| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ianthinae | plural | of Ianthina |
| ianthinas | plural | of Ianthina |
| ice-built | adjective | Composed of ice., Loaded with ice. |
| icelander | noun | A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland. |
| icelandic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders., The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken. |
| ice plant | A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. | |
| ichneumon | noun | Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra., Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera. |
| ichnolite | noun | A fossil footprint; an ichnite. |
| ichnology | noun | The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints. |
| ichthidin | noun | A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes. |
| ichthulin | noun | A substance from the yolk of salmon’s egg. |
| ichthyoid | adjective | Alt. of Ichthyoidal |
| iconodule | noun | Alt. of Iconodulist |
| iconology | noun | The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography. |
| icterical | adjective | Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice., Good against the jaundice. |
| idealized | imp. & past participle | of Idealize |
| idealizer | noun | An idealist. |
| idealogic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization. |
| idealogue | noun | One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. |
| identical | adjective | The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing., Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological. |
| ideograph | noun | Same as Ideogram. |
| idioblast | noun | An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents. |
| idiocracy | noun | Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy. |
| idiograph | noun | A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark. |
| idiolatry | noun | Self-worship; excessive self-esteem. |
| idiomatic | adjective | Alt. of Idiomatical |
| idiopathy | noun | A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection., A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease. |
| idioplasm | noun | Same as Idioplasma. |
| idiotical | adjective | Common; simple., Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action. |
| idioticon | noun | A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary. |
| idolastre | noun | An idolater. |
| idolizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Idolize |
| idrialine | noun | Alt. of Idrialite |
| idrialite | noun | A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar. |
| igasurine | noun | An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. |
| ignescent | adjective | Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones. |
| ignifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Ignify |
| ignitible | adjective | Capable of being ignited. |
| ignoramus | noun | We are ignorant; we ignore; — being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, “No bill,” “No true bill,” or “Not found,” though in some jurisdictions “Ignored” is still used., A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. |
| ignorance | noun | The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed., A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. |
| iguanodon | noun | A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| ileocolic | adjective | Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine. |
| iliopsoas | noun | The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, — often regarded as distinct muscles. |
| illapsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Illapse |
| illegally | adverb | In a illegal manner; unlawfully. |
| illegible | adjective | Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription. |
| illiberal | adjective | Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid., Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous., Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. |
| illighten | verb t. | To enlighten. |
| illimited | adjective | Not limited; interminable. |
| illiteral | adjective | Not literal. |
| ill-lived | adjective | Leading a wicked life. |
| illogical | adjective | Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference. |
| ill-timed | adjective | Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time. |
| illuminee | noun | One of the Illuminati. |
| illuminer | noun | One who, or that which, illuminates. |
| imageable | adjective | That may be imaged. |
| imageless | adjective | Having no image. |
| imaginant | adjective | Imagining; conceiving., An imaginer. |
| imaginary | adjective | Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal., An imaginary expression or quantity. |
| imaginate | adjective | Imaginative. |
| imagining | present participle & vb. noun | of Imagine |
| imaginous | adjective | Imaginative. |
| imbanking | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbank |
| imbedding | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbed |
| imbosking | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbosk |
| imbosomed | imp. & past participle | of Imbosom |
| imbosture | noun | Embossed or raised work. |
| imbowment | noun | act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. |
| imbracery | noun | Embracery. |
| imbrangle | verb t. | To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. |
| imbricate | adjective | Alt. of Imbricated, To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface. |
| imbrocado | noun | Cloth of silver or of gold. |
| imbrocata | noun | Alt. of Imbroccata |
| imbroglio | noun | An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction., A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. |
| imbureing | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbrue |
| imbruting | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbrute |
| imbuement | noun | The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture. |
| imitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Imitate |
| imitation | noun | The act of imitating., That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance., One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon., The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3. |
| imitative | adjective | Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art., Formed after a model, pattern, or original., Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative., A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. |
| imitatrix | noun | An imitatress. |
| immanacle | verb t. | To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action. |
| immanence | noun | Alt. of Immanency |
| immanency | noun | The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling. |
| immartial | adjective | Not martial; unwarlike. |
| immatured | adjective | Immature. |
| immediacy | noun | The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. |
| immediate | adjective | Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact., Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant., Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause. |
| immensely | adverb | In immense manner or degree. |
| immensity | noun | The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. |
| immensive | adjective | Huge. |
| immerging | present participle & vb. noun | of Immerge |
| immerited | adjective | Unmerited. |
| immersing | present participle & vb. noun | of Immerse |
| immersion | noun | The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx., Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists., The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness., The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; — opposed to emersion. |
| immeshing | present participle & vb. noun | of Immesh |
| immigrant | noun | One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; — correlative of emigrant. |
| immigrate | verb t. | To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate. |
| imminence | noun | The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress., That which is imminent; impending evil or danger. |
| immission | noun | The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; — the correlative of emission. |
| immixable | adjective | Not mixable. |
| immixture | noun | Freedom from mixture; purity. |
| immodesty | noun | Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. |
| immolated | imp. & past participle | of Immolate |
| immolator | noun | One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice. |
| immorally | adverb | In an immoral manner; wickedly. |
| immovable | adjective | Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; — used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin., Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; — used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable., Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive., Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n., That which can not be moved., Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. |
| immovably | adverb | In an immovable manner. |
| immusical | adjective | Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. |
| immutable | adjective | Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable. |
| impacable | adjective | Not to be appeased or quieted. |
| impacting | present participle & vb. noun | of Impact |
