| imprint | (noun) a device produced by pressure on a surface | - |
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| (noun) a distinctive influence | - |
| (noun) an impression produced by pressure or printing | Synonyms: embossment |
| (noun) an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page | - |
| (noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: depression, impression |
| (verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: impress |
| (verb) establish or impress firmly in the mind | Synonyms: form |
| imprinting | (noun) a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established | - |
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| imprison | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| (verb) confine as if in a prison | - |
| imprisoned | (adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: captive, confined, jailed |
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| imprisonment | (noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | Synonyms: internment |
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| (noun) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment | - |
| (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: captivity, immurement, incarceration |
| improbability | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbableness |
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| improbable | (adjective) not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | Synonyms: unlikely |
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| (adjective) having a probability too low to inspire belief | Synonyms: unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely |
| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: marvellous, marvelous, tall |
| improbableness | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbability |
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| improbably | (adverb) not easy to believe | Synonyms: implausibly, incredibly, unbelievably |
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| impromptu | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
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| (noun) an extemporaneous speech or remark | - |
| (noun) a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation | - |
| (adverb) without advance preparation | Synonyms: ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously |
| improper | (adjective) not suitable or right or appropriate | - |
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| (adjective) not appropriate for a purpose or occasion | Synonyms: wrong |
| (adjective) not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention | Synonyms: unconventional, unlawful |
| improperly | (adverb) in an improper way | - |
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| improperness | (noun) an improper demeanor | Synonyms: impropriety |
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| impropriety | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: familiarity, indecorum, liberty |
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| (noun) an indecent or improper act | Synonyms: indecency |
| (noun) an improper demeanor | Synonyms: improperness |
| (noun) the condition of being improper | - |
| improvable | (adjective) susceptible of improvement | - |
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| improve | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, meliorate |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate |
| improved | (adjective) made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing | - |
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| (adjective) become or made better in quality | - |
| (adjective) (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush | - |
| improvement | (noun) the act of improving something | - |
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| (noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, betterment |
| (noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: melioration |
| improver | (noun) a component that is added to something to improve it | Synonyms: add-on, addition |
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| (noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, humanitarian |
| improvidence | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: shortsightedness |
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| improvident | (adjective) not provident; not providing for the future | - |
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| (adjective) not given careful consideration | Synonyms: ill-considered, ill-judged, shortsighted |
| improvidently | (adverb) in an improvident manner | - |
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| improving | (adjective) getting higher or more vigorous | Synonyms: up |
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| improvisation | (noun) an unplanned expedient | Synonyms: temporary expedient |
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| (noun) a performance given extempore without planning or preparation | Synonyms: extemporisation, extemporization |
| (noun) a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) | - |
| improvise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvize |
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| (verb) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand | Synonyms: extemporize |
| improvised | (adjective) done or made using whatever is available | Synonyms: jury-rigged, makeshift |
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| improvize | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise |
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| imprudence | (noun) a lack of caution in practical affairs | - |
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| imprudent | (adjective) not prudent or wise | - |
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| (adjective) lacking wise self-restraint | - |
| imprudently | (adverb) in an imprudent manner | - |
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| inappreciable | (adjective) too small to make a significant difference | - |
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| inappropriate | (adjective) not suitable for a particular occasion etc | - |
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| (adjective) not in keeping with what is correct or proper | Synonyms: incompatible, out of keeping, unfitting |
| inappropriately | (adverb) in an inappropriate manner | Synonyms: unsuitably |
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| inappropriateness | (noun) the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting | Synonyms: unworthiness |
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| (noun) inappropriate conduct | Synonyms: wrongness |
| 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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| inexpressible | (adjective) defying expression | Synonyms: unexpressible |
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| inexpressibly | (adverb) to an inexpressible degree | Synonyms: indescribably, ineffably, unspeakably, unutterably |
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| inexpressive | (adjective) not expressive | - |
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| inexpressively | (adverb) without expression; in an inexpressive manner | - |
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| interpret | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: construe, see |
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| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: read, translate, understand |
| (verb) give an interpretation or explanation to | Synonyms: rede |
| (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | Synonyms: render, translate |
| (verb) give an interpretation or rendition of | Synonyms: render |
| (verb) create an image or likeness of | Synonyms: represent |
| interpretable | (adjective) capable of being understood | Synonyms: explainable |
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| interpretation | (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: rendering, rendition |
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| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpreting, rendering, rendition |
| (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: reading, version |
