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Intact(a.) Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like
Intaglio(n.) A cutting or engraving
Intake(n.) the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
Intangible(a.) Not tangible
Integer(n.) A complete entity
Integral(a.) Essential to completeness
(n.) An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential.
Integrant(a.) Making part of a whole
Integrate(v. t.) To form into one whole
Integration(n.) In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent
Integrator(n.) That which integrates
Integrity(n.) Moral soundness
Integument(n.) That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed
Intellect(n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will
Intelligence(n.) Acquaintance
Intelligent(a.) Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason
Intemperance(n.) Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
Intemperate(a.) Excessive
(v. t.) To disorder.
Intend(v. t.) To apply with energy.
Intense(a.) Extreme in degree
Intensifier(n.) One who or that which intensifies or strengthens
Intensify(v. i.) To become intense, or more intense
(v. t.) To render more intense
Intension(n.) A straining, stretching, or bending
Intensity(n.) The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts
Intensive(a.) Characterized by persistence
(n.) That which intensifies or emphasizes
Intent(a.) Closely directed
(n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object
Inter(v. t.) To deposit and cover in the earth
Intestacy(n.) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.
Intestate(a.) Not devised or bequeathed
(n.) A person who dies without making a valid will.
Intestinal(a.) Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal
Intestine(a.) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity
Inthrall(v. t.) To reduce to bondage or servitude
Intimacy(n.) The state of being intimate
Intimate(a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance
(n.) An intimate friend or associate
Intimation(n.) A hint
Intime(a.) Inward
Intimidate(v. t.) To make timid or fearful
Intinction(n.) A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together
Intine(n.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen
Into(prep.) Denoting inclusion
Intracellular(a.) Within a cell
Intracranial(a.) Within the cranium or skull.
Intractable(a.) Not tractable
Intrados(n.) The interior curve of an arch
Intramolecular(a.) Between molecules
Intramural(a.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ
Intransigent(a.) Refusing compromise
Intransitive(a.) Not passing farther
Intranuclear(a.) Within the nucleus of a cell
Intrauterine(a.) Within the uterus or womb
Intravenous(a.) Within the veins.
Intraventricular(a.) Within or between ventricles.
Intrench(v. i.) To invade
(v. t.) To cut in
Intrepid(a.) Not trembling or shaking with fear
Intricacy(n.) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled
Intricate(a.) Entangled
(v. t.) To entangle
Intrigue(v. i.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice
(v. t.) To fill with artifice and duplicity
Intrinsic(a.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles
(n.) A genuine quality.
Introduce(v. t.) To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use
Introduction(n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise
Introductory(a.) Serving to introduce something else
Introgression(n.) The act of going in
Introit(n.) A going in.
Intromission(n.) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority
Intromit(v. i.) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
(v. t.) To allow to pass in
Introrse(a.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs.
Introspect(v. t.) To look into or within
Introversion(n.) The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted
Introvert(v. t.) To look within
Intrude(v. i.) To thrust one's self in
(v. t.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
Intrusion(n.) The act of intruding, or of forcing in
Intrusive(a.) Apt to intrude
Intrust(v. t.) To deliver (something) to another in trust
Intuition(n.) A looking after
Intuitive(a.) Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition
Intumesce(v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat
Intussusception(n.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it
Intwine(v. i.) To be or to become intwined.
(v. t.) To twine or twist into, or together
Intwist(v. t.) To twist into or together
Inulin(n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc
Inunction(n.) The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed
Inundate(v. t.) To cover with a flood
Inundation(n.) An overspreading of any kind
Inurbane(a.) Uncivil
Inure(v. i.) To pass into use
(v. t.) To apply in use
Inurn(v. t.) To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead
Inutile(a.) Useless
Invade(v. i.) To make an invasion.
(v. t.) To attack
Invaginate(v. t.) To insert as in a sheath
Invagination(n.) One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated
Invalid(a.) A person who is weak and infirm
(n.) Not well
(v. t.) To classify or enroll as an invalid.
Invaluable(a.) Valuable beyond estimation
Invariable(a.) Not given to variation or change
(n.) An invariable quantity
Invariant(n.) An invariable quantity
Invasion(n.) A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another
Invasive(a.) Tending to invade
Invective(a.) Characterized by invection
(n.) An expression which inveighs or rails against a person
Inveigh(v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing)
Inveigle(v. t.) To lead astray as if blind
Invent(v. t.) To come or light upon
Inveracity(n.) Want of veracity.
Inverse(a.) Inverted
(n.) That which is inverse.
Inversion(n.) A change by inverted order
Invert(a.) Subjected to the process of inversion
(n.) An inverted arch.
(v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
(v. t.) To change the position of
Invest(v. i.) To make an investment
(v. t.) To clothe, as with office or authority
Inveterate(a.) Firmly established by long continuance
(v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.
