify | verb t. | To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation., To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property., To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. |
| identism | noun | The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; — called also the system / doctrine of identity. |
| identity | noun | The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness., The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods., An identical equation. |
| ideogeny | noun | The science which treats of the origin of ideas. |
| ideogram | noun | An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea., A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc., A phonetic symbol; a letter. |
| ideology | noun | The science of ideas., A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation. |
| idiotish | adjective | Like an idiot; foolish. |
| idiotism | noun | An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language., Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness. |
| idiotize | verb i. | To become stupid. |
| idleness | noun | The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. |
| idocrase | noun | Same as Vesuvianite. |
| idolater | noun | A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan., An adorer; a great admirer. |
| idolatry | noun | The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods., Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. |
| idolized | imp. & past participle | of Idolize |
| idolizer | noun | One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater. |
| idoneous | adjective | Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate. |
| i’ faith | In faith; indeed; truly. | |
| igasuric | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius’s bean; as, igasuric acid. |
| ignified | imp. & past participle | of Ignify |
| igniting | present participle & vb. noun | of Ignite |
| ignition | noun | The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire., The state of being ignited or kindled. |
| ignominy | noun | Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy., An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act. |
| ignorant | adjective | Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened., Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; — used with of., Unknown; undiscovered., Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly., A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous. |
| ignoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Ignore |
| iguanian | adjective | Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana. |
| iguanoid | adjective | Pertaining to the Iguanidae. |
| illabile | adjective | Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable. |
| illapsed | imp. & past participle | of Illapse |
| illation | noun | The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion. |
| illative | adjective | Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc., An illative particle, as for, because. |
| ill-bred | adjective | Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv. |
| illesive | adjective | Not injurious; harmless. |
| illicium | noun | A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise. |
| illinois | nounsing. & pl. | A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers. |
| illision | noun | The act of dashing or striking against. |
| illtreat | verb t. | To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat. |
| illuding | present participle & vb. noun | of Illude |
| illuming | present participle & vb. noun | of Illume |
| illumine | verb t. | To illuminate; to light up; to adorn. |
| ill-used | adjective | Misapplied; treated badly. |
| illusion | noun | An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination., Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour., A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder., A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc. |
| illusive | adjective | Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal. |
| illusory | adjective | Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes. |
| ill-will | See under Ill, a. | |
| ilmenite | noun | Titanic iron. See Menaccanite. |
| ilmenium | noun | A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by R.Harmann. |
| imaginal | adjective | Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins., Of or pertaining to an imago. |
| imagined | imp. & past participle | of Imagine |
| imaginer | noun | One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. |
| imbanked | imp. & past participle | of Imbank |
| imbecile | adjective | Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane., One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind., To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men’s courage. |
| imbedded | imp. & past participle | of Imbed |
| imbellic | adjective | Not warlike or martial. |
| imbezzle | verb t. | See Embezzle. |
| imbibing | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbibe |
| imbitter | verb t. | To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. |
| imblazon | verb t. | See Emblazon. |
| imbolden | verb t. | See Embolden. |
| imbonity | noun | Want of goodness. |
| imborder | verb t. | To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. |
| imbosked | imp. & past participle | of Imbosk |
| imbureed | imp. & past participle | of Imbrue |
| imbruted | imp. & past participle | of Imbrute |
| imbution | noun | An imbuing. |
| imesatin | noun | A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin. |
| imitable | adjective | Capble of being imitated or copied., Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. |
| imitancy | noun | Tendency to imitation. |
| imitated | imp. & past participle | of Imitate |
| imitater | noun | One who imitates. |
| immailed | adjective | Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. |
| immanent | adjective | Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; — opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective. |
| immanity | noun | The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. |
| immantle | verb t. | See Emmantle. |
| immanuel | noun | God with us; — an appellation of the Christ. |
| immature | adjective | Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans., Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death. |
| immerged | imp. & past participle | of Immerge |
| immersed | imp. & past participle | of Immerse, Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid., Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled., Growing wholly under water. |
| immeshed | imp. & past participle | of Immesh |
| imminent | adjective | Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; — said especially of misfortune or peril., Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous., (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. |
| immingle | verb t. | To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. |
| immitted | imp. & past participle | of Immit |
| immiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Immit |
| immobile | adjective | Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. |
| immodest | adjective | Not limited to due bounds; immoderate., Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc. |
| immolate | verb t. | To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim. |
| immoment | adjective | Trifling. |
| immortal | adjective | Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance., Connected with, or pertaining to immortability., Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame., Great; excessive; grievous., One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. |
