insuperable | (adjective) incapable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: unconquerable |
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(adjective) impossible to surmount | Synonyms: insurmountable |
insuperably | (adverb) to an insuperable degree | - |
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insupportable | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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insurability | (noun) the quality of being insurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company) | - |
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insurable | (adjective) capable of being insured or eligible to be insured | - |
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insurance | (noun) written contract or certificate of insurance | Synonyms: insurance policy, policy |
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(noun) promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company | - |
(noun) protection against future loss | Synonyms: indemnity |
insure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, see, see to it |
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(verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: cover, underwrite |
(verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, secure |
(verb) take out insurance for | - |
insured | (adjective) covered by insurance | - |
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(noun) a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc. | Synonyms: insured person |
insurer | (noun) a financial institution that sells insurance | Synonyms: insurance company, insurance firm, insurance underwriter, underwriter |
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insurgence | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgency |
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insurgency | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgence |
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insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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(noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel |
(noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, irregular |
insurmountable | (adjective) not capable of being surmounted or overcome | Synonyms: unsurmountable |
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(adjective) impossible to surmount | Synonyms: insuperable |
insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising |
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insurrectional | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectionary |
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insurrectionary | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectional |
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insurrectionism | (noun) the principle of revolt against constituted authority | - |
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insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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insusceptible | (adjective) not susceptible to | Synonyms: unsusceptible |
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intussuscept | (verb) introvert or invaginate | - |
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intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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(noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
issuance | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issue, issuing |
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issue | (noun) the act of issuing printed materials | Synonyms: publication |
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(noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issuing |
(noun) an opening that permits escape or release | Synonyms: exit, outlet, way out |
(noun) some situation or event that is thought about | Synonyms: matter, subject, topic |
(noun) an important question that is in dispute and must be settled | - |
(noun) one of a series published periodically | Synonyms: number |
(noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: egress, emergence |
(noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: offspring, progeny |
(noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot |
(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
(noun) supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government | Synonyms: government issue, military issue |
(verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth |
(verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, publish, put out, release |
(verb) bring out an official document (such as a warrant) | - |
(verb) make out and issue | Synonyms: cut, make out, write out |
(verb) circulate or distribute or equip with | Synonyms: supply |
issuer | (noun) an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.) | - |
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issuing | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issue |
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jiujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jujitsu, jujutsu |
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jujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujutsu |
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jujutsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujitsu |
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jumpsuit | (noun) one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform | Synonyms: jump suit |
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kalansuwa | (noun) a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders | - |
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keratonosus | (noun) any disease of the cornea | - |
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lactosuria | (noun) presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation | - |
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lawsuit | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, cause, suit |
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leisure | (noun) freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity | - |
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(noun) time available for ease and relaxation | Synonyms: leisure time |
leisured | (adjective) free from duties or responsibilities | - |
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leisureliness | (noun) slowness by virtue of being leisurely | - |
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leisurely | (adjective) not hurried or forced | Synonyms: easy, easygoing |
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(adverb) in an unhurried way or at one's convenience | Synonyms: at leisure |
liposuction | (noun) lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction | Synonyms: suction lipectomy |
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lumpsucker | (noun) any of several very small lumpfishes | - |
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marsupial | (adjective) of or relating to the marsupials | - |
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(noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
marsupium | (noun) an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | - |
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measurability | (noun) the quality of being measurable | Synonyms: quantifiability |
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measurable | (adjective) capable of being measured | Synonyms: mensurable |
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(adjective) of distinguished importance | - |
measurably | (adverb) to a measurable degree | - |
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measure | (noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | Synonyms: amount, quantity |
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(noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration |
(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: step |
(noun) measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | Synonyms: measuring rod, measuring stick |
(noun) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | - |
(noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | Synonyms: bar |
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, cadence, meter, metre |
(noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law | Synonyms: bill |
(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, standard, touchstone |
(verb) express as a number or measure or quantity | Synonyms: quantify |
(verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of | Synonyms: measure out, mensurate |
(verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value |
(verb) have certain dimensions | - |
measured | (adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value | Synonyms: mensurable, mensural |
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(adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: calculated, deliberate |
(adjective) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables | Synonyms: metric, metrical |
(adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity | Synonyms: careful, deliberate |
measuredly | (adverb) in a deliberate unhurried manner | Synonyms: deliberately |
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measureless | (adjective) without limits in extent or size or quantity | Synonyms: illimitable, limitless, unmeasured |
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measurement | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measuring, mensuration |
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measurer | (noun) a person who makes measurements | - |
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measuring | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, mensuration |
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mensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured | Synonyms: measurable |
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(adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value | Synonyms: measured, mensural |
mensural | (adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value | Synonyms: measured, mensurable |
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(adjective) of or relating to measure | - |
mensurate | (verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of | Synonyms: measure, measure out |
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mensuration | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, measuring |
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messuage | (noun) (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
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metatarsus | (noun) the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds | - |
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microsurgery | (noun) surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures | - |
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midsummer | (noun) June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | Synonyms: June 21, summer solstice |
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minisub | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisubmarine |
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minisubmarine | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisub |
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missus | (noun) informal term of address for someone's wife | Synonyms: missis |
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misunderstand | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret |
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misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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(noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
misunderstood | (adjective) wrongly understood | - |
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misuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: abuse |
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(verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: abuse, pervert |
(verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misapply |
misused | (adjective) used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose | - |
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narcissus | (noun) bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters | - |
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neurosurgeon | (noun) someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) | Synonyms: brain surgeon |
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neurosurgery | (noun) any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
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ninjitsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjutsu |
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ninjutsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjitsu |
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nisus | (noun) an effortful attempt to attain a goal | Synonyms: pains, strain, striving |
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nonesuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
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nonsubjective | (adjective) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | Synonyms: objective |
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nonsubmergible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmersible |
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nonsubmersible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmergible |
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nonsuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, saint |
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nonsuppurative | (adjective) not suppurative | - |
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nonsurgical | (adjective) not surgical | - |
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nonvisual | (adjective) not resulting in vision | - |
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odontoglossum | (noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors | - |
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omasum | (noun) the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | Synonyms: psalterium, third stomach |
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opossum | (noun) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | Synonyms: possum |
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(noun) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: phalanger, possum |
ossuary | (noun) any receptacle for the burial of human bones | - |
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overexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time | - |
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(noun) the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience | - |
overpressure | (noun) a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure | - |
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oversubscribed | (adjective) sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets | - |
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oversupply | (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, surfeit |
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(verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
oversuspicious | (adjective) unduly suspicious | - |
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pantsuit | (noun) a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women | Synonyms: pants suit |
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peninsula | (noun) a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
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peninsular | (adjective) of or forming or resembling a peninsula | - |
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persuadable | (adjective) being susceptible to persuasion | Synonyms: convincible, persuasible, suasible |
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persuade | (verb) cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm | - |
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(verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: carry, sway |
persuader | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: inducer |
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persuasible | (adjective) being susceptible to persuasion | Synonyms: convincible, persuadable, suasible |
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persuasion | (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: opinion, sentiment, thought, view |
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(noun) the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | Synonyms: suasion |
persuasive | (adjective) intended or having the power to induce action or belief | - |
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persuasively | (adverb) in a persuasive manner | - |
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