Invidious(a.) Envious
Invigorate(v. t.) To give vigor to
Invincible(a.) Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued
Inviolable(a.) Not capable of being broken or violated
Invisible(a.) Incapable of being seen
(n.) An invisible person or thing
Invitation(n.) A document written or printed, or spoken words, /onveying the message by which one is invited
Invitatory(a.) Using or containing invitations.
(n.) That which invites
Invite(v. i.) To give invitation.
(v. t.) To allure
Inviting(a.) Alluring
Invocate(v. t.) To invoke
Invocation(n.) A call or summons
Invoice(n.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc
(v. t.) To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee
Invoke(v. t.) To call on for aid or protection
Involucre(n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns
Involucrum(n.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
Involuntarily(adv.) In an involuntary manner
Involuntary(a.) Not having will or the power of choice.
Involute(n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it
Involution(n.) That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped
Involve(v. t.) To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
Invulnerable(a.) Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.
Inward(n.) An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.
Inweave(v. t.) To weave in or together
Inwrap(v. t.) To cover by wrapping
Inwreathe(v. t.) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
Io(n.) An exclamation of joy or triumph
Iodate(n.) A salt of iodic acid.
Iodic(a.) to, or containing, iodine
Iodide(n.) A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary
Iodine(n.) A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides
Iodize(v. t.) To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds
Iodoform(n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform
Iodous(a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iodine.
Iolite(n.) A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster
Ion(n.) One of the electrified particles into which, according to the electrolytic dissociation theory, the molecules of electrolytes are divided by water and other solvents
Ionian(a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians
(n.) A native or citizen of Ionia.
Ionic(a.) Of or pertaining to an ion
(n.) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short
Ionize(v. t.) To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in water.
Iota(n.) A very small quantity or degree
Ipecac(n.) An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
Iracund(a.) Irascible
Irade(n.) A decree of the Sultan.
Iran(n.) The native name of Persia.
Irascible(a.) Prone to anger
Irate(a.) Angry
Ire(n.) Anger
Irenics(n.) That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches
Iridectomy(n.) The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil
Iridescent(a.) Having colors like the rainbow
Iridic(a.) Of or pertaining to iridium
Iridium(n.) A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents
Iris(n.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples
Iritis(n.) An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
Irk(v. t.) To weary
Irksome(a.) Wearisome
Iron(n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron
(v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron
Iroquoian(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principal linguistic stocks of the North American Indians
(n.) An Indian of an Iroquoian tribe.
Iroquois(n. sing. & pl.) A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations
Irradiant(a.) Irradiating or illuminating
Irradiate(a.) Illuminated
(v. i.) To emit rays
(v. t.) To animate by heat or light.
Irradiation(n.) Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
Irrational(a.) Not according to reason
Irreclaimable(a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.
Irreconcilable(a.) Not reconcilable
Irrecoverable(a.) Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied
Irredeemable(a.) Not redeemable
Irreducible(a.) Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state
Irrefragable(a.) Not refragable
Irrefrangible(a.) Not refrangible
Irrefutable(a.) Incapable of being refuted or disproved
Irregular(a.) Not regular
(n.) One who is not regular
Irrelative(a.) Not relative
Irreligious(a.) Destitute of religion
Irremeable(a.) Admitting no return
Irremediable(a.) Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed
Irremissible(a.) Not remissible
Irremovable(a.) Not removable
Irreparable(a.) Not reparable
Irrepealable(a.) Not repealable
Irrepressible(a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled
Irreproachable(a.) Not reproachable
Irresistible(a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed
Irresoluble(a.) Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts
Irresolute(a.) Not resolute
Irresolvable(a.) Incapable of being resolved
Irrespective(a.) Disrespectful.
Irresponsible(a.) Nor responsible
Irresponsive(a.) Not responsive
Irretrievable(a.) Not retrievable
Irreverence(n.) The state or quality of being irreverent
Irreverent(a.) Not reverent
Irreversible(a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled
Irrevocable(a.) Incapable of being recalled or revoked
Irrigate(v. t.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels
Irritable(a.) Capable of being irriated.
Irritant(a.) Irritating
(n.) Any agent by which irritation is produced
Irritate(a.) Excited
(n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive
(v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in
Irritation(n.) A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body
Irruptive(a.) Rushing in or upon.
Is(v. i.) The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense
Isagogics(n.) That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures
Isatin(n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo
Ischium(n.) One of the pleurae of insects.
Isentropic(a.) Having equal entropy.
Ishmaelite(n.) A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him
Isinglass(n.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
Isis(n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints
Islam(n.) The religion of the Mohammedans
Island(n.) Anything regarded as resembling an island
(v. t.) To cause to become or to resemble an island
Isle(n.) An island.
