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Ind(n.) India.
Indebted(a.) Brought into debt
Indecency(n.) That which is indecent
Indecent(a.) Not decent
Indeciduous(a.) Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn
Indecipherable(a.) Not decipherable
Indecision(n.) Want of decision
Indecisive(a.) Not decisive
Indecorous(a.) Not decorous
Indecorum(n.) An indecorous or becoming action.
Indeed(adv.) In reality
Indefatigable(a.) Incapable of being fatigued
Indefeasible(a.) Not to be defeated
Indefectible(a.) Not defectible
Indefinable(a.) Incapable of being defined or described
Indefinite(a.) Boundless
Indehiscent(a.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut
Indelible(a.) That can not be annulled
Indelicate(a.) Not delicate
Indemnify(v. t.) To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost
Indemnity(n.) Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.
Indemonstrable(a.) Incapable of being demonstrated.
Indent(n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt
(v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented.
(v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin
Independence(n.) Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Independency(n.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
Independent(a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood
(n.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority
Indescribable(a.) Incapable of being described.
Indestructible(a.) Not destructible
Indeterminable(a.) Not determinable
(n.) An indeterminable thing or quantity.
Indeterminate(a.) Not determinate
Index(n.) A prologue indicating what follows.
(v. t.) To provide with an index or table of references
Indiaman(n.) A large vessel in the India trade.
Indican(n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup
Indicate(v. t.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator
Indication(n.) Act of pointing out or indicating.
Indicative(a.) Pointing out
(n.) The indicative mood.
Indicator(n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke
Indicia(n. pl.) Discriminating marks
Indicolite(n.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.
Indict(v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority
Indifference(n.) Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind
Indifferent(a.) Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything
(adv.) To a moderate degree
Indigence(n.) The condition of being indigent
Indigene(n.) One born in a country
Indigenous(a.) Native
Indigent(a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence
Indigested(a.) Not digested
Indigestible(a.) Not digestible
Indigestion(n.) Lack of proper digestive action
Indignant(a.) Affected with indignation
Indignation(n.) The effect of anger
Indignity(n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him
Indigo(a.) Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
(n.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders
Indirect(a.) Not direct
Indiscernible(a.) Not to be discerned
Indiscipline(n.) Want of discipline or instruction.
Indiscreet(a.) Not discreet
Indiscrete(a.) Indiscreet.
Indiscretion(n.) An indiscreet act
Indiscriminate(a.) Not discriminate
Indiscriminating(a.) Not discriminating.
Indispensable(a.) Not admitting dispensation
Indispose(v. t.) To disincline
Indisposition(n.) A slight disorder or illness.
Indisputable(a.) Not disputable
Indissoluble(a.) Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved
Indistinct(a.) Not distinct or distinguishable
Indistinguishable(a.) Not distinguishable
Indite(v. i.) To compose
(v. t.) To compose
Indium(n.) A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines
Individual(a.) Not divided, or not to be divided
(n.) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.
Individuate(a.) Undivided.
(v. t.) To distinguish from others from others of the species
Individuation(n.) The act of individuating or state of being individuated
Indivisible(a.) Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another
(n.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
Indocile(a.) Not teachable
Indoctrinate(v. t.) To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning
Indolent(a.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance
Indomitable(a.) Not to be subdued
Indonesian(a.) Of or pertaining to Indonesia or Indonesians.
(n.) A member of a race forming the chief pre-Malay population of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants
Indoor(a.) Done or being within doors
Indorse(v. t.) To cover the back of
Indoxyl(n.) A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.
Indri(n.) Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
Indubitable(a.) Not dubitable or doubtful
(n.) That which is indubitable.
Induce(v. t.) To bring on
Induct(v. t.) To bring in
Indue(v. t.) To clothe
Indulge(v. i.) To indulge one's self
(v. t.) To be complacent toward
Induplicate(a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis
Indurate(a.) Hardened
(v. i.) To grow hard
(v. t.) To make hard
Induration(n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.
Indusium(n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower
Industrial(a.) Consisting in industry
Industrious(a.) Given to industry
Industry(n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business
Indwell(v. t. & i.) To dwell in
Inebriant(a.) Intoxicating.
(n.) Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.
Inebriate(a.) Intoxicated
(n.) One who is drunk or intoxicated
(v. i.) To become drunk.
