Descriptions

I.D., Noun

(n)

ID, : (a card or badge used to identify the bearer) "you had to show your ID in order to get in"

I.E.D., Noun

(n)

improvised_explosive_device, , IED: (an explosive device that is improvised)

I.W.W., Noun

(n)

Industrial_Workers_of_the_World, IWW, : (a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I)

IAA, Noun

(n)

indoleacetic_acid, IAA: (a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots)

(n)

Islamic_Army_of_Aden, IAA, Islamic_Army_of_Aden-Abyan, Aden-Abyan_Islamic_Army: (Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen)

IAEA, Noun

(n)

International_Atomic_Energy_Agency, IAEA: (the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy)

IA, Noun

(n)

Iowa, Hawkeye_State, IA: (a state in midwestern United States)

ICBM, Noun

(n)

intercontinental_ballistic_missile, ICBM: (a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another)

ICC, Noun

(n)

Interstate_Commerce_Commission, ICC: (a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995) "the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency"

ICE, Noun

(n)

frosting, icing, ice: (a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes)

(n)

ice, water_ice: (water frozen in the solid state) "Americans like ice in their drinks"

(n)

ice: (the frozen part of a body of water)

(n)

ice, sparkler: (diamonds) "look at the ice on that dame!"

(n)

ice, frappe: (a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk))

(n)

ice_rink, ice-skating_rink, ice: (a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating) "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice"

(n)

internal-combustion_engine, ICE: (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)

(n)

methamphetamine, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken_feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash: (an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant)

ICU, Noun

(n)

intensive_care_unit, ICU: (a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care)

IDA, Noun

(n)

International_Development_Association, IDA: (an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank)

IDDM, Noun

(n)

type_I_diabetes, insulin-dependent_diabetes_mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset_diabetes, juvenile_diabetes, growth-onset_diabetes, ketosis-prone_diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone_diabetes, autoimmune_diabetes: (severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease)

IDF, Noun

(n)

Israeli_Defense_Force, IDF: (the ground and air and naval forces of Israel)

ID, Noun

(n)

ID, : (a card or badge used to identify the bearer) "you had to show your ID in order to get in"

(n)

id: ((psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity)

(n)

Idaho, Gem_State, ID: (a state in the Rocky Mountains)

IED, Noun

(n)

improvised_explosive_device, , IED: (an explosive device that is improvised)

IE, Noun

(n)

Internet_Explorer, Explorer, IE: (a commercial browser)

IFC, Noun

(n)

International_Finance_Corporation, IFC: (a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank)

III, Noun

(n)

three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace: (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one)

II, Noun

(n)

two, 2, II, deuce: (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)

ILO, Noun

(n)

International_Labor_Organization, International_Labour_Organization, ILO: (the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor)

IL, Noun

(n)

Illinois, Prairie_State, Land_of_Lincoln, IL: (a midwestern state in north-central United States)

IMF, Noun

(n)

International_Monetary_Fund, IMF: (a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies)

INC, Noun

(n)

Iraqi_National_Congress, INC: (a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government)

INH, Noun

(n)

isoniazid, INH, Nydrazid: (antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis)

INR, Noun

(n)

Bureau_of_Intelligence_and_Research, INR: (an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community)

INS, Noun

(n)

Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service, INS: (an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States)

(n)

inch, in: (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

(n)

Indiana, Hoosier_State, IN: (a state in midwestern United States)

(n)

indium, In, atomic_number_49: (a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite)

IN, Noun

(n)

inch, in: (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

(n)

Indiana, Hoosier_State, IN: (a state in midwestern United States)

(n)

indium, In, atomic_number_49: (a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite)

IOP, Noun

(n)

intraocular_pressure, IOP: (pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor) "glaucoma can result from increased intraocular pressure"

IPO, Noun

(n)

initial_public_offering, IPO, initial_offering: (a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public)

IP, Noun

(n)

information_science, informatics, information_processing, IP: (the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information)

IRA, Noun

(n)

individual_retirement_account, IRA: (a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred)

(n)

Irish_Republican_Army, IRA, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Provisional_IRA, Provos: (a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland)

(n)

wrath, anger, ire, ira: (belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins))

IRS, Noun

(n)

Internal_Revenue_Service, IRS: (the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections)

ISI, Noun

(n)

Directorate_for_Inter-Services_Intelligence, Inter-Services_Intelligence, ISI: (the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups)

ISKCON, Noun

(n)

Hare_Krishna, International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness, ISKCON: (a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy)

ISN, Noun

(n)

International_Relations_and_Security_Network, ISN: (Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations)

IT, Noun

(n)

information_technology, IT: (the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information)

IV, Noun

(n)

four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little_Joe: (the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one)

(n) intravenous_feeding, IV: (administration of nutrients through a vein)

IWW, Noun

(n)

Industrial_Workers_of_the_World, IWW, : (a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I)

IX, Noun

(n)

nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina_from_Carolina, ennead: (the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one)

I, Noun

(n)

I, i: (the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet)

(n)

iodine, iodin, I, atomic_number_53: (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks))

(n)

one, 1, I, ace, single, unity: (the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number) "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"

Iago, Noun

(n)

Iago: (the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife)

Ibrahim, Noun

(n)

Abraham, Ibrahim: (the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son) "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham"

Ibsen, Noun

(n)

Ibsen, Henrik_Ibsen, Henrik_Johan_Ibsen: (realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906))

Iceland, Noun

(n)

Iceland, Republic_of_Iceland: (an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944)

(n)

Iceland: (a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle)

Icelandic, Adjective

(a)

Icelandic: (of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language) "Icelandic ports"; "the Icelandic president is a woman"; "Icelandic sagas"

Icelandic, Noun

(n)

Icelandic: (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland)

Icterus, Noun

(n)

Icterus, genus_Icterus: (type genus of the Icteridae)

(n)

jaundice, icterus: (yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia)

Idaho, Noun

(n)

Idaho, Gem_State, ID: (a state in the Rocky Mountains)

Iditarod, Noun

(n)

Iditarod, Iditarod_Trail_Dog_Sled_Race: (an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail)

Idun, Noun

(n)

Idun, Ithunn: ((Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young)

IgA, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin_A, IgA: (one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts)

IgD, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin_D, IgD: (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts)

IgE, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin_E, IgE: (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes)

IgG, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin_G, IgG: (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria)

IgM, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin_M, IgM: (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G)

Ig, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin, Ig, immune_serum_globulin, immune_gamma_globulin, immune_globulin: (a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response)

Iglesias, Noun

(n)

Iglesias, Julio_Iglesias: (Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943))

Iguania, Noun

(n)

Iguanidae, family_Iguanidae, Iguania, family_Iguania: (New World lizards)

Iguanidae, Noun

(n)

Iguanidae, family_Iguanidae, Iguania, family_Iguania: (New World lizards)

Iguassu, Noun

(n)

Iguazu, Iguazu_Falls, Iguassu, Iguassu_Falls, Victoria_Falls: (a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil)

Iguazu, Noun

(n)

Iguazu, Iguazu_Falls, Iguassu, Iguassu_Falls, Victoria_Falls: (a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil)

Ike, Noun

(n)

Eisenhower, Dwight_Eisenhower, _Eisenhower, Dwight_David_Eisenhower, Ike, President_Eisenhower: (United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961))

Ikhanaton, Noun

(n)

Akhenaton, Akhenaten, Ikhanaton, Amenhotep_IV: (early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC))

Ilex, Noun

(n)

Ilex, genus_Ilex: (a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies))

Ilion, Noun

(n)

Troy, Ilion, Ilium: (an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War)

Ilium, Noun

(n)

ilium: (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)

(n)

Troy, Ilion, Ilium: (an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War)

Illinois, Noun

(n)

Illinois, Prairie_State, Land_of_Lincoln, IL: (a midwestern state in north-central United States)

(n)

Illinois: (a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west)

(n)

Illinois: (the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami)

Ilosone, Noun

(n)

erythromycin, Erythrocin, E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin: (an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative)

Imavate, Noun

(n)

imipramine, impramine_hydrochloride, Imavate, Tofranil: (a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression)

Impressionism, Noun

(n)

Impressionism: (a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light)

Imuran, Noun

(n)

azathioprine, Imuran: (an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ)

Inca, Noun

(n)

Inca: (a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family))

(n)

Inca, Inka, Incan: (a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru)

(n)

Inca, Inka: (the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s)

Incan, Adjective

(a)

Incan: (of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire)

Incan, Noun

(n)

Inca, Inka, Incan: (a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru)

Incarnation, Noun

(n)

embodiment, incarnation, avatar: (a new personification of a familiar idea) "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"

(n)

Incarnation: ((Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ)

(n)

incarnation: (time passed in a particular bodily form) "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

(n)

personification, incarnation: (the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.)

Incheon, Noun

(n)

Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo: (a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea)

Inchon, Noun

(n)

Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo: (a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea)

(n)

Inchon: (a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon)

Independence, Noun

(n)

independence, independency: (freedom from control or influence of another or others)

(n)

independence: (the successful ending of the American Revolution) "they maintained close relations with England even after independence"

(n)

Independence: (a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail)

Inderal, Noun

(n)

propanolol, Inderal: (the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor)

India, Noun

(n)

India, Republic_of_India, Bharat: (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Indian, Adjective

(a)

Indian: (of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures) "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris"

(a)

Indian, Amerind, Amerindic, Native_American: (of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages) "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads"

Indian, Noun

(n)

Amerind, Amerindian_language, American-Indian_language, American_Indian, Indian: (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

(n)

Indian, American_Indian, Red_Indian: (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)

(n)

Indian: (a native or inhabitant of India)

Indiana, Noun

(n)

Indiana, Hoosier_State, IN: (a state in midwestern United States)

(n)

Indiana, Robert_Indiana: (United States pop artist (born 1928))

Indianan, Noun

(n)

Indianan, Hoosier: (a native or resident of Indiana)

Indianapolis, Noun

(n)

Indianapolis, capital_of_Indiana: (the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race)

Indic, Noun

(n)

Indic, Indo-Aryan: (a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages)

Indo-Aryan, Adjective

(a)

Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, Aryan: (of or relating to the former Indo-European people) "Indo-European migrations"

Indo-Aryan, Noun

(n)

Indic, Indo-Aryan: (a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages)

Indo-European, Adjective

(a)

Indo-European, Indo-Germanic: (of or relating to the Indo-European language family)

(a)

Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, Aryan: (of or relating to the former Indo-European people) "Indo-European migrations"

Indo-European, Noun

(n)

Aryan, Indo-European: (a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European)

(n)

Indo-European, Indo-European_language, Indo-Hittite: (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)

Indo-Germanic, Adjective

(a)

Indo-European, Indo-Germanic: (of or relating to the Indo-European language family)

Indo-Hittite, Noun

(n)

Indo-European, Indo-European_language, Indo-Hittite: (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)

Indocin, Noun

(n)

indomethacin, Indocin: (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin))

Indonesia, Noun

(n)

Indonesia, Republic_of_Indonesia, Dutch_East_Indies: (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)

Indonesian, Adjective

(a)

Indonesian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages)

Indonesian, Noun

(n)

Indonesian: (a native or inhabitant of Indonesia)

(n)

Indonesian, Bahasa_Indonesia, Bahasa: (the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia)

Indra, Noun

(n)

Indra: (chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder)

Indus, Noun

(n)

Indus: (a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana)

(n)

Indus, Indus_River: (an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea) "the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization"

Inferno, Noun

(n)

conflagration, inferno: (a very intense and uncontrolled fire)

(n)

hell, hell_on_earth, hellhole, snake_pit, the_pits, inferno: (any place of pain and turmoil; ) "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"

(n)

Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal_region, nether_region, pit: ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment) "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton"; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson"

Inge, Noun

(n)

Inge, William_Ralph_Inge, Gloomy_Dean: (English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954))

(n)

Inge, William_Inge: (United States playwright (1913-1973))

Inger, Noun

(n)

Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman: (a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built)

Ingerman, Noun

(n)

Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman: (a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built)

Ingres, Noun

(n)

Ingres, Jean_Auguste_Dominique_Ingres: (French classical painter (1780-1867))

Ingrian, Noun

(n)

Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman: (a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built)

(n)

Ingrian: (a Finnic language spoken by the Ingrian)

Injun, Noun

(n)

Redskin, Injun, red_man: ((slang) offensive term for Native Americans)

Inka, Noun

(n)

Inca, Inka, Incan: (a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru)

(n)

Inca, Inka: (the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s)

Inocor, Noun

(n)

amrinone, Inocor: (a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium)

Inquisition, Noun

(n)

Inquisition: (a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy)

(n)

inquisition: (a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals))

Inquisitor, Noun

(n)

inquisitor, interrogator: (a questioner who is excessively harsh)

(n)

Inquisitor: (an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition)

Insecta, Noun

(n)

Insecta, class_Insecta, Hexapoda, class_Hexapoda: (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

Insessores, Noun

(n)

Insessores, order_Insessores, perching_bird, percher: (a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists)

Interahamwe, Noun

(n)

Army_for_the_Liberation_of_Rwanda, ALIR, Former_Armed_Forces, FAR, Interahamwe: (a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again) "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"

Interior, Noun

(n)

Department_of_the_Interior, Interior_Department, Interior, DoI: (the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849)

(n)

inside, interior: (the region that is inside of something)

(n)

inside, interior: (the inner or enclosed surface of something)

International, Noun

(n)

International: (any of several international socialist organizations)

Internationale, Noun

(n)

Internationale: (a revolutionary socialist anthem)

Interpol, Noun

(n)

Interpol: (an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world)

Intropin, Noun

(n)

dopamine, Dopastat, Intropin: (a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension)

Inuit, Noun

(n)

Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit: (a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people'))

Invar, Noun

(n)

Invar: (an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments)

Invirase, Noun

(n)

saquinavir, Invirase: (a weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV)

Ionian, Adjective

(a)

Ionian: (of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture)

Ionian, Noun

(n)

Ionian: (a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks)

(n)

Ionian: (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia)

Ionic, Adjective

(a)

ionic: (containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions) "ionic charge"; "ionic crystals"; "ionic hydrogen"

(a)

Ionic: (of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture)

(a)

Ionic: (of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language)

Ionic, Noun

(n)

Attic, Ionic, Ionic_dialect, Classical_Greek: (the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia)

Iowa, Noun

(n)

Iowa, Ioway: (a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri)

(n)

Iowa, Hawkeye_State, IA: (a state in midwestern United States)

(n)

Iowa, Ioway: (a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa)

Iowan, Noun

(n)

Iowan: (a native or resident of Iowa)

Ioway, Noun

(n)

Iowa, Ioway: (a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri)

(n)

Iowa, Ioway: (a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa)

Ipidae, Noun

(n)

Scolytidae, family_Scolytidae, Ipidae, family_Ipidae: (large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees)

Ir, Noun

(n) Inland_Revenue, IR: (a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes)

(n)

iridium, Ir, atomic_number_77: (a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium)

Irak, Noun

(n)

Iraq, Republic_of_Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak: (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)

Iraki, Adjective

(a)

Iraqi, Iraki: (of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture) "Iraqi oil"; "Iraqi refugees"

Iraki, Noun

(n)

Iraqi, Iraki: (a native or inhabitant of Iraq) "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government"

Iran, Noun

(n)

Iran, Islamic_Republic_of_Iran, Persia: (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)

Irani, Noun

(n)

Irani, Iranian, Persian: (a native or inhabitant of Iran) "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims"

Iranian, Adjective

(a)

Iranian, Persian: (of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture) "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police"

Iranian, Noun

(n)

Irani, Iranian, Persian: (a native or inhabitant of Iran) "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims"

(n)

Iranian, Iranian_language: (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)

Iraq, Noun

(n)

Iraq, Republic_of_Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak: (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)

Iraqi, Adjective

(a)

Iraqi, Iraki: (of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture) "Iraqi oil"; "Iraqi refugees"

Iraqi, Noun

(n)

Iraqi, Iraki: (a native or inhabitant of Iraq) "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government"

Ireland, Noun

(n)

Ireland, Republic_of_Ireland, Irish_Republic, Eire: (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)

(n)

Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald_Isle: (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Irish, Adjective

(a)

Irish: (of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people)

Irish, Noun

(n)

Irish, Irish_people: (people of Ireland or of Irish extraction)

(n)

Irish, Irish_whiskey, Irish_whisky: (whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley)

(n)

Irish, Irish_Gaelic: (the Celtic language of Ireland)

Irishman, Noun

(n)

Irishman: (a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland)

Ironsides, Noun

(n)

Cromwell, Oliver_Cromwell, Ironsides: (English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658))

(n)

ironside: (a man of great strength or bravery)

Iroquoian, Noun

(n)

Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian_language: (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)

Iroquois, Noun

(n)

Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian_language: (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)

(n)

Iroquois: (any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution)

Irtish, Noun

(n)

Irtish, Irtish_River, Irtysh, Irtysh_River: (an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River)

Irtysh, Noun

(n)

Irtish, Irtish_River, Irtysh, Irtysh_River: (an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River)

Irving, Noun

(n)

Irving, Washington_Irving: (United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859))

(n)

Irving, John_Irving: (United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942))

Isaac, Noun

(n)

Isaac: ((Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau)

Ischia, Noun

(n)

Ischia: (a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples)

(n)

ischium, ischial_bone, os_ischii: (one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium)

Iseult, Noun

(n)

Iseult, Isolde: ((Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other)

Isfahan, Noun

(n)

Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana: (city in central Iran; former capital of Persia)

Ishmael, Noun

(n)

Ishmael: ((Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes)

(n)

outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael: (a person who is rejected (from society or home))

Ishtar, Noun

(n)

Ishtar, Mylitta: (Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte)

Islam, Noun

(n)

Islam, Muslimism: (the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion) "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia"

(n)

Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism: (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran) "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"

Islamabad, Noun

(n)

Islamabad, capital_of_Pakistan: (the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959)

Islamic, Adjective

(a)

Muslim, Moslem, Islamic: (of or relating to or supporting Islamism) "Islamic art"

Islamise, Verb

(v)

Islamize, Islamise: (cause to conform to Islamic law) "Islamize the dietary laws"

(v)

Islamize, Islamise: (convert to Islam) "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century"

Islamism, Noun

(n)

Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism: (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran) "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"

(n)

Islamism: (a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life)

Islamist, Noun

(n)

Islamist: (a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies)

(n)

Islamist: (an orthodox Muslim)

Islamize, Verb

(v)

Islamize, Islamise: (cause to conform to Islamic law) "Islamize the dietary laws"

(v)

Islamize, Islamise: (convert to Islam) "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century"

Ismaili, Adjective

(a)

Ismaili: (of or relating to a branch of Shiism that is noted for its esoteric philosophy)

Ismaili, Noun

(n)

Ismaili, Ismailian: (an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism)

Ismailian, Noun

(n)

Ismaili, Ismailian: (an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism)

Isolde, Noun

(n)

Iseult, Isolde: ((Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other)

Isoptin, Noun

(n)

verapamil, Calan, Isoptin: (a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine)

Isordil, Noun

(n)

isosorbide, Isordil: (drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure)

Israel, Noun

(n)

Israel, State_of_Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion: (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)

(n)

Israel: (an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC)

Israeli, Adjective

(a)

Israeli: (of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people)

Israeli, Noun

(n)

Israeli: (a native or inhabitant of Israel)

Israelite, Noun

(n)

Israelite: (a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel)

(n)

Jew, Hebrew, Israelite: (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)

Issus, Noun

(n)

Issus, battle_of_Issus: (a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III)

Istanbul, Noun

(n)

Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople: (the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church)

Isuprel, Noun

(n)

isoproterenol, Isuprel: (drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart)

Italia, Noun

(n)

Italy, Italian_Republic, Italia: (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Italian, Adjective

(a)

Italian: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language) "Italian cooking"

Italian, Noun

(n)

Italian: (a native or inhabitant of Italy)

(n)

Italian: (the Romance language spoken in Italy)

Italy, Noun

(n)

Italy, Italian_Republic, Italia: (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Ithaca, Noun

(n)

Ithaca: (a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga)

(n)

Ithaca, Ithaki: (a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king)

Ithaki, Noun

(n)

Ithaca, Ithaki: (a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king)

Ithunn, Noun

(n)

Idun, Ithunn: ((Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young)

Iwo, Noun

(n)

Iwo, Iwo_Jima, invasion_of_Iwo: (a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945))

Iyar, Noun

(n)

Iyar, Iyyar: (the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May))

Iyyar, Noun

(n)

Iyar, Iyyar: (the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May))

Izmir, Noun

(n)

Izmir, Smyrna: (a port city in western Turkey)

iPod, Noun

(n)

iPod: ((trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files)

i, Adjective

(s)

one, 1, i, ane: (used of a single unit or thing; not two or more) "`ane' is Scottish"

iamb, Noun

(n)

iamb, iambus: (a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables)

iambus, Noun

(n)

iamb, iambus: (a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables)

iatrogenic, Adjective

(s)

iatrogenic: (induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment))

ibis, Noun

(n)

ibis: (wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills)

ibn-Roshd, Noun

(n)

Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid_Mohammed_ibn-Ahmad_Ibn-Mohammed_ibn-Roshd: (Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198))

ibn-Sina, Noun

(n)

Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu_Ali_al-Husain_ibn_Abdallah_ibn_Sina: (Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037))

ibuprofen, Noun

(n)

ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl_propionic_acid, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin: (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic) "daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach"

ice, Verb

(v)

frost, ice: (decorate with frosting) "frost a cake"

(v)

ice: (cause to become ice or icy) "an iced summer drink"

(v)

ice: (put ice on or put on ice) "Ice your sprained limbs"

iceberg, Noun

(n)

crisphead_lettuce, iceberg_lettuce, iceberg: (lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head) "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"

(n)

iceberg, berg: (a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier)

iceboat, Noun

(n)

iceboat, ice_yacht, scooter: (a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice)

(n)

icebreaker, iceboat: (a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation)

icebox, Noun

(n)

refrigerator, icebox: (white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures)

icebreaker, Noun

(n)

icebreaker, iceboat: (a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation)

(n)

icebreaker: (a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere) "he told jokes as an icebreaker"

icecap, Noun

(n)

icecap, ice_cap: (a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak))

icecream, Noun

(n)

ice_cream, icecream: (frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring)

ichor, Noun

(n)

ichor: ((Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods)

(n)

pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering: (a fluid product of inflammation)

ichorous, Adjective

(a)

ichorous, sanious: (of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies) "an ichorous discharge"; "the sanious discharge from an ulcer"

ichthyolatry, Noun

(n)

ichthyolatry, fish-worship: (the worship of fish)

iciness, Noun

(n)

chill, iciness, gelidity: (coldness due to a cold environment)

(n)

coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness: (a lack of affection or enthusiasm) "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"

icing, Noun

(n)

frost, icing: (the formation of frost or ice on a surface)

(n)

frosting, icing, ice: (a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes)

(n)

icing, icing_the_puck: ((ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal)

icky, Adjective

(s)

gooey, icky: (soft and sticky)

(s)

icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky: (very bad) "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

icon, Noun

(n)

icon: ((computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface)

(n)

icon, ikon: (a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church)

(n)

picture, image, icon, ikon: (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface) "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

iconic, Adjective

(a)

iconic: (relating to or having the characteristics on an icon)

ictal, Adjective

(a)

ictal, ictic: (of or relating to a seizure or convulsion)

icteric, Adjective

(s)

jaundiced, icteric, yellow: (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)

ictic, Adjective

(a)

ictal, ictic: (of or relating to a seizure or convulsion)

ictus, Noun

(n)

seizure, ictus, raptus: (a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease) "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

icy, Adjective

(s)

arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar: (extremely cold) "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

(s)

frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry: (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain) "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

(s)

icy: (covered with or containing or consisting of ice) "icy northern waters"

(s)

icy: (shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice) "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"

idea, Noun

(n)

estimate, estimation, approximation, idea: (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth) "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

(n)

idea, thought: (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about) "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

(n)

idea: (a personal view) "he has an idea that we don't like him"

(n)

mind, idea: (your intention; what you intend to do) "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"

(n)

theme, melodic_theme, musical_theme, idea: ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition) "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

ideal, Adjective

(a)

ideal, idealistic: (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas)

(s)

ideal: (conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal)

(s)

ideal: (constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception) "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content"

ideal, Noun

(n)

ideal: (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)

(n)

ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch: (model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal)

idealisation, Noun

(n)

idealization, idealisation, glorification: (a portrayal of something as ideal) "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"

(n)

idealization, idealisation: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad)

(n)

idealization, idealisation: (something that exists only as an idea)

idealise, Verb

(v)

idealize, idealise: (consider or render as ideal) "She idealized her husband after his death"

(v)

idealize, idealise: (form ideals) "Man has always idealized"

idealised, Adjective

(s)

idealized, idealised: (exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence)

idealism, Noun

(n)

high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness: (elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued)

(n)

idealism: ((philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality)

(n)

idealism: (impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are)

idealist, Noun

(n)

idealist, dreamer: (someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations)

idealistic, Adjective

(s)

exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded: (of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style) "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks"; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

(a)

ideal, idealistic: (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas)

idealization, Noun

(n)

idealization, idealisation, glorification: (a portrayal of something as ideal) "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"

(n)

idealization, idealisation: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad)

(n)

idealization, idealisation: (something that exists only as an idea)

idealize, Verb

(v)

idealize, idealise: (consider or render as ideal) "She idealized her husband after his death"

(v)

idealize, idealise: (form ideals) "Man has always idealized"

idealized, Adjective

(s)

idealized, idealised: (exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence)

idealogue, Noun

(n)

theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue: (someone who theorizes (especially in science or art))

ideate, Verb

(v)

imagine, conceive_of, ideate, envisage: (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case) "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

ideation, Noun

(n)

ideation: (the process of forming and relating ideas)

ideational, Adjective

(s)

conceptional, ideational, notional: (being of the nature of a notion or concept) "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"

identical, Adjective

(a)

identical, monovular: ((of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum) "identical twins are monovular"

(s)

identical, indistinguishable: (exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different) "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats"

(s)

identical, selfsame, very: (being the exact same one; not any other:) "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"

(s)

identical: (having properties with uniform values along all axes)

(s)

identical, superposable: (coinciding exactly when superimposed) "identical triangles"

identicalness, Noun

(n)

identity, identicalness, indistinguishability: (exact sameness) "they shared an identity of interests"

identifiable, Adjective

(a)

identifiable: (capable of being identified)

identification, Noun

(n)

designation, identification: (the act of designating or identifying something)

(n)

identification: (evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing)

(n)

identification: (the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established) "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"

(n)

identification: (the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons))

(n)

recognition, identification: (the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering) "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"

identifier, Noun

(n)

identifier: (a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it)

identify, Verb

(v)

identify, place: (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something) "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"

(v)

identify: (consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else) "He identified with the refugees"

(v)

identify: (conceive of as united or associated) "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"

(v)

identify, discover, key, key_out, distinguish, describe, name: (identify as in botany or biology, for example)

(v)

identify: (consider to be equal or the same) "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

(v)

name, identify: (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property) "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

identity, Noun

(n)

identity, personal_identity, individuality: (the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity) "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

(n)

identity: (the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known) "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover"

(n)

identity, identity_element, identity_operator: (an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates) "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

(n)

identity, identicalness, indistinguishability: (exact sameness) "they shared an identity of interests"

ideogram, Noun

(n)

ideogram, ideograph: (a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it) "Chinese characters are ideograms"

ideograph, Noun

(n)

ideogram, ideograph: (a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it) "Chinese characters are ideograms"

ideologic, Adjective

(s)

ideological, ideologic: (concerned with or suggestive of ideas) "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological"

ideological, Adjective

(a)

ideological: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

(s)

ideological, ideologic: (concerned with or suggestive of ideas) "ideological application of a theory"; "the drama's symbolism was very ideological"

ideologist, Noun

(n)

ideologist, ideologue: (an advocate of some ideology)

ideologue, Noun

(n)

ideologist, ideologue: (an advocate of some ideology)

ideology, Noun

(n)

ideology: (imaginary or visionary theorization)

(n)

political_orientation, ideology, political_theory: (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

ides, Noun

(n)

ides: (in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month)

idiocy, Noun

(n)

idiocy, amentia: (extreme mental retardation)

idiographic, Adjective

(a)

idiographic: (relating to or involving the study of individuals)

idiolatry, Noun

(n)

idiolatry, autolatry, self-worship: (the worship of yourself)

idiom, Noun

(n)

artistic_style, idiom: (the style of a particular artist or school or movement) "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

(n)

dialect, idiom, accent: (the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people) "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

(n)

idiom, idiomatic_expression, phrasal_idiom, set_phrase, phrase: (an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up)

(n)

parlance, idiom: (a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language)

idiomatic, Adjective

(a)

idiomatic, idiomatical: (of or relating to or conforming to idiom) "idiomatic English"

idiomatical, Adjective

(a)

idiomatic, idiomatical: (of or relating to or conforming to idiom) "idiomatic English"

idiosyncrasy, Noun

(n)

idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism: (a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual)

idiosyncratic, Adjective

(s)

idiosyncratic: (peculiar to the individual) "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting"

idiot, Noun

(n)

idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard: (a person of subnormal intelligence)

idiotic, Adjective

(s)

absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous: (incongruous; inviting ridicule) "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

(s)

crackbrained, idiotic: (insanely irresponsible) "an idiotic idea"

(s)

imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic: (having a mental age of three to seven years)

idle, Adjective

(s)

baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild: (without a basis in reason or fact) "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

(s)

dead, idle: (not yielding a return) "dead capital"; "idle funds"

(a)

idle: (not in action or at work) "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

(s)

idle, unused: (not in active use) "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"

(s)

idle, light: (silly or trivial) "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"

(s)

idle, loose: (lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility) "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

(s)

idle, jobless, out_of_work: (not having a job) "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"

idle, Noun

(n)

idle: (the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling) "the car engine was running at idle"

idle, Verb

(v)

idle, tick_over: (run disconnected or idle) "the engine is idling"

(v)

idle, laze, slug, stagnate: (be idle; exist in a changeless situation) "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

idleness, Noun

(n)

faineance, idleness: (the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work)

(n)

groundlessness, idleness: (the quality of lacking substance or value) "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"

(n)

idleness, idling, loafing: (having no employment)

idler, Noun

(n)

idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum: (person who does no work) "a lazy bum"

idling, Noun

(n)

idleness, idling, loafing: (having no employment)

idocrase, Noun

(n)

vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase: (a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone)

idol, Noun

(n)

idol, graven_image, god: (a material effigy that is worshipped) "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"

(n)

idol, matinee_idol: (someone who is adored blindly and excessively)

(n)

paragon, idol, perfection, beau_ideal: (an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)

idolater, Noun

(n)

idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol_worshiper: (a person who worships idols)

idolatrous, Adjective

(a)

idolatrous: (relating to or practicing idolatry) "idolatrous worship"

(s)

idolatrous: (blindly or excessively devoted or adoring)

idolatry, Noun

(n)

idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism: (religious zeal; the willingness to serve God)

(n)

idolatry, idol_worship: (the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God)

idolisation, Noun

(n)

adoration, idolization, idolisation: (the act of admiring strongly)

(n)

idolization, idolisation: (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)

idolise, Verb

(v)

idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere: (love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol) "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

idolised, Adjective

(s)

adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped: (regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)) "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife"

idoliser, Noun

(n)

idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol_worshiper: (a person who worships idols)

(n)

idolizer, idoliser: (a lover blind with admiration and devotion)

idolization, Noun

(n)

adoration, idolization, idolisation: (the act of admiring strongly)

(n)

idolization, idolisation: (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)

idolize, Verb

(v)

idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere: (love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol) "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

idolized, Adjective

(s)

adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped: (regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)) "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife"

idolizer, Noun

(n)

idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol_worshiper: (a person who worships idols)

(n)

idolizer, idoliser: (a lover blind with admiration and devotion)

idyl, Noun

(n)

eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl: (a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life)

(n)

pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl: (a musical composition that evokes rural life)

idyll, Noun

(n)

eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl: (a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life)

(n)

idyll: (an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll)

(n)

pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl: (a musical composition that evokes rural life)

idyllic, Adjective

(s)

idyllic: (excellent and delightful in all respects) "an idyllic spot for a picnic"

(s)

idyllic: (suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene) "his idyllic life in Tahiti"

iffy, Adjective

(s)

chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy: (subject to accident or chance or change) "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"

igloo, Noun

(n)

igloo, iglu: (an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome)

iglu, Noun

(n)

igloo, iglu: (an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome)

igneous, Adjective

(s)

fiery, igneous: (like or suggestive of fire) "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"

(a)

igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous: (produced under conditions involving intense heat; especially from molten magma") "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata"

(a)

igneous, eruptive: (produced by the action of fire or intense heat) "rocks formed by igneous agents"

ignitable, Adjective

(s)

burnable, ignitable, ignitible: (capable of burning)

ignite, Verb

(v)

erupt, ignite, catch_fire, take_fire, combust, conflagrate: (start to burn or burst into flames) "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

(v)

ignite, light: (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat) "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

(v)

inflame, stir_up, wake, ignite, heat, fire_up: (arouse or excite feelings and passions) "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

ignited, Adjective

(s)

ignited, enkindled, kindled: (set afire) "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire"

igniter, Noun

(n)

igniter, ignitor, lighter: (a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire)

(n)

lighter, light, igniter, ignitor: (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires) "do you have a light?"

ignitible, Adjective

(s)

burnable, ignitable, ignitible: (capable of burning)

ignition, Noun

(n)

ignition: (the process of initiating combustion or catching fire)

(n)

ignition, ignition_system: (the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine)

(n)

ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation: (the act of setting something on fire)

ignitor, Noun

(n)

igniter, ignitor, lighter: (a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire)

(n)

lighter, light, igniter, ignitor: (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires) "do you have a light?"

ignobility, Noun

(n)

ignobleness, ignobility: (the quality of being ignoble)

ignoble, Adjective

(a)

ignoble: (completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose) "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr."

