| ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude | Synonyms: ungratefulness |
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| ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound | - |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor |
| (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: fixings |
| ingress | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, incoming |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse | Synonyms: immersion |
| ingressive | (noun) a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose. | - |
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| ingroup | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, inner circle, pack |
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| ingrowing | (adjective) growing abnormally into the flesh | Synonyms: ingrown |
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| ingrown | (adjective) growing abnormally into the flesh | Synonyms: ingrowing |
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| ingrowth | (noun) something that grows inward | - |
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| inguen | (noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals | Synonyms: groin |
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| inguinal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the groin | - |
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| ingurgitate | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| inhabit | (verb) be an inhabitant of or reside in | Synonyms: dwell, live, populate |
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| (verb) be present in | - |
| (verb) exist or be situated within | Synonyms: dwell |
| inhabitable | (adjective) fit for habitation | Synonyms: habitable |
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| inhabitancy | (noun) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) | Synonyms: habitation, inhabitation |
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| inhabitant | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller |
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| inhabitation | (noun) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) | Synonyms: habitation, inhabitancy |
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| inhabited | (adjective) having inhabitants; lived in | - |
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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 | - |
| inhalation | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inspiration, intake |
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| (noun) a medication to be taken by inhaling it | Synonyms: inhalant |
| inhalator | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhaler |
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| (noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: respirator |
| inhale | (verb) draw in (air) | Synonyms: breathe in, inspire |
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| (verb) draw deep into the lungs in by breathing | - |
| inhaler | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhalator |
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| inharmonic | (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant |
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| inharmonious | (adjective) not in harmony | Synonyms: unharmonious |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony of parts | - |
| inharmoniousness | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: disharmony |
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| inhere | (verb) be inherent in something | - |
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| inherence | (noun) the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic | Synonyms: inherency |
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| inherency | (noun) the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic | Synonyms: inherence |
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| inherent | (adjective) in the nature of something though not readily apparent | Synonyms: implicit in, underlying |
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| (adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | Synonyms: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral |
| inherently | (adverb) in an inherent manner | - |
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| inherit | (verb) obtain from someone after their death | - |
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| (verb) receive by genetic transmission | - |
| (verb) receive from a predecessor | - |
| inheritable | (adjective) capable of being inherited | Synonyms: heritable |
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| inheritance | (noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | Synonyms: heritage |
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| (noun) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors | Synonyms: heritage |
| (noun) (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents | Synonyms: hereditary pattern |
| (noun) that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner | Synonyms: heritage |
| inherited | (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, genetic, hereditary, transmissible, transmitted |
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| inheriting | (adjective) having the legal right to inherit | - |
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| inheritor | (noun) a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another | Synonyms: heir, heritor |
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| inheritress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritrix |
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| inheritrix | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritress |
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| inhibit | (verb) prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something | - |
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| (verb) make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally | - |
| (verb) consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior | Synonyms: bottle up, suppress |
| (verb) limit, block, or decrease the action or function of | - |
| inhibited | (adjective) held back or restrained or prevented | - |
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| inhibition | (noun) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires | Synonyms: suppression |
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| (noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: forbiddance, prohibition |
| (noun) the quality of being inhibited | - |
| (noun) (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part | - |
| inhibitor | (noun) a substance that retards or stops an activity | - |
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| inhibitory | (adjective) restrictive of action | Synonyms: repressing, repressive |
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| inhomogeneity | (noun) the quality of being inhomogeneous | - |
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| inhomogeneous | (adjective) not homogeneous | Synonyms: nonuniform |
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| inhospitable | (adjective) unfavorable to life or growth | - |
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| (adjective) not hospitable | - |
| inhospitableness | (noun) having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition | - |
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| (noun) the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth | - |
| inhospitably | (adverb) in an inhospitable manner | - |
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| inhospitality | (noun) unkind and inconsiderate welcome | - |
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| inhuman | (adjective) without compunction or human feeling | Synonyms: cold-blooded, cold, insensate |
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| (adjective) belonging to or resembling something nonhuman | - |
| inhumane | (adjective) lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion | - |
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| inhumanely | (adverb) in an inhumane manner | - |
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| inhumaneness | (noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumanity |
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| inhumanity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: atrocity |
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| (noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumaneness |
| inhumation | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, interment, sepulture |
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| inhume | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, entomb, inter, lay to rest |
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| inhumed | (adjective) placed in a grave | Synonyms: buried, interred |
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| inimical | (adjective) not friendly | Synonyms: unfriendly |
