inflexion | (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflection |
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infliction | (noun) the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) | Synonyms: imposition |
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(noun) an act causing pain or damage | - |
(noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck |
infliximab | (noun) an anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: Remicade |
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(noun) a monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis; administered by infusion; use and dosage must be determined by a physician | Synonyms: Remicade |
inflorescence | (noun) the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk | - |
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(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering |
inflow | (noun) the process of flowing in | Synonyms: influx |
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influence | (noun) causing something without any direct or apparent effort | - |
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(noun) a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | - |
(noun) a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do | - |
(noun) one having power to influence another | - |
(noun) the effect of one thing (or person) on another | - |
influencer | (noun) a person who has a large following on one or more social media platform that works to generate interest in contemporary social issues and/or advertise consumer products | - |
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influenza | (noun) an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease | Synonyms: flu, grippe |
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influx | (noun) the process of flowing in | Synonyms: inflow |
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info | (noun) a message received and understood | Synonyms: information |
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infolding | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: introversion, intussusception, invagination |
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infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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informality | (noun) a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously | - |
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(noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: ease |
informant | (noun) a person who supplies information | Synonyms: source |
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(noun) someone who sees an event and reports what happened | Synonyms: witness, witnesser |
informatics | (noun) the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information | Synonyms: information processing, information science, IP |
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information | (noun) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome | Synonyms: entropy, selective information |
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(noun) knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction | - |
(noun) a message received and understood | Synonyms: info |
(noun) formal accusation of a crime | - |
(noun) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | Synonyms: data |
informer | (noun) one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | Synonyms: betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer |
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informercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: infomercial |
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informing | (noun) a speech act that conveys information | Synonyms: making known |
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(noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: ratting |
infotainment | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary, documentary film |
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infraction | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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infrared | (noun) the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range | Synonyms: infrared frequency |
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(noun) electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves | Synonyms: infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation |
infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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(noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
infrequency | (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: rareness, rarity |
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infrigidation | (noun) the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes | Synonyms: refrigeration |
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infringement | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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(noun) an act that disregards an agreement or a right | Synonyms: violation |
infructescence | (noun) the fruiting stage of the inflorescence | - |
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infundibulum | (noun) any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk) | - |
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infuriation | (noun) a feeling of intense anger and impatience | Synonyms: enragement |
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infusion | (noun) (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) | - |
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(noun) the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality | - |
(noun) the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) | - |
(noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: extract |
infusorian | (noun) any member of the subclass Infusoria | - |
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inga | (noun) any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals | - |
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ingathering | (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, solicitation |
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ingeniousness | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: cleverness, ingenuity |
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(noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: cleverness, ingenuity, inventiveness |
ingenue | (noun) the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play | - |
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(noun) an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage) | - |
(noun) an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl | - |
ingenuity | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: cleverness, ingeniousness |
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(noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: cleverness, ingeniousness, inventiveness |
ingenuousness | (noun) openly straightforward or frank | - |
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(noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: artlessness, innocence, naturalness |
ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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ingestion | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake |
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inglenook | (noun) a corner by a fireplace | Synonyms: chimney corner |
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ingot | (noun) metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling | - |
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ingraining | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, instilling |
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ingrate | (noun) a person who shows no gratitude | Synonyms: thankless wretch, ungrateful person |
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ingratiation | (noun) the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments | Synonyms: insinuation |
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ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude | Synonyms: ungratefulness |
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ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound | - |
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(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor |
(noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: fixings |
ingress | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, incoming |
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(noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse | Synonyms: immersion |
ingressive | (noun) a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose. | - |
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ingroup | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, inner circle, pack |
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ingrowth | (noun) something that grows inward | - |
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inguen | (noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals | Synonyms: groin |
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inhabitancy | (noun) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) | Synonyms: habitation, inhabitation |
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inhabitant | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller |
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inhabitation | (noun) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) | Synonyms: habitation, inhabitancy |
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inhalant | (noun) a medication to be taken by inhaling it | Synonyms: inhalation |
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(noun) something that is inhaled | - |
inhalation | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inspiration, intake |
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(noun) a medication to be taken by inhaling it | Synonyms: inhalant |
inhalator | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhaler |
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(noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: respirator |
inhaler | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhalator |
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inharmoniousness | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: disharmony |
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inherence | (noun) the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic | Synonyms: inherency |
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inherency | (noun) the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic | Synonyms: inherence |
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inheritance | (noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | Synonyms: heritage |
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(noun) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors | Synonyms: heritage |
(noun) (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents | Synonyms: hereditary pattern |
(noun) that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner | Synonyms: heritage |
inheritor | (noun) a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another | Synonyms: heir, heritor |
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inheritress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritrix |
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inheritrix | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritress |
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inhibition | (noun) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires | Synonyms: suppression |
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(noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: forbiddance, prohibition |
(noun) the quality of being inhibited | - |
(noun) (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part | - |
inhibitor | (noun) a substance that retards or stops an activity | - |
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inhomogeneity | (noun) the quality of being inhomogeneous | - |
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inhospitableness | (noun) having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition | - |
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(noun) the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth | - |
inhospitality | (noun) unkind and inconsiderate welcome | - |
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inhumaneness | (noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumanity |
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inhumanity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: atrocity |
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(noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumaneness |
inhumation | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, interment, sepulture |
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inion | (noun) the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance) | - |
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iniquity | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, immorality, wickedness |
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(noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: injustice, shabbiness, unfairness |
initial | (noun) the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) | - |
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initialisation | (noun) (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position | Synonyms: initialization, low-level formatting |
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initialism | (noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately | - |
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(noun) a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word | Synonyms: acronym |
initialization | (noun) (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position | Synonyms: initialisation, low-level formatting |
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initiate | (noun) people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity | Synonyms: enlightened |
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(noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: learned person, pundit, savant |
(noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, novice, tiro, tyro |
initiation | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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(noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events | Synonyms: induction, trigger |
(noun) wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge | Synonyms: knowledgeability, knowledgeableness |
(noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: induction, installation |
initiative | (noun) the first of a series of actions | Synonyms: first step, opening, opening move |
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(noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead |
initiator | (noun) a person who initiates a course of action | Synonyms: instigator |
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injectant | (noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injection |
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injection | (noun) the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure | - |
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(noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe | Synonyms: shot |
(noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injectant |
injectiveness | (noun) (mathematics) The state or quality of relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain). | - |
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injector | (noun) a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | - |
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(noun) An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump. | Synonyms: eductor-jet pump, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, thermocompressor |
injudiciousness | (noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: indiscretion |
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(noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: indiscreetness |
injunction | (noun) a formal command or admonition | - |
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(noun) (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity | Synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment |
injuriousness | (noun) destructiveness that causes harm or injury | Synonyms: harmfulness |
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injury | (noun) wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted | - |
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(noun) an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage | - |
(noun) an accident that results in physical damage or hurt | Synonyms: accidental injury |
(noun) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | Synonyms: combat injury, wound |
(noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: harm, hurt, trauma |
injustice | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, shabbiness, unfairness |
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(noun) the practice of being unjust or unfair | Synonyms: unjustness |
ink | (noun) dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods | - |
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(noun) a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing | - |
inkberry | (noun) evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries | Synonyms: evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry, Ilex glabra |
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inkblot | (noun) a blot made with ink | - |
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inkiness | (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | Synonyms: black, blackness |
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inkle | (noun) a linen tape used for trimming as a decoration | - |
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inkling | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation |
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inkpad | (noun) a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp | Synonyms: inking pad, pad, stamp pad |
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inkpot | (noun) a bottle of ink | Synonyms: ink bottle |
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