(s)

ignoble, ungentle, untitled: (not of the nobility) "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

ignobleness, Noun

(n)

ignobleness, ignobility: (the quality of being ignoble)

ignominious, Adjective

(s)

black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful: ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame) "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson"; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"

ignominiousness, Noun

(n)

shamefulness, disgracefulness, ignominiousness: (unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor)

ignominy, Noun

(n)

shame, disgrace, ignominy: (a state of dishonor) "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

ignorance, Noun

(n)

ignorance: (the lack of knowledge or education)

ignorant, Adjective

(s)

ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered: (uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication) "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"

(s)

ignorant, illiterate: (uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field) "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"

(s)

ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting: (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge) "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"

ignorantness, Noun

(n)

ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness: (ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs))

ignore, Verb

(v)

dismiss, disregard, brush_aside, brush_off, discount, push_aside, ignore: (bar from attention or consideration) "She dismissed his advances"

(v)

ignore, disregard, snub, cut: (refuse to acknowledge) "She cut him dead at the meeting"

(v)

ignore: (fail to notice)

(v)

ignore: (be ignorant of or in the dark about)

(v)

neglect, ignore, disregard: (give little or no attention to) "Disregard the errors"

ignored, Adjective

(s)

ignored, neglected, unheeded: (disregarded) "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice"

ii, Adjective

(s)

two, 2, ii: (being one more than one) "he received two messages"

iii, Adjective

(s)

three, 3, iii: (being one more than two)

ikon, Noun

(n)

icon, ikon: (a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church)

(n)

picture, image, icon, ikon: (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface) "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

ilang-ilang, Noun

(n)

ilang-ilang: (oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery)

(n)

ilang-ilang, ylang-ylang, Cananga_odorata: (evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental)

ilk, Noun

(n)

like, ilk: (a kind of person) "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"

ill-advised, Adjective

(a)

ill-advised, unadvised: (without careful prior deliberation or counsel) "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"

ill-affected, Adjective

(s)

disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious: (discontented as toward authority)

ill-being, Noun

(n)

ill-being: (lack of prosperity or happiness or health)

ill-bred, Adjective

(s)

ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish: ((of persons) lacking in refinement or grace)

ill-chosen, Adjective

(s)

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen: (not elegant or graceful in expression) "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

ill-conceived, Adjective

(s)

ill-conceived, misguided: (poorly conceived or thought out) "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"

ill-considered, Adjective

(s)

ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted: (not given careful consideration) "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

ill-defined, Adjective

(a)

ill-defined, unclear: (poorly stated or described) "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts"

ill-famed, Adjective

(s)

ill-famed, infamous, notorious: (known widely and usually unfavorably; ) "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"

ill-fated, Adjective

(s)

doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky: (marked by or promising bad fortune) "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott"

ill-favored, Adjective

(s)

ill-favored, ill-favoured: (usually used of a face) "an ill-favored countenance"

ill-favoured, Adjective

(s)

ill-favored, ill-favoured: (usually used of a face) "an ill-favored countenance"

ill-fed, Adjective

(s)

ill-fed, underfed, undernourished: (not getting adequate food) "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished"

ill-formed, Adjective

(a)

ungrammatical, ill-formed: (not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage)

ill-gotten, Adjective

(s)

dirty, ill-gotten: (obtained illegally or by improper means) "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

ill-humored, Adjective

(s)

crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured: (brusque and surly and forbidding) "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

ill-humoured, Adjective

(s)

crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured: (brusque and surly and forbidding) "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

ill-judged, Adjective

(s)

ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted: (not given careful consideration) "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

ill-mannered, Adjective

(s)

ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly: (socially incorrect in behavior) "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

ill-natured, Adjective

(a)

ill-natured: (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

ill-omened, Adjective

(s)

doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky: (marked by or promising bad fortune) "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott"

ill-scented, Adjective

(s)

fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented: (offensively malodorous) "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

ill-shapen, Adjective

(s)

deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen: (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly) "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"

ill-smelling, Adjective

(a)

malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky: (having an unpleasant smell)

ill-sorted, Adjective

(s)

ill-sorted, incompatible, mismated, unsuited: (not easy to combine harmoniously)

ill-starred, Adjective

(s)

doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky: (marked by or promising bad fortune) "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott"

ill-tempered, Adjective

(s)

crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered: (annoyed and irritable)

ill-timed, Adjective

(s)

ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong: (badly timed) "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

ill-treat, Verb

(v)

mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat: (treat badly) "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

ill-treated, Adjective

(a)

abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated: (subjected to cruel treatment) "an abused wife"

ill-treatment, Noun

(n)

maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse: (cruel or inhumane treatment) "the child showed signs of physical abuse"

ill-usage, Noun

(n)

maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse: (cruel or inhumane treatment) "the child showed signs of physical abuse"

ill-use, Verb

(v)

mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat: (treat badly) "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

ill-used, Adjective

(s)

exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimised: (of persons; taken advantage of) "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"

ill, Adjective

(a)

ill, sick: (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function) "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

(s)

ill: (resulting in suffering or adversity) "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"

(s)

ill: (distressing) "ill manners"; "of ill repute"

(s)

ill: (indicating hostility or enmity) "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

(s)

ill, inauspicious, ominous: (presaging ill fortune) "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley"; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

ill, Noun

(n)

ailment, complaint, ill: (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)

illation, Noun

(n)

inference, illation: (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

illative, Adjective

(s)

illative, inferential: (resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference) "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"

(s)

illative: (expressing or preceding an inference) "`therefore' is an illative word"

(a)

inferential, illative: (relating to or having the nature of illation or inference) "the illative faculty of the mind"

illegal, Adjective

(a)

illegal: (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules) "an illegal chess move"

illegalise, Verb

(v)

outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise: (declare illegal; outlaw) "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

illegality, Noun

(n)

illegality: (unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute)

illegalize, Verb

(v)

outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise: (declare illegal; outlaw) "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

illegibility, Noun

(n)

illegibility: (the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered)

illegible, Adjective

(a)

illegible: ((of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible) "illegible handwriting"

illegitimacy, Noun

(n)

bastardy, illegitimacy, bar_sinister: (the status of being born to parents who were not married)

(n)

illegitimacy: (unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law)

illegitimate, Adjective

(a)

illegitimate: (of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful)

(s)

illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful: (contrary to or forbidden by law) "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

illegitimate, Noun

(n)

bastard, by-blow, love_child, illegitimate_child, illegitimate, whoreson: (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)

illiberal, Adjective

(s)

illiberal, intolerant: (narrow-minded about cherished opinions)

illiberality, Noun

(n)

illiberality: (a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money)

illicit, Adjective

(s)

illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful: (contrary to or forbidden by law) "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

(a)

illicit: (contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention) "an illicit association with his secretary"

illicitness, Noun

(n)

illicitness: (the quality of not conforming strictly to law)

illimitable, Adjective

(s)

illimitable, limitless, measureless: (without limits in extent or size or quantity) "limitless vastness of our solar system"

illiteracy, Noun

(n)

illiteracy: (ignorance resulting from not reading)

(n)

illiteracy, analphabetism: (an inability to read)

illiterate, Adjective

(s)

ignorant, illiterate: (uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field) "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"

(a)

illiterate: (not able to read or write)

(a)

illiterate: (lacking culture, especially in language and literature)

illiterate, Noun

(n)

illiterate, illiterate_person, nonreader: (a person unable to read)

illness, Noun

(n)

illness, unwellness, malady, sickness: (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

illogic, Noun

(n)

illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence: (invalid or incorrect reasoning)

illogical, Adjective

(s)

confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected: (lacking orderly continuity) "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

(a)

illogical, unlogical: (lacking in correct logical relation)

illogicality, Noun

(n)

illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence: (invalid or incorrect reasoning)

illogicalness, Noun

(n)

illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence: (invalid or incorrect reasoning)

illume, Verb

(v)

light, illume, illumine, light_up, illuminate: (make lighter or brighter) "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

illuminance, Noun

(n)

illuminance, illumination: (the luminous flux incident on a unit area)

illuminate, Verb

(v)

clear, clear_up, shed_light_on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten_out, sort_out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate: (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

(v)

illuminate: (add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts))

(v)

light, illume, illumine, light_up, illuminate: (make lighter or brighter) "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

illuminated, Adjective

(s)

illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted: (provided with artificial light) "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"

illuminating, Adjective

(a)

enlightening, informative, illuminating: (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance) "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

illumination, Noun

(n)

clarification, elucidation, illumination: (an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding) "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"

(n)

illuminance, illumination: (the luminous flux incident on a unit area)

(n)

illumination: (the degree of visibility of your environment)

(n)

light, illumination: (a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination) "follow God's light"

(n)

miniature, illumination: (painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts))

illumine, Verb

(v)

light, illume, illumine, light_up, illuminate: (make lighter or brighter) "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

illusion, Noun

(n)

delusion, illusion, head_game: (the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas)

(n)

illusion, semblance: (an erroneous mental representation)

(n)

illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy: (something many people believe that is false) "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

(n)

magic_trick, conjuring_trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception: (an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers)

illusional, Adjective

(s)

illusional, illusionary: (marked by or producing illusion) "illusionary stage effects"

illusionary, Adjective

(s)

illusional, illusionary: (marked by or producing illusion) "illusionary stage effects"

illusionist, Noun

(n)

magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist: (someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience)

(n)

visionary, illusionist, seer: (a person with unusual powers of foresight)

illusive, Adjective

(s)

illusive, illusory: (based on or having the nature of an illusion) "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

illusory, Adjective

(s)

illusive, illusory: (based on or having the nature of an illusion) "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

illustrate, Verb

(v)

exemplify, illustrate, instance: (clarify by giving an example of)

(v)

illustrate: (depict with an illustration)

(v)

illustrate: (supply with illustrations) "illustrate a book with drawings"

illustration, Noun

(n)

example, illustration, instance, representative: (an item of information that is typical of a class or group) "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

(n)

exemplification, illustration: (showing by example)

(n)

illustration: (artwork that helps make something clear or attractive)

(n)

illustration: (a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand)

illustrative, Adjective

(s)

demonstrative, illustrative: (serving to demonstrate)

(s)

exemplifying, illustrative: (clarifying by use of examples)

illustrator, Noun

(n)

illustrator: (an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.))

illustrious, Adjective

(s)

celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned: (widely known and esteemed) "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

(s)

illustrious: (having or conferring glory) "an illustrious achievement"

illustriousness, Noun

(n)

greatness, illustriousness: (the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence)

ilx, Adjective

(s)

fifty-nine, 59, ilx: (being nine more than fifty)

ilxx, Adjective

(s)

sixty-nine, 69, ilxx: (being nine more than sixty)

ilxxx, Adjective

(s)

seventy-nine, 79, ilxxx: (being nine more than seventy)

image, Noun

(n)

double, image, look-alike: (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)) "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"

(n)

effigy, image, simulacrum: (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)) "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"

(n)

image, mental_image: (an iconic mental representation) "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"

(n)

image, range, range_of_a_function: ((mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined) "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers"

(n)

image: (the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public) "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"

(n)

persona, image: ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world) "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"

(n)

picture, image, icon, ikon: (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface) "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

(n)

prototype, paradigm, epitome, image: (a standard or typical example) "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

(n)

trope, figure_of_speech, figure, image: (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

image, Verb

(v)

image: (render visible, as by means of MRI)

(v)

visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image: (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind) "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

imagery, Noun

(n)

imagination, imaging, imagery, mental_imagery: (the ability to form mental images of things or events) "he could still hear her in his imagination"

imaginable, Adjective

(s)

conceivable, imaginable: (capable of being imagined) "that is one possible answer"

imaginary, Adjective

(s)

fanciful, imaginary, notional: (not based on fact; unreal) "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt"; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

imaginary, Noun

(n)

complex_number, complex_quantity, imaginary_number, imaginary: ((mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1)

imagination, Noun

(n)

imagination, imaginativeness, vision: (the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses) "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

(n)

imagination, imaging, imagery, mental_imagery: (the ability to form mental images of things or events) "he could still hear her in his imagination"

(n)

resource, resourcefulness, imagination: (the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems) "a man of resource"

imaginative, Adjective

(s)

imaginative, inventive: ((used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action) "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford"; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

imaginativeness, Noun

(n)

imagination, imaginativeness, vision: (the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses) "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

imagine, Verb

(v)

imagine, conceive_of, ideate, envisage: (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case) "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

(v)

think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess: (expect, believe, or suppose) "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

imaging, Noun

(n)

imagination, imaging, imagery, mental_imagery: (the ability to form mental images of things or events) "he could still hear her in his imagination"

(n)

imaging, tomography: ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)

imam, Noun

(n)

imam, imaum: ((Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide)

imaum, Noun

(n)

imam, imaum: ((Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide)

imbalance, Noun

(n)

asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance: ((mathematics) a lack of symmetry)

(n)

imbalance, instability, unbalance: (a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium) "a hormonal imbalance"

imbalanced, Adjective

(a)

unbalanced, imbalanced: (being or thrown out of equilibrium)

imbauba, Noun

(n)

trumpetwood, trumpet-wood, trumpet_tree, snake_wood, imbauba, Cecropia_peltata: (tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems)

imbecile, Adjective

(s)

imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic: (having a mental age of three to seven years)

imbecile, Noun

(n)

idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard: (a person of subnormal intelligence)

imbecilic, Adjective

(s)

imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic: (having a mental age of three to seven years)

imbecility, Noun

(n)

imbecility: (retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot)

(n)

stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility: (a stupid mistake)

imbed, Verb

(v)

implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant: (fix or set securely or deeply) "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

imbibe, Verb

(v)

absorb, suck, imbibe, soak_up, sop_up, suck_up, draw, take_in, take_up: (take in, also metaphorically) "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

(v)

assimilate, imbibe: (take (gas, light or heat) into a solution)

(v)

drink, imbibe: (take in liquids) "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"

(v)

imbibe: (receive into the mind and retain) "Imbibe ethical principles"

imbiber, Noun

(n)

drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer: (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

imbibing, Noun

(n)

drinking, imbibing, imbibition: (the act of consuming liquids)

imbibition, Noun

(n)

drinking, imbibing, imbibition: (the act of consuming liquids)

(n)

imbibition: ((chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel)

imbricate, Adjective

(s)

imbricate, imbricated: (used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles)

imbricate, Verb

(v)

imbricate: (place so as to overlap) "imbricate the roof tiles"

(v)

imbricate: (overlap) "The roof tiles imbricate"

imbricated, Adjective

(s)

imbricate, imbricated: (used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles)

imbrication, Noun

(n)

imbrication, overlapping, lapping: (covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles))

imbroglio, Noun

(n)

imbroglio, embroilment: (an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation)

(n)

imbroglio: (a very embarrassing misunderstanding)

imbrue, Verb

(v)

imbrue, drench: (permeate or impregnate) "The war drenched the country in blood"

imbue, Verb

(v)

imbue, hue: (suffuse with color)

(v)

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle: (spread or diffuse through) "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

(v)

soak, imbue: (fill, soak, or imbue totally) "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

imidazole, Noun

(n)

imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline: (an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor)

iminazole, Noun

(n)

imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline: (an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor)

imipramine, Noun

(n)

imipramine, impramine_hydrochloride, Imavate, Tofranil: (a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression)

imitate, Verb

(v)

imitate, copy, simulate: (reproduce someone's behavior or looks) "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

(v)

imitate: (appear like, as in behavior or appearance) "Life imitate art"

(v)

imitate: (make a reproduction or copy of)

imitation, Adjective

(s)

fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated: (not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; it's real synthetic fur") "it isn't fake anything"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

imitation, Noun

(n)

caricature, imitation, impersonation: (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)

(n)

imitation: (the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations)

(n)

imitation: (something copied or derived from an original)

(n)

imitation: (copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else)

imitative, Adjective

(a)

counterfeit, imitative: (not genuine; imitating something superior) "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

(a)

echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic: ((of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound) "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer"

(a)

imitative: (marked by or given to imitation) "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"

imitator, Noun

(n)

copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper: (someone who copies the words or behavior of another)

(n)

impersonator, imitator: (someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another)

immaculate, Adjective

(s)

faultless, immaculate, impeccable: (without fault or error) "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"

(s)

immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless: (completely neat and clean) "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps"

(s)

immaculate, undefiled: (free from stain or blemish)

immaculateness, Noun

(n)

spotlessness, immaculateness: (the state of being spotlessly clean)

immanence, Noun

(n)

immanence, immanency: (the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain)

immanency, Noun

(n)

immanence, immanency: (the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain)

immanent, Adjective

(a)

immanent, subjective: (of a mental act performed entirely within the mind) "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"

(s)

immanent: (of qualities that are spread throughout something) "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"

immaterial, Adjective

(s)

extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal: (not pertinent to the matter under consideration) "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

(a)

immaterial: (of no importance or relevance especially to a law case) "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

(a)

immaterial, nonmaterial: (not consisting of matter) "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

(s)

immaterial, indifferent: ((often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other) "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"

(a)

incorporeal, immaterial: (without material form or substance) "an incorporeal spirit"

immaterialise, Verb

(v)

immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise: (render immaterial or incorporeal)

immateriality, Noun

(n)

immateriality: (complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration)

(n)

immateriality, incorporeality: (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)

immaterialize, Verb

(v)

immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise: (render immaterial or incorporeal)

immature, Adjective

(a)

green, unripe, unripened, immature: (not fully developed or mature; not ripe) "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"

(a)

immature: (characteristic of a lack of maturity) "immature behavior"

(a)

immature: (not yet mature)

(a)

unfledged, immature: ((of birds) not yet having developed feathers) "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"

(a)

young, immature: ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth) "young people"

immatureness, Noun

(n)

immaturity, immatureness: (not having reached maturity)

immaturity, Noun

(n)

immaturity, immatureness: (not having reached maturity)

immeasurable, Adjective

(a)

immeasurable, unmeasurable, immensurable, unmeasured: (impossible to measure) "unmeasurable reaches of outer space"

(s)

incomputable, inestimable, immeasurable: (beyond calculation or measure) "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth"

immediacy, Noun

(n)

immediacy, immediateness: (lack of an intervening or mediating agency) "the immediacy of television coverage"

(n)

immediacy, immediate_apprehension: (immediate intuitive awareness)

(n)

immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy: (the quickness of action or occurrence) "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"

immediate, Adjective

(s)

contiguous, immediate: (very close or connected in space or time) "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

(a)

immediate: (having no intervening medium) "an immediate influence"

(s)

immediate: (of the present time and place) "the immediate revisions"

(s)

immediate: (immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect) "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"

(s)

immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway: (performed with little or no delay) "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"

immediateness, Noun

(n)

immediacy, immediateness: (lack of an intervening or mediating agency) "the immediacy of television coverage"

(n)

immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy: (the quickness of action or occurrence) "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"

immemorial, Adjective

(s)

immemorial: (long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history) "time immemorial"

immense, Adjective

(s)

huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian: (unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope) "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge"

immenseness, Noun

(n)

enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness: (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)

immensity, Noun

(n)

enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness: (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)

immensurable, Adjective

(a)

immeasurable, unmeasurable, immensurable, unmeasured: (impossible to measure) "unmeasurable reaches of outer space"

immerse, Verb

(v)

immerse, plunge: (thrust or throw into) "Immerse yourself in hot water"

(v)

immerse, swallow, swallow_up, bury, eat_up: (enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing) "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

(v)

plunge, immerse: (cause to be immersed) "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

(v)

steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak_up: (devote (oneself) fully to) "He immersed himself into his studies"

immersion, Noun

(n)

concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion: (complete attention; intense mental effort)

(n)

immersion: (a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged)

(n)

ingress, immersion: ((astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse)

(n)

submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion: (sinking until covered completely with water)

(n)

submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing: (the act of wetting something by submerging it)

immigrant, Noun

(n)

immigrant: (a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there)

immigrate, Verb

(v)

immigrate: (migrate to a new environment) "only few plants can immigrate to the island"

(v)

immigrate: (introduce or send as immigrants) "Britain immigrated many colonists to America"

(v)

immigrate: (come into a new country and change residency) "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"

immigration, Noun

(n)

immigration, in-migration: (migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there))

(n)

immigration: (the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval) "the increased immigration strengthened the colony"

imminence, Noun

(n)

imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness: (the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon)

imminency, Noun

(n)

imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness: (the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon)

imminent, Adjective

(s)

at_hand, close_at_hand, imminent, impendent, impending: (close in time; about to occur) "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

imminentness, Noun

(n)

imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness: (the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon)

immingle, Verb

(v)

blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle: (combine into one) "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"

immiscible, Adjective

(a)

immiscible, non-miscible, unmixable: ((chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing)

immix, Verb

(v)

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge: (mix together different elements) "The colors blend well"

immobile, Adjective

(s)

fast, firm, immobile: (securely fixed in place) "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

(a)

immobile: (not capable of movement or of being moved)

immobilisation, Noun

(n)

immobilization, immobilisation: (fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing) "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary"

(n)

immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing: (the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement) "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"

immobilise, Verb

(v)

freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise: (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)) "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital)

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (make defenseless)

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (convert (assets) into fixed capital)

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (cause to be unable to move) "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"

(v)

trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise: (to hold fast or prevent from moving) "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

immobility, Noun

(n)

immobility: (the quality of not moving)

(n)

stationariness, immobility, fixedness: (remaining in place)

immobilization, Noun

(n)

immobilization, immobilisation: (fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing) "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary"

(n)

immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing: (the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement) "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"

immobilize, Verb

(v)

freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise: (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)) "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital)

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (make defenseless)

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (convert (assets) into fixed capital)

(v)

immobilize, immobilise: (cause to be unable to move) "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"

(v)

trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise: (to hold fast or prevent from moving) "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

immobilizing, Noun

(n)

immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing: (the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement) "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"

immoderate, Adjective

(a)

immoderate: (beyond reasonable limits) "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"

immoderateness, Noun

(n)

immoderation, immoderateness: (the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation)

immoderation, Noun

(n)

immoderation, immoderateness: (the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation)

immodest, Adjective

(a)

immodest: (having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc) "brash immodest boasting"

(a)

immodest: (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance)

immodesty, Noun

(n)

exhibitionism, immodesty: (the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals)

(n)

immodesty: (the trait of being vain and conceited)

immoral, Adjective

(s)

base, immoral: (not adhering to ethical or moral principles) "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"

(a)

immoral: (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

immorality, Noun

(n)

evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity: (morally objectionable behavior)

(n)

immorality: (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct) "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"

immortal, Adjective

(a)

immortal: (not subject to death)

immortal, Noun

(n)

deity, divinity, god, immortal: (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

(n)

immortal: (a person (such as an author) of enduring fame) "Shakespeare is one of the immortals"

immortalise, Verb

(v)

commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record: (be or provide a memorial to a person or an event) "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"

(v)

immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise: (make famous forever) "This melody immortalized its composer"

immortality, Noun

(n)

immortality: (the quality or state of being immortal)

(n)

immortality: (perpetual life after death)

immortalize, Verb

(v)

commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record: (be or provide a memorial to a person or an event) "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"

(v)

immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise: (make famous forever) "This melody immortalized its composer"

immotile, Adjective

(s)

nonmotile, immotile: ((of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement)

immotility, Noun

(n)

immotility: (lacking an ability to move)

immovability, Noun

(n)

immovability, immovableness: (not capable of being moved or rearranged)

immovable, Adjective

(s)

immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable: (not able or intended to be moved) "the immovable hills"

immovable, Noun

(n)

real_property, real_estate, realty, immovable: (property consisting of houses and land)

immovableness, Noun

(n)

immovability, immovableness: (not capable of being moved or rearranged)

immoveable, Adjective

(s)

immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable: (not able or intended to be moved) "the immovable hills"

immune, Adjective

(a)

immune: (relating to the condition of immunity) "the immune system"

(s)

immune: (secure against) "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution"

(s)

immune, resistant: (relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection))

(s)

immune: ((usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence) "immune to persuasion"

immune, Noun

(n)

immune: (a person who is immune to a particular infection)

immunisation, Noun

(n)

immunization, immunisation: (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

immunise, Verb

(v)

immunize, immunise: (law: grant immunity from prosecution)

(v)

immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate: (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation) "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"

immunised, Adjective

(s)

immunized, immunised, vaccinated: (having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease)

immunity, Noun

(n)

exemption, immunity, granting_immunity: (an act exempting someone) "he was granted immunity from prosecution"

(n)

immunity, resistance: ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)

(n)

immunity: (the quality of being unaffected by something) "immunity to criticism"

(n)

unsusceptibility, immunity: (the state of not being susceptible) "unsusceptibility to rust"

immunization, Noun

(n)

immunization, immunisation: (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

immunize, Verb

(v)

immunize, immunise: (law: grant immunity from prosecution)

(v)

immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate: (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation) "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"

immunized, Adjective

(s)

immunized, immunised, vaccinated: (having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease)

immunoassay, Noun

(n)

immunoassay, immunochemical_assay: (identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen) "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay"

immunochemistry, Noun

(n)

immunochemistry, chemoimmunology: (the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies))

immunocompetence, Noun

(n)

immunocompetence: (the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen)

immunocompetent, Adjective

(a)

immunocompetent: (capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen) "immunocompetent cells"

immunodeficiency, Noun

(n)

immunodeficiency: (immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced)

immunodeficient, Adjective

(a)

immunodeficient: (incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen) "immunodeficient rodents"

immunofluorescence, Noun

(n)

immunofluorescence: ((immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue)

immunogenicity, Noun

(n)

immunogenicity: (the property of eliciting an immune response)

immunoglobulin, Noun

(n)

immunoglobulin, Ig, immune_serum_globulin, immune_gamma_globulin, immune_globulin: (a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response)

immunohistochemistry, Noun

(n)

immunohistochemistry: (an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase))

immunologic, Adjective

(a)

immunological, immunologic: (of or relating to immunology)

immunological, Adjective

(a)

immunological, immunologic: (of or relating to immunology)

immunology, Noun

(n)

immunology: (the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system)

immunosuppressant, Noun

(n)

immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive_drug, immunosuppressive, immune_suppressant_drug: (a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response)

immunosuppressed, Adjective

(a)

immunosuppressed: (of persons whose immune response is inadequate)

immunosuppressive, Adjective

(a)

immunosuppressive: (of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression)

immunosuppressive, Noun

(n)

immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive_drug, immunosuppressive, immune_suppressant_drug: (a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response)

immunosuppressor, Noun

(n)

immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive_drug, immunosuppressive, immune_suppressant_drug: (a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response)

immure, Verb

(v)

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, put_away, remand: (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

immurement, Noun

(n)

captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement: (the state of being imprisoned) "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

immutability, Noun

(n)

immutability, immutableness, fixity: (the quality of being incapable of mutation) "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"

immutable, Adjective

(a)

immutable, changeless: (not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature) "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God"

immutableness, Noun

(n)

immutability, immutableness, fixity: (the quality of being incapable of mutation) "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"

imp, Noun

(n)

elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp: ((folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous)

(n)

imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag: (one who is playfully mischievous)

impact, Noun

(n)

impact: (the striking of one body against another)

(n)

impact, wallop: (a forceful consequence; a strong effect) "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"

(n)

impingement, encroachment, impact: (influencing strongly) "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"

(n)

shock, impact: (the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat) "the armies met in the shock of battle"

impact, Verb

(v)

affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch: (have an effect upon) "Will the new rules affect me?"

(v)

impact: (press or wedge together; pack together)

impacted, Adjective

(s)

impacted, wedged: (wedged or packed in together) "an impacted tooth"

impaction, Noun

(n)

impaction: (the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed)

(n)

impaction: (a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon)

(n)

impaction, impacted_tooth: (a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally)

(n)

impingement, impaction: (a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something)

impair, Verb

(v)

impair: (make worse or less effective) "His vision was impaired"

(v)

mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate: (make imperfect) "nothing marred her beauty"

impaired, Adjective

(s)

afflicted, impaired: (mentally or physically unfit)

(a)

impaired: (diminished in strength, quality, or utility) "impaired eyesight"

impairment, Noun

(n)

damage, harm, impairment: (the occurrence of a change for the worse)

(n)

deterioration, impairment: (a symptom of reduced quality or strength)

(n)

disability, disablement, handicap, impairment: (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness) "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

(n)

impairment: (damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality)

(n)

stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening: (the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine))

impale, Verb

(v)

impale, stake: (kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole) "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

(v)

transfix, impale, empale, spike: (pierce with a sharp stake or point) "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

impalpability, Noun

(n)

intangibility, intangibleness, impalpability: (the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch)

impalpable, Adjective

(a)

impalpable: (imperceptible to the senses or the mind) "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream"

(s)

impalpable: (not perceptible to the touch) "an impalpable pulse"

(a)

intangible, impalpable: (incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch) "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans"

impanel, Verb

(v)

empanel, impanel: (enter into a list of prospective jurors)

(v)

empanel, impanel, panel: (select from a list) "empanel prospective jurors"

imparipinnate, Adjective

(s)

odd-pinnate, imparipinnate: ((a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex)

impart, Verb

(v)

impart, leave, give, pass_on: (transmit (knowledge or skills)) "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"

(v)

impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel: (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission) "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

(v)

lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring: (bestow a quality on) "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"

impartation, Noun

(n)

conveyance, imparting, impartation: (the transmission of information)

impartial, Adjective

(a)

impartial: (showing lack of favoritism) "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"

(a)

unprejudiced, impartial: (free from undue bias or preconceived opinions) "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist"

impartiality, Noun

(n)

impartiality, nonpartisanship: (an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally)

imparting, Noun

(n)

conveyance, imparting, impartation: (the transmission of information)

impassable, Adjective

(a)

impassable, unpassable: (incapable of being passed)

impasse, Noun

(n)

blind_alley, cul_de_sac, dead-end_street, impasse: (a street with only one way in or out)

(n)

deadlock, dead_end, impasse, stalemate, standstill: (a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible) "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

impassioned, Adjective

(s)

ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid: (characterized by intense emotion) "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

impassive, Adjective

(s)

deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive: (deliberately impassive in manner) "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"

(s)

impassive, stolid: (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited) "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall"; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf"; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference"

impassiveness, Noun

(n)

emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality: (apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions)

impassivity, Noun

(n)

emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality: (apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions)

impatience, Noun

(n)

impatience: (a restless desire for change and excitement)

(n)

impatience: (a dislike of anything that causes delay)

(n)

restlessness, impatience: (a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay)

impatient, Adjective

(a)

impatient: (restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition) "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism"

(s)

impatient, raring: ((usually followed by `to') full of eagerness) "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"

impeach, Verb

(v)

accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate: (bring an accusation against; level a charge against) "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"

(v)

impeach: (challenge the honesty or veracity of) "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"

(v)

impeach: (charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office) "The President was impeached"

impeachability, Noun

(n)

impeachability, indictability: (the state of being liable to impeachment)

impeachment, Noun

(n)

impeachment: (a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office)

impeccability, Noun

(n)

faultlessness, impeccability: (the quality of being without an error or fault)

(n)

impeccability: (the quality of being exempt from sin or incapable of sinning)

impeccable, Adjective

(s)

faultless, immaculate, impeccable: (without fault or error) "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"

(s)

impeccable: (not capable of sin)

impeccant, Adjective

(s)

impeccant, innocent, sinless: (free from sin)

impecunious, Adjective

(s)

hard_up, impecunious, in_straitened_circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched: (not having enough money to pay for necessities)

impecuniousness, Noun

(n)

impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness: (a state of lacking money)

impedance, Noun

(n)

electric_resistance, electrical_resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic_resistance: (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)

impede, Verb

(v)

impede, hinder: (be a hindrance or obstacle to) "She is impeding the progress of our project"

(v)

obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close_up: (block passage through) "obstruct the path"

impediment, Noun

(n)

hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap: (something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress)

(n)

obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta: (any structure that makes progress difficult)

impedimenta, Noun

(n)

impedimenta: (the baggage and equipment carried by an army)

(n)

obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta: (any structure that makes progress difficult)

impeding, Adjective

(s)

clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive: (preventing movement) "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"

impel, Verb

(v)

impel, force: (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)

(v)

propel, impel: (cause to move forward with force) "Steam propels this ship"

impelled, Adjective

(s)

driven, impelled: (urged or forced to action through moral pressure) "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue"

impend, Verb

(v)

impend: (be imminent or about to happen) "Changes are impending"

impendence, Noun

(n)

imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness: (the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon)

impendency, Noun

(n)

imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness: (the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon)

impendent, Adjective

(s)

at_hand, close_at_hand, imminent, impendent, impending: (close in time; about to occur) "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

impending, Adjective

(s)

at_hand, close_at_hand, imminent, impendent, impending: (close in time; about to occur) "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

impenetrability, Noun

(n)

impenetrability, imperviousness: (the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))

(n)

impenetrability, impenetrableness: (incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand)

impenetrable, Adjective

(s)

dense, heavy, impenetrable: (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter) "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

(a)

impenetrable: (not admitting of penetration or passage into or through) "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"

(s)

impenetrable: (impossible to understand) "impenetrable jargon"

impenetrableness, Noun

(n)

impenetrability, impenetrableness: (incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand)

impenitence, Noun

(n)

impenitence, impenitency: (the trait of refusing to repent)

impenitency, Noun

(n)

impenitence, impenitency: (the trait of refusing to repent)

impenitent, Adjective

(a)

impenitent, unrepentant, unremorseful: (not penitent or remorseful)

(s)

impenitent: (impervious to moral persuasion)

imperative, Adjective

(a)

imperative: (requiring attention or action) "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

(a)

imperative: (relating to verbs in the imperative mood)

imperative, Noun

(n)

imperative: (some duty that is essential and urgent)

(n)

imperative_mood, imperative, jussive_mood, imperative_form: (a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior)

imperativeness, Noun

(n)

imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure: (the state of demanding notice or attention) "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"

(n)

imperativeness, instancy: (the quality of being insistent) "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy"

imperceptibility, Noun

(n)

imperceptibility: (the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses)

imperceptible, Adjective

(a)

imperceptible, unperceivable: (impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses) "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"

imperfect, Adjective

(s)

fallible, frail, imperfect, weak: (wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings) "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

(a)

imperfect: (not perfect; defective or inadequate) "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

imperfect, Noun

(n)

progressive, progressive_tense, imperfect, imperfect_tense, continuous_tense: (a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going)

imperfectibility, Noun

(n)

imperfectibility: (the capability of becoming imperfect)

imperfection, Noun

(n)

imperfection, imperfectness: (the state or an instance of being imperfect)

imperfectness, Noun

(n)

imperfection, imperfectness: (the state or an instance of being imperfect)

imperial, Adjective

(a)

imperial: (relating to or associated with an empire) "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"

(a)

imperial: (of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures)

(a)

imperial: (befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress) "imperial palace"

(s)

imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal: (belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler) "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

imperial, Noun

(n)

imperial, imperial_beard: (a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III)

(n)

imperial: (a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach)

imperialism, Noun

(n)

imperialism: (a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries)

(n)

imperialism: (a political orientation that advocates imperial interests)

(n)

imperialism: (any instance of aggressive extension of authority)

imperialist, Adjective

(a)

imperialistic, imperialist: (of or relating to imperialism) "imperialistic wars"

imperialist, Noun

(n)

imperialist: (a believer in imperialism)

imperialistic, Adjective

(a)

imperialistic, imperialist: (of or relating to imperialism) "imperialistic wars"

imperil, Verb

(v)

endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril: (pose a threat to; present a danger to) "The pollution is endangering the crops"

imperious, Adjective

(s)

disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering: (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy) "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer"

imperiousness, Noun

(n)

imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness: (the trait of being imperious and overbearing)

imperishability, Noun

(n)

imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness: (the property of being resistant to decay) "he advertised the imperishability of the product"

imperishable, Adjective

(s)

abiding, enduring, imperishable: (unceasing) "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"

(a)

imperishable: (not perishable)

imperishableness, Noun

(n)

imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness: (the property of being resistant to decay) "he advertised the imperishability of the product"

imperishingness, Noun

(n)

imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness: (the property of being resistant to decay) "he advertised the imperishability of the product"

imperium, Noun

(n)

empire, imperium: (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised)

(n)

imperium: (supreme authority; absolute dominion)

impermanence, Noun

(n)

impermanence, impermanency: (the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations)

impermanency, Noun

(n)

impermanence, impermanency: (the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations)

impermanent, Adjective

(a)

impermanent, temporary: (not permanent; not lasting) "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber"; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"

(s)

impermanent: (existing or enduring for a limited time only)

impermeability, Noun

(n)

impermeability, impermeableness: (the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid)

impermeable, Adjective

(a)

impermeable: (preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through) "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain"

impermeableness, Noun

(n)

impermeability, impermeableness: (the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid)

impermissibility, Noun

(n)

impermissibility: (inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted)

impermissible, Adjective

(a)

impermissible: (not permitted) "impermissible behavior"

(s)

impermissible: (not allowable)

impersonal, Adjective

(a)

impersonal: (not relating to or responsive to individual persons) "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark"

(s)

impersonal, neutral: (having no personal preference) "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

impersonate, Verb

(v)

impersonate, portray: (assume or act the character of) "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

(v)

impersonate: (represent another person with comic intentions)

(v)

pose, impersonate, personate: (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions) "She posed as the Czar's daughter"

impersonation, Noun

(n)

caricature, imitation, impersonation: (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)

(n)

impersonation, personation: (imitating the mannerisms of another person)

(n)

imposture, impersonation: (pretending to be another person)

impersonator, Noun

(n)

impersonator, imitator: (someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another)

impertinence, Noun

(n)

crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness: (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)

(n)

impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness: (inappropriate playfulness)

(n)

impudence, cheek, impertinence: (an impudent statement)

impertinent, Adjective

(s)

extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal: (not pertinent to the matter under consideration) "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

(s)

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise: (improperly forward or bold) "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

(s)

impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy: (characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality) "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

imperturbability, Noun

(n)

coolness, imperturbability, imperturbableness: (calm and unruffled self-assurance) "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran"

imperturbable, Adjective

(s)

imperturbable, unflappable: (not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure) "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis"

imperturbableness, Noun

(n)

coolness, imperturbability, imperturbableness: (calm and unruffled self-assurance) "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran"

imperviable, Adjective

(a)

impervious, imperviable: (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected) "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"

impervious, Adjective

(a)

impervious, imperviable: (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected) "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"

imperviousness, Noun

(n)

impenetrability, imperviousness: (the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))

impetuosity, Noun

(n)

impetuousness, impetuosity: (rash impulsiveness)

impetuous, Adjective

(s)

hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish: (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish' is archaic)) "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"

(s)

impetuous: (marked by violent force) "impetuous heaving waves"

impetuousness, Noun

(n)

impetuousness, impetuosity: (rash impulsiveness)

impetus, Noun

(n)

drift, impetus, impulsion: (a force that moves something along)

(n)

impulse, impulsion, impetus: (the act of applying force suddenly) "the impulse knocked him over"

impiety, Noun

(n)

impiety, impiousness: (unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god)

impinge, Verb

(v)

encroach, infringe, impinge: (advance beyond the usual limit)

(v)

impinge, encroach, entrench, trench: (impinge or infringe upon) "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

impingement, Noun

(n)

impingement, encroachment, impact: (influencing strongly) "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"

(n)

impingement, impaction: (a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something)

impinging, Noun

(n)

contact, impinging, striking: (the physical coming together of two or more things) "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"

impious, Adjective

(a)

impious: (lacking piety or reverence for a god)

(s)

impious, undutiful: (lacking due respect or dutifulness) "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"

impiousness, Noun

(n)

impiety, impiousness: (unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god)

impish, Adjective

(s)

arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked: (naughtily or annoyingly playful) "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"

impishness, Noun

(n)

impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality: (the trait of behaving like an imp)

implacable, Adjective

(a)

implacable: (incapable of being placated) "an implacable enemy"

implant, Noun

(n)

implant: (a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue)

implant, Verb

(v)

implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant: (fix or set securely or deeply) "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

(v)

implant: (become attached to and embedded in the uterus) "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications"

(v)

plant, implant: (put firmly in the mind) "Plant a thought in the students' minds"

implantation, Noun

(n)

implantation, nidation: ((embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals)

(n)

implantation: (the act of planting or setting in the ground)

(n)

implantation: (a surgical procedure that places something in the human body) "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"

implanted, Adjective

(s)

deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted: ((used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held) "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

implausibility, Noun

(n)

implausibility, implausibleness: (the quality of provoking disbelief)

implausible, Adjective

(s)

farfetched, implausible: (highly imaginative but unlikely) "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"

(a)

implausible: (having a quality that provokes disbelief) "gave the teacher an implausible excuse"

implausibleness, Noun

(n)

implausibility, implausibleness: (the quality of provoking disbelief)

implement, Noun

(n)

implement: (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

implement, Verb

(v)

enforce, implement, apply: (ensure observance of laws and rules; ) "Apply the rules to everyone"

(v)

follow_through, follow_up, follow_out, carry_out, implement, put_through, go_through: (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue) "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"

(v)

implement: (apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design) "implement a procedure"

implemental, Adjective

(s)

implemental, instrumental, subservient: (serving or acting as a means or aid) "instrumental in solving the crime"

implementation, Noun

(n)

execution, implementation, carrying_out: (the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order) "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

(n)

implementation, effectuation: (the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect)

implemented, Adjective

(a)

enforced, implemented: (forced or compelled or put in force) "a life of enforced inactivity"; "enforced obedience"

implicate, Verb

(v)

entail, implicate: (impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result) "What does this move entail?"