(v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island
Ism(n.) A doctrine or theory
Isobar(n.) A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year
Isocheim(n.) A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere
Isochromatic(a.) Having the same color
Isochroous(a.) Having the same tint or color throughout
Isoclinic(a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip
Isodiametric(a.) Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes
Isodynamic(a.) Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force.
Isogonic(a.) Characterized by isogonism.
Isolate(v. t.) To insulate.
Isolation(n.) The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated
Isologous(a.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition
Isomer(n.) A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound
Isomorph(n.) An animal, plant, or group having superficial similarity to another, although phylogenetically different
Isopiestic(a.) Having equal pressure.
Isopod(a.) Having the legs similar in structure
(n.) One of the Isopoda.
Isoprene(n.) An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha
Isosceles(a.) Having two legs or sides that are equal
Isostasy(n.) general equilibrium in the earth's crust, supposed to be maintained by the yielding or flow of rock material beneath the surface under gravitative stress
Isotherm(n.) A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface having the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or other period
Isotonic(a.) Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.
Isotropic(a.) Having the same properties in all directions
Israelite(n.) A descendant of Israel, or Jacob
Issuable(a.) Lawful or suitable to be issued
Issuance(n.) The act of issuing, or giving out
Issuant(a.) Issuing or coming up
Issue(n.) A discharge of flux, as of blood.
(v. i.) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
(v. t.) To deliver for use
Isthmian(a.) Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
Isthmus(n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland
It(pron.) As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known
Italian(a.) Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Italy.
Italic(a.) Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right
(n.) An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.)
Itch(n.) A constant irritating desire.
(v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness
Item(adv.) Also
(n.) A hint
(v. t.) To make a note or memorandum of.
Iterance(n.) Iteration.
Iterant(a.) Repeating
Iterate(a.) Uttered or done again
(adv.) By way of iteration.
(v. t.) To utter or do a second time or many times
Iteration(n.) Recital or performance a second time
Iterative(a.) Repeating.
Ithyphallic(a.) Lustful
Itinerancy(n.) A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence
Itinerant(a.) One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher
Itinerary(a.) An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers
Itinerate(v. i.) To wander without a settled habitation
Itself(pron.) The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It
Ivied(a.) Overgrown with ivy.
Ivory(n.) Any carving executed in ivory.
Ivy(n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed
Jab(n.) A thrust or stab.
(v. t.) To thrust
Jabber(n.) One who jabbers.
(v. i.) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
(v. t.) To utter rapidly or indistinctly
Jabiru(n.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits
Jaborandi(n.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue
Jabot(n.) An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress
Jacal(n.) In Mexico and the south western United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the geound, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar
Jacamar(n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera
Jacaranda(n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.
Jack(n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds
(v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack.
(v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks.
Jacob(n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen
Jaconet(n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc.
Jacquard(a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jactitation(n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body
Jade(n.) A disreputable or vicious woman
(v. i.) To become weary
(v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind
Jag(n.) A cleft or division.
(v. t.) To carry, as a load
Jagged(a.) Having jags
Jaggery(n.) Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis)
Jaggy(a.) Having jags
Jaguar(n.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia
Jah(n.) Jehovah.
Jail(n.) A kind of prison
(v. t.) To imprison.
Jainism(n.) The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas
Jak(n.) see Ils Jack.
Jakes(n.) A privy.
Jalap(n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory
Jalousie(n.) A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.
Jam(n.) A kind of frock for children.
(v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Jamb(n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Jan(n.) One of intermediate order between angels and men.
Jangle(n.) Discordant sound
(v. i.) To quarrel in words
(v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously
Janitor(n.) A door-keeper
Janizary(n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826
Jansenism(n.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
January(n.) The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Janus(n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus
Japan(a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country
(n.) Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner
(v. t.) To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese
Jape(v. i.) To jest
(v. t.) To mock
Japonica(n.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers
Jar(n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes
(v. i.) To act in opposition or disagreement
(v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow
Jargon(n.) A variety of zircon.
(v. i.) To utter jargon
Jarl(n.) A chief
Jarosite(n.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash
Jarrah(n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata.
Jasmine(n.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J
Jasper(n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface
Jaundice(n.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude
(v. t.) To affect with jaundice
Jaunt(n.) A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment
(v. i.) To ramble here and there
(v. t.) To jolt
Java(n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
Javelin(n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand
(v. t.) To pierce with a javelin.
Jaw(n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place
(v. i.) To scold
(v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Jawbone(n.) The bone of either jaw
Jawed(a.) Having jaws
Jay(n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera
Jayhawker(n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.
Jealous(a.) Apprehensive
Jean(n.) A twilled cotton cloth.
Jeer(n.) A gear
(v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections
(v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision
Jehad(n.) A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics
Jehovah(n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy
Jehovist(n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word
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