| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| iatraliptic | adjective | Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. |
| ichnography | noun | A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans. |
| ichorhaemia | noun | Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances. |
| ichthyoidal | adjective | Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; — said of some amphibians. |
| ichthyolite | noun | A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish. |
| ichthyology | noun | The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits. |
| ichthyohagy | noun | The practice of eating, or living upon, fish. |
| ichthyornis | noun | An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae. |
| ichthyosaur | noun | One of the Ichthyosaura. |
| iconodulist | noun | One who serves images; — opposed to an iconoclast. |
| iconography | noun | The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients., The study of representative art in general. |
| icosahedral | adjective | Having twenty equal sides or faces. |
| icosahedron | noun | A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces. |
| icosandrian | adjective | Alt. of Icosandrous |
| icosandrous | adjective | Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. |
| icteritious | adjective | Alt. of Icteritous |
| icy-pearled | adjective | Spangled with ice. |
| identically | adverb | In an identical manner; with respect to identity. |
| identifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Identify |
| ideogenical | adjective | Of or relating to ideology. |
| ideographic | adjective | Alt. of Ideographical |
| ideological | adjective | Of or pertaining to ideology. |
| ideo-motion | noun | An ideo-motor movement. |
| idiocrasies | plural | of Idiocracy |
| idiographic | adjective | Alt. of Idiographical |
| idiomatical | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. |
| idiomorphic | adjective | Idiomorphous. |
| idiopathies | plural | of Idiopathy |
| idiophanous | adjective | Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals. |
| idiothermic | adjective | Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself. |
| idiotically | adverb | In a idiotic manner. |
| idle-headed | adjective | Foolish; stupid., Delirious; infatuated. |
| idolatrical | adjective | Idolatrous. |
| idolatrized | imp. & past participle | of Idolatrize |
| ignipotence | noun | Power over fire. |
| ignes fatui | plural | of Ignis fatuus |
| ignobleness | noun | State or quality of being ignoble. |
| ignominious | adjective | Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful., Deserving ignominy; despicable., Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. |
| ignoramuses | plural | of Ignoramus |
| ignorantism | noun | The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism. |
| ignorantist | noun | One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist. |
| iliofemoral | adjective | Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments. |
| illacerable | adjective | Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent. |
| illaqueable | adjective | Capable of being insnared or entrapped. |
| illaqueated | imp. & past participle | of Illaqueate |
| illecebrous | adjective | Alluring; attractive; enticing. |
| illegalized | imp. & past participle | of Illegalize |
| illegalness | noun | Illegality, unlawfulness. |
| ill-favored | adjective | Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking. |
| illiberally | adverb | In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously. |
| illimitable | adjective | Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space. |
| illiquation | noun | The melting or dissolving of one thing into another. |
| ill-looking | adjective | Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv. |
| ill-natured | adjective | Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person., Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful., Intractable; not yielding to culture. |
| ill-starred | adjective | Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day. |
| illuminable | adjective | Capable of being illuminated. |
| illuminated | imp. & past participle | of Illuminate |
| illuminator | noun | One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3., A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant. |
| illuminized | imp. & past participle | of Illuminize |
| illusionist | noun | One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer. |
| illustrable | adjective | Capable of illustration. |
| illustrated | imp. & past participle | of Illustrate |
| illustrator | noun | One who illustrates. |
| illustrious | adjective | Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid., Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished., Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles. |
| illuxurious | adjective | Not luxurious. |
| imaginarily | adjective | In a imaginary manner; in imagination. |
| imagination | noun | The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines., The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy., The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal., A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. |
| imaginative | adjective | Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word., Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative., Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. |
| imber-goose | noun | The loon. See Ember-goose. |
| imbittering | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbitter |
| imbordering | present participle & vb. noun | of Imborder |
| imbrication | noun | An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure. |
| imbricative | adjective | Imbricate. |
| imbrocadoes | plural | of Imbrocado |
| imbrutement | noun | The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. |
| imbursement | noun | The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed., Money laid up in stock. |
| imitability | noun | The quality of being imitable. |
| imitational | adjective | Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities. |
| immalleable | adjective | Not maleable. |
| immanacling | present participle & vb. noun | of Immanacle |
| immarginate | adjective | Not having a distinctive margin or border. |
| immatchable | adjective | Matchless; peerless. |
| immateriate | adjective | Immaterial. |
| immeability | noun | Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness. |
| immediately | adverb | In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; — opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous., Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once., As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note. |
| immedeatism | noun | Immediateness. |
| immedicable | adjective | Not to be healed; incurable. |
| immelodious | adjective | Not melodious. |
| immemorable | adjective | Not memorable; not worth remembering. |
| immenseness | noun | The state of being immense. |
| immensities | plural | of Immensity |
| immensurate | adjective | Unmeasured; unlimited. |
| immethodize | verb t. | To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse. |
| immigrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Immigrate |
| immigration | noun | The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. |
| immitigable | adjective | Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased. |
| immitigably | adverb | In an immitigable manner. |
| immoderancy | noun | Immoderateness; excess. |
| immomentous | adjective | Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. |
| immortalist | noun | One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. |
| immortality | noun | The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul., Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame. |
| immortalize | verb t. | To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever., To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame., To become immortal. |
| immortelles | plural | of Immortelle |
| immundicity | noun | Uncleanness; filthness. |
| impalatable | adjective | Unpalatable. |
| impanelling | of Impanel | |
| impanelment | noun | The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled. |
| imparadised | imp. & past participle | of Imparadise |
| impartation | noun | The act of imparting, or the thing imparted. |
| impartially | adjective | In an impartial manner. |
| impassioned | past participle & adjective | Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse. |
