| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |