| anointing | (noun) the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | Synonyms: anointment |
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| anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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| (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, vermifuge |
| appointive | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointed |
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| (adjective) relating to the act of appointing | - |
| complaintive | (adjective) expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | Synonyms: complaining |
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| daintily | (adverb) in a dainty and fastidious manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a manner suggestive of delicate beauty or grace | - |
| daintiness | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: delicacy, fineness |
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| disappointing | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: dissatisfactory, unsatisfying |
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| disappointingly | (adverb) in a disappointing manner | - |
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| fingerpointing | (noun) the imputation of blame | Synonyms: finger-pointing |
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| fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
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| glinting | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| imprinting | (noun) a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established | - |
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| inti | (noun) the basic unit of money in Peru | - |
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| intifada | (noun) an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 | Synonyms: intifadah |
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| intifadah | (noun) an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 | Synonyms: intifada |
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| intima | (noun) the innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel) | - |
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| intimacy | (noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: closeness, familiarity |
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| (noun) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | Synonyms: closeness |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison |
| intimal | (adjective) of or relating to the intima | - |
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| intimate | (adjective) marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity | - |
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| (adjective) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience | Synonyms: knowledgeable, versed |
| (adjective) having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | Synonyms: cosy, cozy, informal |
| (adjective) innermost or essential | Synonyms: inner, internal |
| (adjective) concerning things deeply private and personal | Synonyms: private |
| (adjective) used euphemistically to refer to the genitals | - |
| (adjective) involved in a sexual relationship | Synonyms: sexual |
| (adjective) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship | Synonyms: familiar |
| (noun) someone to whom private matters are confided | Synonyms: confidant |
| (verb) give to understand | Synonyms: adumbrate, insinuate |
| (verb) imply as a possibility | Synonyms: suggest |
| intimately | (adverb) in a close manner | Synonyms: closely, nearly |
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| (adverb) with great or especially intimate knowledge | Synonyms: well |
| intimation | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, inkling |
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| (noun) an indirect suggestion | Synonyms: breath, hint |
| intimidate | (verb) make timid or fearful | - |
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| (verb) to compel or deter by or as if by threats | - |
| intimidated | (adjective) made timid or fearful as by threats | - |
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| intimidating | (adjective) discouraging through fear | Synonyms: daunting |
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| intimidation | (noun) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | Synonyms: bullying |
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| (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: determent, deterrence |
| (noun) the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid | - |
| (noun) the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. | - |
| mintiness | (noun) The state or condition of having a flavour or essence of mint. | - |
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| nonappointive | (adjective) filled by popular election rather than by appointment | - |
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| painting | (noun) creating a picture with paints | - |
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| (noun) the occupation of a house painter | Synonyms: house painting |
| (noun) the act of applying paint to a surface | - |
| (noun) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | Synonyms: picture |
| plaintiff | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: complainant |
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| plaintive | (adjective) expressing sorrow | Synonyms: mournful |
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| plaintively | (adverb) in a plaintive manner | - |
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| plaintiveness | (noun) expressing sorrowfulness | - |
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| pointillism | (noun) a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France | - |
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| (noun) a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France | - |
| pointillist | (adjective) of or relating to pointillism | Synonyms: pointillistic |
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| (noun) a painter who uses the technique of pointillism | - |
| pointillistic | (adjective) of or relating to pointillism | Synonyms: pointillist |
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| printing | (noun) the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution | - |
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| (noun) reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication | Synonyms: printing process |
| (noun) text handwritten in the style of printed matter | - |
| (noun) all the copies of a work printed at one time | Synonyms: impression |
| quintillion | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros in the US | - |
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| quintillionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order | - |
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| (noun) one part in a quintillion equal parts | Synonyms: one-quintillionth |
| quintipara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies | - |
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| reprinting | (noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale | Synonyms: reissue, reprint |
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| scintigram | (noun) a recording of the radioactivity emitted by a tracer in an organism or organ system. | - |
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| scintigraph | (noun) The apparatus used to make a scintigram. | Synonyms: scintiscanner |
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| scintilla | (noun) a sparkling glittering particle | - |
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| (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
| scintillant | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillating, sparkly |
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| scintillate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: coruscate, sparkle |
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| (verb) fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon | - |
| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: twinkle, winkle |
| (verb) give off | - |
| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: coruscate, sparkle |
| scintillating | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, sparkly |
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| (adjective) brilliantly clever | - |
| (adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, sparkly |
| scintillation | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glister, glitter, sparkle |
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| (noun) the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight | - |
| (noun) a brilliant display of wit | - |
| (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: sparkling, twinkle |
| (noun) (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle | - |
| scintiscanner | (noun) The apparatus used to make a scintigram. | Synonyms: scintigraph |
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| skintight | (adjective) so tight as to cling to the skin | Synonyms: skin-tight |
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| squinting | (adjective) having eyes half closed in order to see better | Synonyms: squinched |
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| stinting | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing |
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| tinting | (noun) the act of adding a tinge of color | - |
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| tintinnabulate | (verb) ring or sound like a small bell | - |
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| tintinnabulation | (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, ringing |
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| unintimidated | (adjective) not shrinking from danger | Synonyms: unblinking, unflinching, unshrinking |
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| unstinting | (adjective) very generous | Synonyms: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted |
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| unstintingly | (adverb) in an unstinting manner | - |
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