| impassivity | noun | The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness. |
| impastation | noun | The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements. |
| impatiently | adverb | In an impatient manner. |
| impatronize | verb t. | To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one’s self of a seigniory. |
| impeachable | adjective | That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. |
| impeachment | noun | The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached, Hindrance; impediment; obstruction., A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration., A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. |
| impecunious | adjective | Not having money; habitually without money; poor. |
| impenitence | noun | The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart. |
| impenitency | noun | Impenitence. |
| imperatival | adjective | Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. |
| imperceived | adjective | Not perceived. |
| imperforata | noun pl. | A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous. |
| imperforate | adjective | Alt. of Imperforated |
| imperialism | noun | The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire. |
| imperialist | noun | One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism. |
| imperiality | noun | Imperial power., An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty. |
| imperialize | verb t. | To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire. |
| imperilling | of Imperil | |
| imperilment | noun | The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled. |
| imperiously | adverb | In an imperious manner. |
| impermanent | adjective | Not permanent. |
| impermeable | adjective | Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. |
| impersonate | verb t. | To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being., To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify., To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. |
| impertinent | adjective | Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable., Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark., Trifing; inattentive; frivolous., An impertinent person. |
| imperturbed | adjective | Not perturbed. |
| imperviable | adjective | Not pervious; impervious. |
| impetrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Impetrate |
| impetration | noun | The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty., The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm. |
| impetrative | adjective | Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. |
| impetratory | adjective | Containing or expressing entreaty. |
| impetuosity | noun | The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence., Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. |
| impignorate | verb t. | To pledge or pawn. |
| impingement | noun | The act of impinging. |
| implacental | adjective | Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes., A mammal having no placenta. |
| implausible | adjective | Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. |
| impleadable | adjective | Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. |
| implemental | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical. |
| implicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Implicate |
| implication | noun | The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated., An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. |
| implicative | adjective | Tending to implicate. |
| imploration | noun | The act of imploring; earnest supplication. |
| imploratory | adjective | Supplicatory; entreating. |
| impolitical | adjective | Impolitic. |
| impoliticly | adverb | In an impolitic manner. |
| imponderous | adjective | Imponderable. |
| importantly | adverb | In an important manner. |
| importation | verb t. | The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering., The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; — opposed to exportation., That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. |
| importunacy | noun | The quality of being importunate; importunateness. |
| importunate | adjective | Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity., Hard to be borne; unendurable. |
| importuning | present participle & vb. noun | of Importune |
| importunely | adverb | In an importune manner. |
| importunity | noun | The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. |
| imposturage | noun | Imposture; cheating. |
| imposturous | adjective | Impostrous; deceitful. |
| impractical | adjective | Not practical. |
| imprecating | present participle & vb. noun | of Imprecate |
| imprecation | noun | The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. |
| imprecatory | adjective | Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms. |
| imprecision | noun | Want of precision. |
| impregnable | adjective | Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue., Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant. |
| impregnated | imp. & past participle | of Impregnate |
| impresarios | plural | of Impresario |
| impressible | adjective | Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive. |
| impressment | noun | The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. |
| imprisoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Imprison |
| improbation | noun | The act of disapproving; disapprobation., The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged. |
| improbative | adjective | Alt. of Improbatory |
| improbatory | adjective | Implying, or tending to, improbation. |
| impropriate | verb t. | To appropriate to one’s self; to assume., To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement., To become an impropriator., Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated. |
| impropriety | noun | The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners., That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. |
| improvement | noun | The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc., The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse., The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old., Increase; growth; progress; advance., Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises., A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. |
| improvident | adjective | Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. |
| improvisate | adjective | Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore., To improvise; to extemporize. |
| improvising | present participle & vb. noun | of Improvise |
| improvision | noun | Improvidence. |
| impugnation | noun | Act of impugning; opposition; attack. |
| impuissance | noun | Lack of power; inability. |
| impulsively | adverb | In an impulsive manner. |
| inabusively | adverb | Without abuse. |
| inaccordant | adjective | Not accordant; discordant. |
| inactuation | noun | Operation. |
| inadvertent | adjective | Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. |
| inadvisable | adjective | Not advisable. |
| inalienable | adjective | Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright. |
| inalienably | adverb | In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested. |
| inalimental | adjective | Affording no aliment or nourishment. |
| inalterable | adjective | Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable. |
| inamissible | adjective | Incapable of being lost. |
| inanimation | noun | Want of animation; lifeless; dullness., Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. |
| inantherate | adjective | Not bearing anthers; — said of sterile stamens. |
| inappetence | noun | Alt. of Inappetency |
| inappetency | noun | Want of appetency; want of desire. |
| inattention | noun | Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. |
| inattentive | adjective | Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. |
| inaugurated | imp. & past participle | of Inaugurate |
| inaugurator | noun | One who inaugurates. |
| inauspicate | adjective | Inauspicious. |
| inbreathing | present participle & vb. noun | of Inbreathe |
| incalescent | adjective | Growing warm; increasing in heat. |
| incanescent | adjective | Becoming hoary or gray; canescent. |
| incantation | noun | The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment., A formula of words used as above. |
| incantatory | adjective | Dealing by enchantment; magical. |
| incapacious | adjective | Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. |
