Induration (n.) State of being indurated, or of having become hard.
Induration (n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling.
Indusial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
Indusiate (a.) Alt. of Indusiated
Indusiated (a.) Furnished with an indusium.
Indusia (pl. ) of Indusium
Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.
Indusium (n.) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.
Indusium (n.) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
Industrial (a.) Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.
Industrialism (n.) Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.
Industrialism (n.) The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.
Industrially (adv.) With reference to industry.
Industrious (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
Industrious (a.) Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker.
Industries (pl. ) of Industry
Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
Industry (n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
Industry (n.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
Indutive (a.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
Induviae (n. pl.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.
Induviate (a.) Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.
Indwelt (imp. & p. p.) of Indwell
Indwelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indwell
Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
Indweller (n.) An inhabitant.
Indwelling (n.) Residence within, as in the heart.
-ine () A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
-ine () A suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, etc.
Inearth (v. t.) To inter.
Inebriant (a.) Intoxicating.
Inebriant (n.) Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.
Inebriated (imp. & p. p.) of Inebriate
Inebriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inebriate
Inebriate (v. t.) To make drunk; to intoxicate.
Inebriate (v. t.) Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.
Inebriate (v. i.) To become drunk.
Inebriate (a.) Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
Inebriate (n.) One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates.
Inebriation (n.) The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.
Inebriety (n.) Drunkenness; inebriation.
Inebrious (a.) Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating.
Inedited (a.) Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.
Inee (n.) An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
Ineffability (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.
Ineffable (a.) Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
Ineffableness (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
Ineffably (adv.) In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.
Ineffaceable (a.) Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
Ineffaceably (adv.) So as not to be effaceable.
Ineffectible (a.) Ineffectual; impracticable.
Ineffective (a.) Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.
Ineffectively (adv.) In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.
Ineffectiveness (n.) Quality of being ineffective.
Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.
Ineffectuality (n.) Ineffectualness.
Ineffectually (adv.) Without effect; in vain.
Ineffectualness (n.) Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.
Ineffervescence (n.) Want of effervescence.
Ineffervescent (a.) Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
Ineffervescibility (n.) The quality of being ineffervescible.
Ineffervescible (a.) Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.
Inefficacious (a.) Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.
Inefficaciously (adv.) without efficacy or effect.
Inefficaciousness (n.) Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.
Inefficacy (n.) Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.
Inefficiency (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
Inefficient (a.) Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
Inefficiently (adv.) In an inefficient manner.
Inelaborate (a.) Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
Inelastic (a.) Not elastic.
Inelasticity (n.) Want of elasticity.
Inelegances (pl. ) of Inelegancy
Inelegancies (pl. ) of Inelegancy
Inelegance (n.) Alt. of Inelegancy
Inelegancy (n.) The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
Inelegancy (n.) Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.
Inelegant (a.) Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.
Inelegantly (adv.) In an inelegant manner.
Ineligibility (n.) The state or quality of being ineligible.
Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.
Inelligibly (adv.) In an ineligible manner.
Ineloquent (a.) Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.
Ineloquently (adv.) Without eloquence.
Ineluctable (a.) Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
Ineludible (a.) Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
Inembryonate (a.) Not embryonate.
Inernarrable (a.) Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.
Inept (a.) Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
Inept (a.) Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
Ineptitude (n.) The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
Ineptitude (n.) Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
Ineptly (adv.) Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
Ineptness (n.) Unfitness; ineptitude.
Inequable (a.) Unequable.
Inequal (a.) Unequal; uneven; various.
Inequalities (pl. ) of Inequality
Inequality (n.) The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.
Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.