| immunity | adjective | Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy., Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error. |
| immuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Immure |
| immutate | adjective | Unchanged. |
| impacted | imp. & past participle | of Impact, Driven together or close. |
| impaired | imp. & past participle | of Impair |
| impairer | noun | One who, or that which, impairs. |
| impaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Impale |
| impallid | verb t. | To make pallid; to blanch. |
| impanate | adjective | Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist., To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. |
| imparity | noun | Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc., Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity., Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. |
| imparked | imp. & past participle | of Impark |
| imparted | imp. & past participle | of Impart |
| imparter | noun | One who imparts. |
| impasted | imp. & past participle | of Impaste |
| impawned | imp. & past participle | of Impawn |
| impeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Impede |
| impedite | adjective | Hindered; obstructed., To impede. |
| impelled | imp. & past participle | of Impel |
| impeller | noun | One who, or that which, impels. |
| impenned | imp. & past participle | of Impen |
| impended | imp. & past participle | of Impend |
| impennes | noun pl. | An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight. |
| impeople | verb t. | To people; to give a population to. |
| imperant | adjective | Commanding. |
| imperate | adjective | Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded. |
| imperial | adjective | Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict., Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme., Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc., The tuft of hair on a man’s lower lip and chin; — so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III., An outside seat on a diligence., A luggage case on the top of a coach., Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc., A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars., A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages. |
| impester | verb t. | See Pester. |
| impetigo | noun | A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation. |
| impierce | verb t. | To pierce; to penetrate. |
| impinged | imp. & past participle | of Impinge |
| impishly | adjective | Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp., In the manner of an imp. |
| implated | imp. & past participle | of Implate |
| impleach | verb t. | To pleach; to interweave. |
| impledge | verb t. | To pledge. |
| implicit | adjective | Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved., Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement., Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience. |
| imploded | adjective | Formed by implosion. |
| implored | imp. & past participle | of Implore |
| implorer | noun | One who implores. |
| implumed | adjective | Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. |
| implunge | verb t. | To plunge. |
| implying | present participle & vb. noun | of Imply |
| impoison | verb t. | To poison; to imbitter; to impair. |
| impolicy | noun | The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud. |
| impolite | adjective | Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. |
| imporous | adjective | Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid. |
| imported | imp. & past participle | of Import |
| importer | noun | One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; — opposed to exporter. |
| imposing | present participle & vb. noun | of Impose, Laying as a duty; enjoining., Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle., Deceiving; deluding; misleading., The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4. |
| impostor | noun | One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. |
| impotent | adjective | Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm., Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent., Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren., One who is imoitent. |
| imp-pole | noun | A pole for supporting a scaffold. |
| imprimis | adverb | In the first place; first in order. |
| imprison | verb t. | To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine., To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. |
| imprompt | adjective | Not ready. |
| improper | adjective | Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress., Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common., Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous., To appropriate; to limit. |
| improved | imp. & past participle | of Improve |
| improver | noun | One who, or that which, improves. |
| impudent | adjective | Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. |
| impugned | imp. & past participle | of Impugn |
| impugner | noun | One who impugns. |
| impulsor | noun | One who, or that which, impels; an inciter. |
| impunity | noun | Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss. |
| impurely | adverb | In an impure manner. |
| impurity | noun | The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration., That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient., Want of ceremonial purity; defilement. |
| impurple | verb t. | To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood. |
| imputing | present participle & vb. noun | of Impute |
| inaction | noun | Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. |
| inactive | adjective | Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive., Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer., Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; — said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid. |
| inactose | noun | A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive. |
| in antis | Between antae; — said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. See Anta. | |
| inapathy | noun | Sensibility; feeling; — opposed to apathy. |
| inaquate | adjective | Embodied in, or changed into, water. |
| inarable | adjective | Not arable. |
| inarched | imp. & past participle | of Inarch |
| inasmuch | adverb | In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; — followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep. |
| inaurate | adjective | Covered with gold; gilded., To cover with gold; to gild. |
| incaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Incage |
| incanous | adjective | Hoary with white pubescence. |
| incanton | verb t. | To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community. |
| incasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Incase |
| incensed | imp. & past participle | of Incense, of Incense, Angered; enraged., Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes. |
| incenser | noun | One who instigates or incites. |
| incensor | noun | A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter. |
| incenter | noun | The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle. |
| inceptor | noun | A beginner; one in the rudiments., One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university. |
| incertum | adjective | Doubtful; not of definite form. |
| inchipin | noun | See Inchpin. |
| inchmeal | noun | A piece an inch long., Little by little; gradually. |
| inchoate | adjective | Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete., To begin. |
| inchworm | noun | The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid. |