Inedible(a.) Not edible
Inedited(a.) Not edited
Ineffable(a.) Incapable of being expresses in words
Ineffaceable(a.) Incapable of being effaced
Ineffective(a.) Not effective
Ineffectual(a.) Not producing the proper effect
Inefficacious(a.) Not efficacious
Inefficient(a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action
Inelastic(a.) Not elastic.
Inelegant(a.) Not elegant
Ineligible(a.) Not eligible
Ineluctable(a.) Not to be overcome by struggling
Inept(a.) Not apt or fit
Inequable(a.) Unequable.
Inequality(n.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (< or >) between them
Inequitable(a.) Not equitable
Inequity(n.) Want of equity
Ineradicable(a.) Incapable of being /radicated or rooted out.
Inert(a.) Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion
Inescapable(a.) Not escapable.
Inessential(a.) Having no essence or being.
Inestimable(a.) Incapable of being estimated or computed
Inevitable(a.) Irresistible.
Inexact(a.) Not exact
Inexcusable(a.) Not excusable
Inexhaustible(a.) Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up
Inexistent(a.) Inherent
Inexorable(a.) Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer
Inexpedient(a.) Not expedient
Inexpensive(a.) Not expensive
Inexperience(n.) Absence or want of experience
Inexpert(a.) Destitute of experience or of much experience.
Inexpiable(a.) Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction
Inexplainable(a.) Incapable of being explained
Inexplicable(a.) Not explicable
Inexplicit(a.) Not explicit
Inexpressible(a.) Not capable of expression or utterance in language
Inexpressive(a.) Inexpressible.
Inexpugnable(a.) Incapable of being subdued by force
Inextensible(a.) Not capable of being extended
Inextinguishable(a.) Not capable of being extinguished
Inextirpable(a.) Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out
Inextricable(a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled
Infallible(a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals.
Infamous(a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime
Infamy(n.) A quality which exposes to disgrace
Infancy(n.) The first age of anything
Infant(a.) Intended for young children
(n.) A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth
(v. t.) To bear or bring forth, as a child
Infarct(n.) An obstruction or embolus.
Infatuate(a.) Infatuated.
(v. t.) To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion
Infatuation(n.) The act of infatuating
Infeasible(a.) Not capable of being done or accomplished
Infect(v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.
Infelicitous(a.) Not felicitous
Infelicity(n.) That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous
Infer(v. t.) To bring forward, or employ as an argument
Infest(v. t.) Mischievous
Infidel(a.) Not holding the faith
(n.) One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith
Infield(n.) Arable and manured land kept continually under crop
(v. t.) To inclose, as a field.
Infiltrate(v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance
(v. t.) To penetrate gradually
Infinite(a.) Capable of endless repetition
(n.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
Infinitive(adv.) In the manner of an infinitive mood.
(n.) An infinitive form of the verb
Infinitude(n.) Boundless number
Infinity(n.) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.
Infirmary(n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated
Infirmity(a.) A personal frailty or failing
Infix(n.) Something infixed.
(v. t.) To implant or fix
Inflame(v. i.) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful
Inflammable(a.) Capable of being easily set fire
Inflammation(n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue
Inflammatory(a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action
Inflatable(a.) That may be inflated.
Inflate(p. a.) Blown in
(v. i.) To expand
Inflation(n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas
Inflect(v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.
Inflexed(a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.
Inflexible(a.) Firm in will or purpose
Inflexion(n.) Inflection.
Inflict(v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking
Inflorescence(n.) A flowering
Inflow(v. i.) To flow in.
Influence(n.) A flowing in or upon
(v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral
Influent(a.) Exerting influence
Influenza(n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever
Influx(n.) A coming in
Infold(v. t.) To clasp with the arms
Inform(a.) Without regular form
(v. t.) To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation
Infra(adv.) Below
Infrequent(a.) Seldom happening or occurring
Infringe(v. i.) To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law
(v. t.) To break
Infundibuliform(a.) Having the form of a funnel or cone
Infundibulum(n.) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.
Infuriate(v. t.) Enraged
Infuse(n.) Infusion.
(v. t.) To inspire
Infusible(a.) Not fusible
(v.) Capable of being infused.
Infusion(v. t.) That which is infused
Ingenious(a.) Mental
Ingenuity(n.) Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance
Ingenuous(a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation
Ingest(v. t.) To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
Ingle(n.) A paramour
(v. t.) To cajole or coax
Inglorious(a.) Not glorious
Ingot(n.) A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold
Ingraft(v. t.) To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation
Ingrain(a.) Dyed before manufacture
(n.) An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
(v. t.) To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
Ingrate(a.) Ingrateful.