(v)

implicate: (bring into intimate and incriminating connection) "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"

implicated, Adjective

(s)

implicated, concerned: (culpably involved) "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"

implication, Noun

(n)

deduction, entailment, implication: (something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)) "his resignation had political implications"

(n)

implication: (an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection)

(n)

implication, logical_implication, conditional_relation: (a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false)

(n)

implication: (a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)) "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"

(n)

significance, import, implication: (a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred) "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

implicative, Adjective

(s)

implicative, suggestive: (tending to suggest or imply) "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"

implicit, Adjective

(a)

implicit, inexplicit: (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something) "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

(s)

implicit, unquestioning: (being without doubt or reserve) "implicit trust"

implike, Adjective

(s)

arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked: (naughtily or annoyingly playful) "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"

implode, Verb

(v)

implode, go_off: (burst inward) "The bottle imploded"

implore, Verb

(v)

beg, implore, pray: (call upon in supplication; entreat) "I beg you to stop!"

imploring, Adjective

(a)

beseeching, pleading, imploring: (begging)

implosion, Noun

(n)

implosion: (a sudden inward collapse) "the implosion of a light bulb"

(n)

implosion: (the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant)

imply, Verb

(v)

entail, imply, mean: (have as a logical consequence) "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

(v)

imply, connote: (express or state indirectly)

(v)

imply: (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)

(v)

imply, involve: (have as a necessary feature) "This decision involves many changes"

(v)

incriminate, imply, inculpate: (suggest that someone is guilty)

impolite, Adjective

(a)

impolite: (not polite)

impoliteness, Noun

(n)

impoliteness: (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)

impolitic, Adjective

(a)

impolitic: (not politic) "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"

imponderable, Adjective

(a)

imponderable: (difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision) "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"

imponderable, Noun

(n)

imponderable: (a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed) "human behavior depends on many imponderables"

import, Noun

(n)

consequence, import, moment: (having important effects or influence) "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"

(n)

import, importation: (commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country)

(n)

import, importee: (an imported person brought from a foreign country) "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"

(n)

meaning, significance, signification, import: (the message that is intended or expressed or signified) "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

(n)

significance, import, implication: (a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred) "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

import, Verb

(v)

import: (bring in from abroad)

(v)

import: (transfer (electronic data) into a database or document)

(v)

spell, import: (indicate or signify) "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

importance, Noun

(n)

importance: (the quality of being important and worthy of note) "the importance of a well-balanced diet"

(n)

importance, grandness: (a prominent status) "a person of importance"

important, Adjective

(s)

authoritative, important: (having authority or ascendancy or influence) "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

(a)

crucial, important: (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis) "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

(a)

important, of_import: (of great significance or value) "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

(s)

important: (having or suggesting a consciousness of high position) "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

(a)

significant, important: (important in effect or meaning) "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"

importation, Noun

(n)

import, importation: (commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country)

(n)

importing, importation: (the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country)

imported, Adjective

(s)

imported: (used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source) "imported wines"

importee, Noun

(n)

import, importee: (an imported person brought from a foreign country) "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"

importer, Noun

(n)

importer: (someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country))

importing, Noun

(n)

importing, importation: (the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country)

importune, Verb

(v)

importune, insist: (beg persistently and urgently) "I importune you to help them"

importunity, Noun

(n)

importunity, urgency, urging: (insistent solicitation and entreaty) "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

impose, Verb

(v)

enforce, impose: (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"

(v)

inflict, bring_down, visit, impose: (impose something unpleasant) "The principal visited his rage on the students"

(v)

levy, impose: (impose and collect) "levy a fine"

imposing, Adjective

(s)

baronial, imposing, noble, stately: (impressive in appearance) "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

(s)

distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial: (used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person) "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

imposition, Noun

(n)

imposition, infliction: (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))

(n)

imposition: (an uncalled-for burden) "he listened but resented the imposition"

impossibility, Noun

(n)

impossibility, impossibleness: (incapability of existing or occurring)

(n)

impossibility, impossible_action: (an alternative that is not available)

impossible, Adjective

(a)

impossible: (not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with) "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"

(s)

impossible, inconceivable, out_of_the_question, unimaginable: (totally unlikely)

(s)

impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable: (used of persons or their behavior) "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"

impossible, Noun

(n)

impossible: (something that cannot be done) "his assignment verged on the impossible"

impossibleness, Noun

(n)

impossibility, impossibleness: (incapability of existing or occurring)

impost, Noun

(n)

customs, customs_duty, custom, impost: (money collected under a tariff)

(n)

springer, impost: (the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs)

imposter, Noun

(n)

imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role_player: (a person who makes deceitful pretenses)

impostor, Noun

(n)

imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role_player: (a person who makes deceitful pretenses)

imposture, Noun

(n)

imposture, impersonation: (pretending to be another person)

impotence, Noun

(n)

impotence, impotency: (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)

(n)

powerlessness, impotence, impotency: (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)

impotency, Noun

(n)

impotence, impotency: (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)

(n)

powerlessness, impotence, impotency: (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)

impotent, Adjective

(a)

impotent: (lacking power or ability; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson) "Technology without morality is barbarous"; "felt impotent rage"

(a)

impotent: ((of a male) unable to copulate)

impound, Verb

(v)

impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize: (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority) "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

(v)

impound, pound: (place or shut up in a pound) "pound the cows so they don't stray"

impounding, Noun

(n)

impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage: (placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law)

impoundment, Noun

(n)

impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage: (placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law)

impoverish, Verb

(v)

deprive, impoverish: (take away)

(v)

impoverish: (make poor)

impoverished, Adjective

(s)

broken, wiped_out, impoverished: (destroyed financially) "the broken fortunes of the family"

(s)

destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken: (poor enough to need help from others)

impoverishment, Noun

(n)

pauperization, pauperisation, impoverishment: (the act of making someone poor)

(n)

poverty, poorness, impoverishment: (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

impracticability, Noun

(n)

impracticability, impracticableness: (the quality of not being usable)

impracticable, Adjective

(s)

impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable: (not capable of being carried out or put into practice) "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"

impracticableness, Noun

(n)

impracticability, impracticableness: (the quality of not being usable)

impractical, Adjective

(s)

airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy: (not practical or realizable; speculative) "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

(a)

impractical: (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters) "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

impracticality, Noun

(n)

impracticality: (concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use)

imprecate, Verb

(v)

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate: (utter obscenities or profanities) "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

(v)

curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict: (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon) "The bad witch cursed the child"

imprecation, Noun

(n)

imprecation, malediction: (the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)) "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"

(n)

imprecation: (a slanderous accusation)

imprecise, Adjective

(a)

imprecise: (not precise) "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"

impreciseness, Noun

(n)

impreciseness, imprecision: (the quality of lacking precision)

imprecision, Noun

(n)

impreciseness, imprecision: (the quality of lacking precision)

impregnability, Noun

(n)

invulnerability, impregnability: (having the strength to withstand attack)

impregnable, Adjective

(s)

conceptive, impregnable: (capable of conceiving)

(s)

impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable: (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with) "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"

(s)

impregnable, inexpugnable: (incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted) "an impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence"

impregnate, Verb

(v)

impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture: (fill, as with a certain quality) "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

(v)

impregnate, saturate: (infuse or fill completely) "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

(v)

impregnate: (fertilize and cause to grow) "the egg was impregnated"

(v)

impregnate, knock_up, bang_up, prang_up: (make pregnant) "He impregnated his wife again"

impregnation, Noun

(n)

fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation: (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

(n)

impregnation: (material with which something is impregnated) "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"

(n)

impregnation, saturation: (the process of totally saturating something with a substance) "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"

impresario, Noun

(n)

showman, promoter, impresario: (a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments)

impress, Noun

(n)

impress, impressment: (the act of coercing someone into government service)

impress, Verb

(v)

affect, impress, move, strike: (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon) "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

(v)

impress: (impress positively) "The young chess player impressed her audience"

(v)

impress, ingrain, instill: (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of) "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

(v)

impress, imprint: (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure) "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"

(v)

impress, yarn-dye: (dye (fabric) before it is spun)

(v)

print, impress: (reproduce by printing)

(v)

shanghai, impress: (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship) "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

impressed, Adjective

(s)

impressed: (deeply or markedly affected or influenced)

impressible, Adjective

(a)

impressionable, waxy, impressible: (easily impressed or influenced) "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"

impression, Noun

(n)

depression, impression, imprint: (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing) "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

(n)

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion: (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed) "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

(n)

impression, effect: (an outward appearance) "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"

(n)

impression, printing: (all the copies of a work printed at one time) "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

(n)

impression: ((dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster) "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"

(n)

impression: (an impressionistic portrayal of a person) "he did a funny impression of a politician"

(n)

impression: (the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another) "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"

(n)

mental_picture, picture, impression: (a clear and telling mental image) "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"

(n)

stamp, impression: (a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving) "he put his stamp on the envelope"

impressionable, Adjective

(a)

impressionable, waxy, impressible: (easily impressed or influenced) "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"

impressionist, Adjective

(a)

impressionist, impressionistic: (relating to or characteristic of Impressionism) "impressionist music"

impressionist, Noun

(n)

impressionist: (a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism)

impressionistic, Adjective

(a)

impressionist, impressionistic: (relating to or characteristic of Impressionism) "impressionist music"

(a)

impressionistic: (of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning) "a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition"; "she had impressionistic memories of her childhood"

impressive, Adjective

(a)

impressive: (making a strong or vivid impression) "an impressive ceremony"

(s)

impressive, telling: (producing a strong effect) "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"

impressiveness, Noun

(n)

impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness: (splendid or imposing in size or appearance) "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"

(n)

impressiveness: (the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind)

impressment, Noun

(n)

impress, impressment: (the act of coercing someone into government service)

imprimatur, Noun

(n)

sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur: (formal and explicit approval) "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

imprint, Noun

(n)

depression, impression, imprint: (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing) "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

(n)

imprint: (a distinctive influence) "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"

(n)

imprint: (an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page) "the book was published under a distinguished imprint"

(n)

imprint, embossment: (an impression produced by pressure or printing)

(n)

imprint: (a device produced by pressure on a surface)

imprint, Verb

(v)

impress, imprint: (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure) "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"

(v)

imprint, form: (establish or impress firmly in the mind) "We imprint our ideas onto our children"

imprison, Verb

(v)

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, put_away, remand: (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

(v)

imprison: (confine as if in a prison; he does not let them go out without a chaperone") "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house"

imprisoned, Adjective

(s)

captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed: (being in captivity)

imprisonment, Noun

(n)

captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement: (the state of being imprisoned) "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

(n)

imprisonment: (putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment)

(n)

imprisonment, internment: (the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison))

improbability, Noun

(n)

improbability, improbableness: (the quality of being improbable) "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences"

improbable, Adjective

(a)

improbable, unlikely: (not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred) "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"

(s)

improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely: (having a probability too low to inspire belief)

(s)

improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall: (too improbable to admit of belief) "a tall story"

improbableness, Noun

(n)

improbability, improbableness: (the quality of being improbable) "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences"

impromptu, Adjective

(s)

ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed: (with little or no preparation or forethought) "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"

impromptu, Noun

(n)

impromptu: (an extemporaneous speech or remark) "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"

(n)

impromptu: (a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation)

improper, Adjective

(a)

improper: (not suitable or right or appropriate) "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course"

(s)

improper, unconventional, unlawful: (not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention) "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"

(s)

improper, wrong: (not appropriate for a purpose or occasion) "said all the wrong things"

improperness, Noun

(n)

impropriety, improperness: (an improper demeanor)

impropriety, Noun

(n)

familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty: (an act of undue intimacy)

(n)

impropriety, improperness: (an improper demeanor)

(n)

impropriety: (the condition of being improper)

(n)

indecency, impropriety: (an indecent or improper act)

improve, Verb

(v)

better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate: (to make better) "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

(v)

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate: (get better) "The weather improved toward evening"

improved, Adjective

(a)

improved: (made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing) "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed"

(s)

improved: (become or made better in quality) "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder"

(s)

improved: ((of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush) "improved farmlands"

improvement, Noun

(n)

improvement, betterment, advance: (a change for the better; progress in development)

(n)

improvement: (the act of improving something) "their improvements increased the value of the property"

(n)

improvement, melioration: (a condition superior to an earlier condition) "the new school represents a great improvement"

improver, Noun

(n)

addition, add-on, improver: (a component that is added to something to improve it) "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor"

(n)

humanitarian, do-gooder, improver: (someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms)

improvidence, Noun

(n)

improvidence, shortsightedness: (a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources)

improvident, Adjective

(s)

ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted: (not given careful consideration) "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

(a)

improvident: (not provident; not providing for the future)

improving, Adjective

(s)

improving, up: (getting higher or more vigorous) "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

improvisation, Noun

(n)

extemporization, extemporisation, improvisation: (a performance given extempore without planning or preparation)

(n)

improvisation: (a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation))

(n)

improvisation, temporary_expedient: (an unplanned expedient)

improvise, Verb

(v)

improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise: (perform without preparation) "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"

(v)

improvise, extemporize: (manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand) "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"

improvised, Adjective

(s)

improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift: (done or made using whatever is available) "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

improvize, Verb

(v)

improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise: (perform without preparation) "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"

imprudence, Noun

(n)

imprudence: (a lack of caution in practical affairs)

imprudent, Adjective

(a)

imprudent: (not prudent or wise) "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger"

(s)

imprudent: (lacking wise self-restraint) "an imprudent remark"

impudence, Noun

(n)

crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness: (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)

(n)

impudence, cheek, impertinence: (an impudent statement)

impudent, Adjective

(s)

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise: (improperly forward or bold) "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

(s)

impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip: (marked by casual disrespect) "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

impuissance, Noun

(n)

helplessness, weakness, impuissance: (powerlessness revealed by an inability to act) "in spite of their weakness the group remains active"

impulse, Noun

(n)

caprice, impulse, whim: (a sudden desire) "he bought it on an impulse"

(n)

impulse, impulsion, impetus: (the act of applying force suddenly) "the impulse knocked him over"

(n)

momentum, impulse: (an impelling force or strength) "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

(n)

nerve_impulse, nervous_impulse, neural_impulse, impulse: (the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber) "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

(n)

pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse: ((electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)) "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

(n)

urge, impulse: (an instinctive motive) "profound religious impulses"

impulsion, Noun

(n)

drift, impetus, impulsion: (a force that moves something along)

(n)

impulse, impulsion, impetus: (the act of applying force suddenly) "the impulse knocked him over"

impulsive, Adjective

(s)

capricious, impulsive, whimsical: (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason) "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"

(s)

driving, impulsive: (having the power of driving or impelling) "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"

(s)

hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish: (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish' is archaic)) "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"

(s)

impulsive, unprompted: (proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus) "an impulsive gesture of affection"

(s)

impulsive: (without forethought) "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"

impunity, Noun

(n)

impunity: (exemption from punishment or loss)

impure, Adjective

(a)

impure: (combined with extraneous elements)

(a)

impure: ((used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene) "impure thoughts"

(a)

unclean, impure: (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws) "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3"

impureness, Noun

(n)

impurity, impureness: (the condition of being impure)

impurity, Noun

(n)

impurity, dross: (worthless or dangerous material that should be removed) "there were impurities in the water"

(n)

impurity, impureness: (the condition of being impure)

imputable, Adjective

(s)

ascribable, due, imputable, referable: (capable of being assigned or credited to) "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"

imputation, Noun

(n)

imputation: (a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)) "he denied the imputation"

(n)

imputation: (the attribution to a source or cause) "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"

impute, Verb

(v)

impute, ascribe, assign, attribute: (attribute or credit to) "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

(v)

impute: (attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source) "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

in-basket, Noun

(n)

in-basket, in-tray: (a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material)

in-between, Adjective

(s)

in-between, mediate, middle: (being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series) "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

in-law, Noun

(n)

in-law, relative-in-law: (a relative by marriage)

in-migration, Noun

(n)

immigration, in-migration: (migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there))

in-situ, Adjective

(s)

in-situ, unmoved: (being in the original position; not having been moved) "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ"; "an in-situ investigator"

in-tray, Noun

(n)

in-basket, in-tray: (a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material)

in, Adjective

(s)

in: (holding office) "the in party"

(s)

in: (directed or bound inward) "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

(s)

in: (currently fashionable) "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

in_a_bad_way, Adjective

(s)

in: (holding office) "the in party"

(s)

in: (directed or bound inward) "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

(s)

in: (currently fashionable) "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

in_a_flash, None

(s)

in: (holding office) "the in party"

(s)

in: (directed or bound inward) "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

(s)

in: (currently fashionable) "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

in_a_higher_place, None

(s)

in: (holding office) "the in party"

(s)

in: (directed or bound inward) "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

(s)

in: (currently fashionable) "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

inability, Noun

(n)

inability: (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)

(n)

inability, unfitness: (lacking the power to perform)

inaccessibility, Noun

(n)

inaccessibility, unavailability: (the quality of not being available when needed)

inaccessible, Adjective

(a)

inaccessible, unaccessible: (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all)

(s)

inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable: (not capable of being obtained) "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

inaccuracy, Noun

(n)

inaccuracy: (the quality of being inaccurate and having errors)

inaccurate, Adjective

(a)

inaccurate: (not exact) "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"

inaction, Noun

(n)

inaction, inactivity, inactiveness: (the state of being inactive)

inactivate, Verb

(v)

demobilize, inactivate, demobilise: (release from military service or remove from the active list of military service)

(v)

inactivate, deactivate: (make inactive) "they deactivated the file"

inactivation, Noun

(n)

deactivation, inactivation: (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))

(n)

inactivation: (the process of rendering inactive) "the gene inactivation system"; "thermal inactivation of serum samples"

inactive, Adjective

(a)

dormant, inactive: ((of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct) "a dormant volcano"

(a)

inactive: ((pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly)

(a)

inactive: (not exerting influence or change)

(a)

inactive: (lacking activity; lying idle or unused) "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"

(a)

inactive: (not engaged in full-time work) "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"

(a)

inactive: (not active physically or mentally) "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

(s)

inactive: ((chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert) "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

(s)

inactive, motionless, static, still: (not in physical motion) "the inertia of an object at rest"

(a)

nonoperational, inactive: ((military) not involved in military operations)

(a)

passive, inactive: (lacking in energy or will) "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith"

inactiveness, Noun

(n)

inaction, inactivity, inactiveness: (the state of being inactive)

(n)

inactiveness, inactivity, inertia: (a disposition to remain inactive or inert) "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

inactivity, Noun

(n)

inaction, inactivity, inactiveness: (the state of being inactive)

(n)

inactiveness, inactivity, inertia: (a disposition to remain inactive or inert) "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

(n)

inactivity: (being inactive; being less active)

inadequacy, Noun

(n)

inadequacy, inadequateness: (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)

(n)

insufficiency, inadequacy: (a lack of competence) "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

(n)

insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency: (lack of an adequate quantity or number) "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

inadequate, Adjective

(a)

inadequate, unequal: (lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task) "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

(s)

inadequate, poor, short: (not sufficient to meet a need) "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

inadequateness, Noun

(n)

inadequacy, inadequateness: (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)

inadmissibility, Noun

(n)

inadmissibility: (unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible)

inadmissible, Adjective

(a)

inadmissible: (not deserving to be admitted) "inadmissible evidence"

inadvertence, Noun

(n)

oversight, inadvertence: (an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something)

(n)

unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency: (the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities)

inadvertency, Noun

(n)

unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency: (the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities)

inadvertent, Adjective

(s)

accidental, inadvertent: (happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally) "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

inadvisability, Noun

(n)

inadvisability: (the quality of being ill-advised)

inadvisable, Adjective

(a)

inadvisable, unadvisable: (not prudent or wise; not recommended) "running on the ice is inadvisable"

(s)

inadvisable: (not advisable) "an unnecessary and inadvisable action"

inaesthetic, Adjective

(a)

inaesthetic, unaesthetic: (violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty) "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles"

inalienable, Adjective

(a)

inalienable, unalienable: (incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another) "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"

(s)

unforfeitable, inalienable: (not subject to forfeiture) "an unforfeitable right"

inalterable, Adjective

(a)

unalterable, inalterable: (not capable of being changed or altered) "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"

inane, Adjective

(s)

asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous: (devoid of intelligence)

inanimate, Adjective

(s)

breathless, inanimate, pulseless: (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse) "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"

(a)

inanimate: (belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things) "the word `car' is inanimate"

(a)

inanimate, nonliving, non-living: (not endowed with life) "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"

inanimateness, Noun

(n)

inanimateness, lifelessness: (not having life)

inanition, Noun

(n)

inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness: (weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy)

(n)

inanition: (exhaustion resulting from lack of food)

inanity, Noun

(n)

inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness: (total lack of meaning or ideas)

inapplicability, Noun

(n)

inapplicability: (irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand)

inapplicable, Adjective

(s)

inapplicable, unsuitable: (not capable of being applied) "rules inapplicable to day students"

inappositeness, Noun

(n)

inaptness, inappositeness: (inappropriateness) "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"

inappropriate, Adjective

(a)

inappropriate: (not suitable for a particular occasion etc) "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"

(s)

inappropriate, incompatible, out_or_keeping, unfitting: (not in keeping with what is correct or proper) "completely inappropriate behavior"

inappropriateness, Noun

(n)

inappropriateness, wrongness: (inappropriate conduct)

(n)

inappropriateness, unworthiness: (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting) "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"

inapt, Adjective

(s)

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen: (not elegant or graceful in expression) "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

inaptitude, Noun

(n)

inaptitude: (a lack of aptitude)

inaptness, Noun

(n)

inaptness, inappositeness: (inappropriateness) "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"

inarguable, Adjective

(s)

inarguable, unarguable: (against which no argument can be made)

inarticulate, Adjective

(a)

inarticulate, unarticulate: (without or deprived of the use of speech or words) "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"

inartistic, Adjective

(s)

inartistic, unartistic: (lacking aesthetic sensibility; )

inattention, Noun

(n)

inattention: (lack of attention)

inattentive, Adjective

(a)

inattentive: (showing a lack of attention or care) "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"

(s)

inattentive, neglectful: (not showing due care or attention) "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents"

inattentiveness, Noun

(n)

inattentiveness, heedlessness: (a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people))

(n)

inattentiveness: (the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others)

inaudibility, Noun

(n)

inaudibility, inaudibleness: (the quality of not being perceptible by the ear)

inaudible, Adjective

(a)

inaudible, unhearable: (impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear) "an inaudible conversation"

inaudibleness, Noun

(n)

inaudibility, inaudibleness: (the quality of not being perceptible by the ear)

inaugural, Adjective

(a)

inaugural: (occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction) "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

(s)

inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden: (serving to set in motion) "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

inaugural, Noun

(n)

inaugural_address, inaugural: (an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president))

(n)

inauguration, inaugural: (the ceremonial induction into a position) "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"

inaugurate, Verb

(v)

inaugurate, kick_off: (commence officially)

(v)

inaugurate: (open ceremoniously or dedicate formally)

(v)

inaugurate, usher_in, introduce: (be a precursor of) "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

inauguration, Noun

(n)

inauguration, startup: (the act of starting a new operation or practice) "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes"

(n)

inauguration, inaugural: (the ceremonial induction into a position) "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"

inauspicious, Adjective

(s)

adverse, inauspicious, untoward: (contrary to your interests or welfare) "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

(s)

ill, inauspicious, ominous: (presaging ill fortune) "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley"; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

(a)

inauspicious, unfortunate: (not auspicious; boding ill)

inauspiciousness, Noun

(n)

inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness: (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)

inauthentic, Adjective

(s)

inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious: (intended to deceive) "a spurious work of art"

inboard, Adjective

(a)

inboard: (located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft) "the inboard flaps on the wing"

inborn, Adjective

(s)

congenital, inborn, innate: (present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development)

(s)

connatural, inborn, inbred: (normally existing at birth) "mankind's connatural sense of the good"

inbound, Adjective

(s)

inbound, inward: (directed or moving inward or toward a center) "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

inbred, Adjective

(s)

connatural, inborn, inbred: (normally existing at birth) "mankind's connatural sense of the good"

(a)

inbred: (produced by inbreeding)

inbreeding, Noun

(n)

inbreeding: (the act of mating closely related individuals)

inbuilt, Adjective

(s)

built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral: (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic) "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"

incalculable, Adjective

(a)

incalculable: (not capable of being computed or enumerated)

incalescence, Noun

(n)

calefaction, incalescence: (the property of being warming)

incandescence, Noun

(n)

incandescence, glow: (the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised)

(n)

incandescence: (light from heat)

incandescent, Adjective

(s)

incandescent, candent: (emitting light as a result of being heated) "an incandescent bulb"

(s)

incandescent: (characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance) "an incandescent performance"

incantation, Noun

(n)

incantation, conjuration: (a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect)

incapability, Noun

(n)

incapability, incapableness: (lack of potential for development)

(n)

incapability, incapableness: (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)

incapable, Adjective

(a)

incapable: ((followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability) "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"

(a)

incapable: ((followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for) "simply incapable of lying"

(s)

incapable: (not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')) "incapable of solution"

(s)

incapable, incompetent, unequal_to: (not meeting requirements) "unequal to the demands put upon him"

incapableness, Noun

(n)

incapability, incapableness: (lack of potential for development)

(n)

incapability, incapableness: (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)

incapacitate, Verb

(v)

disable, disenable, incapacitate: (make unable to perform a certain action) "disable this command on your computer"

(v)

disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap: (injure permanently) "He was disabled in a car accident"

incapacitated, Adjective

(s)

helpless, incapacitated: (lacking in or deprived of strength or power) "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

incapacitating, Adjective

(s)

crippling, disabling, incapacitating: (that cripples or disables or incapacitates) "a crippling injury"

incapacity, Noun

(n)

incapacity: (lack of intellectual power)

(n)

incapacity: (lack of physical or natural qualifications)

incarcerate, Verb

(v)

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, put_away, remand: (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

incarceration, Noun

(n)

captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement: (the state of being imprisoned) "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

incarnate, Adjective

(s)

bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate: (possessing or existing in bodily form) "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare"; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"

(s)

incarnate: (invested with a bodily form especially of a human body) "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate"

incarnate, Verb

(v)

incarnate: (make concrete and real)

(v)

incarnate, body_forth, embody, substantiate: (represent in bodily form) "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

incase, Verb

(v)

encase, incase, case: (enclose in, or as if in, a case) "my feet were encased in mud"

incased, Adjective

(s)

cased, encased, incased: (covered or protected with or as if with a case) "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette"

incasement, Noun

(n)

encasement, incasement: (the act of enclosing something in a case)

incaution, Noun

(n)

incaution, incautiousness: (the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger)

incautious, Adjective

(a)

incautious: (lacking in caution) "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"

(s)

incautious: (carelessly failing to exercise proper caution) "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs"

incautiousness, Noun

(n)

incaution, incautiousness: (the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger)

incendiarism, Noun

(n)

arson, incendiarism, fire-raising: (malicious burning to destroy property) "the British term for arson is fire-raising"

incendiary, Adjective

(a)

incendiary: (involving deliberate burning of property) "an incendiary fire"

(s)

incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious: (arousing to action or rebellion)

(s)

incendiary: (capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily) "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"

incendiary, Noun

(n)

arsonist, incendiary, firebug: (a criminal who illegally sets fire to property)

(n)

incendiary_bomb, incendiary, firebomb: (a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel))

incense, Noun

(n)

incense: (a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned)

(n)

incense: (the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned) "incense filled the room"

incense, Verb

(v)

cense, incense, thurify: (perfume especially with a censer)

(v)

infuriate, exasperate, incense: (make furious)

incensed, Adjective

(s)

indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous: (angered at something unjust or wrong) "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"

incentive, Noun

(n)

bonus, incentive: (an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output)

(n)

incentive, inducement, motivator: (a positive motivational influence)

inception, Noun

(n)

origin, origination, inception: (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

incertain, Adjective

(a)

uncertain, unsure, incertain: (lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance) "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"

incertitude, Noun

(n)

doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness: (the state of being unsure of something)

incessancy, Noun

(n)

continuousness, ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness: (the quality of something that continues without end or interruption)

incessant, Adjective

(s)

ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting: (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing) "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"

incessantness, Noun

(n)

continuousness, ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness: (the quality of something that continues without end or interruption)

incest, Noun

(n)

incest: (sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child))

incestuous, Adjective

(a)

incestuous: (resembling incest as by excessive intimacy)

(a)

incestuous: (relating to or involving incest)

inch, Noun

(n)

column_inch, inch: (a unit of measurement for advertising space)

(n)

inch, in: (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

inch, Verb

(v)

edge, inch: (advance slowly, as if by inches) "He edged towards the car"

inchoate, Adjective

(s)

incipient, inchoate: (only partly in existence; imperfectly formed) "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"

inchworm, Noun

(n)

measuring_worm, inchworm, looper: (small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae)

incidence, Noun

(n)

incidence, relative_incidence: (the relative frequency of occurrence of something)

(n)

incidence: (the striking of a light beam on a surface) "he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light"

incident, Adjective

(a)

incident: (falling or striking of light rays on something) "incident light"

(a)

incidental, incident: ((sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence) "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"

incident, Noun

(n)

incident: (a single distinct event)

(n)

incident: (a public disturbance) "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

incidental, Adjective

(s)

attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent: (following or accompanying as a consequence) "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"

(a)

incidental, incident: ((sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence) "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"

(s)

incidental, nonessential: (not of prime or central importance) "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA"

incidental, Noun

(n)

incidental: (an item that is incidental)

(n)

incidental_expense, incidental, minor_expense: ((frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified) "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"

incienso, Noun

(n)

brittlebush, brittle_bush, incienso, Encelia_farinosa: (fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine)

incinerate, Verb

(v)

burn, incinerate: (cause to undergo combustion) "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

(v)

incinerate: (become reduced to ashes) "The paper incinerated quickly"

incineration, Noun

(n)

incineration: (the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes)

incipience, Noun

(n)

incipiency, incipience: (beginning to exist or to be apparent) "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"

incipiency, Noun

(n)

incipiency, incipience: (beginning to exist or to be apparent) "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"

incipient, Adjective

(s)

incipient, inchoate: (only partly in existence; imperfectly formed) "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"

incise, Verb

(v)

incise: (make an incision into by carving or cutting)

incised, Adjective

(s)

engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed: (cut or impressed into a surface) "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"

(s)

incised: (sharply and deeply indented)

(s)

incised: (cut into with a sharp instrument)

incision, Noun

(n)

incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent: (a depression scratched or carved into a surface)

(n)

incision, section, surgical_incision: (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))

incisive, Adjective

(s)

acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp: (having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions) "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

(s)

incisive: (suitable for cutting or piercing) "incisive teeth"

incisiveness, Noun

(n)

incisiveness, trenchancy: (keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect)

incisura, Noun

(n)

incisure, incisura: ((anatomy) a notch or small hollow)

incisure, Noun

(n)

incisure, incisura: ((anatomy) a notch or small hollow)

incitation, Noun

(n)

incitation, incitement: (an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating) "the incitement of mutiny"

(n)

incitement, incitation, provocation: (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)

incite, Verb

(v)

incite, instigate, set_off, stir_up: (provoke or stir up) "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

(v)

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite: (give an incentive for action) "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

(v)

prod, incite, egg_on: (urge on; cause to act) "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

incitement, Noun

(n)

exhortation, incitement: (the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion)

(n)

incitation, incitement: (an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating) "the incitement of mutiny"

(n)

incitement, incitation, provocation: (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)

(n)

provocation, incitement: (needed encouragement) "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"

inciter, Noun

(n)

instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand: (someone who deliberately foments trouble) "she was the instigator of their quarrel"

incitive, Adjective

(s)

incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious: (arousing to action or rebellion)

incivility, Noun

(n)

incivility: (deliberate discourtesy)

inclemency, Noun

(n)

bad_weather, inclemency, inclementness: (weather unsuitable for outdoor activities)

(n)

severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness: (excessive sternness) "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

inclement, Adjective

(a)

inclement: ((of weather or climate) severe)

(a)

inclement: (used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy) "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge"

inclementness, Noun

(n)

bad_weather, inclemency, inclementness: (weather unsuitable for outdoor activities)

inclination, Noun

(n)

dip, angle_of_dip, magnetic_dip, magnetic_inclination, inclination: ((physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon)

(n)

inclination, disposition, tendency: (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others) "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

(n)

inclination, inclination_of_an_orbit: ((astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees)

(n)

inclination, angle_of_inclination: ((geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis))

(n)

inclination: (that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking) "her inclination is for classical music"

(n)

inclination, inclining: (the act of inclining; bending forward) "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement"

(n)

tendency, inclination: (a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect) "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

(n)

tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning: (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical) "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

incline, Noun

(n)

ramp, incline: (an inclined surface connecting two levels)

(n)

slope, incline, side: (an elevated geological formation) "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"

incline, Verb

(v)

dispose, incline: (make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief) "Their language inclines us to believe them"

(v)

incline: (bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well) "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"

(v)

incline: (lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow) "She inclined her head to the student"

(v)

incline: (feel favorably disposed or willing) "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"

(v)

slope, incline, pitch: (be at an angle) "The terrain sloped down"

(v)

tend, be_given, lean, incline, run: (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined) "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

inclined, Adjective

(s)

disposed, fain, inclined, prepared: (having made preparations) "prepared to take risks"

(a)

inclined: ((often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency) "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"

(a)

inclined: (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position) "an inclined plane"

inclining, Noun

(n)

inclination, inclining: (the act of inclining; bending forward) "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement"

inclinometer, Noun

(n)

clinometer, inclinometer: (an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation)

(n)

inclinometer: (an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon)

(n)

inclinometer, dip_circle: (a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane))

inclose, Verb

(v)

enclose, close_in, inclose, shut_in: (surround completely) "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

(v)

insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce: (introduce) "Insert your ticket here"

inclosure, Noun

(n)

enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure: (the act of enclosing something inside something else)

(n)

enclosure, inclosure: (something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter)

include, Verb

(v)

admit, let_in, include: (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of) "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"

(v)

include: (have as a part, be made up out of) "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

(v)

include: (consider as part of something) "I include you in the list of culprits"

(v)

include: (add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category) "We must include this chemical element in the group"

inclusion, Noun

(n)

inclusion: (the state of being included)

(n)

inclusion, comprehension: (the relation of comprising something) "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"

(n)

inclusion: (the act of including)

(n)

inclusion_body, cellular_inclusion, inclusion: (any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)) "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

inclusive, Adjective

(a)

inclusive: (including much or everything; and especially including stated limits) "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive"

incognizable, Adjective

(s)

incognizable, incognoscible: (incapable of being perceived or known)

incognizance, Noun

(n)

incognizance: (a lack of knowledge or recognition)

incognizant, Adjective

(a)

unaware, incognizant: ((often followed by `of') not aware) "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"

incognoscible, Adjective

(s)

incognizable, incognoscible: (incapable of being perceived or known)

incoherence, Noun

(n)

incoherence, incoherency: (lack of cohesion or clarity or organization)

(n)

incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility: (nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible)

incoherency, Noun

(n)

incoherence, incoherency: (lack of cohesion or clarity or organization)

(n)

incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility: (nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible)

incoherent, Adjective

(a)

incoherent: (without logical or meaningful connection) "a turgid incoherent presentation"

(a)

incoherent: ((physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation)

(s)

incoherent, tongue-tied: (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently) "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"

incombustible, Adjective

(a)

noncombustible, incombustible: (not capable of igniting and burning)

income, Noun

(n)

income: (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

incoming, Adjective

(a)

incoming: (arriving at a place or position) "incoming class"; "incoming mail"

(a)

incoming: (entering upon a position of office vacated by another) "the incoming president"

incoming, Noun

(n)

entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming: (the act of entering) "she made a grand entrance"

incommensurate, Adjective

(a)

incommensurate: (not corresponding in size or degree or extent) "a reward incommensurate with his effort"

incommode, Verb

(v)

trouble, put_out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother: (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to) "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

incommodious, Adjective

(a)

incommodious: (uncomfortably or inconveniently small) "incommodious hotel accommodations"

incommodiousness, Noun

(n)

inconvenience, incommodiousness: (an inconvenient discomfort)

incommunicative, Adjective

(a)

uncommunicative, incommunicative: (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)

incommutable, Adjective

(a)

incommutable: (not subject to alteration or change)

(s)

incommutable: (not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another) "a rare incommutable skill"

incomparable, Adjective

(a)

incomparable, uncomparable: (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared) "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"

incompatibility, Noun

(n)

incompatibility, mutual_exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance: (the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time)

(n)

incompatibility: ((immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue))

(n)

incompatibility: (the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination)

incompatible, Adjective

(a)

antagonistic, incompatible: (used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect)

(s)

contrastive, incompatible: (of words so related that one contrasts with the other) "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

(s)

discrepant, incompatible: (not compatible with other facts)

(s)

ill-sorted, incompatible, mismated, unsuited: (not easy to combine harmoniously)

(s)

inappropriate, incompatible, out_or_keeping, unfitting: (not in keeping with what is correct or proper) "completely inappropriate behavior"

(a)

incompatible: (not compatible) "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"

(a)

incompatible: (incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification)

(s)

incompatible: (used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture)

(a)

uncongenial, incompatible: (not suitable to your tastes or needs) "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

incompetence, Noun

(n)

incompetence, incompetency: (lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications)

(n)

incompetence: (inability of a part or organ to function properly)

incompetency, Noun

(n)

incompetence, incompetency: (lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications)

incompetent, Adjective

(s)

bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent: (showing lack of skill or aptitude) "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

(s)

incapable, incompetent, unequal_to: (not meeting requirements) "unequal to the demands put upon him"

(a)

incompetent, unqualified: (legally not qualified or sufficient) "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"

(a)

incompetent: (not qualified or suited for a purpose) "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"

(s)

incompetent, unskilled: (not doing a good job) "incompetent at chess"

incompetent, Noun

(n)

incompetent, incompetent_person: (someone who is not competent to take effective action)

incomplete, Adjective

(a)

incomplete, uncomplete: (not complete or total; not completed) "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"

