| decongestant | (noun) a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion | - |
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| defendant | (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | Synonyms: suspect |
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| defiant | (adjective) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | Synonyms: noncompliant |
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| defoliant | (noun) a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off | - |
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| denaturant | (noun) any substance that serves as a denaturing agent | - |
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| deodorant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodourant |
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| deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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| dependant | (adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
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| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependent, qualified |
| (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependent |
| depressant | (adjective) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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| (noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
| descant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: discant |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
| (verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
| (verb) sing in descant | - |
| descendant | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendent |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
| (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
| desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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| determinant | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | Synonyms: deciding, determinative, determining |
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| (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
| (noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
| (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
| deviant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: aberrant, deviate |
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| (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
| dilutant | (noun) a diluting agent | Synonyms: diluent, thinner |
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| discant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: descant |
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| discordant | (adjective) not in agreement or harmony | - |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic |
| discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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| (adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
| (adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
| discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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| disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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| disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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| (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
| disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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| dissonant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, discrepant |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic |
| (adjective) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved | Synonyms: unresolved |
| distant | (adjective) separated in space or coming from or going to a distance | - |
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| (adjective) far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship | Synonyms: remote |
| (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: aloof, upstage |
| (adjective) located far away spatially | Synonyms: remote |
| (adjective) separate or apart in time | Synonyms: remote, removed |
| dominant | (adjective) exercising influence or control | - |
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| (adjective) (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar | - |
| (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
| (noun) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | Synonyms: dominant allele |
| (noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | - |
| dormant | (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct | Synonyms: inactive |
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| (adjective) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | Synonyms: hibernating, torpid |
| (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: abeyant |
| (adjective) lying with head on paws as if sleeping | Synonyms: sleeping |
| eggplant | (noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow | Synonyms: aubergine, mad apple |
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| (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
| elegant | (adjective) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style | - |
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| (adjective) displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution | - |
| (adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: graceful, refined |
| elephant | (noun) five-toed pachyderm | - |
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| (noun) the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 | - |
| emigrant | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer |
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| enchant | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
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| (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| ensuant | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| entrant | (noun) a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise | - |
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| (noun) one who enters a competition | - |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| (noun) someone who enters | - |
| equidistant | (adjective) the same distance apart at every point | - |
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| errant | (adjective) straying from the right course or from accepted standards | - |
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| (adjective) uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable | - |
| euphoriant | (adjective) tending to produce euphoria | - |
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| (noun) a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria | - |
| evacuant | (adjective) strongly laxative | Synonyms: cathartic, purgative |
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| excitant | (adjective) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate | Synonyms: excitative, excitatory |
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| (noun) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process | Synonyms: stimulant, stimulant drug |
| executant | (noun) a performer (usually of musical works) | - |
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| exorbitant | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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| expectant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative |
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| (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
| expectorant | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorator |
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| extant | (adjective) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost | - |
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| extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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| extravagant | (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening |
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| (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift |
| exuberant | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous |
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| (adjective) joyously unrestrained | Synonyms: ebullient, high-spirited |
| (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, extravagant, overweening |
| exultant | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant |
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| faineant | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| flagellant | (noun) a person who whips himself as a religious penance | - |
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| (noun) a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification | - |
| flagrant | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, glaring, gross, rank |
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| flamboyant | (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: aureate, florid |
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| (adjective) marked by ostentation but often tasteless | Synonyms: showy, splashy |
| (noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | Synonyms: Delonix regia, flame tree, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana |
| flippant | (adjective) showing inappropriate levity | Synonyms: light-minded |
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| fondant | (noun) candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste | - |
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| fragrant | (adjective) pleasant-smelling | - |
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| fulgurant | (adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | Synonyms: dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurous |
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| fulminant | (adjective) sudden and severe | - |
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| fumigant | (noun) a chemical substance used in fumigation | - |
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| gallant | (adjective) unflinching in battle or action | - |
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| (adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly |
| (adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud |
| (adjective) lively and spirited | Synonyms: dashing |
| (noun) a man who attends or escorts a woman | Synonyms: squire |
| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell |
| gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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| gardant | (adjective) looking forward | Synonyms: full-face, guardant |
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| giant | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo |
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| (noun) any creature of exceptional size | - |
| (noun) an unusually large enterprise | - |
| (noun) a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) | Synonyms: giant star |
| (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster |
| (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, heavyweight, titan |
| (noun) an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales | - |
| (noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: heavyweight, hulk, whale |
| grant | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization |
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| (noun) a right or privilege that has been granted | - |
| (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: concession |
| (noun) any monetary aid | - |
| (noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: assignment |
| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, yield |
| (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, allot |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: allow |
| (verb) transfer by deed | Synonyms: deed over |
| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: award |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, yield |
| (verb) bestow, especially officially | Synonyms: give |
| guardant | (adjective) looking forward | Synonyms: full-face, gardant |
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| habitant | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, indweller, inhabitant |
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| hesitant | (adjective) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | Synonyms: hesitating |
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| houseplant | (noun) any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - |
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| humectant | (noun) any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
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| hydrant | (noun) a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks | - |
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| (noun) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | Synonyms: tap, water faucet, water tap |
| ignorant | (adjective) unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge | Synonyms: unknowing, unknowledgeable, unwitting |
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| (adjective) uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field | Synonyms: illiterate |
| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: nescient, unlearned, unlettered |
| illuminant | (noun) something that can serve as a source of light | - |
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| immigrant | (noun) a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | - |
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| immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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| impeccant | (adjective) free from sin | Synonyms: innocent, sinless |
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| implant | (noun) a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue | - |
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| (verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: plant |
| (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, plant |
| (verb) become attached to and embedded in the uterus | - |
| important | (adjective) of great significance or value | Synonyms: of import |
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| (adjective) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | Synonyms: crucial |
| (adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: significant |
| (adjective) having or suggesting a consciousness of high position | - |
| (adjective) having authority or ascendancy or influence | Synonyms: authoritative |
| impuissant | (adjective) lacking physical strength or vigor | - |
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| incessant | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
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| incognizant | (adjective) (often followed by `of') not aware | Synonyms: unaware |
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| inconstant | (adjective) likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable | - |
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| indicant | (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index, index number, indicator |
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| (noun) something that serves to indicate or suggest | Synonyms: indication |
| indignant | (adjective) angered at something unjust or wrong | Synonyms: incensed, outraged, umbrageous |
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| inebriant | (noun) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent | Synonyms: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, intoxicant |
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| inelegant | (adjective) lacking in refinement or grace or good taste | - |
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| inerrant | (adjective) not liable to error | Synonyms: inerrable, unerring |
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| infant | (noun) a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | Synonyms: babe, baby |
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| 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 |
| inhabitant | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller |
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| inhalant | (adjective) inhaling or serving for inhalation | - |
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| (noun) a medication to be taken by inhaling it | Synonyms: inhalation |
| (noun) something that is inhaled | - |
| injectant | (noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injection |
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| inoculant | (noun) a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease | Synonyms: inoculum |
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| insignificant | (adjective) devoid of importance, meaning, or force | Synonyms: unimportant |
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| (adjective) signifying nothing | - |
| (adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status | Synonyms: peanut |
| (adjective) small and unimpressive | Synonyms: dinky |
| insouciant | (adjective) marked by blithe unconcern | Synonyms: casual, nonchalant |
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| instant | (adjective) occurring with no delay | Synonyms: instantaneous |
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| (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent |
| (adjective) in or of the present month | Synonyms: inst |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: minute, moment, second |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
| instigant | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, inciter, instigator, provoker |
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| insulant | (noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulation |
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| intersectant | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersecting |
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| intolerant | (adjective) unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion | - |
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| (adjective) narrow-minded about cherished opinions | Synonyms: illiberal |
| intoxicant | (adjective) causing intoxication | Synonyms: intoxicating |
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| (noun) a drug that can produce a state of intoxication | - |
| (noun) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent | Synonyms: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant |
| invariant | (adjective) unvarying in nature | Synonyms: changeless, constant, unvarying |
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| (adjective) unaffected by a designated operation or transformation | - |
| (noun) a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it | - |
| irrelevant | (adjective) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | - |
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