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immune.adjective
not subject
to an obligation.imposed
on others; exempt
(immune from disease because of her healthy immune
system; immune from criminal prosecution); not affected
by a given influence;
unresponsive (immune to persuasion)
immune.noun,.plural.immunes
an individual who is immune
immune response.noun,.plural.immune
responses
also called immune reaction; a body responding
to an antigen.occurring
when lymphocytes identify the
antigenic molecule as foreign
and induce the formation
of antibodies and lymphocytes.capable
of reacting with it and rendering
it harmless; word came into being in the year 1953
immunity.noun,.plural.immunities
resistance
or protection against a specified
threat; the quality
or condition
of coming to be immune, such as
the body developing its natural defenses through experiencing childhood
diseases (Sally just got over measles and chicken pox so she has developed
immunity to those diseases and will not get them again as she grows into
adulthood and all this without vaccines which harm one's innate.immune
system); inherited,
acquired
or induced.resistance
to infection
by a specific.pathogen;
an exemption
from normal duties,
penalties
or liabilities
immunology.noun,.plural.immunologies
the study of the body's reaction to invaders and
its waste production such as what are called viruses;
the branch of biomedicine that is concerned with the structure
and function
of the immune system, innate
and acquired.immunity,
the bodily distinction
of self from nonself and laboratory techniques.involving
the interaction
of antigens
with specific.antibodies
immunologically.adverb
immunologic.or.immunological.adjective
immunologist.noun,.plural.immunologists
immunize, immunized,
immunizing,
immunizes.transitive
verbs
what's
the difference between having immunity and getting a vaccination? rendered.immune;
to allow immunity to develop, as by natural exposure to common childhood
diseases as a child grows
immunization.noun,.plural.immunizations
Law:.in
law,
to grant immunity from prosecution
(immunize a witness)
injection.noun,.plural.injections
the act of injecting; something that is injected,
especially a vaccine dose into the body
with a needle
inject, injected,
injecting,
injects.transitive
verbs
to force or drive a fluid into something (inject
fuel into an engine cylinder; inject air into a liquid mixture; inject
a vaccine concoction
into the body); to introduce into conversation or consideration (injected
a note of humor into the talk she gave making it lighthearted);
to place into an orbit, a trajectory
or a stream
injector.noun,.plural.injectors
invidious.adjective
tending
to rouse.ill
will, animosity or resentment:
invidious.accusations;
containing or implying a slight;
discriminatory
(invidious
distinctions);
envious
invidiously.adverb
invidiousness.noun,.plural.invidiousnesses
inconclusive.adjective
not conclusive
(the book that I thought was finished, the publisher said was inconclusive)
inconclusively.adverb
inconclusiveness.noun,.plural.inconclusivenesses
indecisive.adjective
prone
to or characterized
by indecision; irresolute
(an indecisive manager); inconclusive (an indecisive
contest); not clearly defined;
indefinite
(indecisive boundaries running through mountainous terrain)
indecisively.adverb
indecisiveness.noun,.plural.indecisivenesses
indecision.noun,.plural.indecisions
reluctance
or an inability to make up one's mind; irresolution
indispose,
indisposed,
indisposing,
indisposes.transitive
verbs
to make averse;
disincline;
to cause to be or feel ill; sicken; to render.unfit;
disqualify
indisposition.noun,.plural.indispositions
disinclination;
unwillingness; a minor.ailment
invade,
invaded,
invading,
invades.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
enter by force in order to conquer or pillage;
to encroach or intrude
on; violate; infest;
to enter and permeate, especially.harmfully
intransitive
verb use.to
make an invasion
invader.noun,.plural.invaders
invasion.noun,.plural.invasions
the act
of invading; an intrusion
or encroachment;
a large-scale onset
of something.injurious
or harmful,
such as a disease
ineligible.adjective
disqualified
by rule (ineligible to run for office; ineligible for benefits); unworthy
of being chosen; unfit (considered her
ineligible for the job); if you are ineligible for something, you are not
qualified
for it or entitled to it
ineligibly.adverb
ineligible.noun,.plural.ineligibles
one that is not eligible
ineligibility.noun,.plural.ineligibilities
infectious.adjective
easily or readily.communicated
(an infectious laugh); something capable
of causing infection; caused by or capable of being transmitted by infection;
caused by a pathogenic.microorganism
or agent
infectiously.adverb
infectiousness.noun,.plural.infectiousnesses
infective.adjective
capable
of producing infection; infectious
infectivity.noun,.plural.infectivities
infectiveness.noun,.plural.infectivenesses
infection.noun,.plural.infections
ready communication of an emotion or attitude
by contact or example (her pleasant.manner
infected me with its charm);
an agent
or a contaminated.substance.responsible
for one's becoming infected by matter
which the body interprets
as being toxic
to its organism's.normal.functioning
infect, infected,
infecting,
infects.transitive
verbs
to contaminate
with a pathogenic.microorganism
or agent;
to communicate
a pathogen or disease to; to invade and produce infection;
to contaminate or corrupt
(envy
that infected their thoughts; a society that was infected by enthusiasm);
to affect in a contagious
way
indigestible.adjective
difficult or impossible to digest (an indigestible
meal, making one feel stodgy)
indigestibly.adverb
indigestibility.noun,.plural.indigestibilities
increase, increased,
increasing,
increases.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
become greater or larger; to multiply; reproduce
transitive verb use.to
make greater or larger
increase.noun,.plural.increases
the act of increasing (a steady increase in temperature);
the amount or rate by which something is increased (increases in costs
of all things must continually occur because there is not enough money
in circulation to repay both the borrowed principal and the compounding
interest tacked on it)
on the increase.idiom
increasing, especially
in frequency
of occurrence
(prices should decrease with the increasing availability of organic
food)
increasingly.adverb
increasable.adjective
increaser.noun,.plural.increasers
the increaser of lack
comes down to the way money is created and by who
instal also install,
installed,
installing,
instals
also installs.transitive
verbs
to set in position and connect or adjust for use
(installed the new furnace); to induct
into an office, a rank or a position (the school installed a new librarian);
to settle in an indicated
place or condition;
establish
(installed an office in my home)
installer.noun,.plural.installers
installation.noun,.plural.installations
the act of installing; the state
of being installed; an instalment; a system of machinery or other apparatus
set up for use
instalment also spelt.installment.noun,.plural.instalments
also installments
one of a number of successive
payments in settlement
of a debt
(they pay their insurance.premiums
by instalments); a portion
of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals;
a chapter or part of a literary work presented serially
ibex.noun,.plural.ibex
or ibexes
any of several wild goats of the genus
Capra native to mountainous regions of Eurasia (Europe/Asia land mass)
and northern Africa and having long, ridged, backward-curving horns
inelastic.adjective
lacking.elasticity;
unyielding
or unadaptable; rigid;
stiff
inelasticity.noun,.plural.inelasticities
impermanent.adjective
not lasting or durable;
not permanent
impermanence.noun,.plural.impermanences
impermanency.noun,.plural.impermanencies
impale, impaled,impaling,
impales.transitive
verbs
to pierce
with a sharp stake
or point (she impaled her office notes on the sharp spindle)
impalement.noun,.plural.impalements
impaler.noun,.plural.impalers
incantation.noun,.plural.incantations
the chanting
or uttering of words or sounds;
a written or recited.formula
of words designed to produce a particular.effect;
an incantation is a series of words, unintelligible
or not, that an indididual may say or sings in
order to produce an effect;
an incantation is words or sounds that are special to someone used to produce
the effect the one saying these words wants to occur,
an example being the under
3 minute curing of cancer by chanting;
ritual.recitation
of words for some purpose
that has been used before and trusted now to be efficacious
incantational, incantatory.adjectives
illegal.adjective
prohibited
by law; prohibited by rules (an illegal
pass in football)
illegal.noun,.plural.illegals
an illegal immigrant
illegally.adverb
illegality.noun,.plural.illegalities
the quality
or state
of being illegal; an illegal act
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