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impediment.noun,.plural.impediments
something that impedes; a hindrance
or an obstruction;
obstacle;
an organic defect preventing clear articulation.(a
speech impediment)
Law:.something
that obstructs the making of a legal.contract;
to impede
impedimental.or.impedimentary.adjective
impede, impeded,
impeding,
impedes.transitive
verbs
delay;
hinder;
retard
or obstruct the progress
of; hamper; impede suggests a slowing
up of movement or progress by interfering
with normal action (tight belts impede the normal circulation of blood)
impeder.noun,.plural.impeders
intervene,
intervened,
intervening,
intervenes.intransitive
verbs
to come, appear or lie between two things (you
can't see the lake from there because the house intervenes); to come or
occur
between two periods or points of time (a year intervened between the two
dynasties);
to occur as an extraneous or
unplanned circumstance
(he would have his degree
by now if his laziness hadn't intervened); to come in or between so as
to hinder
or alter
an action (intervened as the argument
was going nowhere); to interfere,
usually through force or threat of force, in the affairs of another nation
intervention.noun,.plural.interventions
interventional.adjective
intervenor or intervener.noun,.plural.intervenors
or interveners.
infidelity.noun,.plural.infidelities
unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially
a partner one has committed to; an act of sexual unfaithfulness; lack of
fidelity or loyalty (infidelity to the family tradition, infidelity to
the principles of the revolution); lack of religious belief
instil also instill,
instilled,
instilling,
instils
also instills
to introduce by gradual, persistent efforts; implant
("morality
. . . may be instilled into their minds" ...Thomas
Jefferson) instilling critical
thinking where students question until something makes complete sense should
be the job of any who educate); to pour in (medicine, for example) drop
by drop
instillation, instiller,
instillment.nouns
incense,
incensed,
incensing,
incenses.transitive
verbs
to cause to be extremely angry; infuriate
incense.noun,.plural.incenses
a perfume; an aromatic.substance,
such as wood or a gum, that is burned to produce a pleasant odor;
the smoke or odor produced
by the burning of such a substance as used in ancient.pagan
practices in wafting prayers to
their supposed
Gods (1Chronicles 16:25,26)
incense,
incensed,
incensing,
incenses.transitive
verbs
to perfume with incense; to burn incense
infuriate,
infuriated,
infuriating,
infuriates.transitive
verbs
to make furious;
enrage
infuriate.adjective
infuriatingly.adverb
infuriation.noun,.plural.infuriations
indispensable.adjective
not to be dispensed
with; essential;
obligatory;
unavoidable (the routine
but indispensable ceremonies
of state)
indispensable.noun
one that is indispensable
indispensability
or indispensableness.noun
indispensably.adverb
incontrovertible.adjective
impossible to dispute; unquestionable
incontrovertibility
or incontrovertibleness.noun
incontrovertibly.adverb
interact, interacted,
interacting,
interacts.intransitive
verbs
when people interact with each other or interact,
they communicate as they work or spend time together (while the children
interacted and played together we had coffee and watched over them from
the patio); to act on each other
interactive.adjective
acting or capable
of acting on each other
interactively.adverb
interaction.noun,.plural.interactions
the act or process of interacting;
the state of undergoing interaction
Physics:.any
of four fundamental ways in which
elementary
particles and bodies can influence each other, classified as strong,
weak, electromagnetic and gravitational
immoderate.adjective
exceeding normal or appropriate
bounds; extreme (immoderate eating); excessive
immoderately.adverb
immoderateness.or.immoderation.noun
inexhaustible.adjective
that cannot be entirely consumed or used up (an
inexhaustible supply); never wearying;
tireless (an inexhaustible campaigner) inexhaustibility.or.inexhaustibleness.noun
inexhaustibly.adverb
insensitive.adjective
not sensitive;
numb;
lacking in sensitivity to
the feelings or circumstances
of others; unfeeling; lacking in responsiveness
(insensitive to the needs of customers)
insensitively.adverb
insensitivity.or.insensitiveness.noun
insensate.adjective
lacking.sensation
or awareness;
inanimate;
unconscious;
lacking sensibility; unfeeling;
lacking sense
or the power to reason;
foolish;
witless
insensateness.noun
include, included,
including,
includes.transitive
verbs
to take in as a part, an element
or a member (thanked the host for including us)
includable.or.includible.adjective
inclusion.noun,.plural.inclusions
the act of including
or the state of being included;
something included
Geology:.a
solid, liquid or gaseous foreign component
enclosed in a mineral or rock
Computers:.a
logical.operation
that assumes
the second statement
of a pair is true if the first one is true
inclusionary.adjective
inclusive.adjective
including or intending to include;
including the terms, limits or extremes mentioned
inclusively.adverb
inclusiveness.noun,.plural.inclusivenesses
involve, involved,
involving,
involves.transitive
verbs
to contain as a part; include.(was
told that the job would involve travel); your involvement in something
is the fact that you are taking part in it (she disliked his involvement
with the group and disliked his friends); to compose
of; to consist
of; involvement is the enthusiasm
that you feel when you care deeply
about something; to engage as a participant;
to get or be involved
involvement, involver.nouns,
plurals.involvements,
involvers
instance.noun,.plural.instances
an instance is an example
that is cited to prove or invalidate
a contention or illustrate
a point (an instance of flagrant
corruption); an occurrence.(in
all such instances, let conscience
be your guide)
instance, instanced,
instancing,
instances.transitive
verbs
to offer as an example; cite;
to demonstrate or show by
an example; exemplify
for instance.idiom
as an example; for example
instant.noun,.plural.instants
an instant is an extremely
short period
of time (still dealing with her fear
of speaking to an audience,
for an instant she was tempted
to flee);
the word instant suggests.quickly
or immediately
but is slower than FTL Faster Than Light speed (at that instant the museum
was
plunged
into total
darkness); to do something the
instant something else happens
means to do it immediately (she closed the door the instant she saw the
wasps); instant food is so-called
'food'
that you can prepare very quickly, for example by just adding water (instant
coffee); the word instant referentially.implies
an almost.imperceptible
space of time; a moment;
a particular
time (I'll be in the back yard, so please tell me the instant they arrive)
instant.adjective
occurring
at once; immediate (an instant flash of lightning); imperative;
urgent
(an instant need for world peace and prosperity)
instant.adverb
at once; right now; instantly
instancy.noun,.plural.instancies
immediacy of occurrence or action; instantaneousness
instantly.adverb
at once; with insistence;
urgently
instantness.noun,.plural.instantnesses
intransigent.adjective
if you describe someone as intransigent, you mean
that they refuse
to behave
differently or to change their attitude;
unwilling
to change your ideas or behavior, in a way that seems unreasonable; stubborn;
refusing to moderate
a position in the light of better information; unreasonableness;
uncompromising
intransigence.noun,.plural.intransigences
intransigent.noun,.plural.intransigents
intransigently.adverb
indebted.adjective
morally,
socially
or legally.obligated
to another; beholden
indebtedness.noun,.plural.indebtednesses
the state
of being indebted; something owed to another
interpersonal.adjective
relating to, occurring
among or involving several people
interpersonally.adverb
immerse, immersed,
immersing,
immerses.transitive
verbs
to cover completely in a liquid; submerge;
to engagewholly
or deeply; absorb
(scholars who immerse
themselves in their subjects)
immersible.adjective
capable
of being completely immersed in water without suffering damage (an immersible
hot plate)
immersion.noun,
plural.immersions
the act
or an instance
of immersing; the condition
of being
immersed; baptism performed by totally submerging
a person in water
indelicate.adjective
offensive to established standards of propriety;
improper; marked by a lack of good
taste; coarse; lacking in consideration
for the feelings of others; tactless
indelicately.adverb
indelicateness.noun
indelicacy.noun,
plural.indelicacies
the quality or condition of being indelicate;
something indelicate
inconceivable.adjective
impossible to comprehend
or grasp fully; so unlikely or surprising
as to have been thought impossible; unbelievable (an inconceivable victory
against all odds)
inconceivably.adverb
inconceivability.or.inconceivableness.noun
Indic.also
called Sanskritic.adjective
of or relating to India or its peoples or cultures
incisive.adjective
penetrating,
clear and sharp, as in operation or expression (an incisive mind; incisive
comments)
incisively.adverb
incisiveness.noun,.plural.incisivenesses
incision.noun,.plural.incisions
the act of incising; a cut into a body tissue
or organ, especially one made during surgery; the scar resulting from such
a cut; the condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness
incise, incised,
incising,
incises.transitive
verbs
to cut into, as with a sharp instrument (incised
the stone tablet with chisels;
a plateau that had been deeply
incised by streams); to engrave
designs or writing, for example, into a surface; carve;
to engrave designs, writing or other marks into
insolvable.adjective
impossible to solve;
having no seeming solution
(a seemingly
insolvable problem
insolvably.adverb
insolvability.noun,.plural.insolvabilities
insert, inserted,
inserting,
inserts.transitive
verbs
to put or set into, between or among (inserted
the key in the lock); introduce; to put or introduce into the body of something;
interpolate
(insert an illustration into a text)
insert.noun,.plural.inserts
something inserted or intended for insertion,
as a picture or chart into written material
inserter.noun,.plural.inserters
a person who does an insertion
insertion.noun,.plural.insertions
the act or process of inserting; something inserted,
as an ornamental strip of lace or embroidery inserted between pieces of
fabric; the addition, as by mutation,
of one or more nucleotides
to a chromosome
insertional.adjective
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