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Image(n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight
(v. t.) To represent or form an image of
Imaginable(a.) Capable of being imagined
Imaginary(a.) Existing only in imagination or fancy
(n.) An imaginary expression or quantity.
Imagination(n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty
Imaginative(a.) Given to imagining
Imagine(v. i.) To form images or conceptions
(v. t.) To contrive in purpose
Imago(n.) An image.
Imaret(n.) A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.
Imbed(v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed
Imbibe(v. t.) To drink in
Imbibition(n.) The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing
Imbricate(v. t.) To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Imbroglio(n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things
Imbrue(v. t.) To wet or moisten
Imbue(v. t.) To tincture deply
Imide(n.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group
Imitable(a.) Capble of being imitated or copied.
Imitate(v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example
Imitation(n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition
Imitative(a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies
(n.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
Immaculate(a.) Without stain or blemish
Immanent(a.) Remaining within
Immanuel(n.) God with us
Immaterial(a.) Not consisting of matter
Immature(a.) Not mature
Immeasurable(a.) Incapble of being measured
Immediate(a.) Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency
Immemorial(a.) Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition
Immense(a.) Immeasurable
Immerse(a.) Immersed
(v. t.) To baptize by immersion.
Immersion(n.) Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists
Immesh(v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web
Immigrant(n.) One who immigrates
Immigrate(v. t.) To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence
Immigration(n.) The act of immigrating
Imminent(a.) (With upon) Bent upon
Immiscible(a.) Not capable of being mixed or mingled.
Immitigable(a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.
Immobile(a.) Incapable of being moved
Immobilize(v. t.) To make immovable
Immoderate(a.) Not moderate
Immodest(a.) Not limited to due bounds
Immolate(v. t.) To sacrifice
Immoral(a.) Not moral
Immortal(a.) Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.
(n.) One who will never cease to be
Immortelle(n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc
Immovable(a.) Incapable of being moved
(n.) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees
Immune(a.) Exempt
(n.) One who is immune
Immunity(a.) Freedom
(n.) The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.
Immure(n.) A wall
(v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls
Immutable(a.) Not mutable
Imp(n.) An offspring
Impact(n.) Contact or impression by touch
(v. t.) To drive close
Impair(a.) Not fit or appropriate.
(n.) Diminution
(v. t.) To grow worse
Impale(v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes
Impalpable(a.) Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind
Impanation(a.) Embodiment in bread
Impanel(v. t.) To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel
Impart(n.) To bestow a share or portion of
(v. i.) To give a part or share.
Impassable(a.) Incapable of being passed
Impasse(n.) An impassable road or way
Impassible(a.) Incapable of suffering
Impassion(v.) To move or affect strongly with passion.
Impassive(a.) Not susceptible of pain or suffering
Impaste(v. t.) To knead
Impasto(n.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole
Impatience(n.) The quality of being impatient
Impatiens(n.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers
Impatient(a.) Not patient
(n.) One who is impatient.
Impeach(n.) Hindrance
(v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety
Impeccable(a.) Not liable to sin
(n.) One who is impeccable
Impecunious(a.) Not having money
Impedance(n.) The apparent resistance in an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current, analogous to the actual electrical resistance to a direct current, being the ratio of electromotive force to the current
Impede(v. t.) To hinder
Impediment(n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
(v. t.) To impede.
Impel(v. t.) To drive or urge forward or on
Impend(v. i.) To hang over
(v. t.) To pay.
Impenetrable(a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time
Impenitent(a.) Not penitent
(n.) One who is not penitent.
Impennate(a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.
(n.) One of the Impennes.
Imperative(a.) Expressive of command
(n.) The imperative mood
Imperator(n.) A commander
Imperceptible(a.) Not perceptible
Imperceptive(a.) Unable to perceive.
Imperfect(a.) Not fulfilling its design
(n.) The imperfect tense
(v. t.) To make imperfect.
Imperial(a.) Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it
(n.) A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump
Imperil(v. t.) To bring into peril
Imperious(a.) Commanding
Imperishable(a.) Not perishable
Imperium(n.) Supreme power
Impermanent(a.) Not permanent.
Impermeable(a.) Not permeable
Impermissible(a.) Not permissible.
Impersonal(a.) Not personal
(n.) That which wants personality
Impersonate(v. t.) To ascribe the qualities of a person to
Impertinence(n.) Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances
Impertinent(a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding
(n.) An impertinent person.
Impervious(a.) Not pervious
Impetigo(n.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever
Impetrate(a.) Obtained by entreaty.
(v. t.) To obtain by request or entreaty.
Impetuosity(n.) The condition or quality of being impetuous
Impetuous(a.) Rushing with force and violence
Impetus(n.) A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion
Impiety(n.) An impious act
Impinge(v. t.) To fall or dash against
Impious(a.) Not pious
Implacable(a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged
Implant(v. t.) To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth
Implausible(a.) Not plausible
Implead(v. i.) To sue at law.
(v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court
Implement(n.) That which fulfills or supplies a want or use
(v. t.) To accomplish
Implicate(v. t.) To bring into connection with
Implication(n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed
Implicative(a.) Tending to implicate.
Implicit(a.) Infolded
Implied(a.) Virtually involved or included
Implore(n.) Imploration.
(v. i.) To entreat
(v. t.) To call upon, or for, in supplication
Imploring(a.) That implores
Implosion(n.) A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted
Implosive(a.) Formed by implosion.
(n.) An implosive sound, an implodent.
Imply(v. t.) To infold or involve
Impolite(a.) Not polite
Impolitic(a.) Not politic
Imponderable(a.) Not ponderable
(n.) An imponderable substance or body
Import(n.) Importance
(v. i.) To signify
(v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to
Impose(n.) A command
(v. i.) To practice trick or deception.
(v. t.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing
Imposing(a.) Adapted to impress forcibly
(n.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet.
Imposition(n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction
Impossibility(n.) An impossible thing
Impossible(a.) Not possible
(n.) An impossibility.
Impossibly(adv.) Not possibly.
Impost(n.) That which is imposed or levied
Impotent(a.) Not potent
(n.) One who is imoitent.
Impound(v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound
Impoverish(v. t.) To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
Impracticable(a.) Incapable of being used or availed of
Impractical(a.) Not practical.
Imprecate(v. t.) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
Imprecation(n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one
Impregnable(a.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.
Impregnate(a.) Impregnated
(v. i.) To become pregnant.
(v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation
Impresa(n.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
Imprescriptible(a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription
Impress(n.) A device.
(v. i.) To be impressed
Imprest(n.) To advance on loan.
(v. t.) A kind of earnest money
Imprimatur(n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.
Imprimis(adv.) In the first place
Imprint(v. t.) To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory
Imprison(v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
Improbable(a.) Not probable
Improbity(n.) Lack of probity
Impromptu(adv. / a.) Offhand
(n.) A piece composed or played at first thought
Improper(a.) Not according to facts
(v. t.) To appropriate
Impropriate(a.) Put into the hands of a layman
(v. i.) To become an impropriator.
(v. t.) To appropriate to one's self
Impropriety(n.) That which is improper
Improve(v. i.) To advance or progress in bad qualities
(v. t.) To advance or increase by use
Improvident(a.) Not provident
Improvisation(n.) That which is improvised
Improvise(v. i.) To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation
(v. t.) To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.
Imprudence(n.) The quality or state of being imprudent
Imprudent(a.) Not prudent
Impudence(n.) The quality of being impudent
Impudent(a.) Bold, with contempt or disregard
Impudicity(n.) Immodesty.
Impugn(v. t.) To attack by words or arguments
Impulse(n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action
(v. t.) To impel
Impulsion(n.) Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind
Impulsive(a.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse
(n.) That which impels or gives an impulse
Impunity(n.) Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
Impure(a.) Defiled by sin or guilt
(v. t.) To defile
Impurity(n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure
Impute(v. t.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another
In(adv.) Not out
(n.) A reentrant angle
(prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc
(v. t.) To inclose
Inability(n.) The quality or state of being unable
Inaccessible(a.) Not accessible
Inaccuracy(n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect
Inaccurate(a.) Not accurate
Inaction(n.) Want of action or activity
Inactive(a.) Not active
Inadequacy(n.) The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient
Inadequate(a.) Not adequate
Inadmissible(a.) Not admissible
Inadvertent(a.) Not turning the mind to a matter
Inadvisable(a.) Not advisable.
Inalienable(a.) Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another
Inalterable(a.) Not alterable
Inamorata(n.) A woman in love
Inamorato(n.) A male lover.
Inane(a.) Without contents
(n.) That which is void or empty.
Inanimate(a.) Not animate
(v. t.) To animate.
Inanition(n.) The condition of being inane
Inanity(n.) An inane, useless thing or pursuit
Inapplicable(a.) Not applicable
Inapposite(a.) Not apposite
Inappreciable(a.) Not appreciable
Inapproachable(a.) Not approachable
Inappropriate(a.) Not instrument (to)
Inapt(a.) Unapt
Inarch(v. t.) To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete
Inarticulate(a.) Incapable of articulating.
Inattention(n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention
Inattentive(a.) Not attentive
Inaudible(a.) Not audible
Inaugural(a.) Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration
(n.) An inaugural address.
Inaugurate(a.) Invested with office
(v. t.) To begin with good omens.
Inauguration(n.) The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity
Inauspicious(a.) Not auspicious
Inboard(a. & adv.) From without inward
Inborn(a.) Born in or with
Inbreathe(v. t.) To infuse by breathing
Inbred(a.) Bred within
Inbreed(v. t.) To breed in and in.
Inc(n.) A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.
Inca(n.) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest
Incendiarism(n.) The act or practice of maliciously setting fires
Incendiary(a.) Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property
(n.) Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property
Incense(n.) Also used figuratively.
(v. t.) To inflame with anger
Incensory(n.) The vessel in which incense is burned and offered
Incentive(a.) Inciting
(n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions
Inception(n.) Beginning
Inceptive(a.) Beginning
(n.) An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
Incertitude(n.) Uncertainty
Incessant(a.) Continuing or following without interruption
Incest(n.) The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law
Inch(a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness
(n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc
(v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees
(v. t.) To deal out by inches
Incidence(n.) A falling on or upon
Incident(a.) Coming or happening accidentally
(n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.
Incinerate(v. t.) To burn to ashes
Incipient(a.) Beginning to be, or to show itself
Incise(v. t.) To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument
Incision(n.) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
Incisive(a.) Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument
Incisor(a.) Adapted for cutting
(n.) One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw
Incitation(n.) That which incites to action
Incite(v. t.) To move to action
Incivility(n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Inclement(a.) Not clement
Inclinable(a.) Having a propensity of will or feeling
Incline(n.) An inclined plane
(v. t.) To bend
Inclose(v. t.) To put into harness
Include(v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference
Inclusion(n.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral
Inclusive(a.) Comprehending the stated limit or extremes
Incoercible(a.) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure
Incog(adv.) Incognito.
Incoherent(a.) Not coherent
Incombustible(a.) Not combustible
Income(n.) A coming in
Incoming(a.) Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor
(n.) Income
Incommensurable(a.) Not commensurable
(n.) One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.
Incommensurate(a.) Not commensurate
Incommode(n.) An inconvenience.
(v. t.) To give inconvenience or trouble to
Incommodious(a.) Tending to incommode
Incommodity(n.) Inconvenience
Incommunicable(a.) Not communicable
Incommunicative(a.) Not communicative
Incommutable(a.) Not commutable
Incomparable(a.) Not comparable
Incompatibility(n.) The quality or state of being incompatible
Incompatible(a.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines
(n.) An incompatible substance
Incompetent(a.) Not competent
Incomplete(a.) Not complete
Incompliant(a.) Not compliant
Incomprehensible(a.) Not capable of being comprehended or understood
Incomprehension(n.) Want of comprehension or understanding.
Incomprehensive(a.) Not comprehensive
Inconceivable(a.) Not conceivable
Inconcinnity(n.) Want of concinnity or congruousness
Inconclusive(a.) Not conclusive
Incondite(a.) Badly put together
Incongruent(a.) Incongruous.
Incongruity(n.) Disagreement of parts
Incongruous(a.) Not congruous
Inconsequent(a.) Not following from the premises
Inconsiderable(a.) Not considerable
Inconsiderate(a.) Inconsiderable.
Inconsistency(n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration
Inconsistent(a.) Not consistent
Inconsolable(a.) Not consolable
Inconsonant(a.) Not consonant or agreeing
Inconspicuous(a.) Not conspicuous or noticeable
Inconstant(a.) Not constant
Incontestable(a.) Not contestable
Incontinent(a.) Not continent
(adv.) Incontinently
(n.) One who is unchaste.
Incontrollable(a.) Not controllable
Incontrovertible(a.) Not controvertible
Inconvenience(n.) That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness
(v. t.) To put to inconvenience
Inconvenient(a.) Not becoming or suitable
Inconvertible(a.) Not convertible
Inconvincible(a.) Not convincible
Incoordinate(a.) Not coordinate.
Incoordination(n.) Want of coordination
Incorporate(a.) Corporate
(v. i.) To unite in one body so as to make a part of it
(v. t.) To form into a body
Incorporeal(a.) Existing only in contemplation of law
Incorporeity(n.) The quality of being incorporeal
Incorrect(a.) Not accordant with duty or morality
Incorrigible(a.) Not corrigible
(n.) One who is corrigible
Incorrupt(a.) Not affected with corruption or decay
Increase(v. i.) Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc
(v. t.) To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.
Increasingly(adv.) More and more.
Increate(v. t.) To create within.
Incredible(a.) Not credible
Incredulity(n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous
Incredulous(a.) Incredible
Increment(n.) An amplification without strict climax,
Increscent(a.) Increasing
Incriminate(v. t.) To accuse
Incrust(v. t.) To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat
Incubate(v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching
Incubation(n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
Incubator(n.) A contrivance for the cultivation of microorganisms by maintaining a suitable temperature
Incubus(n.) A demon
Inculcate(v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
Inculpable(a.) Faultless
Inculpate(v. t.) To blame
Incult(a.) Untilled
Incumbency(n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility
Incumbent(a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else
(n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
Incunabulum(n.) A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch
Incur(v. i.) To pass
(v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous
Incus(n.) An anvil.
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