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English Word Dictionary

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innovator

noun · someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

inordinately

adverb · extremely

Example: she was inordinately smart

inorganically

adverb · not involving carbon compounds

Example: inorganically bound molecules

inosculate

verb · cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

Example: anastomose blood vessels

inquiringly

adverb · in an inquiring manner

Example: Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly

inquisitively

adverb · with curiosity

Example: the baby looked around curiously

inquisitory

adjective · diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

Example: a probing inquiry

inr

noun · an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community

inscrutable

adjective · of an obscure nature- Rachel Carson

Example: the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms

insecure

adjective · lacking self-confidence or assurance

Example: an insecure person lacking mental stability

insensitively

adverb · in an insensitive manner

Example: the police officer questioned the woman rather insensitively about the attack

insentient

adjective · devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

Example: insentient (or insensate) stone

inside out

adverb · with the inside facing outward

Example: she turned the shirt inside out

insincerely

adverb · without sincerity

Example: she congratulated him somewhat insincerely

insipidly

adverb · in an insipid manner

Example: insipidly expressed thoughts

insist

verb · assert to be true

Example: The letter asserts a free society

insolate

verb · expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

Example: insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble

insolent

adjective · unrestrained by convention or propriety- Los Angeles Times- Bertrand Russell

Example: an audacious trick to pull

insomniac

adjective · experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness- Shakespeare

Example: insomniac old people

inspan

verb · attach a yoke or harness to

Example: inspan the draft animals

inspect

verb · examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

Example: audit accounts and tax returns

inspirationally

adverb · with inspiration; in an inspiring manner,

Example: he talked inspirationally

inspirit

verb · infuse with spirit

Example: The company spirited him up

inst

adjective · in or of the present month

Example: your letter of the 10th inst

instal

verb · set up for use

Example: install the washer and dryer

install

verb · set up for use

Example: install the washer and dryer

instantiate

verb · find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)

Example: The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect

instead

adverb · in place of, or as an alternative to

Example: Felix became a herpetologist instead

instil

verb · enter drop by drop

Example: instill medication into my eye

instillment

noun · the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

institutionalise

verb · cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Example: After the second episode, she had to be committed

institutionalize

verb · cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Example: After the second episode, she had to be committed

instructional

adjective · of or relating to or used in instruction

Example: instructional aids

insufficient

adjective · of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

Example: insufficient funds

insufficiently

adverb · to an insufficient degree

Example: he was insufficiently prepared

insulate

verb · place or set apart

Example: They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates

insultingly

adverb · in an unfair and insulting manner

Example: this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists

insurance policy

noun · written contract or certificate of insurance

Example: you should have read the small print on your policy

integrated data processing

noun · automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system

intellectually

adverb · in an intellectual manner

Example: intellectually gifted children

intelligence information

noun · secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

Example: we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage

intelligibly

adverb · in an intelligible manner

Example: the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly

intemperately

adverb · indulging excessively

Example: he drank heavily

intensely

adverb · in an intense manner

Example: he worked intensely

intent

adjective · giving or marked by complete attention to- Walter de la Mare

Example: that engrossed look or rapt delight

inter

verb · place in a grave or tomb

Example: Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square

interbreed

verb · breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

Example: cross a horse and a donkey

intercalary year

noun · in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400

intercollegiate

adjective · used of competition between colleges or universities

Example: intercollegiate basketball

intercommunicate

verb · transmit thoughts or feelings

Example: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist

intercostal artery

noun · several arteries and supplying the intercostal spaces of the rib cage

interdepend

verb · be connected

Example: In my heart I can make the world hang together

interestingly

adverb · in an interesting manner- Time

Example: when he ceases to be just interestingly neurotic and...gets locked up