6 letter word starting with in

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
inable	verb t.	See Enable.
inarch	verb t.	To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; — also called to graft by approach.
inbind	verb t.	To inclose.
inborn	adjective	Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.
inbred	adjective	Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth., of Inbreed
incage	verb t.	To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up.
incarn	verb t.	To cover or invest with flesh., To develop flesh.
incase	verb t.	To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.
incask	verb t.	To cover with a casque or as with a casque.
incend	verb t.	To inflame; to excite.
incest	noun	The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
inched	imp. & past participle	of Inch, Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.
incide	verb t.	To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines.
incise	verb t.	To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave., To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
incite	verb t.	To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
inclip	verb t.	To clasp; to inclose.
income	noun	A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion., That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted., That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income., That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; — sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output.
incony	adjective	Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.
incube	verb t.	To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.
incubi	plural	of Incubus
inculk	verb t.	To inculcate.
inculp	verb t.	To inculpate.
incult	adjective	Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.
incuse	verb t.	Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving., Alt. of Incuss
incuss	verb t.	To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.
incute	verb t.	To strike or stamp in.
incyst	verb t.	See Encyst.
indart	verb t.	To pierce, as with a dart.
indear	verb t.	See Endear.
indebt	verb t.	To bring into debt; to place under obligation; — chiefly used in the participle indebted.
indeed	adverb	In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; — used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies.
indent	verb t.	To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper., To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp., To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant., To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention., To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores., To be cut, notched, or dented., To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag., To contract; to bargain or covenant., A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch., A stamp; an impression., A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt., A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
indian	adjective	Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies., Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk., Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like., A native or inhabitant of India., One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; — so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.
indice	noun	Index; indication.
indict	verb t.	To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite., To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce., To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.
indies	noun pl.	A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.
indign	adjective	Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading.
indigo	noun	A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors., A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican., Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
indite	verb t.	To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt., To invite or ask., To indict; to accuse; to censure., To compose; to write, as a poem.
indium	noun	A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.
indoin	noun	A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.
indoor	adjective	Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.
indris	noun	Alt. of Indri
induce	verb t.	To lead in; to introduce., To draw on; to overspread., To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence., To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure., To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state., To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; — the opposite of deduce.
induct	verb t.	To bring in; to introduce; to usher in., To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.
indued	imp. & past participle	of Indue
indult	noun	Alt. of Indulto
ineyed	imp. & past participle	of Ineye
infame	verb t.	To defame; to make infamous.
infamy	noun	Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity., A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action., That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
infant	noun	A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age., A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor., Same as Infante., Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength., Intended for young children; as, an infant school., To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.
infare	noun	A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house.
infect	verb t.	Infected. Cf. Enfect., To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment., To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague., To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious., To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
infelt	adjective	Felt inwardly; heartfelt.
infest	verb t.	Mischievous; hurtful; harassing., To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
infile	verb t.	To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order.
infilm	verb t.	To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror.
infirm	adjective	Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution., Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating., Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious., To weaken; to enfeeble.
inflex	verb t.	To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
inflow	verb i.	To flow in.
influx	noun	The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light., A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver., Influence; power.
infold	verb t.	To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve., To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
inform	adjective	Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed., To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion., To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; — usually followed by of., To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody., To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear., To give intelligence or information; to tell.
infule	plural	of Infula
infula	noun	A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
infuse	verb t.	To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed., To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce., To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; — followed by with., To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak., To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate., Infusion.
ingate	noun	Entrance; ingress., The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.
ingena	noun	The gorilla.
ingeny	noun	Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity.
ingest	verb t.	To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
ingirt	verb t.	To encircle to gird; to engirt., Surrounded; encircled.
inglut	verb t.	To glut.
inguen	noun	The groin.
ingulf	verb t.	To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
inhale	verb t.	To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; — opposed to exhale.
inhaul	noun	Alt. of Inhauler
inhere	verb i.	To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
inhive	verb t.	To place in a hive; to hive.
inheld	imp. & past participle	of Inhold
inhold	verb t.	To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess.
inhoop	verb t.	To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop.
inhume	verb t.	To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter., To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
inisle	verb t.	To form into an island; to surround.
inject	verb t.	To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe., Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill., To cast or throw; — with on., To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
injoin	verb t.	See Enjoin.