| impaction | noun | The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip., An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast. |
| impairing | present participle & vb. noun | of Impair |
| impanated | imp. & past participle | of Impanate |
| impanator | noun | One who holds the doctrine of impanation. |
| impaneled | imp. & past participle | of Impanel |
| imparking | present participle & vb. noun | of Impark |
| imparting | present participle & vb. noun | of Impart |
| impartial | adjective | Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. |
| impassion | verb | To move or affect strongly with passion. |
| impassive | adjective | Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. |
| impasting | present participle & vb. noun | of Impaste, The laying on of colors to produce impasto. |
| impasture | verb t. | To place in a pasture; to foster. |
| impatible | adjective | Not capable of being borne; impassible. |
| impatiens | noun | A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; — so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady’s slipper) is the common garden balsam. |
| impatient | adjective | Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; — often followed by at, for, of, and under., Not to be borne; unendurable., Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies., One who is impatient. |
| impawning | present participle & vb. noun | of Impawn |
| impeached | imp. & past participle | of Impeach |
| impeacher | noun | One who impeaches. |
| impearled | imp. & past participle | of Impearl |
| impeccant | adjective | Sinless; impeccable. |
| impedible | adjective | Capable of being impeded or hindered. |
| impelling | present participle & vb. noun | of Impel |
| impellent | adjective | Having the quality of impelling., An impelling power or force. |
| impenning | present participle & vb. noun | of Impen |
| impending | present participle & vb. noun | of Impend, Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. |
| impendent | adjective | Impending; threatening. |
| impennate | adjective | Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins., One of the Impennes. |
| impennous | adjective | Having no wings, as some insects. |
| impeopled | imp. & past participle | of Impeople |
| imperator | noun | A commander; a leader; an emperor; — originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor. |
| imperfect | adjective | Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient., Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity., Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective., The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense., To make imperfect. |
| imperiled | imp. & past participle | of Imperil |
| imperious | adjective | Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic., Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner., Imperative; urgent; compelling. |
| impetrate | adjective | Obtained by entreaty., To obtain by request or entreaty. |
| impetuous | adjective | Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent., Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. |
| impieties | plural | of Impiety |
| impinging | present participle & vb. noun | of Impinge |
| impingent | adjective | Striking against or upon. |
| implanted | imp. & past participle | of Implant |
| implating | present participle & vb. noun | of Implate |
| impleaded | imp. & past participle | of Implead |
| impleader | noun | One who prosecutes or sues another. |
| implement | noun | That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war., To accomplish; to fulfill., To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements., To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement. |
| impletion | noun | The act of filling, or the state of being full., That which fills up; filling. |
| implexion | noun | Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution. |
| impliable | adjective | Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding. |
| implicate | verb t. | To infold; to fold together; to interweave., To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; — applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc. |
| implicity | noun | Implicitness. |
| impliedly | adverb | By implication or inference. |
| implodent | noun | An implosive sound. |
| imploring | present participle & vb. noun | of Implore, That implores; beseeching; entreating. |
| implosion | noun | A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; — contrasted with explosion., A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. |
| implosive | adjective | Formed by implosion., An implosive sound, an implodent. |
| impluvium | noun | In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm. |
| impolarly | adverb | Not according to or in, the direction of the poles. |
| impolitic | adjective | Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. |
| importing | present participle & vb. noun | of Import, Full of meaning. |
| important | verb t. | Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious., Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty., Bearing on; forcible; driving., Importunate; pressing; urgent. |
| importune | adjective | To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry., To import; to signify., To require; to demand. |
| imposable | adjective | Capable of being imposed or laid on. |
| impostrix | noun | A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. |
| imposture | noun | The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. |
| impostury | noun | Imposture. |
| impotence | noun | Alt. of Impotency |
| impotency | noun | The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility., Want of self-restraint or self-control., Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness. |
| impounded | imp. & past participle | of Impound |
| impounder | noun | One who impounds. |
| imprecate | verb t. | To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous., To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. |
| impressed | imp. & past participle | of Impress |
| impresses | plural | of Impress |
| impressor | noun | One who, or that which, impresses. |
| imprested | imp. & past participle | of Imprest |
| imprimery | noun | A print; impression., A printing establishment., The art of printing. |
| impriming | noun | A beginning. |
| improbate | verb t. | To disapprove of; to disallow. |
| improbity | noun | Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. |
| impromptu | adverb / adjective | Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse., Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark., A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece. |
| improving | present participle & vb. noun | of Improve, Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. |
| improvise | verb t. | To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously., To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation., To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone., To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand. |
| improviso | adjective | Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. |
| imprudent | adjective | Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. |
| impuberal | adjective | Not having arrived at puberty; immature. |
| impuberty | noun | The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one’s species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into. |
| impudence | noun | The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty. |
| impudency | noun | Impudence. |
| impugning | present participle & vb. noun | of Impugn |
| impulsion | noun | The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse., Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. |
| impulsive | adjective | Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent., Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings., Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; — said of forces., That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. |
| impunibly | adverb | Without punishment; with impunity. |
| impurpled | imp. & past participle | of Impurple |
| imputable | adjective | That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable., Accusable; culpable. |
| imputably | adverb | By imputation. |
| inability | noun | The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity. |
| inactuate | verb t. | To put in action. |
| inaffable | adjective | Not affable; reserved in social intercourse. |
| inaidable | adjective | Incapable of being assisted; helpless. |
| inamiable | adjective | Unamiable. |
| inamorata | noun | A woman in love; a mistress. |
| inamorate | adjective | Enamored. |
| inamorato | noun | A male lover. |
| in-and-in | noun | An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike. |
| in and an | adjective & adverb | Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding. |
| inangular | adjective | Not angular. |
| inanimate | verb t. | To animate., Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances. |
| inanition | noun | The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. |
| inanities | plural | of Inanity |
| inarching | present participle & vb. noun | of Inarch, A method of ingrafting. See Inarch. |
