| inchoate | (adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed | Synonyms: incipient |
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| inchoative | (adjective) in an initial stage | Synonyms: inceptive |
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| (noun) aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb | Synonyms: inchoative aspect |
| inchworm | (noun) small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | Synonyms: looper, measuring worm |
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| incidence | (noun) the striking of a light beam on a surface | - |
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| (noun) the relative frequency of occurrence of something | Synonyms: relative incidence |
| incident | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | Synonyms: incidental |
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| (adjective) falling or striking of light rays on something | - |
| (noun) a single distinct event | - |
| (noun) a public disturbance | - |
| incidental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | Synonyms: incident |
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| (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: accidental, nonessential |
| (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent |
| (noun) an item that is incidental | - |
| (noun) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | Synonyms: incidental expense, minor expense |
| incidentally | (adverb) introducing a different topic | Synonyms: apropos, by the bye, by the way |
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| (adverb) of a minor or subordinate nature | Synonyms: accidentally |
| incienso | (noun) fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine | Synonyms: brittle bush, brittlebush, Encelia farinosa |
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| incinerate | (verb) cause to undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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| (verb) become reduced to ashes | - |
| incineration | (noun) the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes | - |
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| incinerator | (noun) a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse) | - |
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| incipience | (noun) beginning to exist or to be apparent | Synonyms: incipiency |
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| incipiency | (noun) beginning to exist or to be apparent | Synonyms: incipience |
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| incipient | (adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed | Synonyms: inchoate |
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| incise | (verb) make an incision into by carving or cutting | - |
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| incised | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: engraved, etched, graven, inscribed |
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| (adjective) sharply and deeply indented | - |
| (adjective) cut into with a sharp instrument | - |
| incision | (noun) the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) | Synonyms: section, surgical incision |
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| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, prick, scratch, slit |
| incisive | (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
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| (adjective) suitable for cutting or piercing | - |
| incisively | (adverb) in an incisive manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a precise manner | Synonyms: exactly, precisely |
| incisiveness | (noun) keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect | Synonyms: trenchancy |
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| incisor | (noun) a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws | - |
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| incisura | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisure |
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| incisure | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisura |
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| incitation | (noun) an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating | Synonyms: incitement |
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| (noun) something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action | Synonyms: incitement, provocation |
| incite | (verb) provoke or stir up | Synonyms: instigate, set off, stir up |
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| (verb) urge on; cause to act | Synonyms: egg on, prod |
| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, motivate, move, prompt, propel |
| incitement | (noun) an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating | Synonyms: incitation |
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| (noun) the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion | Synonyms: exhortation |
| (noun) needed encouragement | Synonyms: provocation |
| (noun) something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action | Synonyms: incitation, provocation |
| inciter | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, instigant, instigator, provoker |
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| incitive | (adjective) arousing to action or rebellion | Synonyms: incendiary, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious |
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| incivility | (noun) deliberate discourtesy | - |
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| inclemency | (noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, harshness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness |
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| (noun) weather unsuitable for outdoor activities | Synonyms: bad weather, inclementness |
| inclement | (adjective) used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy | - |
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| (adjective) (of weather or climate) severe | - |
| inclementness | (noun) weather unsuitable for outdoor activities | Synonyms: bad weather, inclemency |
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| inclination | (noun) the act of inclining; bending forward | Synonyms: inclining |
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| (noun) a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | Synonyms: tendency |
| (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | Synonyms: lean, leaning, list, tilt |
| (noun) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others | Synonyms: disposition, tendency |
| (noun) that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking | - |
| (noun) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | Synonyms: angle of dip, dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination |
| (noun) (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) | Synonyms: angle of inclination |
| (noun) (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees | Synonyms: inclination of an orbit |
| incline | (noun) an inclined surface connecting two levels | Synonyms: ramp |
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| (noun) an elevated geological formation | Synonyms: side, slope |
| (verb) make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | Synonyms: dispose |
| (verb) feel favorably disposed or willing | - |
| (verb) be at an angle | Synonyms: pitch, slope |
| (verb) lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow | - |
| (verb) bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well | - |
| (verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, lean, run, tend |
| inclined | (adjective) at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency | - |
| (adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, fain, prepared |
| inclining | (noun) the act of inclining; bending forward | Synonyms: inclination |
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| inclinometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) | Synonyms: dip circle |
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| (noun) an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon | - |
| (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: clinometer |
| inclose | (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: enclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in |
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| (verb) surround completely | Synonyms: close in, enclose, shut in |
| inclosure | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosing, enclosure, envelopment |
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| (noun) something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter | Synonyms: enclosure |
| include | (verb) add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category | - |
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| (verb) consider as part of something | - |
| (verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | Synonyms: admit, let in |
| (verb) have as a part, be made up out of | - |
| included | (adjective) enclosed in the same envelope or package | - |
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| inclusion | (noun) the act of including | - |
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| (noun) any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases) | Synonyms: cellular inclusion, inclusion body |
| (noun) the relation of comprising something | Synonyms: comprehension |
| (noun) the state of being included | - |
| inclusive | (adjective) including much or everything; and especially including stated limits | - |
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| incognito | (adjective) with your identity concealed | - |
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| (adverb) without revealing one's identity | - |
| incognizable | (adjective) incapable of being perceived or known | Synonyms: incognoscible |
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| incognizance | (noun) a lack of knowledge or recognition | - |
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| incognizant | (adjective) (often followed by `of') not aware | Synonyms: unaware |
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| incognoscible | (adjective) incapable of being perceived or known | Synonyms: incognizable |
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| incoherence | (noun) nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible | Synonyms: incoherency, unintelligibility |
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| (noun) lack of cohesion or clarity or organization | Synonyms: incoherency |
| incoherency | (noun) nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible | Synonyms: incoherence, unintelligibility |
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| (noun) lack of cohesion or clarity or organization | Synonyms: incoherence |
| incoherent | (adjective) without logical or meaningful connection | - |
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| (adjective) (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation | - |
| (adjective) unable to express yourself clearly or fluently | Synonyms: tongue-tied |
| incoherently | (adverb) in an incoherent manner | - |
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| incombustible | (adjective) not capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: noncombustible |
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| income | (noun) the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time | - |
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| incoming | (adjective) arriving at a place or position | - |
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| (adjective) entering upon a position of office vacated by another | - |
| (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, ingress |
| incommensurable | (adjective) not having a common factor | - |
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| (adjective) impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence | - |
| incommensurate | (adjective) not corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| incommodious | (adjective) uncomfortably or inconveniently small | - |
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| incommodiousness | (noun) an inconvenient discomfort | Synonyms: inconvenience |
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| incommunicado | (adjective) without the means or right to communicate | - |
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| incommunicative | (adjective) not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions | Synonyms: uncommunicative |
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| incommutability | (noun) the quality of being not interchangeable | - |
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| incommutable | (adjective) not subject to alteration or change | - |
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| (adjective) not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another | - |
| incomparability | (noun) The quality of being so much better than another as to be beyond comparison. | - |
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| (noun) The condition of not being able to be compared. | - |
| incomparable | (adjective) such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared | Synonyms: uncomparable |
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| incomparably | (adverb) in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree | Synonyms: uncomparably |
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| incompatibility | (noun) the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination | - |
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| (noun) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | Synonyms: inconsistency, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance |
| (noun) (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) | - |
| incompatible | (adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: antagonistic |
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| (adjective) not compatible | - |
| (adjective) incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification | - |
| (adjective) not suitable to your tastes or needs | Synonyms: uncongenial |
| (adjective) of words so related that one contrasts with the other | Synonyms: contrastive |
| (adjective) used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture | - |
| (adjective) not in keeping with what is correct or proper | Synonyms: inappropriate, out of keeping, unfitting |
| (adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: discrepant |
| (adjective) not easy to combine harmoniously | Synonyms: ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited |
| incompatibly | (adverb) without compatibility | - |
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| incompetence | (noun) lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications | Synonyms: incompetency |
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| (noun) inability of a part or organ to function properly | - |
| incompetency | (noun) lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications | Synonyms: incompetence |
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| incompetent | (adjective) not qualified or suited for a purpose | - |
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| (adjective) legally not qualified or sufficient | Synonyms: unqualified |
| (adjective) not doing a good job | Synonyms: unskilled |
| (adjective) not meeting requirements | Synonyms: incapable, unequal to |
| (adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude | Synonyms: bungling, clumsy, fumbling |
| (noun) someone who is not competent to take effective action | Synonyms: incompetent person |
| incompetently | (adverb) in an incompetent manner | Synonyms: displaying incompetence |
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| incomplete | (adjective) not complete or total; not completed | Synonyms: uncomplete |
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| (adjective) not yet finished | Synonyms: uncompleted |
| incompletely | (adverb) not to a full degree or extent | - |
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| incompleteness | (noun) the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect | Synonyms: rawness |
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| incomprehensibility | (noun) the quality of being incomprehensible | - |
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| incomprehensible | (adjective) difficult to understand | Synonyms: uncomprehensible |
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| (adjective) incapable of being explained or accounted for | Synonyms: inexplicable |
| incomprehension | (noun) an inability to understand | - |
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| incomprehensive | (adjective) not comprehensive | Synonyms: noncomprehensive |
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| incompressibility | (noun) the property of being incompressible | - |
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| incompressible | (adjective) incapable of being compressed; resisting compression | - |
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| incomputable | (adjective) beyond calculation or measure | Synonyms: immeasurable, inestimable |
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| inconceivability | (noun) the state of being impossible to conceive | Synonyms: inconceivableness |
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| inconceivable | (adjective) totally unlikely | Synonyms: impossible, out of the question, unimaginable |
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| inconceivableness | (noun) the state of being impossible to conceive | Synonyms: inconceivability |
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| inconceivably | (adverb) to an inconceivable degree | - |
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| inconclusive | (adjective) not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question | - |
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| inconclusively | (adverb) not conclusively | - |
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| inconclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being inconclusive | - |
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| incongruent | (adjective) not congruent | - |
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| incongruity | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruousness |
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| incongruous | (adjective) lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness | - |
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| incongruously | (adverb) in an incongruous manner | - |
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| incongruousness | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruity |
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| inconsequence | (noun) having no important effects or influence | - |
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| (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicality, illogicalness |
| inconsequent | (adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequential |
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| inconsequential | (adjective) not following logically as a consequence | - |
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| (adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequent |
| inconsequentially | (adverb) lacking consequence | Synonyms: inconsequently |
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