| incident | adjective | Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface., Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous., Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining., Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal., That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence., That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event., Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal. |
| incircle | verb t. | See Encircle. |
| incising | present participle & vb. noun | of Incise |
| incisely | adverb | In an incised manner. |
| incision | noun | The act of incising, or cutting into a substance., That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash., Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. |
| incisive | adjective | Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting., Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries. |
| incisory | adjective | Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive. |
| incisure | noun | A cut; an incision; a gash. |
| incitant | adjective | Inciting; stimulating., That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant. |
| inciting | present participle & vb. noun | of Incite |
| incivism | noun | Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one’s country; unfriendliness to one’s state or government. |
| inclined | imp. & past participle | of Incline, Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue., Making an angle with some line or plane; — said of a line or plane., Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost. |
| incliner | noun | One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial. |
| inclosed | imp. & past participle | of Inclose |
| incloser | noun | One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. |
| included | imp. & past participle | of Include, Inclosed; confined. |
| incocted | adjective | Raw; indigestible. |
| incomber | verb t. | See Encumber. |
| incoming | adjective | Coming in; accruing., Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant., The act of coming in; arrival., Income; gain. |
| incomity | noun | Want of comity; incivility; rudeness. |
| incorpse | verb t. | To incorporate. |
| increase | verb i. | To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; — opposed to decrease., To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific., To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases., To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one’s possessions, influence., Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth., That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest., Progeny; issue; offspring., Generation., The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; — said of the moon. |
| increate | verb t. | To create within., Alt. of Increated |
| incubate | verb i. & t. | To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching. |
| incubous | adjective | Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous. |
| incumber | verb t. | See Encumber. |
| incurred | imp. & past participle | of Incur |
| incurved | imp. & past participle | of Incurve, Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals. |
| incysted | adjective | See Encysted. |
| indagate | verb t. | To seek or search out. |
| indamage | verb t. | See Endamage. |
| indebted | imp. & past participle | of Indebt, Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden., Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement. |
| indecent | adjective | Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. |
| indenize | verb t. | To naturalize. |
| indented | imp. & past participle | of Indent, Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface., Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating., Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary., Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant., Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds. |
| indesert | noun | Ill desert. |
| indevote | adjective | Not devoted. |
| indevout | adjective | Not devout. |
| indexing | present participle & vb. noun | of Index |
| indiadem | verb t. | To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems. |
| indiamen | plural | of Indiaman |
| indiaman | noun | A large vessel in the India trade. |
| indicant | adjective | Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating., That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease. |
| indicate | verb t. | To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known., To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants., To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator. |
| indicted | imp. & past participle | of Indict |
| indictee | noun | A person indicted. |
| indicter | noun | One who indicts. |
| indictor | noun | One who indicts. |
| indigeen | noun | Same as Indigene. |
| indigene | noun | One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. |
| indigent | adjective | Wanting; void; free; destitute; — used with of., Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. |
| indigest | adjective | Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested., Something indigested. |
| indignly | adverb | Unworthily. |
| indigoes | plural | of Indigo |
| indirect | adjective | Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road., Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal., Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive., Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims., Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc. |
| inditing | present participle & vb. noun | of Indite |
| indocile | adjective | Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable. |
| indolent | adjective | Free from toil, pain, or trouble., Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man., Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor. |
| indomite | adjective | Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild. |
| indorsed | imp. & past participle | of Indorse, See Addorsed. |
| indorsee | noun | The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement. |
| indorser | noun | Alt. of Indorsor |
| indorsor | noun | The person who indorses. |
| indrench | verb t. | To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown. |
| inducing | present participle & vb. noun | of Induce |
| inducted | imp. & past participle | of Induct |
| inductor | noun | The person who inducts another into an office or benefice., That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current. |
| indulged | imp. & past participle | of Indulge |
| indulger | noun | One who indulges. |
| induline | noun | Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet., A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; — called also aniline black. |
| indument | noun | Plumage; feathers. |
| indurate | adjective | Hardened; not soft; indurated., Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate., To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air., To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate., To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat. |
| indusial | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects. |
| indusium | noun | A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower., The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet., A peculiar covering found in certain fungi. |
| industry | noun | Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; — opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them., Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry., Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor. |
| indutive | adjective | Covered; — applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering. |