(n.) An ungrateful person.
Ingratiate(v. i.) To gain favor.
(v. t.) To introduce or commend to the favor of another
Ingratitude(n.) Want of gratitude
Ingredient(a.) Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
(n.) That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture
Ingress(n.) Power or liberty of entrance or access
(v. i.) To go in
Ingrowing(a.) Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.
Ingrowth(n.) A growth or development inward.
Inguinal(a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin
Ingulf(v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf
Ingurgitate(v. i.) To guzzle
(v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity
Inhabit(v. i.) To have residence in a place
(v. t.) To live or dwell in
Inhalant(a.) Inhaling
(n.) An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see)
Inhalation(n.) The act of inhaling
Inhale(v. t.) To breathe or draw into the lungs
Inharmonious(a.) Conflicting
Inharmony(n.) Want of harmony.
Inhere(v. i.) To be inherent
Inherit(v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
(v. t.) To come into possession of
Inhesion(n.) The state of existing, of being inherent, in something
Inhibit(v. t.) To check
Inhospitable(a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance
Inhuman(a.) Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty
Inhume(v. t.) To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
Inimical(a.) Having the disposition or temper of an enemy
Inimitable(a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited
Inion(n.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
Iniquitous(a.) Characterized by iniquity
Iniquity(n.) Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing
Initial(a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning
(n.) The first letter of a word or a name.
(v. t.) To put an initial to
Initiate(a.) Begun
(n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated.
(v. i.) To do the first act
(v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings
Initiation(n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
Initiative(a.) Serving to initiate
(n.) An introductory step or movement
Initiatory(a.) Suitable for an introduction or beginning
(n.) An introductory act or rite.
Injection(n.) A specimen prepared by injection.
Injudicious(a.) Not according to sound judgment or discretion
Injunction(n.) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ
Injure(v. t.) To do harm to
Injurious(a.) Causing injury or harm
Injury(a.) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual
Injustice(n.) An unjust act or deed
Ink(n.) A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing
(v. t.) To put ink upon
Inkhorn(a.) Learned
(n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink
Inkle(n.) A kind of tape or braid.
(v. t.) To guess.
Inkling(n.) A hint
Inkstand(n.) A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into
Inky(a.) Consisting of, or resembling, ink
Inlace(v. t.) To work in, as lace
Inlaid(p. p.) of Inlay.
Inland(a.) Confined to a country or state
(adv.) Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
(n.) The interior part of a country.
Inlay(n.) Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying
(v. t.) To lay within
Inlet(n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river
Inly(a.) Internal
(adv.) Internally
Inmate(a.) Admitted as a dweller
(n.) One who lives in the same house or apartment with another
Inmesh(v. t.) To bring within meshes, as of a net
Inmost(a.) Deepest within
Inn(n.) A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers
(v. i.) To take lodging
(v. t.) To get in
Innate(a.) Inborn
(v. t.) To cause to exit
Inner(a.) Further in
Inning(n.) Ingathering
Innkeeper(n.) An innholder.
Innocence(n.) Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness
Innocency(n.) Innocence.
Innocent(a.) Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense
(n.) An innocent person
Innocuous(a.) Harmless
Innominate(a.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed
Innovate(v. i.) To introduce novelties or changes
(v. t.) To bring in as new
Innovation(n.) A change effected by innovating
Innovative(a.) Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.
Innuendo(n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible
Innumerable(a.) Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude
Inobservance(a.) Want or neglect of observance.
Inobtrusive(a.) Not obtrusive
Inoculable(a.) Capable of being inoculated
Inoculate(v. i.) To communicate disease by inoculation.
Inodorous(a.) Emitting no odor
Inoffensive(a.) Giving no offense, or provocation
Inofficious(a.) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
Inoperative(a.) Not operative
Inopportune(a.) Not opportune
Inordinate(a.) Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds
Inorganic(a.) Not organic
Inosculate(v. i.) To intercommunicate
(v. t.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.
Inpatient(n.) A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary
Inquest(n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death
Inquietude(n.) Disturbed state
Inquiline(n.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Inquire(v. i.) To ask a question
(v. t.) To ask about
Inquiring(a.) Given to inquiry
Inquiry(n.) Search for truth, information, or knoledge
Inquisition(n.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX
(v. t.) To make inquisistion concerning
Inquisitive(a.) Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
(n.) A person who is inquisitive
Inquisitor(n.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.
Inro(n.) A small closed receptacle or set of receptacles of hard material, as lacquered wood, iron, bronze, or ivory, used by the Japanese to hold medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried in the girdle
Inrush(n.) A rush inwards
(v. i.) To rush in.
Insalubrious(a.) Not salubrious or healthful
Insane(a.) Causing insanity or madness.
Insanitary(a.) Not sanitary
Insanity(n.) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility
Insatiable(a.) Not satiable
Insatiate(a.) Insatiable
Inscribe(v. t.) To assign or address to
Inscription(n.) A line of division or intersection
Inscriptive(a.) Bearing inscription
Inscrutable(a.) Unsearchable
Inseam(v. t.) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
Insect(a.) Like an insect
(n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
Insecure(a.) Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained
Insecurity(n.) The condition or quality of being insecure
Inseminate(v. t.) To sow
Insensate(a.) Wanting sensibility
Insensible(a.) Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving
Insensitive(a.) Not sensitive
Inseparable(a.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root
Insert(v. t.) To set within something
Insessorial(a.) Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.
Inset(n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding
(v. t.) To infix.
Inshore(a.) Being near or moving towards the shore
(adv.) Towards the shore
Inside(a.) Adapted to the interior.
(adv.) Within the sides of
(n.) An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
Insidious(a.) Intended to entrap
Insight(n.) A sight or view of the interior of anything
Insignia(n. pl.) Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor
Insignificant(a.) Having no weight or effect
Insincere(a.) Disappointing
Insinuate(v. i.) To creep, wind, or flow in
(v. t.) To hint
Insinuation(n.) That which is insinuated
Insipid(a.) Wanting in spirit, life, or animation
Insist(v. i.) To stand or rest
Insnare(v. t.) To catch in a snare
Insobriety(n.) Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness
Insolate(v. t.) To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays
Insolation(n.) A sunstroke.
Insole(n.) The inside sole of a boot or shoe
Insoluble(a.) Not soluble
Insolvable(a.) Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.
Insolvency(n.) Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner
Insolvent(a.) Not solvent
(n.) One who is insolvent
Insomnia(n.) Want of sleep
Insouciance(n.) Carelessness
Insouciant(a.) Careless
Insoul(v. t.) To set a soul in
Inspect(v. t.) Inspection.
Insphere(v. t.) To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.
Inspiration(n.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority
Inspirator(n.) A kind of injector for forcing water by steam.
Inspire(v. i.) To breathe
(v. t.) To breathe into
Inspiring(a.) Animating
Inspirit(v. t.) To infuse new life or spirit into
Inspissate(a.) Thick or thickened
(v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.
Instability(n.) Lack of determination of fixedness
Install(v. t.) To place in an office, rank, or order
Instance(n.) A token
(v. i.) To give an example.
(v. t.) To mention as a case or example
Instancy(n.) Instance
Instant(a.) A day of the present or current month
(adv.) Instantly.
Instar(v. t.) To stud as with stars.
Instate(v. t.) To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition
Instauration(n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation
Instead(adv.) Equivalent
Instep(n.) That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint
Instigate(v. t.) To goad or urge forward
Instill(v. t.) To drop in
Instinct(a.) A natural aptitude or knack
(v. t.) To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
Institute(a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle
(n.) An institution
(p. a.) Established
(v. t.) To begin
Institution(n.) An established or organized society or corporation
Institutive(a.) Established
Instruct(a.) Arranged
(v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge
Instrument(n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced
(v. t.) To perform upon an instrument
Insubordinate(a.) Not submitting to authority
Insubstantial(a.) Unsubstantial
Insufferable(a.) Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured
Insufficiency(n.) The quality or state of being insufficient
Insufficient(a.) Not sufficient
Insufflate(a.) To blow upon
Insular(a.) Of or pertaining to an island
(n.) An islander.
Insulate(v. t.) To make an island of.
Insulation(n.) The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated
Insulator(n.) One who, or that which, insulates.
Insult(v. i.) To behave with insolence
(v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act
Insuperable(a.) Incapable of being passed over or surmounted
Insupportable(a.) Incapable of being supported or borne
Insurable(a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.
Insurance(n.) A guaranty, security, or pledge
Insure(v. i.) To underwrite
(v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium
Insurgency(n.) A state of insurrection
Insurgent(a.) Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government
(n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government
Insurmountable(a.) Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome
Insurrection(n.) A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government
Insusceptible(a.) Not susceptible
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