(s)

incomplete, uncompleted: (not yet finished) "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"

incompleteness, Noun

(n)

incompleteness, rawness: (the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect) "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"

incomprehensibility, Noun

(n)

incomprehensibility: (the quality of being incomprehensible)

incomprehensible, Adjective

(a)

incomprehensible, uncomprehensible: (difficult to understand) "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein"

(a)

inexplicable, incomprehensible: (incapable of being explained or accounted for) "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

incomprehension, Noun

(n)

incomprehension: (an inability to understand) "his incomprehension of the consequences"

incomprehensive, Adjective

(a)

noncomprehensive, incomprehensive: (not comprehensive)

incompressibility, Noun

(n)

incompressibility: (the property of being incompressible)

incompressible, Adjective

(a)

incompressible: (incapable of being compressed; resisting compression) "mounds of incompressible garbage"

incomputable, Adjective

(s)

incomputable, inestimable, immeasurable: (beyond calculation or measure) "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth"

inconceivability, Noun

(n)

inconceivability, inconceivableness: (the state of being impossible to conceive)

inconceivable, Adjective

(s)

impossible, inconceivable, out_of_the_question, unimaginable: (totally unlikely)

inconceivableness, Noun

(n)

inconceivability, inconceivableness: (the state of being impossible to conceive)

inconclusive, Adjective

(a)

inconclusive: (not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question) "an inconclusive reply"; "inconclusive evidence"; "the inconclusive committee vote"

inconclusiveness, Noun

(n)

inconclusiveness: (the quality of being inconclusive)

incongruent, Adjective

(a)

incongruent: (not congruent)

incongruity, Noun

(n)

incongruity, incongruousness: (the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate)

incongruous, Adjective

(a)

incongruous: (lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness) "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"

incongruousness, Noun

(n)

incongruity, incongruousness: (the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate)

inconsequence, Noun

(n)

illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence: (invalid or incorrect reasoning)

(n)

inconsequence: (having no important effects or influence)

inconsequent, Adjective

(s)

inconsequent, inconsequential: (lacking worth or importance) "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

inconsequential, Adjective

(s)

inconsequent, inconsequential: (lacking worth or importance) "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

(s)

inconsequential: (not following logically as a consequence)

inconsiderable, Adjective

(a)

inconsiderable: (too small or unimportant to merit attention) "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

inconsiderate, Adjective

(a)

inconsiderate: (lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others) "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"

(s)

inconsiderate, unconsidered: (without proper consideration or reflection) "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions"

inconsiderateness, Noun

(n)

inconsideration, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness: (the quality of failing to be considerate of others)

inconsideration, Noun

(n)

inconsideration, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness: (the quality of failing to be considerate of others)

inconsistency, Noun

(n)

incompatibility, mutual_exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance: (the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time)

(n)

inconsistency: (the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts)

inconsistent, Adjective

(s)

discrepant, inconsistent: (not in agreement)

(a)

inconsistent: (displaying a lack of consistency) "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap"

(s)

inconsistent: (not capable of being made consistent or harmonious) "inconsistent accounts"

inconsolable, Adjective

(a)

inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable: (sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled) "inconsolable when her son died"

inconspicuous, Adjective

(a)

inconspicuous, invisible: (not prominent or readily noticeable) "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man"

inconspicuousness, Noun

(n)

inconspicuousness: (the quality of being not easily seen)

inconstancy, Noun

(n)

faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy: (unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous)

(n)

inconstancy, changefulness: (the quality of being changeable and variable)

inconstant, Adjective

(a)

inconstant: (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable) "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare"

incontestable, Adjective

(a)

incontestable, incontestible: (incapable of being contested or disputed)

(s)

incontestable, indisputable, undisputable: (not open to question; obviously true) "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness"

incontestible, Adjective

(a)

incontestable, incontestible: (incapable of being contested or disputed)

incontinence, Noun

(n)

dissoluteness, incontinence, self-gratification: (indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures)

(n)

incontinence, incontinency: (involuntary urination or defecation)

incontinency, Noun

(n)

incontinence, incontinency: (involuntary urination or defecation)

incontinent, Adjective

(a)

incontinent: (not having control over urination and defecation)

incontrovertibility, Noun

(n)

incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, positivity, positiveness: (the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about)

incontrovertible, Adjective

(s)

demonstrable, incontrovertible: (necessarily or demonstrably true) "demonstrable truths"

(s)

incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive: (impossible to deny or disprove) "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

incontrovertibleness, Noun

(n)

incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, positivity, positiveness: (the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about)

inconvenience, Noun

(n)

inconvenience, incommodiousness: (an inconvenient discomfort)

(n)

inconvenience: (the quality of not being useful or convenient)

(n)

troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment: (a difficulty that causes anxiety)

inconvenience, Verb

(v)

trouble, put_out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother: (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to) "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

inconvenient, Adjective

(a)

inconvenient: (not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs) "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"

(s)

inconvenient: (not conveniently timed) "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

inconvertibility, Noun

(n)

inconvertibility: (the quality of not being exchangeable) "the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible"

inconvertible, Adjective

(a)

inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable: (used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value)

(s)

inconvertible, untransmutable: (not capable of being changed into something else) "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals"

incoordination, Noun

(n)

incoordination: (a lack of coordination of movements)

incorporate, Adjective

(s)

incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified: (formed or united into a whole)

incorporate, Verb

(v)

incorporate, contain, comprise: (include or contain; have as a component) "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

(v)

incorporate: (form a corporation)

(v)

incorporate: (unite or merge with something already in existence) "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case"

(v)

integrate, incorporate: (make into a whole or make part of a whole) "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

incorporated, Adjective

(s)

corporate, incorporated: (organized and maintained as a legal corporation) "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town"

(s)

incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified: (formed or united into a whole)

(s)

incorporated: (introduced into as a part of the whole) "the ideas incorporated in his revised manuscript"

incorporation, Noun

(n)

incorporation: (consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body)

(n)

incorporation: (including by incorporating)

(n)

internalization, internalisation, incorporation: (learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself)

incorporeal, Adjective

(a)

incorporeal, immaterial: (without material form or substance) "an incorporeal spirit"

incorporeality, Noun

(n)

immateriality, incorporeality: (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)

incorrect, Adjective

(s)

faulty, incorrect, wrong: (characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; the wrong side of the road") "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"

(a)

incorrect, wrong: (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth) "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

(s)

incorrect: ((of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles)

(s)

wrong, incorrect: (not in accord with established usage or procedure) "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts"

incorrectness, Noun

(n)

incorrectness: (lack of conformity to social expectations)

(n)

incorrectness, wrongness: (the quality of not conforming to fact or truth)

incorrigible, Adjective

(a)

incorrigible: (impervious to correction by punishment)

incorrupt, Adjective

(a)

incorrupt: (free of corruption or immorality) "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible"

(s)

incorrupt: (free of corruption or immorality)

incorruptibility, Noun

(n)

incorruptibility: (the incapability of being corrupted)

incorruption, Noun

(n)

incorruptness, incorruption: (characterized by integrity or probity)

incorruptness, Noun

(n)

incorruptness, incorruption: (characterized by integrity or probity)

increase, Noun

(n)

addition, increase, gain: (a quantity that is added) "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

(n)

increase: (a change resulting in an increase) "the increase is scheduled for next month"

(n)

increase, increment, growth: (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important) "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

(n)

increase, increment: (the amount by which something increases) "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

(n)

increase, step-up: (the act of increasing something) "he gave me an increase in salary"

increase, Verb

(v)

increase: (become bigger or greater in amount) "The amount of work increased"

(v)

increase: (make bigger or more) "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

increased, Adjective

(a)

increased: (made greater in size or amount or degree)

increasing, Adjective

(a)

increasing: (becoming greater or larger) "increasing prices"

(a)

increasing: (music)

incredibility, Noun

(n)

incredibility, incredibleness: (the quality of being incredible)

incredible, Adjective

(a)

incredible, unbelievable: (beyond belief or understanding) "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

incredibleness, Noun

(n)

incredibility, incredibleness: (the quality of being incredible)

incredulity, Noun

(n)

incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental_rejection: (doubt about the truth of something)

incredulous, Adjective

(a)

incredulous: (not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving)

increment, Noun

(n)

increase, increment, growth: (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important) "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

(n)

increase, increment: (the amount by which something increases) "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

incremental, Adjective

(s)

incremental: (increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions) "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary"

incriminate, Verb

(v)

accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate: (bring an accusation against; level a charge against) "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"

(v)

incriminate, imply, inculpate: (suggest that someone is guilty)

incriminating, Adjective

(s)

criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory: (charging or suggestive of guilt or blame) "incriminatory testimony"

incrimination, Noun

(n)

incrimination, inculpation, blame: (an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed) "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver"

incriminatory, Adjective

(s)

criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory: (charging or suggestive of guilt or blame) "incriminatory testimony"

incrust, Verb

(v)

encrust, incrust: (cover or coat with a crust)

(v)

encrust, incrust, beset: (decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems))

(v)

encrust, incrust: (form a crust or a hard layer)

incrustation, Noun

(n)

crust, incrustation, encrustation: (a hard outer layer that covers something)

(n)

incrustation, encrustation: (the formation of a crust)

(n)

incrustation, encrustation: (a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay)

incubate, Verb

(v)

brood, hatch, cover, incubate: (sit on (eggs)) "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

(v)

incubate: (grow under conditions that promote development)

incubation, Noun

(n)

brooding, incubation: (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)

(n)

incubation: (maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development)

(n)

incubation: ((pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear)

incubator, Noun

(n)

incubator, brooder: (apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants)

incubus, Noun

(n)

incubus: (a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women)

(n)

incubus: (someone who depresses or worries others)

(n)

nightmare, incubus: (a situation resembling a terrifying dream)

inculcate, Verb

(v)

inculcate, instill, infuse: (teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions) "inculcate values into the young generation"

inculcation, Noun

(n)

inculcation, ingraining, instilling: (teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition)

inculpability, Noun

(n)

blamelessness, inculpability, inculpableness, guiltlessness: (a state of innocence)

inculpable, Adjective

(s)

blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable: (free of guilt; not subject to blame) "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation"

inculpableness, Noun

(n)

blamelessness, inculpability, inculpableness, guiltlessness: (a state of innocence)

inculpate, Verb

(v)

incriminate, imply, inculpate: (suggest that someone is guilty)

inculpation, Noun

(n)

incrimination, inculpation, blame: (an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed) "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver"

inculpative, Adjective

(a)

inculpatory, inculpative: (causing blame to be imputed to)

inculpatory, Adjective

(a)

inculpatory, inculpative: (causing blame to be imputed to)

incumbency, Noun

(n)

incumbency: (a duty that is incumbent upon you)

(n)

incumbency: (the office of an incumbent)

(n)

tenure, term_of_office, incumbency: (the term during which some position is held)

incumbent, Adjective

(s)

incumbent: (lying or leaning on something else) "an incumbent geological formation"

(s)

incumbent: (necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding) "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"

(s)

incumbent: (currently holding an office) "the incumbent governor"

incumbent, Noun

(n)

incumbent, officeholder: (the official who holds an office)

incumbrance, Noun

(n)

burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus: (an onerous or difficult concern) "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

(n)

encumbrance, incumbrance: (a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage))

(n)

hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference: (any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)

incur, Verb

(v)

incur: (make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to) "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

(v)

receive, get, find, obtain, incur: (receive a specified treatment (abstract)) "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

incurability, Noun

(n)

incurability, incurableness: (incapability of being cured or healed)

(n)

incurability: (incapability of being altered in disposition or habits) "the incurability of his optimism"

incurable, Adjective

(a)

incurable: (incapable of being cured) "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking"

(s)

incurable: (unalterable in disposition or habits) "an incurable optimist"

incurable, Noun

(n)

incurable: (a person whose disease is incurable)

incurableness, Noun

(n)

incurability, incurableness: (incapability of being cured or healed)

incurious, Adjective

(a)

incurious: (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity) "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them"

incurrence, Noun

(n)

incurrence: (the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable))

incursion, Noun

(n)

incursion: (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)) "the incursion of television into the American living room"

(n)

incursion: (the mistake of incurring liability or blame)

(n)

penetration, incursion: (an attack that penetrates into enemy territory)

incursive, Adjective

(s)

incursive, invading, invasive: (involving invasion or aggressive attack) "invasive war"

incurvate, Adjective

(s)

incurvate, incurved: (bent into or having an inward curve)

incurvate, Verb

(v)

incurvate: (bend inwards) "The body incurvates a little at the back"

(v)

incurvate: (cause to curve inward) "gravity incurvates the rays"

incurvation, Noun

(n)

concave_shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature: (a shape that curves or bends inward)

(n)

incurvation: (the action of creating a curved shape)

incurvature, Noun

(n)

concave_shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature: (a shape that curves or bends inward)

incurved, Adjective

(s)

incurvate, incurved: (bent into or having an inward curve)

incus, Noun

(n)

incus, anvil: (the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes)

indapamide, Noun

(n)

indapamide, Lozal: (diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension)

indebted, Adjective

(s)

indebted: (owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc)

(s)

indebted: (under a legal obligation to someone)

indebtedness, Noun

(n)

indebtedness, liability, financial_obligation: (an obligation to pay money to another party)

(n)

obligation, indebtedness: (a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor)

indecency, Noun

(n)

indecency: (the quality of being indecent)

(n)

indecency, impropriety: (an indecent or improper act)

indecent, Adjective

(a)

indecent: (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters) "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"

(s)

indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward: (not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society) "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

(s)

indecent: (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance) "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"

indecipherable, Adjective

(s)

indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable: (not easily deciphered) "indecipherable handwriting"

(s)

indecipherable: (impossible to determine the meaning of) "an indecipherable message"

indecision, Noun

(n)

indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution: (doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action) "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"

(n)

indecisiveness, indecision: (the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose) "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court"

indecisive, Adjective

(a)

indecisive: (characterized by lack of decision and firmness) "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill"

(a)

indecisive: (not definitely settling something) "a long and indecisive war"

(s)

indecisive: (not clearly defined) "indecisive boundaries running through mountains"

indecisiveness, Noun

(n)

indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution: (doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action) "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"

(n)

indecisiveness, indecision: (the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose) "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court"

indecorous, Adjective

(s)

indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward: (not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society) "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

(a)

indecorous, indelicate: (lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct) "indecorous behavior"

indecorousness, Noun

(n)

indecorum, indecorousness: (a lack of decorum)

indecorum, Noun

(n)

familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty: (an act of undue intimacy)

(n)

indecorum, indecorousness: (a lack of decorum)

indefatigability, Noun

(n)

indefatigability, indefatigableness, tirelessness: (tireless determination)

indefatigable, Adjective

(s)

indefatigable, tireless, unflagging, unwearying: (showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality) "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

indefatigableness, Noun

(n)

indefatigability, indefatigableness, tirelessness: (tireless determination)

indefeasible, Adjective

(a)

indefeasible: (not liable to being annulled or voided or undone) "an indefeasible right to freedom"; "an indefeasible claim to the title"

indefensible, Adjective

(s)

indefensible, untenable: ((of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified)

(s)

indefensible: (not able to be protected against attack)

(s)

indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted: (incapable of being justified or explained)

indefinable, Adjective

(s)

indefinable, undefinable: (not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words) "an indefinable feeling of terror"; "an abstract concept that seems indefinable"

(s)

indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable: (defying expression or description) "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"

indefinite, Adjective

(a)

indefinite: (vague or not clearly defined or stated) "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

(s)

indefinite: (not decided or not known) "were indefinite about their plans"; "plans are indefinite"

indefiniteness, Noun

(n)

indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy: (the quality of being vague and poorly defined)

indefinity, Noun

(n)

indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy: (the quality of being vague and poorly defined)

indehiscent, Adjective

(a)

indehiscent: ((of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds)

indelible, Adjective

(s)

indelible, unerasable: (cannot be removed or erased) "an indelible stain"; "indelible memories"

indelicate, Adjective

(a)

indecorous, indelicate: (lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct) "indecorous behavior"

(s)

indelicate, off-color, off-colour: (in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent) "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

(s)

indelicate: (verging on the indecent) "an indelicate proposition"

indemnification, Noun

(n)

damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress: (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)

(n)

indemnification: (an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance)

indemnify, Verb

(v)

compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify: (make amends for; pay compensation for) "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"

(v)

indemnify: (secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for) "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness"

indemnity, Noun

(n)

damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress: (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)

(n)

indemnity, insurance: (protection against future loss)

(n)

indemnity: (legal exemption from liability for damages)

indent, Noun

(n)

indent: (an order for goods to be exported or imported)

(n)

indentation, indention, indent, indenture: (the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line)

indent, Verb

(v)

indent: (set in from the margin) "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"

(v)

indent: (cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication) "indent the documents"

(v)

indent, dent: (make a depression into) "The bicycle dented my car"

(v)

indent: (notch the edge of or make jagged)

(v)

indenture, indent: (bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant) "an indentured servant"

indentation, Noun

(n)

indentation, indenture: (a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline))

(n)

indentation, indention, indent, indenture: (the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line)

(n)

indentation: (the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions)

(n)

pitting, roughness, indentation: (the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion)

indention, Noun

(n)

indentation, indention, indent, indenture: (the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line)

indenture, Noun

(n)

indentation, indenture: (a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline))

(n)

indentation, indention, indent, indenture: (the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line)

(n)

indenture: (formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt)

(n)

indenture: (a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term)

indenture, Verb

(v)

indenture, indent: (bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant) "an indentured servant"

indentured, Adjective

(s)

apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured: (bound by contract)

independency, Noun

(n)

independence, independency: (freedom from control or influence of another or others)

independent, Adjective

(s)

autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign: ((of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces) "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

(a)

independent: (free from external control and constraint) "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

(a)

independent, main: ((of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence) "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

(s)

independent: (not controlled by a party or interest group)

independent, Noun

(n)

freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free_lance, independent, self-employed_person: (a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them)

(n)

mugwump, independent, fencesitter: (a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics))

indescribable, Adjective

(s)

indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable: (defying expression or description) "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"

indestructibility, Noun

(n)

indestructibility: (the strength to resist destruction)

indestructible, Adjective

(s)

durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable: (very long lasting) "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent"

(a)

indestructible: (not easily destroyed)

indeterminable, Adjective

(a)

indeterminable, undeterminable: (not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained)

(s)

indeterminable: (incapable of being definitely ascertained)

indeterminacy, Noun

(n)

indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy: (the quality of being vague and poorly defined)

indeterminate, Adjective

(a)

indeterminate, undetermined: (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance) "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"

(a)

indeterminate: (having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex) "an indeterminate stem"

(s)

indeterminate: (of uncertain or ambiguous nature) "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"

(s)

indeterminate: (not capable of being determined) "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"

(s)

indeterminate: (not leading to a definite ending or result) "an indeterminate campaign"

indeterminateness, Noun

(n)

indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy: (the quality of being vague and poorly defined)

indetermination, Noun

(n)

indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy: (the quality of being vague and poorly defined)

index, Noun

(n)

exponent, power, index: (a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself)

(n)

index: (a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number)

(n)

index, index_number, indicant, indicator: (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)

(n)

index: (an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed)

(n)

index, index_finger, forefinger: (the finger next to the thumb)

index, Verb

(v)

index: (list in an index)

(v)

index: (provide with an index) "index the book"

(v)

index: (adjust through indexation) "The government indexes wages and prices"

indexing, Noun

(n)

indexing: (the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve)

indicant, Noun

(n)

index, index_number, indicant, indicator: (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)

(n)

indication, indicant: (something that serves to indicate or suggest) "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

indicate, Verb

(v)

argue, indicate: (give evidence of) "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

(v)

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal: (be a signal for or a symptom of) "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

(v)

indicate, point, designate, show: (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively) "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"

(v)

indicate: (to state or express briefly) "indicated his wishes in a letter"

(v)

indicate, suggest: (suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine) "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

indication, Noun

(n)

indication, indicant: (something that serves to indicate or suggest) "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

(n)

indication, denotation: (the act of indicating or pointing out by name)

(n)

indication: ((medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure) "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"

(n)

indication: (something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary) "there were indications that it was time to leave"

(n)

reading, meter_reading, indication: (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument) "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

indicative, Adjective

(a)

indicative, declarative: (relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements) "indicative mood"

(s)

indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive: ((usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly) "actions indicative of fear"

indicative, Noun

(n)

indicative_mood, indicative, declarative_mood, declarative, common_mood, fact_mood: (a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact)

indicator, Noun

(n)

index, index_number, indicant, indicator: (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)

(n)

indicator: (a signal for attracting attention)

(n)

indicator: (a device for showing the operating condition of some system)

(n)

indicator: ((chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction)

indicatory, Adjective

(s)

indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive: ((usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly) "actions indicative of fear"

indict, Verb

(v)

indict: (accuse formally of a crime)

indictability, Noun

(n)

impeachability, indictability: (the state of being liable to impeachment)

indictable, Adjective

(s)

chargeable, indictable: (liable to be accused, or cause for such liability) "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense"

indictment, Noun

(n)

indictment, bill_of_indictment: (a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense)

(n)

indictment: (an accusation of wrongdoing) "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"

indie, Adjective

(s)

indie: ((of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company)

indie, Noun

(n)

indie: (a pop group not affiliated with a major record company)

(n)

indie: (an independent film company not associated with an established studio)

indifference, Noun

(n)

apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness: (the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally)

(n)

emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality: (apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions)

(n)

indifference: (unbiased impartial unconcern)

(n)

nonchalance, unconcern, indifference: (the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern)

indifferent, Adjective

(s)

apathetic, indifferent: (marked by a lack of interest; it is simply indifferent") "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly"

(s)

deaf, indifferent: ((usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed) "deaf to her warnings"

(s)

immaterial, indifferent: ((often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other) "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"

(s)

indifferent: (showing no care or concern in attitude or action) "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"

(s)

indifferent: (fairly poor to not very good) "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job"

(s)

indifferent: (marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another) "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation"

(s)

indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed: (characterized by a lack of partiality) "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems"

(s)

indifferent, so-so: (being neither good nor bad) "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"

(s)

indifferent: (neither too great nor too little) "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"

(s)

inert, indifferent, neutral: (having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive) "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

indigen, Noun

(n)

native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal: (an indigenous person who was born in a particular place) "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"

indigence, Noun

(n)

indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization: (a state of extreme poverty or destitution) "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

indigene, Noun

(n)

native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal: (an indigenous person who was born in a particular place) "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"

indigenous, Adjective

(s)

autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous: (originating where it is found) "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

indigenousness, Noun

(n)

indigenousness, autochthony, endemism: (nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place))

indigent, Adjective

(s)

destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken: (poor enough to need help from others)

indigestibility, Noun

(n)

indigestibility, indigestibleness: (the property of being difficult to digest)

indigestible, Adjective

(a)

indigestible: (digested with difficulty)

indigestibleness, Noun

(n)

indigestibility, indigestibleness: (the property of being difficult to digest)

indigestion, Noun

(n)

indigestion, dyspepsia, stomach_upset, upset_stomach: (a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea)

indignant, Adjective

(s)

indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous: (angered at something unjust or wrong) "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"

indignation, Noun

(n)

indignation, outrage: (a feeling of righteous anger)

indignity, Noun

(n)

indignity: (an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem)

indigo, Adjective

(s)

indigo: (having a color between blue and violet) "indigo flowers"

indigo, Noun

(n)

anil, indigo, indigotin: (a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically)

(n)

indigo, indigo_plant, Indigofera_tinctoria: (deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye)

(n)

indigo: (a blue-violet color)

indigotin, Noun

(n)

anil, indigo, indigotin: (a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically)

indinavir, Noun

(n)

indinavir, Crixivan: (a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV)

indirect, Adjective

(a)

collateral, indirect: (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"

(a)

indirect: (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination) "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

(a)

indirect: (extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action) "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

(s)

indirect: (having intervening factors or persons or influences) "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"

(s)

indirect: (not as a direct effect or consequence) "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"

indirection, Noun

(n)

indirection: (indirect procedure or action) "he tried to find out by indirection"

(n)

indirection: (deceitful action that is not straightforward) "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"

indirectness, Noun

(n)

indirectness: (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)

indiscernible, Adjective

(a)

indiscernible: (difficult or impossible to perceive or discern) "an indiscernible increase in temperature"

(s)

indiscernible, insensible, undetectable: (barely able to be perceived) "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"

indiscipline, Noun

(n)

indiscipline, undiscipline: (the trait of lacking discipline)

indiscreet, Adjective

(a)

indiscreet: (lacking discretion; injudicious) "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"

indiscreetness, Noun

(n)

injudiciousness, indiscreetness: (lacking good judgment)

indiscretion, Noun

(n)

indiscretion, injudiciousness: (the trait of being injudicious)

(n)

indiscretion, peccadillo: (a petty misdeed)

indiscriminate, Adjective

(a)

indiscriminate: (not marked by fine distinctions) "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles"

(s)

indiscriminate: (failing to make or recognize distinctions)

indiscriminating, Adjective

(a)

undiscriminating, indiscriminating: (not discriminating)

indispensability, Noun

(n)

indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness: (the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without)

indispensable, Adjective

(s)

essential, indispensable: (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary) "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

(a)

indispensable: (not to be dispensed with; essential) "foods indispensable to good nutrition"

(s)

indispensable: (unavoidable) "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

indispensableness, Noun

(n)

indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness: (the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without)

indispose, Verb

(v)

disqualify, unfit, indispose: (make unfit or unsuitable) "Your income disqualifies you"

(v)

indispose, disincline: (make unwilling)

(v)

indispose: (cause to feel unwell) "She was indisposed"

indisposed, Adjective

(s)

ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under_the_weather, seedy: (somewhat ill or prone to illness) "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

(s)

antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth: ((usually followed by `to') strongly opposed) "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

indisposition, Noun

(n)

indisposition: (a slight illness)

(n)

reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition: (a certain degree of unwillingness) "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"

indisputability, Noun

(n)

indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness: (the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt)

indisputable, Adjective

(s)

incontestable, indisputable, undisputable: (not open to question; obviously true) "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness"

(s)

indisputable, sure: (impossible to doubt or dispute) "indisputable (or sure) proof"

indissoluble, Adjective

(s)

indissoluble: (used of decisions and contracts)

(a)

insoluble, indissoluble: ((of a substance) incapable of being dissolved)

indistinct, Adjective

(a)

indistinct: (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand) "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

indistinctness, Noun

(n)

indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness: (the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines)

indistinguishability, Noun

(n)

identity, identicalness, indistinguishability: (exact sameness) "they shared an identity of interests"

indistinguishable, Adjective

(s)

identical, indistinguishable: (exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different) "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats"

(a)

indistinguishable, undistinguishable: (not capable of being distinguished or differentiated) "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable"; "the twins were indistinguishable"; "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity"

indite, Verb

(v)

write, compose, pen, indite: (produce a literary work) "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

indium, Noun

(n)

indium, In, atomic_number_49: (a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite)

individual, Adjective

(a)

individual, single: (being or characteristic of a single thing or person) "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

(s)

individual, case-by-case, item-by-item: (separate and distinct from others of the same kind) "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

(s)

individual, single: (characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing) "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

(s)

individual, private: (concerning one person exclusively) "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"

individual, Noun

(n)

individual: (a single organism)

(n)

person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul: (a human being) "there was too much for one person to do"

individualisation, Noun

(n)

individualization, individualisation, individuation: (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)

individualise, Verb

(v)

individualize, individualise: (make or mark or treat as individual) "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"

(v)

personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise: (make personal or more personal) "personalized service"

individualised, Adjective

(s)

individualized, individualised, personalized, personalised: (made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual) "personalized luggage"; "personalized advice"

individualism, Noun

(n)

individualism: (a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence)

(n)

individualism, laissez_faire: (the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs)

(n)

individuality, individualism, individuation: (the quality of being individual) "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

individualist, Adjective

(s)

individualist, individualistic: (marked by or expressing individuality) "an individualistic way of dressing"

individualist, Noun

(n)

individualist: (a person who pursues independent thought or action)

individualistic, Adjective

(s)

individualist, individualistic: (marked by or expressing individuality) "an individualistic way of dressing"

(s)

individualistic, laissez-faire: (with minimally restricted freedom in commerce)

individuality, Noun

(n)

identity, personal_identity, individuality: (the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity) "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

(n)

individuality, individualism, individuation: (the quality of being individual) "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

individualization, Noun

(n)

individualization, individualisation, individuation: (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)

individualize, Verb

(v)

individualize, individualise: (make or mark or treat as individual) "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"

(v)

personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise: (make personal or more personal) "personalized service"

individualized, Adjective

(s)

individualized, individualised, personalized, personalised: (made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual) "personalized luggage"; "personalized advice"

individuation, Noun

(n)

individuality, individualism, individuation: (the quality of being individual) "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

(n)

individualization, individualisation, individuation: (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)

indivisible, Adjective

(a)

indivisible: (impossible of undergoing division) "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"

indocile, Adjective

(s)

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly: (of persons) "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

indolence, Noun

(n)

indolence, laziness: (inactivity resulting from a dislike of work)

indolent, Adjective

(s)

faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy: (disinclined to work or exertion) "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

(s)

indolent: ((of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless) "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"

indomethacin, Noun

(n)

indomethacin, Indocin: (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin))

indomitability, Noun

(n)

indomitability, invincibility: (the property being difficult or impossible to defeat)

indomitable, Adjective

(s)

indomitable, never-say-die, unsubduable: (impossible to subdue)

indoor, Adjective

(a)

indoor: (located, suited for, or taking place within a building) "indoor activities for a rainy day"; "an indoor pool"

(s)

indoor: (within doors) "an indoor setting"

indorse, Verb

(v)

back, endorse, indorse, plump_for, plunk_for, support: (be behind; approve of) "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

(v)

certify, endorse, indorse: (guarantee as meeting a certain standard) "certified grade AAA meat"

(v)

endorse, indorse: (sign as evidence of legal transfer) "endorse cheques"

(v)

second, back, endorse, indorse: (give support or one's approval to) "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

indorsement, Noun

(n)

endorsement, indorsement, blurb: (a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)) "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book"

(n)

endorsement, indorsement: (a signature that validates something) "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement"

(n)

endorsement, indorsement: (the act of endorsing) "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements"

(n)

sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur: (formal and explicit approval) "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

(n)

second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement: (a speech seconding a motion) "do I hear a second?"

indorser, Noun

(n)

endorser, indorser: (a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security)

(n)

subscriber, endorser, indorser, ratifier: (someone who expresses strong approval)

indrawn, Adjective

(s)

indrawn, withdrawn: (tending to reserve or introspection) "a quiet indrawn man"

indri, Noun

(n)

indri, indris, Indri_indri, Indri_brevicaudatus: (large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn)

indris, Noun

(n)

indri, indris, Indri_indri, Indri_brevicaudatus: (large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn)

indubitability, Noun

(n)

indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness: (the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt)

induce, Verb

(v)

induce, bring_on: (cause to arise) "induce a crisis"

(v)

induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make: (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

(v)

induce, stimulate, rush, hasten: (cause to occur rapidly) "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

(v)

induce: (reason or establish by induction)

(v)

induce, induct: (produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes)

induced, Adjective

(a)

induced: (brought about or caused; not spontaneous) "a case of steroid-induced weakness"

inducement, Noun

(n)

incentive, inducement, motivator: (a positive motivational influence)

(n)

inducement, inducing: (act of bringing about a desired result) "inducement of sleep"

inducer, Noun

(n)

inducer: (an agent capable of activating specific genes)

(n)

persuader, inducer: (someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on)

inducing, Noun

(n)

inducement, inducing: (act of bringing about a desired result) "inducement of sleep"

inducive, Adjective

(s)

inductive, inducive: (inducing or influencing; leading on) "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton"

induct, Verb

(v)

induce, induct: (produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes)

(v)

induct, invest, seat: (place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position) "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

(v)

induct: (admit as a member) "We were inducted into the honor society"

(v)

induct: (introduce or initiate) "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"

(v)

initiate, induct: (accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite) "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"

inductance, Noun

(n)

induction, inductance: (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current)

(n)

inductor, inductance: (an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit)

inductee, Noun

(n)

draftee, conscript, inductee: (someone who is drafted into military service)

(n)

inductee: (a person inducted into an organization or social group) "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame"

induction, Noun

(n)

evocation, induction, elicitation: (stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors) "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"

(n)

generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive_reasoning: (reasoning from detailed facts to general principles)

(n)

induction, inductance: (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current)

(n)

induction: (the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)) "the induction of an anesthetic state"

(n)

initiation, induction, installation: (a formal entry into an organization or position or office) "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

(n)

trigger, induction, initiation: (an act that sets in motion some course of events)

inductive, Adjective

(a)

inductive: (arising from inductance) "inductive reactance"

(a)

inductive: (of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion) "inductive reasoning"

(s)

inductive, inducive: (inducing or influencing; leading on) "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton"

inductor, Noun

(n)

inductor, inductance: (an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit)

indue, Verb

(v)

endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue: (give qualities or abilities to)

indulge, Verb

(v)

gratify, pander, indulge: (yield (to); give satisfaction to)

(v)

indulge: (give free rein to) "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"

(v)

indulge, luxuriate: (enjoy to excess) "She indulges in ice cream"

(v)

pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge: (treat with excessive indulgence) "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

indulgence, Noun

(n)

folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence: (foolish or senseless behavior)

(n)

indulgence, self-indulgence: (an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires)

(n)

indulgence, lenience, leniency: (a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone) "too much indulgence spoils a child"

(n)

indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring: (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)

(n)

indulgence: (the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution) "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"

indulgent, Adjective

(a)

indulgent: (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone) "indulgent grandparents"

(s)

indulgent, lenient, soft: (tolerant or lenient) "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"

(s)

indulgent: (being favorably inclined) "an indulgent attitude"

indulging, Noun

(n)

indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring: (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)

indument, Noun

(n)

indumentum, indument: (a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect)

indumentum, Noun

(n)

indumentum, indument: (a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect)

indurate, Adjective

(s)

callous, indurate, pachydermatous: (emotionally hardened) "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"

indurate, Verb

(v)

harden, indurate: (become hard or harder) "The wax hardened"

(v)

harden, indurate: (make hard or harder) "The cold hardened the butter"

(v)

indurate: (become fixed or established) "indurated customs"

(v)

inure, harden, indurate: (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate) "He was inured to the cold"

induration, Noun

(n)

sclerosis, induration: (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)

industrial-strength, Adjective

(s)

industrial-strength, weapons-grade: (extremely strong or concentrated or durable) "industrial-strength detergent"; "weapons-grade salsa"

industrial, Adjective

(a)

industrial: (of or relating to or resulting from industry) "industrial output"

(a)

industrial: (having highly developed industries) "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation"

(s)

industrial: (employed in industry) "the industrial classes"; "industrial work"

(s)

industrial: (suitable to stand up to hard wear) "industrial carpeting"

industrialisation, Noun

(n)

industrialization, industrialisation, industrial_enterprise: (the development of industry on an extensive scale)

industrialise, Verb

(v)

industrialize, industrialise: (organize (the production of something) into an industry) "The Chinese industrialized textile production"

(v)

industrialize, industrialise: (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"

industrialised, Adjective

(s)

industrialized, industrialised: (made industrial; converted to industrialism) "industrialized areas"

industrialist, Noun

(n)

industrialist: (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

industrialization, Noun

(n)

industrialization, industrialisation, industrial_enterprise: (the development of industry on an extensive scale)

industrialize, Verb

(v)

industrialize, industrialise: (organize (the production of something) into an industry) "The Chinese industrialized textile production"

(v)

industrialize, industrialise: (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"

industrialized, Adjective

(s)

industrialized, industrialised: (made industrial; converted to industrialism) "industrialized areas"

industrious, Adjective

(s)

energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming: (working hard to promote an enterprise)

(s)

hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiring: (characterized by hard work and perseverance)

industriousness, Noun

(n)

diligence, industriousness, industry: (persevering determination to perform a task) "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

industry, Noun

(n)

diligence, industriousness, industry: (persevering determination to perform a task) "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

(n)

industry: (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise) "each industry has its own trade publications"

(n)

industry, manufacture: (the organized action of making of goods and services for sale) "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

indweller, Noun

(n)

indweller: (activation by an inner spirit or force or principle) "the Holy Spirit is the indweller of the church and its members"

(n)

inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller: (a person who inhabits a particular place)

inebriant, Noun

(n)

alcohol, alcoholic_drink, alcoholic_beverage, intoxicant, inebriant: (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent) "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"

inebriate, Noun

(n)

drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino: (a chronic drinker)

inebriate, Verb

(v)

exhilarate, tickle_pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify: (fill with sublime emotion) "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

(v)

intoxicate, soak, inebriate: (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

(v)

souse, soak, inebriate, hit_it_up: (become drunk or drink excessively)

inebriated, Adjective

(a)

intoxicated, drunk, inebriated: (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)) "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

inebriation, Noun

(n)

alcoholism, alcohol_addiction, inebriation, drunkenness: (habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms)

(n)

drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety: (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

inebriety, Noun

(n)

drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety: (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

inedible, Adjective

(a)

inedible, uneatable: (not suitable for food)

ineffable, Adjective

(s)

indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable: (defying expression or description) "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"

(s)

ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable: (too sacred to be uttered) "the ineffable name of the Deity"

ineffective, Adjective

(a)

ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual: (not producing an intended effect) "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

(s)

ineffective, ineffectual, unable: (lacking in power or forcefulness) "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

(s)

ineffective, inefficient: (lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate) "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"

ineffectiveness, Noun

(n)

ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality: (lacking the power to be effective)

ineffectual, Adjective

(s)

futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing: (producing no result or effect) "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

(a)

ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual: (not producing an intended effect) "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