| induviae | noun pl. | Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time. |
| inedited | adjective | Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. |
| inequity | noun | Want of equity; injustice; wrong. |
| inermous | adjective | Same as Inermis. |
| inertion | noun | Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. |
| inescate | verb t. | To allure; to lay a bait for. |
| inexpert | adjective | Destitute of experience or of much experience., Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice. |
| ineyeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Ineye |
| infamize | verb t. | To make infamous; to defame. |
| infamous | adjective | Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer., Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption., Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness., Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. |
| infamies | plural | of Infamy |
| infantly | adjective | Like an infant. |
| infantry | noun | A body of children., A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry. |
| infected | imp. & past participle | of Infect |
| infecter | noun | One who, or that which, infects. |
| infecund | adjective | Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. |
| infeeble | verb t. | See Enfeeble. |
| inferred | imp. & past participle | of Infer |
| inferiae | noun pl. | Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends. |
| inferior | adjective | Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath., Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods., Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus., Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian., Situated below some other organ; — said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx., On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior., Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer., A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. |
| infernal | adjective | Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto’s realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients., Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct., An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself. |
| infested | imp. & past participle | of Infest |
| infester | noun | One who, or that which, infests. |
| infilter | verb t. & i. | To filter or sift in. |
| infinite | adjective | Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance., Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; — opposed to finite., Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious., Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; — said of certain quantities., Capable of endless repetition; — said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated., That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness., An infinite quantity or magnitude., An infinity; an incalculable or very great number., The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty. |
| infinito | adjective | Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5. |
| infinity | noun | Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity., Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections., Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties., A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind., That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity. |
| infirmly | adverb | In an infirm manner. |
| infixing | present participle & vb. noun | of Infix |
| inflamed | imp. & past participle | of Inflame, Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated., Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. |
| inflamer | noun | The person or thing that inflames. |
| inflated | imp. & past participle | of Inflate, Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas., Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style., Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp., Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc. |
| inflater | noun | One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange. |
| inflatus | verb t. | A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration. |
| inflexed | adjective | Turned; bent., Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower. |
| influent | adjective | Flowing in., Exerting influence; influential. |
| infolded | imp. & past participle | of Infold |
| informed | imp. & past participle | of Inform, Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. |
| informal | adjective | Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit., Deranged in mind; out of one’s senses. |
| informer | verb | One who informs, animates, or inspires., One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news., One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. |
| infringe | verb t. | To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract., To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power., To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend., To encroach; to trespass; — followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another. |
| infrugal | adjective | Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. |
| infucate | verb t. | To stain; to paint; to daub. |
| infumate | verb t. | To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke. |
| infusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Infuse |
| infusion | verb t. | The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal., That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration., The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion., The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues., The liquid extract obtained by this process. |
| infusive | adjective | Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing. |
| infusory | adjective | Infusorial., One of the Infusoria; — usually in the pl. |
| ingender | verb t. | See Engender. |
| ingenite | adjective | Alt. of Ingenit |
| inghalla | noun | The reedbuck of South Africa. |
| in-going | noun | The act of going in; entrance., Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant. |
| ingrieve | verb t. | To render more grievous; to aggravate. |
| ingroove | verb t. | To groove in; to join in or with a groove. |
| ingrowth | noun | A growth or development inward. |
| inguilty | adjective | Not guilty. |
| inguinal | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia. |
| ingulfed | imp. & past participle | of Ingulf |
| inhabile | adjective | Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter., Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; — said of person. |
| inhalant | adjective | Inhaling; used for inhaling., An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); that which is to be inhaled. |
| inhaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhale |
| inhalent | adjective | Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. |
| inhauler | noun | A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom. |
| inhearse | verb t. | To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. |
| inhering | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhere |
| inherent | adjective | Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. |
| inhesion | noun | The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence. |
| inholder | noun | An inhabitant. |
| inhumate | verb t. | To inhume; to bury; to inter. |
| inhuming | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhume |
| inimical | adjective | Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; — chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity., Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant. |