| incapsulate | verb t. | To inclose completely, as in a membrane. |
| incarcerate | verb t. | To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison., To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in., Imprisoned. |
| incarnadine | adjective | Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color., To dye red or crimson. |
| incarnating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incarnate |
| incarnation | noun | The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature., The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ., An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act., A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation., The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation. |
| incarnative | adjective | Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative., An incarnative medicine. |
| incastelled | adjective | Hoofbound. |
| incelebrity | noun | Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity. |
| incensation | noun | The offering of incense. |
| incensement | noun | Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. |
| incensories | plural | of Incensory |
| incentively | adverb | Incitingly; encouragingly. |
| incertainty | noun | Uncertainty. |
| incertitude | noun | Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt. |
| incessantly | adverb | Unceasingly; continually. |
| incesttuous | adjective | Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; as, an incestuous person or connection. |
| inchambered | imp. & past participle | of Inchamber |
| incicurable | adjective | Untamable. |
| incindental | adjective | Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. |
| incendental | noun | An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals. |
| incinerable | adjective | Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes. |
| incinerated | imp. & past participle | of Incinerate |
| inclamation | noun | Exclamation. |
| inclemently | adverb | In an inclement manner. |
| inclinatory | adjective | Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. |
| inclusively | adverb | In an inclusive manner. |
| incoercible | adjective | Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced., Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; — said of any gas above its critical point; — also particularly of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide, formerly regarded as incapable of liquefaction at any temperature or pressure., That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; — said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc. |
| incogitable | adjective | Not cogitable; inconceivable. |
| incogitance | noun | Alt. of Incogitancy |
| incogitancy | noun | Want of thought, or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness. |
| incognitant | adjective | Ignorant. |
| incognizant | adjective | Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice. |
| incoherence | noun | Alt. of Incoherency |
| incoherency | noun | The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence., Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc., That which is incoherent. |
| incommodate | verb t. | To incommode. |
| incommoding | present participle & vb. noun | of Incommode |
| incommodity | noun | Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. |
| incompacted | adjective | Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. |
| incompetent | adjective | Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit., Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence., Not lying within one’s competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible. |
| incompliant | adjective | Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn. |
| incomposite | adjective | Not composite; uncompounded; simple. |
| inconcocted | adjective | Imperfectly digested, matured, or ripened. |
| inconfusion | noun | Freedom from confusion; distinctness. |
| incongenial | adjective | Not congenial; uncongenial. |
| incongruent | adjective | Incongruous. |
| incongruity | noun | The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety., Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony., That which is incongruous; want of congruity. |
| incongruous | adjective | Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. |
| inconnected | adjective | Not connected; disconnected. |
| inconscious | adjective | Unconscious. |
| inconsonant | adjective | Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. |
| inconstance | noun | Inconstancy. |
| inconstancy | noun | The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness. |
| incontested | adjective | Not contested. |
| incontinent | adjective | Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd., Unable to restrain natural evacuations., One who is unchaste., Incontinently; instantly immediately. |
| inconverted | adjective | Not turned or changed about. |
| incorporate | adjective | Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual., Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association., Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied., To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass., To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody., To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; — used with with and into., To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another’s ideas into one’s work., To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc., To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; — usually followed by with. |
| incorporeal | adjective | Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial., Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; — opposed to corporeal. |
| incorrectly | adverb | Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated. |
| incorrupted | adjective | Uncorrupted. |
| incorruptly | adverb | Without corruption. |
| incrassated | imp. & past participle | of Incrassate, Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated., Thickened; becoming thicker., Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects. |
| increasable | adjective | Capable of being increased. |
| increaseful | adjective | Full of increase; abundant in produce. |
| incredulity | noun | The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief. |
| incredulous | adjective | Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving., Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity., Incredible; not easy to be believed. |
| incremation | noun | Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation. |
| incremental | adjective | Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth. |
| increpation | noun | A chiding; rebuke; reproof. |
| incriminate | verb t. | To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate. |
| incrustment | noun | Incrustation. |
| inculcating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inculcate |
| inculcation | noun | A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions. |
| inculpating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inculpate |
| inculpation | noun | Blame; censure; crimination. |
| inculpatory | adjective | Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating. |
| incumbently | adverb | In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent. |
| incumbering | present participle & vb. noun | of Incumber |
| incumbition | noun | Incubation. |
| incumbrance | noun | A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check., A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value. |
| incunabulum | noun | A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500. |
| incuriosity | noun | Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. |
| incuriously | adverb | In an curious manner. |
| incurvating | present participle & vb. noun | of Incurvate |
| incurvation | noun | The act of bending, or curving., The state of being bent or curved; curvature., The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. |
| indecencies | plural | of Indecency |
| indeciduate | adjective | Indeciduous., Having no decidua; nondeciduate. |
| indeciduous | adjective | Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial. |
| indecimable | adjective | Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. |
| indecinable | adjective | Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun., An indeclinable word. |
| indecinably | adverb | Without variation., Without variation of termination. |
| indefective | adjective | Not defective; perfect; complete. |
| indefensive | adjective | Defenseless. |
| indeficient | adjective | Not deficient; full. |
| indefinable | adjective | Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. |
| indefinably | adverb | In an indefinable manner. |
| indehiscent | adjective | Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut. |
| indemnified | imp. & past participle | of Indemnify |
| indemnities | plural | of Indemnity |
| indenizened | imp. & past participle | of Indenizen |
| indentation | noun | The act of indenting or state of being indented., A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc., A recess or sharp depression in any surface., The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph., The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems. |
| indenturing | present participle & vb. noun | of Indenture |
| independent | adjective | Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent., Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property., Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind., Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner., Separate from; exclusive; irrespective., Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents., Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; — said of quantities or functions., Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party., One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority., One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party’s candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting. |
| indeposable | adjective | Incapable of being deposed. |
| indepravate | adjective | Undepraved. |
| indesirable | adjective | Undesirable. |
| indexically | adverb | In the manner of an index. |
| indexterity | noun | Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. |
| indifferent | adjective | Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance., Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre., Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial., Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one’s family., Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested., To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. |
| indigestion | noun | Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion. |
| indigitated | imp. & past participle | of Indigitate |
| indignantly | adverb | In an indignant manner. |
| indignation | noun | The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence., The effect of anger; punishment. |
| indignities | plural | of Indignity |
| indigometer | noun | An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. |
| indigometry | noun | The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo. |
| indiligence | noun | Want of diligence. |
| indirection | noun | Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. |
| indiscovery | noun | Want of discovery. |
| indiscussed | adjective | Not discussed. |
| indispersed | adjective | Not dispersed. |
| indisposing | present participle & vb. noun | of Indispose |
| individable | adjective | Indivisible. |
| individuate | adjective | Undivided., To distinguish from others from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate. |
| individuity | noun | Separate existence; individuality; oneness. |
| indivisible | adjective | Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts., Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable., That which is indivisible., An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. |
| indivisibly | adverb | In an indivisible manner. |
| indoaniline | noun | Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes. |
| indomitable | adjective | Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal. |
| indomptable | adjective | Indomitable. |
| indorsation | noun | Indorsement. |
| indorsement | noun | The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument., That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred., Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct. |
| indubitable | adjective | Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion., That which is indubitable. |
| indubitably | adverb | Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt. |
| inductility | noun | The quality or state of being inductile. |
| inductional | adjective | Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive. |
| inductively | adverb | By induction or inference. |
| inductorium | noun | An induction coil. |
| inductrical | adjective | Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction. |
| indulgement | noun | Indulgence. |
| indulgently | adverb | In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. |
| induplicate | adjective | Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; — said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation., Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; — said of leaves in vernation. |
| industrious | adjective | Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; — commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor., Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker. |
| inebriating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inebriate |
| inebriation | noun | The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. |
| ineffective | adjective | Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal. |
| ineffectual | adjective | Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. |
| inefficient | adjective | Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures., Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator. |
| inelaborate | adjective | Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished. |
| inelegances | plural | of Inelegancy |
| inelegantly | adverb | In an inelegant manner. |
| inelligibly | adverb | In an ineligible manner. |
| ineluctable | adjective | Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. |
| inequitable | adjective | Not equitable; not just. |
| inequivalve | adjective | Alt. of Inequivalvular |
| inergetical | adjective | Having no energy; sluggish. |
| inescapable | adjective | Not escapable. |
| inessential | adjective | Having no essence or being., Not essential; unessential. |
| inestimable | adjective | Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges. |
| inestimably | adverb | In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent. |
| inexactness | noun | Incorrectness; want of exactness. |
| inexcitable | adjective | Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid. |
| inexcusable | adjective | Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly. |
| inexcusably | adverb | With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification. |
| inexecrable | adjective | That can not be execrated enough. |
| inexecution | noun | Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. |
| inexhalable | adjective | Incapable of being exhaled. |
| inexhausted | adjective | Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. |
| inexistence | noun | Inherence; subsistence., That which exists within; a constituent., Want of being or existence. |
| inexpectant | adjective | Not expectant. |
| inexpedient | adjective | Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another. |
| inexpensive | adjective | Not expensive; cheap. |
| inexpleably | adverb | Insatiably. |
| inexplosive | adjective | Not explosive. |
| inextension | noun | Want of extension; unextended state. |
| infanticide | noun | The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder., One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant. |
| infatigable | adjective | Indefatigable. |
| infatuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Infatuate |
| infatuation | noun | The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. |
| infecundity | noun | Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness. |
| infecundous | adjective | Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. |
| infelonious | adjective | Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. |
| infeodation | noun | See Infeudation. |
| infeoffment | noun | See Enfeoffment. |
| inferential | adjective | Deduced or deducible by inference. |
| inferiority | The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth. | |
| infertilely | adverb | In an infertile manner. |
| infertility | noun | The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness. |
| infestivity | noun | Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. |
| infeudation | noun | The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee., The granting of tithes to laymen. |
| infiltering | present participle & vb. noun | of Infilter |
| infiltrated | imp. & past participle | of Infiltrate |
| infinitival | adjective | Pertaining to the infinite mood. |
| infinituple | adjective | Multipied an infinite number of times. |
| infirmarian | noun | A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution. |
| infirmaries | plural | of Infirmary |
| infirmative | adjective | Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. |
| infirmatory | noun | An infirmary. |
| infirmities | plural | of Infirmity |
| inflammable | adjective | Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits., Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. |
| inflatingly | adverb | In a manner tending to inflate. |
| influencing | present participle & vb. noun | of Influence |
| influencive | adjective | Tending toinfluence; influential. |
| influxively | adverb | By influxion. |
| informality | noun | The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings., An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule. |
| information | verb t. | The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence., News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction., A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment. |
| informative | adjective | Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. |
| informatory | adjective | Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. |
| infortunate | adjective | Unlucky; unfortunate. |
| infractible | adjective | Capable of being broken. |
| infralabial | adjective | Below the lower lip; — said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes. |
| inframedian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. |
| infranchise | verb t. | See Enfranchise. |
| infrangible | adjective | Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms., Not to be infringed or violated. |
| infraocular | adjective | Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects. |
| infraspinal | adjective | Below the vertebral column, subvertebral., Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous. |
| infrequence | noun | Alt. of Infrequency |
| infrequency | noun | The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits., The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion. |
| infrigidate | verb t. | To chill; to make cold; to cool. |
| infructuose | adjective | Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. |
| infundibula | plural | of Infundibulum |
| infurcation | noun | A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching. |
| infuriating | present participle & vb. noun | of Infuriate |
| infuscation | noun | The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. |
| infusionism | noun | The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; — opposed to tradicianism and creationism. |
| ingannation | noun | Cheat; deception. |
| ingathering | noun | The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest. |
| ingeminated | imp. & past participle | of Ingeminate |
| ingenerable | adjective | Incapble of being engendered or produced; original. |
| ingenerably | adverb | In an ingenerable manner. |
| ingeniosity | noun | Ingenuity; skill; cunning. |
| ingeniously | adverb | In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. |
| ingenuously | adverb | In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly. |
| ingerminate | verb t. | To cause to germinate. |
| ingraftment | noun | The act of ingrafting., The thing ingrafted; a scion. |
| ingratiated | imp. & past participle | of Ingratiate |
| ingratitude | noun | Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness. |
| ingravidate | verb t. | To impregnate. |
| ingredience | noun | Alt. of Ingrediency |
| ingrediency | noun | Entrance; ingress., The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part. |
| ingurgitate | verb t. | To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle., To swallow up, as in a gulf., To guzzle; to swill. |
| inhabitable | adjective | Capable of being inhabited; habitable., Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. |
| inhabitance | noun | Alt. of Inhabitancy |
| inhabitancy | noun | The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy., The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. |
| inhabitress | noun | A female inhabitant. |
| inheritable | adjective | Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title., Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities., Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. |
| inheritably | adverb | By inheritance. |
| inheritance | noun | The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities., That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent., A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction., Possession; ownership; acquisition., Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation., A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law. |
| inheritress | noun | A heiress. |
| inimicality | noun | The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness. |
| inirritable | adjective | Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle. |
| injucundity | noun | Unpleasantness; disagreeableness. |
| injudicable | adjective | Not cognizable by a judge. |
| injudicious | adjective | Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser., Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure. |
| injuriously | adverb | In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously. |
| innavigable | adjective | Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. |
| innermostly | adverb | In the innermost place. |
| innervation | noun | The act of innerving or stimulating., Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs., The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts. |
| innominable | adjective | Not to be named. |
| innumerable | adjective | Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number. |
| innutrition | noun | Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. |
| innutritive | adjective | Innutritious. |
| inobedience | noun | Disobedience. |
| inobservant | adjective | Not observant; regardless; heedless. |
| inobtrusive | adjective | Not obtrusive; unobtrusive. |
| inoculating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inoculate |
| inoculation | noun | The act or art of inoculating trees or plants., The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh., Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind. |
| inoffensive | adjective | Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance., Harmless; doing no injury or mischief., Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance. |
| inofficious | adjective | Indifferent to obligation or duty., Not officious; not civil or attentive., Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; — commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. |
| inoperation | noun | Agency; influence; production of effects. |
| inoperative | adjective | Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes. |
| inopercular | adjective | Alt. of Inoperculate |
| inopportune | adjective | Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc. |
| inorganical | adjective | Inorganic. |
| inorganized | adjective | Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic. |
| inosculated | imp. & past participle | of Inosculate |
| inquietness | noun | Unquietness. |
| inquination | noun | A defiling; pollution; stain. |
| inquiringly | adverb | In an inquiring manner. |
| inquisition | noun | The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation., Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest., The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry., A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy., To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. |
| inquisitive | adjective | Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer., Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious., A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. |
| insabbatati | noun pl. | The Waldenses; — so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes. |
| insalubrity | noun | Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate. |
| insatiately | adverb | Insatiably. |
| insaturable | adjective | Not capable of being saturated or satisfied. |