injure	verb t.	To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; — used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.
injury	adjective	Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
inking	present participle & vb. noun	of Ink, Supplying or covering with ink.
inknee	noun	Same as Knock-knee.
inknot	verb t.	To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
inlace	verb t.	To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.
inlaid	past participle	of Inlay.
inland	adjective	Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town., Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc., Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange., The interior part of a country., Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
inlard	verb t.	See Inlard.
inlist	verb t.	See Enlist.
inlive	verb t.	To animate.
inlock	verb t.	To lock in, or inclose.
inmacy	noun	The state of being an inmate.
inmate	noun	One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling., Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.
inmesh	verb t.	To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.
inmost	adjective	Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.
inning	present participle & vb. noun	of Inn, Ingathering; harvesting., The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; — often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings., Lands recovered from the sea.
innate	adjective	Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence., Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive., Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther., To cause to exit; to call into being.
innuit	noun	An Eskimo.
inogen	noun	A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann’s hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.
inrail	verb t.	To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails.
inroad	noun	The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment., To make an inroad into; to invade.
inroll	verb t.	See Enroll.
inrush	noun	A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide., To rush in.
insane	adjective	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2., Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital., Causing insanity or madness., Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
inseam	verb t.	To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
insect	noun	One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta., Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion., Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates., Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing., Of or pertaining to an insect or insects., Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
insert	verb t.	To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.
inship	verb t.	To embark.
inside	adverb	Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc., Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration., Adapted to the interior., The part within; interior or internal portion; content., The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings., An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
insist	verb i.	To stand or rest; to find support; — with in, on, or upon., To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; — followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
insole	noun	The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.
insoul	verb t.	To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one’s strongest affections on.
inspan	verb t. & i.	To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.
instar	verb t.	To stud as with stars.
instep	noun	The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint., That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
instop	verb t.	To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.
insult	verb t.	The act of leaping on; onset; attack., Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity., To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon., To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him., To leap or jump., To behave with insolence; to exult.
insume	verb t.	To take in; to absorb.
insure	verb t.	To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one., Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured., To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
intact	adjective	Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
intail	verb t.	See Entail, v. t.
intake	noun	The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; — opposed to outlet., the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder., The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
intend	verb t.	To stretch’ to extend; to distend., To strain; to make tense., To intensify; to strengthen., To apply with energy., To bend or turn; to direct, as one’s course or journey., To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard., To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; — often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain., To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold., To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
intent	adjective	Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; — said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement., Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; — formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure., The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
inter-		A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
intern	adjective	Internal., To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.
intext	noun	The text of a book.
intice	verb t.	See Entice.
intime	adjective	Inward; internal; intimate.
intine	noun	A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
intire	adverb	Alt. of Intirely
intomb	verb t.	To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
intone	verb t.	To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service., To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.
intort	verb t.	To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.
intra-		A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.
intrap	verb t.	See Entrap.
intro-		A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.
intune	verb t.	To intone. Cf. Entune.
intuse	noun	A bruise; a contusion.
inulin	noun	A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.
inured	imp. & past participle	of Inure
invade	verb t.	To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; — used of forcible or rude ingress., To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain., To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people., To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue., To make an invasion.
invect	verb i.	To inveigh.
inveil	verb t.	To cover, as with a vail.
invent	verb t.	To come or light upon; to meet; to find., To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; — applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine., To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; — in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.
invert	verb t.	To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc., To change the position of; — said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony., To divert; to convert to a wrong use., To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10., To undergo inversion, as sugar., Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar., An inverted arch.
invest	verb t.	To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; — opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe., To put on., To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate., To surround, accompany, or attend., To confer; to give., To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town., To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock., To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; — usually followed by in.
invict	adjective	Invincible.
invile	verb t.	To render vile.
invite	verb t.	To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion., To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract., To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism., To give invitation.
invoke	verb t.	To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
inwall	verb t.	To inclose or fortify as with a wall., An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.
inward	adjective	Being or placed within; inner; interior; — opposed to outward., Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul., Intimate; domestic; private., That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera., The mental faculties; — usually pl., An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance., Alt. of Inwards
inwith	preposition	Within.
inwork	verb t. & i.	To work in or within.
inwrap	verb t.	To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc., To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex.