+
inkhorn
a.
Learned; pedantic; affected.
+
infiltering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infilter
+
illuminati
v.t.
The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;
+
infundibular
a.
Alt. of Infundibulate
+
illusiveness
n.
The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.
+
intempestively
adv.
Unseasonably.
+
imaginative
a.
Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
+
incultivated
a.
Uncultivated.
+
incendiary
n.
Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.
+
inergetic
a.
Alt. of Inergetical
+
influentially
adv.
In an influential manner.
+
incivility
n.
Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
+
improvement
n.
Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
+
interpretative
a.
According to interpretation; constructive.
+
intoxicate
v.t.
To poison; to drug.
+
invisible
n.
An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
+
inflamed
p.a.
Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
+
inwardly
adv.
Intimately; thoroughly.
+
initiated
imp.|p.p.
of Initiate
+
indicate
v.t.
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
+
inversion
n.
A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.
+
incorruptibility
n.
The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.
+
imaum
n.
A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.
+
imbedded
imp.|p.p.
of Imbed
+
introit
n.
A going in.
+
illuministic
a.
Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.
+
inobservation
n.
Neglect or want of observation.
+
idiot
n.
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
+
illustrious
a.
Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles.
+
introductory
a.
Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
+
incorrectly
adv.
Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
+
inwardness
n.
Heartiness; earnestness.
+
intimation
n.
Announcement; declaration.
+
implantation
n.
The act or process of implantating.
+
irrupted
a.
Broken with violence.
+
idem
pron.adj.
The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
+
impacted
a.
Driven together or close.
+
incesttuous
a.
Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; as, an incestuous person or connection.
+
incurved
imp.|p.p.
of Incurve
+
irian
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris.
+
incarcerated
imp.|p.p.
of Incarcerate
+
institutist
n.
A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.
+
incompassion
n.
Want of compassion or pity.
+
innutrition
n.
Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
+
inchastity
n.
Unchastity.
+
introverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Introvert
+
inogen
n.
A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.
+
improbate
v.t.
To disapprove of; to disallow.
+
increment
n.
The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
+
ignite
v.t.
To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
+
issue
v.i.
To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
+
intervolving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intervolve
+
impassionate
a.
Without passion or feeling.
+
integrable
a.
Capable of being integrated.
+
infer
v.t.
To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.
+
intercommunication
n.
Mutual communication.
+
impennous
a.
Having no wings, as some insects.
+
imprescriptible
a.
Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority; self-evidencing; obvious.
+
ironbound
a.
Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
+
imbricate
v.t.
To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
+
interlacement
n.
The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.
+
ideogram
n.
An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
+
imputation

Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
+
influence
n.
Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.
+
iceland spar

A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction.  Cf. Calcite.
+
ideal
a.
Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
+
instrumentalness
n.
Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality.
+
institution
n.
Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
+
irrecuperable
a.
Irrecoverable.
+
interruption
n.
The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
+
individual
a.
Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.
+
investure
v.t.
To clothe; to invest; to install.
+
indoor
a.
Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.
+
indulgent
a.
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent.
+
idiomuscular
a.
Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.
+
insidious
a.
Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts.
+
induce
v.t.
To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
+
interpellation
n.
An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.
+
intinctivity
n.
The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies.
+
insouciance
n.
Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.
+
inthirst
v.t.
To make thirsty.
+
infidel
n.
One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker.
+
ignoble
v.t.
To make ignoble.
+
impurity
n.
The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
+
internuncial
a.
Communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system.
+
impedimental
a.
Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.
+
important
v.t.
Importunate; pressing; urgent.
+
irregularities
pl.
of Irregularity
+
inapprehensible
a.
Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable.
+
impulsive
n.
That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
+
impudency
n.
Impudence.
+
inflection
n.
A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
+
inquisitorial
a.
Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
+
ingelable
a.
Not congealable.
+
improperty
n.
Impropriety.
+
illative
n.
An illative particle, as for, because.
+
immured
imp.|p.p.
of Immure
+
ichnite
n.
A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.
+
indirect
a.
Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
+
inspectorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
+
inexistent
a.
Inherent; innate; indwelling.
+
intentionally
adv.
In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
+
insisture
n.
A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
+
intromission
n.
The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.
+
illegitimately
adv.
In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
+
id

A contraction from I would or I had.
+
intercalation
n.
The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.
+
instigated
imp.|p.p.
of Instigate
+
indifferent
a.
Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.
+
insanableness
n.
The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness.
+
incysted
a.
See Encysted.
+
incharity
n.
Want of charity.
+
incredited
a.
Uncredited.
+
indifference
n.
The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.
+
institutional
a.
Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.
+
ingenerate
v.t.
To generate or produce within; to begete; to engener; to occasion; to cause.
+
incarcerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incarcerate
+
impunctate
a.
Not punctuate or dotted.
+
indin
n.
A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.
+
insurgent
n.
A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
+
inquisitor
n.
An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.
+
insalubrity
n.
Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate.
+
inexpansible
a.
Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension.
+
insurant
n.
The person insured.
+
inquisitiveness
n.
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
+
immense
a.
Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge.
+
idiopathies
pl.
of Idiopathy
+
implated
imp.|p.p.
of Implate
+
immoderately
adv.
In an immoderate manner; excessively.
+
infrasternal
a.
Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.
+
infernal
n.
An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
+
incurvate
a.
Curved; bent; crooked.
+
illuminate
a.
Enlightened.
+
immediateness
n.
The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.
+
indicative
a.
Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
+
inclinnation
n.
A tendency towards another body or point.
+
invitation
n.
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
+
index
n.
That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign  used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist.
+
inequivalvular
a.
Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
+
inhibition
n.
The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.
+
intercalar
a.
Intercalary.
+
indenizen
v.t.
To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
+
insecta
n.pl.
One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.
+
inspissate
v.t.
To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.
+
infected
imp.|p.p.
of Infect
+
imbuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbue
+
incurtain
v.t.
To curtain.
+
inserted
a.
Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle.
+
iniquitously
adv.
In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.
+
impression
n.
That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
+
indium
n.
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.
+
incalescent
a.
Growing warm; increasing in heat.
+
imbursement
n.
Money laid up in stock.
+
ingeniate
v.t.|i.
To invent; to contrive.
+
instance
n.
Occasion; order of occurrence.
+
infectious
a.
Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.
+
integumation
n.
That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.
+
indecimable
a.
Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.
+
indraught
n.
An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.
+
impart
n.
To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.
+
introverted
imp.|p.p.
of Introvert
+
irrigated
imp.|p.p.
of Irrigate
+
inherent
a.
Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.
+
irrejectable
a.
That can not be rejected; irresistible.
+
intercurrent
n.
Something intervening.
+
ice
n.
Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
+
incremable
a.
Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.
+
incivil
a.
Uncivil; rude.
+
incorporeity
n.
The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.
+
itinerantly
adv.
In an itinerant manner.
+
incomposed
a.
Disordered; disturbed.
+
intervert
v.t.
To turn to another course or use.
+
inamorate
a.
Enamored.
+
incased
imp.|p.p.
of Incase
+
inertness
n.
Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
+
ideas
pl.
of Idea
+
iliopsoas
n.
The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.
+
iconomachy
n.
Hostility to images as objects of worship.
+
imagine
v.i.
To think; to suppose.
+
incarnation
n.
A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation.
+
indifferent
a.
Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.
+
injured
imp.|p.p.
of Injure
+
interset
v.t.
To set between or among.
+
intuitive
a.
Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning.
+
indisposition
n.
A slight disorder or illness.
+
istle
n.
Same as Ixtle.
+
ideate
v.t.
To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
+
idiocyclophanous
a.
Same as Idiophanous.
+
imitate
v.t.
To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.
+
intervene
v.i.
To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
+
inclosure
n.
The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.
+
innermost
a.
Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within.
+
idiolatry
n.
Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.
+
impinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impinge
+
isinglass
n.
A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
+
indispensable
a.
Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.
+
intolerantly
adv.
In an intolerant manner.
+
intercentra
pl.
of Intercentrum
+
incliner
n.
One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.
+
irritative
a.
Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent.
+
infirm
a.
Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.
+
incultivation
n.
Want of cultivation.
+
idealist
n.
One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
+
impetrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impetrate
+
imbroglio
n.
An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
+
infertility
n.
The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.
+
ill
n.
Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity.
+
impracticabilities
pl.
of Impracticability
+
ivied
a.
Overgrown with ivy.
+
intelligent
a.
Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.
+
idiot
n.
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
+
irrhetorical
a.
Not rethorical.
+
intuitionalist
n.
One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.
+
interfluous
a.
Flowing between or among; intervening.
+
idolatrize
v.i.
To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.
+
investigative
a.
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
+
invaginate
v.t.
To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.
+
inexpectedness
n.
Unexpectedness.
+
invitement
n.
Invitation.
+
interhyal
n.
An interhyal ligament or cartilage.
+
it
pron.
As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.
+
inaffected
a.
Unaffected.
+
infusibleness
n.
Infusibility.
+
incorresponding
a.
Not corresponding; disagreeing.
+
invalidism
n.
The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.
+
interiorly
adv.
Internally; inwardly.
+
inalterability
n.
The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable; permanence.
+
immortification
n.
Failure to mortify the passions.
+
isolate
v.t.
To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
+
intent
a.
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.
+
inside
adv.
Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
+
identifiable
a.
Capable of being identified.
+
indolence
n.
The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.
+
impoisonment
n.
The act of poisoning or impoisoning.
+
importing
a.
Full of meaning.
+
ideal
a.
Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
+
inurbanity
n.
Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.
+
interdigitate
v.i.
To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle.
+
ice
n.
Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
+
incubatory
a.
Serving for incubation.
+
intermeddlesome
a.
Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.
+
indeprivable
a.
Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.
+
imbezzle
v.t.
See Embezzle.
+
imbricated
a.
In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
+
indusia
pl.
of Indusium
+
intrusion
n.
The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another.
+
ionic
a.
Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital.
+
incrassate
a.
Alt. of Incrassated
+
ingle
n.
A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle.
+
invertebrate
n.
One of the Invertebrata.
+
ingrafting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ingraft
+
infamized
imp.|p.p.
of Infamize
+
impeaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impeach
+
instable
a.
Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
+
interhyal
a.
Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch.
+
inflection
n.
The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
+
intercommunity
n.
Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.
+
impeccancy
n.
Sinlessness.
+
inspan
v.t.|i.
To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.
+
ironweed
n.
A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.
+
imputableness
n.
Quality of being imputable.
+
isotropous
a.
Isotropic.
+
inequitate
v.t.
To ride over or through.
+
intercessionate
v.t.
To entreat.
+
intolerable
a.
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.
+
indorsed
imp.|p.p.
of Indorse
+
integration
n.
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.
+
indispose
v.t.
To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.
+
intensated
imp.|p.p.
of Intensate
+
interdash
v.t.
To dash between or among; to intersperse.
+
ire
n.
Anger; wrath.
+
infumate
v.t.
To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.
+
ignifluous
a.
Flowing with fire.
+
intertwiningly
adv.
By intertwining or being intertwined.
+
importantly
adv.
In an important manner.
+
insectologer
n.
An entomologist.
+
inseparableness
n.
The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability.
+
inductorium
n.
An induction coil.
+
inceration
n.
The act of smearing or covering with wax.
+
integrator
n.
That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.
+
infraaxillary
a.
Situated below the axil, as a bud.
+
isabelline
a.
Of an isabel or isabella color.
+
inadherent
a.
Free; not connected with the other organs.
+
ixodes
n.
A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect.
+
inoculate
v.t.
To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
+
inswating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inswathe
+
iracund
a.
Irascible; choleric.
+
ichneumonidan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon flies.
+
immerse
a.
Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
+
incurability
n.
The state of being uncurable; irremediableness.
+
incorporator
n.
One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.
+
intellectually
adv.
In an intellectual manner.
+
injuria
n.
Injury; invasion of another's rights.
+
iconophilist
n.
A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.
+
intuition
n.
A looking after; a regard to.
+
idling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Idle
+
indoeuropean
a.
Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.
+
inaudibility
n.
The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness.
+
insoluble
a.
Strong.
+
incensing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incense
+
imbolden
v.t.
See Embolden.
+
intervener
n.
One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.
+
indent
v.i.
To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
+
imbastardize
v.t.
To bastardize; to debase.
+
infeoff
v.t.
See Enfeoff.
+
itinerate
v.i.
To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, etc.
+
inviolable
a.
Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine.
+
impossible
n.
An impossibility.
+
implacably
adv.
In an implacable manner.
+
inclasp
v.t.
To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.
+
incloud
v.t.
To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure.
+
impromptu
n.
Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.
+
information
v.t.
The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.
+
infracted
imp.|p.p.
of Infract
+
infirmarian
n.
A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.
+
innocence
n.
Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.
+
ingathering
n.
The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.
+
ideographic
a.
Alt. of Ideographical
+
ice
v.t.
To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
+
indehiscence
n.
The property or state of being indehiscent.
+
indicator
n.
That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.
+
iatric
a.
Alt. of Iatrical
+
intenerate
a.
To make tender or sensitive; to soften.
+
incurably
adv.
In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably.
+
ill
adv.
In a ill manner; badly; weakly.
+
inquietness
n.
Unquietness.
+
interspace
n.
Intervening space.
+
intemperate
v.t.
To disorder.
+
infirmly
adv.
In an infirm manner.
+
idler
n.
One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
+
indictment
n.
An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
+
involve
v.t.
To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
+
incredulous
a.
Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity.
+
idlesse
n.
Idleness.
+
inductional
a.
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.
+
inking
a.
Supplying or covering with ink.
+
incorrespondency
n.
Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.
+
imbureing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbrue
+
infixed
imp.|p.p.
of Infix
+
inly
adv.
Internally; within; in the heart.
+
inconsequentness
n.
Inconsequence.
+
ipocras
n.
Hippocras.
+
invalid
n.
Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
+
indemnification
n.
That which indemnifies.
+
infiltration
n.
The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
+
indicted
imp.|p.p.
of Indict
+
infringement
n.
The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.
+
issued
imp.|p.p.
of Issue
+
identities
pl.
of Identity
+
ingress
n.
Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.
+
imitative
a.
Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
+
influence
v.t.
To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.
+
impregnant
a.
Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
+
imprecated
imp.|p.p.
of Imprecate
+
intensively
adv.
In an intensive manner; by increase of degree.
+
imperforata
n.pl.
A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.
+
infant
v.t.
To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.
+
inwheel
v.t.
To encircle.
+
ichorhaemia
n.
Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
+
infectiousness
n.
The quality of being infectious.
+
irrefrangible
a.
Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another.
+
inclusion
n.
A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.
+
inauguration
n.
The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
+
insinuant
a.
Insinuating; insinuative.
+
implausible
a.
Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.
+
immethodicalness
n.
Want of method.
+
initiator
n.
One who initiates.
+
inventibleness
n.
Quality of being inventible.
+
ichthyopterygia
n.pl.
See Ichthyosauria.
+
idrialine
n.
Alt. of Idrialite
+
improsperity
n.
Want of prosperity.
+
incredibility
n.
That which is incredible.
+
intestine
a.
That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
+
inamorata
n.
A woman in love; a mistress.
+
irresponsible
a.
Not to be trusted; unreliable.
+
i e

Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.
+
intropression
n.
Pressure acting within.
+
if
conj.
Whether; -- in dependent questions.
+
i faith

In faith; indeed; truly.
+
interlineal
a.
Alt. of Interlinear
+
isopogonous
a.
Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.
+
incorporation
n.
The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
+
icelander
n.
A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
+
interpolator
n.
One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.
+
indigitate
v.i.
To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.
+
in and an
a.|adv.
Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding.
+
indispersed
a.
Not dispersed.
+
immoderancy
n.
Immoderateness; excess.
+
insurance
n.
The premium paid for insuring property or life.
+
irreputable
a.
Disreputable.
+
impersonator
n.
One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
+
intercalating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intercalate
+
imputable
a.
Accusable; culpable.
+
iroquois
n.sing.|pl.
A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
+
ibex
n.
One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
+
interambulacrums
pl.
of Interambulacrum
+
intensity
n.
The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.
+
illustrate
v.t.
To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.
+
inflammative
a.
Inflammatory.
+
invict
a.
Invincible.
+
indistinctness
n.
The quality or condition of being indistinct; want of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision.
+
invalid
a.
Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
+
intermural
a.
Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.
+
insinuatingly
adv.
By insinuation.
+
isiac
a.
Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries.
+
indagator
n.
A searcher; an explorer; an investigator.
+
ineptness
n.
Unfitness; ineptitude.
+
intercept
v.t.
To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
+
impone
v.t.
To stake; to wager; to pledge.
+
importance
n.
Importunity; solicitation.
+
illustriousness
n.
The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.
+
informative
a.
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.
+
ipecac
n.
An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
+
infanthood
n.
Infancy.
+
intort
v.t.
To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.
+
impacable
a.
Not to be appeased or quieted.
+
incindental
a.
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.
+
inreristered
imp.|p.p.
of Inregister
+
illapsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illapse
+
impregn
v.t.
To impregnate; to make fruitful.
+
intail
v.t.
See Entail, v. t.
+
ignominies
pl.
of Ignominy
+
insulite
n.
An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
+
insufferable
a.
Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.
+
insentiment
a.
Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception.
+
indelicate
a.
Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
+
invendibility
n.
The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.
+
inherency
n.
The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection.
+
immaterially
adv.
In an unimportant manner or degree.
+
interlibel
v.t.
To libel mutually.
+
intestine
a.
Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
+
intervital
a.
Between two lives.
+
inflate
p.a.
Blown in; inflated.
+
interlude
n.
A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
+
imparity
n.
Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.
+
ignorantism
n.
The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism.
+
intercombat
n.
Combat.
+
islet
n.
A little island.
+
independent
a.
Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
+
iodo

Alt. of Iod-
+
impalm
v.t.
To grasp with or hold in the hand.
+
interrogatively
adv.
In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.
+
immovable
a.
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
+
idiotish
a.
Like an idiot; foolish.
+
illesive
a.
Not injurious; harmless.
+
impliedly
adv.
By implication or inference.
+
involucel
n.
A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre.
+
instigate
v.t.
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
+
impeachment
n.
A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives.
+
intervene
n.
A coming between; intervention; meeting.
+
incrassation
n.
The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation.
+
inclemency
n.
The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
+
initial
v.t.
To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
+
inwardness
n.
Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.
+
intramural
a.
Being within the walls, as of a city.
+
impoliticly
adv.
In an impolitic manner.
+
implicatively
adv.
By implication.
+
irefulness
n.
Wrathfulness.
+
intolerant
a.
Not enduring; not able to endure.
+
insipient
a.
Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.
+
idolatries
pl.
of Idolatry
+
invalued
a.
Inestimable.
+
insolvent
a.
Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.
+
impotency
n.
Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
+
inheritance
n.
The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.
+
ileus
n.
A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, / iliac, passion.
+
invited
imp.|p.p.
of Invite
+
insolence
v.t.
To insult.
+
infestive
a.
Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn.
+
inapathy
n.
Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy.
+
interrelated
a.
Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.
+
ichthys
n.
Same as Ichthus.
+
icteroid
a.
Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.
+
imperatorial
a.
Commanding; imperative; authoritative.
+
irish
n.sing.|pl.
The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.
+
illnurtured
a.
Ill-bred.
+
iconography
n.
The study of representative art in general.
+
infundibulums
pl.
of Infundibulum
+
ineffervescible
a.
Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.
+
intuitivism
n.
The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.
+
imp
n.
A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
+
interchange
v.t.
To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
+
itzibu
n.
A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents.
+
investor
n.
One who invests.
+
immold
v.t.
Alt. of Immould
+
imposition
n.
The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
+
immit
v.t.
To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.
+
intensification
n.
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
+
impasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impaste
+
intaglio
n.
A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
+
inherence
n.
Alt. of Inherency
+
intrude
v.t.
The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
+
impark
v.t.
To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.
+
impaneling

of Impanel
+
immoment
a.
Trifling.
+
intersected
imp.|p.p.
of Intersect
+
intercommuning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intercommune
+
inosculate
v.i.
To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
+
immutate
a.
Unchanged.
+
immission
n.
The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the correlative of emission.
+
idiocrasies
pl.
of Idiocracy
+
impressure
n.
Dent; impression.
+
intake
n.
the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
+
indulgence
n.
An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
+
irrational
a.
Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd.
+
imagoes
pl.
of Imago
+
intelligential
a.
Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.
+
impanel
v.t.
To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.
+
insuperable
a.
Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.
+
insurrectional
a.
Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.
+
inductile
a.
Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.
+
impersonally
adv.
In an impersonal manner.
+
idioelectric
n.
An idioelectric substance.
+
innerving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Innerve
+
italianate
v.t.
To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.
+
independent
n.
One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
+
insatiate
a.
Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst.
+
imbricated
a.
Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
+
impunibly
adv.
Without punishment; with impunity.
+
intensified
imp.|p.p.
of Intensify
+
indulto
n.
A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope.
+
intentiveness
n.
Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.
+
ineligible
a.
Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.
+
isotrimorphic
a.
Isotrimorphous.
+
illecebration
n.
Allurement.
+
irritate
a.
Excited; heightened.
+
ineffective
a.
Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.
+
interscapular
a.
Between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
+
implement
v.t.
To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
+
indirected
a.
Not directed; aimless.
+
inlumine
v.t.
See Illumine.
+
incorrect
a.
Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct.
+
insoluble
a.
Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
+
impurpled
imp.|p.p.
of Impurple
+
insurgent
a.
Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.
+
inghalla
n.
The reedbuck of South Africa.
+
importer
n.
One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
+
ingenuousness
n.
Ingenuity.
+
inofficial
a.
Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence.
+
interstitial
a.
Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.
+
invoiced
imp.|p.p.
of Invoice
+
ignited
imp.|p.p.
of Ignite
+
insignificant
a.
Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.
+
indue
v.t.
To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
+
instant
a.
Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
+
illiberal
a.
Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin.
+
illegally
adv.
In a illegal manner; unlawfully.
+
ingrediency
n.
Entrance; ingress.
+
inconscious
a.
Unconscious.
+
irish
a.
Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
+
intercommon
v.t.
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
+
irritate
v.t.
To render null and void.
+
imposthumation
n.
An abscess; an imposthume.
+
immunity
a.
Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
+
impetiginous
a.
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.
+
iod

See Iodo-.
+
infeeble
v.t.
See Enfeeble.
+
incommensurate
a.
Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.
+
illuminator
n.
One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
+
illimited
a.
Not limited; interminable.
+
infumating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infumate
+
incubated
imp.|p.p.
of Incubate
+
indices
pl.
of Index
+
induction
n.
A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction.
+
innocent
n.
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
+
illision
n.
The act of dashing or striking against.
+
innovating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Innovate
+
infatuate
a.
Infatuated.
+
interaction
n.
Intermediate action.
+
intorsion
n.
A winding, bending, or twisting.
+
infirmary
n.
A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
+
impetrate
a.
Obtained by entreaty.
+
institution
n.
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.
+
imbricated
a.
Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation.
+
iodism
n.
A morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds, and characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation, with a pustular eruption upon the skin.
+
inking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ink
+
immerited
a.
Unmerited.
+
incoherently
adv.
In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.
+
illustration
n.
That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
+
immortalist
n.
One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
+
interleaves
pl.
of Interleaf
+
invoice
n.
A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed.
+
inequilateral
a.
Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.
+
interpretatively
adv.
By interpretation.
+
incurvation
n.
The act of bending, or curving.
+
irresistibility
n.
The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness.
+
incask
v.t.
To cover with a casque or as with a casque.
+
idealize
v.i.
To form ideals.
+
insulation
n.
The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated.
+
infusionism
n.
The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to tradicianism and creationism.
+
induement
n.
The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.
+
individual
n.
The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.
+
inanity
n.
Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
+
incuriousness
n.
Unconcernedness; incuriosity.
+
imaret
n.
A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.
+
indagative
a.
Searching; exploring; investigating.
+
issuer
n.
One who issues, emits, or publishes.
+
intussusception
n.
The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination.
+
impignorate
v.t.
To pledge or pawn.
+
idiopathetic
a.
Idiopathic.
+
imported
imp.|p.p.
of Import
+
inosinic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid.
+
intolerable
a.
Enormous.
+
imboil
v.t.|i.
See Emboil.
+
insolency
n.
Insolence.
+
icteric
n.
A remedy for the jaundice.
+
insertion
n.
The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
+
impleach
v.t.
To pleach; to interweave.
+
invigilance
n.
Alt. of Invigilancy
+
imposed
imp.|p.p.
of Impose
+
interregency
n.
An interregnum.
+
invested
imp.|p.p.
of Invest
+
iron
n.
Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.
+
industrially
adv.
With reference to industry.
+
inspirer
n.
One who, or that which, inspirer.
+
ishmaelitish
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.
+
izzard
n.
The letter z; -- formerly so called.
+
indican
n.
An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.
+
ingress
n.
The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
+
invective
n.
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny.
+
ironmaster
n.
A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein.
+
imparalleled
a.
Unparalleled.
+
inorganity
n.
Quality of being inorganic.
+
incompassionate
a.
Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.
+
incised
imp.|p.p.
of Incise
+
indris
n.
Alt. of Indri
+
international
a.
Of or concerning the association called the International.
+
intermittingly
adv.
With intermissions; at intervals.
+
inclose
v.t.
To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.
+
interdiction
n.
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
+
imaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Image
+
interest
n.
To cause or permit to share.
+
iconodulist
n.
One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast.
+
imparadised
imp.|p.p.
of Imparadise
+
incognita
n.
A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
+
irenarch
n.
An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace.
+
inflexed
a.
Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.
+
intercalate
v.t.
To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
+
intriguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intrigue
+
interval
n.
A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
+
inhibit
v.t.
To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
+
indenture
n.
The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
+
investient
a.
Covering; clothing.
+
inebriate
n.
One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates.
+
indiction
n.
A cycle of fifteen years.
+
interjected
imp.|p.p.
of Interject
+
imburse
v.t.
To supply or stock with money.
+
idealism
n.
The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
+
incumber
v.t.
See Encumber.
+
internity
n.
State of being within; interiority.
+
illustrable
a.
Capable of illustration.
+
irrationalness
n.
Irrationality.
+
impeditive
a.
Causing hindrance; impeding.
+
ineffectuality
n.
Ineffectualness.
+
irresponsibility
n.
Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.
+
introduction
n.
The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
+
intendiment
n.
Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding.
+
incontinently
adv.
In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites.
+
itching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Itch
+
inspiration
n.
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.
+
indian
a.
Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
+
inflicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inflict
+
intend
v.t.
To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.
+
inflected
imp.|p.p.
of Inflect
+
invious
a.
Untrodden.
+
injurious
a.
Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc.
+
imprisoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imprison
+
intituling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intitule
+
insapory
a.
Tasteless; unsavory.
+
idol
n.
An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
+
islam
n.
The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.
+
inferior
n.
A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
+
imparsonee
n.
A clergyman so inducted.
+
indifferentism
n.
Same as Identism.
+
isentropic
a.
Having equal entropy.
+
insnared
imp.|p.p.
of Insnare
+
irremission
n.
Refusal of pardon.
+
inductric
a.
Alt. of Inductrical
+
iodoform
n.
A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.
+
interstice
n.
An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders.
+
inflorescence
n.
A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
+
installation
n.
The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.
+
idol
n.
That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
+
inial
a.
Pertaining to the inion.
+
icteritous
a.
Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
+
ichthyophthalmite
n.
See Apophyllite.
+
isolated
imp.|p.p.
of Isolate
+
inlet
n.
That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.
+
isopathy
n.
The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
+
inheritance
n.
Possession; ownership; acquisition.
+
importunity
n.
The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
+
intangibilities
pl.
of Intangibility
+
invaluable
a.
Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.
+
infixing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infix
+
idleheaded
a.
Foolish; stupid.
+
incoherent
a.
Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances.
+
involve
v.t.
To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
+
irrecordable
a.
Not fit or possible to be recorded.
+
intrusting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intrust
+
inditement
n.
The act of inditing.
+
intercluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interclude
+
insane
a.
Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
+
infuse
v.t.
To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.
+
inveigling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inveigle
+
imparipinnate
a.
Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.
+
indecisiveness
n.
The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
+
impanelled

of Impanel
+
incommode
v.t.
To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room.
+
incurrence
n.
The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.
+
inexhaustedly
adv.
Without exhaustion.
+
indorsement
n.
The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
+
icing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ice
+
inexcusably
adv.
With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.
+
imprisoned
imp.|p.p.
of Imprison
+
intervene
v.i.
To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
+
inebriety
n.
Drunkenness; inebriation.
+
infrangible
a.
Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.
+
indecorously
adv.
In an indecorous manner.
+
interline
v.t.
To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English.
+
investment
n.
The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.
+
indorsee
n.
The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.
+
imperiwigged
a.
Wearing a periwig.
+
impawned
imp.|p.p.
of Impawn
+
ingurgitation
n.
The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
+
inorganic
a.
Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical compounds are inorganic substances.
+
impedite
v.t.
To impede.
+
impennate
n.
One of the Impennes.
+
immiscibility
n.
Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.
+
isagoge
n.
An introduction.
+
insurable
a.
Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured.
+
inclinnation
n.
A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.
+
isabel

Alt. of Isabel color
+
imitative
n.
A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
+
instruction
n.
Direction; order; command.
+
irresistless
a.
Irresistible.
+
impeccability
n.
the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.
+
intercondyloid
a.
Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.
+
imprinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imprint
+
incoherency
n.
The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence.
+
immaterialness
n.
The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.
+
isatinic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, isatin; as, isatic acid, which is also called trioxindol.
+
inspire
v.t.
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.
+
indication
n.
Discovery made; information.
+
impart
n.
To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
+
interspiration
n.
Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals.
+
irrepealable
a.
Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.
+
imbued
imp.|p.p.
of Imbue
+
incendental
n.
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.
+
inshore
a.
Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents.
+
insensibility
n.
The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
+
icosahedron
n.
A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.
+
inopportunity
n.
Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience.
+
indisdolubility
n.
The quality or state of being indissoluble.
+
ingenuity
n.
Openness of heart; ingenuousness.
+
impertinent
a.
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.
+
inexplorable
a.
Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered.
+
invocated
imp.|p.p.
of Invocate
+
impetrate
v.t.
To obtain by request or entreaty.
+
inerrancy
n.
Exemption from error.
+
inweave
v.t.
To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace.
+
insessorial
a.
Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.
+
imitative
a.
Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
+
ingenite
a.
Alt. of Ingenit
+
interleave
v.t.
To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.
+
insultable
a.
Capable of being insulted or affronted.
+
impuration
n.
Defilement; obscuration.
+
incoherent
a.
Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected.
+
inappreciation
n.
Want of appreciation.
+
intreatable
a.
Not to be entreated; inexorable.
+
improviser
n.
One who improvises.
+
ineffervescence
n.
Want of effervescence.
+
illuminati
v.t.
Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.
+
interjunction
n.
A mutual joining.
+
ichthyophthira
n.pl.
A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.
+
impression
n.
Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
+
intellective
a.
Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses.
+
inscribe
v.t.
To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.
+
improvisated
imp.|p.p.
of Improvisate
+
intercession
n.
The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.
+
involution
n.
The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
+
illusion
n.
An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.
+
incorrection
n.
Want of correction, restraint, or discipline.
+
insnaring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insnare
+
imitability
n.
The quality of being imitable.
+
illegitimate
v.t.
To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
+
incontinent
n.
One who is unchaste.
+
indigent
a.
Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
+
inner
a.
Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.
+
impulsively
adv.
In an impulsive manner.
+
irrigating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Irrigate
+
internationalist
n.
A member of the International; one who believes in, or advocates the doctrines of, the International.
+
inaidable
a.
Incapable of being assisted; helpless.
+
incriminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incriminate
+
importunable
a.
Heavy; insupportable.
+
influent
a.
Exerting influence; influential.
+
inhumation
n.
The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
+
impertinent
n.
An impertinent person.
+
iced
a.
Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.
+
intoxication
n.
A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
+
indigogen
n.
Same as Indican, 2.
+
intermaxillary
a.
Between the maxillary bones.
+
impartation
n.
The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.
+
interthoracic
a.
In the thorax.
+
inlagation
n.
The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing.
+
increasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Increase
+
intercommon
v.t.
To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table.
+
impostor
n.
One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.
+
incognoscible
a.
Incognizable.
+
incongruent
a.
Incongruous.
+
involucra
pl.
of Involucrum
+
inflammatory
a.
Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.
+
immediately
adv.
In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
+
icicled
a.
Having icicles attached.
+
incony
a.
Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.
+
ineludible
a.
Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
+
irishry
n.
The Celtic people of Ireland.
+
ischuretic
a.
Having the quality of relieving ischury.
+
inclose
v.t.
To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
+
intensify
v.t.
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
+
infesttation
n.
The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.
+
inclined
p.p.|a.
Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue.
+
irony
n.
Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
+
inodorous
a.
Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.
+
illuminer
n.
One who, or that which, illuminates.
+
inquiry
n.
Search for truth, information, or knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; as, physical inquiries.
+
induction
n.
The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.
+
inaccessibility
n.
The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
+
incremation
n.
Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation.
+
image
n.
The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.
+
ingratiated
imp.|p.p.
of Ingratiate
+
ingluvious
a.
Gluttonous.
+
inlet
n.
A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.
+
inamissible
a.
Incapable of being lost.
+
inside
a.
Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.
+
inequidistant
a.
Not equally distant; not equidistant.
+
indifferent
a.
Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
+
insulated
p.a.
Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.
+
innoxious
a.
Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless.
+
inboard
a.|adv.
From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke.
+
indusium
n.
A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.
+
intirely
adv.
See Entire, a., Entirely, adv.
+
introit
n.
A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.
+
impolitical
a.
Impolitic.
+
interbastation
n.
Patchwork.
+
imitable
a.
Capble of being imitated or copied.
+
indefensibility
n.
The quality or state of not being defensible.
+
insulated
imp.|p.p.
of Insulate
+
impugned
imp.|p.p.
of Impugn
+
idiomorphic
a.
Idiomorphous.
+
inorganical
a.
Inorganic.
+
iodized
imp.|p.p.
of Iodize
+
ingenuous
a.
Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
+
improve
v.t.
To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.
+
inch
v.t.
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
+
impertransibility
n.
The quality or state of being impertransible.
+
iterable
a.
Capable of being iterated or repeated.
+
invisibility
n.
The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible.
+
incivility
n.
The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
+
international
n.
The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.
+
injury
a.
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.
+
inkle
n.
A kind of tape or braid.
+
issuably
adv.
In an issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead issuably.
+
incident
n.
That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.
+
inosculate
v.i.
To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
+
imagery
n.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
+
inapplicability
n.
The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
+
isopodous
a.
Same as Isopod.
+
iterance
n.
Iteration.
+
ischiorectal
a.
Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial tuberosity.
+
impassibleness
n.
Impassibility.
+
icteritious
a.
Alt. of Icteritous
+
interflow
v.i.
To flow in.
+
incombine
v.i.
To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ.
+
imputrescible
a.
Not putrescible.
+
isosulphocyanic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS, isomeric with sulphocyanic acid.
+
introduction
n.
That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.
+
itself
pron.
The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself.
+
insolvable
a.
Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.
+
intermediums
pl.
of Intermedium
+
inexertion
n.
Want of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness.
+
investigate
v.i.
To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.
+
imbrute
v.t.
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
+
interagency
n.
Intermediate agency.
+
inceptor
n.
A beginner; one in the rudiments.
+
introductorily
adv.
By way of introduction.
+
interaxal
a.
Situated in an interaxis.
+
interclavicle
n.
See Episternum.
+
ill
a.
Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
+
immovable
n.
That which can not be moved.
+
impossibilities
pl.
of Impossibility
+
intimidation
n.
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
+
improprieties
pl.
of Impropriety
+
instrumentation
n.
The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
+
intricacies
pl.
of Intricacy
+
infix
v.t.
To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.
+
ironish
a.
Resembling iron, as in taste.
+
ignis fatuus

A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
+
interact
n.
A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
+
insinuation
n.
The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
+
ite

A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a Benthamite.
+
interpale
v.t.
To place pales between or among; to separate by pales.
+
intermedious
a.
Intermediate.
+
intentness
n.
The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.
+
ichnographical
a.
Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.
+
immortal
n.
One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation.
+
inguen
n.
The groin.
+
itchiness
n.
The state of being itchy.
+
impishly
adv.
In the manner of an imp.
+
irritant
n.
That which irritates or excites.
+
interspeech
n.
A speech interposed between others.
+
immanacled
imp.|p.p.
of Immanacle
+
ingulfment
n.
The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed.
+
impatronize
v.t.
To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory.
+
inverted
imp.|p.p.
of Invert
+
ingoing
a.
Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.
+
individable
a.
Indivisible.
+
impossibility
n.
Inability; helplessness.
+
impact
n.
Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
+
intend
v.t.
To stretch' to extend; to distend.
+
ichthidin
n.
A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.
+
icebird
n.
An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
+
inferentially
adv.
By way of inference.
+
inquisition
n.
The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
+
intermixture
n.
Admixture; an additional ingredient.
+
infrapose
v.t.
To place under or beneath.
+
initiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Initiate
+
instigating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Instigate
+
improlific
a.
Not prolific.
+
indefinitely
adv.
In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely.
+
indogenide
n.
Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus.
+
inculpating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inculpate
+
inquisition
n.
Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
+
imploratory
a.
Supplicatory; entreating.
+
incoming
n.
Income; gain.
+
inhabitate
v.t.
To inhabit.
+
instigator
n.
One who instigates or incites.
+
itinerancy
n.
A passing from place to place.
+
intrusional
a.
Of or pertaining to intrusion.
+
intramercurial
a.
Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.
+
interorbital
a.
Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum.
+
imparity
n.
Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc.
+
isotropic
a.
Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions.
+
inevitability
n.
Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
+
intensitive
a.
Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence.
+
inn
n.
A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
+
irish
n.sing.|pl.
The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
+
institutionary
a.
Relating to an institution, or institutions.
+
intermixture
n.
A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.
+
illuminate
v.t.
To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
+
intonating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intonate
+
infraocular
a.
Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.
+
incorporate
v.i.
To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with.
+
informally
adv.
In an informal manner.
+
inviolacy
n.
The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.
+
inleagued
imp.|p.p.
of Inleague
+
incoherentific
a.
Causing incoherence.
+
insult
v.i.
To behave with insolence; to exult.
+
ingraft
v.t.
To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.
+
imagination
n.
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.
+
infrastapedial
n.
The infrastapedial part of the columella.
+
ite

A suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness; graphite, from its use in writing.
+
impermanency
n.
lack of permanence.
+
insult
v.t.
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
+
immethodical
a.
Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused.
+
irradiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Irradiate
+
implore
v.i.
To entreat; to beg; to prey.
+
infrabranchial
a.
Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.
+
impose
v.i.
To practice trick or deception.
+
idle
superl.
Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
+
inattentive
a.
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.
+
irredeemable
a.
Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.
+
impatience
n.
The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid.
+
induplicative
a.
Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation.
+
involve
v.t.
To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
+
indisputed
a.
Undisputed.
+
inquisitive
a.
Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.
+
infinitesimally
adv.
By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree.
+
intuitionist
n.
Same as Intuitionalist.
+
intonate
v.i.
To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
+
inchamber
v.t.
To lodge in a chamber.
+
innocent
a.
Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
+
insignia
n.pl.
Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.
+
intercommunicable
a.
Capable of being mutually communicated.
+
incaverned
a.
Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.
+
intumescence
n.
Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
+
inappreciable
a.
Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.
+
ill
a.
Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.
+
interosculant
a.
Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.
+
inflamed
imp.|p.p.
of Inflame
+
illustriously
adv.
In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.
+
isopycnic
a.
Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface.
+
impliable
a.
Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.
+
interfuse
v.t.
To spread through; to permeate; to pervade.
+
immixture
n.
Freedom from mixture; purity.
+
iridaceous
a.
Alt. of Irideous
+
immortalized
imp.|p.p.
of Immortalize
+
itemed
imp.|p.p.
of Item
+
ingloriously
adv.
In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.
+
infecter
n.
One who, or that which, infects.
+
indefiniteness
n.
The quality of being indefinite.
+
instance
v.i.
To give an example.
+
irreparableness
n.
Quality of being irreparable.
+
interparietal
n.
The interparietal bone or cartilage.
+
infusion
v.t.
The liquid extract obtained by this process.
+
isomer
n.
A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.
+
innovation
n.
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
+
interjoining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interjoin
+
incarn
v.t.
To cover or invest with flesh.
+
itacism
n.
Pronunciation of / (eta) as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocated by Reu/hlin and his followers, in opposition to the etacism of Erasmus. See Etacism.
+
intumescence
n.
The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.
+
inisle
v.t.
To form into an island; to surround.
+
incompetible
a.
See Incompatible.
+
it
pron.
As a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like; as, how is it with the sick man?
+
inspired
a.
Breathed in; inhaled.
+
immerse
v.t.
To baptize by immersion.
+
introductor
n.
An introducer.
+
inquietude
n.
Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.
+
introcession
n.
A depression, or inward sinking of parts.
+
intrinse
a.
Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate.
+
illuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illume
+
ichthyoid
a.
Alt. of Ichthyoidal
+
interfered
imp.|p.p.
of Interfere
+
incapable
a.
Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.
+
inculpation
n.
Blame; censure; crimination.
+
indictment
n.
The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.
+
incumbency
n.
That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
+
insooth
adv.
In sooth; truly.
+
ill
n.
Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.
+
intestate
a.
Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate.
+
indulge
v.i.
To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
+
inconcealable
a.
Not concealable.
+
inflective
a.
Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.
+
include
v.t.
To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
+
in
prep.
With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.
+
imbosomed
imp.|p.p.
of Imbosom
+
indicator
n.
A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part
+
interdictive
a.
Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.
+
indisposition
n.
The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.
+
inhabile
a.
Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of person.
+
inadequate
a.
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
+
ileum
n.
The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.
+
interlocution
n.
An intermediate act or decree before final decision.
+
island
v.t.
To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
+
injection
n.
The cold water thrown into a condenser.
+
iron
n.
Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
+
incorporate
a.
Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
+
infarction
n.
The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
+
interview
n.
A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.
+
intellectualize
v.t.
To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize.
+
impress
n.
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
+
initial
a.
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
+
invertebrata
n.pl.
A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
+
incommunicable
a.
Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others.
+
impresting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imprest
+
invariable
n.
An invariable quantity; a constant.
+
innocently
adv.
In an innocent manner.
+
indulging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indulge
+
indusium
n.
A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
+
intertex
v.t.
To intertwine; to weave or bind together.
+
impatronizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impatronize
+
improve
v.t.
To disprove or make void; to refute.
+
incarnation
n.
The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
+
immure
n.
A wall; an inclosure.
+
intermix
v.i.
To be mixed together; to be intermingled.
+
intoxicate
a.
Intoxicated.
+
ice
v.t.
To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
+
improvisate
v.t.|i.
To improvise; to extemporize.
+
inosculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inosculate
+
insulator
n.
The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor.
+
immute
v.t.
To change or alter.
+
injudicial
a.
Not according to the forms of law; not judicial.
+
iridian
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.
+
inapt
a.
Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
+
inversion
n.
Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.
+
inconvertibility
n.
The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.
+
itacist
n.
One who is in favor of itacism.
+
intrusionist
n.
One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.
+
insinuating
a.
Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.
+
ive

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
+
impalpable
a.
Not material; intangible; incorporeal.
+
impregnable
a.
Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.
+
inconcinnity
n.
Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness.
+
incontracted
a.
Uncontracted.
+
ignominiously
adv.
In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.
+
invalid
v.t.
To make or render invalid or infirm.
+
impartially
a.
In an impartial manner.
+
inheritance
n.
A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.
+
impaction
n.
An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.
+
implacability
n.
The quality or state of being implacable.
+
inurn
v.t.
To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb.
+
incuse
v.t.
Alt. of Incuss
+
involuted
a.
Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation.
+
inhabitativeness
n.
A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.
+
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.
+
immersible
a.
Not capable of being immersed.
+
ignobleness
n.
State or quality of being ignoble.
+
incorrigibly
adv.
In an incorrigible manner.
+
involuntary
a.
Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
+
introduce
v.t.
To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.
+
ifere
a.
Together.
+
isotherombrose
n.
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.
+
irisated
a.
Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.
+
incyst
v.t.
See Encyst.
+
insulate
v.t.
To make an island of.
+
international
n.
A member of the International Association.
+
inarch
v.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.
+
illumination
n.
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
+
incerative
a.
Cleaving or sticking like wax.
+
isosporic
a.
Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta.  Cf. Heterosporic.
+
infatuate
v.t.
To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
+
incapable
n.
One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.
+
infrangible
a.
Not to be infringed or violated.
+
im

A form of the prefix in- not, and in- in. See In-. Im- also occurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank, imbitter.
+
impairer
n.
One who, or that which, impairs.
+
ignobly
adv.
In an ignoble manner; basely.
+
irreverence
n.
The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
+
isopepsin
n.
Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40° to 60° C.
+
imbellic
a.
Not warlike or martial.
+
incarnadine
a.
Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color.
+
invading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invade
+
investigate
v.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.
+
indexing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Index
+
ignoble
a.
Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
+
ignorantist
n.
One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.
+
inosculate
v.t.
To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.
+
itinerated
imp.|p.p.
of Itinerate
+
impassioned
p.p.|a.
Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.
+
interval
n.
Alt. of Intervale
+
integrated
imp.|p.p.
of Integrate
+
intravalvular
a.
Between valves.
+
indubious
a.
Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
+
inflorescence
n.
The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other.
+
intercentral
a.
Between centers.
+
inceptor
n.
One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university.
+
impulsive
a.
Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
+
inhability
n.
Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability.
+
itched
imp.|p.p.
of Itch
+
incapacitate
v.t.
To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.
+
infused
imp.|p.p.
of Infuse
+
inject
v.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.
+
indigoes
pl.
of Indigo
+
insalutary
a.
Not tending to safety; productive of evil.
+
irregeneracy
n.
Unregeneracy.
+
imponderable
n.
An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.
+
intelligence
n.
An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.
+
instructive
a.
Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons.
+
insensible
a.
Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
+
incantatory
a.
Dealing by enchantment; magical.
+
iced
imp.|p.p.
of Ice
+
innutritious
a.
Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.
+
inning
n.
Ingathering; harvesting.
+
icarian
a.
Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
+
intruded
imp.|p.p.
of Intrude
+
impose
n.
A command; injunction.
+
infusorial
a.
Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth.
+
instrumentist
n.
A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.
+
intine
n.
A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
+
inconcurring
a.
Not concurring; disagreeing.
+
imprecate
v.t.
To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
+
imprimery
n.
A printing establishment.
+
illuminated
imp.|p.p.
of Illuminate
+
inferable
a.
Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises.
+
intellection
n.
A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
+
interhaemal
n.
An interhemal spine or cartilage.
+
intrafoliaceous
a.
Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; as, intrafoliaceous stipules.
+
incriminatory
a.
Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.
+
inarticulately
adv.
In an inarticulate manner.
+
indulge
v.t.
to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.
+
interdashed
imp.|p.p.
of Interdash
+
initiation
n.
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.
+
imposturage
n.
Imposture; cheating.
+
illegitimate
a.
Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
+
influx
n.
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.
+
inconfused
a.
Not confused; distinct.
+
infantly
a.
Like an infant.
+
impassion
v.
To move or affect strongly with passion.
+
iron
n.
An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.
+
injector
n.
One who, or that which, injects.
+
incompliant
a.
Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn.
+
idioblast
n.
An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
+
infinitive
n.
An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.
+
interwove
imp.|obs.p.p.
of Interweave
+
itala
n.
An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version).
+
inmeats
n.pl.
The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.
+
inequality
n.
An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (< or >) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1.
+
invite
v.t.
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
+
impoverished
imp.|p.p.
of Impoverish
+
incondensibility
n.
The quality or state of being incondensable.
+
inanimation
n.
Want of animation; lifeless; dullness.
+
intransigentes
n.pl.
The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.
+
indusiate
a.
Alt. of Indusiated
+
inflexed
a.
Turned; bent.
+
incorporated
a.
United in one body; formed into a corporation; made a legal entity.
+
interchapter
n.
An intervening or inserted chapter.
+
issue
v.i.
To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
+
impropitious
a.
Unpropitious; unfavorable.
+
indiscerpible
a.
Alt. of Indiscerptible
+
impotency
n.
Want of self-restraint or self-control.
+
impalpably
adv.
In an impalpable manner.
+
inharmoniousness
n.
The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord.
+
impounder
n.
One who impounds.
+
imbosom
v.t.
To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove.
+
incorporate
v.t.
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.
+
indicatory
a.
Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.
+
inaffectation
n.
Freedom from affectation; naturalness.
+
invasion
n.
The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.
+
invisible
n.
One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.
+
instimulation
n.
Stimulation.
+
isolatedly
adv.
In an isolated manner.
+
illogical
a.
Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference.
+
indexes
pl.
of Index
+
imprint
v.t.
To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).
+
interaction
n.
Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.
+
indissolvable
a.
Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable o/ separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union.
+
interestedness
n.
The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
+
indorsation
n.
Indorsement.
+
improve
v.i.
To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.
+
imitation
n.
One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises.  Cf. Canon.
+
inky
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.
+
imprecation
n.
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
+
improbation
n.
The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
+
initiatory
a.
Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.
+
indivinity
n.
Want or absence of divine power or of divinity.
+
indent
v.t.
To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
+
intimately
adv.
In an intimate manner.
+
impression
n.
The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
+
imparted
imp.|p.p.
of Impart
+
improve
v.t.
To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means.
+
insultation
n.
The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
+
illuminate
v.t.
To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.
+
imbay
v.t.
See Embay.
+
incarceration
n.
The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
+
intension
n.
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
+
incredibleness
n.
Incredibility.
+
iconographic
a.
Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopaedia.
+
inorthography
n.
Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.
+
impose
v.t.
To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.
+
imprested
imp.|p.p.
of Imprest
+
inee
n.
An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
+
interlard
v.t.
To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean.
+
impedition
n.
A hindering; a hindrance.
+
illiquation
n.
The melting or dissolving of one thing into another.
+
interloping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interlope
+
illumination
v.t.
That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
+
indefeisible
a.
Indefeasible.
+
inmew
v.t.
To inclose, as in a mew or cage.
+
inconvenience
n.
The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.
+
indeposable
a.
Incapable of being deposed.
+
intergrave
v.t.
To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.
+
inexperience
n.
Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.
+
insolence
n.
The quality of being unusual or novel.
+
inexpressibly
adv.
In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably.
+
inbeing
n.
Inherence; inherent existence.
+
incisor
a.
Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.
+
inferential
a.
Deduced or deducible by inference.
+
illiberalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illiberalize
+
insertion
n.
The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
+
interposed
imp.|p.p.
of Interpose
+
idiomorphous
a.
Having a form of its own.
+
indurate
v.i.
To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.
+
intention
n.
The state of being strained. See Intension.
+
isochasm
n.
A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which there is the same mean frequency of auroras.
+
ironer
n.
One who, or that which, irons.
+
immanent
a.
Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective.
+
irrevokable
a.
Irrevocable.
+
incitomotory
a.
Incitomotor.
+
impassibility
a.
The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.
+
institutional
a.
Elementary; rudimental.
+
ivan ivanovitch

An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.
+
intelligence
n.
The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
+
inauthoritative
a.
Without authority; not authoritative.
+
indued
imp.|p.p.
of Indue
+
inquire
v.t.
To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
+
inseparate
a.
Not separate; together; united.
+
intercommonage
n.
The right or privilege of intercommoning.
+
interact
v.i.
To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.
+
indigo
n.
A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
+
issue
n.
Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
+
induration
n.
Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling.
+
invigorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invigorate
+
illicit
a.
Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
+
interferer
n.
One who interferes.
+
impawn
v.t.
To put in pawn; to pledge.
+
initiate
v.t.
To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
+
intersecant
a.
Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
+
imperative
a.
Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
+
improper
v.t.
To appropriate; to limit.
+
indispensability
n.
Indispensableness.
+
intracranial
a.
Within the cranium or skull.
+
iconoclast
n.
A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
+
imperatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator.
+
infold
v.t.
To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.
+
interpretation
n.
The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.
+
infract
v.t.
To break; to infringe.
+
imperviability
n.
The quality of being imperviable.
+
inalienableness
n.
The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
+
independent
n.
One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
+
instaurate
v.t.
To renew or renovate.
+
incumbent
a.
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
+
involution
n.
The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.
+
inhuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhume
+
intoned
imp.|p.p.
of Intone
+
inergetically
adv.
Without energy.
+
invariable
a.
Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform.
+
imbibed
imp.|p.p.
of Imbibe
+
invertible
a.
Incapable of being turned or changed.
+
interrupt
p.a.
Broken; interrupted.
+
infuser
n.
One who, or that which, infuses.
+
ironical
a.
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
+
isogonic
a.
Pertaining to, or noting, equal angles.
+
interregent
n.
A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum.
+
ink
n.
A pigment. See India ink, under India.
+
instant
a.
Present; current.
+
incarnation
n.
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.
+
ickle
n.
An icicle.
+
inframaxillary
a.
Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.
+
immeshing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immesh
+
illness
n.
The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.
+
internuncioship
n.
The office or function of an internuncio.
+
intention
n.
Any mental apprehension of an object.
+
intuition
n.
Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.
+
institutional
a.
Instituted by authority.
+
incensement
n.
Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement.
+
inheritable
a.
Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.
+
ingestion
n.
The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.
+
insolvent
a.
Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
+
indiadem
v.t.
To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.
+
installed
imp.|p.p.
of Install
+
inward
a.
Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul.
+
inundate
v.t.
To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
+
imitableness
n.
The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.
+
importance
n.
Import; meaning; significance.
+
imperialize
v.t.
To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.
+
isocryme
n.
A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.
+
innate
a.
Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
+
inefficient
a.
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
+
incubate
v.i.|t.
To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
+
incontestability
n.
The quality or state of being incontestable.
+
inquisitorious
a.
Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial.
+
inframaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
+
intoxicate
a.
Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
+
intercessor
n.
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.
+
inquiry
n.
The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
+
inlandish
a.
Inland.
+
inexpected
a.
Unexpected.
+
indrench
v.t.
To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
+
imperishability
n.
The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.
+
indew
v.t.
To indue.
+
inclemently
adv.
In an inclement manner.
+
inflect
v.t.
To modulate, as the voice.
+
infection
n.
The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
+
infructuose
a.
Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.
+
inspectorship
n.
The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
+
inhibitory
a.
Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.
+
integrity
n.
Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.
+
innuedoes
pl.
of Innuendo
+
illuminable
a.
Capable of being illuminated.
+
iconical
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
+
irrespirable
a.
Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.
+
inexpressible
a.
Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure.
+
innermostly
adv.
In the innermost place.
+
inconvincible
a.
Not convincible; incapable of being convinced.
+
imbowment
n.
act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.
+
importless
a.
Void of meaning.
+
improvvisatrici
pl.
of Improvvisatrice
+
introducement
n.
Introduction.
+
ishmaelite
n.
One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast.
+
insularly
adv.
In an insular manner.
+
incrassation
n.
The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.
+
indignancy
n.
Indignation.
+
inexpressiveness
n.
The state or quality of being inexpressive.
+
imide
n.
A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimide.
+
insulator
n.
One who, or that which, insulates.
+
incorruptible
n.
The quality or state of being incorruptible.
+
innovate
v.t.
To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.
+
intrigue
v.i.
The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
+
incessancy
n.
The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.
+
insolated
imp.|p.p.
of Insolate
+
imbanked
imp.|p.p.
of Imbank
+
imbution
n.
An imbuing.
+
informing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inform
+
idumean
n.
An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.
+
intentional
a.
Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.
+
impanelling

of Impanel
+
irreligious
a.
Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech.
+
indiscerptibility
n.
The state or quality of being indiscerpible.
+
inquisitor
n.
One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.
+
illegitimation
n.
The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
+
inflected
a.
Bent; turned; deflected.
+
indulgiate
v.t.
To indulge.
+
inhume
v.t.
To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
+
isuret
n.
An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; -- called also isuretine.
+
ichthyophagist
n.
One who eats, or subsists on, fish.
+
ish

A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.
+
inimical
a.
Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.
+
insection
n.
A cutting in; incisure; incision.
+
impetrable
a.
Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.
+
intimidated
imp.|p.p.
of Intimidate
+
inelegancy
n.
The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
+
intranuclear
a.
Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.
+
identified
imp.|p.p.
of Identify
+
intinction
n.
A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.
+
inane
n.
That which is void or empty.
+
intermured
imp.|p.p.
of Intermure
+
impetuous
a.
Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
+
inanimate
a.
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
+
imborder
v.t.
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.
+
insecurely
adv.
In an insecure manner.
+
impure
a.
Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
+
inspire
v.t.
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
+
indigometry
n.
The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.
+
intenseness
n.
The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.
+
internationalize
v.t.
To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law, or a philanthropic enterprise.
+
instratified
a.
Interstratified.
+
icy
superl.
Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
+
imperscrutable
a.
Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.
+
incensation
n.
The offering of incense.
+
incompossible
a.
Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.
+
incommutable
a.
Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another.
+
investigable
a.
Unsearchable; inscrutable.
+
infrequency
n.
The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
+
improvisate
a.
Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore.
+
intendment
n.
Intention; design; purpose.
+
ignored
imp.|p.p.
of Ignore
+
impersonated
imp.|p.p.
of Impersonate
+
intending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intend
+
iris
n.
An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
+
infirmness
n.
Infirmity; feebleness.
+
inveil
v.t.
To cover, as with a vail.
+
inflammatory
a.
Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.
+
interjoist
n.
The space or interval between two joists.
+
infusible
a.
Not fusible; incapble or difficalt of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted.
+
incertainty
n.
Uncertainty.
+
infest
v.t.
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.
+
indubitable
a.
Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion.
+
ironware
n.
Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.
+
indefatigable
a.
Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application.
+
illegitimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illegitimate
+
infuse
v.t.
To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
+
in
prep.
With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.
+
illapsed
imp.|p.p.
of Illapse
+
iambic
n.
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
+
inkhorn
n.
A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.
+
inalimental
a.
Affording no aliment or nourishment.
+
inwall
n.
An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.
+
insistent
a.
Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
+
inundation
n.
The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
+
iamatology
n.
Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
+
interscendent
a.
Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, xˆ2, or xˆa.
+
inandin
n.
An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike.
+
idiotcy
n.
Idiocy.
+
indicavit
n.
A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.
+
impolitic
a.
Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.
+
illecebrous
a.
Alluring; attractive; enticing.
+
insalivation
n.
The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.
+
impotent
a.
Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
+
inelegance
n.
Alt. of Inelegancy
+
immalleable
a.
Not maleable.
+
inhearsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhearse
+
innutritive
a.
Innutritious.
+
intend
v.t.
To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
+
impurpling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impurple
+
inhospitality
n.
The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.
+
illaudable
a.
Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation.
+
instinctive
a.
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.
+
invoicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invoice
+
innocence
n.
The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.
+
imputative
a.
Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed.
+
interpretive
a.
Interpretative.
+
infidelity
n.
Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.
+
internunciess
n.
A female messenger.
+
involvedness
n.
The state of being involved.
+
immortality
n.
The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul.
+
informality
n.
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.
+
incumbrance
n.
A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.
+
incensant
a.
A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect.
+
interjection
n.
The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.
+
ineffervescent
a.
Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
+
insociable
a.
Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
+
imband
v.t.
To form into a band or bands.
+
inauguratory
a.
Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration.
+
insurgency
n.
A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.
+
implicit
a.
Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.
+
intumescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intumesce
+
incensories
pl.
of Incensory
+
illimitation
n.
State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation.
+
index
n.
The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.
+
interregnum
n.
The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
+
imperforable
a.
Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.
+
inhabitiveness
n.
See Inhabitativeness.
+
ion
n.
One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition.  Cf. Anion, Cation.
+
ingoing
n.
The act of going in; entrance.
+
indicator
n.
Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.
+
indecomposable
a.
Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.
+
improvisatore
n.
See Improvvisatore.
+
inscribe
v.t.
To mark with letters, charakters, or words.
+
importunely
adv.
In an importune manner.
+
iconoclastic
a.
Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.
+
infusories
pl.
of Infusory
+
invincibility
n.
The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.
+
impeach
v.t.
To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
+
interjection
n.
A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.
+
idiotical
a.
Common; simple.
+
indesinent
a.
Not ceasing; perpetual.
+
intrinsical
a.
Intrinsic.
+
incension
n.
The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.
+
indetermination
n.
Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind.
+
indubitableness
n.
The state or quality of being indubitable.
+
inflatus
v.t.
A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
+
incarnate
v.t.
To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.
+
intelligential
a.
Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.
+
involuntariness
n.
The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
+
institutively
adv.
In conformity with an institution.
+
indigency
n.
Indigence.
+
impoisoner
n.
A poisoner.
+
institution
n.
The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
+
imitable
a.
Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities.
+
ingluvies
n.
The crop, or craw, of birds.
+
incline
v.t.
To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
+
injoint
v.t.
To join; to unite.
+
iron works

See under Iron, a.
+
infix
v.t.
To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.
+
inductoriums
pl.
of Inductorium
+
indestructible
a.
Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed.
+
irrevealable
a.
Incapable of being revealed.
+
infinity
n.
A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.
+
indulgence
n.
Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
+
imbosked
imp.|p.p.
of Imbosk
+
isocheimic
a.
The same as Isocheimal.
+
insensate
a.
Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
+
intrinsic
a.
Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.
+
inflame
v.t.
To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
+
indiglucin
n.
The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution.
+
interrelation
n.
Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.
+
individualizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Individualize
+
idiosyncratical
a.
Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.
+
indeficient
a.
Not deficient; full.
+
injection
n.
The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
+
invocate
v.t.
To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.
+
individuation
n.
The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.
+
indicative
n.
The indicative mood.
+
integumentation
n.
The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.
+
indicate
v.t.
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
+
impel
v.t.
To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
+
irritableness
n.
Irritability.
+
isogeothermal
a.
Alt. of Isogeothermic
+
image
n.
A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.
+
irremediably
adv.
In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction.
+
inlist
v.t.
See Enlist.
+
iron
n.
Rude; hard; harsh; severe.
+
inculcating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inculcate
+
interpolable
a.
That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.
+
illminded
a.
Ill-disposed.
+
interluder
n.
An actor who performs in an interlude.
+
intermediaries
pl.
of Intermediary
+
immaterialities
pl.
of Immateriality
+
incarnate
v.i.
To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound.
+
infuse
v.t.
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.
+
idiorepulsive
a.
Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.
+
informer
v.
One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
+
indowment
n.
See Endowment.
+
infibulation
n.
The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.
+
illness
n.
Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.
+
intelligence
n.
Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
+
infortunate
a.
Unlucky; unfortunate.
+
irrigate
v.t.
To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.
+
ignoramuses
pl.
of Ignoramus
+
invade
v.t.
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.
+
impenetrability
n.
Quality of being impenetrable.
+
involucrated
a.
Having an involucre; involucred.
+
impartialist
n.
One who is impartial.
+
irreligiousness
n.
The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
+
incocted
a.
Raw; indigestible.
+
indented
a.
Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
+
interlocution
n.
Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.
+
imprimatur
n.
A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.
+
incisive
a.
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
+
indurate
a.
Hardened; not soft; indurated.
+
irreparably
adv.
In an irreparable manner.
+
impregnation
n.
The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
+
innixion
n.
Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.
+
idiom
n.
Dialect; a variant form of a language.
+
induviae
n.pl.
Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.
+
imposthumated
imp.|p.p.
of Imposthumate
+
india
n.
A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
+
intermittent
a.
Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever.
+
irritant
a.
Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
+
idolize
v.t.
To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
+
irresilient
a.
Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
+
ingeminated
imp.|p.p.
of Ingeminate
+
imbruting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbrute
+
indophenol
n.
Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated.
+
imperious
a.
Imperative; urgent; compelling.
+
illuminati
v.t.
Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years.
+
inn
v.i.
To take lodging; to lodge.
+
interjacency
n.
The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.
+
illustrate
a.
Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.
+
indecency
n.
That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.
+
incited
imp.|p.p.
of Incite
+
inactuate
v.t.
To put in action.
+
ichthyocol
n.
Alt. of Ichthyocolla
+
instant
adv.
Instantly.
+
illuminative
a.
Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative.
+
indefatigably
adv.
Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.
+
intramarginal
a.
Situated within the margin.
+
impatient
a.
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.
+
identity
n.
The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.
+
interequinoctial
a.
Coming between the equinoxes.
+
incarcerator
n.
One who incarcerates.
+
ironical
a.
Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
+
ideate
v.t.
To form in idea; to fancy.
+
impearling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impearl
+
indiscernible
a.
Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.
+
illnatured
a.
Intractable; not yielding to culture.
+
incruental
a.
Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental sacrifice.
+
immorality
n.
An immoral act or practice.
+
interpellant
a.
Interpelling; interrupting.
+
incapable
a.
Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.
+
irreversible
a.
Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
+
incurrent
a.
Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.
+
inheritance
n.
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.
+
internuncio
n.
A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.
+
in loco

In the place; in the proper or natural place.
+
internode
n.
The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.
+
illuminati
v.t.
Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
+
incrusting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incrust
+
imped
imp.|p.p.
of Imp
+
ivory
n.
Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
+
interpolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interpolate
+
inofficious
a.
Indifferent to obligation or duty.
+
inspirator
n.
A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2.
+
industrious
a.
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.
+
infectious
a.
Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.
+
inanity
n.
Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.
+
incapacitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incapacitate
+
illuminati
v.t.
The Rosicrucians.
+
invocation
n.
A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.
+
immensurable
a.
Immeasurable.
+
impery
n.
Empery.
+
induce
v.t.
To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
+
ingannation
n.
Cheat; deception.
+
irrational
a.
Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.
+
invest
v.t.
To confer; to give.
+
indenture
v.t.
To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
+
ingenerat
imp.|p.p.
of Ingenerate
+
indictment
n.
The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
+
irreconcilement
n.
The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.
+
interpreted
imp.|p.p.
of Interpret
+
intrepid
a.
Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
+
iberian
a.
Of or pertaining to Iberia.
+
in

A suffix. See the Note under -ine.
+
intertwine
v.i.
To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.
+
immigrated
imp.|p.p.
of Immigrate
+
insensuous
a.
Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses.
+
intersect
v.i.
To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.
+
inundant
a.
Overflowing.
+
imprejudicate
a.
Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial.
+
incapsulation
n.
The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.
+
immerge
v.t.
To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.
+
imagine
v.i.
To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
+
intentively
adv.
Attentively; closely.
+
imagery
n.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
+
incorruptible
a.
Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
+
increated
a.
Uncreated; self-existent.
+
invoice
v.t.
To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.
+
impugnable
a.
Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid.
+
isoperimetry
n.
The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.
+
interlink
v.t.
To link together; to join, as one chain to another.
+
intellectuality
n.
Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.
+
interrupter
n.
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.
+
insignment
n.
A token, mark, or explanation.
+
integral
a.
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus.
+
inculcated
imp.|p.p.
of Inculcate
+
installment
n.
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.
+
incident
a.
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
+
impiety
n.
An impious act; an act of wickednes.
+
incorrectness
n.
The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.
+
immaterialism
n.
The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.
+
indigestibility
n.
The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.
+
inconfutable
a.
Not confutable.
+
inmost
a.
Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.
+
iron
v.t.
To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.
+
illation
n.
The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
+
indo

A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India.
+
interadditive
a.
Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.
+
impossible
a.
Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
+
inquiring
a.
Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.
+
interested
v.t.
Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
+
ideo

A combining form from the Gr. /, an idea.
+
intermittently
adv.
With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
+
infusion
v.t.
The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.
+
iniquities
pl.
of Iniquity
+
incongruence
n.
Want of congruence; incongruity.
+
insecureness
n.
Insecurity.
+
inferiorly
adv.
In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
+
incapable
a.
Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.
+
involucre
n.
The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum.
+
intelligencing
a.
Informing; giving information; talebearing.
+
imperfection
a.
The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
+
interscribe
v.t.
To write between.
+
innuent
a.
Conveying a hint; significant.
+
incrusted
imp.|p.p.
of Incrust
+
immeshed
imp.|p.p.
of Immesh
+
immensible
a.
Immeasurable.
+
indiction
n.
Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
+
imparked
imp.|p.p.
of Impark
+
instipulate
a.
See Exstipulate.
+
instilled
imp.|p.p.
of Instill
+
impresses
pl.
of Impress
+
ictus
n.
The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word.  Cf. Arsis.
+
inferior
a.
Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
+
improfitable
a.
Unprofitable.
+
indesert
n.
Ill desert.
+
inflential
a.
Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.
+
inable
v.t.
See Enable.
+
illegitimate
a.
Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
+
infirmity
a.
The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.
+
impecuniosity
n.
The state of being impecunious.
+
impartment
n.
The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed.
+
intercede
v.i.
To pass between; to intervene.
+
imago
n.
An image.
+
inanimated
a.
Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.
+
ingle
v.t.
To cajole or coax; to wheedle. See Engle.
+
indart
v.t.
To pierce, as with a dart.
+
involucre
n.
A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head.
+
idol
n.
An image or representation of anything.
+
illure
v.t.
To deceive; to entice; to lure.
+
indecisively
adv.
Without decision.
+
irrepressible
a.
Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict.
+
interspersed
imp.|p.p.
of Intersperse
+
involucred
a.
Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc.
+
introrse
a.
Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs.
+
indigotic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.
+
impairing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impair
+
indentedly
adv.
With indentations.
+
injecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inject
+
incorrigibility
n.
The state or quality of being incorrigible.
+
i

I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon.
+
impendence
n.
Alt. of Impendency
+
improver
n.
One who, or that which, improves.
+
incurable
n.
A person diseased beyond cure.
+
inveterate
a.
Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
+
impressionism
n.
The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.
+
interpretation
n.
The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
+
inbreak
n.
Alt. of Inbreaking
+
indissolubleness
n.
Indissolubility.
+
interlobular
a.
Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
+
inconvenience
n.
That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty.
+
iniquity
n.
Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.
+
iodate
n.
A salt of iodic acid.
+
inbreathe
v.t.
To infuse by breathing; to inspire.
+
insufflation
n.
The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.
+
we
pl.
of I
+
intractile
a.
Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
+
inaugurated
imp.|p.p.
of Inaugurate
+
iridescent
a.
Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.
+
inspect
v.t.
To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.
+
inculture
n.
Want or neglect of cultivation or culture.
+
invulnerability
n.
Quality or state of being invulnerable.
+
icy
superl.
Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.
+
interworld
n.
A world between other worlds.
+
insinuate
v.i.
To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.
+
injunction
n.
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
+
indecorum
n.
Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.
+
inquiringly
adv.
In an inquiring manner.
+
indenize
v.t.
To naturalize.
+
inequal
a.
Unequal; uneven; various.
+
interneural
n.
An interneural spine or cartilage.
+
impetrative
a.
Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
+
imposable
a.
Capable of being imposed or laid on.
+
infectible
a.
Capable of being infected.
+
incus
n.
The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.
+
imbalm
v.t.
See Embalm.
+
incrimination
n.
The act of incriminating; crimination.
+
imaginant
n.
An imaginer.
+
interclavicular
a.
Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.
+
it
pron.
As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home.
+
illuminant
n.
That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants.
+
inconsistencies
pl.
of Inconsistency
+
inure
v.i.
To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.
+
impregnating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impregnate
+
implied
a.
Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.
+
improper
a.
Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress.
+
improper
a.
Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
+
ingrain
n.
An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
+
importunate
a.
Hard to be borne; unendurable.
+
inquisitionary
a.
Inquisitional.
+
italicize
v.t.|i.
To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.
+
intermesenteric
a.
Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.
+
ignore
v.t.
To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.
+
incrustation
n.
Anything inlaid or imbedded.
+
inexpugnable
a.
Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
+
idolist
n.
A worshiper of idols.
+
intactible
a.
Alt. of Intactable
+
imperatively
adv.
In an imperative manner.
+
intercoming
n.
The act of coming between; intervention; interference.
+
inversely
adv.
In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.
+
indihumin
n.
A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.
+
improvising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Improvise
+
imperturbably
adv.
In an imperturbable manner; calmly.
+
insulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insulate
+
indomite
a.
Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild.
+
interpose
v.i.
To be or come between.
+
immerging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immerge
+
indecorousness
n.
The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
+
insectivore
n.
One of the Insectivora.
+
inserting
n.
Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments.
+
indent
n.
A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
+
immeability
n.
Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.
+
indirectly
adv.
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
+
insnare
v.t.
To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.
+
inimical
a.
Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.
+
infraspinous
a.
Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.
+
imbruement
n.
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
+
inflame
v.t.
To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
+
incur
v.i.
To pass; to enter.
+
interalveolar
a.
Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.
+
idealizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Idealize
+
inutile
a.
Useless; unprofitable.
+
interlaid
imp.|p.p.
of Interlay
+
incomprehensible
a.
Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
+
involute
n.
A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
+
indivisibleness
n.
The state of being indivisible; indivisibility.
+
internal
a.
Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
+
imperturbation
n.
Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude.
+
insure
v.t.
To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
+
irrorate
v.t.
To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew.
+
inclement
a.
Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather.
+
indifference
n.
Passableness; mediocrity.
+
imperious
a.
Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.
+
interrepellent
a.
Mutually repellent.
+
illatively
adv.
By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.
+
intermedium
n.
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.
+
infix
n.
Something infixed.
+
intro

A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.
+
impoverishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impoverish
+
illegibility
n.
The state or quality of being illegible.
+
invulnerable
a.
Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.
+
interluded
a.
Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.
+
inconverted
a.
Not turned or changed about.
+
isolated
a.
Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
+
indignation
n.
The effect of anger; punishment.
+
intricate
a.
Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.
+
impulse
n.
The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
+
irreclaimable
a.
Incapable of being reclaimed.
+
idioted
a.
Rendered idiotic; befooled.
+
impermeability
n.
The quality of being impermeable.
+
immersed
p.p.|a.
Growing wholly under water.
+
inclosure
n.
That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.
+
irradiancy
n.
That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy.
+
insolvency
n.
Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.
+
ignite
v.t.
To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.
+
isocephalism
n.
A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia.
+
intendment
n.
Charge; oversight.
+
inuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inure
+
imbursement
n.
The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.
+
infertile
a.
Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.
+
inversion
n.
A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.
+
imposthumation
n.
The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.
+
infernal
a.
Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.
+
irrecured
a.
Incurable.
+
icosandrous
a.
Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
+
interdentil
n.
The space between two dentils.
+
imbrocadoes
pl.
of Imbrocado
+
illustratively
adv.
By way of illustration or elucidation.
+
interdict
n.
A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
+
incertum
a.
Doubtful; not of definite form.
+
iridiated
a.
Iridescent.
+
ionic
n.
A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
+
intelligible

Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc.
+
inosculated
imp.|p.p.
of Inosculate
+
ischiatic
a.
Same as Ishial.
+
incircumspection
n.
Want of circumspection.
+
inward
n.
The mental faculties; -- usually pl.
+
insertion
n.
The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.
+
inexperienced
a.
Not having experience unskilled.
+
inhabiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhabit
+
insignificant
a.
Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
+
institute
v.t.
To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
+
inviolated
a.
Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure.
+
intercolonial
a.
Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.
+
infare
n.
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.
+
ingrate
n.
An ungrateful person.
+
inlay
v.t.
To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.
+
idolism
n.
The worship of idols.
+
intruder
n.
One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.
+
interpolate
v.t.
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.
+
incubus
n.
A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.
+
infundibula
pl.
of Infundibulum
+
immediate
a.
Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause.
+
idiom
n.
The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
+
inteneration
n.
The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening.
+
induration
n.
The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.
+
idiomatical
a.
Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase.
+
inmeshing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inmesh
+
intermell
v.i.|t.
To intermeddle; to intermix.
+
imperfect
a.
Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
+
impulse
n.
The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
+
illuminee
n.
One of the Illuminati.
+
intercept
v.t.
To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
+
idea
n.
A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.
+
irretrievably
adv.
In an irretrievable manner.
+
inthrone
v.t.
Same as Enthrone.
+
interrupt
v.t.
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
+
informalities
pl.
of Informality
+
inefficiency
n.
The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
+
illustrate
v.t.
To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.
+
initiative
a.
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
+
indictable
a.
Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.
+
intestacy
n.
The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.
+
irenic
a.
Alt. of Irenical
+
intelligent
a.
Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.
+
illegitimate
a.
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
+
imbedding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbed
+
injucundity
n.
Unpleasantness; disagreeableness.
+
inclinnation
n.
Decantation, or tipping for pouring.
+
inscribed
imp.|p.p.
of Inscribe
+
inviolably
adv.
Without violation.
+
incoagulable
a.
Not coagulable.
+
intermure
v.t.
To wall in; to inclose.
+
indiscretion
n.
An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.
+
inversion
n.
A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.
+
immigration
n.
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
+
impulse
v.t.
To impel; to incite.
+
inclave
a.
Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.
+
ingraftment
n.
The act of ingrafting.
+
insurance
n.
The sum for which life or property is insured.
+
increasingly
adv.
More and more.
+
inferred
imp.|p.p.
of Infer
+
instop
v.t.
To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.
+
iguanian
a.
Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.
+
interdict
n.
To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
+
interference
n.
The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.
+
informed
imp.|p.p.
of Inform
+
interpret
v.t.
To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.
+
insaneness
n.
Insanity; madness.
+
inquisible
a.
Admitting judicial inquiry.
+
incorrect
a.
Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.
+
incontested
a.
Not contested.
+
intumesced
imp.|p.p.
of Intumesce
+
in
prep.
With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.
+
intentive
n.
Attentive; intent.
+
interknit
v.t.
To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.
+
incarnated
imp.|p.p.
of Incarnate
+
irresistibleness
n.
Quality of being irrestible.
+
invigilancy
n.
Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.
+
inestimable
a.
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.
+
immundicity
n.
Uncleanness; filthness.
+
inconversant
a.
Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
+
infrastapedial
a.
Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes.
+
impersuasible
a.
Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable.
+
itineracy
n.
The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy.
+
imaum
n.
Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
+
in antis

Between antae; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.
+
immediately
adv.
As soon as.  Cf. Directly, 8, Note.
+
impale
v.t.
To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
+
incubative
a.
Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.
+
imprest
n.
To advance on loan.
+
irrorate
a.
Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand.
+
indeprecable
a.
Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated.
+
insectary
n.
A place for keeping living insects.
+
initialed
imp.|p.p.
of Initial
+
independent
a.
Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
+
insipidness
n.
The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity.
+
irreversibly
adv.
In an irreversible manner.
+
ivory
n.
Any carving executed in ivory.
+
incomplex
a.
Not complex; uncompounded; simple.
+
indent
n.
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.
+
indecently
adv.
In an indecent manner.
+
ilex
n.
The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
+
illegitimatize
v.t.
To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
+
inferior
a.
Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
+
inconcinne
a.
Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable.
+
interambulacral
a.
Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.
+
intensive
n.
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
+
impaired
imp.|p.p.
of Impair
+
inurned
imp.|p.p.
of Inurn
+
inevitableness
n.
The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.
+
italicized
imp.|p.p.
of Italicize
+
irretractile
a.
Not retractile.
+
intramolecular
a.
Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies.
+
impoverish
v.t.
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
+
insheathe
v.t.
To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.
+
intaminated
a.
Uncontaminated.
+
infiltered
imp.|p.p.
of Infilter
+
isochronism
n.
The state or quality of being isochronous.
+
introspection
n.
A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.
+
intertie
n.
In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
+
institutor
n.
One who educates; an instructor.
+
intransmutability
n.
The quality of being intransmutable.
+
immarcescibly
adv.
Unfadingly.
+
inclinatory
a.
Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle.
+
inn
v.t.
To house; to lodge.
+
impropriate
a.
Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
+
intimidatory
a.
Tending or serving to intimidate.
+
impression
n.
In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
+
interdict
n.
To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
+
inflation
n.
Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.
+
industries
pl.
of Industry
+
immeasurably
adv.
In an immeasurable manner or degree.
+
ischium
n.
The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.
+
iris
n.
The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
+
isochimenal
a.
The same as Isocheimal.
+
isatis
n.
A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad.
+
inspective
a.
Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.
+
imbargo
n.
See Embargo.
+
inlighten
v.t.
See Enlighten.
+
intrauterine
a.
Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.
+
intercentrum
n.
The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
+
incuriously
adv.
In an curious manner.
+
i
prefix.
See Y-.
+
imputation

Opinion; intimation; hint.
+
trixes
pl.
of Impropriatrix
+
instilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Instill
+
indefatigableness
n.
Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency.
+
impediment
n.
That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
+
invite
v.i.
To give invitation.
+
invalidness
n.
Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning.
+
indigested
a.
Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.
+
intoxication
n.
The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
+
inanimateness
n.
The quality or state of being inanimate.
+
in posse

In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse.
+
impale
v.t.
To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
+
irritatory
a.
Exciting; producing irritation; irritating.
+
injection
n.
That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.
+
inclinnation
n.
A person or thing loved or admired.
+
inodorate
a.
Inodorous.
+
impend
v.t.
To pay.
+
interlocution
n.
Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
+
imaginary
n.
An imaginary expression or quantity.
+
incumbent
a.
Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
+
incontinency
n.
Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.
+
innative
a.
Native.
+
idiopathy
n.
A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
+
ineffectualness
n.
Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.
+
inversion
n.
The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.
+
inacquiescent
a.
Not acquiescent or acquiescing.
+
inconsiderate
a.
Inconsiderable.
+
intensive
a.
Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
+
incoordination
n.
Want of coordination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.
+
impolicy
n.
The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud.
+
idiotry
n.
Idiocy.
+
intermaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the intermaxillae.
+
infrigidate
v.t.
To chill; to make cold; to cool.
+
intention
n.
The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
+
inrail
v.t.
To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails.
+
infectious
a.
Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.
+
inhibiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhibit
+
inherit
v.t.
To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.
+
idiocy
n.
The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
+
iodous
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical suffix).
+
impeded
imp.|p.p.
of Impede
+
it
pron.
As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
+
irradiate
v.t.
To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind.
+
irrigation
n.
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
+
insolidity
n.
Want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.
+
intreasure
v.t.
To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard.
+
italianize
v.i.
To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate.
+
islamizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Islamize
+
immigrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immigrate
+
integrate
v.t.
To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
+
interpubic
a.
Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.
+
introduction
n.
The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
+
irreparability
n.
The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness.
+
impinge
v.t.
To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.
+
inescation
n.
The act of baiting; allurement.
+
included
a.
Inclosed; confined.
+
indefensibly
adv.
In an indefensible manner.
+
imperant
a.
Commanding.
+
inexpert
a.
Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.
+
initial
a.
Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
+
inly
a.
Internal; interior; secret.
+
improvable
a.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous.
+
investment
n.
The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
+
influence
n.
A flowing in or upon; influx.
+
inconformity
n.
Want of conformity; nonconformity.
+
insabbatati
n.pl.
The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes.
+
inconcocted
a.
Imperfectly digested, matured, or ripened.
+
inexpediency
n.
The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures.
+
inch
a.
Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.
+
involution
n.
The act of involving or infolding.
+
incinerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incinerate
+
implying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imply
+
incommunicative
a.
Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive.
+
irrelative
a.
Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected.
+
interrupting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interrupt
+
immanency
n.
The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.
+
ignoble
a.
Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
+
indiminishable
a.
Incapable of being diminished.
+
irishmen
pl.
of Irishman
+
us
pl.
of I
+
inverse
n.
That which is inverse.
+
inscrutability
n.
The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.
+
infect
v.t.
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.
+
incogitant
a.
Toughtless; inconsiderate.
+
indepravate
a.
Undepraved.
+
imperceived
a.
Not perceived.
+
infamy
n.
That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
+
insinuative
a.
Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.
+
irate
a.
Angry; incensed; enraged.
+
ischion
n.
Alt. of Ischium
+
inextensible
a.
Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible fibers.
+
indispose
v.t.
To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
+
interhemal
a.
Alt. of Interhaemal
+
incensebreathing
a.
Breathing or exhaling incense.
+
interlope
v.i.
To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.
+
insufflation
n.
The act of breathing on or into anything
+
infusive
a.
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
+
interrogate
v.t.
To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.
+
inaniloquous
a.
Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
+
inclining
a.
Same as Inclined, 3.
+
impenned
imp.|p.p.
of Impen
+
incus
n.
An anvil.
+
identical
a.
Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.
+
impropriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impropriate
+
incunabula
pl.
of Incunabulum
+
intestine
a.
Shut up; inclosed.
+
intermission
n.
The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
+
inactive
a.
Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
+
insanitation
n.
Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.
+
irremittable
a.
Not capable of being remitted; irremissible.
+
icosandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
+
inquirance
n.
Inquiry.
+
incubator
n.
That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
+
ignify
v.t.
To form into fire.
+
interganglionic
a.
Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.
+
incapacitate
v.t.
To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.
+
interfere
v.i.
To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.
+
innodate
v.t.
To bind up,as in a knot; to include.
+
impeccable
n.
One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.
+
inveteracy
n.
Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.
+
imperial
n.
A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
+
iconodule
n.
Alt. of Iconodulist
+
interbranchial
a.
Between the branchiae.
+
iotacism
n.
The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /, //, etc., like /.
+
importuned
imp.|p.p.
of Importune
+
interanimate
v.t.
To animate or inspire mutually.
+
inherit
v.i.
To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
+
inane
a.
Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.
+
ironsided
a.
Having iron sides, or very firm sides.
+
ideal
a.
Imaginary.
+
illtreat
v.t.
To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.
+
instruct
a.
Instructed; taught; enlightened.
+
implicity
n.
Implicitness.
+
inside
n.
The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.
+
impropriator
n.
One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.
+
imping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imp
+
insuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insure
+
implicative
a.
Tending to implicate.
+
involvement
n.
The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
+
inheritance
n.
Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
+
inamoratos
pl.
of Inamorato
+
inextirpable
a.
Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable.
+
inclose
v.t.
To put into harness; to harness.
+
indirect
a.
Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.
+
issue
n.
In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.
+
intrench
v.t.
To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself.
+
impierce
v.t.
To pierce; to penetrate.
+
ichthyology
n.
The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.
+
incontinent
a.
Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.
+
incoherency
n.
Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc.
+
intransitive
a.
Not passing farther; kept; detained.
+
intrude
v.t.
To enter by force; to invade.
+
inept
a.
Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
+
infinity
n.
Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity.
+
impetigo
n.
A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.
+
inscrolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inscroll
+
insafety
n.
Insecurity; danger.
+
ironclad
a.
Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge.
+
incase
v.t.
To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.
+
indiretin
n.
A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.
+
involution
n.
The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
+
impoor
v.t.
To impoverish.
+
ignominious
a.
Deserving ignominy; despicable.
+
incontinent
a.
Unable to restrain natural evacuations.
+
imporous
a.
Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.
+
inexorability
n.
The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty.
+
image
n.
Show; appearance; cast.
+
illustrate
v.t.
To make clear, bright, or luminous.
+
infiltrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infiltrate
+
issue
v.i.
In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
+
indexer
n.
One who makes an index.
+
inhabitance
n.
Alt. of Inhabitancy
+
insular
n.
An islander.
+
inactivity
n.
Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.
+
inexorable
a.
Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge.
+
improbable
a.
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.
+
interdental
a.
Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.
+
involucret
n.
An involucel.
+
intercarpal
a.
Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.
+
induction
n.
An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue.
+
incompressible
a.
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible.
+
inexorably
adv.
In an inexorable manner; inflexibly.
+
incagement
n.
Confinement in, or as in, cage.
+
ingrain
v.t.
To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
+
integer
n.
A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.
+
irremovable
a.
Not removable; immovable; inflexible.
+
instead
adv.
In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
+
insanably
adv.
In an incurable manner.
+
invade
v.i.
To make an invasion.
+
immovable
n.
Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes.
+
interfolded
p.a.
Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.
+
imbrute
v.i.
To sink to the state of a brute.
+
impanate
a.
Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.
+
ible

See -able.
+
invest
v.t.
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.
+
iambize
v.t.
To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.
+
incising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incise
+
ichthyomorpha
n.pl.
The Urodela.
+
indoxyl
n.
A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.
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interlard
v.t.
Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conservation with oaths or allusions.
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inconsideration
n.
Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness.
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inflation
n.
The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.
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inclining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incline
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interpretable
a.
Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
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intervening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intervene
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inducted
imp.|p.p.
of Induct
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illbred
a.
Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.
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infer
v.t.
To show; to manifest; to prove.
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importable
a.
Capable of being imported.
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introsusception
n.
The act or process of receiving within.
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intervene
v.i.
To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
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imperialism
n.
The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.
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icterical
a.
Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.
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insectivorous
a.
plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.
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intricately
adv.
In an intricate manner.
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identic
a.
Identical.
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institutive
a.
Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
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impostress
n.
Alt. of Impostrix
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intromit
v.i.
To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
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interlock
v.t.
To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
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indifferentism
n.
State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.
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idiot
n.
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.
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indevirginate
a.
Not devirginate.
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induration
n.
State of being indurated, or of having become hard.
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immodest
a.
Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
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invulnerableness
n.
Invulnerability.
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indenture
v.t.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
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imbecile
a.
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.
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imbrutement
n.
The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted.
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intimate
n.
An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.
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intortion
n.
See Intorsion.
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interceder
n.
One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
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intemperateness
n.
The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.
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immould
v.t.
To mold into shape, or form.
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illuminati
v.t.
Literally, those who are enlightened
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inquire
v.i.
To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
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innocuity
n.
Innocuousness.
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iliac
a.
See Ileac, 1.
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impuberal
a.
Not having arrived at puberty; immature.
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inability
n.
The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.
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intumulated
a.
Unburied.
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ignoramus
n.
We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.
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inbreaking
n.
A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
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intersesamoid
a.
Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.
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implore
v.t.
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
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incoherence
n.
Alt. of Incoherency
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imaginate
a.
Imaginative.
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inducer
n.
One who, or that which, induces or incites.
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ischiocapsular
a.
Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.
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inspect
v.t.
Inspection.
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imaginarily
a.
In a imaginary manner; in imagination.
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insouciant
a.
Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.
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intercrural
a.
Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.
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infallibility
n.
The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.
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inn
n.
The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.
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initialing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Initial
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impunctuality
n.
Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality.
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inchambered
imp.|p.p.
of Inchamber
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intermeddling
n.
The act of improperly interfering.
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intromission
n.
An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.
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intermedia
pl.
of Intermedium
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ignorant
a.
Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.
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into
prep.
Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.
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irregular
a.
Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc.  Cf. Regular.
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intermezzo
n.
An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.
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infinitive
n.
Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
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insurrectionist
n.
One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.
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inspire
v.t.
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.
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inconveniency
n.
Inconvenience.
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insolubility
n.
The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.
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intrenchment
n.
Any defense or protection.
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impaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impale
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indulgence
n.
The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
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infliction
n.
The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
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ideal
a.
Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
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in
prep.
The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.
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interrenal
a.
Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes.
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introductive
a.
Serving to introduce; introductory.
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indefensive
a.
Defenseless.
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inch
n.
A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.
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inseparable
a.
Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.
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invectively
adv.
In an invective manner.
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iconographer
n.
A maker of images.
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incogitative
a.
Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a vegetable is an incogitative being.
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intercepting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intercept
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inwardly
adv.
In the inner parts; internally.
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import
v.t.
To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
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intrication
n.
Entanglement.
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intersperse
v.t.
To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.
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impacted
imp.|p.p.
of Impact
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interposit
n.
An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another.
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insalubrious
a.
Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.
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isotherm
n.
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface having the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or other period. Also, a similar line based on the distribution of temperature in the ocean.
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impester
v.t.
See Pester.
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isolable
a.
Capable of being isolated, or of being obtained in a pure state; as, gold is isolable.
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inarable
a.
Not arable.
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ing

A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
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indenizened
imp.|p.p.
of Indenizen
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inadhesion
n.
Want of adhesion.
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incrust
v.t.
To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
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immensity
n.
The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.
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inflame
v.i.
To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
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implodent
n.
An implosive sound.
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incirclet
n.
A small circle.
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indutive
a.
Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
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ideograph
n.
Same as Ideogram.
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icelandic
a.
Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.
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ingenerabillty
n.
Incapacity of being engendered or produced.
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infiltration
n.
The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
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incomputable
a.
Not computable.
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intermediacy
n.
Interposition; intervention.
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infatuation
n.
The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
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ineffervescibility
n.
The quality of being ineffervescible.
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infiniteness
n.
The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.
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inflate
v.t.
To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
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improve
v.i.
To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
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improvisatory
a.
Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.
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internationalist
n.
One who is versed in the principles of international law.
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insanely
adv.
Without reason; madly; foolishly.
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infundibulum
n.
The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
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inexpensive
a.
Not expensive; cheap.
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incense
v.t.
To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
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individuity
n.
Separate existence; individuality; oneness.
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illiberalize
v.t.
To make illiberal.
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interjaculate
v.t.
To ejaculate parenthetically.
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intermise
n.
Interference; interposition.
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inclamation
n.
Exclamation.
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instability
n.
Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc.
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inspiring
a.
Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.
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incorporate
a.
Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.
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ingraft
v.t.
To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.
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intolerancy
n.
Intolerance.
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isosceles
a.
Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.
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interpone
v.t.
To interpose; to insert or place between.
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inconsequentiality
n.
The state of being inconsequential.
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inobtrusive
a.
Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.
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irksome
a.
Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.
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interrupted
a.
Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
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isobar
n.
The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science.
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intelligibleness
n.
The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.
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intelligent
a.
Gognizant; aware; communicate.
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infringe
v.t.
To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power.
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irreversibleness
n.
The state or quality of being irreversible.
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imposthumate
a.
Imposthumated.
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inunctuosity
n.
The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay.
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iniquity
n.
An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o/ unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.
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infrequence
n.
Alt. of Infrequency
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infraction
n.
The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law.
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imbenching
n.
A raised work like a bench.
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introduce
v.t.
To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.
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inertly
adv.
Without activity; sluggishly.
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imparlance
n.
Mutual discourse; conference.
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ignigenous
a.
Produced by the action of fire, as lava.
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ingenuousness
n.
The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.
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insignificantly
adv.
without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.
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ingot
n.
That in which metal is cast; a mold.
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inspiriting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inspirit
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injunction
n.
A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
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ile
n.
An isle.
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inhance
v.t.
See Enhance.
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indemnities
pl.
of Indemnity
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illwill

See under Ill, a.
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indistinguishable
a.
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.
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inward
a.
Intimate; domestic; private.
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indifferent
adv.
To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.
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illuminary
a.
Illuminative.
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interbreed
v.t.|i.
To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
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inefficaciously
adv.
without efficacy or effect.
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incaved
a.
Inclosed in a cave.
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inleaguer
v.t.
To beleaguer.
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impurity
n.
Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
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imbitterer
n.
One who, or that which, imbitters.
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interruption
n.
Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
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imprudence
n.
The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence.
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intermixedly
adv.
In a mixed manner.
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invention
n.
The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
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incanescent
a.
Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.
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insular
a.
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
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ilixanthin
n.
A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.
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inhalent
a.
Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct.
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intorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intort
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ichthulin
n.
A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.
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importance
n.
The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
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incoherency
n.
That which is incoherent.
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insulting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insult
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indivisible
a.
Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.
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inunction
n.
The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
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implating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Implate
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initiate
v.i.
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
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inculk
v.t.
To inculcate.
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intensive
a.
Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
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indisputability
n.
Indisputableness.
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incensed
a.
Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.
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incondensible
a.
Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.
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isogeotherm
n.
A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.
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intolerability
n.
The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness.
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isatide
n.
A white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reduction of isatin.
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idealism
n.
The quality or state of being ideal.
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ize

A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice; as apologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize.
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interaulic
a.
Existing between royal courts.
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installation
n.
The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
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intangible
a.
Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.
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intorted
imp.|p.p.
of Intort
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include
v.t.
To conclude; to end; to terminate.
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incubation
n.
A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
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island
n.
See Isle, n., 2.
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imprescriptibility
n.
The quality of being imprescriptible.
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ingreat
v.t.
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify.
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instill
v.t.
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.
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immediately
adv.
Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
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is

Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but different properties; as in isocyanic.
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ichthyocolla
n.
Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
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impleasing
a.
Unpleasing; displeasing.
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investure
n.
Investiture; investment.
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incompatibility
n.
The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
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implicate
v.t.
To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.
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incapacious
a.
Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul.
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imperceptive
a.
Unable to perceive.
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illuding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illude
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impertinence
n.
Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
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impierceable
a.
Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.
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intagliated
a.
Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone.
+
implicated
imp.|p.p.
of Implicate
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insisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insist
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id
n.
A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.
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interment
v.t.
The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.
+
interlaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interlay
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intrusion
n.
The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.
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inadvisable
a.
Not advisable.
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inoculate
v.t.
Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
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inning
n.
Lands recovered from the sea.
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immensurability
n.
The quality of being immensurable.
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indorse
v.t.
To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.
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imprimis
adv.
In the first place; first in order.
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incognitos
pl.
of Incognito
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in
n.
One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.
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invect
v.i.
To inveigh.
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inoppressive
a.
Not oppressive or burdensome.
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innholder
n.
One who keeps an inn.
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iulidan
n.
One of the Iulidae, a family of myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See Iulus.
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inextinguible
a.
Inextinguishable.
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indeterminate
a.
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years.
+
intercross
n.
The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.
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impatible
a.
Not capable of being borne; impassible.
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impressibility
n.
The quality of being impressible; susceptibility.
+
inconceptible
a.
Inconceivable.
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ignore
v.t.
Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
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intermetacarpal
a.
Between the metacarpal bones.
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incognitant
a.
Ignorant.
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interclude
v.t.
To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.
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ironhearted
a.
Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.
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in
prep.
With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
+
instruction
n.
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
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inrecision
n.
A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption.
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incorrigibleness
n.
Incorrigibility.
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imposition
n.
An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.
+
imperfect
n.
The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.
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isis
n.
The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.
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imaginant
a.
Imagining; conceiving.
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idioplasma
n.
That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
+
infamy
n.
A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
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improbatory
a.
Implying, or tending to, improbation.
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interfascicular
a.
Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.
+
instilllator
n.
An instiller.
+
inflammation
n.
The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
+
incommodate
v.t.
To incommode.
+
invisible
a.
Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.
+
indies
n.pl.
A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.
+
icosahedral
a.
Having twenty equal sides or faces.
+
impropriated
imp.|p.p.
of Impropriate
+
invitatories
pl.
of Invitatory
+
idiophanous
a.
Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.
+
instating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Instate
+
indusiated
a.
Furnished with an indusium.
+
infect
v.t.
To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
+
indent
v.i.
To contract; to bargain or covenant.
+
incommodated
imp.|p.p.
of Incommodate
+
intoxicate
v.t.
To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
+
irascibility
n.
The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.
+
intensating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intensate
+
initiative
n.
An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
+
impen
v.t.
To shut up or inclose, as in a pen.
+
incessable
a.
Unceasing; continual.
+
institutionary
a.
Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
+
inform
v.t.
To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.
+
introspectionist
n.
One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.
+
interosculate
v.i.|t.
To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.
+
impetration
n.
The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.
+
indifference
n.
Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.
+
intermean
n.
Something done in the meantime; interlude.
+
interruption
n.
The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
+
indorser
n.
Alt. of Indorsor
+
inductive
a.
Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
+
interfere
v.i.
To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.
+
insessores
n.pl.
An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.
+
inward
n.
That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
+
inhospitable
a.
Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
+
impingent
a.
Striking against or upon.
+
idiomorphous
a.
Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.
+
inwalled
imp.|p.p.
of Inwall
+
intermediate
a.
Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.
+
intermission
n.
The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
+
intercept
v.t.
To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
+
incanting
a.
Enchanting.
+
iguanid
a.
Same as Iguanoid.
+
impulse
n.
The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.
+
iulus
n.
A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha.
+
iterate
v.t.
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice.
+
inured
imp.|p.p.
of Inure
+
idea
n.
The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
+
incidence
n.
A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.
+
incinerable
a.
Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes.
+
imparadising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imparadise
+
insession
n.
That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.
+
isothermobathic
a.
Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean.
+
inoceramus
n.
An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
+
interspersing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intersperse
+
inducible
a.
Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.
+
idealities
pl.
of Ideality
+
inaurate
v.t.
To cover with gold; to gild.
+
ish

A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white.
+
introduce
v.t.
To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.
+
inequivalve
a.
Alt. of Inequivalvular
+
ivy
n.
A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.
+
impresarios
pl.
of Impresario
+
ingulf
v.t.
To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
+
irreptitious
a.
Surreptitious; spurious.
+
iamb
n.
An iambus or iambic.
+
independent
a.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
+
implanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Implant
+
incense
n.
The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
+
irritate
n.
To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
+
inferobranchiate
a.
Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.
+
indigested
a.
Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.
+
interfere
v.i.
To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
+
iodal
n.
An oily liquid, Cl3.CHO, analogous to chloral and bromal.
+
immediate
a.
Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
+
insonorous
a.
Not clear or melodious.
+
immanacle
v.t.
To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.
+
intracellular
a.
Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells.
+
in
v.t.
To inclose; to take in; to harvest.
+
indigrubin
n.
Same as Urrhodin.
+
into
prep.
Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.
+
innumerable
a.
Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
+
isostemonous
a.
Having exactly as many stamens as petals.
+
imparl
v.i.
To hold discourse; to parley.
+
inia
n.
A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
+
intonate
v.i.
To thunder.
+
intercur
v.i.
To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.
+
intrenchment
n.
The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
+
intensive
a.
Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
+
inseparability
n.
The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness.
+
inoxidize
v.i.
To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.
+
imp
n.
To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip.
+
imposthumate
v.t.
To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess.
+
innocent
a.
Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
+
infabricated
a.
Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural.
+
impassable
a.
Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.
+
insnarl
v.t.
To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.
+
immanity
n.
The state or quality of being immane; barbarity.
+
incisely
adv.
In an incised manner.
+
indicator
n.
One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.
+
immovable
a.
Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.
+
infringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infringe
+
instructress
n.
A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
+
introsume
v.t.
To draw in; to swallow.
+
influent
a.
Flowing in.
+
insanable
a.
Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.
+
interpunction
n.
The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.
+
intemperate
a.
Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
+
isomorph
n.
A substance which is similar to another in crystalline form and composition.
+
islamized
imp.|p.p.
of Islamize
+
impropriate
v.t.
To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.
+
imponderable
a.
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
+
incongruities
pl.
of Incongruity
+
indecency
n.
The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
+
intonation
n.
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.
+
intranscalent
a.
Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
+
imam
n.
Alt. of Imaum
+
incrassated
a.
Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
+
interject
v.t.
To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.
+
inadmissibility
n.
The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to be received.
+
indictive
a.
Proclaimed; declared; public.
+
irideous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.
+
irradiance
n.
Alt. of Irradiancy
+
ironclad
n.
A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.
+
interspersion
n.
The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.
+
interrupted
imp.|p.p.
of Interrupt
+
inhaler
n.
An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.
+
ignified
imp.|p.p.
of Ignify
+
ishmaelite
n.
See Ismaelian.
+
inexactitude
n.
Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.
+
ingurgitate
v.t.
To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle.
+
internecinal
a.
Internecine.
+
inescate
v.t.
To allure; to lay a bait for.
+
isochroous
a.
Having the same tint or color throughout; uniformly or evenly colored.
+
insight
n.
Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
+
indiscrimination
n.
Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality.
+
immiscible
a.
Not capable of being mixed or mingled.
+
ignote
n.
One who is unknown.
+
irreducibility
n.
The state or quality of being irreducible.
+
inhabitable
a.
Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
+
impeople
v.t.
To people; to give a population to.
+
inc
n.
A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.
+
insure
v.t.
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.
+
inexecutable
a.
Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible.
+
interpolate
v.t.
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.
+
incognizance
n.
Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.
+
isolation
n.
The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.
+
intertrochanteric
a.
Between the trochanters of the femur.
+
intrusion
n.
The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.
+
impennate
a.
Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.
+
inebriant
a.
Intoxicating.
+
impersonal
n.
That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.
+
iambically
adv.
In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
+
intrinsic
a.
Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.
+
injelly
v.t.
To place in jelly.
+
imbecile
v.t.
To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.
+
indolent
a.
Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor.
+
interlacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interlace
+
irremediable
a.
Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable disease or evil.
+
irradiation
n.
Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy.
+
imbonity
n.
Want of goodness.
+
imp
n.
To graft; to insert as a scion.
+
inconsistency
n.
Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.
+
ignorant
a.
Unknown; undiscovered.
+
insupposable
a.
Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.
+
immersion
n.
The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion.
+
indwell
v.t.|i.
To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
+
insufficiency
n.
Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
+
idolastre
n.
An idolater.
+
inburst
n.
A bursting in or into.
+
insume
v.t.
To take in; to absorb.
+
intermontane
a.
Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.
+
institutor
n.
A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
+
impeller
n.
One who, or that which, impels.
+
interjoined
imp.|p.p.
of Interjoin
+
irrecognition
n.
A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
+
impudicity
n.
Immodesty.
+
interpleader
n.
A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.
+
incarn
v.i.
To develop flesh.
+
intermicate
v.i.
To flash or shine between or among.
+
involve
v.t.
To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
+
inexistence
n.
Want of being or existence.
+
interplead
v.i.
To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader.
+
impiety
n.
The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
+
influx
n.
Influence; power.
+
intersection
n.
The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.
+
is

Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine; isopentane.
+
indices
pl.
of Index
+
irrespective
a.
Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.
+
indiscriminating
a.
Not discriminating.
+
our
pl.
of I
+
income
n.
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.
+
ties
pl.
of Incompatibility
+
islamism
n.
The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.
+
intolerance
n.
Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
+
island
v.t.
To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
+
incorporal
a.
Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual.
+
inobservance
a.
Want or neglect of observance.
+
imperforate
a.
Alt. of Imperforated
+
insignificant
a.
Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.
+
incurvation
n.
The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
+
indigence
n.
The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.
+
insipid
a.
Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.
+
interstellar
a.
Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space.
+
innate
v.t.
To cause to exit; to call into being.
+
institute
v.t.
To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.
+
impertransible
a.
Incapable of being passed through.
+
interpause
n.
An intermission.
+
ipomoeic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid.
+
intellectualism
n.
Intellectual power; intellectuality.
+
inscribe
v.t.
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
+
illegible
a.
Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription.
+
indicated
a.
Shown; denoted; registered; measured.
+
integrity
n.
The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.
+
indecorum
n.
An indecorous or becoming action.
+
imbosoming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbosom
+
imposition
n.
The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.
+
irpe
n.
A fantastic grimace or contortion of the body.
+
italic
n.
An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
+
inrush
v.i.
To rush in.
+
ionidium
n.
A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.
+
isabella grape

A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under Fox.
+
indecisive
a.
Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.
+
immolate
v.t.
To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.
+
intralobular
a.
Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins.
+
impaste
v.t.
To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.
+
itch
v.i.
To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
+
irritability
n.
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.
+
indicatrix
n.
A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic.
+
inhume
v.t.
To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.
+
immolation
n.
The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.
+
intended
n.
One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.
+
ilvaite
n.
A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.
+
inflected
a.
Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.
+
inducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Induce
+
imaginative
a.
Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
+
ichthyodorulite
n.
One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.
+
incipience
n.
Alt. of Incipiency
+
imaginational
a.
Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.
+
increase
v.i.
Progeny; issue; offspring.
+
impletion
n.
The act of filling, or the state of being full.
+
instate
v.t.
To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.
+
inviscate
v.t.
To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
+
intentation
n.
Intention.
+
instrument
n.
A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
+
inflame
v.t.
To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
+
indulge
v.t.
To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
+
incorruptible
n.
One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.
+
imperious
a.
Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.
+
intrenched
imp.|p.p.
of Intrench
+
ingrave
v.t.
To bury.
+
incense
n.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
+
incarnate
a.
Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.
+
inebriate
a.
Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
+
imbibing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbibe
+
inaugurate
v.t.
To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc.
+
impoverish
v.t.
To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
+
indent
v.t.
To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
+
infinite
a.
Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.
+
idoneous
a.
Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate.
+
involucrums
pl.
of Involucrum
+
inobedient
a.
Not obedient; disobedient.
+
impersonality
n.
The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.
+
indissolvableness
n.
Indissolubleness.
+
iconology
n.
The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images.  Cf. Iconography.
+
imposer
n.
One who imposes.
+
ingulfed
imp.|p.p.
of Ingulf
+
imponderableness
n.
The quality or state of being imponderable.
+
inoxidizable
a.
Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air.
+
intermetatarsal
a.
Between the metatarsal bones.
+
internment
n.
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
+
inserting
n.
A setting in.
+
illjudged
a.
Not well judged; unwise.
+
imping
n.
The act or process of grafting or mending.
+
imbosk
v.t.
To conceal, as in bushes; to hide.
+
imposing
a.
Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
+
ischuretic
n.
An ischuretic medicine.
+
infantry
n.
A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.
+
inimicous
a.
Inimical; hurtful.
+
insist
v.i.
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
+
introduce
v.t.
To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant.
+
inopinable
a.
Not to be expected; inconceivable.
+
idolatress
n.
A female worshiper of idols.
+
idealizer
n.
An idealist.
+
interosculate
v.i.|t.
To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.
+
incus
n.
One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.
+
incoherentness
n.
Incoherence.
+
inhabit
v.t.
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.
+
incompatible
a.
Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
+
irrotational
a.
Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.
+
inset
n.
That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
+
incoalescence
n.
The state of not coalescing.
+
inspectress
n.
A female inspector.
+
imposableness
n.
Quality of being imposable.
+
island
n.
A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent.  Cf. Continent.
+
intraparietal
a.
Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
+
invertebral
a.
Same as Invertebrate.
+
incredulous
a.
Incredible; not easy to be believed.
+
inarticulate
a.
Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.
+
installment
n.
The seat in which one is placed.
+
immolated
imp.|p.p.
of Immolate
+
infecund
a.
Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile.
+
imbricate
a.
Alt. of Imbricated
+
idle
v.t.
To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
+
insistence
n.
The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
+
impleadable
a.
Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous.
+
issue
n.
The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
+
interest
n.
To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
+
inactively
adv.
In an inactive manner.
+
inconsistency
n.
The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility.
+
infested
imp.|p.p.
of Infest
+
ivories
pl.
of Ivory
+
insecure
a.
Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
+
incriminated
imp.|p.p.
of Incriminate
+
introduce
v.t.
To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.
+
irrenowned
a.
Not renowned.
+
insoul
v.t.
To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.
+
inocular
a.
Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn/ of certain insects.
+
infuriate
v.t.
Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated.
+
inverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invert
+
illapsable
a.
Incapable of slipping, or of error.
+
inferiority

The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.
+
inviscerated
imp.|p.p.
of Inviscerate
+
inflection
n.
Same as Diffraction.
+
immerse
v.t.
To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
+
insitency
n.
Freedom from thirst.
+
innuendo
n.
An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.
+
insistent
a.
Insisting; persistent; persevering.
+
indigometer
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis.
+
incensive
a.
Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.
+
indistancy
n.
Want of distance o/ separation; nearness.
+
inquisitorial
a.
Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.
+
iniquitous
a.
Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.
+
intend
v.t.
To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
+
incumbrancer
n.
One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
+
isotropy
n.
Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.
+
invulgar
v.t.
To cause to become or appear vulgar.
+
irritability
n.
A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
+
interest
n.
Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
+
inconstancy
n.
The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.
+
incorporate
v.t.
To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass.
+
invert
v.t.
To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
+
ionic
n.
Ionic type.
+
internuncius
n.
Internuncio.
+
intimacies
pl.
of Intimacy
+
inscriber
n.
One who inscribes.
+
infinitesimal
a.
Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.
+
insanity
n.
Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility.
+
imperceivable
a.
Imperceptible.
+
inseverable
a.
Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.
+
inartificial
a.
Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character.
+
ichthyopterygium
n.
The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
+
italianized
imp.|p.p.
of Italianize
+
igloo
n.
A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.
+
inequality
n.
Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.
+
ingroove
v.t.
To groove in; to join in or with a groove.
+
inflexible
a.
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
+
impulsive
a.
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
+
is
v.i.
The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man.  See Be.
+
interrogator
n.
One who asks questions; a questioner.
+
interamnian
a.
Situated between rivers.
+
insulted
imp.|p.p.
of Insult
+
imputation

The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.
+
ingenious
a.
Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
+
indecinably
adv.
Without variation.
+
immunities
pl.
of Immunity
+
indisciplinable
a.
Not disciplinable; undisciplinable.
+
interchange
n.
The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce.
+
inanities
pl.
of Inanity
+
idiotical
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.
+
inerrable
a.
Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring.
+
isochronal
a.
Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations or oscillations.
+
irrelapsable
a.
Not liable to relapse; secure.
+
inquisitor
n.
A member of the Court of Inquisition.
+
indigest
a.
Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
+
inquest
n.
A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.
+
incogitativity
n.
The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking.
+
invest
v.t.
To put on.
+
illacrymable
a.
Incapable of weeping.
+
internality
n.
The state of being internal or within; interiority.
+
inharmony
n.
Want of harmony.
+
image
n.
A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
+
imposingly
adv.
In an imposing manner.
+
impeyan pheasant

An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.
+
inventories
pl.
of Inventory
+
impartialness
n.
Impartiality.
+
imposturous
a.
Impostrous; deceitful.
+
intercalary
a.
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.
+
idled
imp.|p.p.
of Idle
+
inefficiently
adv.
In an inefficient manner.
+
illiterate
a.
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
+
infant
n.
Same as Infante.
+
ischury
n.
A retention or suppression of urine.
+
irous
a.
Irascible; passionate.
+
indifferency
n.
Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference.
+
inquirent
a.
Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning.
+
invitation
n.
Allurement; enticement.
+
imperfect
a.
Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
+
intentioned
a.
Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.
+
implead
v.t.
To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
+
improvisatorial
a.
Alt. of Improvisatory
+
iodizer
n.
One who, or that which, iodizes.
+
incubiture
n.
Incubation.
+
iridium
n.
A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.
+
interlineation
n.
That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.
+
intendant
n.
One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
+
inept
a.
Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
+
intercomparison
n.
Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.
+
irradicate
v.t.
To root deeply.
+
imposthumate
v.t.
To affect with an imposthume or abscess.
+
initiate
n.
One who is, or is to be, initiated.
+
intermandibular
a.
Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.
+
interscapulars
n.pl.
The interscapular feathers of a bird.
+
inertia
n.
That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae.
+
invest
v.i.
To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
+
inventress
n.
A woman who invents.
+
index
n.
That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
+
interregnums
pl.
of Interregnum
+
inflammabillty
n.
Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
+
inscribableness
n.
Quality of being inscribable.
+
implement
v.t.
To accomplish; to fulfill.
+
impercipient
a.
Not perceiving, or not able to perceive.
+
inclinable
a.
Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth.
+
insidious
a.
Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe.
+
instance
v.t.
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
+
ingredient
a.
Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
+
induce
v.t.
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.
+
induct
v.t.
To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.
+
io moth

A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles.
+
inertitude
n.
Inertness; inertia.
+
inoculation
n.
Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
+
inshell
v.t.
To hide in a shell.
+
inveighing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inveigh
+
iridal
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors.
+
inducting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Induct
+
intraaxillary
a.
Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.
+
ise

See -ize.
+
invulnerate
a.
Invulnerable.
+
indentation
n.
The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
+
inscrolled
imp.|p.p.
of Inscroll
+
inapproachable
a.
Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled.
+
irenical
a.
Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful.
+
injuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Injure
+
incommunicated
a.
Not communicated or imparted.
+
impulsiveness
n.
The quality of being impulsive.
+
incorporeally
adv.
In an incorporeal manner.
+
idiotize
v.i.
To become stupid.
+
investing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invest
+
itch
n.
An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
+
intermissive
a.
Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.
+
interim
n.
The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
+
impuberty
n.
The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into.
+
incapableness
n.
The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.
+
impersonating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impersonate
+
iliofemoral
a.
Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.
+
isoclinic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having equal inclination or dip.
+
issue
n.
That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
+
inheriting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inherit
+
inglorious
a.
Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc.
+
iridescence
n.
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.
+
intensative
a.
Adding intensity; intensifying.
+
iconoclasm
n.
The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
+
inosculate
v.t.
To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.
+
incensed
imp.|p.p.
of Incense
+
iguanodon
n.
A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
inductive
a.
Tending to induce or cause.
+
imposition
n.
An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
+
insecurities
pl.
of Insecurity
+
idle
superl.
Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
+
incalescence
n.
The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm.
+
incitative
n.
A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.
+
impalpability
n.
The quality of being impalpable.
+
incapacitated
imp.|p.p.
of Incapacitate
+
indiscipline
n.
Want of discipline or instruction.
+
impoison
v.t.
To poison; to imbitter; to impair.
+
incorporation
n.
A body incorporated; a corporation.
+
inventor
n.
One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.
+
incontinency
n.
The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.
+
in

An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.
+
illumination
n.
Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
+
illegalness
n.
Illegality, unlawfulness.
+
increst
v.t.
To adorn with a crest.
+
instructional
a.
Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.
+
inappealable
a.
Not admitting of appeal; not appealable.
+
indication
n.
Explanation; display.
+
importuning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Importune
+
iodide
n.
A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide.
+
intussusception
n.
The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs.
+
inadaptation
n.
Want of adaptation; unsuitableness.
+
inconcoct
a.
Inconcocted.
+
isothermal
a.
Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart.
+
illusory
a.
Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.
+
incision
n.
That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.
+
immure
v.t.
To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
+
inevidence
n.
Want of evidence; obscurity.
+
internode
n.
A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.
+
indignly
adv.
Unworthily.
+
invasion
n.
A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.
+
indefinite
a.
Boundless; infinite.
+
indefinite
a.
Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.
+
irrationality
n.
The quality or state of being irrational.
+
include
v.t.
To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
+
interagent
n.
An intermediate agent.
+
intelligentiary
n.
One who gives information; an intelligencer.
+
interfuse
v.t.
To mix up together; to associate.
+
immuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immure
+
inharmonious
a.
Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.
+
inertia
n.
Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
+
inspiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inspire
+
inamovable
a.
Not amovable or removable.
+
impending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impend
+
inflexure
n.
An inflection; a bend or fold.
+
irritability
n.
The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
+
isography
n.
Imitation of another's handwriting.
+
immovableness
n.
Quality of being immovable.
+
ingeniosity
n.
Ingenuity; skill; cunning.
+
insect
a.
Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
+
isotheral
a.
Having the nature of an isothere; indicating the distribution of temperature by means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart or line.
+
indivision
n.
A state of being not divided; oneness.
+
impulsive
a.
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
+
infoliate
v.t.
To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves.
+
ischiadic
a.
Ischial.
+
indian
n.
A native or inhabitant of India.
+
infrequent
a.
Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.
+
invaded
imp.|p.p.
of Invade
+
intercellular
a.
Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.
+
incircumscriptible
a.
Incapable of being circumscribed or limited.
+
incompetent
a.
Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.
+
inflow
v.i.
To flow in.
+
inlapidate
v.t.
To convert into a stony substance; to petrity.
+
inhabited
a.
Uninhabited.
+
inroad
n.
The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
+
incircle
v.t.
See Encircle.
+
innuit
n.
An Eskimo.
+
invisible
n.
A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
+
interruptedly
adv.
With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.
+
inhibited
imp.|p.p.
of Inhibit
+
implead
v.i.
To sue at law.
+
inductility
n.
The quality or state of being inductile.
+
insupportable
a.
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain.
+
interpretament
n.
Interpretation.
+
indirect
a.
Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
+
interparietal
a.
Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture.
+
ichthyolatry
n.
Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
+
illuminatism
n.
Illuminism.
+
insufferable
a.
Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs.
+
idiotism
n.
Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.
+
ich
pron.
I.
+
icebuilt
a.
Loaded with ice.
+
inexcitability
n.
The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement.
+
immortelles
pl.
of Immortelle
+
incrustation
n.
A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
+
interring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inter
+
ixia
n.
A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.
+
inculp
v.t.
To inculpate.
+
initiate
v.t.
To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
+
impalatable
a.
Unpalatable.
+
inconsistence
n.
Inconsistency.
+
iman
n.
Alt. of Imaum
+
insecable
a.
Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible.
+
infinitude
n.
Boundless number; countless multitude.
+
inbarge
v.t.|i.
To embark; to go or put into a barge.
+
interrogation
n.
A question put; an inquiry.
+
inflesh
v.t.
To incarnate.
+
intriguery
n.
Arts or practice of intrigue.
+
incan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Incas.
+
impetratory
a.
Containing or expressing entreaty.
+
instimulate
v.t.
Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.
+
indorsement
n.
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.
+
infect
v.t.
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.
+
induplicate
a.
Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.
+
individuate
v.t.
To distinguish from others from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate.
+
indict
v.t.
To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
+
import
v.i.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
+
intermission
n.
Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
+
incurable
a.
Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.
+
inaugurate
a.
Invested with office; inaugurated.
+
inhumanity
n.
The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
+
intergraved
imp.
of Intergrave
+
intermaxillae
pl.
of Intermaxilla
+
image
v.t.
To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
+
invest
v.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.
+
insinuatory
a.
Insinuative.
+
irretraceable
a.
Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.
+
insolent
a.
Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
+
infumated
a.
Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.
+
intemperateness
n.
Severity of weather; inclemency.
+
interdigitate
v.t.
To interweave.
+
intermit
v.t.
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
+
inhabitable
a.
Capable of being inhabited; habitable.
+
industry
n.
Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
+
izedism
n.
The religion of the Izedis.
+
impersonal
a.
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
+
inelaborate
a.
Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
+
intercalation
n.
The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
+
inconvenience
v.t.
To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.
+
ignorance
n.
A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.
+
ingrained
imp.|p.p.
of Ingrain
+
intersticed
a.
Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.
+
insulated
p.a.
Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.
+
intuition
n.
Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.
+
internal
a.
Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
+
incaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incage
+
incredibly
adv.
In an incredible manner.
+
increasement
n.
Increase.
+
ignominy
n.
Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
+
indevout
a.
Not devout.
+
infamize
v.t.
To make infamous; to defame.
+
interject
v.i.
To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.
+
intricate
v.t.
To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.
+
impression
n.
That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
+
interposer
n.
One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties.
+
improvvisatori
pl.
of Improvvisatore
+
incommodities
pl.
of Incommodity
+
inscribable
a.
Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.
+
impregnate
v.i.
To become pregnant.
+
institutive
a.
Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
+
indent
n.
A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
+
intervolved
imp.|p.p.
of Intervolve
+
ile
n.
Ear of corn.
+
ironclad
a.
Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.
+
interference
n.
The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.
+
insphere
v.t.
To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere.  Cf. Ensphere.
+
illustrative
a.
Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.
+
in
prep.
With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.
+
informal
a.
Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit.
+
ignorance
n.
The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.
+
implicate
v.t.
To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
+
indissipable
a.
Incapable o/ being dissipated.
+
intermigration
n.
Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.
+
inocarpin
n.
A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
+
intramundane
a.
Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.
+
imbiber
n.
One who, or that which, imbibes.
+
interesse
n.
Interest.
+
ionic
a.
Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
+
indisposedness
n.
The condition or quality of being indisposed.
+
ingrate
a.
Ingrateful.
+
interlay
v.t.
To lay or place among or between.
+
intendant
a.
Attentive.
+
instrument
n.
A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
+
indiligence
n.
Want of diligence.
+
insolation
n.
Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
+
inmacy
n.
The state of being an inmate.
+
insubordination
n.
The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
+
intenable
a.
Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress.
+
indention
n.
Same as Indentation, 4.
+
inherited
imp.|p.p.
of Inherit
+
ironbark tree

The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.
+
intimated
imp.|p.p.
of Intimate
+
iodine
n.
A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor.  Symbol I.  Atomic weight 126.5.  If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.
+
indemnify
v.t.
To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.
+
interchanged
imp.|p.p.
of Interchange
+
ignipotence
n.
Power over fire.
+
icebound
a.
Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
+
imprest
v.t.
A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment.
+
intemerated
a.
Pure; undefiled.
+
indwelling
n.
Residence within, as in the heart.
+
ideational
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.
+
in
n.
A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
+
impledge
v.t.
To pledge.
+
income
n.
A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.
+
inducteous
a.
Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
+
indemnified
imp.|p.p.
of Indemnify
+
intake
n.
The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.
+
intermutation
n.
Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
+
impalla
n.
The pallah deer of South Africa.
+
industrial
a.
Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.
+
inerratic
a.
Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established.
+
individualistic
a.
Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism.
+
interlocutory
n.
Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
+
intercommuned
imp.|p.p.
of Intercommune
+
irremoval
n.
Absence of removal.
+
inturbidated
imp.|p.p.
of Inturbidate
+
intitle
v.t.
See Entitle.
+
inconceivable
a.
Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion.
+
ingorge
v.t.|i.
See Engorge.
+
imbank
v.t.
To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.
+
irrevocable
a.
Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate.
+
involution
n.
The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
+
insane
a.
Causing insanity or madness.
+
infumation
n.
Act of drying in smoke.
+
incontrovertible
a.
Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.
+
insensible
a.
Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion.
+
inveigled
imp.|p.p.
of Inveigle
+
importunator
n.
One who importunes; an importuner.
+
idealist
n.
One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
+
ixtle
n.
Alt. of Ixtli
+
inflective
a.
Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
+
inodiate
v.t.
To make odious or hateful.
+
irrefragability
n.
The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.
+
imputer
n.
One who imputes.
+
involucellate
a.
Furnished with involucels.
+
instantaneous
a.
At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.
+
improvidentially
adv.
Improvidently.
+
ibidem
adv.
In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
+
intrigue
v.i.
A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
+
impeachment
n.
Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.
+
impeachment
n.
A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.
+
inspector
n.
One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.
+
igniting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ignite
+
introvenient
a.
Coming in together; entering; commingling.
+
idealization
n.
The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
+
insuperability
n.
The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
+
intractable
a.
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
+
interpel
v.t.
To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.
+
indented
a.
Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.
+
infound
v.t.
To pour in; to infuse.
+
inject
v.t.
To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
+
interior
n.
That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.
+
increase
v.i.
That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
+
insinewed
imp.|p.p.
of Insinew
+
imposingness
n.
The quality of being imposing.
+
idolizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Idolize
+
ile
n.
An aisle.
+
inequality
n.
An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.
+
intersect
v.t.
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.
+
inveigher
n.
One who inveighs.
+
impartibility
n.
The quality of being impartible; communicability.
+
internodal
a.
Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.
+
intermingle
v.i.
To be mixed or incorporated.
+
import
n.
Importance; weight; consequence.
+
intoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intone
+
inflexibility
n.
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
+
irrefutable
a.
Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.
+
imperial
a.
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
+
irruption
n.
A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy.
+
imagination
n.
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.
+
iceberg
n.
A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
+
increate
a.
Alt. of Increated
+
intermediary
a.
Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.
+
idolatrously
adv.
In a idolatrous manner.
+
interpolated
a.
Provided with necessary interpolations; as, an interpolated table.
+
inexecrable
a.
That can not be execrated enough.
+
ideat
n.
Alt. of Ideate
+
indignify
v.t.
To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn.
+
indefinite
a.
Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.
+
intemperance
n.
The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
+
infer
v.t.
To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.
+
innovative
a.
Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.
+
idiosyncrasies
pl.
of Idiosyncrasy
+
indenture
n.
A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.
+
insignificance
n.
The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
+
indulgence
v.t.
To grant an indulgence to.
+
insinew
v.t.
To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate.
+
indebt
v.t.
To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly used in the participle indebted.
+
inquire
v.t.
To call or name.
+
inseparable
a.
Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.
+
ces
pl.
of Inadvertence
+
increase
v.i.
To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
+
insolation
n.
A sunstroke.
+
inconversable
a.
Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved.
+
infield
n.
Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from outfield.
+
indecipherable
a.
Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved.
+
incorporate
v.t.
To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into.
+
inoculate
v.t.
To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
+
infraorbital
a.
Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.
+
inexhalable
a.
Incapable of being exhaled.
+
internecine
a.
Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.
+
interepimeral
a.
Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.
+
infamousness
n.
The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
+
ignoble
a.
Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
+
inmate
n.
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.
+
inducible
a.
Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place.
+
interwoven

imp. & p. p. of Interweave.
+
implicit
a.
Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
+
iranic
a.
Iranian.
+
incisure
n.
A cut; an incision; a gash.
+
inconstantly
adv.
In an inconstant manner.
+
infectiously
adv.
In an infectious manner.
+
instruct
a.
Arranged; furnished; provided.
+
indurance
n.
See Endurance.
+
immantle
v.t.
See Emmantle.
+
intoxicated
imp.|p.p.
of Intoxicate
+
indifuscin
n.
A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican.
+
intelligency
n.
Intelligence.
+
irised
a.
Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
+
implacentalia
n.pl.
A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.
+
interdigitation
n.
The state of interdigitating; interdigital space.
+
incompacted
a.
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete.
+
inferior
a.
On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
+
invective
a.
Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
+
intellectual
n.
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
+
interlock
v.i.
To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
+
indogermanic
a.
Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the ancient Aryan language.
+
imesatin
n.
A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.
+
inflater
n.
One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.
+
inimitability
n.
The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.
+
impoundage
n.
The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.
+
impurple
v.t.
To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.
+
inflate
v.t.
Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
+
inheritor
n.
One who inherits; an heir.
+
infundibulum
n.
A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.
+
inanition
n.
The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.
+
indecisive
a.
Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character.
+
ingloriousness
n.
The state of being inglorious.
+
integrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Integrate
+
ivorybill
n.
A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.
+
interest
n.
Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
+
igasuric
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid.
+
indicant
n.
That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.
+
instancy
n.
Instance; urgency.
+
illiberal
a.
Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
+
intextine
n.
A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera.
+
incomsumable
a.
Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent.
+
inconsiderateness
n.
The quality or state of being inconsiderate.
+
institution
n.
That which instituted or established
+
income
n.
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.
+
incogitable
a.
Not cogitable; inconceivable.
+
indulgently
adv.
In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably.
+
illaqueate
v.t.
To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.
+
isagogical
a.
Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology.
+
inspirationist
n.
One who holds to inspiration.
+
impenitence
n.
The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
+
inked
imp.|p.p.
of Ink
+
issuant
a.
Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or bearing rising or coming out of another.
+
insanitary
a.
Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage.
+
inspissating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inspissate
+
islamitic
a.
Of or pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan.
+
illiberalness
n.
The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
+
ingenuous
a.
Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.
+
indefinitude
n.
Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite.
+
illutation
n.
The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.
+
intermuscular
a.
Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa.
+
impassionate
v.t.
To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.
+
itaconic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids.
+
interneural
a.
Between the neural arches or neural spines.
+
inusitation
n.
Want of use; disuse.
+
illighten
v.t.
To enlighten.
+
inmesh
v.t.
To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.
+
indigo
a.
Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
+
ictic
a.
Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.
+
italicism
n.
A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language; to Italianism.
+
instruction
n.
Precept; information; teachings.
+
intersidereal
a.
Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.
+
ide
n.
Same as Id.
+
irruptive
a.
Rushing in or upon.
+
indignation
n.
The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.
+
intercolumniation
n.
The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts.
+
intervene
v.t.
To come between.
+
improved
imp.|p.p.
of Improve
+
innervate
v.t.
To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.
+
intrigue
v.i.
Intricacy; complication.
+
imbue
v.t.
To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
+
interviewing
n.
The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.
+
inequalities
pl.
of Inequality
+
illegalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illegalize
+
influencing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Influence
+
incubation
n.
A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
+
incomprehensive
a.
Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited.
+
incrassative
n.
A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors.
+
irrefragable
a.
Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.
+
inantherate
a.
Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.
+
incursion
n.
Attack; occurrence.
+
interdicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interdict
+
inequitable
a.
Not equitable; not just.
+
incommoding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incommode
+
identically
adv.
In an identical manner; with respect to identity.
+
ignoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ignore
+
indicator
n.
An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below).
+
inwit
n.
Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience.
+
inkhornism
n.
Pedantry.
+
investigating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Investigate
+
innervation
n.
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.
+
incrystallizable
a.
Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.
+
immetrical
a.
Not metrical or rhythmical.
+
imp
n.
A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
+
indivisible
a.
Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts.
+
interrogate
n.
An interrogation; a question.
+
impression
n.
An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
+
inalienably
adv.
In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.
+
irrespectively
adv.
Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances into consideration.
+
individually
adv.
In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself.
+
immunity
a.
Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.
+
israelite
n.
A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.
+
indolent
a.
Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.
+
indirectness
n.
Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.
+
instruct
v.t.
To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury.
+
impetration
n.
The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
+
imperfectible
a.
Incapable of being mad perfect.
+
insectivora
n.pl.
An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
+
impetuosity
n.
The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
+
irreparable
a.
Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss.
+
individuality
n.
The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.
+
irritable
a.
Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
+
issue
v.t.
To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
+
imperialized
imp.|p.p.
of Imperialize
+
inched
a.
Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.
+
incorporeal
a.
Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.
+
interpreter
n.
One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
+
interlinear
a.
Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc.
+
impenitency
n.
Impenitence.
+
inditch
v.t.
To bury in, or cast into, a ditch.
+
indentured
imp.|p.p.
of Indenture
+
it
pron.
As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known; as, I saw it was John.
+
inclement
a.
Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
+
insatiateness
n.
The state of being insatiate.
+
impatronized
imp.|p.p.
of Impatronize
+
insistently
adv.
In an insistent manner.
+
implexion
n.
Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution.
+
incense
v.t.
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
+
inturbidating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inturbidate
+
indomitable
a.
Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal.
+
interjacence
n.
Alt. of Interjacency
+
intellectualist
n.
One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
+
imprescriptible
a.
Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription.
+
incision
n.
The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
+
impudence
n.
The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty.
+
indue
v.t.
To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.
+
inning
n.
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.
+
inactive
a.
Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
+
indorsed
a.
See Addorsed.
+
inwall
v.t.
To inclose or fortify as with a wall.
+
invertebrate
a.
Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.
+
inculcate
v.t.
To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.
+
impuissant
a.
Weak; impotent; feeble.
+
inflation
n.
The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
+
innovation
n.
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
+
inchworm
n.
The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.
+
indifferently
adv.
In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably.
+
insignificative
a.
Not expressing meaning; not significant.
+
incurable
a.
Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.
+
imbruted
imp.|p.p.
of Imbrute
+
intagli
pl.
of Intaglio
+
impertinency
n.
Impertinence.
+
issue
n.
The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
+
inadvertency
n.
The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
+
insubmergible
a.
Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.
+
indoxylic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic acid.
+
internodial
a.
Internodal.
+
inspissated
imp.|p.p.
of Inspissate
+
itch
n.
Any itching eruption.
+
inlaw
v.t.
To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
+
irreligiously
adv.
In an irreligious manner.
+
infelicitous
a.
Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.
+
internuncios
pl.
of Internuncio
+
inexpressive
a.
Without expression or meaning; not expressive; dull; unintelligent; as, an inexpressive countenance.
+
immersion
n.
The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.
+
indubitable
n.
That which is indubitable.
+
increment
n.
An amplification without strict climax,
+
inadvertent
a.
Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.
+
ingluvial
a.
Of or pertaining to the indulges or crop of birds.
+
intemerament
n.
A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part.
+
interjectionary
a.
Interjectional.
+
insession
n.
The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.
+
irremissive
a.
Not remitting; unforgiving.
+
induce
v.t.
To draw on; to overspread.
+
informidable
a.
Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
+
inordinacy
n.
The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire.
+
infraspinate
a.
Alt. of Infraspinous
+
inaccuracy
n.
That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.
+
inditing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indite
+
incentively
adv.
Incitingly; encouragingly.
+
impure
a.
Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.
+
inventious
a.
Inventive.
+
incastellated
a.
Confined or inclosed in a castle.
+
illwisher
n.
One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.
+
intrinsically
adv.
Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly.
+
implunge
v.t.
To plunge.
+
injurious
a.
Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable.
+
indilatory
a.
Not dilatory.
+
interchaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interchain
+
irresistance
n.
Nonresistance; passive submission.
+
into
prep.
To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
+
infolding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infold
+
inquisitorially
adv.
In an inquisitorial manner.
+
intrigue
v.t.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
+
intumesce
v.i.
To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
+
individuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Individuate
+
intense
a.
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
+
indoin
n.
A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.
+
inflated
a.
Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.
+
incorrodible
a.
Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away.
+
inveterate
a.
Old; long-established.
+
illaqueation
n.
A snare; a trap.
+
interpolation
n.
The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series.
+
immanence
n.
Alt. of Immanency
+
indiscussed
a.
Not discussed.
+
isatic
a.
Alt. of Isatinic
+
incisor
n.
One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.
+
impenetrability
n.
That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.
+
intolerated
a.
Not tolerated.
+
impute
v.t.
To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
+
inburnt
a.
Burnt in; ineffaceable.
+
invest
v.t.
To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
+
irreverent
a.
Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.
+
infamous
a.
Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.
+
inharmonious
a.
Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.
+
infecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infect
+
irvingite
n.
The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ.
+
incommutability
n.
The quality or state of being incommutable.
+
indiaman
n.
A large vessel in the India trade.
+
industry
n.
Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
+
intitule
v.t.
To entitle; to give a title to.
+
inarticulate
a.
Incapable of articulating.
+
impressible
a.
Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.
+
ichor
n.
A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
+
idol
n.
A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
+
inhaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhale
+
ingredience
n.
Alt. of Ingrediency
+
ios
pl.
of Io
+
incline
v.t.
To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
+
indulgency
n.
Indulgence.
+
intent
n.
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
+
inthrallment
n.
Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.
+
inswathe
v.t.
To wrap up; to infold; to swathe.
+
idolatry
n.
The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
+
inference
n.
That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
+
inhabit
v.i.
To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
+
invaluably
adv.
Inestimably.
+
insoluble
a.
Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.
+
inapplicable
a.
Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case.
+
immaculate
a.
Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
+
iris
n.
The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
+
indemnity
n.
Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.
+
indissolubly
adv.
In an indissoluble manner.
+
inextricably
adv.
In an inextricable manner.
+
illomened
a.
Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.
+
incoexistence
n.
The state of not coexisting.
+
influxive
a.
Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.
+
incrassating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incrassate
+
inuendo
n.
See Innuendo.
+
italianism
n.
A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism.
+
indurate
v.t.
To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
+
informality
n.
The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.
+
indicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indicate
+
impleaded
imp.|p.p.
of Implead
+
in
prep.
With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.
+
inhumanly
adv.
In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.
+
indented
a.
Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
+
immortelle
n.
A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.
+
impune
a.
Unpunished.
+
immature
a.
Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.
+
internationally
adv.
In an international manner; from an international point of view.
+
incense
n.
The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
+
indecencies
pl.
of Indecency
+
intoxicate
v.t.
To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
+
incomber
v.t.
See Encumber.
+
infinitude
n.
The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness.
+
interesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interest
+
ianthinae
pl.
of Ianthina
+
idolish
a.
Idolatrous.
+
intolerant
a.
Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted.
+
infurcation
n.
A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
+
import
v.t.
To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
+
ice
n.
Concreted sugar.
+
integrate
v.t.
To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
+
ingle
n.
Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
+
incoming
a.
Coming in; accruing.
+
isothere
n.
A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature.
+
interaxillary
a.
Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
+
infandous
a.
Too odious to be expressed or mentioned.
+
inerm
a.
Alt. of Inermous
+
ingratiate
v.i.
To gain favor.
+
instructor
n.
One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
+
indivertible
a.
Not to be diverted or turned aside.
+
instaure
v.t.
To renew or renovate; to instaurate.
+
inoculate
v.i.
To communicate disease by inoculation.
+
impressed
imp.|p.p.
of Impress
+
important
v.t.
Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.
+
interplanetary
a.
Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces.
+
interess
v.t.
To interest or affect.
+
infortuned
a.
Unfortunate.
+
intinction
n.
The act of tingeing or dyeing.
+
increated
imp.|p.p.
of Increate
+
inveracity
n.
Want of veracity.
+
idler
n.
An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
+
insatiety
n.
Insatiableness.
+
intricacy
n.
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.
+
imbricative
a.
Imbricate.
+
incoacted
a.
Not compelled; unconstrained.
+
inusitate
a.
Unusual.
+
insignia
n.pl.
Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade.
+
ineffable
a.
Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
+
inflamer
n.
The person or thing that inflames.
+
indecence
n.
See Indecency.
+
interneciary
a.
Alt. of Internecinal
+
izzard
n.
See Izard.
+
infernal
a.
Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct.
+
interplay
n.
Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.
+
indescribable
a.
Incapable of being described.
+
immensive
a.
Huge.
+
instated
imp.|p.p.
of Instate
+
infinite
n.
The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.
+
intestine
a.
The bowels; entrails; viscera.
+
ic

A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
+
inure
v.t.
To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.
+
installing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Install
+
ibis
n.
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
+
inclined
imp.|p.p.
of Incline
+
importunities
pl.
of Importunity
+
incendiaries
pl.
of Incendiary
+
inflection
n.
A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
+
intervention
n.
The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
+
imbitter
v.t.
To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.
+
idiotically
adv.
In a idiotic manner.
+
indented
a.
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.
+
incogitance
n.
Alt. of Incogitancy
+
infralabial
a.
Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
+
inelastic
a.
Not elastic.
+
interramal
a.
Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.
+
incite
v.t.
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
+
impassivity
n.
The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.
+
in
adv.
Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).
+
impair
v.t.
To grow worse; to deteriorate.
+
impriming
n.
A beginning.
+
iron
n.
Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;
+
intensifier
n.
One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.
+
inaction
n.
Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
+
impire
n.
See Umpire.
+
idolatrizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Idolatrize
+
inland
a.
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.
+
imbase
v.t.
See Embase.
+
inchmeal
adv.
Little by little; gradually.
+
ischiocerite
n.
The third joint or the antennae of the Crustacea.
+
infold
v.t.
To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
+
inabstinence
n.
Want of abstinence; indulgence.
+
idea
n.
A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.
+
inarching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inarch
+
impinged
imp.|p.p.
of Impinge
+
intrant
a.
Entering; penetrating.
+
interlapse
n.
The lapse or interval of time between two events.
+
interlude
n.
A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
+
imposture
n.
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
+
indrawn
a.
Drawn in.
+
immitted
imp.|p.p.
of Immit
+
incompleteness
n.
The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.
+
incident
n.
That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.
+
imageable
a.
That may be imaged.
+
inaudible
a.
Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.
+
imaginariness
n.
The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.
+
inconvertibleness
n.
Inconvertibility.
+
indistinct
a.
Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.
+
illabile
a.
Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable.
+
incasement
n.
That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.
+
impartible
a.
Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate.
+
iterate
a.
Uttered or done again; repeated.
+
individual
a.
Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
+
indemnity
n.
Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.
+
intensify
v.i.
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
+
infuscate
v.t.
To darken; to make black; to obscure.
+
ironsick
a.
Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
+
interpretation
n.
An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
+
innerly
adv.
More within.
+
induction
n.
The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact.
+
inirritable
a.
Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle.
+
inquietation
n.
Disturbance.
+
idiom
n.
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.
+
ichthin
n.
A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.
+
inermis
a.
Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf.
+
inerrability
n.
Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility.
+
ironed
imp.|p.p.
of Iron
+
infuriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infuriate
+
incumbered
imp.|p.p.
of Incumber
+
insatisfaction
n.
Insufficiency; emptiness.
+
inconcludent
a.
Not inferring a conclusion or consequence; not conclusive.
+
inch
n.
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.
+
infeasibility
n.
The state of being infeasible; impracticability.
+
ichthyomancy
n.
Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
+
imperturbed
a.
Not perturbed.
+
introvert
v.t.
To look within; to introspect.
+
intemperant
a.
Intemperate.
+
incompetency
n.
The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts.
+
impelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impel
+
idiocracy
n.
Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.
+
infraspinal
a.
Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.
+
intermission
n.
Intervention; interposition.
+
inefficient
a.
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
+
instyle
v.t.
To style.
+
impenning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impen
+
indelicacy
n.
The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.
+
iconism
n.
The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
+
interweaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interweave
+
incidence
n.
The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.
+
imperseverant
a.
Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
+
idalian
a.
Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.
+
impregnant
n.
That which impregnates.
+
inwardly
adv.
Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
+
isogeothermic
a.
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart.
+
inexcusableness
n.
The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness.
+
illustrative
a.
Making illustrious.
+
ink
n.
The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.
+
inflictive
a.
Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.
+
imperative
a.
Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
+
indulgential
a.
Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.
+
ion

A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction.
+
ingate
n.
Entrance; ingress.
+
involving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Involve
+
illiberally
adv.
In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.
+
indusium
n.
The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.
+
institutor
n.
One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.
+
indian
a.
Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
+
irrisible
a.
Not risible.
+
i ll

Contraction for I will or I shall.
+
invisibleness
n.
The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.
+
insolent
a.
Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
+
inaffable
a.
Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
+
incloser
n.
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
+
intercessor
n.
A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.
+
intercident
a.
Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.
+
inanitiate
v.t.
To produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment.
+
imbosture
n.
Embossed or raised work.
+
invertible
a.
Capable of being inverted or turned.
+
ideographics
n.
The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.
+
inlayer
n.
One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.
+
inflated
imp.|p.p.
of Inflate
+
instance
n.
That which is instant or urgent; motive.
+
intransmutable
a.
Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
+
incident
a.
Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
+
indiscreet
a.
Not discreet; wanting in discretion.
+
inconsistency
n.
Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.
+
incapable
a.
As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country.
+
idolographical
a.
Descriptive of idols.
+
incapably
adv.
In an incapable manner.
+
intervenience
n.
Alt. of Interveniency
+
intruding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intrude
+
invisibilities
pl.
of Invisibility
+
idealized
imp.|p.p.
of Idealize
+
ignominious
a.
Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.
+
ingeniousness
n.
The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.
+
ingraftment
n.
The thing ingrafted; a scion.
+
imagine
v.t.
To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
+
inconnection
n.
Disconnection.
+
infraspinal
a.
Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.
+
inofficiously
adv.
Not-officiously.
+
inflectional
a.
Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.
+
icicle
n.
A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.
+
inchoative
a.
Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb.
+
irreducible
a.
Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula.
+
interpolation
n.
That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
+
innumerability
n.
State of being innumerable.
+
instance
n.
The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
+
inexpertness
n.
Want of expertness or skill.
+
iceman
n.
One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.
+
itch
n.
A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
+
in
prep.
With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.
+
indri
n.
Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
+
insubstantial
a.
Unsubstantial; not real or strong.
+
interlaminated
a.
Placed between, or containing, laminae or plates.
+
insusceptibility
n.
Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.
+
infeoffment
n.
See Enfeoffment.
+
imbrue
v.t.
To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
+
ironmongery
n.
Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron.
+
insect
a.
Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
+
irritate
v.t.
To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
+
intervent
v.t.
To thwart; to obstruct.
+
inscribe
v.t.
To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
+
imbue
v.t.
To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
+
irresuscitable
a.
Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.
+
indoctrinate
v.t.
To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed by in.
+
imperiality
n.
Imperial power.
+
inquiet
v.t.
To disquiet.
+
impallid
v.t.
To make pallid; to blanch.
+
inwards
adv.
See Inward.
+
incurve
v.t.
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
+
intershock
v.t.
To shock mutually.
+
inedited
a.
Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.
+
ivymantled
a.
Covered with ivy.
+
ignominious
a.
Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.
+
inerringly
adv.
Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly.
+
intrench
v.t.
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
+
inviter
n.
One who, or that which, invites.
+
i o u

A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill.
+
inclosing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inclose
+
infantlike
a.
Like an infant.
+
inaugural
a.
Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.
+
isotrimorphous
a.
Having the quality of isotrimorphism; isotrimorphic.
+
inextricable
a.
Inevitable.
+
importable
a.
Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.
+
incitation
n.
The act of inciting or moving to action.
+
impoverishment
n.
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.
+
insolence
n.
Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
+
innocent
a.
Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
+
inextricable
a.
Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion.
+
infatuated
a.
Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.
+
inertness
n.
Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.
+
impartiality
n.
The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
+
illuminator
v.t.
A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.
+
insessor
n.
One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.
+
irregulate
v.t.
To make irregular; to disorder.
+
intituled
imp.|p.p.
of Intitule
+
incarnative
a.
Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative.
+
inspecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inspect
+
infralapsarianism
n.
The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians.
+
incitement
n.
That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.
+
impression
n.
Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
+
indagation
n.
Search; inquiry; investigation.
+
inconsecutiveness
n.
The state or quality of not being consecutive.
+
ironcased
a.
Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.
+
importance
n.
Subject; matter.
+
isochronic
a.
Isochronal.
+
inert
a.
Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
+
impendent
a.
Impending; threatening.
+
iron
n.
Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.
+
involuted
a.
Rolled inward spirally.
+
isometrical
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality of measure.
+
intrunk
v.t.
To inclose as in a trunk; to incase.
+
infancy
n.
The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
+
is

A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality; the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic.
+
inscroll
v.t.
To write on a scroll; to record.
+
iricism
n.
Irishism.
+
ingenious
a.
Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
+
indiscoverable
a.
Not discoverable; undiscoverable.
+
incedingly
adv.
Majestically.
+
investigable
a.
Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research.
+
imbrown
v.t.
To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure.
+
intrathoracic
a.
Within the thora/ or chest.
+
inexpectant
a.
Not expectant.
+
insatiable
a.
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
+
iatraliptic
a.
Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
+
infiltrated
imp.|p.p.
of Infiltrate
+
insociable
a.
Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.
+
isonicotinic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, isonicotine.
+
impregnate
a.
Impregnated; made prolific.
+
inflict
v.t.
To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.
+
irishman
n.
A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.
+
ingratitude
n.
Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.
+
iatrical
a.
Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.
+
incrassate
v.i.
To become thick or thicker.
+
ichthyosaurian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.
+
individualize
v.t.
The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.
+
institute
n.
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
+
interfluent
a.
Alt. of Interfluous
+
irregulous
a.
Lawless.
+
iodizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Iodize
+
inboard
a.|adv.
Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
+
indocible
a.
Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile.
+
inquisitional
a.
Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.
+
isagon
a.
A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.
+
in
adv.
With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband.
+
incompliable
a.
Not compliable; not conformable.
+
immeasured
a.
Immeasurable.
+
infidelity
n.
Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant.
+
infusion
v.t.
That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
+
intuitional
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.
+
isonicotine
n.
A crystalline, nitrogenous base, C10H14N2, isomeric with nicotine.
+
inker
n.
One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type.
+
insect
n.
One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
+
interminably
adv.
Without end or limit.
+
imputability
n.
The quality of being imputable; imputableness.
+
institution
n.
That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
+
interfering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interfere
+
interfulgent
a.
Shining between.
+
ineyeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ineye
+
inwards
a.
Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.
+
inform
a.
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
+
ichthyolite
n.
A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.
+
instaurator
n.
One who renews or restores to a former condition.
+
issue
v.i.
To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
+
interesting
a.
Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.
+
incarnation
n.
An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.
+
investigation
n.
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
+
infinite
n.
An infinite quantity or magnitude.
+
insolence
n.
The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.
+
interbrachial
a.
Between the arms.
+
ingender
v.t.
See Engender.
+
imperdibility
n.
The state or quality of being imperdible.
+
inveterateness
n.
Inveteracy.
+
inobservable
a.
Not observable.
+
inflammation
n.
Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.
+
isomorphic
a.
Isomorphous.
+
inalterable
a.
Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable.
+
infuscation
n.
The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity.
+
interior
n.
The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
+
inextinguishably
adv.
So as not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner.
+
illuminizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illuminize
+
incompetently
adv.
In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.
+
intune
v.t.
To intone.  Cf. Entune.
+
interjectional
a.
Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.
+
inclinnation
n.
The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
+
indissoluble
a.
Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water.
+
inglobe
v.t.
To infix, as in a globe; to fix or secure firmly.
+
inknot
v.t.
To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
+
inebriant
n.
Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.
+
immortalities
pl.
of Immortality
+
irretention
n.
Want of retaining power; forgetfulness.
+
incumbency
n.
That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility.
+
intuitively
adv.
In an intuitive manner.
+
insensibility
n.
Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.
+
inferiae
n.pl.
Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
+
impropriatrix
n.
A female impropriator.
+
inopportune
a.
Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.
+
interworking
n.
The act of working in together; interweaving.
+
immure
v.t.
To wall around; to surround with walls.
+
inversion
n.
The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
+
irksome
a.
Weary; vexed; uneasy.
+
impotence
n.
Alt. of Impotency
+
interveniency
n.
Intervention; interposition.
+
immarcescible
a.
Unfading; lasting.
+
inasmuch
adv.
In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep.
+
incline
v.i.
Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
+
impersonate
v.t.
To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
+
incend
v.t.
To inflame; to excite.
+
inset
v.t.
To infix.
+
intake
n.
The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
+
implant
v.t.
To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.
+
intercalary
n.
Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
+
inspirable
a.
Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.
+
infection
n.
Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
+
introreception
n.
The act of admitting into or within.
+
indigestible
a.
Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.
+
inland
adv.
Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
+
imprevalency
n.
Want of prevalence.
+
illuminate
v.t.
To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
+
indubious
a.
Not doubting; unsuspecting.
+
imbecilitate
v.t.
To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.
+
imbosking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbosk
+
injure
v.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.
+
illstarred
a.
Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.
+
illegal
a.
Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love.
+
interponent
n.
One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.
+
induplicative
a.
Having induplicate leaves in vernation.
+
impresario
n.
The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.
+
implacableness
n.
The quality of being implacable; implacability.
+
indemnify
v.t.
To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.
+
intergraving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intergrave
+
indissoluble
a.
Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant.
+
involuntarily
adv.
In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.
+
iso

Alt. of Is-
+
insularity
n.
The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.
+
idealistic
a.
Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
+
isopathy
n.
The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
+
interknowledge
n.
Mutual knowledge or acquaintance.
+
imbittering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbitter
+
idolous
a.
Idolatrous.
+
inswathed
imp.|p.p.
of Inswathe
+
imperfectness
n.
The state of being imperfect.
+
inquire
v.i.
To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.
+
imperial
a.
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
+
interconnect
v.t.
To join together.
+
ileocaecal
a.
Pertaining to the ileum and caecum.
+
impassive
a.
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.
+
immortal
a.
Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.
+
isomeride
n.
An isomer.
+
ingeminate
a.
Redoubled; repeated.
+
indigestion
n.
Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.
+
inequilobate
a.
Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
+
incumbrance
n.
A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.
+
incorruptibly
adv.
In an incorruptible manner.
+
inspiration
n.
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.
+
ineffectual
a.
Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.
+
imperfect
a.
Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
+
indirect
a.
Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
+
italic
a.
Relating to Italy or to its people.
+
incompetent
a.
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.
+
inundating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inundate
+
internally
adv.
Hence: Mentally; spiritually.
+
iridized
imp.|p.p.
of Iridize
+
intubation
n.
The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
+
infusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infuse
+
imposing
a.
Laying as a duty; enjoining.
+
inlaied
imp.|p.p.
of Inlay
+
inebriation
n.
The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.
+
improgressive
a.
Not progressive.
+
inclinableness
n.
The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.
+
indeprehensible
a.
Incapable of being found out.
+
insaniate
v.t.
To render unsound; to make mad.
+
inflated
a.
Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
+
irradiate
v.i.
To emit rays; to shine.
+
intervertebral
a.
Between vertebrae.
+
interceded
imp.|p.p.
of Intercede
+
inscription
n.
The act or process of inscribing.
+
inaccordant
a.
Not accordant; discordant.
+
imperiously
adv.
In an imperious manner.
+
infinity
n.
Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.
+
incitant
n.
That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.
+
intorsion
n.
The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.
+
iterative
a.
Repeating.
+
integral
a.
Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional.
+
inscience
n.
Want of knowledge; ignorance.
+
interchange
n.
Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
+
isocheim
n.
A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature.  Cf. Isothere.
+
invirile
a.
Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate.
+
inhabiter
n.
An inhabitant.
+
insisted
imp.|p.p.
of Insist
+
intelligence
n.
Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.
+
insociability
n.
The quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability.
+
index
v.t.
To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
+
intermit
v.i.
To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.
+
interlude
n.
A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
+
ilium
n.
The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
+
ignorant
n.
A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.
+
iridic
a.
Of or pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.
+
individualism
n.
The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.
+
irenics
n.
That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology.
+
immaterialize
v.t.
To render immaterial or incorporeal.
+
intercedent
a.
Passing between; mediating; pleading.
+
invocation
n.
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
+
interrogation
n.
The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
+
intwine
v.t.
To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.
+
informatory
a.
Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.
+
infliction
n.
That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
+
iambic
a.
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
+
informant
v.t.
One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.
+
indispensable
a.
Unavoidable; inevitable.
+
interest
n.
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
+
indexed
imp.|p.p.
of Index
+
irony
n.
A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.
+
incoercible
a.
That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.
+
immethodize
v.t.
To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.
+
identify
v.i.
To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.
+
isosulphocyanate
n.
A salt of isosulphocyanic acid.
+
impasted
imp.|p.p.
of Impaste
+
inconsiderate
a.
Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct.
+
inflammation
n.
A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
+
irritation
n.
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
+
inconceivability
n.
The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness.
+
infinitesimal
n.
An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.
+
ivoride
n.
A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.
+
is

See Iso-.
+
impound
v.t.
To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.
+
inelegancies
pl.
of Inelegancy
+
inexist
v.i.
To exist within; to dwell within.
+
inventible
a.
Capable of being invented.
+
intercross
v.t.|i.
To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.
+
isodynamous
a.
Of equal force or size.
+
inoperculate
a.
Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.
+
immoble
a.
See Immobile.
+
irreconciliation
n.
Want of reconciliation; disagreement.
+
independence
n.
Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
+
intermedium
n.
An intervening agent or instrument.
+
innominate
a.
Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.
+
instrumental
a.
Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.
+
impeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impede
+
inventorying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inventory
+
idyllic
a.
Of or belonging to idyls.
+
impoofo
n.
The eland.
+
incurableness
n.
The state of being incurable; incurability.
+
impalement
n.
That which hedges in; inclosure.
+
incompliance
n.
Refusal or failure to comply.
+
inhabited
imp.|p.p.
of Inhabit
+
inquination
n.
A defiling; pollution; stain.
+
interdome
n.
The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.
+
interpret
v.t.
To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
+
intercurrent
a.
Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease.
+
iridizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Iridize
+
intrapetiolar
a.
Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.
+
indigeen
n.
Same as Indigene.
+
importunee
a.
Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.
+
inchipin
n.
See Inchpin.
+
iritis
n.
An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
+
insipid
a.
Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.
+
internationalism
n.
The doctrines or organization of the International.
+
intertissued
a.
Interwoven.
+
impress
v.t.
To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
+
impalement
n.
An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
+
imparlance
n.
Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party.
+
intermine
v.t.
To intersect or penetrate with mines.
+
immaterialist
n.
One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.
+
inexact
a.
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
+
inhumation
n.
Arenation.
+
incautious
a.
Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.
+
insurrectionary
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious; seditious.
+
impracticability
n.
An impracticable thing.
+
indevotion
n.
Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion.
+
impractical
a.
Not practical.
+
irritative
a.
Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever.
+
imrigh
n.
A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland.
+
impertinently
adv.
In an impertinent manner.
+
insomnious
a.
Restless; sleepless.
+
instrumentally
adv.
With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied.
+
inguinal
a.
Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia.
+
impressive
a.
Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
+
insectivora
n.pl.
A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.
+
imperate
a.
Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded.
+
inextinguishable
a.
Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds.
+
insolvency
n.
The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.
+
imppiteous
a.
Pitiless; cruel.
+
intensity
n.
The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.
+
illumination
n.
Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
+
inexistence
n.
That which exists within; a constituent.
+
iambic
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
+
inerudite
a.
Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.
+
increasable
a.
Capable of being increased.
+
insnarer
n.
One who insnares.
+
interminable
a.
Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings.
+
irretractile
a.
Not tractile or ductile.
+
invasive
a.
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
+
injoint
v.t.
To disjoint; to separate.
+
influencive
a.
Tending toinfluence; influential.
+
interlunary
a.
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.
+
improbabilities
pl.
of Improbability
+
isonandra
n.
A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.
+
ingross
v.t.
See Engross.
+
intellective
a.
Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational.
+
immoralities
pl.
of Immorality
+
insipidly
adv.
In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.
+
incommensurable
n.
One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.
+
impersuadable
a.
Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.
+
ilicic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic acid.
+
image
n.
An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
+
inject
v.t.
Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
+
investiture
n.
That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
+
impregnate
v.t.
To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
+
importune
a.
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
+
incorporate
v.t.
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.
+
iodic
a.
to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid.
+
ichthyosis
n.
A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin.
+
ineffectiveness
n.
Quality of being ineffective.
+
inclined
p.p.|a.
Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
+
involuted
a.
Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
+
ideographical
a.
Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself.
+
impolite
a.
Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
+
incumbrous
a.
Cumbersome; troublesome.
+
inclosed
imp.|p.p.
of Inclose
+
incredibility
n.
The quality or state of being incredible; incredibleness.
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incontaminate
a.
Not contaminated; pure.
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infrascapular
a.
Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.
+
idealogic
a.
Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.
+
indicant
a.
Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
+
incrassated
imp.|p.p.
of Incrassate
+
instinctivity
n.
The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.
+
introduced
imp.|p.p.
of Introduce
+
imagery
n.
The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
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instructible
a.
Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible.
+
inclinable
a.
Leaning; tending.
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isochronon
n.
A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.
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illuminous
a.
Bright; clear.
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involution
n.
That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.
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inexsuperable
a.
Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.
+
ingeneration
n.
Act of ingenerating.
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iris
n.
The rainbow.
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involved
imp.|p.p.
of Involve
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inscient
a.
Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly.
+
imposthume
v.t.|i.
Same as Imposthumate.
+
insectator
n.
A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.
+
innocent
n.
An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
+
inexplosive
a.
Not explosive.
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intensiveness
n.
The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.
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incarnative
n.
An incarnative medicine.
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innocent
a.
Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
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intoxicatedness
n.
The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness.
+
intermede
n.
A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.
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incognito
a.adv.
Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.
+
impaction
n.
The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.
+
impower
v.t.
See Empower.
+
inquiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inquire
+
imblazon
v.t.
See Emblazon.
+
infarce
v.t.
To stuff; to swell.
+
indigent
a.
Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.
+
ingesta
n.pl.
That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.
+
inbreeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inbreed
+
interlucate
v.t.
To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.
+
imagine
v.t.
To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
+
icosandrian
a.
Alt. of Icosandrous
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iconolatry
n.
The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.
+
instinct
a.
Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
+
icon
n.
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
+
impeopling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impeople
+
isonephelic
a.
Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line.
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indiscriminate
a.
Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous.
+
illumination
v.t.
That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
+
inservient
a.
Conducive; instrumental.
+
invalidity
n.
Want of health; infirmity.
+
isoprene
n.
An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.
+
interarboration
n.
The interweaving of branches of trees.
+
impossibility
n.
An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured.
+
inciting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incite
+
inaugurator
n.
One who inaugurates.
+
indamaged
a.
Not damaged.
+
inclavated
a.
Set; fast; fixed.
+
interscinded
imp.|p.p.
of Interscind
+
isodulcite
n.
A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (ductile, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses.
+
initiation
n.
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
+
in situ

In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.
+
indicated
imp.|p.p.
of Indicate
+
imperialities
pl.
of Imperiality
+
interpellation
n.
The act of interposing or interceding; intercession.
+
inventer
n.
One who invents.
+
insolvencies
pl.
of Insolvency
+
individuality
n.
The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.
+
interfusion
n.
The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused.
+
inebriate
v.i.
To become drunk.
+
iowas
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region now included in the State of Iowa.
+
infrequency
n.
The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.
+
intimacy
n.
The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
+
ichnological
a.
Of or pertaining to ichnology.
+
invertin
n.
An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
+
impure
a.
Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
+
incage
v.t.
To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up.
+
inculpableness
n.
Blamelessness; faultlessness.
+
impishly
a.
Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.
+
indent
v.t.
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.
+
isopoda
n.pl.
An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.
+
irradiate
a.
Illuminated; irradiated.
+
intimidate
v.t.
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
+
iron
n.
Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.
+
incoercible
a.
Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
+
iterating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Iterate
+
incinerated
imp.|p.p.
of Incinerate
+
iterant
a.
Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo.
+
islamite
n.
A Mohammedan.
+
imbordering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imborder
+
illustrate
v.t.
To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
+
illiberal
a.
Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.
+
impasture
v.t.
To place in a pasture; to foster.
+
ingenerable
a.
Incapble of being engendered or produced; original.
+
infrigidation
n.
The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation.
+
italianate
a.
Italianized; Italianated.
+
ingena
n.
The gorilla.
+
imitate
v.t.
To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
+
imagine
v.t.
To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.
+
individualization
n.
The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation.
+
ignatius bean

See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.
+
inchant
v.t.
See Enchant.
+
incorrigible
a.
Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error.
+
indulger
n.
One who indulges.
+
inholder
n.
An inhabitant.
+
instigation
n.
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
+
inaccurately
adv.
In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
+
iteration
n.
Recital or performance a second time; repetition.
+
intermutual
a.
Mutual.
+
intramural
a.
Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.
+
infilter
v.t.|i.
To filter or sift in.
+
ireful
a.
Full of ire; angry; wroth.
+
inarched
imp.|p.p.
of Inarch
+
inexecution
n.
Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty.
+
inglut
v.t.
To glut.
+
intervention
n.
Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.
+
irradiated
imp.|p.p.
of Irradiate
+
invitation
n.
A document written or printed, or spoken words, /onveying the message by which one is invited.
+
irish
n.sing.|pl.
An old game resembling backgammon.
+
impress
v.t.
Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
+
interlarded
imp.|p.p.
of Interlard
+
irrecusable
a.
Not liable to exception or rejection.
+
irritant
n.
Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.
+
inexpedience
n.
Alt. of Inexpediency
+
irruption
n.
A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.
+
incomprehensible
a.
Not capable of being contained within limits.
+
irresolubleness
n.
The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
+
incumbency
n.
The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.
+
intraventricular
a.
Within or between ventricles.
+
inconsistent
a.
Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.
+
ingenuous
a.
Ingenious.
+
infamously
adv.
In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
+
intrude
v.i.
To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.
+
isoclinal
a.
Alt. of Isoclinic
+
incarcerate
v.t.
To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
+
inclemencies
pl.
of Inclemency
+
insecurity
n.
The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.
+
inviolability
n.
The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
+
interminate
v.t.
To menace; to threaten.
+
intemerate
a.
Alt. of Intemerated
+
importune
v.i.
To require; to demand.
+
ingeminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ingeminate
+
idealess
a.
Destitute of an idea.
+
item
n.
A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.
+
improvement
n.
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.
+
imperially
adv.
In an imperial manner.
+
invoke
v.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.
+
inductive
a.
Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.
+
itinerary
a.
An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.
+
incapability
n.
The quality of being incapable; incapacity.
+
issue
v.i.
To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.
+
inchpin
n.
The sweetbread of a deer.
+
invoice
n.
The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
+
intimation
n.
A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
+
improvidently
adv.
In a improvident manner.
+
incide
v.t.
To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines.
+
instrument
v.t.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
+
illuded
imp.|p.p.
of Illude
+
ingemination
n.
Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
+
instance
n.
That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
+
imprisoner
n.
One who imprisons.
+
inexpectable
a.
Not to be expected or anticipated.
+
ice plant

A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.
+
intoxication
n.
A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
+
ironfisted
a.
Closefisted; stingy; mean.
+
indefectible
a.
Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay.
+
inwardly
adv.
In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret/y; as, he inwardly repines.
+
implosion
n.
A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.
+
interfacial
a.
Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.
+
illacerable
a.
Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent.
+
imperviable
a.
Not pervious; impervious.
+
ism
n.
A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.
+
invagination
n.
One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.
+
improvisatrice
n.
See Improvvisatrice.
+
injudiciously
adv.
In an injudicious manner.
+
improvable
a.
Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.
+
iridoline
n.
A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.
+
incendiary
n.
A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
+
intromitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intromit
+
impatient
a.
Not to be borne; unendurable.
+
innovation
n.
The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
+
intenerated
imp.|p.p.
of Intenerate
+
isotropism
n.
Isotropy.
+
invest
v.t.
To surround, accompany, or attend.
+
illuminize
v.t.
To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.
+
insecution
n.
A following after; close pursuit.
+
intermeddle
v.i.
To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.
+
impenitently
adv.
Without repentance.
+
imaginous
a.
Imaginative.
+
inaquation
n.
The state of being inaquate.
+
irrelate
a.
Irrelative; unconnected.
+
illuminate
v.t.
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
+
iatrochemist
n.
A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
+
indign
a.
Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading.
+
interleaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interleave
+
impatiency
n.
Impatience.
+
inheld
imp.|p.p.
of Inhold
+
inessential
a.
Having no essence or being.
+
impartibility
n.
The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility.
+
impearl
v.t.
To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.
+
invader
n.
One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
+
invade
v.t.
To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.
+
ingenerate
a.
Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body.
+
indiscerpibility
n.
Alt. of Indiscerptibility
+
infiltrate
v.i.
To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
+
incendiary
a.
Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.
+
interdictory
a.
Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.
+
illiteracies
pl.
of Illiteracy
+
interrenal
n.
The interrenal body.
+
increase
v.i.
Generation.
+
i
object.
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
+
instrumentally
adv.
By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
+
interrogative
n.
A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?
+
intrigue
v.i.
A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
+
imbow
v.t.
To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.
+
imblaze
v.t.
See Emblaze.
+
ingrowing
a.
Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.
+
infamizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infamize
+
invulnerable
a.
Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.
+
interserttion
n.
The act of interserting, or that which is interserted.
+
ichthyophagous
a.
Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
+
iota
n.
A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.
+
intricable
a.
Entangling.
+
illboding
a.
Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.
+
impersonate
v.t.
To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
+
inescutcheon
n.
A small escutcheon borne within a shield.
+
indulgement
n.
Indulgence.
+
indecinably
adv.
Without variation of termination.
+
infelicities
pl.
of Infelicity
+
interdict
n.
A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.
+
inn
n.
A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
+
interlocutor
n.
One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner.
+
innateness
n.
The quality of being innate.
+
incision
n.
Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
+
incenser
n.
One who instigates or incites.
+
inseam
v.t.
To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
+
informant
v.t.
One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
+
infuneral
v.t.
To inter with funeral rites; to bury.
+
inevident
a.
Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.
+
inturgescence
n.
A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled.
+
interpledge
v.t.
To pledge mutually.
+
interiority
n.
State of being interior.
+
influence
n.
Induction.
+
immeritous
a.
Undeserving.
+
indweller
n.
An inhabitant.
+
indifferent
a.
Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
+
incensor
n.
A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter.
+
interserted
imp.|p.p.
of Intersert
+
inquired
imp.|p.p.
of Inquire
+
ingrain
v.t.
To dye with or in grain or kermes.
+
innovator
n.
One who innovates.
+
inserted
imp.|p.p.
of Insert
+
incised
a.
Cut in; carved; engraved.
+
invitatory
n.
That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.
+
interposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interpose
+
idolater
n.
An adorer; a great admirer.
+
inhospitable
a.
Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
+
inaurate
a.
Covered with gold; gilded.
+
incommoded
imp.|p.p.
of Incommode
+
immanacling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immanacle
+
intentionality
n.
The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.
+
imbecility
n.
The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.
+
instant
a.
A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
+
ichthyography
n.
A treatise on fishes.
+
ironing
n.
The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.
+
inacquaintance
a.
Want of acquaintance.
+
itchy
a.
Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.
+
indiscriminative
a.
Making no distinction; not discriminating.
+
isochronous
a.
Same as Isochronal.
+
incommensurable
a.
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.
+
intonate
v.i.
To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
+
interlamination
n.
The state of being interlaminated.
+
invalorous
a.
Not valorous; cowardly.
+
incentive
a.
Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.
+
inappetence
n.
Alt. of Inappetency
+
ingurgitate
v.i.
To guzzle; to swill.
+
interested
imp.|p.p.
of Interest
+
irritant
n.
A poison that produces inflammation.
+
infeasibleness
n.
The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility.
+
italianize
v.i.
To play the Italian; to speak Italian.
+
indentation
n.
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.
+
isatogen
n.
A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue.
+
incursion
n.
A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.
+
impale
v.t.
To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
+
intrigante
n.
A female intriguer.
+
imboss
v.t.
See Emboss.
+
interlocutor
n.
An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
+
integrality
n.
Entireness.
+
interpoint
v.t.
To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
+
inhabitancy
n.
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.
+
inhabitant
n.
One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.
+
incompact
a.
Alt. of Incompacted
+
impersonification
n.
The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.
+
isodynamic
a.
Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force.
+
isabel color

See Isabella.
+
interpleader
n.
One who interpleads.
+
impenetrably
adv.
In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.
+
ides
n.pl.
The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
+
illustrious
a.
Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.
+
insipidity
n.
Alt. of Insipidness
+
infamy
n.
Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
+
interwreathe
v.t.
To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
+
indice
n.
Index; indication.
+
interstapedial
n.
The interstapedial part of the columella.
+
interstate
a.
Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce.
+
ignoscible
a.
Pardonable.
+
ideogram
n.
A phonetic symbol; a letter.
+
inseparately
adv.
Inseparably.
+
inceptive
a.
Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative.
+
inmate
a.
Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.
+
ist

A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one who holds to socialism; sensualist, one given to sensuality.
+
infolded
imp.|p.p.
of Infold
+
impureness
n.
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
+
indicate
v.t.
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
+
iteming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Item
+
ideation
n.
The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
+
issueless
a.
Having no issue or progeny; childless.
+
ingravidation
n.
The state of being pregnant or impregnated.
+
intombing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intomb
+
infundibulum
n.
A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
+
inknee
n.
Same as Knock-knee.
+
intervened
imp.|p.p.
of Intervene
+
inspissation
n.
The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.
+
inumbrate
v.t.
To shade; to darken.
+
imperial
a.
Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
+
instrumentality
n.
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
+
imagination
n.
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.
+
impotent
n.
One who is imoitent.
+
irradiate
v.t.
To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
+
impended
imp.|p.p.
of Impend
+
idolatrize
v.t.
To make in idol of; to idolize.
+
interest
n.
Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
+
implacental
a.
Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes.
+
induce
v.t.
To lead in; to introduce.
+
ignite
v.i.
To take fire; to begin to burn.
+
incompressibility
n.
The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids.
+
inconcluding
a.
Inferring no consequence.
+
impave
v.t.
To pave.
+
interhaemal
a.
Between the hemal arches or hemal spines.
+
intellectualist
n.
One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
+
itch
v.i.
To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
+
immortalize
v.t.
To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.
+
impossibly
adv.
Not possibly.
+
immorally
adv.
In an immoral manner; wickedly.
+
inheritance
n.
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.
+
improvement
n.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
+
intervention
n.
The act of intervening; interposition.
+
instinct
a.
Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
+
instant
a.
Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
+
interauricular
a.
Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.
+
improvisator
n.
An improviser, or improvvisatore.
+
imperfectibility
n.
The state or quality of being imperfectible.
+
insignificancy
n.
Insignificance.
+
insperse
v.t.
To sprinkle; to scatter.
+
isonomy
n.
Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.
+
improvisatize
v.t.|i.
Same as Improvisate.
+
indiscrete
a.
Indiscreet.
+
irrecognizable
a.
Not recognizable.
+
incompatible
a.
Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition.
+
ironbound
a.
Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
+
inspeximus
n.
The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.
+
impulsion
n.
The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
+
injection
n.
A specimen prepared by injection.
+
infamous
a.
Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
+
inapposite
a.
Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.
+
introducer
n.
One who, or that which, introduces.
+
impawning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impawn
+
inconditionate
a.
Not conditioned; not limited; absolute.
+
inoculation
n.
The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
+
impressionableness
n.
The quality of being impressionable.
+
imprecatory
a.
Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms.
+
intercurrence
n.
A passing or running between; occurrence.
+
ingrain
a.
Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
+
intersomnious
a.
Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.
+
island
n.
Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
+
iniquity
n.
A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See Vice.
+
inorganically
adv.
In an inorganic manner.
+
irreproachably
adv.
In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
+
inamiable
a.
Unamiable.
+
ingratiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ingratiate
+
impletion
n.
That which fills up; filling.
+
inviolable
a.
Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
+
insolvent
n.
One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
+
infallibilist
n.
One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.
+
impregnated
imp.|p.p.
of Impregnate
+
inlive
v.t.
To animate.
+
indocility
n.
The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness.
+
inclining
n.
Inclination; disposition.
+
inopulent
a.
Not opulent; not affluent or rich.
+
impinguate
v.t.
To fatten; to make fat.
+
interosseous
a.
Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.
+
indignities
pl.
of Indignity
+
impracticable
a.
Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
+
insanability
n.
The state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness.
+
imperilling

of Imperil
+
instrumentary
a.
Instrumental.
+
imbowel
v.t.
See Embowel.
+
immovability
n.
The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.
+
incrassate
v.t.
To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts.
+
incorporation
n.
The act of creating a corporation.
+
imbathe
v.t.
To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce.
+
irrational
a.
Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
+
innubilous
a.
Cloudless.
+
ilial
a.
Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.
+
insiccation
n.
The act or process of drying in.
+
ichthyosaurian
n.
One of the Ichthyosauria.
+
incorporate
a.
Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
+
incorporate
v.t.
To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
+
intromittent
a.
Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.
+
isolate
v.t.
To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.
+
icing
n.
A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.
+
illustrated
imp.|p.p.
of Illustrate
+
infanticidal
a.
Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder.
+
implicitly
adv.
By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.
+
interscribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interscribe
+
inferior
a.
Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
+
incompared
a.
Peerless; incomparable.
+
inuloid
n.
A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahila.
+
impede
v.t.
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
+
iambic
n.
An iambic foot; an iambus.
+
inflicted
imp.|p.p.
of Inflict
+
impugnation
n.
Act of impugning; opposition; attack.
+
impress
n.
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
+
interaxis
n.
The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.
+
inflexibleness
n.
The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
+
inkstand
n.
A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials.
+
inarticulate
a.
Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods.
+
instaurated
imp.|p.p.
of Instaurate
+
internecion
n.
Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre.
+
incalculable
a.
Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.
+
ideologist
n.
One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.
+
illiterature
n.
Want of learning; illiteracy.
+
incomprehense
a.
Incomprehensible.
+
ignorantly
adv.
In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently.
+
indenization
n.
The act of naturalizing; endenization.
+
impost
n.
That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.
+
improperation
n.
The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.
+
isodimorphic
a.
Isodimorphous.
+
impracticable
a.
Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.
+
ideomotor
a.
Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.
+
imbracery
n.
Embracery.
+
insimulate
v.t.
To accuse.
+
inwork
v.t.|i.
To work in or within.
+
impounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impound
+
ingerminate
v.t.
To cause to germinate.
+
immerge
v.i.
To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun.
+
irreligion
n.
The state of being irreligious; want of religion; impiety.
+
instabilities
pl.
of Instability
+
irrevocability
n.
The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.
+
inhabitancy
n.
The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
+
injoin
v.t.
See Enjoin.
+
involucrate
a.
Alt. of Involucrated
+
imprison ment
n.
The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.
+
intransgressible
a.
Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over or crossed.
+
illiteracy
n.
An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
+
intangle
v.t.
See Entangle.
+
indult
n.
Alt. of Indulto
+
inconfusion
n.
Freedom from confusion; distinctness.
+
insemination
n.
A sowing.
+
imprint
v.t.
To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.
+
interpolated
a.
Introduced or determined by interpolation; as, interpolated quantities or numbers.
+
inviscating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inviscate
+
incapable
a.
Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.
+
impressment
n.
The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.
+
incrust
v.t.
To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar.
+
intransmissible
a.
Not capable of being transmitted.
+
intire
adv.
Alt. of Intirely
+
imitative
a.
Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
+
idless
n.
Alt. of Idlesse
+
irradiation
n.
Fig.: Mental light or illumination.
+
intravenous
a.
Within the veins.
+
interested
v.t.
Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.
+
innerved
imp.|p.p.
of Innerve
+
inactive
a.
Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
+
immingle
v.t.
To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend.
+
inching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inch
+
institution
n.
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.
+
indulto
n.
A duty levied on all importations.
+
incloister
v.t.
To confine as in a cloister; to cloister.
+
issue
v.i.
To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
+
importation
v.t.
The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.
+
idiopathy
n.
A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.
+
institute
v.t.
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
+
interviewer
n.
One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.
+
incipient
a.
Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.
+
inch
v.i.
To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
+
inventing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invent
+
imprescriptibly
adv.
In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
+
indorsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indorse
+
iconomical
a.
Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship.
+
inflated
a.
Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
+
indow
v.t.
See Endow.
+
impounded
imp.|p.p.
of Impound
+
illlooking
a.
Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.
+
intuitive
a.
Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive.
+
imbanking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imbank
+
isochromatic
a.
Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals.
+
immovable
a.
Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n.
+
indicative
a.
Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
+
insusurration
n.
The act of whispering into something.
+
immensities
pl.
of Immensity
+
ours
pl.
of I
+
incatenation
n.
The act of linking together; enchaining.
+
insense
v.t.
To make to understand; to instruct.
+
illuminati
v.t.
An obscure sect of French Familists;
+
impairment
n.
The state of being impaired; injury.
+
issue
n.
Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
+
interpercular
n.
The interopercular bone.
+
inoculation
n.
The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.
+
inearth
v.t.
To inter.
+
interambulacra
pl.
of Interambulacrum
+
ineffectively
adv.
In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.
+
inquisition
n.
The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
+
inculpate
v.t.
To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.
+
improvability
n.
The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.
+
ingenious
a.
Mental; intellectual.
+
impracticability
n.
The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility.
+
improficience
n.
Alt. of Improficiency
+
innocent
a.
Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
+
instigatingly
adv.
Incitingly; temptingly.
+
interpreting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interpret
+
ing
n.
A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.
+
impermanence
n.
Alt. of Impermanency
+
irrationally
adv.
In an irrational manner.
+
intersperse
v.t.
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.
+
inclusive
a.
Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.
+
incorrupt
a.
Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest.
+
implement
n.
That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
+
isopathy
n.
The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
+
indemnification
n.
The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified.
+
indict
v.t.
To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
+
infestuous
a.
Mischievous; harmful; dangerous.
+
intensifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intensify
+
intrenchment
n.
Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.
+
incondite
a.
Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular.
+
impellent
a.
Having the quality of impelling.
+
increate
v.t.
To create within.
+
incasement
n.
The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.
+
introit
n.
An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
+
impictured
a.
Pictured; impressed.
+
inhearse
v.t.
To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin.
+
innovationist
n.
One who favors innovation.
+
illegality
n.
The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.
+
indeficiency
n.
The state or quality of not being deficient.
+
incogitantly
adv.
In an incogitant manner.
+
incorruptly
adv.
Without corruption.
+
interspinal
a.
Alt. of Interspinous
+
inchangeability
n.
Unchangeableness.
+
insufficiency
n.
The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
+
impreventable
a.
Not preventable; invitable.
+
intertwist
v.t.
To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
+
investiture
n.
Livery of seizin.
+
incendious
a.
Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.
+
innate
a.
Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive.
+
immoderation
n.
Want of moderation.
+
inexpiable
a.
Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense.
+
intertexture
n.
The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven.
+
incorruptness
n.
Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.
+
interlocutrice
n.
A female interlocutor.
+
incommunicability
n.
The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.
+
initiate
a.
Unpracticed; untried; new.
+
ineffectually
adv.
Without effect; in vain.
+
intend
v.t.
To apply with energy.
+
inexpert
a.
Destitute of experience or of much experience.
+
infundibuliform
a.
Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
+
improve
v.t.
To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence.
+
ignitor
n.
One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
+
invalide
n.
See Invalid, n.
+
ipecacuanha
n.
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).
+
illinition
n.
A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.
+
incomparable
a.
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.
+
inopinate
a.
Not expected or looked for.
+
indigogen
n.
See Indigo white, under Indigo.
+
inexpiable
a.
Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable.
+
ingenuity
n.
Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.
+
immobilize
v.t.
To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
+
implacable
a.
Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.
+
intermediator
n.
A mediator.
+
isle
v.t.
To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.
+
illnatured
a.
Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
+
impudent
a.
Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy.
+
impetuosity
n.
Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper.
+
incompetence
n.
Alt. of Incompetency
+
irresponsive
a.
Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.
+
immaturity
n.
The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.
+
imputing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impute
+
incomer
n.
One who comes in.
+
ionic
a.
Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.
+
infraclavicular
a.
Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.
+
inirritative
a.
Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever.
+
indianeer
n.
An Indiaman.
+
incitation
n.
That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
+
impair
a.
Not fit or appropriate.
+
induline
n.
A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black.
+
isospondyli
n.pl.
An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms.
+
incompetency
n.
Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.
+
interlaced
imp.|p.p.
of Interlace
+
irresolvability
n.
The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.
+
immatureness
n.
The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.
+
iterated
imp.|p.p.
of Iterate
+
involved
a.
Same as Involute.
+
ive

Colloquial contraction of I have.
+
indirubin
n.
A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.
+
inscrutableness
n.
The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.
+
incanton
v.t.
To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.
+
irreconcilable
a.
Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements.
+
incarnification
n.
The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.
+
imaginationalism
n.
Idealism.
+
incoming
a.
Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.
+
innodating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Innodate
+
inbeaming
n.
Shining in.
+
impelled
imp.|p.p.
of Impel
+
instantaneous
a.
Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.
+
invitrifiable
a.
Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass.
+
incipiency
n.
Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
+
insanie
n.
Insanity.
+
indobriton
n.
A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste.
+
iceman
n.
A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.
+
inched
imp.|p.p.
of Inch
+
inequation
n.
An inequality.
+
impostorship
n.
The condition, character, or practice of an impostor.
+
insincerely
adv.
Without sincerity.
+
indivisibly
adv.
In an indivisible manner.
+
intermittence
n.
Act or state of intermitting; intermission.
+
inexactness
n.
Incorrectness; want of exactness.
+
inlay
n.
Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.
+
imaginable
a.
Capable of being imagined; conceivable.
+
incognizant
a.
Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
+
intellected
a.
Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities.
+
infringer
n.
One who infringes or violates; a violator.
+
irrepleviable
a.
Alt. of Irreplevisable
+
iodyrite
n.
Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color.
+
inobservant
a.
Not observant; regardless; heedless.
+
indefectibility
n.
The quality of being indefectible.
+
illusion
n.
Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
+
irenicon
n.
A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church.
+
inscribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inscribe
+
interjecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interject
+
in vacuo

In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
+
incumbition
n.
Incubation.
+
inkneed
a.
See Knock-kneed.
+
irreverently
adv.
In an irreverent manner.
+
inelasticity
n.
Want of elasticity.
+
imperator
n.
A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.
+
impalpable
a.
Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.
+
incurious
a.
Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.
+
inerrably
adv.
With security from error; infallibly; unerringly.
+
iciness
n.
The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
+
insulter
n.
One who insults.
+
invariant
n.
An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations.
+
incense
n.
To offer incense to. See Incense.
+
inthronize
v.t.
To enthrone.
+
inrailed
imp.|p.p.
of Inrail
+
impeopled
imp.|p.p.
of Impeople
+
institution
n.
Instruction; education.
+
indol
n.
A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.
+
ingenerably
adv.
In an ingenerable manner.
+
inoffensive
a.
Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
+
interpellant
n.
One who, or that which, interpels.
+
intone
v.t.
To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
+
indite
v.t.
To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.
+
ingirt
v.t.
To encircle to gird; to engirt.
+
ishmaelite
n.
A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him."
+
invalidate
v.t.
To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.
+
ingrieve
v.t.
To render more grievous; to aggravate.
+
idleness
n.
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
+
inexcitable
a.
Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid.
+
impoundage
n.
The fee or fine for impounding.
+
ichthyotomist
n.
One skilled in ichthyotomy.
+
idiographic
a.
Alt. of Idiographical
+
idiocratical
a.
Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
+
inclining
n.
Party or side chosen; a following.
+
increpate
v.t.
To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.
+
incur
v.t.
To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
+
immemorially
adv.
Beyond memory.
+
inventoried
imp.|p.p.
of Inventory
+
inebrious
a.
Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating.
+
indigitate
v.t.
To point out with the finger; to indicate.
+
ineloquent
a.
Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.
+
insulary
a.
Insular.
+
innominate
a.
A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.
+
inhibition
n.
A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.
+
immolation
n.
That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
+
imposition
n.
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.
+
inexplicability
n.
The quality or state of being inexplicable.
+
invalescence
n.
Strength; health.
+
impeachment
n.
The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached
+
incombustibility
n.
The quality of being incombustible.
+
improvised
imp.|p.p.
of Improvise
+
incorporality
n.
Incorporeality.
+
infallible
a.
Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.
+
indoctrinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indoctrinate
+
inguilty
a.
Not guilty.
+
illustrious
a.
Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished.
+
interrogatee
n.
One who is interrogated.
+
idorgan
n.
A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.
+
inculpable
a.
Faultless; blameless; innocent.
+
induced
imp.|p.p.
of Induce
+
improvisation
n.
The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
+
intrenching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intrench
+
immediacy
n.
The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.
+
immew
v.t.
See Emmew.
+
insue
v.i.
See Ensue, v. i.
+
intervalla
pl.
of Intervallum
+
impuissance
n.
Lack of power; inability.
+
incline
n.
An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
+
impenetrable
a.
Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
+
incontinent
adv.
Incontinently; instantly immediately.
+
isomerism
n.
The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances.
+
idlepated
a.
Idle-headed; stupid.
+
ingate
n.
The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.
+
interfoliate
v.t.
To interleave.
+
involuntary
a.
Not having will or the power of choice.
+
interpose
n.
Interposition.
+
infusible
v.
Capable of being infused.
+
invection
n.
An inveighing against; invective.
+
inextended
a.
Not extended.
+
insufficient
a.
Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.
+
infant
n.
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.
+
incle
n.
Same as Inkle.
+
insuccation
n.
The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
+
interlocutory
a.
Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.
+
impromptu
n.
A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.
+
impure
a.
Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
+
imaginative
a.
Unreasonably suspicious; jealous.
+
indication
n.
Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
+
instaurating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Instaurate
+
impression
n.
A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
+
indispose
v.t.
To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
+
iconolater
n.
One who worships images.
+
interference
n.
The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally.
+
ignore
v.t.
To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
+
inexpectedly
adv.
Unexpectedly.
+
inscrutable
a.
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.
+
inustion
n.
The act of burning or branding.
+
intermaxillary
n.
An intermaxilla.
+
isodimorphous
a.
Having the quality of isodimorphism.
+
incalescency
n.
Incalescence.
+
insalutary
a.
Not salutary or wholesome; unfavorable to health.
+
immaterial
a.
Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.
+
inaniloquent
a.
Alt. of Inaniloquous
+
invertedly
adv.
In an inverted order.
+
interatomic
a.
Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
+
isomorphism
n.
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.
+
idler
n.
One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.
+
inhering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhere
+
infeudation
n.
The granting of tithes to laymen.
+
impulsor
n.
One who, or that which, impels; an inciter.
+
itemize
v.t.
To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.
+
inheritable
a.
Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
+
ism

A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
+
immanuel
n.
God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ.
+
inregistering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inregister
+
inhaler
n.
A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.
+
insult
v.t.
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.
+
immutation
n.
Change; alteration; mutation.
+
infirmatory
n.
An infirmary.
+
inroad
v.t.
To make an inroad into; to invade.
+
individua
imp.|p.p.
of Individuate
+
inspired
imp.|p.p.
of Inspire
+
insist
v.i.
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.
+
idiocratic
a.
Alt. of Idiocratical
+
intermediate
v.i.
To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
+
inward
a.
Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.
+
intercrossing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intercross
+
incompletion
n.
Want of completion; incompleteness.
+
inhabitant
n.
One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.
+
ilicin
n.
The bitter principle of the holly.
+
inexterminable
a.
Incapable of extermination.
+
inbred
a.
Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.
+
inoperation
n.
Agency; influence; production of effects.
+
isogonism
n.
The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids.
+
inrush
n.
A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide.
+
immobile
a.
Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.
+
iguanodont
a.
Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon.
+
inexposure
n.
A state of not being exposed.
+
inversion
n.
The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.
+
insolate
v.t.
To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.
+
imbannered
a.
Having banners.
+
inconspicuous
a.
Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.
+
impropriation
n.
The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
+
isolator
n.
One who, or that which, isolates.
+
immigrant
n.
One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.
+
inflexible
a.
Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
+
isospondylous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.
+
indwelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indwell
+
immechanical
a.
Not mechanical.
+
impatronization
n.
Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.
+
impart
v.i.
To hold a conference or consultation.
+
intermediately
adv.
In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.
+
infectious
a.
Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.
+
inversion
n.
Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass.
+
intersecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intersect
+
infucate
v.t.
To stain; to paint; to daub.
+
incendiary
a.
Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime.
+
intromittent
a.
Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.
+
inexhaustible
a.
Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.
+
intercondylar
a.
Alt. of Intercondyloid
+
insinuator
n.
One who, or that which, insinuates.
+
inne
adv.|prep.
In.
+
insensible
a.
Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.
+
inholding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inhold
+
inde
a.
Azure-colored; of a bright blue color.
+
intermarry
v.i.
To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.
+
idolized
imp.|p.p.
of Idolize
+
innocuous
a.
Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.
+
incumbent
n.
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
+
inductor
n.
The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.
+
idolizer
n.
One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.
+
institute
v.t.
To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
+
inthronization
n.
Enthronement.
+
illapse
v.i.
A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack.
+
inexpedient
a.
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.
+
issue
n.
An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
+
instantly
adv.
Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
+
inelegances
pl.
of Inelegancy
+
impanelment
n.
The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.
+
inamorato
n.
A male lover.
+
interpellation
n.
A official summons or citation.
+
incomplete
a.
Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
+
inflect
v.t.
To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.
+
inquirer
n.
One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.
+
irongray
n.
An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.
+
insinuative
a.
Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark.
+
innoxious
a.
Free from crime; pure; innocent.
+
imperilled

of Imperil
+
ineffaceably
adv.
So as not to be effaceable.
+
impreventability
n.
The state or quality of being impreventable.
+
indite
v.t.
To indict; to accuse; to censure.
+
italics
pl.
of Italic
+
ichorous
a.
Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.
+
interrogating
imp.|p.p.
of Interrogate
+
integration
n.
The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral.
+
inside
n.
The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
+
impermanent
a.
Not permanent.
+
invidious
a.
Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
+
italic
a.
Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
+
incapsulate
v.t.
To inclose completely, as in a membrane.
+
intellectual
a.
Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.
+
intercedence
n.
The act of interceding; intercession; intervention.
+
intempestivity
n.
Unseasonableness; untimeliness.
+
inobedience
n.
Disobedience.
+
interchangeable
a.
Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons.
+
incog
adv.
Incognito.
+
intrinsic
n.
A genuine quality.
+
idiothermic
a.
Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.
+
italicism
n.
The use of Italics.
+
inconsequential
a.
Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence.
+
invidious
a.
Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
+
insphering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insphere
+
insatiableness
n.
Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability.
+
inadvertency
n.
An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
+
inopercular
a.
Alt. of Inoperculate
+
intempestive
a.
Out of season; untimely.
+
into
prep.
Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.
+
interloper
n.
One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.
+
informant
v.t.
One who imparts information or instruction.
+
inaccessible
a.
Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc.
+
item
n.
A hint; an innuendo.
+
interstice
n.
That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.
+
isouric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, isomeric with uric acid.
+
import
n.
That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
+
insociably
adv.
Unsociably.
+
insecurity
n.
The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
+
increase
v.i.
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
+
interlunar
a.
Alt. of Interlunary
+
infuse
v.t.
To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.
+
idle
superl.
Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
+
invigorate
v.t.
To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.
+
incicurable
a.
Untamable.
+
insincere
a.
Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
+
inclemency
n.
Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.
+
irroration
n.
The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew.
+
infield
n.
The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5.
+
inveigh
v.i.
To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse.
+
intermuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intermure
+
itch
n.
A constant irritating desire.
+
ichnographic
a.
Alt. of Ichnographical
+
ingrapple
v.t.|i.
To seize; to clutch; to grapple.
+
inevitable
a.
Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
+
invulgar
a.
Not vulgar; refined; elegant.
+
interminate
a.
Endless; as, interminate sleep.
+
inveterate
a.
Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
+
interrupter
n.
One who, or that which, interrupts.
+
interior
a.
Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.
+
interventor
n.
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.
+
incompatible
n.
An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron.
+
inveteracy
n.
Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
+
ichthyocoprolite
n.
Fossil dung of fishes.
+
indentation
n.
A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
+
incontrollable
a.
Not controllable; uncontrollable.
+
indifferentism
n.
A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right and good.
+
incorporally
adv.
Incorporeally.
+
impetus
n.
The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.
+
intranssient
a.
Not transient; remaining; permanent.
+
isodimorphism
n.
Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances.
+
impure
v.t.
To defile; to pollute.
+
imminent
a.
Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
+
innyard
n.
The yard adjoining an inn.
+
international
a.
Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations.
+
instep
n.
The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
+
infant
a.
Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
+
inductively
adv.
By induction or inference.
+
interferingly
adv.
By or with interference.
+
interstapedial
a.
Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial.
+
intercluded
imp.|p.p.
of Interclude
+
imperative
n.
The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
+
illusively
adv.
In a illusive manner; falsely.
+
ineffability
n.
The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.
+
inembryonate
a.
Not embryonate.
+
irongray
a.
Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken.
+
ineptitude
n.
Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
+
installment
n.
The act of installing; installation.
+
indicolite
n.
A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.
+
inscrutably
adv.
In an inscrutable manner.
+
incorporating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incorporate
+
incute
v.t.
To strike or stamp in.
+
intersectional
a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.
+
ipomoea
n.
A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.
+
infinite
n.
That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.
+
ironmonger
n.
A dealer in iron or hardware.
+
infringement
n.
An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.
+
interval
n.
Difference in pitch between any two tones.
+
idle
v.i.
To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
+
incapacitation
n.
The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
+
impetrated
imp.|p.p.
of Impetrate
+
issue
v.i.
To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
+
illegalized
imp.|p.p.
of Illegalize
+
inquest
n.
The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.
+
inflatingly
adv.
In a manner tending to inflate.
+
independent
a.
Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
+
indistinguished
a.
Indistinct.
+
inviolate
a.
Alt. of Inviolated
+
illegitimation
n.
The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.
+
irritable
a.
Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
+
incidency
n.
Incidence.
+
infertilely
adv.
In an infertile manner.
+
investiture
n.
The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.
+
informed
a.
Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.
+
independency
n.
Independence.
+
isodiametric
a.
Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.
+
impose
v.t.
To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
+
irregular
n.
One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
+
incapability
n.
Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.
+
improbability
n.
The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
+
incorporeal
a.
Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal.
+
insincere
a.
Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.
+
inundate
v.t.
To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
+
incoming
n.
The act of coming in; arrival.
+
idioticon
n.
A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.
+
isometrical
a.
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.
+
illume
v.t.
To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.
+
ignipotent
a.
Presiding over fire; also, fiery.
+
indigested
a.
Not digested; undigested.
+
inchest
v.t.
To put into a chest.
+
impracticability
n.
Intractableness; stubbornness.
+
immateriality
n.
The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.
+
insinuate
v.t.
To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
+
indispensableness
n.
The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary.
+
invitiate
a.
Not vitiated.
+
intraterritorial
a.
Within the territory or a territory.
+
ineye
v.t.
To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate.
+
implosive
n.
An implosive sound, an implodent.
+
infoldment
n.
The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.
+
inchambering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inchamber
+
indemnifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indemnify
+
incurvity
n.
A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.
+
illustratory
a.
Serving to illustrate.
+
intrinsicate
a.
Intricate.
+
impressor
n.
One who, or that which, impresses.
+
ingravidate
v.t.
To impregnate.
+
iceland moss

A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
+
implicitly
adv.
In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.
+
irreversible
a.
Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine.
+
indical
a.
Indexical.
+
intrenchant
a.
Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.
+
indemonstrability
n.
The quality of being indemonstrable.
+
insurance
n.
A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
+
insecta
n.
In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
+
inhabitation
n.
Population; inhabitants.
+
interchangeable
a.
Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.
+
implex
a.
Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.
+
intelligence
n.
Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
+
intercolumnar
a.
Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.
+
interposition
n.
The thing interposed.
+
introducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Introduce
+
imperforated
a.
Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.
+
inviscerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inviscerate
+
indistinctly
adv.
In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.
+
ichneumon
n.
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
+
indignity
n.
Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.
+
illfavored
a.
Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
+
instep
n.
That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
+
incanous
a.
Hoary with white pubescence.
+
imbed
v.t.
To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.
+
inter

A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
+
irrorated
imp.|p.p.
of Irrorate
+
important
v.t.
Bearing on; forcible; driving.
+
idio

A combining form from the Greek /, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
+
intervenue
n.
Interposition.
+
invigor
v.t.
To invigorate.
+
innervation
n.
The act of innerving or stimulating.
+
inventorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an inventory.
+
internal
a.
Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
+
infamies
pl.
of Infamy
+
incapacity
n.
Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
+
inertion
n.
Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude.
+
itinerant
a.
Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.
+
independently
adv.
In an independent manner; without control.
+
insurmountableness
n.
The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.
+
inexorableness
n.
The quality or state of being inexorable.
+
improvvisatore
n.
One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously.
+
imprompt
a.
Not ready.
+
infester
n.
One who, or that which, infests.
+
institute
a.
The act of instituting; institution.
+
imporosity
n.
The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.
+
injection
n.
The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
+
ingeminate
v.t.
To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.
+
infest
v.t.
Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
+
iota
n.
The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (/) corresponding with the English i.
+
indebtment
n.
Indebtedness.
+
intermarriage
n.
Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.
+
inhere
v.i.
To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
+
indicatively
adv.
In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.
+
inconcrete
a.
Not concrete.
+
immediate
a.
Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
+
interrupted
a.
Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
+
impartial
a.
Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.
+
infusion
v.t.
The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
+
insinewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insinew
+
interval
n.
A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.
+
idiopathical
a.
Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.
+
intreat
v.t.
See Entreat.
+
intermodillion
n.
The space between two modillions.
+
ingrave
v.t.
To engrave.
+
inebriate
v.t.
To make drunk; to intoxicate.
+
itineraries
pl.
of Itinerary
+
intestine
a.
Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.
+
inconsistentness
n.
Inconsistency.
+
insomnolence
n.
Sleeplessness.
+
infiltrate
v.t.
To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
+
interpose
v.t.
To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
+
indian
n.
One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.
+
inhuman
a.
Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.
+
indebted
a.
Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.
+
incubuses
pl.
of Incubus
+
imprimery
n.
The art of printing.
+
inflammatory
a.
Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
+
indecomposableness
n.
Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
+
inexplicit
a.
Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague.
+
indican
n.
A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo.
+
inflamed
p.a.
Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.
+
imaged
imp.|p.p.
of Image
+
indiscovery
n.
Want of discovery.
+
immobility
n.
The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.
+
inclinnation
n.
The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28'; the inclination of two rays of light.
+
interweave
v.t.
To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.
+
inert
a.
Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.
+
incube
v.t.
To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.
+
insurmountably
adv.
In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.
+
inaptitude
n.
Want of aptitude.
+
inulin
n.
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.
+
incise
v.t.
To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
+
interpedencular
a.
Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.
+
interlarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interlard
+
integropallial
a.
Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.
+
intussuscepted
a.
Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated.
+
ideal
a.
Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
+
infinite
a.
Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.
+
initially
adv.
In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.
+
immemorial
a.
Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial.
+
imbroccata
n.
A hit or thrust.
+
infer
v.t.
To offer, as violence.
+
instanter
a.
Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.
+
inspirtory
a.
Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.
+
intermedian
a.
Intermediate.
+
illustrator
n.
One who illustrates.
+
incivilization
n.
The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.
+
indeed
adv.
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.
+
infinite
a.
Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.
+
interfretted
a.
Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
+
initiate
v.t.
To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
+
inexhausted
a.
Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted.
+
insulse
a.
Insipid; dull; stupid.
+
imagined
imp.|p.p.
of Imagine
+
impress
n.
To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
+
inframedian
a.
Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms.
+
illocality
n.
Want of locality or place.
+
introvert
v.t.
To turn or bend inward.
+
indication
n.
Act of pointing out or indicating.
+
interferant
n.
One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.
+
invitatory
a.
Using or containing invitations.
+
immigrate
v.t.
To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.
+
ind
n.
India.
+
ignorant
a.
Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
+
inspissate
a.
Thick or thickened; inspissated.
+
imposition
n.
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
+
impute
v.t.
To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.
+
inleague
v.t.
To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine.
+
infumated
imp.|p.p.
of Infumate
+
ingenerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ingenerate
+
interaxes
pl.
of Interaxis
+
indian
a.
Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
+
indentation
n.
A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
+
install
v.t.
To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
+
incrustate
v.t.
To incrust.
+
invocatory
a.
Making or containing invocation; invoking.
+
itis

A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis.
+
irresolvableness
n.
The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.
+
intersternal
a.
Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.
+
ilio

A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, or relation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.
+
indenturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indenture
+
invisibly
adv.
In an invisible manner.
+
infamous
a.
Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
+
interstratified
a.
Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.
+
ignis fatuus

Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
+
inactivity
n.
The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
+
inlard
v.t.
See Inlard.
+
infortune
n.
Misfortune.
+
inutterable
a.
Unutterable; inexpressible.
+
indefensible

Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.
+
irestone
n.
Any very hard rock.
+
insubjection
n.
Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.
+
information
v.t.
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.
+
infecundous
a.
Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive.
+
imperiled
imp.|p.p.
of Imperil
+
instrumental
a.
Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.
+
increaser
n.
One who, or that, increases.
+
instinct
a.
Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.
+
indentment
n.
Indenture.
+
increment
n.
Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.
+
ing

A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
+
intertwine
n.
The act intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.
+
infection
n.
That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
+
informer
v.
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
+
inlace
v.t.
To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.
+
intercavernous
a.
Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.
+
intend
v.t.
To strain; to make tense.
+
infusion
v.t.
The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.
+
infeudation
n.
The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.
+
intestines
pl.
of Intestine
+
improve
v.t.
To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad.
+
incognito
a.
The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
+
indices
n.pl.
See Index.
+
inroll
v.t.
See Enroll.
+
insectile
a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects.
+
invaletudinary
a.
Wanting health; valetudinary.
+
ingrafted
imp.|p.p.
of Ingraft
+
imploring
a.
That implores; beseeching; entreating.
+
improper
a.
Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
+
irritating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Irritate
+
inveighed
imp.|p.p.
of Inveigh
+
inglorious
a.
Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease.
+
incident
a.
Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
+
inapprehensive
a.
Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned.
+
infatuated
imp.|p.p.
of Infatuate
+
intomb
v.t.
To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
+
inauguration
n.
The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.
+
intice
v.t.
See Entice.
+
incentive
n.
That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action.
+
infinitude
n.
Infinite extent; unlimited space; immensity; infinity.
+
interrogate
v.i.
To ask questions.
+
impasting

The laying on of colors to produce impasto.
+
inadequacy
n.
The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
+
interpellate
v.t.
To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.
+
ineradicable
a.
Incapable of being /radicated or rooted out.
+
illlived
a.
Leading a wicked life.
+
incorporealist
n.
One who believes in incorporealism.
+
immensurate
a.
Unmeasured; unlimited.
+
idiographical
a.
Of or pertaining to an idiograph.
+
impart
n.
To obtain a share of; to partake of.
+
infecundity
n.
Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.
+
imp
n.
An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
+
impignoration
n.
The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
+
interjoist
n.
A middle joist or crossbeam.
+
improvise
v.t.
To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
+
invalidation
n.
The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.
+
illaqueation
n.
The act of catching or insnaring.
+
immortal
a.
Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.
+
inculpated
imp.|p.p.
of Inculpate
+
inexplainable
a.
Incapable of being explained; inexplicable.
+
infant
a.
Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
+
imprenable
a.
Impregnable.
+
intussusception
n.
The reception of one part within another.
+
intertubular
a.
Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.
+
ideal
n.
A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
+
imbosk
v.i.
To be concealed.
+
immaterially
adv.
In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.
+
immersed
p.p.|a.
Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.
+
imbibe
v.t.
To saturate; to imbue.
+
indubitate
v.t.
To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.
+
item
adv.
Also; as an additional article.
+
intwist
v.t.
To twist into or together; to interweave.
+
insensible
a.
Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.
+
imitation
n.
The act of imitating.
+
inhumanities
pl.
of Inhumanity
+
imploded
a.
Formed by implosion.
+
intergraved
p.p.
of Intergrave
+
intercitizenship
n.
The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States.
+
identism
n.
The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the system / doctrine of identity.
+
infatigable
a.
Indefatigable.
+
inspect
v.t.
To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.
+
import
v.t.
To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
+
incompass
v.t.
See Encompass.
+
incogitancy
n.
Want of thought, or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness.
+
infra
adv.
Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.
+
implication
n.
The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
+
instructer
n.
See Instructor.
+
imparisyllabic
a.
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
+
intrude
v.t.
To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.
+
incongenial
a.
Not congenial; uncongenial.
+
interrogation
n.
A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.
+
interfollicular
a.
Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.
+
infuriated
a.
Enraged; furious.
+
incorrupted
a.
Uncorrupted.
+
inconsummate
a.
Not consummated; not finished; incomplete.
+
indistinct
a.
Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.
+
irreflection
n.
Want of reflection.
+
improvisation
n.
That which is improvised; an impromptu.
+
intransitively
adv.
Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.
+
impregnation
n.
An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
+
idolatrized
imp.|p.p.
of Idolatrize
+
impatient
a.
Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under.
+
implosive
a.
Formed by implosion.
+
indeciduate
a.
Indeciduous.
+
infantry
n.
A body of children.
+
incarceration
n.
A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
+
inspired
a.
Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
+
indulge
v.t.
To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
+
ineloquently
adv.
Without eloquence.
+
ichneumonides
n.pl.
The ichneumon flies.
+
infractor
n.
One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.
+
ideogeny
n.
The science which treats of the origin of ideas.
+
intrudress
n.
A female intruder.
+
ignomy
n.
Ignominy.
+
intuitive
a.
Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
+
irritation
n.
The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
+
incapacities
pl.
of Incapacity
+
imp
n.
Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
+
incorruptible
a.
Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.
+
individed
a.
Undivided.
+
instiller
n.
One who instills.
+
intercipient
n.
One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage.
+
intrant
n.
One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some office or station.
+
interline
v.t.
To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book.
+
intrusive
a.
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.
+
impugner
n.
One who impugns.
+
introduct
v.t.
To introduce.
+
italicizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Italicize
+
impression
n.
The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
+
imparity
n.
Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.
+
indenizening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indenizen
+
infrangibility
n.
The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.
+
intercutaneous
a.
Subcutaneous.
+
incompatibly
adv.
In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously.
+
impaled
imp.|p.p.
of Impale
+
impeccable
a.
Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.
+
impregnate
v.t.
To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
+
interposal
n.
The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.
+
interchanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interchange
+
insubstantiality
n.
Unsubstantiality; unreality.
+
impanate
v.t.
To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.
+
impasto
n.
The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole.
+
incitingly
adv.
So as to incite or stimulate.
+
ignote
a.
Unknown.
+
incaged
imp.|p.p.
of Incage
+
ignominy
n.
An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
+
integrant
a.
Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral.
+
inappeasable
a.
Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.
+
inurbane
a.
Uncivil; unpolished; rude.
+
internasal
a.
Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.
+
inscient
a.
Having knowledge or insight; intelligent.
+
irreproachableness
n.
The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
+
ite

A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc.
+
ironing
n.
The clothes ironed.
+
inherit
v.t.
To put in possession of.
+
inhesion
n.
The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence.
+
irregularist
n.
One who is irregular.
+
inborn
a.
Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.
+
incur
v.t.
To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc.
+
instead
adv.
Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.
+
inescapable
a.
Not escapable.
+
immartial
a.
Not martial; unwarlike.
+
impress
n.
A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.
+
imperspicuity
n.
Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.
+
iwis
adv.
Indeed; truly. See Ywis.
+
indivisible
n.
An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
+
ine

A suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, etc.
+
inductive
a.
Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.
+
intrenchment
n.
An encroachment or infringement.
+
imbrocata
n.
Alt. of Imbroccata
+
interlineation
n.
The act of interlining.
+
insolubility
n.
The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.
+
interchange
v.i.
To make an interchange; to alternate.
+
intombment
n.
See Entombment.
+
imbroglios
pl.
of Imbroglio
+
impedible
a.
Capable of being impeded or hindered.
+
illeviable
a.
Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected.
+
impetus
n.
A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
+
inhaler
n.
One who inhales.
+
ichthyologic
a.
Alt. of Ichthyological
+
illiteracy
n.
The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.
+
inconvenient
a.
Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.
+
inspirational
a.
Pertaining to inspiration.
+
impoliticness
n.
The quality of being impolitic.
+
inquisitively
adv.
In an inquisitive manner.
+
intermeddle
v.t.
To intermix; to mingle.
+
infer
v.t.
To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
+
interjangle
v.i.
To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily.
+
immailed
a.
Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor.
+
infernally
adv.
In an infernal manner; diabolically.
+
immurement
n.
The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.
+
instituter
n.
An institutor.
+
impluvium
n.
In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.
+
interjectionally
adv.
In an interjectional manner.
+
institute
v.t.
To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
+
interseptal
a.
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.
+
ichnolithology
n.
Same as Ichnology.
+
incorrupt
a.
Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.
+
immomentous
a.
Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.
+
infranchise
v.t.
See Enfranchise.
+
inlander
n.
One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea.
+
ingraff
v.t.
See Ingraft.
+
impair
v.t.
To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
+
inductoria
pl.
of Inductorium
+
irreconcile
v.t.
To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
+
imminution
n.
A lessening; diminution; decrease.
+
insectivores
pl.
of Insectivore
+
imitatorship
n.
The state or office of an imitator.
+
inexplicable
a.
Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery.
+
inbreed
v.t.
To breed in and in. See under Breed, v. i.
+
incomity
n.
Want of comity; incivility; rudeness.
+
invasion
n.
The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
+
insure
v.i.
To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
+
intercommunicate
v.i.
To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.
+
intextured
a.
Inwrought; woven in.
+
irrision
n.
The act of laughing at another; derision.
+
interdependency
n.
Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests.
+
improsperous
a.
Not prosperous.
+
inrunning
n.
The act or the place of entrance; an inlet.
+
insinuation
n.
The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
+
intermix
v.t.
To mix together; to intermingle.
+
inhumation
n.
The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
+
intellect
n.
The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.
+
ichthyosauria
n.pl.
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
+
irrefrangibility
n.
The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.
+
inseamed
imp.|p.p.
of Inseam
+
inca
n.
An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun.
+
intranquillity
n.
Unquietness; restlessness.
+
insusceptible
a.
Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery.
+
icterus
a.
The jaundice.
+
iranian
a.
Of or pertaining to Iran.
+
indigenous
a.
Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
+
indexterity
n.
Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness.
+
independent
a.
Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
+
issuance
n.
The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.
+
inexactly
adv.
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
+
imitation
n.
The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
+
intense
a.
Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.
+
idioelectric
a.
Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.
+
intrafusion
n.
The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.
+
inspecttion
n.
The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
+
indecinable
n.
An indeclinable word.
+
inregister
v.t.
To register; to enter, as in a register.
+
implied
imp.|p.p.
of Imply
+
ingot
n.
A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
+
isocrymic
a.
Isocrymal.
+
inversion
n.
A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices."
+
intangibility
n.
The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.
+
illused
a.
Misapplied; treated badly.
+
instancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Instance
+
italianizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Italianize
+
innocency
n.
Innocence.
+
imperative
a.
Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
+
immanation
n.
A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation.
+
importunacy
n.
The quality of being importunate; importunateness.
+
intolerant
n.
An intolerant person; a bigot.
+
incrustation
n.
A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
+
illimitable
a.
Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space.
+
inexhaustibility
n.
The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.
+
inspectorate
n.
Inspectorship.
+
inheritress
n.
A heiress.
+
inessential
a.
Not essential; unessential.
+
intervale
n.
A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills.  Cf. Bottom, n., 7.
+
instinct
v.t.
To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
+
ibices
pl.
of Ibex
+
impertinent
a.
Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
+
invirility
n.
Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy.
+
influence
n.
Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
+
impartance
n.
Impartation.
+
intern
a.
Internal.
+
immemorable
a.
Not memorable; not worth remembering.
+
infamous
a.
Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.
+
inconscionable
a.
Unconscionable.
+
imagery
n.
Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
+
irresoluble
a.
Incapable of being relieved or assisted.
+
indusial
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
+
innovate
v.t.
To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act.
+
inferrible
a.
Inferable.
+
inflationist
n.
One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.
+
incumbency
n.
The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office.
+
intertangle
v.t.
To entangle; to intertwine.
+
inequity
n.
Want of equity; injustice; wrong.
+
incorrect
a.
Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation.
+
illusionist
n.
One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
+
inconvertibly
adv.
In an inconvertible manner.
+
inclusively
adv.
In an inclusive manner.
+
intrinsicalness
n.
The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.
+
inequable
a.
Unequable.
+
initiative
n.
The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
+
intercepter
n.
One who, or that which, intercepts.
+
indication
n.
That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
+
inconsequence
n.
The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.
+
inappropriate
a.
Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.
+
implumed
a.
Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.
+
intelligencer
n.
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger.
+
irrorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Irrorate
+
insculptured
p.a.
Engraved.
+
inroaded
imp.|p.p.
of Inroad
+
indolence
n.
Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.
+
implemental
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.
+
inofficious
a.
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.
+
imitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imitate
+
inside
a.
Adapted to the interior.
+
insecta
n.
In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.
+
isocheimal
a.
Alt. of Isochimal
+
imbureed
imp.|p.p.
of Imbrue
+
indispensably
adv.
In an indispensable manner.
+
intervary
v.i.
To alter or vary between; to change.
+
indetermined
a.
Undetermined.
+
infant
n.
A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
+
inapplication
n.
Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence.
+
infuriate
v.t.
To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.
+
illicitous
a.
Illicit.
+
imphee
n.
The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.
+
imaginal
a.
Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
+
intertraffic
n.
Mutual trade of traffic.
+
imitational
a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
+
inclaudent
a.
Not closing or shutting.
+
informer
v.
One who informs, animates, or inspires.
+
ideate
n.
The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
+
inlaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inlay
+
iodize
v.t.
To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography.
+
inexhaustive
a.
Inexhaustible.
+
indigitation
n.
The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication.
+
incensed
imp.|p.p.
of Incense
+
inlock
v.t.
To lock in, or inclose.
+
intendment
n.
The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.
+
incondensable
a.
Alt. of Incondensible
+
impressive
a.
Capable of being impressed.
+
ineptitude
n.
The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
+
imitatress
n.
A woman who is an imitator.
+
interpenetrate
v.t.
To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
+
infumed
a.
Dried in smoke; smoked.
+
intermeddler
n.
One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.
+
icositetrahedron
n.
A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.
+
innominable
a.
Not to be named.
+
invocating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invocate
+
ineyed
imp.|p.p.
of Ineye
+
indite
v.i.
To compose; to write, as a poem.
+
iambical
a.
Iambic.
+
infesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infest
+
involucre
n.
A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns.
+
instruction
n.
That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted
+
intoleration
n.
Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.
+
intimate
a.
Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
+
indigested
a.
Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.
+
interstratify
v.t.
To put or insert between other strata.
+
introduction
n.
A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.
+
into
prep.
Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.
+
isonomic
a.
The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar.
+
intermedial
a.
Lying between; intervening; intermediate.
+
inciter
n.
One who, or that which, incites.
+
ianthina
n.
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.
+
insulting
a.
Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.
+
imperatorian
a.
Imperial.
+
interception
n.
The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.
+
interstinctive
a.
Distinguishing.
+
intermeation
n.
A flowing between.
+
instamp
v.t.
See Enstamp.
+
imperial
n.
A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
+
imperially
n.
Imperial power.
+
inappellability
n.
The quality of being inappellable; finality.
+
immersible
a.
Capable of being immersed.
+
inebriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inebriate
+
irritancy
n.
The state o quality of being irritant or irritating.
+
incommodious
a.
Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement.
+
initiate
a.
Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
+
incoincidence
n.
The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence.
+
intricateness
n.
The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
+
infringe
v.t.
To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.
+
intercommunion
n.
Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities.
+
iran
n.
The native name of Persia.
+
insuavity
n.
Want of suavity; unpleasantness.
+
inconstant
a.
Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship.
+
impinguation
n.
The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.
+
isthmuses
pl.
of Isthmus
+
issuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Issue
+
incrustation
n.
The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
+
intern
a.
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.
+
institute
a.
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
+
intrinsical
a.
Intimate; closely familiar.
+
immeasurableness
n.
The state or quality of being immeasurable.
+
irrecoverable
a.
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury.
+
irony
a.
Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
+
itinerary
a.
Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.
+
immersing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immerse
+
idolatrical
a.
Idolatrous.
+
irreplevisable
a.
Not capable of being replevied.
+
intercessional
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.
+
iliolumbar
a.
Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.
+
isocheimenal
a.
Alt. of Isochimenal
+
instanced
imp.|p.p.
of Instance
+
interlucation
n.
Act of thinning a wood to let in light.
+
inactose
n.
A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.
+
irregularity
n.
The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
+
ileum
n.
See Ilium.
+
intwinement
n.
The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined.
+
ingredient
n.
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.
+
insuetude
n.
The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit.
+
intellectualize
v.t.
To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
+
idiomatic
a.
Alt. of Idiomatical
+
isagelous
a.
Containing the same information; as, isagelous sentences.
+
intertranspicuous
a.
Transpicuous within or between.
+
ing

A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
+
imagining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imagine
+
irrigate
v.t.
To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
+
incommensurate
a.
Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.
+
interpenetrate
v.i.
To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.
+
incontrovertibility
n.
The state or condition of being incontrovertible.
+
idleheaded
a.
Delirious; infatuated.
+
icterical
a.
Good against the jaundice.
+
inheritable
a.
Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.
+
incrustate
a.
Incrusted.
+
importation
v.t.
The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.
+
irresponsibly
adv.
So as not to be responsible.
+
inner
a.
Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
+
intertarsal
a.
Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.
+
isohyetose
a.
Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall.
+
inward
a.
Alt. of Inwards
+
irrevoluble
a.
That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.
+
infusorian
n.
One of the Infusoria.
+
incriminate
v.t.
To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
+
invent
v.t.
To come or light upon; to meet; to find.
+
in commendam

See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership.
+
interleaved
imp.|p.p.
of Interleave
+
implate
v.t.
To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron.
+
infame
v.t.
To defame; to make infamous.
+
interpilaster
n.
The interval or space between two pilasters.
+
imparting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impart
+
inviscated
imp.|p.p.
of Inviscate
+
isolate
v.t.
To insulate. See Insulate.
+
inwrought
p.p.a.
Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures.
+
idle
superl.
Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
+
indiamen
pl.
of Indiaman
+
inquest
n.
Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.
+
infundibuliform
a.
Same as Funnelform.
+
intergraven

of Intergrave
+
intractability
n.
The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
+
injunction
n.
That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
+
ismaelian
n.
Alt. of Ismaelite
+
isocyanuric
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.
+
incivilities
pl.
of Incivility
+
inclusive
a.
Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday; -- opposed to exclusive.
+
involve
v.t.
To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
+
intelligibility

The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.
+
inventful
a.
Full of invention.
+
inextension
n.
Want of extension; unextended state.
+
insearch
v.t.
To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.
+
interfuse
v.t.
To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.
+
infirmity
a.
A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
+
interrex
n.
An interregent, or a regent.
+
incineration
n.
The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
+
idealize
v.t.
To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.
+
inexistence
n.
Inherence; subsistence.
+
indefinably
adv.
In an indefinable manner.
+
index
n.
A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.
+
interim
n.
A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.
+
illness
n.
Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.
+
insectivorous
a.
the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.
+
impropriate
v.i.
To become an impropriator.
+
incommodity
n.
Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance.
+
irresponsible
a.
Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.
+
incircumspect
a.
Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic.
+
integral
a.
Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant.
+
intenible
a.
Incapable of holding or containing.
+
inurning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inurn
+
incumbencies
pl.
of Incumbency
+
insolvent
a.
Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.
+
insteeping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insteep
+
indulge
v.t.
to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
+
impest
v.t.
To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague.
+
inmeshed
imp.|p.p.
of Inmesh
+
iridectomy
n.
The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
+
incavation
n.
Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression.
+
inseparably
adv.
In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable.
+
idealization
n.
The act or process of idealizing.
+
inversion
n.
Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places.
+
imperial
n.
A luggage case on the top of a coach.
+
idolatrous
a.
Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
+
invected
a.
Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.
+
inbred
imp.|p.p.
of Inbreed
+
intercept
v.t.
To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
+
incorrespondence
n.
Alt. of Incorrespondency
+
intercontinental
a.
Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.
+
independent
a.
Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
+
inion
n.
The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
+
insatiably
adv.
In an insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably.
+
iron
n.
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.
+
intensate
v.t.
To intensify.
+
inconformable
a.
Unconformable.
+
invertible
a.
Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar.
+
impertinence
n.
That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.
+
ironheads
n.
A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.
+
imperiality
n.
An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.
+
improvement
n.
A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
+
iambus
n.
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
+
induline
n.
Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet.
+
iridosmium
n.
The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens.
+
interchain
v.t.
To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.
+
insociate
a.
Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.
+
implanted
imp.|p.p.
of Implant
+
intrepidly
adv.
In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.
+
intestine
a.
Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.
+
ineffably
adv.
In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.
+
itacolumite
n.
A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found.
+
immortalize
v.i.
To become immortal.
+
ideality
n.
The quality or state of being ideal.
+
impress
n.
The act of impressing or making.
+
interval
n.
Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.
+
indeterminable
n.
An indeterminable thing or quantity.
+
infundibulate
a.
Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.
+
ingrateful
a.
Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.
+
immersed
imp.|p.p.
of Immerse
+
impropriate
v.t.
To appropriate to one's self; to assume.
+
idiotism
n.
An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language.
+
involute
a.
Alt. of Involuted
+
ingrain
a.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
+
incurved
a.
Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.
+
inexpiably
adv.
In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement.
+
inoffensive
a.
Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.
+
incivilly
adv.
Uncivilly.
+
interior
a.
Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.
+
intervolution
n.
The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.
+
infallible
a.
Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.
+
internationalism
n.
The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.
+
improvision
n.
Improvidence.
+
ice
v.t.
To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
+
irreligious
a.
Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly.  Cf. Impious.
+
inveigler
n.
One who inveigles.
+
infanta
n.
A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.
+
inflexible
a.
Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
+
internal
a.
Intrinsic; inherent; real.
+
inversion
n.
A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.
+
ischias
a.
See Ischial.
+
insect
n.
Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
+
irremediableness
n.
The state or quality of being irremediable.
+
inquartation
n.
Quartation.
+
import
n.
Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
+
innavigable
a.
Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.
+
inelegant
a.
Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.
+
impersonate
v.t.
To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
+
intercommune
v.i.
To intercommunicate.
+
ittrium
n.
See Yttrium.
+
iodoquinine
n.
A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite.
+
imperialist
n.
One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.
+
inferring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infer
+
itchless
a.
Free from itching.
+
impenetrability
n.
Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.
+
insected
a.
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect.
+
imperatory
a.
Imperative.
+
insurmountable
a.
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
+
interdental
a.
Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.
+
intrench
v.i.
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.
+
ironsmith
n.
An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith.
+
impoverisher
n.
One who, or that which, impoverishes.
+
inductrical
a.
Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.
+
inconcoction
n.
The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity.
+
irradiation
n.
Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
+
intercrossed
imp.|p.p.
of Intercross
+
immortal
a.
Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.
+
insult
v.t.
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
+
insect
n.
Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
+
interstratification
n.
Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.
+
instantaneity
n.
Quality of being instantaneous.
+
indulged
imp.|p.p.
of Indulge
+
irrugate
v.t.
To wrinkle.
+
interreceive
v.t.
To receive between or within.
+
indubitate
a.
Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain.
+
ink
v.t.
To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.
+
indebted
a.
Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement.
+
irishism
n.
A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
+
ingeniously
adv.
In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly.
+
impalement
n.
The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
+
invalid
a.
Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
+
imputably
adv.
By imputation.
+
inclusa
n.pl.
A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.
+
innovate
v.i.
To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.
+
insessores
pl.
of Insessor
+
internal
a.
Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.
+
idea
n.
A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.
+
involve
v.t.
To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
+
invite
v.t.
To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
+
incarnate
a.
Not in the flesh; spiritual.
+
idealogue
n.
One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.
+
intemperate
a.
Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
+
impending
a.
Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
+
inside
n.
An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
+
inconvincibly
adv.
In a manner not admitting of being convinced.
+
impecunious
a.
Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
+
inflatable
a.
That may be inflated.
+
indited
imp.|p.p.
of Indite
+
importunate
a.
Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
+
imitate
v.t.
To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
+
imaginer
n.
One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives.
+
incorporeality
n.
The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism.
+
ichthyomorphous
a.
Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
+
imbecile
n.
One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.
+
insinuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insinuate
+
incoronate
a.
Crowned.
+
insinuate
v.t.
To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.
+
included
imp.|p.p.
of Include
+
intelligibly
adv.
In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly.
+
isagel
n.
One of two or more objects containing the same information.
+
intellectively
adv.
In an intellective manner.
+
ixodian
n.
A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family Ixodidae.
+
ichneumonidan
n.
One of the Ichneumonidae.
+
immoral
a.
Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
+
incapacity
n.
Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.
+
imparadise
v.t.
To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
+
impenetrable
a.
Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.
+
insipience
n.
Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly.
+
idiopathic
a.
Alt. of Idiopathical
+
inblown
a.
Blown in or into.
+
italian
n.
The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.
+
improperia
n.pl.
A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual.
+
improve
v.i.
To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.
+
indenting
n.
Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
+
interestingness
n.
The condition or quality of being interesting.
+
insipient
n.
An insipient person.
+
inviolableness
n.
The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.
+
insufficiently
adv.
In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
+
increpation
n.
A chiding; rebuke; reproof.
+
instinction
n.
Instinct; incitement; inspiration.
+
impugn
v.t.
To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose.
+
insatiability
n.
The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.
+
inscription
n.
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.
+
innkeeper
n.
An innholder.
+
in esse

In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.
+
inequality
n.
The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.
+
isochasmic
a.
Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line.
+
infinite
n.
An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.
+
inference
n.
The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
+
infula
n.
A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
+
internection
n.
Intimate connection.
+
insculption
n.
Inscription.
+
inextinct
a.
Not quenched; not extinct.
+
inleaguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inleague
+
imploring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Implore
+
imban
v.t.
To put under a ban.
+
ileocolic
a.
Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.
+
implicit
a.
Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.
+
isopodiform
a.
Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvae of certain insects.
+
inhauler
n.
A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.
+
illustration
n.
A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
+
inveterate
v.t.
To fix and settle by long continuance.
+
intimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intimate
+
insurrection
n.
A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.
+
investment
n.
The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
+
incest
n.
The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
+
imbound
v.t.
To inclose in limits; to shut in.
+
iconographic
a.
Of or pertaining to iconography.
+
inhumate
v.t.
To inhume; to bury; to inter.
+
incongruity
n.
That which is incongruous; want of congruity.
+
identification
n.
The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
+
interchangement
n.
Mutual transfer; exchange.
+
indebting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indebt
+
identify
v.t.
To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
+
idolize
v.t.
To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
+
imperiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imperil
+
inordination
n.
Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity; inordinacy.
+
intermitted
imp.|p.p.
of Intermit
+
iod

A prefix, or combining from, indicating iodine as an ingredient; as, iodoform.
+
inconnexedly
adv.
Not connectedly; without connection.
+
indenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indent
+
incontinence
n.
Alt. of Incontinency
+
irises
pl.
of Iris
+
incarcerate
a.
Imprisoned.
+
impressionist
n.
One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.
+
indigitated
imp.|p.p.
of Indigitate
+
isodiametric
a.
Having the several diameters nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.
+
invalidity
n.
Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.
+
illish
a.
Somewhat ill.
+
inkling
n.
A hint; an intimation.
+
insuppressible
a.
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
+
inframarginal
a.
Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.
+
instant
a.
A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3.
+
igneous
a.
Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
+
io
n.
An exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional.
+
insolvable
a.
Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
+
inn
v.t.
To get in; to in. See In, v. t.
+
immorality
n.
The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
+
interpolation
n.
The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.
+
intenerate
a.
Made tender or soft; softened.
+
interpeal
v.t.
To interpel.
+
interjoin
v.t.
To join mutually; to unite.
+
inebriated
imp.|p.p.
of Inebriate
+
insnare
v.t.
To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle.
+
indigenous
a.
Native; inherent; innate.
+
inlet
n.
A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.
+
inverse
a.
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
+
immarginate
a.
Not having a distinctive margin or border.
+
impracticably
adv.
In an impracticable manner.
+
immateriate
a.
Immaterial.
+
indigo
n.
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.
+
interpellation
n.
The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.
+
inviscerate
v.t.
To breed; to nourish.
+
infinity
n.
That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity.
+
impaneled
imp.|p.p.
of Impanel
+
injudicable
a.
Not cognizable by a judge.
+
inexpleably
adv.
Insatiably.
+
impregnation
n.
The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
+
idiograph
n.
A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.
+
infective
a.
Infectious.
+
isologous
a.
Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series.
+
independency
n.
Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
+
ingress
n.
The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
+
impropriety
n.
That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language.
+
individuate
a.
Undivided.
+
insecticide
n.
An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder.
+
interventricular
a.
Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.
+
incubus
n.
Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
+
interest
n.
Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
+
illumed
imp.|p.p.
of Illume
+
interlined
imp.|p.p.
of Interline
+
inchase
v.t.
See Enchase.
+
iliac
a.
Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.
+
inducement
n.
Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.
+
iranian
n.
A native of Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family of languages.
+
intercessorial
a.
Intercessory.
+
interoceanic
a.
Between oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceanic communication; an interoceanic canal.
+
injurer
n.
One who injures or wrongs.
+
impeccant
a.
Sinless; impeccable.
+
idea
n.
A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
+
improbity
n.
Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.
+
incarnate
a.
Flesh-colored; rosy; red.
+
impracticable
a.
Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.
+
imitated
imp.|p.p.
of Imitate
+
inducement
n.
That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil.
+
inflammable
a.
Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.
+
interstellary
a.
Interstellar.
+
impleading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Implead
+
inconsonance
n.
Alt. of Inconsonancy
+
increscent
a.
Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
+
interdicted
imp.|p.p.
of Interdict
+
intensation
n.
The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.
+
inship
v.t.
To embark.
+
inhumed
imp.|p.p.
of Inhume
+
isabella

Alt. of Isabella color
+
independence
n.
The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
+
impostured
a.
Done by imposture.
+
impearl
v.t.
To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.
+
irresolution
n.
Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
+
invagination
n.
The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
+
iguanoid
a.
Pertaining to the Iguanidae.
+
image
v.t.
To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.
+
inversion
n.
Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.
+
inducement
n.
The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
+
idea
n.
Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.
+
ineligibility
n.
The state or quality of being ineligible.
+
inconcinnous
a.
Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant.
+
indigestedness
n.
The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness.
+
impartible
a.
Capable of being imparted or communicated.
+
interceptive
a.
Intercepting or tending to intercept.
+
inauration
n.
The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.
+
impolarly
adv.
Not according to or in, the direction of the poles.
+
infringe
v.i.
To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.
+
impertinence
n.
The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
+
instrumentalist
n.
One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
+
individual
n.
A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
+
intromit
v.t.
To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
+
iron
n.
Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.
+
inclose
v.t.
To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.
+
intermediation
n.
The act of coming between; intervention; interposition.
+
ingest
v.t.
To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
+
ichthyosaurus
n.
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.
+
inductometer
n.
An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
+
indraught
n.
A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.
+
ideality
n.
The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
+
intercidence
n.
The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident.
+
incommunicating
a.
Having no communion or intercourse with each other.
+
immund
a.
Unclean.
+
iliche
adv.
Alike.
+
issue
v.i.
To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
+
intromitted
imp.|p.p.
of Intromit
+
ichthyic
a.
Like, or pertaining to, fishes.
+
invenom
v.t.
See Envenom.
+
inconnected
a.
Not connected; disconnected.
+
injuriousness
n.
The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.
+
involucella
pl.
of Involucellum
+
iron
n.
Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.
+
inbind
v.t.
To inclose.
+
ischiopodite
n.
The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.
+
impostury
n.
Imposture.
+
impalpable
a.
Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.
+
interseminate
v.t.
To sow between or among.
+
ideally
adv.
In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
+
industrious
a.
Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker.
+
intermedium
n.
Intermediate space.
+
iridize
v.t.
To point or tip with iridium, as a gold pen.
+
inelegancy
n.
Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.
+
identity
n.
The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
+
imperception
n.
Want of perception.
+
idiocrasis
n.
Idiocracy.
+
izard
n.
A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees.
+
intermention
v.t.
To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.
+
immelodious
a.
Not melodious.
+
instrumental
a.
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.
+
identity
n.
An identical equation.
+
inclosure
n.
That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
+
inharmonical
a.
Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.
+
illtempered
a.
Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.
+
irradiate
v.t.
To animate by heat or light.
+
inwrap
v.t.
To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex.
+
inspired
a.
Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.
+
improvise
v.t.
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
+
intenerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intenerate
+
ignivomous
a.
Vomiting fire.
+
inquest
n.
Inquiry; quest; search.
+
impose
v.t.
To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
+
inspected
imp.|p.p.
of Inspect
+
ill
a.
Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
+
impotent
a.
Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
+
isopleura
n.pl.
A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.
+
impunity
n.
Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
+
inculcator
n.
One who inculcates.
+
inspire
v.i.
To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.
+
incidently
adv.
Incidentally.
+
instinctively
adv.
In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
+
implosion
n.
A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.
+
improvidence
n.
The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
+
indorsement
n.
Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.
+
indignantly
adv.
In an indignant manner.
+
inviolaness
n.
The state of being inviolate.
+
imprecate
v.t.
To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
+
invite
v.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.
+
implication
n.
An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
+
inbreed
v.t.
To produce or generate within.
+
impregnate
v.t.
To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
+
immaterialism
n.
The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.
+
impeach
n.
Hindrance; impeachment.
+
impastation
n.
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.
+
intercessory
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.
+
intertrigo
n.
A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.
+
injudiciousness
n.
The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion.
+
isoperimetrical
a.
Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.
+
incline
v.t.
To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
+
inflexion
n.
Inflection.
+
ist

A contraction of is it.
+
impressionability
n.
The quality of being impressionable.
+
iridious
a.
Of or pertaining to iridium; -- applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low valence.
+
inverted
a.
Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.
+
intendancy
n.
The office or employment of an intendant.
+
impotently
adv.
In an impotent manner.
+
indistinction
n.
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.
+
infatuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infatuate
+
indoenglish
a.
Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.
+
irriguous
a.
Watered; watery; moist; dewy.
+
intemperancy
n.
Intemperance.
+
ignition
n.
The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.
+
inflection
n.
The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
+
inhuman
a.
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
+
impieties
pl.
of Impiety
+
inelligibly
adv.
In an ineligible manner.
+
insert
v.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.
+
indolently
adv.
In an indolent manner.
+
interest
n.
The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
+
inoculator
n.
One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.
+
imperial
n.
An outside seat on a diligence.
+
intelligently
adv.
In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.
+
irreligionist
n.
One who is irreligious.
+
interdependent
a.
Mutually dependent.
+
inaugurating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inaugurate
+
injuriously
adv.
In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.
+
incameration
n.
The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.
+
i

In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.
+
involucral
a.
Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
+
indorsable
a.
Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.
+
interposure
n.
Interposition.
+
isis
n.
Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea.
+
incaution
n.
Want of caution.
+
imbittered
imp.|p.p.
of Imbitter
+
issue
v.t.
To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
+
inthralling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inthrall
+
insurmountability
n.
The state or quality of being insurmountable.
+
infuse
v.t.
To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
+
ingrately
adv.
Ungratefully.
+
inhibition
n.
A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.
+
imbody
v.i.
To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.
+
inhearsed
imp.|p.p.
of Inhearse
+
instar
v.t.
To stud as with stars.
+
irregeneration
n.
An unregenerate state.
+
intermediary
n.
One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.
+
intracolic
a.
Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.
+
infringed
imp.|p.p.
of Infringe
+
idly
adv.
In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
+
inexplicably
adv.
In an inexplicable manner.
+
infirm
v.t.
To weaken; to enfeeble.
+
indisposed
imp.|p.p.
of Indispose
+
imperishable
a.
Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.
+
inert
a.
Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
+
impure
a.
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
+
interpercular
a.
Of or pertaining to the interoperculum.
+
insect
n.
Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
+
immeasurable
a.
Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.
+
intended
a.
Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
+
incumbent
a.
Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
+
inland
a.
Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
+
insomnia
n.
Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
+
involve
v.t.
To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
+
intersert
v.t.
To put in between other things; to insert.
+
intumescent
a.
Swelling up; expanding.
+
inditer
n.
One who indites.
+
insectology
n.
Entomology.
+
imploration
n.
The act of imploring; earnest supplication.
+
inseaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inseam
+
indemonstrable
a.
Incapable of being demonstrated.
+
intercommoned
imp.|p.p.
of Intercommon
+
inconsonant
a.
Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.
+
infestivity
n.
Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness.
+
inablement
n.
See Enablement.
+
infinity
n.
Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.
+
infratemporal
a.
Below the temple; below the temporal bone.
+
increase
v.i.
The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
+
intended
a.
Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
+
interchange
v.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.
+
interlining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interline
+
imbibe
v.t.
To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
+
interlocutory
a.
Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.
+
indesirable
a.
Undesirable.
+
indolin
n.
A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.
+
indisposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indispose
+
imprison
v.t.
To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
+
impotent
a.
Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
+
immortalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immortalize
+
inauspicate
a.
Inauspicious.
+
inwith
prep.
Within.
+
indurated
a.
Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart.
+
isocrymal
a.
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or illustrating, an isocryme; as, an isocrymal line; an isocrymal chart.
+
invention
n.
Thought; idea.
+
inergetical
a.
Having no energy; sluggish.
+
invaginate
a.
Alt. of Invaginated
+
illegitimacy
n.
The state of being illegitimate.
+
intellectual
a.
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
+
intervene
v.i.
In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the   subject matter.
+
intercostal
a.
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.
+
impellent
n.
An impelling power or force.
+
imago
n.
The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.
+
intercarotid
a.
Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.
+
incremate
v.t.
To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate.
+
ichthyosauri
pl.
of Ichthyosaurus
+
intoxicating
a.
Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors.
+
instance
n.
A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
+
incarnation
n.
The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
+
inkstone
n.
A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink.
+
insphered
imp.|p.p.
of Insphere
+
impeach
v.t.
To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
+
indefatigability
n.
The state of being indefatigable.
+
induviate
a.
Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.
+
incompletely
adv.
In an incomplete manner.
+
inorganized
a.
Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic.
+
inanitiation
n.
Inanition.
+
immutable
a.
Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.
+
inquisiturient
a.
Inquisitorial.
+
interreign
n.
An interregnum.
+
invoked
imp.|p.p.
of Invoke
+
indorse
v.t.
To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.
+
integumentary
n.
Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.
+
interarticular
a.
Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
+
inquiline
n.
A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
+
ironwood
n.
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
+
imminently
adv.
In an imminent manner.
+
irreceptive
a.
Not receiving; incapable of receiving.
+
imageless
a.
Having no image.
+
infucation
n.
The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.
+
indebtedness
n.
The state of being indebted.
+
inosculation
n.
The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc.
+
incredulity
n.
The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
+
inspiration
n.
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.
+
inimicality
n.
The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.
+
ihlangihlang
n.
A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree.
+
insobriety
n.
Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.
+
indictor
n.
One who indicts.
+
intonate
v.t.
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
+
indelectable
a.
Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable.
+
incisory
a.
Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.
+
idealism
n.
Conception of the ideal; imagery.
+
incandescent
a.
White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.
+
intruded
p.a.
Same as Intrusive.
+
ingratiate
v.t.
To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought.
+
irredeemability
n.
The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness.
+
inabstracted
a.
Not abstracted.
+
intercartilaginous
a.
Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
+
impanator
n.
One who holds the doctrine of impanation.
+
instimulate
v.t.
To stimulate; to excite.
+
intrusted
imp.|p.p.
of Intrust
+
infinitive
adv.
In the manner of an infinitive mood.
+
imminent
a.
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
+
improvise
v.i.
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.
+
ithyphallic
a.
Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.
+
incurring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incur
+
imperial
n.
Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
+
irk
v.t.
To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present.
+
instinct
a.
A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
+
isomeric
a.
Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric.
+
isatin
n.
An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.
+
infusibility
n.
Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled.
+
intercommune
v.i.
To have mutual communication or intercourse by conservation.
+
incession
n.
Motion on foot; progress in walking.
+
improving
a.
Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better.
+
imputable
a.
That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable.
+
inca
n.
The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.
+
intention
n.
A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
+
incivility
n.
Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
+
ideology
n.
A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.
+
ignobility
n.
Ignobleness.
+
invade
v.t.
To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
+
immedeatism
n.
Immediateness.
+
irrelavancy
n.
The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument.
+
interrogative
a.
Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
+
inhalation
n.
The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.
+
inconditional
a.
Unconditional.
+
indefeasibility
n.
The quality of being undefeasible.
+
irreprovable
a.
Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright.
+
inchoation
n.
Act of beginning; commencement; inception.
+
infragrant
a.
Not fragrant.
+
inanimate
v.t.
To animate.
+
issuable
a.
Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.
+
islander
n.
An inhabitant of an island.
+
interluency
n.
A flowing between; intervening water.
+
impenetrable
a.
Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.
+
improbation
n.
The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
+
integral
a.
Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire.
+
impute
v.t.
To take account of; to consider; to regard.
+
infusibility
n.
Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.
+
incurvation
n.
The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.
+
impaste
v.t.
To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
+
invaginated
a.
Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
+
insincerity
n.
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.
+
intermediae
n.pl.
The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.
+
interpolated
imp.|p.p.
of Interpolate
+
impunctual
a.
Not punctual.
+
inoculable
a.
Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.
+
impatient
n.
One who is impatient.
+
importuous
a.
Without a port or harbor.
+
indent
v.i.
To be cut, notched, or dented.
+
inharmoniously
adv.
Without harmony.
+
interpenetrative
a.
Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative.
+
innately
adv.
Naturally.
+
intermination
n.
A menace or threat.
+
intromitter
n.
One who intromits.
+
inhold
v.t.
To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess.
+
irrefromable
a.
Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible.
+
insultation
n.
Exultation.
+
inshave
n.
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
+
inanimation
n.
Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.
+
indorsor
n.
The person who indorses.
+
irrubrical
a.
Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical.
+
incompatibleness
n.
The quality or state of being incompatible; incompatibility.
+
cies
pl.
of Inadvertency
+
immesh
v.t.
To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.
+
impermeable
a.
Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.
+
interserting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intersert
+
indispensable
a.
Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
+
illuminism
n.
The principles of the Illuminati.
+
inconcussible
a.
Not concussible; that cannot be shaken.
+
intensity
n.
The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.
+
immoderacy
n.
Immoderateness.
+
inhiation
n.
A gaping after; eager desire; craving.
+
indistinguishably
adv.
In a indistinguishable manner.
+
intonation
n.
A thundering; thunder.
+
interjectionalize
v.t.
To convert into, or to use as, an interjection.
+
ignicolist
n.
A worshiper of fire.
+
illegalize
v.t.
To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
+
infuriated
imp.|p.p.
of Infuriate
+
influenced
imp.|p.p.
of Influence
+
inflame
v.t.
Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
+
ide

A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.
+
impact
n.
The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
+
inarticulation
n.
Inarticulateness.
+
incurving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incurve
+
intemerateness
n.
The state of being unpolluted; purity.
+
instructed
imp.|p.p.
of Instruct
+
impostrix
n.
A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.
+
irreprehensible
a.
Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.
+
insecure
a.
Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.
+
inernarrable
a.
Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.
+
interposition
n.
The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
+
inlacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inlace
+
igloo
n.
An Eskimo snow house.
+
inflexive
a.
Inflective.
+
immitigably
adv.
In an immitigable manner.
+
investive
a.
Investing.
+
imperceptibility
n.
The state or quality of being imperceptible.
+
incarnating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incarnate
+
indelibility
n.
The quality of being indelible.
+
indoctrination
n.
The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information.
+
isidorian
a.
Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century.
+
inscription
n.
An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.
+
involution
n.
The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
+
impropriation
n.
The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.
+
invendible
a.
Not vendible or salable.
+
impersonation
n.
Alt. of Impersonification
+
inconsolable
a.
Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.
+
interstition
n.
An intervening period of time; interval.
+
interstices
pl.
of Interstice
+
interconvertible
a.
Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.
+
insensibly
adv.
In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.
+
inexpressibles
n.pl.
Breeches; trousers.
+
inferobranchian
n.
One of the Inferobranchiata.
+
inelegantly
adv.
In an inelegant manner.
+
inwards
a.
Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward.
+
ideography
n.
The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.
+
ir

A form of the prefix in-. See In-.
+
ingenie
n.
See Ingeny.
+
interphalangeal
a.
Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations.
+
indent
v.t.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
+
imbox
v.t.
To inclose in a box.
+
itworn
p.a.
Worn, wrought, or stamped in.
+
ilex
n.
A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.
+
incastelled
a.
Hoofbound.
+
irresolvable
a.
Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.
+
infirmaries
pl.
of Infirmary
+
inviolately
adv.
In an inviolate manner.
+
infanticide
n.
The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
+
inventory
v.t.
To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock.
+
intermittent
n.
An intermittent fever or disease.
+
improvident
a.
Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.
+
illiteral
a.
Not literal.
+
inaugurate
v.t.
To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.
+
inoffensive
a.
Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
+
intension
n.
Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
+
intonation
n.
The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
+
imaginal
a.
Of or pertaining to an imago.
+
irreverend
a.
Irreverent.
+
incuss
v.t.
To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.
+
interview
n.
A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.
+
indigofera
n.
A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.
+
indorse
v.t.
To cover the back of; to load or burden.
+
ineffectible
a.
Ineffectual; impracticable.
+
immolator
n.
One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.
+
income
n.
That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted.
+
illiberalized
imp.|p.p.
of Illiberalize
+
islam
n.
The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.
+
indagate
v.t.
To seek or search out.
+
insularity
n.
Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.
+
ignition
n.
The state of being ignited or kindled.
+
idioplasm
n.
Same as Idioplasma.
+
inadvertence
n.
Alt. of Inadvertency
+
insolvable
a.
Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.
+
immortal
a.
Great; excessive; grievous.
+
ironwort
n.
An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis.
+
intelligence
n.
The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
+
item
n.
An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.
+
invalidated
imp.|p.p.
of Invalidate
+
irritancy
n.
The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.
+
imprecating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imprecate
+
illtempered
a.
Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
+
intervolve
v.t.
To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
+
irrepentance
n.
Want of repentance; impenitence.
+
impress
v.i.
To be impressed; to rest.
+
inculpably
adv.
Blamelessly.
+
idumean
a.
Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.
+
inquisition
v.t.
To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
+
inchoate
a.
Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
+
intensely
adv.
Intently.
+
irreducible
a.
Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia.
+
interweave
v.t.
To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
+
ingrateful
a.
Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative.
+
isonitroso

A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, NOH, called the isonitroso group.
+
induing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indue
+
impetus
n.
Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
+
incoact
a.
Alt. of Incoacted
+
imperilment
n.
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
+
immixed
a.
Unmixed.
+
intestable
a.
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.
+
incolumity
n.
Safety; security.
+
involucrum
n.
See Involucre.
+
inextricableness
n.
The state of being inextricable.
+
interlining
n.
Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.
+
imaginability
n.
Capacity for imagination.
+
inflexive
a.
Inflexible.
+
intermobility
n.
Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles.
+
intermingle
v.t.
To mingle or mix together; to intermix.
+
imparidigitate
a.
Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.
+
inaugural
n.
An inaugural address.
+
impatiently
adv.
In an impatient manner.
+
induplicate
a.
Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.
+
ivorytype
n.
A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype.
+
incurvating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incurvate
+
irp
a.
Making irps.
+
indescriptive
a.
Not descriptive.
+
inwalling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inwall
+
implacable
a.
Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.
+
immutability
n.
The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.
+
imbower
v.t.|i.
See Embower.
+
isocyanic
a.
Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid.
+
invert
v.i.
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
+
importing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Import
+
interveined
a.
Intersected, as with veins.
+
insolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insolate
+
intimate
a.
To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.
+
incline
v.i.
To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
+
infinite
a.
Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.
+
iron
n.
Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.
+
impregnation
n.
That with which anything is impregnated.
+
infelicity
n.
That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
+
itinerant
a.
One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled.
+
infection
n.
That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
+
intimate
a.
To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.
+
improvvisatrice
n.
A female improvvisatore.
+
index
n.
The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
+
intriguer
n.
One who intrigues.
+
inkiness
n.
The state or quality of being inky; blackness.
+
isomeromorphism
n.
Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric.
+
ichnoscopy
n.
The search for the traces of anything.
+
indisputable
a.
Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.
+
immerit
n.
Want of worth; demerit.
+
inkle
v.t.
To guess.
+
intercourse
n.
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.
+
impenetrableness
n.
The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.
+
incise
v.t.
To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
+
incongruity
n.
Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony.
+
impearled
imp.|p.p.
of Impearl
+
inefficaciousness
n.
Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.
+
inframundane
a.
Lying or situated beneath the world.
+
inconsideracy
n.
Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness.
+
indictee
n.
A person indicted.
+
intermembral
a.
Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.
+
informity
a.
Want of regular form; shapelessness.
+
improvisating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Improvisate
+
impressionless
a.
Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.
+
incongruous
a.
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.
+
into
prep.
Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.
+
isochimal
a.
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart.
+
intercloud
v.t.
To cloud.
+
ilkoon
pron.
Each one; every one.
+
immortally
adv.
In an immortal manner.
+
ineffaceable
a.
Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
+
inning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inn
+
idolatry
n.
Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
+
insufferably
adv.
In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.
+
insurancer
n.
One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter.
+
insolubleness
n.
The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.
+
inveiglement
n.
The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction.
+
imprimery
n.
A print; impression.
+
invert
a.
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
+
inflexibly
adv.
In an inflexible manner.
+
irresistibly
adv.
In an irrestible manner.
+
incognizable
a.
Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or distinguished.
+
insulation
n.
The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
+
immaturely
adv.
In an immature manner.
+
intaglius
pl.
of Intaglio
+
incessant
a.
Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc.
+
infuse
n.
Infusion.
+
intonated
imp.|p.p.
of Intonate
+
institute
p.a.
Established; organized; founded.
+
invariability
n.
The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.
+
inorganization
n.
The state of being without organization.
+
institute
v.t.
To nominate; to appoint.
+
integrity
n.
Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.
+
indecent
a.
Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.
+
imbuement
n.
The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.
+
index
n.
A prologue indicating what follows.
+
indirection
n.
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
+
interloped
imp.|p.p.
of Interlope
+
immodest
a.
Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
+
interambulacrum
n.
In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.
+
infrugiferous
a.
Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.
+
inflate
v.i.
To expand; to fill; to distend.
+
inter
v.t.
To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body.
+
intendent
n.
See Intendant, n.
+
inserve
v.i.
To be of use to an end; to serve.
+
instillation
n.
The of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
+
intertransverse
a.
Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae.
+
infausting
n.
The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck.
+
iambuses
pl.
of Iambus
+
impregnate
v.t.
To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
+
intellectual
a.
Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.
+
invented
imp.|p.p.
of Invent
+
indigest
n.
Something indigested.
+
illinition
n.
A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.
+
imbitterment
n.
The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.
+
immeasurability
n.
The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.
+
impostrous
n.
Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
+
independent
a.
Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
+
inch
n.
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
+
indefinable
a.
Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable.
+
inverse
a.
Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
+
instilllatory
a.
Belonging to instillation.
+
incommodement
n.
The act of incommoded.
+
indelible
a.
That can not be annulled; indestructible.
+
insolently
adv.
In an insolent manner.
+
interpose
v.t.
To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
+
indubitably
adv.
Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt.
+
intrados
n.
The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.
+
identical
a.
The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
+
interdeal
v.i.
To intrigue.
+
imparl
v.i.
To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
+
indurated
imp.|p.p.
of Indurate
+
imperspicuous
a.
Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.
+
ingenuous
a.
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
+
indiscerptible
a.
Not discerpible; inseparable.
+
inland
n.
The interior part of a country.
+
induction
n.
The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.
+
individually
adv.
In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individuallyhe same.
+
irreconcilability
n.
The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
+
interleaf
n.
A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.
+
inimicitious
a.
Inimical; unfriendly.
+
insensibleness
n.
Insensibility.
+
ignorant
a.
Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.
+
ice
n.
Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
+
infirm
a.
Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
+
improbative
a.
Alt. of Improbatory
+
increase
v.i.
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
+
incognita
n.
The state of being in disguise; -- said of a woman.
+
imager
n.
One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
+
infidelities
pl.
of Infidelity
+
invalidating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invalidate
+
inaugurate
v.t.
To begin with good omens.
+
indorse
v.t.
To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).
+
illiberality
n.
The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.
+
interpose
v.i.
To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
+
it
pron.
The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their or theirs, them).
+
intrinsicality
n.
The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality.
+
indenture
v.i.
To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
+
insulate
v.t.
To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.
+
incommiscible
a.
Not commiscible; not mixable.
+
inheritably
adv.
By inheritance.
+
immenseness
n.
The state of being immense.
+
inopportunely
adv.
Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
+
ideomotion
n.
An ideo-motor movement.
+
imbosom
v.t.
To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.
+
insectivorous
a.
Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.
+
illuminate
v.i.
To light up in token or rejoicing.
+
irascible
a.
Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
+
imbankment
n.
The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.
+
isothermobath
n.
A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.
+
insufficient
a.
Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.
+
innitency
n.
A leaning; pressure; weight.
+
indentation
n.
The act of indenting or state of being indented.
+
insurer
n.
One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
+
irresistible
a.
That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.
+
indent
v.t.
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
+
igneous
a.
Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
+
insectation
n.
The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution.
+
ichthyologist
n.
One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.
+
icefall
n.
A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.
+
implore
n.
Imploration.
+
impingement
n.
The act of impinging.
+
interview
v.t.
To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.
+
intercipient
a.
Intercepting; stopping.
+
indomable
a.
Indomitable.
+
interpretation
n.
The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
+
inflect
v.t.
To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
+
impanating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impanate
+
invest
v.t.
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.
+
inland
a.
Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
+
independent
a.
Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
+
integral
n.
An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential Differential, and Integration.  Cf. Fluent.
+
industrialism
n.
The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.
+
idiosyncratic
a.
Alt. of Idiosyncratical
+
insurgence
n.
Alt. of Insurgency
+
imbrocado
n.
Cloth of silver or of gold.
+
incorporealism
n.
Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
+
immix
v.t.
To mix; to mingle.
+
intrigue
v.i.
To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
+
impassionate
a.
Strongly affected.
+
imprint
v.t.
To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
+
inexpiableness
n.
Quality of being inexpiable.
+
inexpediently
adv.
Not expediently; unfitly.
+
infrequently
adv.
Not frequently; rarely.
+
ineffableness
n.
The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
+
inevitable
a.
Irresistible.
+
infirmative
a.
Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void.
+
intermaxilla
n.
See Premaxilla.
+
indocibility
n.
The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.
+
incompliance
n.
The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.
+
inculcation
n.
A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions.
+
inundated
imp.|p.p.
of Inundate
+
impacting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impact
+
intend
v.t.
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.
+
infusory
a.
Infusorial.
+
inthralled
imp.|p.p.
of Inthrall
+
ingustable
a.
Tasteless; insipid.
+
impertinent
a.
Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
+
injuries
pl.
of Injury
+
insuitable
a.
Unsuitable.
+
iconize
v.t.
To form an image or likeness of.
+
inexcusable
a.
Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly.
+
idiotic
a.
Alt. of Idiotical
+
instore
v.t.
To store up; to inclose; to contain.
+
imperdible
a.
Not destructible.
+
illustration
n.
The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
+
intently
adv.
In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.
+
intellectualism
n.
The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
+
involve
v.t.
To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
+
ingirt
a.
Surrounded; encircled.
+
interduce
n.
An intertie.
+
interdigital
a.
Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.
+
insistent
a.
See Incumbent.
+
intone
v.i.
To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.
+
improvise
v.t.
To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.
+
introgression
n.
The act of going in; entrance.
+
infelt
a.
Felt inwardly; heartfelt.
+
impropriety
n.
The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.
+
illaqueating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illaqueate
+
incantation
n.
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.
+
incomprehension
n.
Want of comprehension or understanding.
+
infibulation
n.
The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.
+
imbergoose
n.
The loon. See Ember-goose.
+
interlobar
a.
Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.
+
internal
a.
Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
+
institution
n.
Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
+
invile
v.t.
To render vile.
+
instructing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Instruct
+
intercurrent
a.
Not belonging to any particular season.
+
incomposite
a.
Not composite; uncompounded; simple.
+
indolent
a.
Free from toil, pain, or trouble.
+
inconclusive
a.
Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt.
+
itinerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Itinerate
+
inshore
adv.
Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.
+
insomuch
adv.
So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both.  Cf. Inasmuch.
+
intrepidity
n.
The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.
+
inburning
a.
Burning within.
+
impeach
v.t.
Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
+
intercurrent
a.
Running between or among; intervening.
+
italian
a.
Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.
+
ironsides
n.
A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
+
insinuation
n.
That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
+
inharmonic
a.
Alt. of Inharmonical
+
infelicity
n.
The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness.
+
illusion
n.
A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
+
inveteration
n.
The act of making inveterate.
+
imitatrix
n.
An imitatress.
+
intertwine
v.t.
To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
+
invillaged
p.a.
Turned into, or reduced to, a village.
+
imperil
v.t.
To bring into peril; to endanger.
+
insculpture
n.
An engraving, carving, or inscription.
+
imaginary
a.
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.
+
immortalization
n.
The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.
+
trices
pl.
of Impropriatrix
+
incertain
n.
Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.
+
infinito
a.
Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5.
+
inhalant
a.
Inhaling; used for inhaling.
+
illative
a.
Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
+
irrepressibly
adv.
In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
+
inefficacious
a.
Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.
+
indict
v.t.
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.
+
internally
adv.
Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.
+
incitomotor
a.
Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.
+
illnatured
a.
Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.
+
immixable
a.
Not mixable.
+
imponderous
a.
Imponderable.
+
irrelievable
a.
Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.
+
inject
v.t.
To cast or throw; -- with on.
+
implorer
n.
One who implores.
+
inauspicious
a.
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
+
insatiately
adv.
Insatiably.
+
imminence
n.
That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.
+
instituting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Institute
+
indeliberate
a.
Done without deliberation; unpremeditated.
+
intuitionalism
n.
The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism.
+
interungular
a.
Alt. of Interungulate
+
irremunerable
a.
Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration.
+
ichor
n.
An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
+
ixtli
n.
A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber.
+
immersionist
n.
One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.
+
incurvated
imp.|p.p.
of Incurvate
+
innocence
n.
The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.
+
indolency
n.
Indolence.
+
icebuilt
a.
Composed of ice.
+
indogermanic
a.
Same as Aryan, and Indo-European.
+
impennes
n.pl.
An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
+
intransitive
a.
Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
+
inoculated
imp.|p.p.
of Inoculate
+
instituted
imp.|p.p.
of Institute
+
introspective
a.
Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational.
+
interrupt
v.t.
To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
+
improperly
adv.
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
+
ingratiate
v.t.
To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to.
+
interscribed
imp.|p.p.
of Interscribe
+
intratropical
a.
Within the tropics.
+
intuse
n.
A bruise; a contusion.
+
inkfish
n.
A cuttlefish. See Cuttlefish.
+
ineluctable
a.
Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
+
invention
n.
A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
+
inangular
a.
Not angular.
+
inseminate
v.t.
To sow; to impregnate.
+
inbreathed
imp.|p.p.
of Inbreathe
+
incumbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incumber
+
incommensurability
n.
The quality or state of being incommensurable.
+
issue
n.
A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
+
infracting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Infract
+
idealize
v.t.
To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
+
incorporative
a.
Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word.
+
interspinous
a.
Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.
+
induce
v.t.
To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
+
incitant
a.
Inciting; stimulating.
+
impediment
v.t.
To impede.
+
inclinnation
n.
A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love.
+
interclavicular
a.
Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum.
+
insultment
n.
Insolent treatment; insult.
+
incentive
a.
Serving to kindle or set on fire.
+
intention
n.
A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.
+
ineradicably
adv.
So as not to be eradicable.
+
influencer
n.
One who, or that which, influences.
+
incuse
v.t.
Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving.
+
in transitu

In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
+
impresionable
a.
Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible.
+
irritant
a.
Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.
+
inherit
v.t.
To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
+
invidious
a.
Envious; malignant.
+
inhaul
n.
Alt. of Inhauler
+
intercross
v.t.|i.
To cross each other, as lines.
+
incult
a.
Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.
+
imbarn
v.t.
To store in a barn.
+
inexistent
a.
Not having being; not existing.
+
injector
n.
A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
+
introspective
a.
Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
+
insolent
a.
Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
+
intercalate
v.t.
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.
+
invertebrated
a.
Having no backbone; invertebrate.
+
ischium
n.
One of the pleurae of insects.
+
imbase
v.i.
To diminish in value.
+
infangthef
n.
The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords.
+
inverted
a.
Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.
+
influxion
n.
A flowing in; infusion.
+
idolize
v.i.
To practice idolatry.
+
inition
n.
Initiation; beginning.
+
inunderstanding
a.
Void of understanding.
+
itinerancy
n.
A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge official duty.
+
intercommunicate
v.t.
To communicate mutually; to interchange.
+
instrumentation
n.
The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
+
isorropic
a.
Of equal value.
+
interwove

Alt. of Interwoven
+
insulsity
n.
Insipidity; stupidity; dullness.
+
incised
a.
Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.
+
inspirited
imp.|p.p.
of Inspirit
+
interplace
v.t.
To place between or among; as, to interplace a name.
+
irradiation
n.
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.
+
impatiens
n.
A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed.  I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.
+
indifference
n.
Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.
+
insteep
v.t.
To steep or soak; to drench.
+
impregnable
a.
Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.
+
injustice
n.
Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
+
infract
a.
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
+
incunabulum
n.
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
+
individualized
imp.|p.p.
of Individualize
+
insular
a.
Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.
+
inwreathe
v.t.
To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
+
immaterial
a.
Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.
+
interwish
v.t.
To wish mutually in regarded to each other.
+
inn
n.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.
+
incumbent
a.
Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
+
inebriate
v.t.
Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.
+
inscriptive
a.
Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.
+
interrexes
pl.
of Interrex
+
impotency
n.
The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.
+
ingeny
n.
Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity.
+
isicle
n.
A icicle.
+
imbar
v.t.
To bar in; to secure.
+
introduce
v.t.
To produce; to cause to exist; to induce.
+
insurance
n.
The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks.  Cf. Assurance, n., 6.
+
intermundane
a.
Being, between worlds or orbs.
+
interpret
v.i.
To act as an interpreter.
+
immusical
a.
Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
+
inveterately
adv.
In an inveterate manner or degree.
+
indigene
n.
One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon.
+
ingress
v.i.
To go in; to enter.
+
inscribe
v.t.
To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
+
intensely
adv.
To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.
+
insanity
n.
The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.
+
iter
n.
A passage; esp., the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of Sylvius.
+
inrailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inrail
+
improficiency
n.
Want of proficiency.
+
incantation
n.
A formula of words used as above.
+
inferior
a.
Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
+
insinuated
imp.|p.p.
of Insinuate
+
interjectional
a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous exclamations.
+
infelonious
a.
Not felonious, malignant, or criminal.
+
indoctrinated
imp.|p.p.
of Indoctrinate
+
interpose
v.i.
To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
+
irritable
a.
Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
+
ichneumon
n.
Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
+
ivory
n.
The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
+
incubation
n.
The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
+
immodesty
n.
Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.
+
insinuate
v.i.
To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
+
immovable
a.
Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.
+
inundation
n.
An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
+
inductor
n.
That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current.
+
inosite
n.
A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc.  Called also phaseomannite.
+
insinuate
v.t.
To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
+
irretrievable
a.
Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.
+
involuntary
a.
Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.
+
indicter
n.
One who indicts.
+
iatromathematician
n.
One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
+
insatisfaction
n.
Dissatisfaction.
+
implausibility
n.
Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.
+
illumination
v.t.
The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.
+
infinities
pl.
of Infinity
+
interlamellar
a.
Alt. of Interlaminar
+
immensely
adv.
In immense manner or degree.
+
immethodically
adv.
Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
+
indoaniline
n.
Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes.
+
indocile
a.
Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.
+
imperceptible
a.
Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
+
indefeasible
a.
Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title.
+
indebted
imp.|p.p.
of Indebt
+
interest
n.
Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
+
indoles
n.
Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.
+
indument
n.
Plumage; feathers.
+
impalement
n.
The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.
+
intellective
a.
Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.
+
inverisimilitude
n.
Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
+
issue
n.
A discharge of flux, as of blood.
+
illude
v.t.
To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.
+
inviolable
a.
Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
+
irony
a.
Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
+
indistinguishing
a.
Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities.
+
implorator
n.
One who implores.
+
islamize
v.i.|t.
To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam.
+
introsusception
n.
Same as Intussusception.
+
interrogatory
n.
A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.
+
isopiestic
a.
Having equal pressure.
+
inflection
n.
Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
+
india rubber

See Caoutchouc.
+
incompetent
a.
Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
+
incommode
n.
An inconvenience.
+
intestate
n.
A person who dies without making a valid will.
+
interdashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interdash
+
intimation
n.
The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
+
impend
v.i.
To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
+
including
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Include
+
infirm
a.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.
+
insidiator
n.
One who lies in ambush.
+
inclinnometer
n.
An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle.
+
indeterminable
a.
Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited.
+
intuitionism
n.
Same as Intuitionalism.
+
incitement
n.
The act of inciting.
+
inadequation
n.
Want of exact correspondence.
+
impregnability
n.
The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.
+
initial
n.
The first letter of a word or a name.
+
isthmus
n.
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
+
impendency
n.
The state of impending; also, that which impends.
+
inconsistent
a.
Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.
+
incasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incase
+
interclose
v.t.
To shut in; to inclose.
+
ita palm

A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber.
+
impregnation
n.
Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
+
intertwistingly
adv.
By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.
+
isis
n.
One of the asteroids.
+
inclined
p.p.|a.
Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
+
infatuate
v.t.
To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
+
incontestable
a.
Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts.
+
incompetibility
n.
See Incompatibility.
+
invigorated
imp.|p.p.
of Invigorate
+
imponderability
n.
The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.
+
interlineary
a.
Interlinear.
+
inthrall
v.t.
To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.
+
infule
pl.
of Infula
+
intendedly
adv.
Intentionally.
+
incorporation
n.
The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic.
+
indiscrete
a.
Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous.
+
incognito
a.
One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
+
impromptu
adv.a.
Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
+
issuable
a.
Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds.
+
imprint
v.t.
Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.
+
intercede
v.i.
To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you.
+
immersed
p.p.|a.
Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
+
inhaled
imp.|p.p.
of Inhale
+
interradial
a.
Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.
+
industrialism
n.
Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.
+
invert
n.
An inverted arch.
+
interscind
v.t.
To cut off.
+
insane
a.
Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
+
interpenetration
n.
The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.
+
ichthyological
a.
Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
+
introflexed
a.
Flexed or bent inward.
+
inviting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invite
+
imprison
v.t.
To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
+
inlaid
p.p.
of Inlay.
+
ilk
a.
Same; each; every.
+
imminence
n.
The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.
+
impugnment
n.
The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.
+
initiatory
a.
Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
+
integral
n.
A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual.
+
injurie
pl.
of Injuria
+
igasurine
n.
An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
+
interestingly
adv.
In an interesting manner.
+
innerve
v.t.
To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.
+
imbreed
v.t.
To generate within; to inbreed.
+
inchoative
n.
An inchoative verb. See Inceptive.
+
individualism
n.
An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.
+
incalculability
n.
The quality or state of being incalculable.
+
isinglass
n.
A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue.
+
insult
v.t.
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.
+
interruptive
a.
Tending to interrupt; interrupting.
+
ismaelite
n.
One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house Ali.
+
illumine
v.t.
To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
+
incubating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incubate
+
incuriosity
n.
Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.
+
indebtedness
n.
The sum owed; debts, collectively.
+
iolite
n.
A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite.
+
iguana
n.
Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.
+
irradiancy
n.
The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
+
incarcerate
v.t.
To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
+
insuppressive
a.
Insuppressible.
+
indiligent
a.
Not diligent; idle; slothful.
+
inoculability
n.
The qual ity or state of being inoculable.
+
influenza
n.
An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.
+
impressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impress
+
illiberalism
n.
Illiberality.
+
incorporation
n.
The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
+
individualizer
n.
One who individualizes.
+
infractible
a.
Capable of being broken.
+
ileac
a.
See Iliac, 1.
+
inheritability
n.
The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
+
incorruptive
a.
Incorruptible; not liable to decay.
+
idea
n.
A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.
+
insuccess
n.
Want of success.
+
incontiguous
a.
Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate.
+
inactuation
n.
Operation.
+
indamage
v.t.
See Endamage.
+
immortalize
v.t.
To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.
+
intellectual
a.
Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.
+
indigotin
n.
See Indigo blue, under Indigo.
+
italianism
n.
Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy.
+
iron
v.t.
To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
+
innuendo
n.
An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
+
impeachable
a.
That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.
+
inverse
a.
Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.
+
invention
n.
The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.
+
identify
v.t.
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
+
ignes fatui
pl.
of Ignis fatuus
+
infralapsarian
n.
One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian.  The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.
+
inhibitor
n.
That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.
+
infinituple
a.
Multipied an infinite number of times.
+
incavated
a.
Made hollow; bent round or in.
+
integrally
adv.
In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration.
+
inquirable
a.
Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
+
interminated
a.
Interminable; interminate; endless; unending.
+
inimaginable
a.
Unimaginable; inconceivable.
+
inbreathing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inbreathe
+
irrebuttable
a.
Incapable of being rebutted.
+
indignant
a.
Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.
+
impulse
n.
A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will.
+
infrangibleness
n.
The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.
+
inflex
v.t.
To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
+
information
v.t.
News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.
+
informal
a.
Deranged in mind; out of one's senses.
+
illegitimated
imp.|p.p.
of Illegitimate
+
indite
v.t.
To invite or ask.
+
intercommoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intercommon
+
infante
n.
A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
+
inculpatory
a.
Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.
+
indigitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indigitate
+
irretentive
a.
Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.
+
indurating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indurate
+
iridosmine
n.
Alt. of Iridosmium
+
incivism
n.
Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government.
+
imbroglio
n.
A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.
+
inception
n.
Beginning; commencement; initiation.
+
inordinate
a.
Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.
+
infiltrative
a.
Of or pertaining to infiltration.
+
intreatance
n.
Entreaty.
+
infancy
n.
The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
+
infinitely
adv.
Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.
+
invalid
v.t.
To classify or enroll as an invalid.
+
if
conj.
In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition.
+
incinerate

Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
+
inequality
n.
Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.
+
italian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Italy.
+
internuncial
a.
Of or pertaining to an internuncio.
+
impact
v.t.
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
+
intestinal
a.
Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments.
+
ilmenium
n.
A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by R.Harmann.
+
inexpugnably
adv.
So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner.
+
infraposition
n.
A situation or position beneath.
+
irides
pl.
of Iris
+
ingrediency
n.
The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part.
+
inefficacy
n.
Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.
+
instrumentation
n.
The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
+
invoking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Invoke
+
indefatigation
n.
Indefatigableness; unweariedness.
+
intender
n.
One who intends.
+
idiosyncrasy
n.
A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
+
importune
a.
To import; to signify.
+
immune
a.
Exempt; protected by inoculation.
+
inflorescence
n.
An axis on which all the flower buds.
+
improportionate
a.
Not proportionate.
+
ink
n.
A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.
+
illuminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illuminate
+
immersion
n.
Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.
+
insulated
p.a.
Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.
+
item
v.t.
To make a note or memorandum of.
+
inserting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Insert
+
isogeothermic
n.
An isogeotherm.
+
impaint
v.t.
To paint; to adorn with colors.
+
influxively
adv.
By influxion.
+
interall
n.
Entrail or inside.
+
infinite
a.
Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.
+
inadmissible
a.
Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation.
+
internuncio
n.
A messenger between two parties.
+
inoculate
v.i.
To graft by inserting buds.
+
improviso
a.
Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous.
+
illmannered
a.
Impolite; rude.
+
integration
n.
The act or process of making whole or entire.
+
interpretation
n.
The power or explaining.
+
infection
n.
The act or process of infecting.
+
irreproachable
a.
Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless.
+
imparlance
n.
Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.
+
insight
n.
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.
+
inveigle
v.t.
To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
+
inductive
a.
Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine.
+
indivisible
n.
That which is indivisible.
+
imparsonee
a.
Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
+
inferior
a.
Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
+
install
v.t.
To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.
+
ichnography
n.
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.
+
interlucent
a.
Shining between.
+
incombustible
a.
Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas.
+
indistinctive
a.
Having nothing distinctive; common.
+
ischial
a.
Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic; ischiatic.
+
ignitible
a.
Capable of being ignited.
+
ine

A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
+
intext
n.
The text of a book.
+
incline
v.i.
To bow; to incline the head.
+
izedi
n.
One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan or the Devil.
+
inofficially
adv.
Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
+
incondensability
n.
Alt. of Incondensibility
+
incubous
a.
Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.
+
instruct
v.t.
To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.
+
inhoop
v.t.
To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop.
+
inward
n.
An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.
+
importancy
n.
Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.
+
interfere
v.i.
To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.
+
immodestly
adv.
In an immodest manner.
+
ichthyoomy
n.
The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
+
isobarometric
a.
Indicating equal barometric pressure.
+
ingurgitate
v.t.
To swallow up, as in a gulf.
+
intermundian
a.
Intermundane.
+
icemen
pl.
of Iceman
+
inarticulateness
n.
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
+
insensitive
a.
Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.
+
irp
n.
Alt. of Irpe
+
iconoclast
n.
One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
+
invert
v.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.
+
in
prep.
A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.
+
immatchable
a.
Matchless; peerless.
+
identicalness
n.
The quality or state of being identical; sameness.
+
ichthyomorphic
a.
Alt. of Ichthyomorphous
+
isatropic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic acid.
+
imbark
v.i.|t.
See Embark.
+
isopod
a.
Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda.
+
infancy
n.
The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
+
instillment
n.
The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
+
impedite
a.
Hindered; obstructed.
+
imbrangle
v.t.
To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.
+
inflection
n.
A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
+
isapostolic
a.
Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.
+
irritated
imp.|p.p.
of Irritate
+
imbraid
v.t.
See Embraid.
+
intoxicant
n.
That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.
+
inerrableness
n.
Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility.
+
ignescent
a.
Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.
+
il

A form of the prefix in-, not, and in-, among. See In-.
+
imposthumating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imposthumate
+
involucrum
n.
A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
+
impackment
n.
The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice.
+
interscapular
a.
Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.
+
intermitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intermit
+
isle
n.
An island.
+
intercalated
imp.|p.p.
of Intercalate
+
impardonable
a.
Unpardonable.
+
imbecilities
pl.
of Imbecility
+
impresa
n.
A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
+
incandescence
n.
A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
+
integrate
v.t.
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
+
intervisit
v.i.
To exchange visits.
+
incarnadine
v.t.
To dye red or crimson.
+
infeodation
n.
See Infeudation.
+
instantly
adv.
With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
+
irremissible
a.
Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes.
+
interpolate
v.t.
To renew; to carry on with intermission.
+
innocence
n.
The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.
+
invincible
a.
Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.
+
irreversibility
n.
The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.
+
imbordered
imp.|p.p.
of Imborder
+
inertia
n.
Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
+
idrialite
n.
A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.
+
impressionistic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.
+
inheritrix
n.
Same as Inheritress.
+
imposement
n.
Imposition.
+
ironist
n.
One who uses irony.
+
invade
v.t.
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
+
identifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Identify
+
inimically
adv.
In an inimical manner.
+
inflated
a.
Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
+
isle
n.
A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.
+
insertion
n.
That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.
+
ionic
n.
A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic.
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includible
a.
Capable of being included.
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intercolline
a.
Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.
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imppole
n.
A pole for supporting a scaffold.
+
incorporated
imp.|p.p.
of Incorporate
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intensity
n.
The degree or depth of shade in a picture.
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intemperature
n.
Intemperateness.
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impertrubable
a.
Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.
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immoderate
a.
Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.
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inhale
v.t.
To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.
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increase
v.i.
Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
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interne
a.
That which is within; the interior.
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inaccuracy
n.
The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.
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indexical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
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immolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immolate
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intercede
v.t.
To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
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incendiarism
n.
The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.
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inviting
a.
Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.
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inexplicableness
n.
A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability.
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interknow
v.t.
To know mutually.
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ironstone
n.
A hard, earthy ore of iron.
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imputation

A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
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ignifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ignify
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inviscerate
a.
Deep-seated; internal.
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insufflation
n.
The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.
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imprecision
n.
Want of precision.
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ignoramus
n.
A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
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its

Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.
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intonation
n.
Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.
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iambi
pl.
of Iambus
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irritable
a.
Capable of being irriated.
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inconveniently
adv.
In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.
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ideogram
n.
A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc.
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insition
n.
The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.
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inflaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inflame
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interclusion
n.
Interception; a stopping / obstruction.
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ingraining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ingrain
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incorpse
v.t.
To incorporate.
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impudently
adv.
In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
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indicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Indict
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incontinently
adv.
Immediately; at once; forthwith.
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infralapsarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.
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isthmian
a.
Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
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insconce
v.t.
See Ensconce.
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induct
v.t.
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.
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impenitent
n.
One who is not penitent.
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indigestible
a.
Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile.
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irrespective
a.
Disrespectful.
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ivies
pl.
of Ivy
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iliac
a.
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.
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indear
v.t.
See Endear.
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iriscope
n.
A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
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incomprehensibility
n.
The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.
+
imitater
n.
One who imitates.
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ingrace
v.t.
To ingratiate.
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inflecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inflect
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ideological
a.
Of or pertaining to ideology.
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imprevalence
n.
Alt. of Imprevalency
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inexpectation
n.
Absence of expectation.
+
insured
imp.|p.p.
of Insure
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infantine
a.
Infantile; childish.
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infaust
a.
Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.
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iridic
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.
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inconsequent
a.
Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence.
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interbrain
n.
See Thalamencephalon.
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introspect
v.t.
To look into or within; to view the inside of.
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inequilateral
a.
Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.
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infidel
a.
Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity.
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incertitude
n.
Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.
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idocrase
n.
Same as Vesuvianite.
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intervallums
pl.
of Intervallum
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iatrochemistry
n.
Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.
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incremental
a.
Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth.
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intrigue
v.i.
To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
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interpretative
a.
Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.
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individual
n.
An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.
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irremeable
a.
Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way.
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inconcerning
a.
Unimportant; trifling.
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isopod
n.
One of the Isopoda.
+
iron
v.t.
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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interlineary
n.
A book containing interlineations.
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inconform
a.
Unconformable.
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impassionable
a.
Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.
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intermication
n.
A shining between or among.
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isobar
n.
A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line.
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intrigued
imp.|p.p.
of Intrigue
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indestructibility
n.
The quality of being indestructible.
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inflammbly
adv.
In an inflammable manner.
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inexpressive
a.
Inexpressible.
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interchained
imp.|p.p.
of Interchain
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incident
n.
Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.
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intestate
a.
Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.
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indazol
n.
A nitrogenous compound, C7H6N2, analogous to indol, and produced from a diazo derivative or cinnamic acid.
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inhive
v.t.
To place in a hive; to hive.
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intimate
a.
Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.
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inarticulated
a.
Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.
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imbrication
n.
An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
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inhalant
n.
An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); that which is to be inhaled.
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impetuous
a.
Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
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intemperate
a.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.
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inroading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inroad
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isabella moth

A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part.
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inventive
a.
Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.
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infantile
a.
Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.
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inferobranchiata
n.pl.
A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.
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interpetiolar
a.
Being between petioles.  Cf. Intrapetiolar.
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impious
a.
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.
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impleader
n.
One who prosecutes or sues another.
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indicator
n.
The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.
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impavid
a.
Fearless.
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i

As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
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inurement
n.
Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.
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indecinable
a.
Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.
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ironwork
n.
Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.
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insulous
a.
Abounding in islands.
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imposing
n.
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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inhabitress
n.
A female inhabitant.
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ingulfing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ingulf
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incrassative
a.
Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
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impurely
adv.
In an impure manner.
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inquinate
v.t.
To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.
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inwrap
v.t.
To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc.
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implicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Implicate
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ichthyopsida
n.pl.
A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.
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intervenient
a.
Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.
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imperfect
v.t.
To make imperfect.
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interline
v.t.
To mark or imprint with lines.
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insidiate
v.t.
To lie in ambush for.
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ic

A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.
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illicium
n.
A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.
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isabella color

A brownish yellow color.
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intendancies
pl.
of Intendancy
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ivory
n.
The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.
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indented
imp.|p.p.
of Indent
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insignificance
n.
Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of influence or standing; meanness.
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inveterate
a.
Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse.
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intended
imp.|p.p.
of Intend
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intussusception
n.
The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.
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incursive
a.
Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.
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inoccupation
n.
Want of occupation.
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iris
n.
See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
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inviolated
a.
Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.
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inwardness
n.
Intimacy; familiarity.
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inflicter
n.
One who inflicts.
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indelible
a.
That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.
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irrelation
n.
The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation.
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ironsmith
n.
A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.
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instruct
v.t.
To put in order; to form; to prepare.
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inlaced
imp.|p.p.
of Inlace
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incinerate
v.t.
To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn.
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isotrimorphism
n.
Isomorphism between the three forms, severally, of two trimorphous substances.
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incessantly
adv.
Unceasingly; continually.
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indeciduous
a.
Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial.
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infusory
n.
One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.
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inermous
a.
Same as Inermis.
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inarching
n.
A method of ingrafting. See Inarch.
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incomplete
a.
Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
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ideology
n.
The science of ideas.
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ingrain
v.t.
To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
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injected
imp.|p.p.
of Inject
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initiatory
n.
An introductory act or rite.
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inform
v.t.
To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
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invert
v.t.
To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
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interdependence
n.
Mutual dependence.
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impermissible
a.
Not permissible.
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infratrochlear
a.
Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
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inaccuracies
pl.
of Inaccuracy
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indivisibility
n.
The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability.
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institute
n.
An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.
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iridize
v.t.
To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass.
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indoors
adv.
Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors.
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isobathytherm
n.
A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth.
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im

A contraction of I am.
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invention
n.
The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
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insteeped
imp.|p.p.
of Insteep
+
impugning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impugn
+
innovated
imp.|p.p.
of Innovate
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irritate
v.t.
To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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inapprehension
n.
Want of apprehension.
+
intoxicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intoxicate
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inappellable
a.
Inappealable; final.
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indigested
a.
Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts.
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incrassated
a.
Thickened; becoming thicker.
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irregularly
adv.
In an irregular manner.
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improvided
a.
Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared.
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invent
v.t.
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.
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inspectorship
n.
The office of an inspector.
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insolation
n.
The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
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inanity
n.
An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.
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interlink
n.
An intermediate or connecting link.
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incensing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incense
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irrelavance
n.
Irrelevancy.
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importunee
a.
Inopportune; unseasonable.
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imposing
a.
Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
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inform
v.t.
To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
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instrument
n.
One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.
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inform
v.t.
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.
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important
v.t.
Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.
+
isle
n.
See Aisle.
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incongealable
a.
Not congealable; incapable of being congealed.
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issue
v.t.
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
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interchange
n.
The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons.
+
iconography
n.
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.
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indented
a.
Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
+
inaquate
a.
Embodied in, or changed into, water.
+
interceding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intercede
+
inherse
v.t.
See Inhearse.
+
increased
imp.|p.p.
of Increase
+
infrahyoid
a.
Same as Hyosternal (a).
+
immedicable
a.
Not to be healed; incurable.
+
interpale
v.t.
To interweave or interlace.
+
intendancy
n.
A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant.
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interminableness
n.
The state of being endless.
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imminent
a.
(With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.
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inracinate
v.t.
To enroot or implant.
+
inevitably
adv.
Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.
+
improving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Improve
+
isobathythermic
a.
Of or pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicating the same temperature at the same depth.
+
inoculate
v.t.
To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc.  See Vaccinate.
+
inchmeal
n.
A piece an inch long.
+
insinuation
n.
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.
+
impeacher
n.
One who impeaches.
+
interred
imp.|p.p.
of Inter
+
isostemony
n.
The quality or state of being isostemonous.
+
inception
n.
Reception; a taking in.
+
isonicotinic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid isomeric with nicotinic acid.
+
isomorphous
a.
Having the quality of isomorphism.
+
liad
n.
A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.
+
irrepresentable
a.
Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
+
irreflective
a.
Not reflective.
+
insulate
v.t.
To prevent the transfer o/ electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.
+
ingracious
a.
Ungracious; unkind.
+
immortality
n.
Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame.
+
idolater
n.
A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
+
interruption
n.
Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
+
indignance
n.
Alt. of Indignancy
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impose
v.t.
To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
+
isagogics
n.
That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.
+
injudicious
a.
Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure.
+
iliacal
a.
Iliac.
+
incongruity
n.
The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety.
+
ichthus
n.
In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words /, /, / /, /, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
+
iridioscope
n.
A kind of ophthalmoscope.
+
implacental
n.
A mammal having no placenta.
+
ironing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Iron
+
intermembranous
a.
Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.
+
imply
v.t.
To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.
+
intastable
a.
Incapable of being tasted; tasteless; unsavory.
+
incurvate
v.t.
To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
+
isorcin
n.
A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.
+
inspecttion
n.
The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
+
incredulous
a.
Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.
+
incommixture
n.
A state of being unmixed; separateness.
+
incisive
a.
Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
+
inflate
v.t.
To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
+
intwine
v.i.
To be or to become intwined.
+
indifferent
a.
Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.
+
improportionable
a.
Not proportionable.
+
inclusion
n.
The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.
+
introversion
n.
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.
+
inshaded
a.
Marked with different shades.
+
inattention
n.
Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
+
inconsiderable
a.
Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum.
+
intromission
n.
The act of letting go in; admission.
+
intact
a.
Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
+
irretrievableness
n.
The state or quality of being irretrievable.
+
intreatful
a.
Full of entreaty.
+
inhibit
v.t.
To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
+
inconsumptible
a.
Inconsumable.
+
indeciduate
a.
Having no decidua; nondeciduate.
+
imperiousnes
n.
The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.
+
interfere
v.i.
To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.
+
igniferous
a.
Producing fire.
+
intrusion
n.
The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.
+
interwoven
p.p.
of Interweave
+
impoon
n.
The duykerbok.
+
ioduret
n.
Iodide.
+
idyl
n.
A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.
+
irrepealability
n.
The quality or state of being irrepealable.
+
ill
a.
Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
+
inscriptible
a.
Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.
+
irritably
adv.
In an irritable manner.
+
inhabitation
n.
Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
+
interrer
n.
One who inters.
+
inset
n.
One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.
+
inappetency
n.
Want of appetency; want of desire.
+
impracticableness
n.
The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.
+
interoperculum
n.
The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.
+
icequake
n.
The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
+
illustrate
v.t.
To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
+
idolatrous
a.
Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.
+
imbibition
n.
The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.
+
illaqueable
a.
Capable of being insnared or entrapped.
+
inutility
n.
Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.
+
investigator
n.
One who searches diligently into a subject.
+
inaugurate
v.t.
To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king.
+
immane
a.
Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.
+
ichthyoidal
a.
Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
+
immersion
n.
The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.
+
incoach
v.t.
To put a coach.
+
ironic
a.
Ironical.
+
instableness
n.
Instability; unstableness.
+
imparter
n.
One who imparts.
+
imply
v.t.
To refer, ascribe, or attribute.
+
increating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Increate
+
illinois
n.sing.|pl.
A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.
+
indiscretion
n.
The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.
+
inferior
a.
Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
+
incense
n.
Also used figuratively.
+
insculp
v.t.
To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.
+
idoloclast
n.
A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
+
ingrafter
n.
A person who ingrafts.
+
introit
n.
Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.
+
intra

A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.
+
incumbently
adv.
In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.
+
indisturbance
n.
Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.
+
irritation
n.
The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
+
ichthyosaur
n.
One of the Ichthyosaura.
+
intension
n.
A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.
+
inabusively
adv.
Without abuse.
+
indecision
n.
Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
+
impanated
imp.|p.p.
of Impanate
+
incorruption
n.
The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.
+
introit
n.
A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
+
inaffability
n.
Want of affability or sociability; reticence.
+
iambic
n.
A verse composed of iambic feet.
+
incredulously
adv.
In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.
+
intimidating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Intimidate
+
invision
n.
Want of vision or of the power of seeing.
+
intersection
n.
The act, state, or place of intersecting.
+
illapse
v.i.
To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.
+
imbibe
v.t.
To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
+
illuxurious
a.
Not luxurious.
+
indirectness
n.
The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
+
inscription
n.
A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.
+
inarticulate
a.
Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
+
investigated
imp.|p.p.
of Investigate
+
interpetalary
a.
Between the petals of a flower.
+
insessorial
a.
Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.
+
immoderateness
n.
The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.
+
invaginated
a.
Sheathed.
+
inhibitorymotor
a.
A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue.
+
interconnection
n.
Connection between; mutual connection.
+
ik
pron.
I.
+
inaccurate
a.
Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.
+
immorigerous
a.
Rude; uncivil; disobedient.
+
implement
v.t.
To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
+
impolarily
adv.
Alt. of Impolarly
+
infield
v.t.
To inclose, as a field.
+
inadherent
a.
Not adhering.
+
intercept
n.
A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
+
incoercible
a.
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.
+
irradiate
v.t.
To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
+
instauration
n.
Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.
+
inherit
v.t.
To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
+
immask
v.t.
To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.
+
interocular
a.
Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennae of some insects.
+
inventory
n.
An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business.
+
invariance
n.
The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions.
+
intombed
imp.|p.p.
of Intomb
+
illustrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Illustrate
+
inspersion
n.
The act of sprinkling.
+
intervallum
n.
An interval.
+
incubi
pl.
of Incubus
+
interlaminar
a.
Between lammellae or laminae; as, interlamellar spaces.
+
infection
n.
Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
+
infringe
v.i.
To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.
+
ichthyohagy
n.
The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
+
ichthyornis
n.
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.
+
inflating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inflate
+
integument
n.
That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.
+
indomptable
a.
Indomitable.
+
ineptly
adv.
Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
+
imperatival
a.
Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
+
intend
v.t.
To intensify; to strengthen.
+
indevote
a.
Not devoted.
+
infashionable
a.
Unfashionable.
+
infallibleness
n.
The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility.
+
isographic
a.
Of or pertaining to isography.
+
impeached
imp.|p.p.
of Impeach
+
ihram
n.
The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.
+
ichnolite
n.
A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
+
inturbidate
v.t.
To render turbid; to darken; to confuse.
+
irreturnable
a.
Not to be returned.
+
infinitely
adv.
Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely.
+
infraterritorial
a.
Within the territory of a state.
+
impreparation
n.
Want of preparation.
+
indochinese
a.
Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges).
+
incredible
a.
Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
+
iced
a.
Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.
+
individuator
n.
One who, or that which, individuates.
+
indistinctible
a.
Indistinguishable.
+
icypearled
a.
Spangled with ice.
+
image
n.
Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
+
inexistant
a.
Inexistent; not existing.
+
inquiries
pl.
of Inquiry
+
ingenuously
adv.
In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.
+
intertropical
a.
Situated between or within the tropics.
+
intolerance
n.
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.
+
interrogatory
a.
Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.
+
incommodation
n.
The state of being incommoded; inconvenience.
+
iniquous
a.
Iniquitous.
+
infinitival
a.
Pertaining to the infinite mood.
+
insurrection
n.
A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
+
intercollegiate
a.
Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.
+
ianthinas
pl.
of Ianthina
+
inconsonancy
n.
Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement.
+
illtimed
a.
Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.
+
invention
n.
That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.
+
incommodating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Incommodate
+
intolerating
a.
Intolerant.
+
improlificate
v.t.
To impregnate.
+
ics

A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics, politics, athletics.
+
inoperative
a.
Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.
+
intended
a.
Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.
+
indetermination
n.
Want of fixed or stated direction.
+
immerse
v.t.
To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
+
infect
v.t.
To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
+
incenter
n.
The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
+
isobaric
a.
Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars.
+
illusionable
a.
Liable to illusion.
+
indigently
adv.
In an indigent manner.
+
intertalk
v.i.
To converse.
+
intime
a.
Inward; internal; intimate.
+
impart
v.i.
To give a part or share.
+
iterate
adv.
By way of iteration.
+
interreges
pl.
of Interrex
+
intemperance
n.
Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
+
indelicacies
pl.
of Indelicacy
+
intriguingly
adv.
By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue.
+
irresolute
a.
Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.
+
infilm
v.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.
+
intromit
v.t.
To allow to pass in; to admit.
+
isethionic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.
+
indifferentist
n.
One governed by indifferentism.
+
impenitent
a.
Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
+
imputed
imp.|p.p.
of Impute
+
inexpiate
a.
Not appeased or placated.
+
increment
n.
The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased.
+
imping
n.
The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.
+
invigoration
n.
The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
+
infanticide
n.
One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
+
icelandic
n.
The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.
+
importation
v.t.
That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
+
infile
v.t.
To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order.
+
interchangeability
n.
The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.
+
incensory
n.
The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible.
+
inequality
n.
Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.
+
ilmenite
n.
Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.
+
ideality
n.
The conceptive faculty.
+
imply
v.t.
To infold or involve; to wrap up.
+
interlace
v.t.|i.
To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
+
ictus
n.
A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
+
inconvertible
a.
Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie.
+
immanifest
a.
Not manifest.
+
instrument
n.
That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
+
invent
v.t.
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.
+
insaturable
a.
Not capable of being saturated or satisfied.
+
indwelt
imp.|p.p.
of Indwell
+
inevasible
a.
Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable.
+
illuminating
a.
Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
+
implicitness
n.
State or quality of being implicit.
+
isogonic
a.
Characterized by isogonism.
+
indicator
n.
A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc.
+
inspire
v.t.
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
+
inchoate
v.t.
To begin.
+
insult
v.i.
To leap or jump.
+
intimate
a.
Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.
+
incoordinate
a.
Not coordinate.
+
inestimably
adv.
In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent.
+
isolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Isolate
+
israelitish
a.
Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew.
+
incrassated
a.
Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects.
+
injection
n.
The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.
+
intend
v.t.
To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.
+
indicible
a.
Unspeakable.
+
indecorous
a.
Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.
+
imposthume
n.
A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
+
impress
n.
A device. See Impresa.
+
incrustment
n.
Incrustation.
+
ittria
n.
See Yttria.
+
icteric
a.
Alt. of Icterical
+
illusion
n.
A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
+
importuner
n.
One who importunes.
+
isometric
a.
Alt. of Isometrical
+
impurity
n.
That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
+
ingrowth
n.
A growth or development inward.
+
inherently
adv.
By inherence; inseparably.
+
insinuate
v.t.
To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
+
isochimene
n.
The same as Isocheim.
+
idle
superl.
Light-headed; foolish.
+
illuminized
imp.|p.p.
of Illuminize
+
ingenious
a.
Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.
+
imparking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impark
+
interungulate
a.
Between ungulae; as, interungular glands.
+
irade
n.
A decree of the Sultan.
+
intent
a.
Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
+
ionic
n.
The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
+
interdict
n.
An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.
+
interosseal
a.
Alt. of Interosseous
+
infect
v.t.
Infected.  Cf. Enfect.
+
isohyetose
n.
An isohyetose line.
+
impeach
v.t.
To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
+
infusoria
n.pl.
One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size.
+
interlocation
n.
A placing or coming between; interposition.
+
insubmission
n.
Want of submission; disobedience; noncompliance.
+
indexically
adv.
In the manner of an index.
+
indehiscent
a.
Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.
+
interpose
v.t.
To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.
+
icily
adv.
In an icy manner; coldly.
+
inimitable
a.
Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.
+
impent

of Impen
+
inust
a.
Burnt in.
+
infeasible
a.
Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable.
+
insane
a.
Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.
+
isopycnic
n.
A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same.
+
impost
n.
The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
+
influx
n.
The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.
+
ingenuity
n.
The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
+
inquisitive
n.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.
+
indirect
a.
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
+
indurate
a.
Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
+
indifulvin
n.
A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican.
+
increase
v.t.
To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence.
+
inthrong
v.i.
To throng or collect together.
+
indicia
n.pl.
Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.
+
incoincident
a.
Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle.
+
interosculant
a.
Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles.
+
innumerous
a.
Innumerable.
+
inconsiderately
adv.
In an inconsiderate manner.
+
irritate
v.t.
To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
+
intrap
v.t.
See Entrap.
+
ibexes
pl.
of Ibex
+
inhabile
a.
Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter.
+
intrust
v.t.
To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.
+
inspire
v.t.
To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
+
illuminate
n.
One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.
+
intactable
a.
Not perceptible to the touch.
+
ideogenical
a.
Of or relating to ideology.
+
incurred
imp.|p.p.
of Incur
+
islandy
a.
Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.
+
indogen
n.
A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo.
+
imprudent
a.
Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
+
imprese
n.
A device. See Impresa.
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inquisition
n.
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.
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irresolvedly
adv.
Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully.
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intersocial
a.
Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.
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interjacent
a.
Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.
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intemperately
adv.
In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.
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immovably
adv.
In an immovable manner.
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inflammable
a.
Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper.
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interscinding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Interscind
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irremobability
n.
The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness.
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irradiant
a.
Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon.
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issue
n.
The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
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indefective
a.
Not defective; perfect; complete.
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ilke
a.
Same.
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improvement
n.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
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imposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Impose
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increaseful
a.
Full of increase; abundant in produce.
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intervisible
a.
Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.
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incensurable
a.
Not censurable.
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iodhydrin
n.
One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins.
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iatrochemical
a.
Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
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independentism
n.
Independency; the church system of Independents.
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irriguous
a.
Gently penetrating or pervading.
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impropriation
n.
A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.
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imperforation
n.
The state of being without perforation.
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illaqueated
imp.|p.p.
of Illaqueate
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inflammableness
n.
The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.
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isodiabatic
a.
Pertaining to the reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a substance.
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impossibility
n.
The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
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influxious
a.
Influential.
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impervious
a.
Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.
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imitancy
n.
Tendency to imitation.
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industry
n.
Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
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illusive
a.
Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
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imitation
n.
That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
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inofficious
a.
Not officious; not civil or attentive.
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innate
a.
Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
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invalid
a.
A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.
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institute
a.
Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England.  Cf. Digest, n.
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illustrous
a.
Without luster.
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infidelity
n.
Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.
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inconvenient
a.
Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
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inceptive
n.
An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
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inspirit
v.t.
To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
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imperial
n.
The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
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impanation
a.
Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.
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immature
a.
Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.
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inhered
imp.|p.p.
of Inhere
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interglobular
a.
Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.
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ileac
a.
Pertaining to the ileum.
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induction
n.
The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.
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insufficience
n.
Insufficiency.
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ilkon
pron.
Alt. of Ilkoon
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inned
imp.|p.p.
of Inn
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inform
v.t.
To give intelligence or information; to tell.
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informous
a.
Of irregular form; shapeless.
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involucellum
n.
See Involucel.
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inaugur
v.t.
To inaugurate.
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ingression
n.
Act of entering; entrance.
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implored
imp.|p.p.
of Implore
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inflame
v.t.
To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
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internecive
a.
Internecine.
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incarceration
n.
Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
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inquisitive
a.
Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
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inoculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Inoculate
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indefinite
a.
Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.
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injudicious
a.
Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.
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inalienability
n.
The quality or state of being inalienable.
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infirmities
pl.
of Infirmity
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infallibly
adv.
In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.
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indeliberated
a.
Indeliberate.
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incomer
n.
One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc.
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inshrine
v.t.
See Enshrine.
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impulsion
n.
Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.
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israelitic
a.
Alt. of Israelitish
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impassible
a.
Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation.
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ichnology
n.
The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
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immerged
imp.|p.p.
of Immerge
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impalsy
v.t.
To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.
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insole
n.
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.
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innocent
a.
Simple; artless; foolish.
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imido
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group.
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immiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Immit
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interfoliaceous
a.
At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.
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ionian
n.
A native or citizen of Ionia.
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inuncted
a.
Anointed.
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intransigent
a.
Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable.
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interrogatories
pl.
of Interrogatory
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interregnum
n.
Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
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incident
a.
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
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isotonic
a.
Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.
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integrability
n.
The quality of being integrable.
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insubordinate
a.
Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.
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individualities
pl.
of Individuality
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incelebrity
n.
Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity.
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illegitimate
a.
Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
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incircumscription
n.
Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless.
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isagogic
a.
Alt. of Isagogical
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immatured
a.
Immature.
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inalienable
a.
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
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incharitable
a.
Uncharitable; unfeeling.
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incensed
a.
Angered; enraged.
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indent
n.
A stamp; an impression.
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impress
v.t.
To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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immersable
a.
See Immersible.
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inch
v.t.
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
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insusceptive
a.
Not susceptive or susceptible.
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incubus
n.
The nightmare. See Nightmare.
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infuscated
a.
Darkened with a blackish tinge.
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isothermal
a.
Relating to equality of temperature.
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inspire
v.i.
To breathe; to blow gently.
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impair
n.
Diminution; injury.
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inconsistently
adv.
In an inconsistent manner.
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iatromathematical
a.
Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
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incorruptness
n.
Probity; integrity; honesty.
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iris
n.
A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
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incontentation
n.
Discontent.
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imperializing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Imperialize
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ionian
a.
Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.
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irrelavant
a.
Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case.
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invert
v.t.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
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inhabitation
n.
The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
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infrugal
a.
Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time.
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incorrigible
n.
One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles.
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intercepted
imp.|p.p.
of Intercept
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illuminati
v.t.
Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.
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innervation
n.
The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.
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incredulousness
n.
Incredulity.
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inversion
n.
A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on.
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insignificance
n.
Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
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irresoluble
a.
Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble.
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inconstance
n.
Inconstancy.
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illegalities
pl.
of Illegality
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inconsisting
a.
Inconsistent.
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indurate
v.t.
To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.
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interpolated
a.
Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.
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investment
n.
That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
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introductress
n.
A female introducer.
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increscent
a.
Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side.
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instability
n.
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.
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innodated
imp.|p.p.
of Innodate
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immitigable
a.
Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.
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idiot
n.
A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.
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ingenit
a.
Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate.
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imptrinted
imp.|p.p.
of Imprint
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imagination
n.
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.
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injustice
n.
An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
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la
pl.
of Interoperculum
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inclip
v.t.
To clasp; to inclose.
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infallible
a.
Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.
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improvement
n.
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.
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inglobate
a.
In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.
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instrumentalities
pl.
of Instrumentality
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