(s)

ineffective, ineffectual, unable: (lacking in power or forcefulness) "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

ineffectuality, Noun

(n)

ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality: (lacking the power to be effective)

ineffectualness, Noun

(n)

ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality: (lacking the power to be effective)

inefficacious, Adjective

(a)

inefficacious: (lacking the power to produce a desired effect) "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime"

inefficaciousness, Noun

(n)

inefficacy, inefficaciousness: (a lack of efficacy)

inefficacy, Noun

(n)

inefficacy, inefficaciousness: (a lack of efficacy)

inefficiency, Noun

(n)

inefficiency: (unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency)

inefficient, Adjective

(s)

ineffective, inefficient: (lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate) "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"

(a)

inefficient: (not producing desired results; wasteful) "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods"

inelaborate, Adjective

(s)

inelaborate, unelaborate: (not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail)

inelastic, Adjective

(a)

inelastic: (not elastic) "economists speak of an inelastic price structure"

inelasticity, Noun

(n)

inelasticity: (the lack of elasticity)

inelegance, Noun

(n)

inelegance: (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

inelegant, Adjective

(a)

inelegant: (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)

ineligibility, Noun

(n)

ineligibility: (the quality or state of being ineligible)

ineligible, Adjective

(a)

ineligible: (not eligible) "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits"

(s)

ineligible: (prohibited by official rules) "an ineligible pass receiver"

ineluctability, Noun

(n)

ineluctability, unavoidability: (the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade)

ineluctable, Adjective

(s)

ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable: (impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion") "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

inept, Adjective

(s)

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen: (not elegant or graceful in expression) "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

(s)

feckless, inept: (generally incompetent and ineffectual) "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"

(s)

inept, tactless: (revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse) "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

ineptitude, Noun

(n)

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness: (unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training)

(n)

worthlessness, ineptitude: (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful) "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"

ineptness, Noun

(n)

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness: (unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training)

(n)

unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness: (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)

inequality, Noun

(n)

inequality: (lack of equality) "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

inequitable, Adjective

(a)

inequitable, unjust: (not equitable or fair) "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation"

inequity, Noun

(n)

unfairness, inequity: (injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards)

ineradicable, Adjective

(a)

ineradicable: (not able to be destroyed or rooted out) "ineradicable superstitions"

inerrable, Adjective

(s)

inerrable, inerrant, unerring: (not liable to error) "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton"; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman"

inerrancy, Noun

(n)

inerrancy: ((Christianity) exemption from error) "biblical inerrancy"

inerrant, Adjective

(s)

inerrable, inerrant, unerring: (not liable to error) "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton"; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman"

inert, Adjective

(s)

inert: (unable to move or resist motion)

(s)

inert, indifferent, neutral: (having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive) "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

(s)

inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid: (slow and apathetic) "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

inertia, Noun

(n)

inactiveness, inactivity, inertia: (a disposition to remain inactive or inert) "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

(n)

inertia: ((physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force)

inescapable, Adjective

(s)

ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable: (impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion") "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

inessential, Adjective

(a)

inessential, unessential: (not basic or fundamental)

(s)

inessential: (not absolutely necessary)

inessential, Noun

(n)

inessential, nonessential: (anything that is not essential) "they discarded all their inessentials"

inessentiality, Noun

(n)

inessentiality: (not of basic importance)

inestimable, Adjective

(s)

incomputable, inestimable, immeasurable: (beyond calculation or measure) "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth"

inevitability, Noun

(n)

inevitability, inevitableness: (the quality of being unavoidable)

inevitable, Adjective

(a)

inevitable: (incapable of being avoided or prevented) "the inevitable result"

(s)

inevitable: (invariably occurring or appearing) "the inevitable changes of the seasons"

inevitable, Noun

(n)

inevitable: (an unavoidable event) "don't argue with the inevitable"

inevitableness, Noun

(n)

inevitability, inevitableness: (the quality of being unavoidable)

inexact, Adjective

(a)

inexact: (not exact)

inexactitude, Noun

(n)

inexactness, inexactitude: (the quality of being inaccurate and having errors)

inexactness, Noun

(n)

inexactness, inexactitude: (the quality of being inaccurate and having errors)

inexcusable, Adjective

(a)

inexcusable: (without excuse or justification)

(s)

inexcusable, unforgivable: (not excusable)

inexhaustible, Adjective

(a)

inexhaustible: (incapable of being entirely consumed or used up) "an inexhaustible supply of coal"

(s)

inexhaustible, unlimited: (that cannot be entirely consumed or used up) "an inexhaustible supply of coal"

inexorability, Noun

(n)

relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness: (mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up) "the relentlessness or their pursuit"

inexorable, Adjective

(s)

adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent: (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill) "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable"; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

(s)

grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting: (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty) "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

inexorableness, Noun

(n)

relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness: (mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up) "the relentlessness or their pursuit"

inexpedience, Noun

(n)

inexpedience, inexpediency: (the quality of being unsuited to the end in view)

inexpediency, Noun

(n)

inexpedience, inexpediency: (the quality of being unsuited to the end in view)

inexpedient, Adjective

(a)

inexpedient: (not suitable or advisable) "an inexpedient tactic"

(s)

inexpedient, unwise: (not appropriate to the purpose)

inexpensive, Adjective

(a)

cheap, inexpensive: (relatively low in price or charging low prices) "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

inexpensiveness, Noun

(n)

inexpensiveness: (the quality of being affordable)

inexperience, Noun

(n)

inexperience, rawness: (lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience) "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"

inexperienced, Adjective

(a)

inexperienced, inexperient: (lacking practical experience or training)

inexperient, Adjective

(a)

inexperienced, inexperient: (lacking practical experience or training)

inexpert, Adjective

(s)

amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled: (lacking professional skill or expertise) "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"

inexplicable, Adjective

(a)

inexplicable, incomprehensible: (incapable of being explained or accounted for) "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

inexplicit, Adjective

(a)

implicit, inexplicit: (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something) "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

inexplicitness, Noun

(n)

inexplicitness: (unclearness by virtue of not being explicit)

inexpressible, Adjective

(a)

inexpressible, unexpressible: (defying expression)

inexpugnable, Adjective

(s)

impregnable, inexpugnable: (incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted) "an impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence"

inexpungeable, Adjective

(s)

inexpungible, inexpungeable: (not capable of being expunged) "the inexpungible scent of a bottle of perfume he had broken"- Louis Auchincloss"

inexpungible, Adjective

(s)

inexpungible, inexpungeable: (not capable of being expunged) "the inexpungible scent of a bottle of perfume he had broken"- Louis Auchincloss"

inextensible, Adjective

(a)

nonextensile, inextensible, nonprotractile: (not extensile)

inexterminable, Adjective

(s)

inexterminable, inextirpable: (incapable of extermination or extirpation) "some weeds seem inextirpable"

inextinguishable, Adjective

(a)

inextinguishable: (difficult or impossible to extinguish) "an inextinguishable flame"; "an inextinguishable faith"

inextirpable, Adjective

(s)

inexterminable, inextirpable: (incapable of extermination or extirpation) "some weeds seem inextirpable"

inextricable, Adjective

(a)

inextricable: (not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied) "an inextricable knot"; "inextricable unity"

infallibility, Noun

(n)

infallibility: (the quality of never making an error)

infallible, Adjective

(a)

infallible: (incapable of failure or error) "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"

infamous, Adjective

(s)

ill-famed, infamous, notorious: (known widely and usually unfavorably; ) "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"

infamy, Noun

(n)

infamy, opprobrium: (a state of extreme dishonor) "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt"; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

(n)

infamy: (evil fame or public reputation)

infancy, Noun

(n)

infancy, babyhood, early_childhood: (the early stage of growth or development)

(n)

infancy, babyhood: (the earliest state of immaturity)

infant, Noun

(n)

baby, babe, infant: (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk) "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"

infanticide, Noun

(n)

infanticide: (a person who murders an infant)

(n)

infanticide: (murdering an infant)

infantile, Adjective

(s)

childish, infantile: (indicating a lack of maturity) "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior"

(a)

infantile: (of or relating to infants or infancy) "infantile paralysis"

(s)

infantile: (being or befitting or characteristic of an infant) "infantile games"

infantry, Noun

(n)

infantry, foot: (an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot) "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"

infantryman, Noun

(n)

infantryman, marcher, foot_soldier, footslogger: (fights on foot with small arms)

infarct, Noun

(n)

infarct, infarction: (localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply)

infarction, Noun

(n)

infarct, infarction: (localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply)

infatuate, Verb

(v)

infatuate: (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way) "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

infatuated, Adjective

(s)

enamored, infatuated, in_love, potty, smitten, soft_on, taken_with: (marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her"

infatuation, Noun

(n)

infatuation: (a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration)

(n)

infatuation: (an object of extravagant short-lived passion)

(n)

puppy_love, calf_love, crush, infatuation: (temporary love of an adolescent)

infeasibility, Noun

(n)

infeasibility, unfeasibility: (the quality of not being doable)

infeasible, Adjective

(s)

impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable: (not capable of being carried out or put into practice) "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"

infect, Verb

(v)

infect: (communicate a disease to) "Your children have infected you with this head cold"

(v)

infect, taint: (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

(v)

infect: (corrupt with ideas or an ideology) "society was infected by racism"

(v)

infect: (affect in a contagious way) "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

infected, Adjective

(a)

septic, infected: (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms) "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"

infection, Noun

(n)

contagion, infection: (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people) "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

(n)

infection: (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

(n)

infection: ((phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound)

(n)

infection: ((medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease)

(n)

infection, contagion, transmission: (an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted)

(n)

infection: (moral corruption or contamination) "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"

(n)

infection: ((international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure)

infectious, Adjective

(a)

infectious: (easily spread; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell) "fear is exceedingly infectious"

(a)

infectious: (of or relating to infection) "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"

(s)

infectious, infective: (caused by infection or capable of causing infection) "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

infective, Adjective

(s)

infectious, infective: (caused by infection or capable of causing infection) "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

(s)

infective, morbific, pathogenic: (able to cause disease) "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

infelicitous, Adjective

(a)

infelicitous: (not appropriate in application; defective) "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"

(s)

infelicitous, unhappy: (marked by or producing unhappiness) "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series"

infelicity, Noun

(n)

infelicity: (inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))

infer, Verb

(v)

deduce, infer, deduct, derive: (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)

(v)

deduce, infer: (conclude by reasoning; in logic)

(v)

generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer: (draw from specific cases for more general cases)

(v)

guess, infer: (guess correctly; solve by guessing) "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

(v)

understand, infer: (believe to be the case) "I understand you have no previous experience?"

inference, Noun

(n)

inference, illation: (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

inferential, Adjective

(s)

illative, inferential: (resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference) "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"

(a)

inferential, illative: (relating to or having the nature of illation or inference) "the illative faculty of the mind"

(s)

inferential: (of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion)

(s)

inferential: (derived or capable of being derived by inference)

(s)

inferential: (based on interpretation; not directly expressed)

inferior, Adjective

(s)

deficient, inferior, substandard: (falling short of some prescribed norm) "substandard housing"

(a)

inferior: (of or characteristic of low rank or importance)

(a)

inferior: (of low or inferior quality)

(a)

inferior: (having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit) "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

(s)

inferior: (lower than a given reference point) "inferior alveolar artery"

(a)

subscript, inferior: (written or printed below and to one side of another character)

inferior, Noun

(n)

inferior: (one of lesser rank or station or quality)

(n)

subscript, inferior: (a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character)

inferiority, Noun

(n)

inferiority, lower_status, lower_rank: (the state of being inferior)

(n)

inferiority, low_quality: (an inferior quality)

(n)

inferiority, unfavorable_position: (the quality of being a competitive disadvantage)

infernal, Adjective

(s)

blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal: (expletives used informally as intensifiers) "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"

(s)

demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy: (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell) "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"

(a)

infernal: (characteristic of or resembling Hell) "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment"

(a)

infernal: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire) "infernal heat"

(a)

infernal: (being of the underworld) "infernal regions"

infernal, Noun

(n)

infernal: (an inhabitant of Hell) "his roar made the infernals quake"

infertile, Adjective

(a)

sterile, unfertile, infertile: (incapable of reproducing) "an infertile couple"

infertility, Noun

(n)

sterility, infertility: (the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate)

infest, Verb

(v)

infest, overrun: (invade in great numbers) "the roaches infested our kitchen"

(v)

infest: (live on or in a host, as of parasites)

(v)

invade, overrun, infest: (occupy in large numbers or live on a host) "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

infestation, Noun

(n)

infestation: (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)

(n)

infestation, plague: (a swarm of insects that attack plants) "a plague of grasshoppers"

infidel, Noun

(n)

heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel: (a person who does not acknowledge your god)

infidelity, Noun

(n)

infidelity, unfaithfulness: (the quality of being unfaithful)

infield, Noun

(n)

baseball_diamond, diamond, infield: (the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate)

infiltrate, Verb

(v)

infiltrate: (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices)

(v)

infiltrate, penetrate: (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members) "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

(v)

infiltrate: (pass into or through by filtering or permeating) "the substance infiltrated the material"

(v)

infiltrate, pass_through: (pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict)

infiltration, Noun

(n)

infiltration: (a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection))

(n)

percolation, infiltration: (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium) "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"

infinite, Adjective

(s)

countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

(a)

infinite: (having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude) "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"

(a)

infinite, non-finite: (of verbs; having neither person nor number nor mood (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)) "infinite verb form"

(s)

infinite: (total and all-embracing) "God's infinite wisdom"

infinite, Noun

(n)

space, infinite: (the unlimited expanse in which everything is located) "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"

infiniteness, Noun

(n)

infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness: (the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit)

infinitesimal, Adjective

(s)

infinitesimal, minute: (infinitely or immeasurably small) "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"

infinitesimal, Noun

(n)

infinitesimal: ((mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit)

infinitude, Noun

(n)

infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness: (the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit)

(n)

infinitude: (an infinite quantity)

infinity, Noun

(n)

eternity, infinity: (time without end)

infirm, Adjective

(s)

decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly: (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality) "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

(s)

infirm: (lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare) "infirm of purpose"

infirmary, Noun

(n)

hospital, infirmary: (a health facility where patients receive treatment)

infirmity, Noun

(n)

infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism: (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))

infix, Noun

(n)

infix: (an affix that is inserted inside the word)

infix, Verb

(v)

infix: (attach a morpheme into a stem word)

(v)

insert, infix, enter, introduce: (put or introduce into something) "insert a picture into the text"

inflame, Verb

(v)

inflame: (cause inflammation in) "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

(v)

inflame, stir_up, wake, ignite, heat, fire_up: (arouse or excite feelings and passions) "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

(v)

inflame: (become inflamed; get sore) "His throat inflamed"

(v)

kindle, inflame: (catch fire) "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"

(v)

kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame: (cause to start burning) "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

inflamed, Adjective

(s)

ablaze, inflamed, reddened: (lighted with red light as if with flames) "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"

(s)

inflamed: (resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened) "eyes inflamed with crying"

(s)

inflamed: (adorned with tongues of flame)

inflaming, Noun

(n)

inflammation, inflaming: (arousal to violent emotion)

inflammability, Noun

(n)

flammability, inflammability: (the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly)

inflammable, Adjective

(s)

flammable, inflammable: (easily ignited)

inflammation, Noun

(n)

excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour: (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up) "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"

(n)

ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation: (the act of setting something on fire)

(n)

inflammation, redness, rubor: (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

(n)

inflammation, inflaming: (arousal to violent emotion)

inflammatory, Adjective

(s)

incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious: (arousing to action or rebellion)

(s)

inflammatory: (characterized or caused by inflammation) "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response"

inflatable, Adjective

(s)

inflatable: (designed to be filled with air or gas) "an inflatable mattress"; "an inflatable boat"

inflate, Verb

(v)

balloon, inflate, billow: (become inflated) "The sails ballooned"

(v)

inflate, blow_up, expand, amplify: (exaggerate or make bigger) "The charges were inflated"

(v)

inflate, blow_up: (fill with gas or air) "inflate a balloons"

(v)

inflate: (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit) "The war inflated the economy"

(v)

inflate: (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value) "inflate the currency"

inflated, Adjective

(s)

high-flown, high-sounding, inflated: (pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)) "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"

(s)

hyperbolic, inflated: (enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness) "a hyperbolic style"

inflater, Noun

(n)

inflater, inflator: (an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire))

inflation, Noun

(n)

inflation, rising_prices: (a general and progressive increase in prices) "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

(n)

inflation: ((cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang)

(n)

inflation: (the act of filling something with air)

(n)

ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation: (lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity)

inflationary, Adjective

(a)

inflationary: (associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation) "inflationary prices"

inflator, Noun

(n)

inflater, inflator: (an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire))

inflect, Verb

(v)

inflect: (change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language)

(v)

tone, inflect, modulate: (vary the pitch of one's speech)

inflected, Adjective

(a)

inflected: ((of the voice) altered in tone or pitch) "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"

(a)

inflected: (showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)) "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language"

inflection, Noun

(n)

inflection, inflexion: (a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function)

(n)

inflection, flection, flexion: (deviation from a straight or normal course)

(n)

modulation, inflection: (a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified)

(n)

prosody, inflection: (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)

inflectional, Adjective

(a)

inflectional: (characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions) "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc."

inflexibility, Noun

(n)

inflexibility, inflexibleness: (a lack of physical flexibility)

(n)

inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness: (the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe)

inflexible, Adjective

(a)

inflexible: (incapable of change) "a man of inflexible purpose"

(a)

inflexible: (resistant to being bent; ) "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"

(s)

inflexible, rigid, unbending: (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances) "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"

(a)

uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible: (not making concessions) "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

inflexibleness, Noun

(n)

inflexibility, inflexibleness: (a lack of physical flexibility)

inflexion, Noun

(n)

inflection, inflexion: (a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function)

inflict, Verb

(v)

inflict, bring_down, visit, impose: (impose something unpleasant) "The principal visited his rage on the students"

infliction, Noun

(n)

annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain_in_the_neck, pain_in_the_ass: (something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness) "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

(n)

imposition, infliction: (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))

(n)

infliction: (an act causing pain or damage)

infliximab, Noun

(n)

infliximab, Remicade: (a monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis; administered by infusion; use and dosage must be determined by a physician)

(n)

infliximab, Remicade: (an anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis)

inflorescence, Noun

(n)

blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence: (the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms)

(n)

inflorescence: (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)

inflow, Noun

(n)

inflow, influx: (the process of flowing in)

inflowing, Adjective

(s)

inflowing, influent: (flowing inward)

influence, Noun

(n)

influence: (a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc) "used her parents' influence to get the job"

(n)

influence: (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)

(n)

influence: (a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do) "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"

(n)

influence: (the effect of one thing (or person) on another) "the influence of mechanical action"

(n)

influence: (one having power to influence another) "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"

influence, Verb

(v)

charm, influence, tempt: (induce into action by using one's charm) "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

(v)

determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate: (shape or influence; give direction to) "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

(v)

influence, act_upon, work: (have and exert influence or effect) "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

influent, Adjective

(s)

inflowing, influent: (flowing inward)

influential, Adjective

(a)

influential: (having or exercising influence or power) "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"

influenza, Noun

(n)

influenza, flu, grippe: (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)

influx, Noun

(n)

inflow, influx: (the process of flowing in)

info, Noun

(n)

information, info: (a message received and understood)

infolding, Noun

(n)

invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding: (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface) "the invagination of the blastula"

infomercial, Noun

(n)

infomercial, informercial: (a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary)

inform, Verb

(v)

inform: (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to) "I informed him of his rights"

(v)

inform: (give character or essence to) "The principles that inform modern teaching"

(v)

inform: (act as an informer) "She had informed on her own parents for years"

informal, Adjective

(s)

cozy, intimate, informal: (having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere) "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"

(a)

informal: (not formal) "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"

(a)

informal: (used of spoken and written language)

(s)

informal, loose: (not officially recognized or controlled) "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"

informality, Noun

(n)

ease, informality: (freedom from constraint or embarrassment) "I am never at ease with strangers"

(n)

informality: (a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously)

informant, Noun

(n)

informant, source: (a person who supplies information)

(n)

witness, witnesser, informant: (someone who sees an event and reports what happened)

informatics, Noun

(n)

information_science, informatics, information_processing, IP: (the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information)

information, Noun

(n)

data, information: (a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn) "statistical data"

(n)

information, info: (a message received and understood)

(n)

information: (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)

(n)

information: (formal accusation of a crime)

(n)

information, selective_information, entropy: ((communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome) "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

informational, Adjective

(a)

informational: (relating to or having the nature of information)

informative, Adjective

(a)

enlightening, informative, illuminating: (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance) "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

(a)

informative, informatory: (providing or conveying information)

(a)

instructive, informative: (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)

informatory, Adjective

(a)

informative, informatory: (providing or conveying information)

informed, Adjective

(a)

informed: (having much knowledge or education) "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"

informer, Noun

(n)

informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber: (one who reveals confidential information in return for money)

informercial, Noun

(n)

infomercial, informercial: (a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary)

informing, Noun

(n)

informing, ratting: (to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors))

(n)

informing, making_known: (a speech act that conveys information)

infotainment, Noun

(n)

documentary, docudrama, documentary_film, infotainment: (a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event)

infract, Verb

(v)

transgress, offend, infract, violate, go_against, breach, break: (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises) "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

infraction, Noun

(n)

misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement: (a crime less serious than a felony)

inframaxillary, Adjective

(a)

mandibular, inframaxillary: (relating to the lower jaw)

infrangible, Adjective

(s)

absolute, infrangible, inviolable: (not capable of being violated or infringed) "infrangible human rights"

(s)

infrangible: (difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts) "an infrangible series"

infrared, Adjective

(s)

infrared: (having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end) "infrared radiation"; "infrared photography"

infrared, Noun

(n)

infrared, infrared_frequency: (the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range) "they could sense radiation in the infrared"

(n)

infrared, infrared_light, infrared_radiation, infrared_emission: (electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves)

infrastructure, Noun

(n)

infrastructure, substructure: (the basic structure or features of a system or organization)

(n)

infrastructure, base: (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area) "the industrial base of Japan"

infrequency, Noun

(n)

rarity, rareness, infrequency: (noteworthy scarcity)

infrequent, Adjective

(a)

infrequent: (not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals) "infrequent outbursts of temper"

infrigidation, Noun

(n)

refrigeration, infrigidation: (the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes)

infringe, Verb

(v)

conflict, run_afoul, infringe, contravene: (go against, as of rules and laws) "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"

(v)

encroach, infringe, impinge: (advance beyond the usual limit)

infringement, Noun

(n)

misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement: (a crime less serious than a felony)

(n)

violation, infringement: (an act that disregards an agreement or a right) "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

infuriate, Verb

(v)

infuriate, exasperate, incense: (make furious)

infuriated, Adjective

(s)

angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened: (marked by extreme anger) "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"

infuriating, Adjective

(s)

exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing: (extremely annoying or displeasing) "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"

infuriation, Noun

(n)

infuriation, enragement: (a feeling of intense anger)

infuse, Verb

(v)

impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture: (fill, as with a certain quality) "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

(v)

inculcate, instill, infuse: (teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions) "inculcate values into the young generation"

(v)

infuse: (undergo the process of infusion) "the mint tea is infusing"

(v)

infuse: (introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes) "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"

(v)

steep, infuse: (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse) "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"

infusion, Noun

(n)

infusion, extract: (a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water))

(n)

infusion: (the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water))

(n)

infusion: ((medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force))

(n)

infusion: (the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality) "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"

ingathering, Noun

(n)

solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering: (request for a sum of money) "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

ingeminate, Verb

(v)

repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell: (to say, state, or perform again) "She kept reiterating her request"

ingenious, Adjective

(s)

clever, cunning, ingenious: (showing inventiveness and skill) "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

ingeniousness, Noun

(n)

ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness: (the property of being ingenious) "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"

(n)

inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness: (the power of creative imagination)

ingenuity, Noun

(n)

ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness: (the property of being ingenious) "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"

(n)

inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness: (the power of creative imagination)

ingenuous, Adjective

(a)

ingenuous, artless: (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious) "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

(s)

innocent, ingenuous: (lacking in sophistication or worldliness) "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

ingenuousness, Noun

(n)

artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness: (the quality of innocent naivete)

(n)

ingenuousness: (openly straightforward or frank)

ingest, Verb

(v)

absorb, assimilate, ingest, take_in: (take up mentally) "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

(v)

consume, ingest, take_in, take, have: (serve oneself to, or consume regularly) "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

ingestion, Noun

(n)

consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake: (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

inglenook, Noun

(n)

chimney_corner, inglenook: (a corner by a fireplace)

inglorious, Adjective

(s)

black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful: ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame) "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson"; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"

(a)

inglorious: (not bringing honor and glory) "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"

ingraft, Verb

(v)

graft, engraft, ingraft: (cause to grow together parts from different plants) "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

ingrain, Verb

(v)

impress, ingrain, instill: (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of) "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

(v)

ingrain, grain: (thoroughly work in) "His hands were grained with dirt"

ingrained, Adjective

(s)

deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted: ((used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held) "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

ingraining, Noun

(n)

inculcation, ingraining, instilling: (teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition)

ingratiate, Verb

(v)

ingratiate: (gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts)

ingratiating, Adjective

(s)

ingratiating: (capable of winning favor) "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"

(s)

ingratiating, insinuating, ingratiatory: (calculated to please or gain favor) "a smooth ingratiating manner"

ingratiation, Noun

(n)

ingratiation, insinuation: (the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments) "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"

ingratiatory, Adjective

(s)

coaxing, ingratiatory: (pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade) "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"

(s)

ingratiating, insinuating, ingratiatory: (calculated to please or gain favor) "a smooth ingratiating manner"

ingratitude, Noun

(n)

ingratitude, ungratefulness: (a lack of gratitude)

ingredient, Noun

(n)

component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient: (an abstract part of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

(n)

ingredient: (a component of a mixture or compound)

(n)

ingredient, fixings: (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking) "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"

ingress, Noun

(n)

entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming: (the act of entering) "she made a grand entrance"

(n)

Ingres, Jean_Auguste_Dominique_Ingres: (French classical painter (1780-1867))

(n)

ingress, immersion: ((astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse)

ingroup, Noun

(n)

clique, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, camp: (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)

ingrowing, Adjective

(s)

ingrowing, ingrown: (growing abnormally into the flesh) "an ingrown toenail"

ingrown, Adjective

(s)

ingrowing, ingrown: (growing abnormally into the flesh) "an ingrown toenail"

inguen, Noun

(n)

groin, inguen: (the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals)

inguinal, Adjective

(a)

inguinal: (of or relating to or near the groin)

ingurgitate, Verb

(v)

gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig_out, satiate, scarf_out: (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself) "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

inhabit, Verb

(v)

dwell, inhabit: (exist or be situated within) "Strange notions inhabited her mind"

(v)

inhabit: (be present in) "sweet memories inhabit this house"

(v)

populate, dwell, live, inhabit: (inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of) "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

inhabitable, Adjective

(s)

habitable, inhabitable: (fit for habitation) "the habitable world"

inhabitancy, Noun

(n)

inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation: (the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)) "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

inhabitant, Noun

(n)

inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller: (a person who inhabits a particular place)

inhabitation, Noun

(n)

inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation: (the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)) "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

inhabited, Adjective

(a)

inhabited: (having inhabitants; lived in) "the inhabited regions of the earth"

inhalant, Adjective

(a)

inhalant: (inhaling or serving for inhalation) "an inhalant pore"

inhalant, Noun

(n)

inhalant: (something that is inhaled)

(n)

inhalant, inhalation: (a medication to be taken by inhaling it)

inhalation, Noun

(n)

inhalant, inhalation: (a medication to be taken by inhaling it)

(n)

inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing_in: (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)

inhalator, Noun

(n)

inhaler, inhalator: (a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion)

(n)

respirator, inhalator: (a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration)

inhale, Verb

(v)

inhale: (draw deep into the lungs in by breathing) "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"

(v)

inhale, inspire, breathe_in: (draw in (air)) "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

inhaler, Noun

(n)

inhaler, inhalator: (a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion)

inharmonic, Adjective

(s)

discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic: (lacking in harmony)

inharmonious, Adjective

(a)

inharmonious, unharmonious: (not in harmony)

(s)

inharmonious: (lacking in harmony of parts) "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles"

inharmoniousness, Noun

(n)

disharmony, inharmoniousness: (a lack of harmony)

inherence, Noun

(n)

inherence, inherency: (the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic) "the inherence of polysemy in human language"

inherency, Noun

(n)

inherence, inherency: (the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic) "the inherence of polysemy in human language"

inherent, Adjective

(s)

built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral: (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic) "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"

(s)

implicit_in, inherent, underlying: (in the nature of something though not readily apparent) "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"

inherit, Verb

(v)

inherit: (obtain from someone after their death) "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"

(v)

inherit: (receive from a predecessor) "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"

(v)

inherit: (receive by genetic transmission) "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

inheritable, Adjective

(a)

inheritable, heritable: (capable of being inherited) "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"

inheritance, Noun

(n)

inheritance, heritage: (hereditary succession to a title or an office or property)

(n)

inheritance, heritage: (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)

(n)

inheritance, hereditary_pattern: ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)

(n)

inheritance, heritage: (any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors) "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"

inherited, Adjective

(s)

familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible: (occurring among members of a family usually by heredity) "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

inheritor, Noun

(n)

heir, inheritor, heritor: (a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another)

inheritress, Noun

(n)

heiress, inheritress, inheritrix: (a female heir)

inheritrix, Noun

(n)

heiress, inheritress, inheritrix: (a female heir)

inhibit, Verb

(v)

inhibit: (limit the range or extent of) "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

(v)

inhibit: (limit, block, or decrease the action or function of) "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"

(v)

inhibit, bottle_up, suppress: (control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior)

(v)

suppress, stamp_down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb: (to put down by force or authority) "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

inhibited, Adjective

(a)

inhibited: (held back or restrained or prevented) "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"

inhibition, Noun

(n)

inhibition, suppression: ((psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires)

(n)

inhibition: (the quality of being inhibited)

(n)

inhibition: ((physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part) "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

(n)

prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance: (the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)) "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"

inhibitor, Noun

(n)

inhibitor: (a substance that retards or stops an activity)

inhibitory, Adjective

(s)

inhibitory, repressive, repressing: (restrictive of action) "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"

inhomogeneity, Noun

(n)

inhomogeneity: (the quality of being inhomogeneous)

inhomogeneous, Adjective

(s)

inhomogeneous, nonuniform: (not homogeneous)

inhospitable, Adjective

(a)

inhospitable: (unfavorable to life or growth) "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"

(a)

inhospitable: (not hospitable) "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"

inhospitableness, Noun

(n)

inhospitableness: (the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth)

(n)

inhospitableness: (having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition)

inhospitality, Noun

(n)

inhospitality: (unkind and inconsiderate welcome) "he was taken aback by such inhospitality"

inhuman, Adjective

(s)

cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate: (without compunction or human feeling) "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

(s)

inhuman: (belonging to or resembling something nonhuman) "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"

inhumane, Adjective

(a)

inhumane: (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world") "humans are innately inhumane"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"

inhumaneness, Noun

(n)

inhumaneness, inhumanity: (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)

inhumanity, Noun

(n)

atrocity, inhumanity: (an act of atrocious cruelty)

(n)

inhumaneness, inhumanity: (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)

inhumation, Noun

(n)

burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture: (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)

inhume, Verb

(v)

bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay_to_rest: (place in a grave or tomb) "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

inhumed, Adjective

(a)

buried, inhumed, interred: (placed in a grave) "the hastily buried corpses"

inimical, Adjective

(s)

unfriendly, inimical: (not friendly) "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

inimitable, Adjective

(s)

inimitable: (defying imitation; matchless) "an inimitable style"

iniquitous, Adjective

(s)

iniquitous, sinful, ungodly: (characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin) "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"

iniquity, Noun

(n)

evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity: (morally objectionable behavior)

(n)

iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark: (absence of moral or spiritual values) "the powers of darkness"

(n)

injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness: (an unjust act)

initial, Adjective

(s)

initial: (occurring at the beginning) "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

initial, Noun

(n)

initial: (the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)) "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"

initial, Verb

(v)

initial: (mark with one's initials)

initialisation, Noun

(n)

low-level_formatting, initialization, initialisation: ((computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position)

initialise, Verb

(v)

format, initialize, initialise: (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data) "Please format this disk before entering data!"

(v)

initialize, initialise: (assign an initial value to a computer program)

initialization, Noun

(n)

low-level_formatting, initialization, initialisation: ((computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position)

initialize, Verb

(v)

format, initialize, initialise: (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data) "Please format this disk before entering data!"

(v)

initialize, initialise: (assign an initial value to a computer program)

initiate, Noun

(n)

initiate, learned_person, pundit, savant: (someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field)

(n)

initiate, enlightened: (people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity) "it is very familiar to the initiate"

(n)

novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate: (someone new to a field or activity)

initiate, Verb

(v)

broach, initiate: (bring up a topic for discussion)

(v)

initiate, pioneer: (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of) "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

(v)

initiate, induct: (accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite) "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"

(v)

lead_up, initiate: (set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for) "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"

(v)

originate, initiate, start: (bring into being) "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

initiation, Noun

(n)

initiation, induction, installation: (a formal entry into an organization or position or office) "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

(n)

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration: (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

(n)

knowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiation: (wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge) "his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation"

(n)

trigger, induction, initiation: (an act that sets in motion some course of events)

initiative, Adjective

(s)

inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden: (serving to set in motion) "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

initiative, Noun

(n)

enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead: (readiness to embark on bold new ventures)

(n)

first_step, initiative, opening_move, opening: (the first of a series of actions)

initiator, Noun

(n)

instigator, initiator: (a person who initiates a course of action)

initiatory, Adjective

(s)

inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden: (serving to set in motion) "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

inject, Verb

(v)

inject, shoot: (give an injection to) "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

(v)

inject: (to introduce (a new aspect or element)) "He injected new life into the performance"

(v)

inject, shoot: (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing) "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

(v)

inject: (take by injection) "inject heroin"

(v)

inject: (feed intravenously)

(v)

interject, come_in, interpose, put_in, throw_in, inject: (to insert between other elements) "She interjected clever remarks"

injectable, Adjective

(a)

injectable: ((used of drugs) capable of being injected)

injectant, Noun

(n)

injection, injectant: (any solution that is injected (as into the skin))

injection, Noun

(n)

injection: (the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure)

(n)

injection, injectant: (any solution that is injected (as into the skin))

(n)

injection, shot: (the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe) "the nurse gave him a flu shot"

injector, Noun

(n)

injector: (a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.))

injudiciousness, Noun

(n)

indiscretion, injudiciousness: (the trait of being injudicious)

(n)

injudiciousness, indiscreetness: (lacking good judgment)

injunction, Noun

(n)

injunction: (a formal command or admonition)

(n)

injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease_and_desist_order: ((law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity) "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

injure, Verb

(v)

hurt, injure: (cause damage or affect negatively) "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

(v)

hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite: (hurt the feelings of) "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

(v)

injure, wound: (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

injured, Adjective

(a)

injured: (harmed) "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

injurious, Adjective

(s)

deleterious, hurtful, injurious: (harmful to living things) "deleterious chemical additives"

injuriousness, Noun

(n)

harmfulness, injuriousness: (destructiveness that causes harm or injury)

injury, Noun

(n)

injury, hurt, harm, trauma: (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

(n)

injury, accidental_injury: (an accident that results in physical damage or hurt)

(n)

injury: (an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage)

(n)

injury: (wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted)

(n)

wound, injury, combat_injury: (a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat)

injustice, Noun

(n)

injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness: (an unjust act)

(n)

injustice, unjustness: (the practice of being unjust or unfair)

ink-black, Adjective

(s)

ink-black, inky, inky-black: (of the color of black ink)

ink, Noun

(n)

ink: (a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing)

(n)

ink: (dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods)

ink, Verb

(v)

ink: (append one's signature to) "They inked the contract"

(v)

ink: (mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink) "he inked his finger"

(v)

ink: (fill with ink) "ink a pen"

inkberry, Noun

(n)

inkberry, gallberry, gall-berry, evergreen_winterberry, Ilex_glabra: (evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries)

inkiness, Noun

(n)

black, blackness, inkiness: (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white))

inkling, Noun

(n)

inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer: (a slight suggestion or vague understanding) "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

inkpad, Noun

(n)

pad, inkpad, inking_pad, stamp_pad: (a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp)

inkstand, Noun

(n)

inkstand: (a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink)

(n)

inkwell, inkstand: (a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped)

inkwell, Noun

(n)

inkwell, inkstand: (a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped)

inky-black, Adjective

(s)

ink-black, inky, inky-black: (of the color of black ink)

inky, Adjective

(s)

ink-black, inky, inky-black: (of the color of black ink)

inlaid, Adjective

(s)

inlaid: (adorned by inlays)

inland, Adjective

(a)

inland: (situated away from an area's coast or border)

inlay, Noun

(n)

inlay: ((dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place)

(n)

inlay: (a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface)

inlay, Verb

(v)

inlay: (decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal)

inlet, Noun

(n)

inlet, recess: (an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands))

(n)

intake, inlet: (an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container)

inmarriage, Noun

(n)

endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage: (marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law)

inmate, Noun

(n)

convict, con, inmate, yard_bird, yardbird: (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)

(n)

inmate: (one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital))

(n)

inpatient, inmate: (a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated)

inmost, Adjective

(s)

inmost, innermost: (being deepest within the self) "one's innermost feelings"

(s)

inmost, innermost: (situated or occurring farthest within) "the innermost chamber"

inn, Noun

(n)

hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge: (a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers)

innards, Noun

(n)

viscera, entrails, innards: (internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)) "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"

innate, Adjective

(s)

congenital, inborn, innate: (present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development)

(s)

natural, born, innate: (being talented through inherited qualities) "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent"

(a)

unconditioned, innate, unlearned: (not established by conditioning or learning) "an unconditioned reflex"

inner, Adjective

(a)

inner: (located or occurring within or closer to a center) "an inner room"

(s)

inner, interior, internal: (located inward) "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein"; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby"; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr."

(s)

inner, internal, intimate: (innermost or essential) "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

(s)

inner: (exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence) "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"

(s)

inner: (inside or closer to the inside of the body) "the inner ear"

(s)

inside, inner, privileged: (confined to an exclusive group) "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"

innermost, Adjective

(s)

inmost, innermost: (being deepest within the self) "one's innermost feelings"

(s)

inmost, innermost: (situated or occurring farthest within) "the innermost chamber"

innersole, Noun

(n)

insole, innersole: (the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests)

innervation, Noun

(n)

excitation, innervation, irritation: (the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland)

(n)

innervation: (the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region)

inning, Noun

(n)

inning, frame: ((baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat)

innkeeper, Noun

(n)

host, innkeeper, boniface: (the owner or manager of an inn)

innocence, Noun

(n)

artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness: (the quality of innocent naivete)

(n)

innocence: (a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense) "the trial established his innocence"

(n)

purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness: (the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil)

innocent, Adjective

(s)

barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent: (completely wanting or lacking) "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

(s)

impeccant, innocent, sinless: (free from sin)

(a)

innocent, guiltless, clean-handed: (free from evil or guilt) "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"

(s)

innocent, innocuous: (lacking intent or capacity to injure) "an innocent prank"

(s)

innocent, ingenuous: (lacking in sophistication or worldliness) "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

(s)

innocent, unacquainted: (not knowledgeable about something specified) "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"

(s)

innocent: ((used of things) lacking sense or awareness) "fine innocent weather"

innocent, Noun

(n)

innocent, inexperienced_person: (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)

innocuous, Adjective

(s)

innocent, innocuous: (lacking intent or capacity to injure) "an innocent prank"

(a)

innocuous: (not injurious to physical or mental health)

(s)

innocuous, unobjectionable: (not causing disapproval) "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"

innovate, Verb

(v)

introduce, innovate: (bring something new to an environment) "A new word processor was introduced"

innovation, Noun

(n)

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration: (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

(n)

invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design: (the creation of something in the mind)

(n)

invention, innovation: (a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation)

innovational, Adjective

(s)

innovative, innovational, groundbreaking: (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before) "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

innovative, Adjective

(s)

advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern: (ahead of the times) "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"

(s)

innovative, innovational, groundbreaking: (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before) "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

innovator, Noun

(n)

pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker: (someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art)

innuendo, Noun

(n)

insinuation, innuendo: (an indirect (and usually malicious) implication)

innumerable, Adjective

(s)

countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

innumerableness, Noun

(n)

innumerableness, countlessness: (a number beyond counting)

innumerate, Adjective

(a)

innumerate: (lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods)

innumerous, Adjective

(s)

countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

inoculant, Noun

(n)

inoculant, inoculum: (a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease)

inoculate, Verb

(v)

immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate: (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation) "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"

(v)

inoculate: (introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of) "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"

(v)

inoculate: (introduce a microorganism into)

(v)

inoculate: (insert a bud for propagation)

(v)

inoculate: (impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune)

inoculating, Noun

(n)

inoculating, vaccinating: (the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity) "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating"

inoculation, Noun

(n)

inoculation, vaccination: (taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease)

inoculator, Noun

(n)

inoculator, vaccinator: (a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases)

inoculum, Noun

(n)

inoculant, inoculum: (a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease)

inodorous, Adjective

(a)

odorless, odourless, inodorous: (having no odor) "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers"

inoffensive, Adjective

(a)

euphemistic, inoffensive: (substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one) "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"

(a)

inoffensive, unoffending: (not causing anger or annoyance) "inoffensive behavior"

(a)

inoffensive: (giving no offense) "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant"

inoperable, Adjective

(a)

inoperable: (not suitable for surgery) "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable"

(s)

inoperable: (not able to perform its normal function)

inoperative, Adjective

(a)

inoperative: (not working or taking effect) "an inoperative law"

inopportune, Adjective

(a)

inopportune: (not opportune) "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"

inopportuneness, Noun

(n)

inopportuneness, untimeliness: (the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time)

inordinate, Adjective

(s)

excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable: (beyond normal limits) "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

inordinateness, Noun

(n)

excess, excessiveness, inordinateness: (immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits)

inorganic, Adjective

(a)

inorganic: (relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis) "hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are called inorganic substances"

(a)

inorganic: (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)

inosculate, Verb

(v)

anastomose, inosculate: (come together or open into each other) "the blood vessels anastomose"

(v)

anastomose, inosculate: (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis) "anastomose blood vessels"

inosculation, Noun

(n)

anastomosis, inosculation: (a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous)

inositol, Noun

(n)

inositol: (an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex)

inpatient, Noun

(n)

inpatient, inmate: (a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated)

inpour, Noun

(n)

inpouring, inpour, inrush: (an inflow) "an inpouring of spiritual comfort"

inpouring, Adjective

(s)

inpouring: (pouring inward) "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

inpouring, Noun

(n)

inpouring, inpour, inrush: (an inflow) "an inpouring of spiritual comfort"

input, Noun

(n)

input: (a component of production; something that goes into the production of output)

(n)

input_signal, input: (signal going into an electronic system)

(n)

remark, comment, input: (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information) "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"

(n)

stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input: (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)

input, Verb

(v)

input: (enter (data or a program) into a computer)

inquietude, Noun

(n)

edginess, uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude: (feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable)

inquire, Verb

(v)

ask, inquire, enquire: (inquire about) "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

(v)

investigate, inquire, enquire: (conduct an inquiry or investigation of) "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

(v)

wonder, inquire, enquire: (have a wish or desire to know something) "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

inquirer, Noun

(n)

inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker: (someone who asks a question)

inquiring, Adjective

(a)

inquiring: (given to inquiry) "an inquiring mind"

inquiring, Noun

(n)

questioning, inquiring: (a request for information)

inquiry, Noun

(n)

inquiry, enquiry, research: (a search for knowledge) "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

(n)

inquiry, enquiry: (a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest)

(n)

question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation: (an instance of questioning) "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

inquisitive, Adjective

(s)

inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering: (showing curiosity) "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

(s)

inquisitive: (inquiring or appearing to inquire) "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"

inquisitiveness, Noun

(n)

curiousness, inquisitiveness: (a state of active curiosity)

inquisitorial, Adjective

(a)

inquisitorial: (especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge)

(s)

inquisitorial: (marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor) "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank"

(s)

inquisitorial: (having the authority to conduct official investigations) "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"

inquisitory, Adjective

(s)

inquisitory, probing, searching: (diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation) "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"

inroad, Noun

(n)

inroad: (an encroachment or intrusion) "they made inroads in the United States market"

(n)

inroad: (an invasion or hostile attack)

inrush, Noun

(n)

inpouring, inpour, inrush: (an inflow) "an inpouring of spiritual comfort"

insalubrious, Adjective

(s)

insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy: (detrimental to health)

insalubriousness, Noun

(n)

insalubrity, insalubriousness: (the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating)

insalubrity, Noun

(n)

insalubrity, insalubriousness: (the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating)

insane, Adjective

(s)

harebrained, insane, mad: (very foolish) "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"

(a)

insane: (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement) "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

insaneness, Noun

(n)

lunacy, madness, insaneness: (obsolete terms for legal insanity)

insanitary, Adjective

(a)

unsanitary, insanitary, unhealthful: (not sanitary or healthful) "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"

insanity, Noun

(n)

insanity: (relatively permanent disorder of the mind)

insatiable, Adjective

(a)

insatiate, insatiable, unsatiable: (impossible to satisfy) "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable"

insatiate, Adjective

(a)

insatiate, insatiable, unsatiable: (impossible to satisfy) "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable"

inscribe, Verb

(v)

autograph, inscribe: (mark with one's signature) "The author autographed his book"

(v)

code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code: (convert ordinary language into code) "We should encode the message for security reasons"

(v)

enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit: (register formally as a participant or member) "The party recruited many new members"

(v)

inscribe: (draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible)

(v)

inscribe: (write, engrave, or print as a lasting record)

(v)

inscribe: (address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication)

(v)

scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe: (carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface) "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

inscribed, Adjective

(s)

engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed: (cut or impressed into a surface) "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"

(s)

inscribed: (written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface)

inscription, Noun

(n)

dedication, inscription: (a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something)

(n)

inscription, lettering: (letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something)

(n)

inscription: (the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words)

inscrutable, Adjective

(s)

cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying: (of an obscure nature) "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson"; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

insect, Noun

(n)

insect: (small air-breathing arthropod)

(n)

worm, louse, insect, dirt_ball: (a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect)

insecticide, Noun

(n)

insecticide, insect_powder: (a chemical used to kill insects)

insectivorous, Adjective

(a)

insectivorous: ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)

insecure, Adjective

(a)

insecure: (not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way) "the hinge is insecure"

(a)

insecure, unsafe: (lacking in security or safety) "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"

(a)

insecure: (lacking self-confidence or assurance) "an insecure person lacking mental stability"

(s)

insecure, unsafe: (not safe from attack)

insecureness, Noun

(n)

insecureness: (the state of being exposed to risk or anxiety)

insecurity, Noun

(n)

insecurity: (the state of being subject to danger or injury)

(n)

insecurity: (the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure)

inseminate, Verb

(v)

inseminate, sow, sow_in: (place seeds in or on (the ground)) "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"

(v)

inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise: (introduce semen into (a female))

insensate, Adjective

(s)

cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate: (without compunction or human feeling) "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

(a)

insentient, insensate: (devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation) "insentient (or insensate) stone"

insensibility, Noun

(n)

insensibility: (a lack of sensibility)

(n)

unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility: (devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness)

insensible, Adjective

(s)

indiscernible, insensible, undetectable: (barely able to be perceived) "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"

(a)

insensible: (incapable of physical sensation) "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"

(s)

insensible, unaffected: (unaware of or indifferent to) "insensible to the suffering around him"

(s)

insensible, senseless: (unresponsive to stimulation) "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

insensitive, Adjective

(a)

insensitive: (not responsive to physical stimuli) "insensitive to radiation"

(a)

insensitive: (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive) "insensitive to the needs of the patients"

insensitiveness, Noun

(n)

insensitivity, insensitiveness: (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)

insensitivity, Noun

(n)

insensitivity, insensitiveness: (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)

insentience, Noun

(n)

insentience: (lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations)

insentient, Adjective

(a)

insentient, insensate: (devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation) "insentient (or insensate) stone"

insert, Noun

(n)

cut-in, insert: ((broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program)

(n)

cut-in, insert: ((film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film)

(n)

insert: (a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication)

(n)

insert, inset: (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)

insert, Verb

(v)

insert, infix, enter, introduce: (put or introduce into something) "insert a picture into the text"

(v)

insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce: (introduce) "Insert your ticket here"

(v)

slip_in, stick_in, sneak_in, insert: (insert casually) "She slipped in a reference to her own work"

(v)

tuck, insert: (fit snugly into) "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"

insertion, Noun

(n)

insertion, introduction, intromission: (the act of putting one thing into another)

(n)

interpolation, insertion: (a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted) "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"

inset, Noun

(n)

gusset, inset: (a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment)

(n)

insert, inset: (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)

(n)

inset: (a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one)

inset, Verb

(v)

inset: (set or place in)

inshore, Adjective

(a)

inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward: ((of winds) coming from the sea toward the land) "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"

(s)

inshore: (close to a shore) "inshore fisheries"

inside-out, Adjective

(s)

wrong-side-out, inside-out: (with the inside surface on the outside)

inside, Adjective

(a)

inside: (relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space) "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"

(s)

inside: (being or applying to the inside of a building) "an inside wall"

(s)

inside, inner, privileged: (confined to an exclusive group) "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"

(s)

inside: (away from the outer edge) "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane"

inside, Noun

(n)

inside, interior: (the region that is inside of something)

(n)

inside, interior: (the inner or enclosed surface of something)

insider, Noun

(n)

insider: (an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations)

insidious, Adjective

(s)

insidious: (beguiling but harmful) "insidious pleasures"

(s)

insidious: (intended to entrap)

(s)

insidious, pernicious, subtle: (working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way) "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

insight, Noun

(n)

insight, perceptiveness, perceptivity: (a feeling of understanding)

(n)

insight, brainstorm, brainwave: (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)

(n)

insight, sixth_sense: (grasping the inner nature of things intuitively)

(n)

penetration, insight: (clear or deep perception of a situation)

insightful, Adjective

(s)

insightful: (exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception) "an insightful parent"; "the chapter is insightful and suggestive of new perspectives"-R.C.Angell"

insightfulness, Noun

(n)

insightfulness, acumen: (shrewdness shown by keen insight)

insignia, Noun

(n)

insignia: (a badge worn to show official position)

insignificance, Noun

(n)

insignificance: (the quality of having little or no significance)

insignificant, Adjective

(a)

insignificant, unimportant: (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)

(s)

insignificant, undistinguished: (not worthy of notice)

(s)

insignificant: (signifying nothing) "insignificant sounds"

(s)

insignificant, peanut: (of little importance or influence or power; of minor status) "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

insincere, Adjective

(a)

insincere: (lacking sincerity) "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

insincerity, Noun

(n)

insincerity, falseness, hollowness: (the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical)

insinuate, Verb

(v)

insinuate: (introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner) "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

(v)

intimate, adumbrate, insinuate: (give to understand) "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

insinuating, Adjective

(s)

ingratiating, insinuating, ingratiatory: (calculated to please or gain favor) "a smooth ingratiating manner"

insinuation, Noun

(n)

ingratiation, insinuation: (the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments) "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"

(n)

insinuation, innuendo: (an indirect (and usually malicious) implication)

insipid, Adjective

(s)

bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid: (lacking taste or flavor or tang) "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

(s)

insipid, jejune: (lacking interest or significance or impact) "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"

insipidity, Noun

(n)

blandness, insipidity, insipidness: (lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property)

(n)

boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity: (extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest)

insipidness, Noun

(n)

blandness, insipidity, insipidness: (lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property)

(n)

boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity: (extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest)

insist, Verb

(v)

importune, insist: (beg persistently and urgently) "I importune you to help them"

(v)

insist, take_a_firm_stand: (be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge) "I must insist!"

(v)

insist, assert: (assert to be true) "The letter asserts a free society"

insistence, Noun

(n)

imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure: (the state of demanding notice or attention) "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"

(n)

insistence, insisting: (continual and persistent demands)

(n)

insistence, insistency: (the act of insisting on something) "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"

insistency, Noun

(n)

imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure: (the state of demanding notice or attention) "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"

(n)

insistence, insistency: (the act of insisting on something) "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"

insistent, Adjective

(s)

clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant: (demanding attention) "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken"; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

(s)

insistent, repetitive: (repetitive and persistent) "the bluejay's insistent cry"

insisting, Noun

(n)

insistence, insisting: (continual and persistent demands)

insobriety, Noun

(n)

drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety: (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

insolate, Verb

(v)

sun, insolate, solarize, solarise: (expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun) "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"

insolation, Noun

(n)

heliotherapy, insolation: (therapeutic exposure to sunlight)

(n)

insolation: (incident solar radiation)

(n)

sunstroke, insolation, thermic_fever, siriasis: (sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat)

insole, Noun

(n)

insole, innersole: (the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests)

insolence, Noun

(n)

crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness: (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)

(n)

insolence: (an offensive disrespectful impudent act)

insolent, Adjective

(s)

audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent: (unrestrained by convention or propriety) "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times"; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell"

(s)

impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip: (marked by casual disrespect) "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

insolubility, Noun

(n)

insolubility: (the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid)

(n)

unsolvability, insolubility: (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve)

insoluble, Adjective

(a)

insoluble, indissoluble: ((of a substance) incapable of being dissolved)

(a)

insoluble: (admitting of no solution or explanation) "an insoluble doubt"

(s)

insoluble: (without hope of solution) "an insoluble problem"

insolvable, Adjective

(s)

insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable: (not easily solved) "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones"

insolvency, Noun

(n)

insolvency: (the lack of financial resources)

insolvent, Adjective

(a)

insolvent: (unable to meet or discharge financial obligations) "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate"

insolvent, Noun

(n)

bankrupt, insolvent: (someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts)

insomnia, Noun

(n)

insomnia: (an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness)

insomniac, Adjective

(s)

insomniac, sleepless, watchful: (experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness) "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare"

insomniac, Noun

(n)

insomniac, sleepless_person: (someone who cannot sleep)

insouciance, Noun

(n)

carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness: (the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you)

insouciant, Adjective

(s)

casual, insouciant, nonchalant: (marked by blithe unconcern) "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

inspan, Verb

(v)

inspan: (attach a yoke or harness to) "inspan the draft animals"

inspect, Verb

(v)

audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect: (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification) "audit accounts and tax returns"

(v)

inspect: (look over carefully) "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

(v)

visit, inspect: (come to see in an official or professional capacity) "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

inspection, Noun

(n)

inspection, review: (a formal or official examination) "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"

inspector, Noun

(n)

examiner, inspector: (an investigator who observes carefully) "the examiner searched for clues"

(n)

inspector: (a high ranking police officer)

inspectorate, Noun

(n)

inspectorate: (a body of inspectors)

inspiration, Noun

(n)

divine_guidance, inspiration: ((theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings) "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"

(n)

inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing_in: (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)

(n)

inspiration: (arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity)

(n)

inspiration, brainchild: (a product of your creative thinking and work) "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality"

(n)

inspiration: (a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem)

(n)

inspiration, stirring: (arousing to a particular emotion or action)

inspirational, Adjective

(s)

inspirational: (imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul)

inspire, Verb

(v)

cheer, root_on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge_on, exhort, pep_up: (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts) "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

(v)

inhale, inspire, breathe_in: (draw in (air)) "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

(v)

inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt: (heighten or intensify) "These paintings exalt the imagination"

(v)

inspire: (supply the inspiration for) "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"

(v)

prompt, inspire, instigate: (serve as the inciting cause of) "She prompted me to call my relatives"

(v)

revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire: (fill with revolutionary ideas)

inspired, Adjective

(s)

divine, elysian, inspired: (being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods) "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"

inspirer, Noun

(n)

galvanizer, galvaniser, inspirer: (a leader who stimulates and excites people to action)

inspiring, Adjective

(a)

inspiring: (stimulating or exalting to the spirit)

inspirit, Verb

(v)

spirit, spirit_up, inspirit: (infuse with spirit) "The company spirited him up"

inspiriting, Adjective

(s)

heartening, inspiriting: (cheerfully encouraging)

inspissate, Verb

(v)

thicken, inspissate: (make thick or thicker) "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"

(v)

thicken, inspissate: (become thick or thicker) "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"

(v)

thicken, inspissate: (make viscous or dense) "thicken the sauce by adding flour"

inspissation, Noun

(n)

inspissation: (the process of thickening by dehydration)

(n)

thickening, inspissation: (the act of thickening)

inst, Adjective

(s)

instant, inst: (in or of the present month) "your letter of the 10th inst"

instability, Noun

(n)

imbalance, instability, unbalance: (a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium) "a hormonal imbalance"

(n)

instability: (an unstable order)

(n)

instability: (unreliability attributable to being unstable)

(n)

instability, unstableness: (the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute)

instal, Verb

(v)

install, instal, put_in, set_up: (set up for use) "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

(v)

install, instal: (put into an office or a position) "the new president was installed immediately after the election"

(v)

install, instal, set_up, establish: (place) "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

install, Verb

(v)

install, instal, put_in, set_up: (set up for use) "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

(v)

install, instal: (put into an office or a position) "the new president was installed immediately after the election"

(v)

install, instal, set_up, establish: (place) "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

installation, Noun

(n)

facility, installation: (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry) "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

(n)

initiation, induction, installation: (a formal entry into an organization or position or office) "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

(n)

installation, installing, installment, instalment: (the act of installing something (as equipment)) "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

installing, Noun

(n)

installation, installing, installment, instalment: (the act of installing something (as equipment)) "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

installment, Noun

(n)

episode, installment, instalment: (a part of a broadcast serial)

(n)

installation, installing, installment, instalment: (the act of installing something (as equipment)) "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

(n)

installment: (a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals)

(n)

installment, instalment: (a part of a published serial)

instalment, Noun

(n)

episode, installment, instalment: (a part of a broadcast serial)

(n)

installation, installing, installment, instalment: (the act of installing something (as equipment)) "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

(n)

installment, instalment: (a part of a published serial)

instance, Noun

(n)

case, instance, example: (an occurrence of something) "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

(n)

example, illustration, instance, representative: (an item of information that is typical of a class or group) "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

instance, Verb

(v)

exemplify, illustrate, instance: (clarify by giving an example of)

instancy, Noun

(n)

immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy: (the quickness of action or occurrence) "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"

(n)

imperativeness, instancy: (the quality of being insistent) "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy"

instant, Adjective

(s)

clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant: (demanding attention) "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken"; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

(s)

instant, inst: (in or of the present month) "your letter of the 10th inst"

(s)

instantaneous, instant: (occurring with no delay) "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

instant, Noun

(n)

blink_of_an_eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split_second, trice, twinkling, wink, New_York_minute: (a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)) "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

(n)

moment, minute, second, instant: (a particular point in time) "the moment he arrived the party began"

instantaneous, Adjective

(s)

instantaneous, instant: (occurring with no delay) "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

instantaneousness, Noun

(n)

immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy: (the quickness of action or occurrence) "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"

instantiation, Noun

(n)

instantiation: (a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it) "how many instantiations were found?"

instauration, Noun

(n)

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration: (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

instep, Noun

(n)

instep: (the arch of the foot)

(n)

instep: (the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot)

instigant, Noun

(n)

instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand: (someone who deliberately foments trouble) "she was the instigator of their quarrel"

instigate, Verb

(v)

incite, instigate, set_off, stir_up: (provoke or stir up) "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

(v)

prompt, inspire, instigate: (serve as the inciting cause of) "She prompted me to call my relatives"

instigation, Noun

(n)

abetment, abettal, instigation: (the verbal act of urging on)

(n)

fomentation, instigation: (deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord))

instigative, Adjective

(s)

incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious: (arousing to action or rebellion)

instigator, Noun

(n)

instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand: (someone who deliberately foments trouble) "she was the instigator of their quarrel"

(n)

instigator, initiator: (a person who initiates a course of action)

instil, Verb

(v)

instill, instil: (enter drop by drop) "instill medication into my eye"

instill, Verb

(v)

impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture: (fill, as with a certain quality) "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

(v)

impress, ingrain, instill: (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of) "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

(v)

inculcate, instill, infuse: (teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions) "inculcate values into the young generation"

(v)

instill, transfuse: (impart gradually) "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"

(v)

instill, instil: (enter drop by drop) "instill medication into my eye"

instillation, Noun

(n)

instillation, instillment, instilment: (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)

(n)

instillation: (a liquid that is instilled drop by drop)

instilling, Noun

(n)

inculcation, ingraining, instilling: (teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition)

instillment, Noun

(n)

instillation, instillment, instilment: (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)

instilment, Noun

(n)

instillation, instillment, instilment: (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)

instinct, Adjective

(s)

instinct, replete: ((followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated) "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"

instinct, Noun

(n)

instinct, inherent_aptitude: (inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli) "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

instinctive, Adjective

(s)

natural, instinctive: (unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct) "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

institute, Noun

(n)

institute: (an association organized to promote art or science or education)

institute, Verb

(v)

establish, found, plant, constitute, institute: (set up or lay the groundwork for) "establish a new department"

(v)

institute, bring: (advance or set forth in court) "bring charges", "institute proceedings"

institution, Noun

(n)

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration: (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

(n)

institution, establishment: (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose)

(n)

institution: (an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated)

(n)

institution: (a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society) "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater"

(n)

mental_hospital, psychiatric_hospital, mental_institution, institution, mental_home, insane_asylum, asylum: (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)

institutional, Adjective

(a)

institutional: (relating to or constituting or involving an institution) "institutional policy"

(a)

institutional: (organized as or forming an institution) "institutional religion"

institutionalise, Verb

(v)

commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge: (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution) "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

institutionalised, Adjective

(a)

institutionalized, institutionalised: (officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution) "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"

(s)

institutionalized, institutionalised: (given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system) "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan"

institutionalize, Verb

(v)

commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge: (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution) "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

institutionalized, Adjective

(a)

institutionalized, institutionalised: (officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution) "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"

(s)

institutionalized, institutionalised: (given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system) "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan"

instruct, Verb

(v)

instruct: (give instructions or directions for some task) "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"

(v)

instruct, apprise, apprize: (make aware of) "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

(v)

teach, learn, instruct: (impart skills or knowledge to) "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

instruction, Noun

(n)

direction, instruction: (a message describing how something is to be done) "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

(n)

education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational_activity: (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill) "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

(n)

instruction, command, statement, program_line: ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)

(n)

teaching, instruction, pedagogy: (the profession of a teacher) "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"

instructional, Adjective

(a)

instructional: (of or relating to or used in instruction) "instructional aids"

instructive, Adjective

(a)

instructive, informative: (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)

instructor, Noun

(n)

teacher, instructor: (a person whose occupation is teaching)

instrument, Noun

(n)

instrument: (a device that requires skill for proper use)

(n)

instrument, tool: (the means whereby some act is accomplished) "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

(n)

instrument, pawn, cat's-paw: (a person used by another to gain an end)

(n)

instrumental_role, instrument: (the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process)

(n)

legal_document, legal_instrument, official_document, instrument: ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

(n)

musical_instrument, instrument: (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)

instrument, Verb

(v)

instrument: (equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling)

(v)

instrument, instrumentate: (write an instrumental score for)

(v)

instrument: (address a legal document to)

instrumental, Adjective

(s)

implemental, instrumental, subservient: (serving or acting as a means or aid) "instrumental in solving the crime"

(a)

instrumental: (relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments) "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble"

instrumentalist, Noun

(n)

musician, instrumentalist, player: (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

instrumentality, Noun

(n)

instrumentality: (a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose) "are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"; "he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement"

(n)

instrumentality: (the quality of being instrumental for some purpose)

(n)

instrumentality, instrumentation: (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

instrumentate, Verb

(v)

instrument, instrumentate: (write an instrumental score for)

instrumentation, Noun

(n)

instrumentality, instrumentation: (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

(n)

instrumentation: (the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation)

(n)

instrumentation: (the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra)

(n)

orchestration, instrumentation: (the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments)

insubordinate, Adjective

(a)

insubordinate: (not submissive to authority) "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"

(s)

insubordinate, resistant, resistive: (disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority)

insubordination, Noun

(n)

insubordination: (defiance of authority)

(n)

insubordination, rebelliousness: (an insubordinate act)

insubstantial, Adjective

(a)

insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal: (lacking material form or substance; unreal) "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

(s)

insubstantial, jejune: (lacking in nutritive value) "the jejune diets of the very poor"

insubstantiality, Noun

(n)

insubstantiality: (lack of solid substance and strength)

(n)

insubstantiality: (lacking substance or reality)

insufferable, Adjective

(s)

impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable: (used of persons or their behavior) "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"

insufficiency, Noun

(n)

insufficiency, inadequacy: (a lack of competence) "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

(n)

insufficiency: ((pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally)

(n)

insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency: (lack of an adequate quantity or number) "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

insufficient, Adjective

(a)

insufficient, deficient: (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement) "insufficient funds"

insulant, Noun

(n)

insulating_material, insulant, insulation: (a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity)

insular, Adjective

(a)

insular: (relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island) "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"

(s)

insular: (suggestive of the isolated life of an island; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels) "an exceedingly insular man"

(s)

insular, parochial: (narrowly restricted in outlook or scope) "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

insularism, Noun

(n)

insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment: (the state of being isolated or detached) "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

insularity, Noun

(n)

insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment: (the state of being isolated or detached) "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

insulate, Verb

(v)

insulate: (protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material) "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

(v)

isolate, insulate: (place or set apart) "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

insulation, Noun

(n)

insulating_material, insulant, insulation: (a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity)

(n)

insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment: (the state of being isolated or detached) "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

(n)

insulation: (the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity)

insulator, Noun

(n)

insulator, dielectric, nonconductor: (a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity)

insulin, Noun

(n)

insulin: (hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells)

insult, Noun

(n)

abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification: (a rude expression intended to offend or hurt) "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"

(n)

insult, affront: (a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect) "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

insult, Verb

(v)

diss, insult, affront: (treat, mention, or speak to rudely) "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

insulting, Adjective

(s)

contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful: (expressing extreme contempt)

insuperable, Adjective

(s)

insuperable, insurmountable: (impossible to surmount)

(s)

insuperable, unconquerable: (incapable of being surmounted or excelled) "insuperable odds"; "insuperable heroes"

insupportable, Adjective

(s)

indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted: (incapable of being justified or explained)

insurability, Noun

(n)

insurability: (the quality of being insurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company))

insurance, Noun

(n)

indemnity, insurance: (protection against future loss)

(n)

insurance: (promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company)

(n)

policy, insurance_policy, insurance: (written contract or certificate of insurance) "you should have read the small print on your policy"

insure, Verb

(v)

cover, insure, underwrite: (protect by insurance) "The insurance won't cover this"

(v)

guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure: (make certain of) "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"

(v)

insure: (take out insurance for)

(v)

see, check, insure, see_to_it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure: (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something) "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

insured, Adjective

(a)

insured: (covered by insurance) "an insured risk"; "all members of the film cast and crew are insured"

insured, Noun

(n)

insured, insured_person: (a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.)

insurer, Noun

(n)

insurance_company, insurance_firm, insurer, insurance_underwriter, underwriter: (a financial institution that sells insurance)

insurgence, Noun

(n)

insurgency, insurgence: (an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict)

insurgency, Noun

(n)

insurgency, insurgence: (an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict)

insurgent, Adjective

(s)

insurgent, seditious, subversive: (in opposition to a civil authority or government)

insurgent, Noun

(n)

guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent: (a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment)

(n)

insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom_fighter, rebel: (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions))

insurmountable, Adjective

(s)

insuperable, insurmountable: (impossible to surmount)

(a)

insurmountable, unsurmountable: (not capable of being surmounted or overcome) "insurmountable disadvantages"

insurrection, Noun

(n)

rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising: (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

insurrectional, Adjective

(a)

insurrectional, insurrectionary: (of or relating to or given to insurrection)

insurrectionary, Adjective

(a)

insurrectional, insurrectionary: (of or relating to or given to insurrection)

insurrectionist, Noun

(n)

insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom_fighter, rebel: (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions))

insusceptible, Adjective

(a)

unsusceptible, insusceptible: (not susceptible to)

intact, Adjective

(s)

entire, intact: ((used of domestic animals) sexually competent) "an entire horse"

(s)

intact, inviolate: ((of a woman) having the hymen unbroken) "she was intact, virginal"

(s)

intact: (undamaged in any way) "the vase remained intact despit rough handling"

(s)

integral, entire, intact: (constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged) "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon"; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

intaglio, Noun

(n)

intaglio, diaglyph: (glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo))

(n)

intaglio_printing, intaglio, gravure: (a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print)

intake, Noun

(n)

consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake: (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

(n)

inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing_in: (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)

(n)

intake, inlet: (an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container)

intangibility, Noun

(n)

intangibility, intangibleness, impalpability: (the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch)

intangible, Adjective

(a)

intangible: ((of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value) "intangible assets such as good will"

(a)

intangible, impalpable: (incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch) "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans"

(s)

intangible: (hard to pin down or identify) "an intangible feeling of impending disaster"

(s)

intangible, nonphysical: (lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen) "that intangible thing--the soul"

intangible, Noun

(n)

intangible, intangible_asset: (assets that are saleable though not material or physical)

intangibleness, Noun

(n)

intangibility, intangibleness, impalpability: (the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch)

integer, Noun

(n)

integer, whole_number: (any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero) "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

integral, Adjective

(s)

built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral: (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic) "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"

(a)

integral: (of or denoted by an integer)

(s)

integral, entire, intact: (constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged) "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon"; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

integral, Noun

(n)

integral: (the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x))

integrality, Noun

(n)

entirety, entireness, integrality, totality: (the state of being total and complete) "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction"

integrate, Verb

(v)

desegregate, integrate, mix: (open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups) "This school is completely desegregated"

(v)

integrate, incorporate: (make into a whole or make part of a whole) "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

(v)

integrate: (become one; become integrated) "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"

(v)

integrate: (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)

integrated, Adjective

(s)

incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified: (formed or united into a whole)

(a)

integrated: (formed into a whole or introduced into another entity) "a more closely integrated economic and political system"- Dwight D.Eisenhower"; "an integrated Europe"

(a)

integrated: (not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups) "integrated schools"

(s)

integrated, structured: (resembling a living organism in organization or development) "society as an integrated whole"

integrating, Noun

(n)

integration, integrating, desegregation: (the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community)

integration, Noun

(n)

consolidation, integration: (the act of combining into an integral whole) "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"

(n)

integration, integrating, desegregation: (the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community)

(n)

integration: (an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined)

integrative, Adjective

(s)

consolidative, integrative: (tending to consolidate)

(a)

integrative: (combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole)

integrator, Noun

(n)

integrator, planimeter: (a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure)

integrity, Noun

(n)

integrity, unity, wholeness: (an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting) "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"

(n)

integrity: (moral soundness) "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"

integumental, Adjective

(a)

integumentary, integumental: (of or relating to the integument)

integumentary, Adjective

(a)

integumentary, integumental: (of or relating to the integument)

intellect, Noun

(n)

intellectual, intellect: (a person who uses the mind creatively)

(n)

mind, intellect: (knowledge and intellectual ability) "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"

(n)

reason, understanding, intellect: (the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination) "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

intellection, Noun

(n)

thinking, thought, thought_process, cerebration, intellection, mentation: (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully) "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

intellectual, Adjective

(a)

cerebral, intellectual: (involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct) "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"

(a)

intellectual: (appealing to or using the intellect) "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

(s)

intellectual, rational, noetic: (of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind) "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

intellectual, Noun

(n)

intellectual, intellect: (a person who uses the mind creatively)

intellectualisation, Noun

(n)

intellectualization, intellectualisation: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict)

intellectualization, Noun

(n)

intellectualization, intellectualisation: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict)

intelligence, Noun

(n)

intelligence: (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

(n)

intelligence, intelligence_service, intelligence_agency: (a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy)

(n)

intelligence, intelligence_information: (secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)) "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"

(n)

intelligence, intelligence_activity, intelligence_operation: (the operation of gathering information about an enemy)

(n)

news, intelligence, tidings, word: (information about recent and important events) "they awaited news of the outcome"

intelligent, Adjective

(s)

healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound: (exercising or showing good judgment) "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

(a)

intelligent: (having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree) "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

(s)

intelligent, well-informed: (possessing sound knowledge) "well-informed readers"

(s)

intelligent, reasoning, thinking: (endowed with the capacity to reason)

intelligentsia, Noun

(n)

intelligentsia, clerisy: (an educated and intellectual elite)

intelligibility, Noun

(n)

intelligibility: (the quality of language that is comprehensible)

intelligible, Adjective

(s)

apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable: (capable of being apprehended or understood)

(a)

intelligible: (well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly) "intelligible pronunciation"

intemperance, Noun

(n)

intemperance: (the quality of being intemperate)

(n)

intemperance, intemperateness: (consumption of alcoholic drinks)

(n)

intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence: (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence) "the intemperance of their language"

intemperate, Adjective

(a)

intemperate: ((of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes) "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"

(a)

intemperate: (excessive in behavior) "intemperate rage"

(s)

intemperate, hard, heavy: (given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors) "a hard drinker"

intemperateness, Noun

(n)

intemperance, intemperateness: (consumption of alcoholic drinks)

(n)

intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence: (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence) "the intemperance of their language"

intend, Verb

(v)

intend, mean, think: (have in mind as a purpose) "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

(v)

intend, destine, designate, specify: (design or destine) "She was intended to become the director"

(v)

mean, intend: (mean or intend to express or convey) "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

(v)

mean, intend, signify, stand_for: (denote or connote) "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

intended, Adjective

(a)

intended: (resulting from one's intentions) "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult"

(s)

intended: (future; betrothed) "his intended bride"

intense, Adjective

(s)

acute, intense: (extremely sharp or intense) "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"

(a)

intense: (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree) "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"

(s)

intense, vivid: ((of color) having the highest saturation) "vivid green"; "intense blue"

intensification, Noun

(n)

intensification: (action that makes something stronger or more extreme)

(n)

intensification: (the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film))

intensifier, Noun

(n)

intensifier, intensive: (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies) "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

intensify, Verb

(v)

escalate, intensify, step_up: (increase in extent or intensity) "The Allies escalated the bombing"

(v)

intensify, compound, heighten, deepen: (make more intense, stronger, or more marked) "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

(v)

intensify, deepen: (become more intense) "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

(v)

intensify: (make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark)

intensifying, Adjective

(a)

intensifying: (increasing in strength or intensity)

intension, Noun

(n)

intension, connotation: (what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression)

intensity, Noun

(n)

intensity, strength, intensity_level: (the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)) "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

(n)

intensity, intensiveness: (high level or degree; the property of being intense)

(n)

saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness: (chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue)

(n)

volume, loudness, intensity: (the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)) "the kids played their music at full volume"

intensive, Adjective

(a)

intensive: (tending to give force or emphasis) "an intensive adverb"

(a)

intensive: (of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor) "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"

(s)

intensive: (characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form) "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"

intensive, Noun

(n)

intensifier, intensive: (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies) "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

intensiveness, Noun

(n)

intensity, intensiveness: (high level or degree; the property of being intense)

intent, Adjective

(s)

captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped: (giving or marked by complete attention to) "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare"; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"

intent, Noun

(n)

intent, purport, spirit: (the intended meaning of a communication)

(n)

purpose, intent, intention, aim, design: (an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions) "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"

intention, Noun

(n)

intention: ((usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal) "his intentions are entirely honorable"

(n)

intention: (an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out) "my intention changed once I saw her"

(n)

purpose, intent, intention, aim, design: (an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions) "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"

intentional, Adjective

(a)

designed, intentional: (done or made or performed with purpose and intent) "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis"; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses"

(s)

intentional, knowing: (characterized by conscious design or purpose) "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

intentness, Noun

(n)

intentness, engrossment: (the quality of being intent and concentrated) "the intentness of his gaze"

inter, Verb

(v)

bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay_to_rest: (place in a grave or tomb) "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

interact, Verb

(v)

interact: (act together or towards others or with others) "He should interact more with his colleagues"

interaction, Noun

(n)

interaction: (a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting)

(n)

interaction, fundamental_interaction: ((physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons)

interactional, Adjective

(s)

interactional, interactive: (capable of acting on or influencing each other)

interactive, Adjective

(s)

interactional, interactive: (capable of acting on or influencing each other)

(a)

synergistic, interactive: (used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more))

interbrain, Noun

(n)

diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon: (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

interbreed, Verb

(v)

crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed: (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties) "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

interbreeding, Noun

(n)

hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing: ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)

(n)

miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding: (reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons))

intercalation, Noun

(n)

embolism, intercalation: (an insertion into a calendar)

intercede, Verb

(v)

intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate: (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences) "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

intercept, Noun

(n)

intercept: (the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis)

intercept, Verb

(v)

intercept, stop: (seize on its way) "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

(v)

wiretap, tap, intercept, bug: (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information) "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

interception, Noun

(n)

interception: (the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving) "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters"; "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible"

(n)

interception: ((American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team)

intercession, Noun

(n)

intercession: (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)

(n)

intervention, intercession: (the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)) "it occurs without human intervention"

intercessor, Noun

(n)

mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor: (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)

interchange, Noun

(n)

exchange, interchange: (the act of changing one thing for another thing) "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners"

(n)

exchange, interchange: (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)) "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"

(n)

interchange: (a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams)

(n)

interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take: (mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information))

interchange, Verb

(v)

counterchange, transpose, interchange: (cause to change places) "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"

(v)

exchange, change, interchange: (give to, and receive from, one another) "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

(v)

interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop: (reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action))

(v)

substitute, replace, interchange, exchange: (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items) "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

interchangeability, Noun

(n)

exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, fungibility: (the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange)

interchangeable, Adjective

(s)

exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised: (capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability) "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts"

(s)

interchangeable: ((mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged) "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable"

interchangeableness, Noun

(n)

exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, fungibility: (the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange)

interchurch, Adjective

(s)

interchurch, interdenominational: (occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations) "interchurch aid"; "interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians"

intercollegiate, Adjective

(s)

intercollegiate: (used of competition between colleges or universities) "intercollegiate basketball"

intercom, Noun

(n)

intercommunication_system, intercom: (a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc)

intercommunicate, Verb

(v)

communicate, intercommunicate: (transmit thoughts or feelings) "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

(v)

intercommunicate: (be interconnected, afford passage) "These rooms intercommunicate"

interconnect, Verb

(v)

complect, interconnect, interlink: (be interwoven or interconnected) "The bones are interconnected via the muscle"

(v)

interconnect, interlink: (cause to be interconnected or interwoven)

interconnected, Adjective

(s)

coordinated, co-ordinated, interconnected, unified: (operating as a unit) "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program"

(s)

interconnected, interrelated: (reciprocally connected)

interconnectedness, Noun

(n)

interconnection, interconnectedness: (a state of being connected reciprocally) "an interconnection between the two buildings"

interconnection, Noun

(n)

interconnection, interconnectedness: (a state of being connected reciprocally) "an interconnection between the two buildings"

(n)

interconnection: ((computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.))

intercontinental, Adjective

(a)

intercontinental: (extending or taking place between or among continents) "intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental flights"

intercourse, Noun

(n)

intercourse, social_intercourse: (communication between individuals)

(n)

sexual_intercourse, intercourse, sex_act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual_congress, congress, sexual_relation, relation, carnal_knowledge: (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)

intercrossed, Adjective

(s)

hybrid, intercrossed: (produced by crossbreeding)

interdenominational, Adjective

(s)

interchurch, interdenominational: (occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations) "interchurch aid"; "interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians"

interdepartmental, Adjective

(a)

interdepartmental: (between or among departments) "interdepartmental competition"

interdependence, Noun

(n)

mutuality, interdependence, interdependency: (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))

interdependency, Noun

(n)

mutuality, interdependence, interdependency: (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))

interdependent, Adjective

(s)

interdependent, mutualist, mutually_beneficial: (mutually dependent)

interdict, Noun

(n)

interdict: (an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district)

(n)

interdict, interdiction: (a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity)

interdict, Verb

(v)

forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix: (command against) "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

(v)

interdict: (destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication)

interdiction, Noun

(n)

interdict, interdiction: (a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity)

(n)

interdiction: (authoritative prohibition)

interdisciplinary, Adjective

(a)

interdisciplinary: (drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study) "interdisciplinary studies"; "an interdisciplinary conference"

interest, Noun

(n)

interest, involvement: (a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something) "an interest in music"

(n)

interest, interestingness: (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)) "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"

(n)

interest: (a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed) "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?"

(n)

interest, stake: ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something) "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"

(n)

interest, interest_group: ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims) "the iron interests stepped up production"

(n)

pastime, interest, pursuit: (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)) "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"

(n)

sake, interest: (a reason for wanting something done) "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"

interest, Verb

(v)

concern, interest, occupy, worry: (be on the mind of) "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

(v)

interest: (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)

(v)

matter_to, interest: (be of importance or consequence) "This matters to me!"

interested, Adjective

(s)

concerned, interested: (involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in) "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"

(a)

interested: (having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern) "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators"

interesting, Adjective

(a)

interesting: (arousing or holding the attention)

interestingness, Noun

(n)

interest, interestingness: (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)) "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"

interface, Noun

(n)

interface: ((chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases))

(n)

interface, user_interface: ((computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system)

(n)

interface: (the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other) "the interface between chemistry and biology"

(n)

interface, port: ((computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals))

interfacial, Adjective

(a)

interfacial: (relating to or situated at an interface) "an interfacial layer"; "interfacial tension is the surface tension at the interface between two liquids"

interfaith, Adjective

(s)

interfaith: (involving persons of different religious faiths) "an interfaith marriage"; "interfaith good will"

interfere, Verb

(v)

interfere: (come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle) "Your talking interferes with my work!"

(v)

intervene, step_in, interfere, interpose: (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force) "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

interference, Noun

(n)

hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference: (any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)

(n)

hindrance, hinderance, interference: (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)

(n)

interference: ((American football) blocking a player's path with your body) "he ran interference for the quarterback"

(n)

intervention, interference: (a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries)

(n)

noise, interference, disturbance: (electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication)

interfering, Adjective

(s)

interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied: (intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner) "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"

interferon, Noun

(n)

interferon: (an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus)

intergalactic, Adjective

(a)

intergalactic: (between or among galaxies) "intergalactic space"

interim, Adjective

(s)

interim: (serving during an intermediate interval of time) "an interim agreement"

interim, Noun

(n)

interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag: (the time between one event, process, or period and another) "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

interior, Adjective

(s)

home, interior, internal, national: (inside the country) "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

(s)

inner, interior, internal: (located inward) "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein"; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby"; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr."

(a)

interior: (situated within or suitable for inside a building) "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows"

(s)

interior: (inside and toward a center) "interior regions of the earth"

(s)

interior, midland, upcountry: (of or coming from the middle of a region or country) "upcountry districts"

interiorise, Verb

(v)

internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise: (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal) "internalize a belief"

interiorize, Verb

(v)

internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise: (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal) "internalize a belief"

interject, Verb

(v)

interject, come_in, interpose, put_in, throw_in, inject: (to insert between other elements) "She interjected clever remarks"

interjection, Noun

(n)

ejaculation, interjection: (an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion)

(n)

interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation: (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

interlace, Verb

(v)

intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace: (spin,wind, or twist together) "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"

(v)

lock, interlock, interlace: (hold in a locking position) "He locked his hands around her neck"

interlaced, Adjective

(s)

fretted, interlaced, latticed, latticelike: (having a pattern of fretwork or latticework)

interlacing, Adjective

(s)

interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven: (linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing)

interlanguage, Noun

(n)

lingua_franca, interlanguage, koine: (a common language used by speakers of different languages) "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"

interlard, Verb

(v)

intersperse, interlard: (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)

interleave, Verb

(v)

interleave: (provide (books) with blank leaves)

(v)

interleave: (intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data)

(v)

interleave: (intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations)

interleukin, Noun

(n)

interleukin: (any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system)

interlineal, Adjective

(a)

interlinear, interlineal: (written between lines of text)

interlinear, Adjective

(a)

interlinear, interlineal: (written between lines of text)

interlink, Verb

(v)

complect, interconnect, interlink: (be interwoven or interconnected) "The bones are interconnected via the muscle"

(v)

interconnect, interlink: (cause to be interconnected or interwoven)

interlinking, Adjective

(s)

interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven: (linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing)

interlock, Noun

(n)

interlock, ignition_interlock: (a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting) "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock"

(n)

mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking: (the act of interlocking or meshing) "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check"

interlock, Verb

(v)

interlock, mesh: (coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively)

(v)

interlock, lock: (become engaged or intermeshed with one another) "They were locked in embrace"

(v)

lock, interlock, interlace: (hold in a locking position) "He locked his hands around her neck"

interlocking, Adjective

(s)

interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven: (linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing)

interlocking, Noun

(n)

engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking: (contact by fitting together) "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"

(n)

mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking: (the act of interlocking or meshing) "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check"

interlocutor, Noun

(n)

interlocutor, middleman: (the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk)

(n)

interlocutor, conversational_partner: (a person who takes part in a conversation)

interlocutory, Adjective

(a)

interlocutory: (consisting of dialogue)

interloper, Noun

(n)

intruder, interloper, trespasser: (someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission)

interlude, Noun

(n)

interlude: (an intervening period or episode)

(n)

interlude, intermezzo, entr'acte: (a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance)

interlude, Verb

(v)

interlude: (perform an interlude) "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

intermarriage, Noun

(n)

endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage: (marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law)

(n)

exogamy, intermarriage: (marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law)

intermediary, Noun

(n)

mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor: (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)

intermediate, Adjective

(s)

average, intermediate, medium: (around the middle of a scale of evaluation) "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"

(a)

intermediate: (lying between two extremes in time or space or state) "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"

intermediate, Noun

(n)

intermediate: (a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained)

intermediate, Verb

(v)

intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate: (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences) "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

intermediation, Noun

(n)

mediation, intermediation: (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement)

intermediator, Noun

(n)

mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor: (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)

interment, Noun

(n)

burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture: (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)

intermeshed, Adjective

(s)

engaged, meshed, intermeshed: ((used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting) "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"

(s)

enmeshed, intermeshed: (caught as if in a mesh) "enmeshed in financial difficulties"

intermezzo, Noun

(n)

interlude, intermezzo, entr'acte: (a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance)

(n)

intermezzo: (a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony)

(n)

intermezzo: (a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera)

interminable, Adjective

(s)

endless, eternal, interminable: (tiresomely long; seemingly without end) "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"

intermingle, Verb

(v)

blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle: (combine into one) "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"

intermission, Noun

(n)

intermission: (the act of suspending activity temporarily)

(n)

pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension: (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

intermit, Verb

(v)

pause, intermit, break: (cease an action temporarily) "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

intermittence, Noun

(n)

intermittence, intermittency: (the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping)

intermittency, Noun

(n)

intermittence, intermittency: (the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping)

intermittent, Adjective

(s)

intermittent: (stopping and starting at irregular intervals) "intermittent rain showers"

intermix, Verb

(v)

blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle: (combine into one) "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"

intermixture, Noun

(n)

admixture, intermixture: (an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base) "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand"

(n)

concoction, mixture, intermixture: (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients) "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

(n)

mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing: (the act of mixing together) "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

intermolecular, Adjective

(a)

intermolecular: (existing or acting between molecules) "intermolecular forces"; "intermolecular condensation"

intern, Noun

(n)

intern, interne, houseman, medical_intern: (an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term))

intern, Verb

(v)

intern: (deprive of freedom) "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"

(v)

intern: (work as an intern) "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"

internal, Adjective

(s)

home, interior, internal, national: (inside the country) "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

(s)

inner, interior, internal: (located inward) "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein"; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby"; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr."

(s)

inner, internal, intimate: (innermost or essential) "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

(a)

internal: (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface) "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"

(s)

internal, intragroup: (occurring within an institution or community) "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"

internalisation, Noun

(n)

internalization, internalisation, incorporation: (learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself)

internalise, Verb

(v)

internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise: (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal) "internalize a belief"

internality, Noun

(n)

inwardness, internality: (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)) "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch"

internalization, Noun

(n)

internalization, internalisation, incorporation: (learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself)

internalize, Verb

(v)

internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise: (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal) "internalize a belief"

international, Adjective

(s)

external, international, outside: (from or between other countries) "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"

(a)

international: (concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations) "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters"

internationalisation, Noun

(n)

internationalization, internationalisation: (the act of bringing something under international control)

internationalise, Verb

(v)

internationalize, internationalise: (put under international control) "internationalize trade of certain drugs"

(v)

internationalize, internationalise: (make international in character) "We internationalized the committee"

internationalism, Noun

(n)

internationalism: (the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences)

(n)

internationality, internationalism: (quality of being international in scope) "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology"

internationalist, Adjective

(s)

internationalist, internationalistic: (influenced by or advocating internationalism)

internationalist, Noun

(n)

internationalist: (an advocate of internationalism)

(n)

internationalist: (a member of a socialist or communist international)

internationalistic, Adjective

(s)

internationalist, internationalistic: (influenced by or advocating internationalism)

internationality, Noun

(n)

internationality, internationalism: (quality of being international in scope) "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology"

internationalization, Noun

(n)

internationalization, internationalisation: (the act of bringing something under international control)

internationalize, Verb

(v)

internationalize, internationalise: (put under international control) "internationalize trade of certain drugs"

(v)

internationalize, internationalise: (make international in character) "We internationalized the committee"

interne, Noun

(n)

intern, interne, houseman, medical_intern: (an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term))

internet, Noun

(n)

internet, net, cyberspace: (a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange)

internment, Noun

(n)

impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage: (placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law)

(n)

imprisonment, internment: (the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison))

(n)

internment: (confinement during wartime)

internship, Noun

(n)

internship: (the position of a medical intern)

interoceptor, Noun

(n)

interoceptor, enteroceptor: (any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body)

interoperability, Noun

(n)

interoperability: ((computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks))

interoperable, Adjective

(s)

interoperable: (able to exchange and use information)

interpellation, Noun

(n)

interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation: (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

(n)

interpellation: ((parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy)

interpenetrate, Verb

(v)

interpenetrate, permeate: (penetrate mutually or be interlocked) "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"

(v)

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle: (spread or diffuse through) "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

interpenetration, Noun

(n)

interpenetration: (the action of penetrating between or among)

(n)

interpenetration, permeation: (mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other)

interpersonal, Adjective

(s)

interpersonal: (occurring among or involving several people) "interpersonal situations in which speech occurs"

interplay, Noun

(n)

interplay: (reciprocal action and reaction)

interpolate, Verb

(v)

interpolate, extrapolate: (estimate the value of)

(v)

interpolate, alter, falsify: (insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby)

interpolation, Noun

(n)

interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation: (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

(n)

interpolation, insertion: (a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted) "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"

(n)

interpolation: ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known)

interpose, Verb

(v)

interject, come_in, interpose, put_in, throw_in, inject: (to insert between other elements) "She interjected clever remarks"

(v)

interpose: (be or come between) "An interposing thicket blocked their way"

(v)

interpose: (introduce) "God interposed death"

(v)

intervene, step_in, interfere, interpose: (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force) "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

interposition, Noun

(n)

interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation: (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

(n)

interposition, intervention: (the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others)

interpret, Verb

(v)

interpret, construe, see: (make sense of; assign a meaning to) "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

(v)

interpret, render: (give an interpretation or rendition of) "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

(v)

rede, interpret: (give an interpretation or explanation to)

(v)

represent, interpret: (create an image or likeness of) "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

(v)

translate, interpret, render: (restate (words) from one language into another language) "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."

(v)

understand, read, interpret, translate: (make sense of a language) "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

interpretable, Adjective

(s)

explainable, interpretable: (capable of being understood) "explainable phenomena"

interpretation, Noun

(n)

interpretation, reading, version: (a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something)

(n)

interpretation: (an explanation that results from interpreting something) "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

(n)

interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering: (an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious) "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"

(n)

rendition, rendering, interpretation: (the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance) "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving"

interpretative, Adjective

(s)

interpretative, interpretive: (that provides interpretation)

interpreted, Adjective

(s)

interpreted, taken: (understood in a certain way; made sense of) "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation"

interpreter, Noun

(n)

interpreter, translator: (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)

(n)

interpreter: (someone who uses art to represent something) "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"

(n)

interpreter, interpretive_program: ((computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time)

(n)

spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice: (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose) "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

interpreting, Noun

(n)

interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering: (an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious) "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"

interpretive, Adjective

(s)

interpretative, interpretive: (that provides interpretation)

interracial, Adjective

(s)

interracial: (between races) "interracial conflict"

(s)

interracial, mixed: (involving or composed of different races) "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood"

interred, Adjective

(a)

buried, inhumed, interred: (placed in a grave) "the hastily buried corpses"

interrelate, Verb

(v)

interrelate: (place into a mutual relationship) "I cannot interrelate these two events"

(v)

relate, interrelate: (be in a relationship with) "How are these two observations related?"

interrelated, Adjective

(s)

interconnected, interrelated: (reciprocally connected)

interrelatedness, Noun

(n)

interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness: (mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness) "interrelationships of animal structure and function"

interrelation, Noun

(n)

interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness: (mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness) "interrelationships of animal structure and function"

interrelationship, Noun

(n)

interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness: (mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness) "interrelationships of animal structure and function"

interrogate, Verb

(v)

interrogate: (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)

(v)

interrogate, question: (pose a series of questions to) "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"

interrogation, Noun

(n)

interrogation: (a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder)

(n)

interrogation, examination, interrogatory: (formal systematic questioning)

(n)

question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation: (an instance of questioning) "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

(n)

question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative_sentence: (a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply) "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

interrogative, Adjective

(a)

interrogative: (relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood) "not all questions have an interrogative construction"

(a)

interrogative, interrogatory: (relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation)

interrogative, Noun

(n)

interrogative_mood, interrogative: (some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood)

(n)

question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative_sentence: (a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply) "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

interrogator, Noun

(n)

inquisitor, interrogator: (a questioner who is excessively harsh)

interrogatory, Adjective

(a)

interrogative, interrogatory: (relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation)

interrogatory, Noun

(n)

interrogation, examination, interrogatory: (formal systematic questioning)

interrupt, Noun

(n)

interrupt: (a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out)

interrupt, Verb

(v)

interrupt, disrupt, break_up, cut_off: (make a break in) "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

(v)

interrupt, disturb: (destroy the peace or tranquility of) "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

(v)

interrupt, disrupt: (interfere in someone else's activity) "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"

(v)

interrupt, break: (terminate) "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

interrupted, Adjective

(s)

fitful, interrupted, off-and-on: (intermittently stopping and starting) "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"

(s)

interrupted: (discontinued temporarily) "we resumed the interrupted discussion"

interruption, Noun

(n)

break, interruption, disruption, gap: (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity) "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

(n)

interruption, break: (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity) "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

(n)

pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension: (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

interscholastic, Adjective

(s)

interscholastic, interschool: (used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools)

interschool, Adjective

(s)

interscholastic, interschool: (used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools)

intersect, Verb

(v)

intersect, cross: (meet at a point)

intersectant, Adjective

(s)

decussate, intersectant, intersecting: (crossed or intersected in the form of an X)

intersecting, Adjective

(s)

decussate, intersectant, intersecting: (crossed or intersected in the form of an X)

intersection, Noun

(n)

intersection, intersection_point, point_of_intersection: (a point where lines intersect)

(n)

intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour: (a junction where one street or road crosses another)

(n)

intersection: (a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations)

(n)

intersection, product, Cartesian_product: (the set of elements common to two or more sets) "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things"

(n)

intersection: (the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path))

(n)

overlap, convergence, intersection: (a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena) "there was no overlap between their proposals"

intersex, Noun

(n)

hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene_person: (one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made)

interspecies, Adjective

(a)

interspecies, interspecific: (arising or occurring between species) "an interspecific hybrid"

interspecific, Adjective

(a)

interspecies, interspecific: (arising or occurring between species) "an interspecific hybrid"

interspersal, Noun

(n)

interspersion, interspersal: (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things) "the interspersion of illustrations in the text"

intersperse, Verb

(v)

intersperse: (place at intervals in or among) "intersperse exclamation marks in the text"

(v)

intersperse, interlard: (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)

interspersion, Noun

(n)

interspersion, interspersal: (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things) "the interspersion of illustrations in the text"

interstate, Adjective

(a)

interstate: (involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States) "Interstate Highway Commission"; "interstate highways"; "Interstate Commerce Commission"; "interstate commerce"

interstate, Noun

(n)

interstate, interstate_highway: (one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States)

interstellar, Adjective

(a)

interstellar: (between or among stars) "the density of hydrogen in interplanetary and interstellar space"

interstitial, Adjective

(a)

interstitial: (of or relating to interstices)

intertwine, Verb

(v)

intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace: (spin,wind, or twist together) "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"

(v)

loop, intertwine: (make a loop in) "loop a rope"

(v)

tat, intertwine: (make lacework by knotting or looping)

interval, Noun

(n)

interval: (a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints)

(n)

interval, separation: (the distance between things) "fragile items require separation and cushioning"

(n)

interval, musical_interval: (the difference in pitch between two notes)

(n)

time_interval, interval: (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)

intervene, Verb

(v)

intervene, step_in, interfere, interpose: (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force) "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

(v)

intervene: (be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events) "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

(v)

intervene: (occur between other event or between certain points of time) "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"

intervention, Noun

(n)

interposition, intervention: (the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others)

(n)

intervention, intercession: (the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)) "it occurs without human intervention"

(n)

intervention, interference: (a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries)

(n)

intervention: ((law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings) "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"

(n)

treatment, intervention: (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

intervertebral, Adjective

(a)

intervertebral: (pertaining to the space between two vertebrae)

interview, Noun

(n)

consultation, audience, interview: (a conference (usually with someone important)) "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"

(n)

interview: (the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists) "my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds"

interview, Verb

(v)

interview, question: (conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting)

(v)

interview: (discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation) "We interviewed the job candidates"

(v)

interview: (go for an interview in the hope of being hired) "The job candidate interviewed everywhere"

interviewee, Noun

(n)

interviewee: (a person who is interviewed)

interviewer, Noun

(n)

interviewer: (a person who conducts an interview)

interweave, Verb

(v)

weave, interweave: (interlace by or as if by weaving)

interwoven, Adjective

(s)

interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven: (linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing)

intestacy, Noun

(n)

intestacy: (the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will)

intestate, Adjective

(a)

intestate: (having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will) "he died intestate"; "intestate property"

intestinal, Adjective

(a)

intestinal, enteric, enteral: (of or relating to or inside the intestines) "intestinal disease"

intestine, Noun

(n)

intestine, bowel, gut: (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

intifada, Noun

(n)

intifada, intifadah: (an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000) "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993"

intifadah, Noun

(n)

intifada, intifadah: (an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000) "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993"

intimacy, Noun

(n)

affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour: (a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship)

(n)

closeness, intimacy: (a feeling of being intimate and belonging together) "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

(n)

familiarity, intimacy, closeness: (close or warm friendship) "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

intimal, Adjective

(a)

intimal: (of or relating to the intima)

intimate, Adjective

(s)

cozy, intimate, informal: (having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere) "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"

(s)

familiar, intimate: (having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship) "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

(s)

inner, internal, intimate: (innermost or essential) "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

(s)

intimate: (marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity) "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington"

(s)

intimate, sexual: (involved in a sexual relationship) "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts"

(s)

intimate, knowledgeable, versed: (thoroughly acquainted through study or experience) "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson"; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read"

intimate, Noun

(n)

confidant, intimate: (someone to whom private matters are confided)

intimate, Verb

(v)

intimate, adumbrate, insinuate: (give to understand) "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

(v)

suggest, intimate: (imply as a possibility) "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

intimation, Noun

(n)

hint, intimation, breath: (an indirect suggestion) "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"

(n)

inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer: (a slight suggestion or vague understanding) "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

intimidate, Verb

(v)

intimidate: (make timid or fearful) "Her boss intimidates her"

(v)

intimidate, restrain: (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)

intimidating, Adjective

(s)

daunting, intimidating: (discouraging through fear)

intimidation, Noun

(n)

bullying, intimidation: (the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something)

(n)

determent, deterrence, intimidation: (a communication that makes you afraid to try something)

(n)

intimidation: (the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.)

(n)

intimidation: (the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid)

intolerable, Adjective

(a)

intolerable, unbearable, unendurable: (incapable of being put up with) "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"

intolerance, Noun

(n)

intolerance: (impatience with annoyances) "his intolerance of interruptions"

(n)

intolerance: (unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs)

intolerant, Adjective

(s)

illiberal, intolerant: (narrow-minded about cherished opinions)

(a)

intolerant: (unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion)

intonate, Verb

(v)

chant, intone, intonate, cantillate: (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm) "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

(v)

intonate, intone: (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone) "please intonate with sadness"

intonation, Noun

(n)

intonation, modulation, pitch_contour: (rise and fall of the voice pitch)

(n)

intonation: (singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong)

(n)

intonation, chanting: (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)

(n)

intonation: (the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations)

intone, Verb

(v)

chant, intone, intonate, cantillate: (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm) "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

(v)

intonate, intone: (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone) "please intonate with sadness"

(v)

tone, chant, intone: (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically) "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

intoned, Adjective

(s)

chantlike, intoned, singsong: (uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting) "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking"

intoxicant, Adjective

(s)

intoxicant, intoxicating: (causing)

intoxicant, Noun

(n)

alcohol, alcoholic_drink, alcoholic_beverage, intoxicant, inebriant: (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent) "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"

(n)

intoxicant: (a drug that can produce a state of intoxication)

intoxicate, Verb

(v)

elate, lift_up, uplift, pick_up, intoxicate: (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism) "Music can uplift your spirits"

(v)

intoxicate, soak, inebriate: (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

(v)

intoxicate: (have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug)

intoxicated, Adjective

(a)

intoxicated, drunk, inebriated: (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)) "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

(s)

intoxicated, drunk: (as if under the influence of alcohol) "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement"

intoxicating, Adjective

(s)

heady, intoxicating: (extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic)

(s)

intoxicant, intoxicating: (causing)

intoxication, Noun

(n)

drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety: (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

(n)

intoxication: (excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety) "the intoxication of wealth and power"

(n)

poisoning, toxic_condition, intoxication: (the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance)

intracellular, Adjective

(a)

intracellular: (located or occurring within a cell or cells) "intracellular fluid"

intracranial, Adjective

(a)

intracranial: (within the skull)

intractability, Noun

(n)

intractability, intractableness: (the trait of being hard to influence or control)

intractable, Adjective

(a)

intractable: (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold) "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

intractableness, Noun

(n)

intractability, intractableness: (the trait of being hard to influence or control)

intracutaneous, Adjective

(a)

intradermal, intradermic, intracutaneous: (relating to areas between the layers of the skin) "an intradermal injection"

intradepartmental, Adjective

(a)

intradepartmental: (within a department) "intradepartmental memos"

intradermal, Adjective

(a)

intradermal, intradermic, intracutaneous: (relating to areas between the layers of the skin) "an intradermal injection"

intradermic, Adjective

(a)

intradermal, intradermic, intracutaneous: (relating to areas between the layers of the skin) "an intradermal injection"

intragroup, Adjective

(s)

internal, intragroup: (occurring within an institution or community) "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"

intramural, Adjective

(a)

intramural: (carried on within the bounds of an institution or community) "most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program"

intranet, Noun

(n)

intranet: (a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software)

intransigence, Noun

(n)

intransigency, intransigence: (the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise)

intransigency, Noun

(n)

intransigency, intransigence: (the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise)

intransigent, Adjective

(s)

adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent: (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill) "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable"; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

intransitive, Adjective

(a)

intransitive: (designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object)

intransitive, Noun

(n)

intransitive_verb, intransitive_verb_form, intransitive: (a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object)

intransitiveness, Noun

(n)

intransitivity, intransitiveness: (the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb)

intransitivise, Verb

(v)

detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise: (intransitivize) "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs"

intransitivity, Noun

(n)

intransitivity, intransitiveness: (the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb)

intransitivize, Verb

(v)

detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise: (intransitivize) "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs"

intraspecies, Adjective

(a)

intraspecies, intraspecific: (arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species) "intraspecific competition"

intraspecific, Adjective

(a)

intraspecies, intraspecific: (arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species) "intraspecific competition"

intrastate, Adjective

(a)

intrastate: (relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state) "intrastate as well as interstate commerce"

intrauterine, Adjective

(a)

intrauterine: (within the womb)

intravenous, Adjective

(a)

intravenous, endovenous: (within or by means of a vein) "an intravenous inflammation"; "intravenous feeding"

intrench, Verb

(v)

entrench, intrench: (fix firmly or securely)

intrenchment, Noun

(n)

entrenchment, intrenchment: (an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches)

intrepid, Adjective

(s)

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing: (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

intrepidity, Noun

(n)

dauntlessness, intrepidity: (resolute courageousness)

intricacy, Noun

(n)

elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution: (marked by elaborately complex detail)

intricate, Adjective

(s)

intricate: (having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate) "intricate lacework"

intrigue, Noun

(n)

intrigue, machination: (a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends)

(n)

intrigue: (a clandestine love affair)

intrigue, Verb

(v)

intrigue, fascinate: (cause to be interested or curious)

(v)

scheme, intrigue, connive: (form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner)

intriguer, Noun

(n)

designer, intriguer: (a person who devises plots or intrigues) "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack"

intriguing, Adjective

(s)

challenging, intriguing: (disturbingly provocative) "an intriguing smile"

(s)

intriguing: (capable of arousing interest or curiosity) "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"

intrinsic, Adjective

(a)

intrinsic, intrinsical: (belonging to a thing by its very nature) "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey"

(s)

intrinsic: (situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts) "intrinsic muscles"

intrinsical, Adjective

(a)

intrinsic, intrinsical: (belonging to a thing by its very nature) "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey"

intro, Noun

(n)

intro: (a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music)

(n)

presentation, introduction, intro: (formally making a person known to another or to the public)

introduce, Verb

(v)

bring_in, introduce: (bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment) "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"

(v)

inaugurate, usher_in, introduce: (be a precursor of) "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

(v)

insert, infix, enter, introduce: (put or introduce into something) "insert a picture into the text"

(v)

insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce: (introduce) "Insert your ticket here"

(v)

introduce, present, acquaint: (cause to come to know personally) "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

(v)

introduce, innovate: (bring something new to an environment) "A new word processor was introduced"

(v)

introduce: (bring in or establish in a new place or environment) "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits"

(v)

introduce, bring_out: (bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.)

(v)

introduce: (put before (a body)) "introduce legislation"

(v)

precede, preface, premise, introduce: (furnish with a preface or introduction) "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

introduction, Noun

(n)

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration: (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

(n)

insertion, introduction, intromission: (the act of putting one thing into another)

(n)

introduction, debut, first_appearance, launching, unveiling, entry: (the act of beginning something new) "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"

(n)

introduction: (the first section of a communication)

(n)

introduction: (a basic or elementary instructional text)

(n)

introduction: (a new proposal) "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"

(n)

presentation, introduction, intro: (formally making a person known to another or to the public)

introductory, Adjective

(s)

basic, introductory: (serving as a base or starting point) "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

(s)

introductory: (serving to open or begin) "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"

(s)

introductory, prefatorial, prefatory: (serving as an introduction or preface)

intromission, Noun

(n)

insertion, introduction, intromission: (the act of putting one thing into another)

intromit, Verb

(v)

admit, allow_in, let_in, intromit: (allow to enter; grant entry to) "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"

intron, Noun

(n)

intron, noncoding_DNA: (sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein)

introspection, Noun

(n)

introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination: (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)

introspective, Adjective

(a)

introspective, introverted, self-examining: (given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences)

introversion, Noun

(n)

introversion: ((psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings)

(n)

invagination, introversion: (the condition of being folded inward or sheathed)

(n)

invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding: (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface) "the invagination of the blastula"

introversive, Adjective

(a)

introversive, introvertive: (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings)

introvert, Noun

(n)

introvert: ((psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts)

introvert, Verb

(v)

introvert: (turn inside) "He introverted his feelings"

(v)

invaginate, introvert: (fold inwards) "some organs can invaginate"

introverted, Adjective

(a)

introspective, introverted, self-examining: (given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences)

introvertish, Adjective

(s)

introvertish, shut-in: (somewhat introverted)

introvertive, Adjective

(a)

introversive, introvertive: (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings)

intrude, Verb

(v)

intrude, irrupt: (enter uninvited) "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"

(v)

intrude, horn_in, pry, nose, poke: (search or inquire in a meddlesome way) "This guy is always nosing around the office"

(v)

intrude, obtrude: (thrust oneself in as if by force) "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"

(v)

trespass, intrude: (enter unlawfully on someone's property) "Don't trespass on my land!"

intruder, Noun

(n)

intruder, interloper, trespasser: (someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission)

intrusion, Noun

(n)

intrusion: (entrance by force or without permission or welcome)

(n)

intrusion: (the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation)

(n)

intrusion: (rock produced by an intrusive process)

(n)

invasion, encroachment, intrusion: (any entry into an area not previously occupied) "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

(n)

trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation: (entry to another's property without right or permission)

intrusive, Adjective

(a)

intrusive: (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)) "she felt her presence there was intrusive"

(a)

intrusive: (of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock)

(a)

intrusive: (thrusting inward) "an intrusive arm of the sea"

intrusiveness, Noun

(n)

intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousness: (aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation)

intrust, Verb

(v)

entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit: (confer a trust upon) "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

intubate, Verb

(v)

cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate: (introduce a cannula or tube into) "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"

intubation, Noun

(n)

cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)

intuition, Noun

(n)

intuition: (instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes))

(n)

intuition, hunch, suspicion: (an impression that something might be the case) "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

intuitive, Adjective

(s)

intuitive: (spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency) "an intuitive revulsion"

(s)

intuitive, nonrational, visceral: (obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation)

intumesce, Verb

(v)

bubble_up, intumesce: (move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically) "Gases bubbled up from the earth"; "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"

(v)

swell, swell_up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce: (expand abnormally) "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

intumescence, Noun

(n)

intumescence, intumescency: (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))

(n)

intumescence, intumescency, swelling: (the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water))

intumescency, Noun

(n)

intumescence, intumescency: (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))

(n)

intumescence, intumescency, swelling: (the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water))

intumescent, Adjective

(s)

puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid: (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas) "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"

intussusception, Noun

(n)

intussusception: ((biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall)

(n)

invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding: (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface) "the invagination of the blastula"

inunct, Verb

(v)

anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate: (administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing)

inunction, Noun

(n)

unction, inunction: (anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual)

inundate, Verb

(v)

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp: (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid) "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

(v)

inundate, deluge, submerge: (fill or cover completely, usually with water)

inundated, Adjective

(s)

afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing: (covered with water) "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"

inundation, Noun

(n)

flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion: (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land) "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

(n)

flood, inundation, deluge, torrent: (an overwhelming number or amount) "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

inure, Verb

(v)

inure, harden, indurate: (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate) "He was inured to the cold"

inured, Adjective

(s)

enured, inured, hardened: (made tough by habitual exposure) "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd"; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett"

inutility, Noun

(n)

inutility, uselessness, unusefulness: (the quality of having no practical use)

invade, Verb

(v)

intrude_on, invade, obtrude_upon, encroach_upon: (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate) "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"

(v)

invade, occupy: (march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation) "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

(v)

invade, overrun, infest: (occupy in large numbers or live on a host) "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

(v)

invade: (penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way) "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

invader, Noun

(n)

invader, encroacher: (someone who enters by force in order to conquer)

invading, Adjective

(s)

incursive, invading, invasive: (involving invasion or aggressive attack) "invasive war"

invaginate, Verb

(v)

invaginate: (sheathe) "The chrysalis is invaginated"

(v)

invaginate, introvert: (fold inwards) "some organs can invaginate"

invagination, Noun

(n)

invagination, introversion: (the condition of being folded inward or sheathed)

(n)

invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding: (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface) "the invagination of the blastula"

invalid, Adjective

(a)

invalid: (having no cogency or legal force) "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"

(s)

invalid: (no longer valid) "the license is invalid"

invalid, Noun

(n)

invalid, shut-in: (someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury)

invalid, Verb

(v)

disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap: (injure permanently) "He was disabled in a car accident"

(v)

invalid: (force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen)

invalidate, Verb

(v)

cancel, invalidate: (make invalid for use) "cancel cheques or tickets"

(v)

invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify: (declare invalid) "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

(v)

invalidate, nullify: (show to be invalid)

(v)

invalidate, void, vitiate: (take away the legal force of or render ineffective) "invalidate a contract"

invalidated, Adjective

(s)

invalidated, nullified: (deprived of legal force)

invalidating, Adjective

(s)

disconfirming, invalidating: (establishing as invalid or untrue)

invalidation, Noun

(n)

annulment, invalidation: ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))

invalidator, Noun

(n)

invalidator, voider, nullifier: (an official who can invalidate or nullify) "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"

invalidity, Noun

(n)

invalidity, invalidness: (illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses)

invalidness, Noun

(n)

invalidity, invalidness: (illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses)

invaluable, Adjective

(s)

invaluable, priceless: (having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth)

invaluableness, Noun

(n)

invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness, valuableness: (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)

invariability, Noun

(n)

evenness, invariability: (a quality of uniformity and lack of variation)

(n)

invariability, invariableness, invariance: (the quality of being resistant to variation)

invariable, Adjective

(a)

invariable: (not liable to or capable of change) "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy"

invariable, Noun

(n)

constant, constant_quantity, invariable: (a quantity that does not vary)

invariableness, Noun

(n)

invariability, invariableness, invariance: (the quality of being resistant to variation)

invariance, Noun

(n)

invariability, invariableness, invariance: (the quality of being resistant to variation)

(n)

invariance: (the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it) "the invariance of the configuration under translation"

invariant, Adjective

(s)

changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying: (unvarying in nature) "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity"

(s)

invariant: (unaffected by a designated operation or transformation)

invariant, Noun

(n)

invariant: (a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it)

invasion, Noun

(n)

invasion: (the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder)

(n)

invasion, encroachment, intrusion: (any entry into an area not previously occupied) "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

(n)

invasion: ((pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body) "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"

invasive, Adjective

(s)

encroaching, invasive, trespassing: (gradually intrusive without right or permission) "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"

(s)

incursive, invading, invasive: (involving invasion or aggressive attack) "invasive war"

(a)

invasive: (relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision)

(a)

invasive: (marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue) "invasive cancer cells"

invective, Noun

(n)

vituperation, invective, vitriol: (abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will)

inveigh, Verb

(v)

declaim, inveigh: (speak against in an impassioned manner) "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"

(v)

rail, inveigh: (complain bitterly)

inveigle, Verb

(v)

wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle: (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering) "He palavered her into going along"

invent, Verb

(v)

fabricate, manufacture, cook_up, make_up, invent: (make up something artificial or untrue)

(v)

invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge: (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort) "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

invention, Noun

(n)

invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design: (the creation of something in the mind)

(n)

invention, innovation: (a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation)

(n)

invention: (the act of inventing)

inventive, Adjective

(s)

imaginative, inventive: ((used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action) "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford"; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

inventiveness, Noun

(n)

inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness: (the power of creative imagination)

inventor, Noun

(n)

inventor, discoverer, artificer: (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

inventory, Noun

(n)

armory, armoury, inventory: (a collection of resources) "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

(n)

inventory, stock_list: (a detailed list of all the items in stock)

(n)

inventory: ((accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods)

(n)

inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking: (making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand) "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month"

(n)

stock, inventory: (the merchandise that a shop has on hand) "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"

inventory, Verb

(v)

inventory, take_stock, stock-take: (make or include in an itemized record or report) "Inventory all books before the end of the year"

inventorying, Noun

(n)

inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking: (making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand) "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month"

inverse, Adjective

(a)

inverse: (opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity) "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"

(s)

inverse, reverse: (reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect)

inverse, Noun

(n)

inverse, opposite: (something inverted in sequence or character or effect) "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

inversion, Noun

(n)

anastrophe, inversion: (the reversal of the normal order of words)

(n)

inversion: (the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer)

(n)

inversion: (abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth))

(n)

inversion: (a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa)

(n)

inversion: ((genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed)

(n)

inversion: ((counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa)

(n)

inversion, sexual_inversion: (a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex)

(n)

inversion, upending: (turning upside down; setting on end)

(n)

inversion, eversion, everting: (the act of turning inside out)

invert, Verb

(v)

invert: (make an inversion (in a musical composition)) "here the theme is inverted"

(v)

invert, reverse: (reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of) "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"

(v)

turn_back, invert, reverse: (turn inside out or upside down)

invertase, Noun

(n)

invertase, saccharase, sucrase: (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose)

invertebrate, Adjective

(a)

invertebrate, spineless: (lacking a backbone or spinal column) "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"

invertebrate, Noun

(n)

invertebrate: (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

inverted, Adjective

(a)

anatropous, inverted: ((of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk)

(s)

inverted, upside-down: (being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed) "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"

inverter, Noun

(n)

inverter: (an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current)

invertible, Adjective

(a)

invertible: (having an additive or multiplicative inverse)

invest, Verb

(v)

endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue: (give qualities or abilities to)

(v)

induct, invest, seat: (place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position) "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

(v)

invest, put, commit, place: (make an investment) "Put money into bonds"

(v)

invest, clothe, adorn: (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)

(v)

invest, vest, enthrone: (provide with power and authority) "They vested the council with special rights"

investigate, Verb

(v)

investigate, look_into: (investigate scientifically) "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

(v)

investigate, inquire, enquire: (conduct an inquiry or investigation of) "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

investigating, Noun

(n)

investigation, investigating: (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

investigation, Noun

(n)

investigation, investigating: (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

(n)

probe, investigation: (an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities) "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"

investigative, Adjective

(s)

fact-finding, investigative, investigatory: (designed to find information or ascertain facts) "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"

investigator, Noun

(n)

detective, investigator, tec, police_detective: (a police officer who investigates crimes)

(n)

investigator: (someone who investigates)

(n)

research_worker, researcher, investigator: (a scientist who devotes himself to doing research)

investigatory, Adjective

(s)

fact-finding, investigative, investigatory: (designed to find information or ascertain facts) "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"

investing, Noun

(n)

investing, investment: (the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit)

investiture, Noun

(n)

coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture: (the ceremony of installing a new monarch)

(n)

investment, investiture: (the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank)

investment, Noun

(n)

investing, investment: (the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit)

(n)

investment, investment_funds: (money that is invested with an expectation of profit)

(n)

investment: (the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result) "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work"

(n)

investment: (outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism)

(n)

investment: (the act of putting on robes or vestments)

(n)

investment, investiture: (the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank)

investor, Noun

(n)

investor: (someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns)

inveterate, Adjective

(s)

chronic, inveterate: (habitual) "a chronic smoker"

invidia, Noun

(n)

envy, invidia: (spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins))

invidious, Adjective

(s)

discriminatory, invidious: (containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice) "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"

invigilate, Verb

(v)

invigilate, proctor: (watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating))

invigorate, Verb

(v)

enliven, liven, liven_up, invigorate, animate: (make lively) "let's liven up this room a bit"

(v)

inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt: (heighten or intensify) "These paintings exalt the imagination"

(v)

invigorate, reinvigorate: (impart vigor, strength, or vitality to) "Exercise is invigorating"

(v)

quicken, invigorate: (give life or energy to) "The cold water invigorated him"

invigorated, Adjective

(s)

fresh, invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated: (with restored energy)

invigorating, Adjective

(a)

invigorating: (imparting strength and vitality) "the invigorating mountain air"

invigoration, Noun

(n)

animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification: (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)

(n)

vivification, invigoration, animation: (the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something)

invigorator, Noun

(n)

quickener, invigorator, enlivener: (an agent that gives or restores life or vigor) "the soul is the quickener of the body"

invincibility, Noun

(n)

indomitability, invincibility: (the property being difficult or impossible to defeat)

invincible, Adjective

(s)

invincible, unbeatable, unvanquishable: (incapable of being overcome or subdued) "an invincible army"; "her invincible spirit"

inviolable, Adjective

(s)

absolute, infrangible, inviolable: (not capable of being violated or infringed) "infrangible human rights"

(s)

impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable: (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with) "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"

(a)

inviolable: (incapable of being transgressed or dishonored) "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath"

(s)

inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct: (must be kept sacred)

inviolate, Adjective

(s)

intact, inviolate: ((of a woman) having the hymen unbroken) "she was intact, virginal"

(s)

inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct: (must be kept sacred)

invisibility, Noun

(n)

invisibility, invisibleness: (the quality of not being perceivable by the eye)

invisible, Adjective

(a)

inconspicuous, invisible: (not prominent or readily noticeable) "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man"

(a)

invisible, unseeable: (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye) "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending"

invisibleness, Noun

(n)

invisibility, invisibleness: (the quality of not being perceivable by the eye)

invitation, Noun

(n)

invitation: (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something) "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"

(n)

invitation: (a tempting allurement) "she was an invitation to trouble"

invite, Noun

(n)

invite: (a colloquial expression for invitation) "he didn't get no invite to the party"

invite, Verb

(v)

invite, ask_for: (increase the likelihood of) "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"

(v)

invite, ask_over, ask_round: (invite someone to one's house) "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"

(v)

invite, bid: (ask someone in a friendly way to do something)

(v)

invite, pay_for: (have as a guest) "I invited them to a restaurant"

(v)

invite, ask_in: (ask to enter) "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"

(v)

invite, call_for: (request the participation or presence of) "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"

(v)

receive, take_in, invite: (express willingness to have in one's home or environs) "The community warmly received the refugees"

(v)

tempt, invite: (give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting) "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

invitee, Noun

(n)

guest, invitee: (a visitor to whom hospitality is extended)

inviting, Adjective

(a)

inviting: (attractive and tempting) "an inviting offer"

invocation, Noun

(n)

conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation: (calling up a spirit or devil)

(n)

invocation, supplication: (a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service)

(n)

invocation: (an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil)

(n)

invocation: (the act of appealing for help)

invoice, Noun

(n)

bill, account, invoice: (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered) "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"

invoice, Verb

(v)

invoice: (send an bill to) "She invoiced the company for her expenses"

invoke, Verb

(v)

appeal, invoke: (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection) "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"

(v)

invoke, appeal: (cite as an authority; resort to) "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

(v)

raise, conjure, conjure_up, invoke, evoke, stir, call_down, arouse, bring_up, put_forward, call_forth: (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic) "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

involuntariness, Noun

(n)

unwillingness, involuntariness: (the trait of being unwilling) "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"

involuntary, Adjective

(a)

involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary: (not subject to the control of the will) "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy"

(a)

involuntary: (controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control) "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

involute, Adjective

(s)

involute, rolled: (especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward)

(s)

involute: ((of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured)

involution, Noun

(n)

elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution: (marked by elaborately complex detail)

(n)

engagement, participation, involvement, involution: (the act of sharing in the activities of a group) "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

(n)

exponentiation, involution: (the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power)

(n)

involution: (reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth))

(n)

involution: (a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction)

(n)

involution, enfolding: (the action of enfolding something)

involve, Verb

(v)

imply, involve: (have as a necessary feature) "This decision involves many changes"

(v)

involve, affect, regard: (connect closely and often incriminatingly) "This new ruling affects your business"

(v)

involve: (engage as a participant) "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"

(v)

involve: (contain as a part) "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"

(v)

involve: (occupy or engage the interest of) "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"

(v)

involve: (make complex or intricate or complicated) "The situation was rather involved"

(v)

necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call_for, demand: (require as useful, just, or proper) "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

involved, Adjective

(s)

Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous: (highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious) "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott"; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

(a)

involved: (connected by participation or association or use) "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"

(s)

involved, mired: (entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire) "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"

(s)

involved: (emotionally involved)

(s)

involved: (enveloped) "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"

involvement, Noun

(n)

affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour: (a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship)

(n)

engagement, participation, involvement, involution: (the act of sharing in the activities of a group) "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

(n)

interest, involvement: (a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something) "an interest in music"

(n)

involvement: (a connection of inclusion or containment) "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen"

(n)

participation, involvement: (the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.))

invulnerability, Noun

(n)

invulnerability, impregnability: (having the strength to withstand attack)

(n)

invulnerability: (the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally))

invulnerable, Adjective

(a)

invulnerable: (immune to attack; impregnable) "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"

inward, Adjective

(s)

inbound, inward: (directed or moving inward or toward a center) "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

(a)

inward: (relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts) "a concern with inward reflections"

inwardness, Noun

(n)

inwardness: (preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values) "the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"; "inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright"

(n)

inwardness: (the quality or state of being inward or internal) "the inwardness of the body's organs"

(n)

inwardness, internality: (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)) "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch"

(n)

kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty: (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

iodin, Noun

(n)

iodine, iodin, I, atomic_number_53: (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks))

iodinate, Verb

(v)

iodinate: (cause to combine with iodine) "iodinate thyroxine"

iodinated, Adjective

(a)

iodinated, iodized, iodised: (treated with iodine) "iodized salt"

iodinating, Adjective

(a)

iodinating: (combining or causing to combine with iodine) "the active iodinating species"; "the in vivo iodinating mechanism"

iodine, Noun

(n)

iodine, iodin, I, atomic_number_53: (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks))

(n)

tincture_of_iodine, iodine: (a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic)

iodise, Verb

(v)

iodize, iodise: (treat with iodine) "iodize salt"

(v)

iodize, iodise: (treat with iodine so as to prevent infection) "iodize a wound"

iodised, Adjective

(a)

iodinated, iodized, iodised: (treated with iodine) "iodized salt"

iodize, Verb

(v)

iodize, iodise: (treat with iodine) "iodize salt"

(v)

iodize, iodise: (treat with iodine so as to prevent infection) "iodize a wound"

iodized, Adjective

(a)

iodinated, iodized, iodised: (treated with iodine) "iodized salt"

iodochlorhydroxyquin, Noun

(n)

iodochlorhydroxyquin, Clioquinol: (drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot))

iodoform, Noun

(n)

iodoform, tri-iodomethane: (sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3)

(n)

iodoform, triiodomethane: (a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing)

ion, Noun

(n)

ion: (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)

ionate, Verb

(v)

ionate: (add ions to)

ionisation, Noun

(n)

ionization, ionisation: (the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge)) "the ionization of a gas"

(n)

ionization, ionisation: (the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas)

ionise, Verb

(v)

ionize, ionise: (become converted into ions)

(v)

ionize, ionise: (convert into ions)

ionised, Adjective

(a)

ionized, ionised: (converted totally or partly into ions)

ionization, Noun

(n)

ionization, ionisation: (the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge)) "the ionization of a gas"

(n)

ionization, ionisation: (the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas)

ionize, Verb

(v)

ionize, ionise: (become converted into ions)

(v)

ionize, ionise: (convert into ions)

ionized, Adjective

(a)

ionized, ionised: (converted totally or partly into ions)

ionophoresis, Noun

(n)

electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis: (the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode)

ionosphere, Noun

(n)

ionosphere: (the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons)

iontophoresis, Noun

(n)

iontophoresis, ionic_medication, iontotherapy, electromotive_drug_administration, EMDA: (therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues)

iontotherapy, Noun

(n)

iontophoresis, ionic_medication, iontotherapy, electromotive_drug_administration, EMDA: (therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues)

iota, Noun

(n)

iota: (the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet)

(n)

shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge: (a tiny or scarcely detectable amount)

ipsilateral, Adjective

(a)

ipsilateral: (on or relating to the same side (of the body))

irascibility, Noun

(n)

irascibility, short_temper, spleen, quick_temper: (a feeling of resentful anger)

irascible, Adjective

(s)

choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered: (quickly aroused to anger) "a hotheaded commander"

(s)

choleric, irascible: (characterized by anger) "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"

irate, Adjective

(s)

irate, ireful: (feeling or showing extreme anger) "irate protesters"; "ireful words"

ire, Noun

(n)

anger, choler, ire: (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

(n)

wrath, anger, ire, ira: (belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins))

ireful, Adjective

(s)

irate, ireful: (feeling or showing extreme anger) "irate protesters"; "ireful words"

iridescence, Noun

(n)

opalescence, iridescence: (the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface)

iridescent, Adjective

(s)

changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot: (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles) "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"

(s)

iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent: (having a play of lustrous rainbow colors) "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

iridium, Noun

(n)

iridium, Ir, atomic_number_77: (a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium)

iridosmine, Noun

(n)

osmiridium, iridosmine: (a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc.)

iris, Noun

(n)

iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword_lily: (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)

(n)

iris: (muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye)

(n)

iris, iris_diaphragm: (diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening)

irk, Verb

(v)

gall, irk: (irritate or vex) "It galls me that we lost the suit"

irksome, Adjective

(s)

boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome: (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness) "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke"; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain"; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

iron-gray, Adjective

(s)

iron-grey, iron-gray: (of the grey color of iron)

iron-gray, Noun

(n)

iron-grey, iron-gray: (the color of freshly broken cast iron)

iron-grey, Adjective

(s)

iron-grey, iron-gray: (of the grey color of iron)

iron-grey, Noun

(n)

iron-grey, iron-gray: (the color of freshly broken cast iron)

iron-tree, Noun

(n)

iron_tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood_tree: (a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape)

iron, Adjective

(s)

cast-iron, iron: (extremely robust) "an iron constitution"

iron, Noun

(n)

iron, Fe, atomic_number_26: (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood)

(n)

iron: (a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head)

(n)

iron, branding_iron: (implement used to brand live stock)

(n)

iron, smoothing_iron: (home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth)

iron, Verb

(v)

iron, iron_out, press: (press and smooth with a heated iron) "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"

ironclad, Adjective

(s)

ironclad: (sheathed in iron plates for protection)

(s)

ironclad, brassbound: (inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable) "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"

ironclad, Noun

(n)

ironclad: (a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor)

ironed, Adjective

(a)

ironed: ((of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron)

ironic, Adjective

(s)

dry, ironic, ironical, wry: (humorously sarcastic or mocking) "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

(s)

ironic, ironical: (characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is) "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

ironical, Adjective

(s)

dry, ironic, ironical, wry: (humorously sarcastic or mocking) "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

(s)

ironic, ironical: (characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is) "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

ironist, Noun

(n)

satirist, ironist, ridiculer: (a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm)

ironman, Noun

(n)

iron_man, ironman: (a strong man of exceptional physical endurance)

ironmonger, Noun

(n)

hardware_store, ironmonger, ironmonger's_shop: (a store selling hardware) "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop"

(n)

ironmonger, hardwareman: (someone who sells hardware) "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"

ironmongery, Noun

(n)

ironmongery: (the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop)

ironside, Noun

(n)

ironside: (a man of great strength or bravery)

ironware, Noun

(n)

hardware, ironware: (instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal)

ironweed, Noun

(n)

ironweed, vernonia: (any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue)

ironwood, Noun

(n)

Eastern_hop_hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood_tree, Ostrya_virginiana: (medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America)

(n)

iron_tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood_tree: (a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape)

(n)

ironwood: (exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees)

(n)

rose_chestnut, ironwood, ironwood_tree, Mesua_ferrea: (handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties)

ironworker, Noun

(n)

ironworker: (a person who makes articles of iron)

irony, Noun

(n)

irony: (incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs) "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

(n)

irony: (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)

(n)

sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic_remark: (witty language used to convey insults or scorn) "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift"

irradiate, Verb

(v)

enlighten, irradiate: (give spiritual insight to; in religion)

(v)

irradiate: (cast rays of light upon)

(v)

irradiate, ray: (expose to radiation) "irradiate food"

irradiation, Noun

(n)

beam, beam_of_light, light_beam, ray, ray_of_light, shaft, shaft_of_light, irradiation: (a column of light (as from a beacon))

(n)

irradiation: (the condition of being exposed to radiation)

(n)

irradiation: ((physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex)

(n)

irradiation: (the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background)

(n)

irradiation: ((Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus)

(n)

radiotherapy, radiation_therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation: ((medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance)

irrational, Adjective

(a)

irrational: (not consistent with or using reason) "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

(a)

irrational: (real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers) "irrational numbers"

irrational, Noun

(n)

irrational_number, irrational: (a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number)

irrationality, Noun

(n)

irrationality, unreason: (the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding)

irreality, Noun

(n)

unreality, irreality: (the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact)

irreclaimable, Adjective

(s)

irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable: (insusceptible of reform) "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"

irreconcilable, Adjective

(a)

irreconcilable, unreconcilable: (impossible to reconcile) "irreconcilable differences"

irrecoverable, Adjective

(a)

unrecoverable, irrecoverable: (incapable of being recovered or regained)

irredeemable, Adjective

(s)

irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable: (insusceptible of reform) "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"

(s)

irredeemable: ((of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder)

irredenta, Noun

(n)

irredenta, irridenta: (a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another)

irredentism, Noun

(n)

irredentism, irridentism: (the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related)

irredentist, Noun

(n)

irredentist, irridentist: (an advocate of irredentism)

irreducible, Adjective

(a)

irreducible: (incapable of being made smaller or simpler) "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia"

irrefutable, Adjective

(s)

incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive: (impossible to deny or disprove) "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

irregular, Adjective

(s)

atypical, irregular: (deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal) "these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior"

(a)

irregular: (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice) "irregular hiring practices"

(a)

irregular: ((used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces) "irregular troops"; "irregular warfare"

(a)

irregular: ((of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement)

(s)

irregular, unpredictable: (not occurring at expected times)

(s)

irregular: (falling below the manufacturer's standard) "irregular jeans"

(s)

irregular, temporary: (lacking continuity or regularity) "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"

(s)

irregular: ((of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical) "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"

(s)

irregular, maverick, unorthodox: (independent in behavior or thought) "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"

irregular, Noun

(n)

guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent: (a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment)

(n)

irregular, second: (merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name)

irregularity, Noun

(n)

abnormality, irregularity: (behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality)

(n)

constipation, irregularity: (irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis)

(n)

irregularity, unregularity: (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)

(n)

irregularity, geometrical_irregularity: (an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern)

irrelevance, Noun

(n)

irrelevance, irrelevancy: (the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand)

irrelevancy, Noun

(n)

irrelevance, irrelevancy: (the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand)

irrelevant, Adjective

(a)

irrelevant: (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue) "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"

irreligion, Noun

(n)

irreligiousness, irreligion: (the quality of not being devout)

irreligious, Adjective

(a)

irreligious: (hostile or indifferent to religion)

irreligiousness, Noun

(n)

irreligiousness, irreligion: (the quality of not being devout)

irremediable, Adjective

(a)

irremediable: (impossible to remedy or correct or redress) "an irremediable error"; "irremediable defects of character"

irremovable, Adjective

(a)

irremovable: (incapable of being removed or away or dismiss) "irremovable boulders"; "irremovable obstacles"

irreparable, Adjective

(a)

irreparable: (impossible to repair, rectify, or amend) "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages"

irreplaceable, Adjective

(a)

irreplaceable, unreplaceable: (impossible to replace) "irreplaceable antiques"

irrepressibility, Noun

(n)

irrepressibility, buoyancy: (irrepressible liveliness and good spirit) "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"

irrepressible, Adjective

(s)

irrepressible, uncontrollable: (impossible to repress or control) "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

irreproachable, Adjective

(s)

blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable: (free of guilt; not subject to blame) "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation"

irreproducible, Adjective

(a)

unreproducible, irreproducible: (impossible to reproduce or duplicate)

irresistibility, Noun

(n)

irresistibility, irresistibleness: (the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist)

irresistible, Adjective

(a)

irresistible, resistless: (impossible to resist; overpowering) "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"

(s)

irresistible: (overpoweringly attractive) "irresistible beauty"

irresistibleness, Noun

(n)

irresistibility, irresistibleness: (the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist)

irresolute, Adjective

(a)

irresolute: (uncertain how to act or proceed) "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute"

irresoluteness, Noun

(n)

irresoluteness, irresolution: (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)

irresolution, Noun

(n)

indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution: (doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action) "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"

(n)

irresoluteness, irresolution: (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)

irresponsibility, Noun

(n)

irresponsibility, irresponsibleness: (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)

irresponsible, Adjective

(a)

irresponsible: (showing lack of care for consequences) "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"

irresponsibleness, Noun

(n)

irresponsibility, irresponsibleness: (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)

irretrievable, Adjective

(s)

irretrievable, unretrievable: (impossible to recover or recoup or overcome) "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment"

irreverence, Noun

(n)

irreverence: (an irreverent mental attitude)

(n)

irreverence, violation: (a disrespectful act)

irreverent, Adjective

(s)

godless, irreverent: (not revering god)

(s)

impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy: (characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality) "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

(a)

irreverent: (showing lack of due respect or veneration) "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"

irreversibility, Noun

(n)

irreversibility: (the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed))

irreversible, Adjective

(a)

irreversible: (incapable of being reversed) "irreversible momentum toward revolution"

irrevocable, Adjective

(a)

irrevocable, irrevokable: (incapable of being retracted or revoked) "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare"

irrevokable, Adjective

(a)

irrevocable, irrevokable: (incapable of being retracted or revoked) "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare"

irridenta, Noun

(n)

irredenta, irridenta: (a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another)

irridentism, Noun

(n)

irredentism, irridentism: (the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related)

irridentist, Noun

(n)

irredentist, irridentist: (an advocate of irredentism)

irrigate, Verb

(v)

irrigate: (supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting) "irrigate the wound"

(v)

water, irrigate: (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams) "Water the fields"

irrigation, Noun

(n)

irrigation: (supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc)

(n)

irrigation: ((medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution)

irritability, Noun

(n)

excitability, irritability: (excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part)

(n)

irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler: (an irritable petulant feeling)

(n)

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness: (a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger) "his temper was well known to all his employees"

irritable, Adjective

(s)

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy: (easily irritated or annoyed) "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

(s)

excitable, irritable: (capable of responding to stimuli)

(s)

irritable: (abnormally sensitive to a stimulus)

irritant, Noun

(n)

irritant, thorn: (something that causes irritation and annoyance) "he's a thorn in my flesh"

irritate, Verb

(v)

annoy, rag, get_to, bother, get_at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil: (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations) "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

(v)

irritate: (excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame) "Aspirin irritates my stomach"

(v)

irritate: (excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus) "irritate the glands of a leaf"

irritated, Adjective

(s)

annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed_off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung: (aroused to impatience or anger) "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

irritating, Adjective

(s)

annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing: (causing irritation or annoyance) "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

(s)

irritating, irritative: ((used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite) "an irritative agent"

(s)

irritating, painful: (causing physical discomfort; they can be very painful") "bites of black flies are more than irritating"

irritation, Noun

(n)

aggravation, irritation, provocation: (unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment)

(n)

annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation: (the act of troubling or annoying someone)

(n)

discomfort, soreness, irritation: (an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress)

(n)

excitation, innervation, irritation: (the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland)

(n)

irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration: (the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed)

(n)

irritation: ((pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation) "any food produced irritation of the stomach"

(n)

pique, temper, irritation: (a sudden outburst of anger) "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

irritative, Adjective

(s)

irritating, irritative: ((used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite) "an irritative agent"

irrupt, Verb

(v)

erupt, irrupt, flare_up, flare, break_open, burst_out: (erupt or intensify suddenly) "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

(v)

explode, irrupt: (increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner) "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"

(v)

intrude, irrupt: (enter uninvited) "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"

irruption, Noun

(n)

irruption: (a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in) "the recent irruption of bad manners"

(n)

irruption: (a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population)

(n)

outbreak, eruption, irruption: (a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)) "the outbreak of hostilities"

irruptive, Adjective

(s)

irruptive, plutonic: (of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro)

isarithm, Noun

(n)

isogram, isopleth, isarithm: (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable)

ischaemia, Noun

(n)

ischemia, ischaemia: (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)

ischaemic, Adjective

(a)

ischemic, ischaemic: (relating to or affected by ischemia)

ischemia, Noun

(n)

ischemia, ischaemia: (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)

ischemic, Adjective

(a)

ischemic, ischaemic: (relating to or affected by ischemia)

ischium, Noun

(n)

ischium, ischial_bone, os_ischii: (one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium)

isinglass, Noun

(n)

mica, isinglass: (any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity)

island-dweller, Noun

(n)

islander, island-dweller: (an inhabitant of an island)

island, Noun

(n)

island: (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

(n)

island: (a zone or area resembling an island)

islander, Noun

(n)

islander, island-dweller: (an inhabitant of an island)

isle, Noun

(n)

isle, islet: (a small island)

islet, Noun

(n)

isle, islet: (a small island)

ism, Noun

(n)

doctrine, philosophy, philosophical_system, school_of_thought, ism: (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

isoantibody, Noun

(n)

isoantibody, alloantibody: (an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species)

isobilateral, Adjective

(s)

bilateral, isobilateral, bilaterally_symmetrical, bilaterally_symmetric: (having identical parts on each side of an axis)

isocarboxazid, Noun

(n)

isocarboxazid, Marplan: (a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression)

isochronal, Adjective

(s)

isochronal, isochronous: (equal in duration or interval) "the oscillations were isochronal"

isochronous, Adjective

(s)

isochronal, isochronous: (equal in duration or interval) "the oscillations were isochronal"

isoclinal, Adjective

(s)

isoclinal, isoclinic: (having equal magnetic inclinations)

isoclinal, Noun

(n)

isoclinic_line, isoclinal: (an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination)

isoclinic, Adjective

(s)

isoclinal, isoclinic: (having equal magnetic inclinations)

isocyclic, Adjective

(s)

homocyclic, isocyclic: (containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms)

isogram, Noun

(n)

isogram, isopleth, isarithm: (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable)

isolate, Verb

(v)

isolate, insulate: (place or set apart) "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

(v)

isolate: (obtain in pure form) "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"

(v)

isolate: (separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them)

(v)

sequester, sequestrate, keep_apart, set_apart, isolate: (set apart from others) "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

isolated, Adjective

(s)

apart, isolated, obscure: (remote and separate physically or socially) "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson"; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"

(s)

detached, isolated, separated, set-apart: (being or feeling set or kept apart from others) "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson"; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

(s)

disjunct, isolated: (marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements) "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly"

(s)

isolated, stray: (not close together in time) "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

(s)

isolated, marooned, stranded: (cut off or left behind) "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

(s)

isolated, quarantined: (under forced isolation especially for health reasons) "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients"

isolation, Noun

(n)

isolation: (a state of separation between persons or groups)

(n)

isolation: (a feeling of being disliked and alone)

(n)

isolation, closing_off: (the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others)

(n)

isolation: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it)

(n)

isolation: (a country's withdrawal from international politics) "he opposed a policy of American isolation"

isolationism, Noun

(n)

isolationism: (a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations)

isolationist, Adjective

(a)

isolationist, isolationistic: (of or relating to isolationism)

isolationist, Noun

(n)

isolationist: (an advocate of isolationism in international affairs)

isolationistic, Adjective

(a)

isolationist, isolationistic: (of or relating to isolationism)

isomerisation, Noun

(n)

isomerization, isomerisation: (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)

isomerise, Verb

(v)

isomerize, isomerise: (cause to change into an isomer)

(v)

isomerize, isomerise: (change into an isomer)

isomerization, Noun

(n)

isomerization, isomerisation: (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)

isomerize, Verb

(v)

isomerize, isomerise: (cause to change into an isomer)

(v)

isomerize, isomerise: (change into an isomer)

isometric, Adjective

(a)

isometric: (related by an isometry)

(a)

isometric: (of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant)

(s)

isometric, isometrical: (having equal dimensions or measurements)

(s)

isometric: (of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles)

isometric, Noun

(n)

isometric_line, isometric: (a line connecting isometric points)

isometrical, Adjective

(s)

isometric, isometrical: (having equal dimensions or measurements)

isomorphic, Adjective

(a)

isomorphous, isomorphic: (having similar appearance but genetically different)

isomorphism, Noun

(n)

isomorphism, isomorphy: ((biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure)

isomorphous, Adjective

(a)

isomorphous, isomorphic: (having similar appearance but genetically different)

isomorphy, Noun

(n)

isomorphism, isomorphy: ((biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure)

isoniazid, Noun

(n)

isoniazid, INH, Nydrazid: (antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis)

isopleth, Noun

(n)

isogram, isopleth, isarithm: (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable)

isoproterenol, Noun

(n)

isoproterenol, Isuprel: (drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart)

isosmotic, Adjective

(a)

isotonic, isosmotic: ((used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure)

isosorbide, Noun

(n)

isosorbide, Isordil: (drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure)

isotonic, Adjective

(a)

isotonic, isosmotic: ((used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure)

(a)

isotonic: (relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale) "isotonic tuning"

(a)

isotonic: (of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes)

(s)

isotonic: (of two or more muscles; having equal tension)

isotope, Noun

(n)

isotope: (one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons)

isotropic, Adjective

(a)

isotropic, isotropous: (invariant with respect to direction)

isotropous, Adjective

(a)

isotropic, isotropous: (invariant with respect to direction)

isotropy, Noun

(n)

isotropy, symmetry: ((physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions)

issuance, Noun

(n)

issue, issuing, issuance: (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)) "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

issue, Noun

(n)

consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot: (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon) "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

(n)

emergence, egress, issue: (the becoming visible) "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"

(n)

exit, issue, outlet, way_out: (an opening that permits escape or release) "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"

(n)

issue: (an important question that is in dispute and must be settled) "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"

(n)

issue, number: (one of a series published periodically) "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"

(n)

issue, issuing, issuance: (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)) "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

(n)

issue, military_issue, government_issue: (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)

(n)

issue, publication: (the act of issuing printed materials)

(n)

offspring, progeny, issue: (the immediate descendants of a person) "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

(n)

return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff: (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property) "the average return was about 5%"

(n)

topic, subject, issue, matter: (some situation or event that is thought about) "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

issue, Verb

(v)

issue, supply: (circulate or distribute or equip with) "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"

(v)

issue: (bring out an official document (such as a warrant))

(v)

issue, emerge, come_out, come_forth, go_forth, egress: (come out of) "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"

(v)

publish, bring_out, put_out, issue, release: (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale) "publish a magazine or newspaper"

(v)

write_out, issue, make_out, cut: (make out and issue) "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

issuer, Noun

(n)

issuer: (an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.))

issuing, Noun

(n)

issue, issuing, issuance: (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)) "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

isthmus, Noun

(n)

isthmus: (a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas)

(n)

isthmus, band: (a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure)

italicise, Verb

(v)

italicize, italicise: (print in italics)

italicize, Verb

(v)

italicize, italicise: (print in italics)

itch, Noun

(n)

itch, itchiness, itching: (an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch)

(n)

scabies, itch: (a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation) "he has a bad case of the itch"

(n)

urge, itch: (a strong restless desire) "why this urge to travel?"

itch, Verb

(v)

itch: (have or perceive an itch) "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"

(v)

itch: (cause to perceive an itch) "his skin itched"

(v)

itch, spoil: (have a strong desire or urge to do something) "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"

(v)

rub, scratch, itch: (scrape or rub as if to relieve itching) "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

itchiness, Noun

(n)

itch, itchiness, itching: (an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch)

itching, Noun

(n)

itch, itchiness, itching: (an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch)

itchy, Adjective

(s)

antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy: (nervous and unable to relax) "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"

(s)

itchy: (causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch) "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite"

item-by-item, Adjective

(s)

individual, case-by-case, item-by-item: (separate and distinct from others of the same kind) "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

item, Noun

(n)

detail, item, point: (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole) "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

(n)

detail, particular, item: (a small part that can be considered separately from the whole) "it was perfect in all details"

(n)

item, point: (a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list) "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

(n)

item: (a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection) "they reduced the price on many items"

(n)

token, item: (an individual instance of a type of symbol) "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"

itemisation, Noun

(n)

listing, itemization, itemisation: (the act of making a list of items)

itemise, Verb

(v)

enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise: (specify individually) "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

(v)

itemize, itemise: (place on a list of items) "itemize one's tax deductions"

itemization, Noun

(n)

listing, itemization, itemisation: (the act of making a list of items)

itemize, Verb

(v)

enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise: (specify individually) "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

(v)

itemize, itemise: (place on a list of items) "itemize one's tax deductions"

iterate, Verb

(v)

iterate: (run or be performed again) "the function iterates"

(v)

repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell: (to say, state, or perform again) "She kept reiterating her request"

iteration, Noun

(n)

iteration, loop: ((computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated) "the solution took hundreds of iterations"

(n)

iteration, looping: ((computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained) "the solution is obtained by iteration"

(n)

iteration: (doing or saying again; a repeated performance)

iterative, Adjective

(s)

iterative, reiterative: (marked by iteration)

iterative, Noun

(n)

iterative, iterative_aspect: (the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action)

itinerant, Adjective

(s)

itinerant: (traveling from place to place to work) "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge"

itinerant, Noun

(n)

itinerant, gypsy, gipsy: (a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment) "itinerant traders"

itinerary, Noun

(n)

path, route, itinerary: (an established line of travel or access)

(n)

travel_guidebook, itinerary: (a guidebook for travelers)

(n)

travel_plan, itinerary: (a proposed route of travel)

itinerate, Verb

(v)

itinerate: (travel from place to place, as for work) "an itinerating merchant"

itraconazole, Noun

(n)

itraconazole, Sporanox: (an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease)

itsy-bitsy, Adjective

(s)

bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy: ((used informally) very small) "a wee tot"

itty-bitty, Adjective

(s)

bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy: ((used informally) very small) "a wee tot"

iv, Adjective

(s)

four, 4, iv: (being one more than three)

iva, Noun

(n)

marsh_elder, iva: (any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America)

ivied, Adjective

(s)

ivied, ivy-covered: (overgrown with ivy) "Harvard's ivied buildings"

ivory, Noun

(n)

bone, ivory, pearl, off-white: (a shade of white the color of bleached bones)

(n)

ivory, tusk: (a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses)

ivy-covered, Adjective

(s)

ivied, ivy-covered: (overgrown with ivy) "Harvard's ivied buildings"

ivy, Noun

(n)

ivy, common_ivy, English_ivy, Hedera_helix: (Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits)

ix, Adjective

(s)

nine, 9, ix: (denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten)

ixc, Adjective

(s)

eighty-nine, 89, ixc: (being nine more than eighty)

ixl, Adjective

(s)

thirty-nine, 39, ixl: (being nine more than thirty)

izzard, Noun

(n)

Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard: (the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet) "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"