| inscribable | adjective | Capable of being inscribed, — used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures. |
| inscription | noun | The act or process of inscribing., That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc., A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle., An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage. |
| inscriptive | adjective | Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription. |
| inscrolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Inscroll |
| inscrutable | adjective | Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. |
| inscrutably | adverb | In an inscrutable manner. |
| insculption | noun | Inscription. |
| insculpture | noun | An engraving, carving, or inscription. |
| insectation | noun | The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution. |
| insecticide | noun | An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder. |
| insectivora | noun pl. | An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects., A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats. |
| insectivore | noun | One of the Insectivora. |
| insectology | noun | Entomology. |
| insensitive | adjective | Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. |
| insentiment | adjective | Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception. |
| inseparable | adjective | Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined., Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-. |
| inseparably | adverb | In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable. |
| insessorial | adjective | Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds., Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores. |
| inseverable | adjective | Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. |
| insiccation | noun | The act or process of drying in. |
| insincerely | adverb | Without sincerity. |
| insincerity | noun | The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard. |
| insinuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Insinuate, Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. |
| insinuation | noun | The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in., The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition., The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner., That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations. |
| insinuative | adjective | Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor., Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark. |
| insinuatory | adjective | Insinuative. |
| insipidness | noun | The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity. |
| insistently | adverb | In an insistent manner. |
| insouciance | noun | Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern. |
| inspecttion | noun | The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation., The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence. |
| inspectress | noun | A female inspector. |
| inspiration | noun | The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; — the opposite of expiration., The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc., A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. |
| inspiriting | present participle & vb. noun | of Inspirit |
| inspissated | imp. & past participle | of Inspissate |
| instability | noun | The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building., Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. |
| installment | noun | The act of installing; installation., The seat in which one is placed., A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. |
| instaurated | imp. & past participle | of Instaurate |
| instaurator | noun | One who renews or restores to a former condition. |
| instigating | present participle & vb. noun | of Instigate |
| instigation | noun | The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness. |
| instillment | noun | The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. |
| instimulate | verb t. | Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet., To stimulate; to excite. |
| instinction | noun | Instinct; incitement; inspiration. |
| instinctive | adjective | Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous. |
| instipulate | adjective | See Exstipulate. |
| instituting | present participle & vb. noun | of Institute |
| institution | noun | The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school., Instruction; education., The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge., That which instituted or established, Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity., An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution., Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits., That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. |
| institutist | noun | A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes. |
| institutive | adjective | Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish., Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. |
| instructing | present participle & vb. noun | of Instruct |
| instruction | noun | The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information., That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted, Precept; information; teachings., Direction; order; command. |
| instructive | adjective | Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. |
| insuccation | noun | The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. |
| insultation | noun | The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult., Exultation. |
| insuperable | adjective | Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties. |
| intagliated | adjective | Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone. |
| intaminated | adjective | Uncontaminated. |
| integrality | noun | Entireness. |
| integrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Integrate |
| integration | noun | The act or process of making whole or entire., The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral., In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development. |
| intellected | adjective | Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities. |
| intelligent | adjective | Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being., Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer., Gognizant; aware; communicate. |
| intemerated | adjective | Pure; undefiled. |
| intemperant | adjective | Intemperate. |
| intemperate | adjective | Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion., Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors., Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather., To disorder. |
| intendiment | noun | Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. |
| intenerated | imp. & past participle | of Intenerate |
| intensating | present participle & vb. noun | of Intensate |
| intensation | noun | The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax. |
| intensative | adjective | Adding intensity; intensifying. |
| intenseness | noun | The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought. |
| intensifier | noun | One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. |
| intensified | imp. & past participle | of Intensify |
| intensitive | adjective | Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. |
| intensively | adverb | In an intensive manner; by increase of degree. |
| intentation | noun | Intention. |
| intentional | adjective | Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. |
| intentioned | adjective | Having designs; — chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs. |
| intentively | adverb | Attentively; closely. |
| interaction | noun | Intermediate action., Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other. |
| interagency | noun | Intermediate agency. |
| interamnian | adjective | Situated between rivers. |
| interatomic | adjective | Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces. |
| intercalary | adjective | Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; — now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n., Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. |
| intercalate | verb t. | To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar., To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. |
| intercarpal | adjective | Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments. |
| interceding | present participle & vb. noun | of Intercede |
| intercedent | adjective | Passing between; mediating; pleading. |
| intercentra | plural | of Intercentrum |
| intercepted | imp. & past participle | of Intercept |
| intercepter | noun | One who, or that which, intercepts. |
| intercessor | noun | One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another., A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed. |
| interchange | verb t. | To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services., To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures., To make an interchange; to alternate., The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons., The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce., Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling. |
| intercident | adjective | Falling or coming between; happening accidentally. |
| intercluded | imp. & past participle | of Interclude |
| intercombat | noun | Combat. |
| intercoming | noun | The act of coming between; intervention; interference. |
| intercommon | verb t. | To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table., To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc. |
| intercostal | adjective | Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles. |
| intercourse | noun | A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion. |
| intercrural | adjective | Between crura; — applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes. |
| interdashed | imp. & past participle | of Interdash |
| interdental | adjective | Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel., Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants. |
| interdentil | noun | The space between two dentils. |
| interdicted | imp. & past participle | of Interdict |
| interesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Interest, Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. |
| interfacial | adjective | Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle. |
| interferant | noun | One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office. |
| interfering | present participle & vb. noun | of Interfere |
| interfluent | adjective | Alt. of Interfluous |
| interfluous | adjective | Flowing between or among; intervening. |
| interfolded | p. adjective | Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. |
| interfusion | noun | The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. |
| intergraved | imp. | of Intergrave, of Intergrave |
| intergraven | of Intergrave | |
| interhaemal | adjective | Between the hemal arches or hemal spines., An interhemal spine or cartilage. |
| interiority | noun | State of being interior. |
| interjacent | adjective | Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles. |
| interjangle | verb i. | To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. |
| interjected | imp. & past participle | of Interject |
| interjoined | imp. & past participle | of Interjoin |
| interlacing | present participle & vb. noun | of Interlace |
| interlarded | imp. & past participle | of Interlard |
| interlaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Interlay |
| interleaves | plural | of Interleaf |
| interleaved | imp. & past participle | of Interleave |
| interlining | present participle & vb. noun | of Interline, Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. |
| interlineal | adjective | Alt. of Interlinear |
| interlinear | adjective | Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. |
| interloping | present participle & vb. noun | of Interlope |
| interlucate | verb t. | To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches. |
| interlucent | adjective | Shining between. |
| interluency | noun | A flowing between; intervening water. |
| interlunary | adjective | Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. |
| intermeddle | verb i. | To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with., To intermix; to mingle. |
| intermediae | noun pl. | The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices. |
| intermedial | adjective | Lying between; intervening; intermediate. |
| intermedian | adjective | Intermediate. |
| intermedium | noun | Intermediate space., An intervening agent or instrument., The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals. |
| intermicate | verb i. | To flash or shine between or among. |
| interminate | adjective | Endless; as, interminate sleep., To menace; to threaten. |
| intermingle | verb t. | To mingle or mix together; to intermix., To be mixed or incorporated. |
| intermitted | imp. & past participle | of Intermit |
| intermuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Intermure |
| intermutual | adjective | Mutual. |
| internality | noun | The state of being internal or within; interiority. |
| internecine | adjective | Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive. |
| internecion | noun | Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre. |
| internecive | adjective | Internecine. |
| interneural | adjective | Between the neural arches or neural spines., An interneural spine or cartilage. |
| internodial | adjective | Internodal. |
| internuncio | noun | A messenger between two parties., A representative, or charge d’affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio. |
| interocular | adjective | Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennae of some insects. |
| interosseal | adjective | Alt. of Interosseous |
| interpledge | verb t. | To pledge mutually. |
| interpolate | verb t. | To renew; to carry on with intermission., To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author., To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series. |
| interponent | noun | One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent. |
| interposing | present participle & vb. noun | of Interpose |
| interposure | noun | Interposition. |
| interpreted | imp. & past participle | of Interpret |
| interpreter | noun | One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties. |
| interradial | adjective | Between the radii, or rays; — in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish. |
| interregent | noun | A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. |
| interregnum | noun | The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor., Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted. |
| interrogate | verb t. | To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness., To ask questions., An interrogation; a question. |
| interrupted | imp. & past participle | of Interrupt, Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped., Irregular; — said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. |
| interrupter | noun | One who, or that which, interrupts., A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself. |
| interscribe | verb t. | To write between. |
| intersecant | adjective | Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting. |
| intersected | imp. & past participle | of Intersect |
| interseptal | adjective | Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel. |
| interserted | imp. & past participle | of Intersert |
| intersocial | adjective | Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social. |
| interspeech | noun | A speech interposed between others. |
| intersperse | verb t. | To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book., To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures. |
| interspinal | adjective | Alt. of Interspinous |
| interstices | plural | of Interstice |
| intersticed | adjective | Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals. |
| intertangle | verb t. | To entangle; to intertwine. |
| intertarsal | adjective | Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations. |
| intervallum | noun | An interval. |
| interveined | adjective | Intersected, as with veins. |
| intervening | present participle & vb. noun | of Intervene |
| interventor | noun | One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers. |
| interviewer | noun | One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication. |
| intervolved | imp. & past participle | of Intervolve |
| inthralling | present participle & vb. noun | of Inthrall |
| intimidated | imp. & past participle | of Intimidate |
| intolerable | adjective | Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden., Enormous. |
| intolerance | noun | Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light., The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. |
| intolerancy | noun | Intolerance. |
| intolerated | adjective | Not tolerated. |