| inaudible | adjective | Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent. |
| inaugural | adjective | Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises., An inaugural address. |
| inbeaming | noun | Shining in. |
| inbreathe | verb t. | To infuse by breathing; to inspire. |
| inburning | adjective | Burning within. |
| incanting | adjective | Enchanting. |
| incapable | adjective | Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc., Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; — used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood., Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury., Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government., As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country., One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton. |
| incapably | adverb | In an incapable manner. |
| incarnate | adjective | Not in the flesh; spiritual., Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body., Flesh-colored; rosy; red., To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature., To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. |
| incaution | noun | Want of caution. |
| incavated | adjective | Made hollow; bent round or in. |
| incensant | adjective | A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect. |
| incensing | present participle & vb. noun | of Incense, of Incense |
| incension | noun | The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire. |
| incensive | adjective | Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory. |
| incensory | noun | The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. |
| incentive | adjective | Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative., Serving to kindle or set on fire., That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action. |
| inception | noun | Beginning; commencement; initiation., Reception; a taking in. |
| inceptive | adjective | Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; — called also inchoative., An inceptive word, phrase, or clause. |
| incertain | noun | Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. |
| incessant | adjective | Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc. |
| incession | noun | Motion on foot; progress in walking. |
| inchamber | verb t. | To lodge in a chamber. |
| incharity | noun | Want of charity. |
| incidence | noun | A falling on or upon; an incident; an event., The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. |
| incidency | noun | Incidence. |
| incipient | adjective | Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. |
| incirclet | noun | A small circle. |
| incivilly | adverb | Uncivilly. |
| inclement | adjective | Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh., Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. |
| inclining | present participle & vb. noun | of Incline, Same as Inclined, 3., Inclination; disposition., Party or side chosen; a following. |
| inclosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inclose |
| inclosure | noun | The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence., That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up., That which incloses; a barrier or fence. |
| including | present participle & vb. noun | of Include |
| inclusion | noun | The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy., A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral. |
| inclusive | adjective | Inclosing; encircling; surrounding., Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday; — opposed to exclusive. |
| incoacted | adjective | Not compelled; unconstrained. |
| incognita | noun | A woman who is unknown or in disguise., The state of being in disguise; — said of a woman. |
| incognito | adjective / adverb | Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; — said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice., One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name., The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized. |
| incombine | verb i. | To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ. |
| incommode | verb t. | To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room., An inconvenience. |
| incompact | adjective | Alt. of Incompacted |
| incompass | verb t. | See Encompass. |
| incomplex | adjective | Not complex; uncompounded; simple. |
| inconcoct | adjective | Inconcocted. |
| incondite | adjective | Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. |
| inconform | adjective | Unconformable. |
| incorrect | adjective | Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty., Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation., Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct. |
| incorrupt | adjective | Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled., Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest. |
| increased | imp. & past participle | of Increase |
| increaser | noun | One who, or that, increases. |
| increated | imp. & past participle | of Increate, Uncreated; self-existent. |
| incremate | verb t. | To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate. |
| increment | noun | The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement., Matter added; increase; produce; production; — opposed to decrement., The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased., An amplification without strict climax, |
| increpate | verb t. | To chide; to rebuke; to reprove. |
| incrusted | imp. & past participle | of Incrust |
| incubated | imp. & past participle | of Incubate |
| incubator | noun | That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat. |
| incubuses | plural | of Incubus |
| inculcate | verb t. | To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. |
| inculpate | verb t. | To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. |
| inculture | noun | Want or neglect of cultivation or culture. |
| incumbent | adjective | Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent., Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon., Leaning or resting; — said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them., Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird., A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. |
| incurring | present participle & vb. noun | of Incur |
| incurable | adjective | Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease., Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils., A person diseased beyond cure. |
| incurably | adverb | In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. |
| incurious | adjective | Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless. |
| incurrent | adjective | Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca. |
| incursion | noun | A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid., Attack; occurrence. |
| incursive | adjective | Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile. |
| incurtain | verb t. | To curtain. |
| incurvate | adjective | Curved; bent; crooked., To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. |
| incurving | present participle & vb. noun | of Incurve |
| incurvity | noun | A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. |
| indagator | noun | A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. |
| indamaged | adjective | Not damaged. |
| indebting | present participle & vb. noun | of Indebt |
| indecence | noun | See Indecency. |
| indecency | noun | The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity., That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy. |
| indecorum | noun | Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness., An indecorous or becoming action. |
| indelible | adjective | That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory., That can not be annulled; indestructible. |
| indemnify | verb t. | To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure., To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. |
| indemnity | noun | Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty., Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained. |
| indenizen | verb t. | To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. |
| indenting | present participle & vb. noun | of Indent, Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth. |
| indention | noun | Same as Indentation, 4. |
| indenture | noun | The act of indenting, or state of being indented., A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master., To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow., To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice., To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. |
| indexical | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index. |
| indianeer | noun | An Indiaman. |
| indicated | imp. & past participle | of Indicate, Shown; denoted; registered; measured. |
| indicator | noun | One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car., A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part, An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below)., A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc., The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer., Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey., That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis. |
| indicavit | noun | A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts. |
| indicible | adjective | Unspeakable. |
| indicting | present participle & vb. noun | of Indict |
| indiction | noun | Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment., A cycle of fifteen years. |
| indictive | adjective | Proclaimed; declared; public. |
| indigence | noun | The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence. |
| indigency | noun | Indigence. |
| indignant | adjective | Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation. |
| indignify | verb t. | To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. |
| indignity | noun | Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. |
| indigogen | noun | See Indigo white, under Indigo., Same as Indican, 2. |
| indigotic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid. |
| indigotin | noun | See Indigo blue, under Indigo. |
| indihumin | noun | A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican. |
| indiretin | noun | A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican. |
| indirubin | noun | A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production. |
| indispose | verb t. | To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify., To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat., To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties. |
| individed | adjective | Undivided. |
| individua | imp. & past participle | of Individuate |
| indocible | adjective | Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile. |
| indolence | noun | Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc., The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity. |
| indolency | noun | Indolence. |
| indomable | adjective | Indomitable. |
| indorsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Indorse |
| indowment | noun | See Endowment. |
| indoxylic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic acid. |
| indraught | noun | An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet., A draught of air or flow of water setting inward. |
| indubious | adjective | Not dubious or doubtful; certain., Not doubting; unsuspecting. |
| inducible | adjective | Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place., Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable. |
| inducting | present participle & vb. noun | of Induct |
| inductile | adjective | Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough. |
| induction | noun | The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement., An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue., The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached., The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities., A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; — called also successive induction., The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact. |
| inductive | adjective | Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; — usually followed by to., Tending to induce or cause., Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning., Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine., Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity. |
| inductric | adjective | Alt. of Inductrical |
| induement | noun | The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. |
| indulging | present participle & vb. noun | of Indulge |
| indulgent | adjective | Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one’s care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. |
| indurance | noun | See Endurance. |
| indurated | imp. & past participle | of Indurate, Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. |
| indusiate | adjective | Alt. of Indusiated |
| induviate | adjective | Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree. |
| indweller | noun | An inhabitant. |
| inebriant | adjective | Intoxicating., Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. |
| inebriate | verb t. | To make drunk; to intoxicate., Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy., To become drunk., Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied., One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates. |
| inebriety | noun | Drunkenness; inebriation. |
| inebrious | adjective | Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. |
| ineffable | adjective | Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. |
| ineffably | adverb | In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. |
| inelastic | adjective | Not elastic. |
| inelegant | adjective | Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires. |
| ineptness | noun | Unfitness; ineptitude. |
| inequable | adjective | Unequable. |
| inergetic | adjective | Alt. of Inergetical |
| inerrable | adjective | Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. |
| inerrably | adverb | With security from error; infallibly; unerringly. |
| inerrancy | noun | Exemption from error. |
| inerratic | adjective | Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established. |
| inertness | noun | Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility., Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia. |
| inerudite | adjective | Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant. |
| inevident | adjective | Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure. |
| inexactly | adverb | In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. |
| inexpiate | adjective | Not appeased or placated. |
| inextinct | adjective | Not quenched; not extinct. |
| infamized | imp. & past participle | of Infamize |
| infandous | adjective | Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. |
| infantile | adjective | Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior. |
| infantine | adjective | Infantile; childish. |
| infatuate | adjective | Infatuated., To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment., To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. |
| infecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Infect |
| infection | noun | The act or process of infecting., That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused., The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic., That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles., Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication., Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence. |
| infective | adjective | Infectious. |
| inferring | present participle & vb. noun | of Infer |
| inferable | adjective | Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. |
| inference | noun | The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction., That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. |
| infertile | adjective | Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil. |
| infesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Infest |
| infestive | adjective | Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. |
| infirmary | noun | A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated. |
| infirmity | adjective | The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind., A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect. |
| inflaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Inflame |
| inflating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inflate |
| inflation | noun | The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement., The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity., Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; — said of currency. |
| inflected | imp. & past participle | of Inflect, Bent; turned; deflected., Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective. |
| inflexion | noun | Inflection. |
| inflexive | adjective | Inflective., Inflexible. |
| inflexure | noun | An inflection; a bend or fold. |
| inflicted | imp. & past participle | of Inflict |
| inflicter | noun | One who inflicts. |
| influence | noun | A flowing in or upon; influx., Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs., Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community., Induction., To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce. |
| influenza | noun | An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever. |
| influxion | noun | A flowing in; infusion. |
| influxive | adjective | Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential. |
| infolding | present participle & vb. noun | of Infold |
| infoliate | verb t. | To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. |
| informing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inform |
| informant | verb t. | One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies., One who imparts information or instruction., One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer. |
| informity | adjective | Want of regular form; shapelessness. |
| informous | adjective | Of irregular form; shapeless. |
| infortune | noun | Misfortune. |
| infracted | imp. & past participle | of Infract |
| infractor | noun | One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker. |
| infrapose | verb t. | To place under or beneath. |
| infringed | imp. & past participle | of Infringe |
| infringer | noun | One who infringes or violates; a violator. |
| infumated | imp. & past participle | of Infumate, Clouded; having a cloudy appearance. |
| infuneral | verb t. | To inter with funeral rites; to bury. |
| infuriate | verb t. | Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated., To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate. |
| infuscate | verb t. | To darken; to make black; to obscure. |
| infusible | verb | Capable of being infused., Not fusible; incapble or difficalt of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. |
| infusoria | noun pl. | One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. |
| ingelable | adjective | Not congealable. |
| ingenerat | imp. & past participle | of Ingenerate |
| ingeniate | verb t. & i. | To invent; to contrive. |
| ingenious | adjective | Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic., Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc., Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply., Mental; intellectual. |
| ingenuity | noun | The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining., Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism., Openness of heart; ingenuousness. |
| ingenuous | adjective | Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth., Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal., Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc., Ingenious. |
| ingestion | noun | The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food. |
| inglobate | adjective | In the form of a globe or sphere; — applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation. |
| ingluvial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the indulges or crop of birds. |
| ingluvies | noun | The crop, or craw, of birds. |
| ingrafted | imp. & past participle | of Ingraft |
| ingrafter | noun | A person who ingrafts. |
| ingrained | imp. & past participle | of Ingrain |
| ingrapple | verb t. & i. | To seize; to clutch; to grapple. |
| ingrately | adverb | Ungratefully. |
| ingrowing | adjective | Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. |
| ingulfing | present participle & vb. noun | of Ingulf |
| inhabited | imp. & past participle | of Inhabit, Uninhabited. |
| inhabiter | noun | An inhabitant. |
| inharmony | noun | Want of harmony. |
| inhearsed | imp. & past participle | of Inhearse |
| inherence | noun | Alt. of Inherency |
| inherency | noun | The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. |
| inherited | imp. & past participle | of Inherit |
| inheritor | noun | One who inherits; an heir. |
| inhiation | noun | A gaping after; eager desire; craving. |
| inhibited | imp. & past participle | of Inhibit |
| inhibitor | noun | That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve. |
| inholding | present participle & vb. noun | of Inhold |
| inhumanly | adverb | In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously. |
| inimicous | adjective | Inimical; hurtful. |
| initialed | imp. & past participle | of Initial |
| initially | adverb | In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning. |
| initiated | imp. & past participle | of Initiate |
| initiator | noun | One who initiates. |
| injecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inject |
| injection | noun | The act of injecting or throwing in; — applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc., That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema., The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance., A specimen prepared by injection., The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum., The cold water thrown into a condenser. |
| injurious | adjective | Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable., Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. |
| injustice | noun | Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition., An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. |
| inlandish | adjective | Inland. |
| inleagued | imp. & past participle | of Inleague |
| inleaguer | verb t. | To beleaguer. |
| inlighten | verb t. | See Enlighten. |
| inmeshing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inmesh |
| innermost | adjective | Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. |
| innervate | verb t. | To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches. |
| innerving | present participle & vb. noun | of Innerve |
| innholder | noun | One who keeps an inn. |
| innitency | noun | A leaning; pressure; weight. |
| innkeeper | noun | An innholder. |
| innocence | noun | The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness., The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness., The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown., Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness. |
| innocency | noun | Innocence. |
| innocuity | noun | Innocuousness. |
| innocuous | adjective | Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent. |
| innodated | imp. & past participle | of Innodate |
| innovated | imp. & past participle | of Innovate |
| innovator | noun | One who innovates. |
| innoxious | adjective | Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless., Free from crime; pure; innocent. |
| innuedoes | plural | of Innuendo |
| inocarpin | noun | A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis). |
| inoculate | verb t. | To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant., To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree., To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate., Fig.: To introduce into the mind; — used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity., To graft by inserting buds., To communicate disease by inoculation. |
| inodorate | adjective | Inodorous. |
| inodorous | adjective | Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless. |
| inopinate | adjective | Not expected or looked for. |
| inopulent | adjective | Not opulent; not affluent or rich. |
| inorganic | adjective | Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical compounds are inorganic substances. |
| inoxidize | verb i. | To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes. |
| inquiline | noun | A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects. |
| inquinate | verb t. | To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul. |
| inquiring | present participle & vb. noun | of Inquire, Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind. |
| inquirent | adjective | Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning. |
| inquiries | plural | of Inquiry |
| inrailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inrail |
| inroading | present participle & vb. noun | of Inroad |
| inrunning | noun | The act or the place of entrance; an inlet. |
| insanable | adjective | Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable. |
| insanably | adverb | In an incurable manner. |
| insaniate | verb t. | To render unsound; to make mad. |
| insatiate | adjective | Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst. |
| insatiety | noun | Insatiableness. |
| inscience | noun | Want of knowledge; ignorance. |
| inscribed | imp. & past participle | of Inscribe |
| inscriber | noun | One who inscribes. |
| inseaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Inseam |
| insecable | adjective | Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible. |
| insectary | noun | A place for keeping living insects. |
| insectile | adjective | Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects. |
| insection | noun | A cutting in; incisure; incision. |
| insensate | adjective | Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. |
| inserting | present participle & vb. noun | of Insert, A setting in., Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments. |
| insertion | noun | The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings., The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx., That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric., The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; — in contradistinction to its origin. |
| insession | noun | The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath., That in which one sits, as a bathing tub. |
| insheathe | verb t. | To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. |
| insidiate | verb t. | To lie in ambush for. |
| insidious | adjective | Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; — said of persons; as, the insidious foe., Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. |
| insincere | adjective | Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; — said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations., Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. |
| insinewed | imp. & past participle | of Insinew |
| insinuant | adjective | Insinuating; insinuative. |
| insinuate | verb t. | To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement., To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill., To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; — often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?, To push or work (one’s self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; — used reflexively., To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices., To ingratiate one’s self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning. |
| insipidly | adverb | In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly. |
| insipient | adjective | Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish., An insipient person. |
| insisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Insist |
| insistent | adjective | Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall., Insisting; persistent; persevering., See Incumbent. |
| insisture | noun | A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. |
| insitency | noun | Freedom from thirst. |
| insnaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Insnare |
| insociate | adjective | Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse. |
| insolated | imp. & past participle | of Insolate |
| insolence | noun | The quality of being unusual or novel., The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence., Insolent conduct or treatment; insult., To insult. |
| insolency | noun | Insolence. |
| insoluble | adjective | Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water., Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty., Strong. |
| insolvent | adjective | Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one’s debts; unable to pay one’s debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor., Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate., Relating to persons unable to pay their debts., One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; — in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. |
| inspected | imp. & past participle | of Inspect |
| inspector | noun | One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer. |
| insphered | imp. & past participle | of Insphere |
| inspiring | present participle & vb. noun | of Inspire, Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene. |
| installed | imp. & past participle | of Install |
| instanced | imp. & past participle | of Instance |
| instanter | adjective | Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter. |
| instantly | adverb | Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately., With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly. |
| instating | present participle & vb. noun | of Instate |
| insteeped | imp. & past participle | of Insteep |
| instigate | verb t. | To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; — used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime. |
| instilled | imp. & past participle | of Instill |
| instiller | noun | One who instills. |
| institute | p. adjective | Established; organized; founded., To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc., To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society., To nominate; to appoint., To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit., To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct., To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls., The act of instituting; institution., That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom., Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke’s Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n., An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute., The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. |
| insuavity | noun | Want of suavity; unpleasantness. |
| insuccess | noun | Want of success. |
| insuetude | noun | The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit. |
| insularly | adverb | In an insular manner. |
| insulated | imp. & past participle | of Insulate, Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column., Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity., Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; — said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible. |
| insulator | noun | One who, or that which, insulates., The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor. |
| insulsity | noun | Insipidity; stupidity; dullness. |
| insulting | present participle & vb. noun | of Insult, Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. |
| insurable | adjective | Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured. |
| insurance | noun | The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6., The premium paid for insuring property or life., The sum for which life or property is insured., A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. |
| insurgent | adjective | Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious., A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel. |
| inswathed | imp. & past participle | of Inswathe |
| inswating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inswathe |
| intaglius | plural | of Intaglio |
| integrant | adjective | Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. |
| integrate | verb t. | To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect., To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time., To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of. |
| integrity | noun | The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory., Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; — used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude., Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity. |
| intellect | noun | The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding. |
| intenable | adjective | Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress. |
| intending | present participle & vb. noun | of Intend |
| intendant | noun | One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance., Attentive. |
| intendent | noun | See Intendant, n. |
| intenible | adjective | Incapable of holding or containing. |
| intensate | verb t. | To intensify. |
| intensely | adverb | Intently., To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold. |
| intensify | verb t. | To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity., To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. |
| intension | noun | A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string., Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency., The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; — opposed to extension, extent, or sphere. |
| intensity | noun | The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc., The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced., The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch., The degree or depth of shade in a picture. |
| intensive | adjective | Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified., Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense., Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition., That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. |
| intention | noun | A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness., A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York., The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim., The state of being strained. See Intension., Any mental apprehension of an object. |
| intentive | noun | Attentive; intent. |
| interring | present participle & vb. noun | of Inter |
| interaxal | adjective | Situated in an interaxis. |
| interaxes | plural | of Interaxis |
| interaxis | noun | The space between two axes. See Axis, 6. |
| intercede | verb i. | To pass between; to intervene., To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; — usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you., To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. |
| intercept | verb t. | To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris., To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river., To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade., To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B., A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves. |
| interdash | verb t. | To dash between or among; to intersperse. |
| interdeal | verb i. | To intrigue. |
| interdict | noun | To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations., To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual., A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition., A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church., An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America. |
| interdome | noun | The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry. |
| interduce | noun | An intertie. |
| interesse | noun | Interest. |
| interfere | verb i. | To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands., To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose., To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; — sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes., To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; — said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2., To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention. |
| interflow | verb i. | To flow in. |
| interfuse | verb t. | To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter., To spread through; to permeate; to pervade., To mix up together; to associate. |
| interhyal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch., An interhyal ligament or cartilage. |
| interject | verb t. | To throw in between; to insert; to interpose., To throw one’s self between or among; to come between; to interpose. |
| interjoin | verb t. | To join mutually; to unite. |
| interknit | verb t. | To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine. |
| interknow | verb t. | To know mutually. |
| interlace | verb t. & i. | To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. |
| interlard | verb t. | To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean., Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conservation with oaths or allusions. |
| interlaid | imp. & past participle | of Interlay |
| interleaf | noun | A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book. |
| interline | verb t. | To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book., To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English., To mark or imprint with lines. |
| interlink | verb t. | To link together; to join, as one chain to another., An intermediate or connecting link. |
| interlock | verb i. | To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly., To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening. |
| interlope | verb i. | To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle. |
| interlude | noun | A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting., A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama., A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line. |
| intermean | noun | Something done in the meantime; interlude. |
| intermede | noun | A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera. |
| intermell | verb i. & t. | To intermeddle; to intermix. |
| interment | verb t. | The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation. |
| intermine | verb t. | To intersect or penetrate with mines. |
| intermise | noun | Interference; interposition. |
| intermure | verb t. | To wall in; to inclose. |
| internity | noun | State of being within; interiority. |
| internode | noun | The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise., A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges. |
| interpale | verb t. | To place pales between or among; to separate by pales., To interweave or interlace. |
| interpeal | verb t. | To interpel. |
| interplay | noun | Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection. |
| interpone | verb t. | To interpose; to insert or place between. |
| interpose | verb t. | To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light., To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling., To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument., To be or come between., To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace., To utter a sentiment by way of interruption., Interposition. |
| interpret | verb t. | To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; — applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech., To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape., To act as an interpreter. |
| interrupt | verb t. | To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking., To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill., Broken; interrupted. |
| intersect | verb t. | To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center., To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect. |
| intersert | verb t. | To put in between other things; to insert. |
| intertalk | verb i. | To converse. |
| intervale | noun | A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. |
| intervary | verb i. | To alter or vary between; to change. |
| intervene | verb i. | To come between, or to be between, persons or things; — followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa., To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking., To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel., In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one’s interest in the subject matter., To come between., A coming between; intervention; meeting. |
| intervent | verb t. | To thwart; to obstruct. |
| intervert | verb t. | To turn to another course or use. |
| interview | noun | A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President., A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited., To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication. |
| interwove | imp. & obs. past participle | of Interweave, Alt. of Interwoven |
| interwish | verb t. | To wish mutually in regarded to each other. |
| intestacy | noun | The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. |
| intestate | adjective | Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate., Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate., A person who dies without making a valid will. |
| intestine | adjective | Internal; inward; — opposed to external., Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; — applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc., Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective., Shut up; inclosed., That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus., The bowels; entrails; viscera. |
| intextine | noun | A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera. |
| intimated | imp. & past participle | of Intimate |
| intituled | imp. & past participle | of Intitule |
| intombing | present participle & vb. noun | of Intomb |
| intonated | imp. & past participle | of Intonate |
| intorsion | noun | A winding, bending, or twisting., The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical. |
| intorting | present participle & vb. noun | of Intort |
| intortion | noun | See Intorsion. |
| intricacy | noun | The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot. |
| intricate | adjective | Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc., To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. |
| intrigued | imp. & past participle | of Intrigue |
| intriguer | noun | One who intrigues. |
| intrinsic | adjective | Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; — opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person., Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; — opposed to extrinsic., A genuine quality. |
| introduce | verb t. | To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room., To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe., To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another., To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant., To produce; to cause to exist; to induce., To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface. |
| introduct | verb t. | To introduce. |
| introsume | verb t. | To draw in; to swallow. |
| introvert | verb t. | To turn or bend inward., To look within; to introspect. |
| intruding | present participle & vb. noun | of Intrude |
| intrusion | noun | The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one’s self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment., The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another., The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession., The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent. |
| intrusive | adjective | Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. |
| intrusted | imp. & past participle | of Intrust |
| intuition | noun | A looking after; a regard to., Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; — distinguished from “mediate” knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension., Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth. |
| intuitive | adjective | Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision., Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning., Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; — opposed to deductive. |
| intumesce | verb i. | To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. |
| inumbrate | verb t. | To shade; to darken. |
| inunction | noun | The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed. |
| inundated | imp. & past participle | of Inundate |
| inurement | noun | Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom. |
| inusitate | adjective | Unusual. |
| inutility | noun | Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects. |
| invariant | noun | An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. |
| invection | noun | An inveighing against; invective. |
| invective | adjective | Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing., An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; — followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. |
| inveighed | imp. & past participle | of Inveigh |
| inveigher | noun | One who inveighs. |
| inveigled | imp. & past participle | of Inveigle |
| inveigler | noun | One who inveigles. |
| inventing | present participle & vb. noun | of Invent |
| inventful | adjective | Full of invention. |
| invention | noun | The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing., That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention., Thought; idea., A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood., The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention., The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts. |
| inventive | adjective | Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. |
| inventory | noun | An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business., To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock. |
| inversely | adverb | In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; — opposed to directly. |