| (noun) an explanation that results from interpreting something | - |
| interpretative | (adjective) that provides interpretation | Synonyms: interpretive |
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| interpreted | (adjective) understood in a certain way; made sense of | Synonyms: taken |
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| interpreter | (noun) (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time | Synonyms: interpretive program |
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| (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: representative, spokesperson, voice |
| (noun) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages | Synonyms: translator |
| (noun) someone who uses art to represent something | - |
| interpreting | (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering, rendition |
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| interpretive | (adjective) that provides interpretation | Synonyms: interpretative |
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| iodoprotein | (noun) a protein that contains iodine | Synonyms: iodinated protein |
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| iproclozide | (noun) an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor | - |
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| irrepressibility | (noun) irrepressible liveliness and good spirit | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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| irrepressible | (adjective) impossible to repress or control | Synonyms: uncontrollable |
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| irreproachable | (adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: blameless, inculpable, unimpeachable |
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| irreproachably | (adverb) in an irreproachable and blameless manner | Synonyms: blamelessly |
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| irreproducibility | (noun) the quality of being unreproducible | - |
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| irreproducible | (adjective) impossible to reproduce or duplicate | Synonyms: unreproducible |
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| isopropanol | (noun) alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent | Synonyms: isopropyl alcohol |
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| isoproterenol | (noun) drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart | Synonyms: Isuprel |
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| jurisprudence | (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: law, legal philosophy |
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| (noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: law |
| jurisprudential | (adjective) relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws | - |
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| jurisprudentially | (adverb) in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law | - |
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| ketoprofen | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail) | Synonyms: Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail |
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| lamprey | (noun) primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue | Synonyms: lamper eel, lamprey eel |
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| lansoprazole | (noun) antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach | Synonyms: Prevacid |
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| leakproof | (adjective) not subject to leaks | - |
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| leprechaun | (noun) a mischievous elf in Irish folklore | - |
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| leprose | (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, scabrous, scaly, scurfy |
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| leprosy | (noun) chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae | Synonyms: Hansen's disease |
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| leprous | (adjective) relating to or resembling or having leprosy | - |
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| letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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| lightproof | (adjective) not penetrable by light | Synonyms: light-tight |
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| lipoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood | - |
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| lipread | (verb) interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | Synonyms: lip-read, speech-read |
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| lipreading | (noun) perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips | - |
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| lisinopril | (noun) an ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinivil or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks | Synonyms: Prinivil, Zestril |
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| lumpenproletariat | (noun) (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement | - |
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| lypressin | (noun) an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus | - |
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| mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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| malaprop | (noun) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | Synonyms: malapropism |
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| malapropism | (noun) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | Synonyms: malaprop |
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| malapropos | (adjective) of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature | - |
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| (adverb) at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: inopportunely |
| malpractice | (noun) a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct | - |
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| (noun) professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage | - |
| medroxyprogesterone | (noun) a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders | Synonyms: Provera |
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| meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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| metaproterenol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Alupent |
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| metoprolol | (noun) beta blocker (trade name Lopressor) used in treating hypertension and angina and arrhythmia and acute myocardial infarction; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.) | Synonyms: Lopressor |
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| microprint | (noun) extremely small print, read by a magnifying device. | - |
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| microprocessor | (noun) integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system | - |
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| midspread | (noun) a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles. | Synonyms: interquartile range, middle fifty |
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| mifepristone | (noun) an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo | Synonyms: abortion pill, RU 486 |
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| misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misapprehension | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: mistake, misunderstanding |
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| misappropriate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate |
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| misappropriated | (adjective) taken for your own use in violation of a trust | Synonyms: embezzled |
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| misappropriation | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation |
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| (noun) wrongful borrowing | - |
| misinterpret | (verb) interpret wrongly | Synonyms: misread |
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| (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand |
| (verb) interpret falsely | - |