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| inimitable | (adjective) defying imitation; matchless | - |
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| inimitably | (adverb) in an unreproducible manner | Synonyms: unreproducibly |
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| inion | (noun) the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance) | - |
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| iniquitous | (adjective) characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | Synonyms: sinful, ungodly |
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| iniquitously | (adverb) in an iniquitous manner | - |
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| iniquity | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, immorality, wickedness |
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| (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: injustice, shabbiness, unfairness |
| initial | (adjective) occurring at the beginning | - |
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| (noun) the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) | - |
| (verb) mark with one's initials | - |
| initialisation | (noun) (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position | Synonyms: initialization, low-level formatting |
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| initialise | (verb) divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data | Synonyms: format, initialize |
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| (verb) assign an initial value to a computer program | Synonyms: initialize |
| initialism | (noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately | - |
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| (noun) a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word | Synonyms: acronym |
| initialization | (noun) (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position | Synonyms: initialisation, low-level formatting |
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| initialize | (verb) divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data | Synonyms: format, initialise |
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| (verb) assign an initial value to a computer program | Synonyms: initialise |
| initially | (adverb) at the beginning | Synonyms: ab initio, at first |
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| initiate | (noun) people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity | Synonyms: enlightened |
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| (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: learned person, pundit, savant |
| (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, novice, tiro, tyro |
| (verb) set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for | Synonyms: lead up |
| (verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: broach |
| (verb) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of | Synonyms: pioneer |
| (verb) bring into being | Synonyms: originate, start |
| (verb) accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite | Synonyms: induct |
| initiation | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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| (noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events | Synonyms: induction, trigger |
| (noun) wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge | Synonyms: knowledgeability, knowledgeableness |
| (noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: induction, installation |
| initiative | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiatory, maiden |
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| (noun) the first of a series of actions | Synonyms: first step, opening, opening move |
| (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead |
| initiator | (noun) a person who initiates a course of action | Synonyms: instigator |
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| initiatory | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, maiden |
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| inject | (verb) give an injection to | Synonyms: shoot |
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| (verb) to introduce (a new aspect or element) | - |
| (verb) to insert between other elements | Synonyms: come in, interject, interpose, put in, throw in |
| (verb) feed intravenously | - |
| (verb) take by injection | - |
| (verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing | Synonyms: shoot |
| injectable | (adjective) (used of drugs) capable of being injected | - |
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| injectant | (noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injection |
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| injection | (noun) the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure | - |
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| (noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe | Synonyms: shot |
| (noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injectant |
| injectiveness | (noun) (mathematics) The state or quality of relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain). | - |
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| injector | (noun) a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | - |
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| (noun) An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump. | Synonyms: eductor-jet pump, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, thermocompressor |
| injudicious | (adjective) lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise | - |
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| injudiciously | (adverb) in an injudicious manner | - |
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| injudiciousness | (noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: indiscretion |
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| (noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: indiscreetness |
| injunction | (noun) a formal command or admonition | - |
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| (noun) (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity | Synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment |
| injure | (verb) cause injuries or bodily harm to | Synonyms: wound |
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| (verb) cause damage or affect negatively | Synonyms: hurt |
| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, offend, spite, wound |
| injured | (adjective) harmed | - |
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| (adjective) emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | Synonyms: offended, pained |
| injurious | (adjective) harmful to living things | Synonyms: deleterious, hurtful |
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| injuriously | (adverb) in an injurious manner | - |
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| injuriousness | (noun) destructiveness that causes harm or injury | Synonyms: harmfulness |
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| injury | (noun) wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted | - |
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| (noun) an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage | - |
| (noun) an accident that results in physical damage or hurt | Synonyms: accidental injury |
| (noun) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | Synonyms: combat injury, wound |
| (noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: harm, hurt, trauma |
| injustice | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, shabbiness, unfairness |
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| (noun) the practice of being unjust or unfair | Synonyms: unjustness |
| ink | (noun) dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods | - |
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| (noun) a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing | - |
| (verb) fill with ink | - |
| (verb) mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink | - |
| (verb) append one's signature to | - |
| inkberry | (noun) evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries | Synonyms: evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry, Ilex glabra |
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| inkblot | (noun) a blot made with ink | - |
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| inkiness | (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | Synonyms: black, blackness |
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| inkle | (noun) a linen tape used for trimming as a decoration | - |
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| inkling | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation |
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| inkpad | (noun) a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp | Synonyms: inking pad, pad, stamp pad |
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