| iniquity | noun | Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge., An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o/ unrighteousness; a sin; a crime., A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See Vice. |
| iniquous | adjective | Iniquitous. |
| initiate | verb t. | To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon., To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce., To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies., To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative., Unpracticed; untried; new., Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted., One who is, or is to be, initiated. |
| injected | imp. & past participle | of Inject |
| injector | noun | One who, or that which, injects., A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; — also called Giffard’s injector, from the inventor. |
| injuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Injure |
| injuries | plural | of Injury |
| inkiness | noun | The state or quality of being inky; blackness. |
| inkstand | noun | A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials. |
| inkstone | noun | A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink. |
| inlacing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inlace |
| inlander | noun | One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. |
| inlaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Inlay |
| inleague | verb t. | To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine. |
| inlumine | verb t. | See Illumine. |
| inmeshed | imp. & past participle | of Inmesh |
| innately | adverb | Naturally. |
| innative | adjective | Native. |
| innerved | imp. & past participle | of Innerve |
| innixion | noun | Act of leaning upon something; incumbency. |
| innocent | adjective | Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy., Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright., Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged., Simple; artless; foolish., Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade., Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation., An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin., An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. |
| innodate | verb t. | To bind up,as in a knot; to include. |
| innovate | verb t. | To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act., To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize., To introduce novelties or changes; — sometimes with in or on. |
| innuendo | noun | An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation., An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; — as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief. |
| inocular | adjective | Inserted in the corner of the eye; — said of the antenn/ of certain insects. |
| inodiate | verb t. | To make odious or hateful. |
| inosinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid. |
| in posse | In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; — contradistinguished from in esse. | |
| inquired | imp. & past participle | of Inquire |
| inquirer | noun | One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. |
| inrailed | imp. & past participle | of Inrail |
| inroaded | imp. & past participle | of Inroad |
| insafety | noun | Insecurity; danger. |
| insanely | adverb | Without reason; madly; foolishly. |
| insanity | noun | The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy., Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility. |
| insapory | adjective | Tasteless; unsavory. |
| inscient | adjective | Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly., Having knowledge or insight; intelligent. |
| insconce | verb t. | See Ensconce. |
| inscribe | verb t. | To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint., To mark with letters, charakters, or words., To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend., To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory., To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. |
| inscroll | verb t. | To write on a scroll; to record. |
| inseamed | imp. & past participle | of Inseam |
| insearch | verb t. | To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch. |
| insected | adjective | Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect. |
| insecure | adjective | Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss., Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss. |
| inserted | imp. & past participle | of Insert, Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; — said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. |
| insessor | noun | One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds. |
| inshaded | adjective | Marked with different shades. |
| inshrine | verb t. | See Enshrine. |
| insignia | noun pl. | Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order., Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade. |
| insisted | imp. & past participle | of Insist |
| insition | noun | The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment. |
| insnared | imp. & past participle | of Insnare |
| insnarer | noun | One who insnares. |
| insolate | verb t. | To dry in, or to expose to, the sun’s rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. |
| insolent | adjective | Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual., Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant., Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior. |
| insomnia | noun | Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness. |
| insomuch | adverb | |
| insperse | verb t. | To sprinkle; to scatter. |
| insphere | verb t. | To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere. |
| inspired | imp. & past participle | of Inspire, Breathed in; inhaled., Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers., Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; — opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures. |
| inspirer | noun | One who, or that which, inspirer. |
| inspirit | verb t. | To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate. |
| instable | adjective | Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant. |
| instance | noun | The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion., That which is instant or urgent; motive., Occasion; order of occurrence., That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example., A token; a sign; a symptom or indication., To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact., To give an example. |
| instancy | noun | Instance; urgency. |
| instated | imp. & past participle | of Instate |
| instaure | verb t. | To renew or renovate; to instaurate. |
| instinct | adjective | Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life., Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished., Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method., A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct., To impress, as an animating power, or instinct. |
| instruct | adjective | Arranged; furnished; provided., Instructed; taught; enlightened., To put in order; to form; to prepare., To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline., To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury. |
| insulary | adjective | Insular. |
| insulate | verb t. | To make an island of., To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate., To prevent the transfer o/ electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors. |
| insulite | noun | An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc. |
| insulous | adjective | Abounding in islands. |
| insulted | imp. & past participle | of Insult |
| insulter | noun | One who insults. |
