| immorality | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, iniquity, wickedness |
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| (noun) the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct | - |
| immorally | (adverb) without regard for morality | Synonyms: amorally |
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| immortal | (adjective) not subject to death | - |
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| (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: deity, divinity, god |
| (noun) a person (such as an author) of enduring fame | - |
| immortalise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalize |
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| (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
| immortality | (noun) the quality or state of being immortal | - |
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| (noun) perpetual life after death | - |
| immortalize | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise |
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| (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize |
| immortelle | (noun) mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere | Synonyms: Xeranthemum annuum |
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| immotile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement | Synonyms: nonmotile |
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| immotility | (noun) lacking an ability to move | - |
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| immovability | (noun) not capable of being moved or rearranged | Synonyms: immovableness |
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| immovable | (adjective) not able or intended to be moved | Synonyms: immoveable, stabile, unmovable |
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| (noun) property consisting of houses and land | Synonyms: real estate, real property, realty |
| immovableness | (noun) not capable of being moved or rearranged | Synonyms: immovability |
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| immovably | (adverb) so as to be incapable of moving | - |
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| immoveable | (adjective) not able or intended to be moved | Synonyms: immovable, stabile, unmovable |
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| immune | (adjective) relating to the condition of immunity | - |
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| (adjective) secure against | - |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence | - |
| (adjective) relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) | Synonyms: resistant |
| (noun) a person who is immune to a particular infection | - |
| immunisation | (noun) the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) | Synonyms: immunization |
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| immunise | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunize, inoculate, vaccinate |
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| (verb) grant immunity from prosecution | Synonyms: immunize |
| immunised | (adjective) having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease | Synonyms: immunized, vaccinated |
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| immunity | (noun) an act exempting someone | Synonyms: exemption, granting immunity |
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| (noun) the quality of being unaffected by something | - |
| (noun) the state of not being susceptible | Synonyms: unsusceptibility |
| (noun) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | Synonyms: resistance |
| immunization | (noun) the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) | Synonyms: immunisation |
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| immunize | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, inoculate, vaccinate |
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| (verb) grant immunity from prosecution | Synonyms: immunise |
| immunized | (adjective) having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease | Synonyms: immunised, vaccinated |
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| immunoassay | (noun) identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen | Synonyms: immunochemical assay |
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| immunochemical | (adjective) of or relating to immunochemistry | - |
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| immunochemistry | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: chemoimmunology |
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| immunocompetence | (noun) the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen | - |
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| immunocompetent | (adjective) capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen | - |
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| immunocompromised | (adjective) unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy | - |
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| immunodeficiency | (noun) immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced | - |
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| immunodeficient | (adjective) incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen | - |
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| immunoelectrophoresis | (noun) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies | - |
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| immunofluorescence | (noun) (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue | - |
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| immunogen | (noun) any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body | Synonyms: immunizing agent |
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| immunogenic | (adjective) possessing the ability to elicit an immune response | - |
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| immunogenicity | (noun) the property of eliciting an immune response | - |
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| immunoglobulin | (noun) a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response | Synonyms: Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin |
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| immunohistochemistry | (noun) an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase) | - |
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| immunologic | (adjective) of or relating to immunology | Synonyms: immunological |
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| immunological | (adjective) of or relating to immunology | Synonyms: immunologic |
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| immunologically | (adverb) from the point of view of immunology | - |
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| immunologist | (noun) a medical scientist who specializes in immunology | - |
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| immunology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system | - |
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| immunopathology | (noun) the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system | - |
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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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| immunosuppressed | (adjective) of persons whose immune response is inadequate | - |
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| immunosuppression | (noun) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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| immunosuppressive | (adjective) of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression | - |
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| (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
| immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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| immunotherapeutic | (adjective) of or relating to immunotherapy | - |
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| immunotherapy | (noun) therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system | - |
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| immure | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| immurement | (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration |
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| immutability | (noun) the quality of being incapable of mutation | Synonyms: fixity, immutableness |
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| immutable | (adjective) not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature | Synonyms: changeless |
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| (adjective) constant and unchanging | - |
| immutableness | (noun) the quality of being incapable of mutation | Synonyms: fixity, immutability |
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| immutably | (adverb) in an unalterable and unchangeable manner | Synonyms: unalterably, unassailably, unchangeably |
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| imp | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | Synonyms: brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, pixie, pixy |
| impact | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impingement |
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| (noun) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | Synonyms: shock |
| (noun) the striking of one body against another | - |
| (noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: wallop |
| (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on |
| (verb) press or wedge together; pack together | - |
| impacted | (adjective) wedged or packed in together | Synonyms: wedged |
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| impaction | (noun) a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something | Synonyms: impingement |
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| (noun) a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally | Synonyms: impacted tooth |
| (noun) a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon | - |
| (noun) the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed | - |
| impair | (verb) make worse or less effective | - |
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| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |
| impaired | (adjective) diminished in strength, quality, or utility | - |
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| (adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: afflicted |
| impairer | (noun) an agent that impairs | - |
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| impairment | (noun) damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality | - |
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| (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, stultification |
| (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: damage, harm |
| (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap |
| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: deterioration |
| impala | (noun) African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps | Synonyms: Aepyceros melampus |
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| impale | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, spike, transfix |
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| (verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: stake |
| impalement | (noun) the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture | - |
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| impalpability | (noun) the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch | Synonyms: intangibility, intangibleness |
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| (noun) Ungraspability by or inapprehensibility to the mind. | - |
| impalpable | (adjective) imperceptible to the senses or the mind | - |
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| (adjective) incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch | Synonyms: intangible |
| (adjective) not perceptible to the touch | - |
| impalpably | (adverb) not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness | Synonyms: insubstantially |
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| impanel | (verb) select from a list | Synonyms: empanel, panel |
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| (verb) enter into a list of prospective jurors | Synonyms: empanel |
| imparipinnate | (adjective) (a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex | Synonyms: odd-pinnate |
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| impart | (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, leave, pass on |
| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend |
| impartation | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, imparting |
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| impartial | (adjective) showing lack of favoritism | - |
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| (adjective) free from undue bias or preconceived opinions | Synonyms: unprejudiced |
| impartiality | (noun) an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | Synonyms: nonpartisanship |
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| impartially | (adverb) in an impartial manner | - |
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| imparting | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, impartation |
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| impassable | (adjective) incapable of being passed | Synonyms: unpassable |
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| impasse | (noun) a street with only one way in or out | Synonyms: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street |
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| (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, stalemate, standstill |
| impassioned | (adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, perfervid, torrid |
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| impassive | (adjective) deliberately impassive in manner | Synonyms: deadpan, expressionless, poker-faced, unexpressive |
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| (adjective) having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited | Synonyms: stolid |
| impassively | (adverb) in an impassive manner | - |
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| impassiveness | (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
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| impassivity | (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassiveness, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
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| impasto | (noun) painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible | - |
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| impatience | (noun) a dislike of anything that causes delay | - |
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| (noun) a restless desire for change and excitement | - |
| (noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay | Synonyms: restlessness |
| impatient | (adjective) restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition | - |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: raring |
| impatiently | (adverb) with impatience; in an impatient manner | - |
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| impeach | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, incriminate |
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| (verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office | - |
| (verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of | - |
| impeachability | (noun) the state of being liable to impeachment | Synonyms: indictability |
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| impeachment | (noun) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office | - |
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| impeccability | (noun) the quality of being exempt from sin or incapable of sinning | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being without an error or fault | Synonyms: faultlessness |
| impeccable | (adjective) without fault or error | Synonyms: faultless, immaculate, incorrupted |
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| (adjective) not capable of sin | - |
| impeccably | (adverb) flawlessly | - |
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| impeccant | (adjective) free from sin | Synonyms: innocent, sinless |
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| impecunious | (adjective) not having enough money to pay for necessities | Synonyms: hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched |
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| impecuniousness | (noun) a state of lacking money | Synonyms: pennilessness, penuriousness |
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| impedance | (noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity |
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| impede | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
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| (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: hinder |