Initiation (n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.
Initiation (n.) The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
Initiative (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
Initiative (n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
Initiative (n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
Initiator (n.) One who initiates.
Initiatory (a.) Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.
Initiatory (a.) Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
Initiatory (n.) An introductory act or rite.
Inition (n.) Initiation; beginning.
Injected (imp. & p. p.) of Inject
Injecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inject
Inject (v. t.) To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
Inject (v. t.) Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
Inject (v. t.) To cast or throw; -- with on.
Inject (v. t.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
Injection (n.) The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
Injection (n.) That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.
Injection (n.) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.
Injection (n.) A specimen prepared by injection.
Injection (n.) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
Injection (n.) The cold water thrown into a condenser.
Injector (n.) One who, or that which, injects.
Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
Injelly (v. t.) To place in jelly.
Injoin (v. t.) See Enjoin.
Injoint (v. t.) To join; to unite.
Injoint (v. t.) To disjoint; to separate.
Injucundity (n.) Unpleasantness; disagreeableness.
Injudicable (a.) Not cognizable by a judge.
Injudicial (a.) Not according to the forms of law; not judicial.
Injudicious (a.) Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.
Injudicious (a.) Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure.
Injudiciously (adv.) In an injudicious manner.
Injudiciousness (n.) The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion.
Injunction (n.) The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
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.
Injured (imp. & p. p.) of Injure
Injuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Injure
Injure (v. t.) To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.
Injurer (n.) One who injures or wrongs.
Injurie (pl. ) of Injuria
Injuria (n.) Injury; invasion of another's rights.
Injurious (a.) Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable.
Injurious (a.) Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc.
Injuriously (adv.) In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.
Injuriousness (n.) The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.
Injuries (pl. ) of Injury
Injury (a.) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
Injustice (n.) Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
Injustice (n.) An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.
Ink (n.) A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.
Ink (n.) A pigment. See India ink, under India.
Inked (imp. & p. p.) of Ink
Inking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ink
Ink (v. t.) To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.
Inker (n.) One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type.
Inkfish (n.) A cuttlefish. See Cuttlefish.
Inkhorn (n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.
Inkhorn (a.) Learned; pedantic; affected.
Inkhornism (n.) Pedantry.
Inkiness (n.) The state or quality of being inky; blackness.
Inking (a.) Supplying or covering with ink.
Inkle (n.) A kind of tape or braid.
Inkle (v. t.) To guess.
Inkling (n.) A hint; an intimation.
Inknee (n.) Same as Knock-knee.
Inkneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.
Inknot (v. t.) To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
Inkstand (n.) A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials.
Inkstone (n.) A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink.
Inky (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.
Inlaced (imp. & p. p.) of Inlace
Inlacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inlace
Inlace (v. t.) To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.
Inlagation (n.) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing.
Inlaid (p. p.) of Inlay.
Inland (a.) Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
Inland (a.) Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
Inland (a.) Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
Inland (n.) The interior part of a country.
Inland (adv.) Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
Inlander (n.) One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea.
Inlandish (a.) Inland.
Inlapidate (v. t.) To convert into a stony substance; to petrity.
Inlard (v. t.) See Inlard.
Inlaw (v. t.) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
Inlaied (imp. & p. p.) of Inlay
Inlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inlay
Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.
Inlay (n.) Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.
Inlayer (n.) One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.
Inleagued (imp. & p. p.) of Inleague
Inleaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inleague
Inleague (v. t.) To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine.
Inleaguer (v. t.) To beleaguer.
Inlet (n.) A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.
Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.