| insurant | noun | The person insured. |
| insuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Insure |
| inswathe | verb t. | To wrap up; to infold; to swathe. |
| intaglio | noun | A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; — opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively. |
| intangle | verb t. | See Entangle. |
| integral | adjective | Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire., Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant., Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional., Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus., A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual., An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential Differential, and Integration. Cf. Fluent. |
| intended | imp. & past participle | of Intend, Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent., Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help., Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband., One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. |
| intender | noun | One who intends. |
| intently | adverb | In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed. |
| interred | imp. & past participle | of Inter |
| interact | noun | A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time., To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact. |
| interall | noun | Entrail or inside. |
| intercur | verb i. | To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime. |
| interess | verb t. | To interest or affect. |
| interest | noun | To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work., To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; — often used impersonally., To cause or permit to share., Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern., Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks., Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit., Premium paid for the use of money, — usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars., Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered., The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. |
| interior | adjective | Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; — opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball., Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country., That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside., The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. |
| interlay | verb t. | To lay or place among or between. |
| intermit | verb t. | To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend., To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. |
| intermix | verb t. | To mix together; to intermingle., To be mixed together; to be intermingled. |
| internal | adjective | Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; — opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth., Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures., Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war., Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual., Intrinsic; inherent; real., Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial. |
| interpel | verb t. | To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with. |
| interrer | noun | One who inters. |
| interrex | noun | An interregent, or a regent. |
| interset | verb t. | To set between or among. |
| intertex | verb t. | To intertwine; to weave or bind together. |
| intertie | noun | In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another. |
| interval | noun | A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills., Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II., A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium., Difference in pitch between any two tones., Alt. of Intervale |
| inthirst | verb t. | To make thirsty. |
| inthrall | verb t. | To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave. |
| inthrone | verb t. | Same as Enthrone. |
| inthrong | verb i. | To throng or collect together. |
| intimacy | noun | The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship. |
| intimate | adjective | Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty., Near; close; direct; thorough; complete., Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend., An intimate friend or associate; a confidant., To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known., To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office. |
| intirely | adverb | See Entire, a., Entirely, adv. |
| intitule | verb t. | To entitle; to give a title to. |
| intombed | imp. & past participle | of Intomb |
| intonate | verb i. | To thunder., To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa., To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone., To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy. |
| intoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Intone |
| intorted | imp. & past participle | of Intort |
| intrados | noun | The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados. |
| intrench | verb t. | To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon., To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself., To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; — usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown. |
| intrepid | adjective | Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit. |
| intrigue | verb i. | To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice., To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour., To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass., Intricacy; complication., A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem., The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events., A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. |
| intrinse | adjective | Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate. |
| intromit | verb t. | To send in or put in; to insert or introduce., To allow to pass in; to admit., To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another. |
| introrse | adjective | Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. |
| intruded | imp. & past participle | of Intrude, Same as Intrusive. |
| intruder | noun | One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser. |
| inuncted | adjective | Anointed. |
| inundant | adjective | Overflowing. |
| inundate | verb t. | To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town., To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit. |
| inurbane | adjective | Uncivil; unpolished; rude. |
| inurning | present participle & vb. noun | of Inurn |
| inustion | noun | The act of burning or branding. |
| in vacuo | In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo. | |
| invading | present participle & vb. noun | of Invade |
| invalide | noun | See Invalid, n. |
| invalued | adjective | Inestimable. |
| invasion | noun | The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass., A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder., The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease. |
| invasive | adjective | Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. |
| invected | adjective | Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; — the opposite of engrailed. |
| inveigle | verb t. | To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. |
| invented | imp. & past participle | of Invent |
| inventer | noun | One who invents. |
| inventor | noun | One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices. |
| inverted | imp. & past participle | of Invert, Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion., Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. |