| intoxicated | imp. & past participle | of Intoxicate |
| intractable | adjective | Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child. |
| intrafusion | noun | The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood. |
| in transitu | In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu. | |
| intravenous | adjective | Within the veins. |
| intreatable | adjective | Not to be entreated; inexorable. |
| intreatance | noun | Entreaty. |
| intrenching | present participle & vb. noun | of Intrench |
| intrenchant | adjective | Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. |
| intrepidity | noun | The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor. |
| intricacies | plural | of Intricacy |
| intricately | adverb | In an intricate manner. |
| intrication | noun | Entanglement. |
| intrinsical | adjective | Intrinsic., Intimate; closely familiar. |
| introducing | present participle & vb. noun | of Introduce |
| introductor | noun | An introducer. |
| introflexed | adjective | Flexed or bent inward. |
| intromitted | imp. & past participle | of Intromit |
| intromitter | noun | One who intromits. |
| introverted | imp. & past participle | of Introvert |
| intrusional | adjective | Of or pertaining to intrusion. |
| intuitional | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive. |
| intuitively | adverb | In an intuitive manner. |
| intuitivism | noun | The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive. |
| intumescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Intumesce |
| intumescent | adjective | Swelling up; expanding. |
| intumulated | adjective | Unburied. |
| inturbidate | verb t. | To render turbid; to darken; to confuse. |
| intwinement | noun | The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined. |
| inusitation | noun | Want of use; disuse. |
| inutterable | adjective | Unutterable; inexpressible. |
| invaginated | adjective | Sheathed., Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion. |
| invalidated | imp. & past participle | of Invalidate |
| invalidness | noun | Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning. |
| invectively | adverb | In an invective manner. |
| inventorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to an inventory. |
| inventories | plural | of Inventory |
| inventoried | imp. & past participle | of Inventory |
| invertebral | adjective | Same as Invertebrate. |
| investigate | verb t. | To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena., To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation. |
| investiture | noun | The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing., Livery of seizin., That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. |
| invigilance | noun | Alt. of Invigilancy |
| invigilancy | noun | Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness. |
| invigorated | imp. & past participle | of Invigorate |
| inviolately | adverb | In an inviolate manner. |
| inviolaness | noun | The state of being inviolate. |
| inviscating | present participle & vb. noun | of Inviscate |
| inviscerate | verb t. | To breed; to nourish., Deep-seated; internal. |
| involucella | plural | of Involucellum |
| involucrate | adjective | Alt. of Involucrated |
| involucrums | plural | of Involucrum |
| involuntary | adjective | Not having will or the power of choice., Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers., Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission. |
| involvement | noun | The act of involving, or the state of being involved. |
| invulnerate | adjective | Invulnerable. |
| iodoquinine | noun | A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite. |
| ioqua shell | The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America. | |
| ipecacuanha | noun | The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra). |
| iridescence | noun | Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl. |
| iridioscope | noun | A kind of ophthalmoscope. |
| iron-fisted | adjective | Closefisted; stingy; mean. |
| ironmongery | noun | Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron. |
| irradiating | present participle & vb. noun | of Irradiate |
| irradiation | noun | Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated., Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy., Fig.: Mental light or illumination., The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus. |
| irreceptive | adjective | Not receiving; incapable of receiving. |
| irreconcile | verb t. | To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. |
| irrecusable | adjective | Not liable to exception or rejection. |
| irreducible | adjective | Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia., Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula. |
| irrefutable | adjective | Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. |
| irregularly | adverb | In an irregular manner. |
| irrelavance | noun | Irrelevancy. |
| irrelavancy | noun | The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument. |
| irreligious | adjective | Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious., Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech. |
| irremission | noun | Refusal of pardon. |
| irremissive | adjective | Not remitting; unforgiving. |
| irremovable | adjective | Not removable; immovable; inflexible. |
| irreparable | adjective | Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. |
| irreparably | adverb | In an irreparable manner. |
| irreputable | adjective | Disreputable. |
| irresilient | adjective | Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic. |
| irresoluble | adjective | Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble., Incapable of being relieved or assisted. |
| irretention | noun | Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. |
| irretentive | adjective | Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory. |
| irreverence | noun | The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior. |
| irrevocable | adjective | Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate. |
| irrevokable | adjective | Irrevocable. |
| irrevoluble | adjective | That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving. |
| isapostolic | adjective | Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings. |
| isochimenal | adjective | The same as Isocheimal. |
| isochronism | noun | The state or quality of being isochronous. |
| isochronous | adjective | Same as Isochronal. |
| isocyanuric | adjective | Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric. |
| isodiabatic | adjective | Pertaining to the reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a substance. |
| isodynamous | adjective | Of equal force or size. |
| isogeotherm | noun | A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth’s surface through points having the same mean temperature. |
| isometrical | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality of measure., Noting, or conforming to, that system of crystallization in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular; cubic. Cf. Crystallization. |
| isomorphism | noun | A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium (SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly called homoeomorphism. |
| isomorphous | adjective | Having the quality of isomorphism. |
| isonephelic | adjective | Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line. |
| isonicotine | noun | A crystalline, nitrogenous base, C10H14N2, isomeric with nicotine. |
| isonitroso- | A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, NOH, called the isonitroso group. | |
| isopodiform | adjective | Having the shape of an isopod; — said of the larvae of certain insects. |
| isopogonous | adjective | Having the two webs equal in breath; — said of feathers. |
| isospondyli | noun pl. | An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms. |
| israelitish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew. |
| itacolumite | noun | A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found. |
| italianized | imp. & past participle | of Italianize |
| italicizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Italicize |
| ithyphallic | adjective | Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene. |
| itinerantly | adverb | In an itinerant manner. |
| itineraries | plural | of Itinerary |
| itinerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Itinerate |
| ivy-mantled | adjective | Covered with ivy. |