| inversion | noun | The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted., A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition., A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on., A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third., A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse., A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, “of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable,” instead of, “impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices.”, A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause., Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc., Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass., Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa., Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places., The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed., The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose). |
| inverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Invert |
| investing | present participle & vb. noun | of Invest |
| investive | adjective | Investing. |
| investure | noun | Investiture; investment., To clothe; to invest; to install. |
| invidious | adjective | Envious; malignant., Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable., Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. |
| inviolacy | noun | The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath. |
| inviolate | adjective | Alt. of Inviolated |
| inviscate | verb t. | To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. |
| invisible | adjective | Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible., An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being., A Rosicrucian; — so called because avoiding declaration of his craft., One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. |
| invisibly | adverb | In an invisible manner. |
| invitiate | adjective | Not vitiated. |
| invocated | imp. & past participle | of Invocate |
| invoicing | present participle & vb. noun | of Invoice |
| involucel | noun | A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre. |
| involucre | noun | A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head., A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns., The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum. |
| involucra | plural | of Involucrum |
| involuted | adjective | Rolled inward from the edges; — said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation., Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea., Rolled inward spirally. |
| involving | present participle & vb. noun | of Involve |
| inwalling | present participle & vb. noun | of Inwall |
| inwreathe | verb t. | To surround or encompass as with a wreath. |
| inwrought | past participle / adjective | Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. |
| iodhydrin | noun | One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins. |
| irascible | adjective | Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood. |
| iridiated | adjective | Iridescent. |
| iridizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Iridize |
| iridoline | noun | A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine. |
| ironbound | adjective | Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast., Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions. |
| iron-gray | adjective | Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken., An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color. |
| ironheads | noun | A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); — so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle. |
| iron-sick | adjective | Having the ironwork loose or corroded; — said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky. |
| ironsides | noun / | A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; — applied specifically to Cromwell’s cavalry. |
| ironsmith | noun | A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith., An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith. |
| ironstone | noun | A hard, earthy ore of iron. |
| irradiant | adjective | Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. |
| irradiate | verb t. | To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster., To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind., To animate by heat or light., To radiate, shed, or diffuse., To emit rays; to shine., Illuminated; irradiated. |
| irrecured | adjective | Incurable. |
| irregular | adjective | Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular., One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service. |
| irremoval | noun | Absence of removal. |
| irrigated | imp. & past participle | of Irrigate |
| irriguous | adjective | Watered; watery; moist; dewy., Gently penetrating or pervading. |
| irrisible | adjective | Not risible. |
| irritable | adjective | Capable of being irriated., Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper., Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli., Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3. |
| irritably | adverb | In an irritable manner. |
| irritancy | noun | The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture., The state o quality of being irritant or irritating. |
| irritated | imp. & past participle | of Irritate |
| irrorated | imp. & past participle | of Irrorate |
| irruption | noun | A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea., A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. |
| irruptive | adjective | Rushing in or upon. |
| irvingite | noun | The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ. |
| isagelous | adjective | Containing the same information; as, isagelous sentences. |
| isagogics | noun | That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures. |
| isatropic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic acid. |
| ischiadic | adjective | Ischial. |
| ischiatic | adjective | Same as Ishial. |
| isidorian | adjective | Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century. |
| isinglass | noun | A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue., A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets. |
| islamitic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan. |
| islamized | imp. & past participle | of Islamize |
| ismaelian | noun | Alt. of Ismaelite |
| ismaelite | noun | One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house Ali. |
| isochimal | adjective | Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart. |
| isoclinal | adjective | Alt. of Isoclinic |
| isoclinic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having equal inclination or dip. |
| isocrymal | adjective | Pertaining to, having the nature of, or illustrating, an isocryme; as, an isocrymal line; an isocrymal chart. |
| isocrymic | adjective | Isocrymal. |
| isocyanic | adjective | Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid. |
| isogonism | noun | The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; — said of certain hydroids. |
| isography | noun | Imitation of another’s handwriting. |
| isolating | present participle & vb. noun | of Isolate |
| isolation | noun | The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. |
| isologous | adjective | Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; — said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series. |
| isomeride | noun | An isomer. |
| isomerism | noun | The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances. |
| isometric | adjective | Alt. of Isometrical |
| isonandra | noun | A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha. |
| isopepsin | noun | Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C. |
| isopleura | noun pl. | A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal. |
| isopodous | adjective | Same as Isopod. |
| isopycnic | adjective | Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface., A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same. |
| isorropic | adjective | Of equal value. |
| isosceles | adjective | Having two legs or sides that are equal; — said of a triangle. |
| isosporic | adjective | Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic. |
| isotheral | adjective | Having the nature of an isothere; indicating the distribution of temperature by means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart or line. |
| isotropic | adjective | Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions. |
| israelite | noun | A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew. |
| issueless | adjective | Having no issue or progeny; childless. |
| isthmuses | plural | of Isthmus |
| italicism | noun | A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language; to Italianism., The use of Italics. |
| italicize | verb t. & i. | To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much. |
| itchiness | noun | The state of being itchy. |
| iterating | present participle & vb. noun | of Iterate |
| iteration | noun | Recital or performance a second time; repetition. |
| iterative | adjective | Repeating. |
| itineracy | noun | The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy. |
| itinerant | adjective | Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler., One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled. |
| itinerary | adjective | Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey., An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus. |
| itinerate | verb i. | To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, etc. |
| ivorytype | noun | A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; — called also hellenotype. |