| invertin | noun | An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar. |
| invested | imp. & past participle | of Invest |
| investor | noun | One who invests. |
| invirile | adjective | Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. |
| invision | noun | Want of vision or of the power of seeing. |
| inviting | present participle & vb. noun | of Invite, Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. |
| invocate | verb t. | To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. |
| invoiced | imp. & past participle | of Invoice |
| invoking | present participle & vb. noun | of Invoke |
| involute | adjective | Alt. of Involuted, A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; — called also evolvent. See Evolute. |
| involved | imp. & past participle | of Involve, Same as Involute. |
| invulgar | verb t. | To cause to become or appear vulgar., Not vulgar; refined; elegant. |
| inwalled | imp. & past participle | of Inwall |
| inwardly | adverb | In the inner parts; internally., Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly., In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret/y; as, he inwardly repines., Intimately; thoroughly. |
| iodizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Iodize |
| iodoform | noun | A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores. |
| iodyrite | noun | Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color. |
| ionidium | noun | A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha. |
| iotacism | noun | The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /, //, etc., like /. |
| ipomoeic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid. |
| irenarch | noun | An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. |
| irenical | adjective | Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. |
| irenicon | noun | A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church. |
| irestone | noun | Any very hard rock. |
| irideous | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others. |
| iridious | adjective | Of or pertaining to iridium; — applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low valence. |
| iridized | imp. & past participle | of Iridize |
| irisated | adjective | Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. |
| iriscope | noun | A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films. |
| irishism | noun | A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism. |
| irishmen | plural | of Irishman |
| irishman | noun | A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. |
| ironclad | adjective | Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare., Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge., A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot. |
| ironical | adjective | Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark., Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony. |
| ironware | noun | Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like. |
| ironweed | noun | A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus. |
| ironwood | noun | A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. |
| ironwork | noun | Anything made of iron; — a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron. |
| ironwort | noun | An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis. |
| iroquois | noun sing. & pl. | A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes. |
| irrelate | adjective | Irrelative; unconnected. |
| irrigate | verb t. | To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew., To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. |
| irrision | noun | The act of laughing at another; derision. |
| irritant | adjective | Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating., Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation., That which irritates or excites., Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant., A poison that produces inflammation. |
| irritate | verb t. | To render null and void., To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate., To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects., To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2., To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage., Excited; heightened. |
| irrorate | verb t. | To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew., Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand. |
| irrugate | verb t. | To wrinkle. |
| irrupted | adjective | Broken with violence. |
| isabella | Alt. of Isabella color | |
| isagogic | adjective | Alt. of Isagogical |
| isatinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, isatin; as, isatic acid, which is also called trioxindol. |
| isatogen | noun | A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue. |
| islamism | noun | The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam. |
| islamite | noun | A Mohammedan. |
| islamize | verb i. & t. | To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam. |
| islander | noun | An inhabitant of an island. |
| isobaric | adjective | Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars. |
| isochasm | noun | A line connecting places on the earth’s surface at which there is the same mean frequency of auroras. |
| isocheim | noun | A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere. |
| isocryme | noun | A line connecting points on the earth’s surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year. |
| isogonic | adjective | Pertaining to, or noting, equal angles., Characterized by isogonism. |
| isolable | adjective | Capable of being isolated, or of being obtained in a pure state; as, gold is isolable. |
| isolated | imp. & past participle | of Isolate, Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others. |
| isolator | noun | One who, or that which, isolates. |
| isomeric | adjective | Having the same percentage composition; — said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric. |
| isomorph | noun | A substance which is similar to another in crystalline form and composition. |
| isonomic | adjective | The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar. |
| isopathy | noun | The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease., The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal., The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease. |
| isoprene | noun | An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha. |
| isothere | noun | A line connecting points on the earth’s surface having the same mean summer temperature. |
| isotherm | noun | A line connecting or marking points on the earth’s surface having the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or other period. Also, a similar line based on the distribution of temperature in the ocean. |
| isotonic | adjective | Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. |
| isotropy | noun | Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions. |
| issuable | adjective | Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law., Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds. |
| issuably | adverb | In an issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead issuably. |
| issuance | noun | The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like. |
| isthmian | adjective | Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. |
| itaconic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids. |
| ita palm | A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber. | |
| itchless | adjective | Free from itching. |
| iterable | adjective | Capable of being iterated or repeated. |
| iterance | noun | Iteration. |
| iterated | imp. & past participle | of Iterate |