| indirection | (noun) indirect procedure or action | - |
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| (noun) deceitful action that is not straightforward | - |
| indirectly | (adverb) not in a forthright manner | - |
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| indirectness | (noun) having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal | - |
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| indiscernibility | (noun) The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed. | - |
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| indiscernible | (adjective) difficult or impossible to perceive or discern | - |
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| (adjective) barely able to be perceived | Synonyms: insensible, undetectable |
| indiscipline | (noun) the trait of lacking discipline | Synonyms: undiscipline |
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| indiscreet | (adjective) lacking discretion; injudicious | - |
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| indiscreetly | (adverb) without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint | - |
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| indiscreetness | (noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
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| indiscrete | (adjective) not divided or divisible into parts | - |
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| indiscretion | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: peccadillo |
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| (noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
| indiscriminate | (adjective) not marked by fine distinctions | - |
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| (adjective) failing to make or recognize distinctions | - |
| indiscriminately | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, randomly, willy-nilly |
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| (adverb) in an indiscriminate manner | Synonyms: promiscuously |
| indiscriminating | (adjective) not discriminating | Synonyms: undiscriminating |
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| indispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensableness, vitalness |
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| indispensable | (adjective) not to be dispensed with; essential | - |
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| (adjective) absolutely necessary; vitally necessary | Synonyms: essential |
| (adjective) unavoidable | - |
| indispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensability, vitalness |
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| indispose | (verb) cause to feel unwell | - |
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| (verb) make unfit or unsuitable | Synonyms: disqualify, unfit |
| (verb) make unwilling | Synonyms: disincline |
| indisposed | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: ailing, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| indisposition | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance |
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| (noun) a slight illness | - |
| indisputability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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| indisputable | (adjective) impossible to doubt or dispute | Synonyms: sure |
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| (adjective) not open to question; obviously true | Synonyms: incontestable, undisputable |
| indissoluble | (adjective) (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved | Synonyms: insoluble |
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| (adjective) used of decisions and contracts | - |
| indistinct | (adjective) not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand | - |
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| indistinctly | (adverb) in a dim indistinct manner | Synonyms: dimly |
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| indistinctness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, softness |
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| indistinguishability | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, identity |
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| indistinguishable | (adjective) not capable of being distinguished or differentiated | Synonyms: undistinguishable |
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| (adjective) exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different | Synonyms: identical |
| indite | (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: compose, pen, write |
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| indium | (noun) a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite | Synonyms: atomic number 49, In |
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| individual | (adjective) being or characteristic of a single thing or person | Synonyms: single |
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| (adjective) separate and distinct from others of the same kind | Synonyms: case-by-case, item-by-item |
| (adjective) concerning one person exclusively | Synonyms: private |
| (adjective) characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing | Synonyms: single |
| (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
| (noun) a single organism | - |
| individualisation | (noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualization, individuation |
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| individualise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualize, personalise, personalize |
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| (verb) make or mark or treat as individual | Synonyms: individualize |
| individualised | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualized, personalised, personalized |
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| individualism | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individuality, individuation |
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| (noun) the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs | Synonyms: laissez faire |
| (noun) a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence | - |
| individualist | (adjective) marked by or expressing individuality | Synonyms: individualistic |
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| (noun) a person who pursues independent thought or action | - |
| individualistic | (adjective) with minimally restricted freedom in commerce | Synonyms: laissez-faire |
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| (adjective) marked by or expressing individuality | Synonyms: individualist |
| individualistically | (adverb) in an individualistic manner | - |
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| individuality | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individualism, individuation |
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| (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: identity, personal identity |
| individualization | (noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualisation, individuation |
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| individualize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, personalise, personalize |
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| (verb) make or mark or treat as individual | Synonyms: individualise |
| individualized | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, personalised, personalized |
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| individually | (adverb) apart from others | Synonyms: on an individual basis, one by one, separately, severally, singly |
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| individuate | (verb) give individual shape or form to | - |
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| (verb) give individual character to | - |
| individuation | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individualism, individuality |
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| (noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualisation, individualization |
| indivisibility | (noun) (arithmetic) The state of being impossible to divide by a specific integer without leaving a remainder. | - |
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| indivisible | (adjective) impossible of undergoing division | - |
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| indocile | (adjective) incapable of being controlled | Synonyms: uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly |
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| indoctrinate | (verb) teach doctrines to; teach uncritically | - |
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| indoctrination | (noun) teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically | - |
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| indole | (noun) a white or yellowish crystalline heterocyclic compound extracted from coal tar and used in perfumery, medicine, and as a flavouring agent. | - |
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| indolence | (noun) inactivity resulting from a dislike of work | Synonyms: laziness |
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| indolent | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| (adjective) (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless | - |
| indolently | (adverb) in an indolent manner | - |
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| indomethacin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) | Synonyms: Indocin |
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| indomitability | (noun) the property being difficult or impossible to defeat | Synonyms: invincibility |
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| indomitable | (adjective) impossible to subdue | Synonyms: never-say-die, unsubduable |
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| indoor | (adjective) located, suited for, or taking place within a building | - |
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| (adjective) within doors | - |
| indoors | (adverb) within a building | Synonyms: inside |
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| indorse | (verb) sign as evidence of legal transfer | Synonyms: endorse |
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| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, endorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
| (verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: certify, endorse |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, second |
| indorsement | (noun) the act of endorsing | Synonyms: endorsement |
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| (noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, sanction, warrant |
| (noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: blurb, endorsement |
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, second, secondment |
| (noun) a signature that validates something | Synonyms: endorsement |
| indorser | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, ratifier, subscriber |
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| (noun) a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | Synonyms: endorser |
| indrawn | (adjective) tending to reserve or introspection | Synonyms: withdrawn |
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| indri | (noun) large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn | Synonyms: Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri, indris |
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| indris | (noun) large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn | Synonyms: indri, Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri |
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| indubitability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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| indubitable | (adjective) too obvious to be doubted | Synonyms: beyond doubt |
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| indubitably | (adverb) in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted | Synonyms: beyond a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond doubt |
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| induce | (verb) reason or establish by induction | - |
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| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, get, have, make, stimulate |
| (verb) cause to arise | Synonyms: bring on |
| (verb) cause to occur rapidly | Synonyms: hasten, rush, stimulate |
| (verb) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes | Synonyms: induct |
| induced | (adjective) brought about or caused; not spontaneous | - |
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| inducement | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducing |
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| (noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, motivator |
| inducer | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: persuader |
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| (noun) an agent capable of activating specific genes | - |
| inducing | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducement |
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| inducive | (adjective) inducing or influencing; leading on | Synonyms: inductive |
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| induct | (verb) introduce or initiate | - |
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| (verb) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes | Synonyms: induce |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: invest, seat |
| (verb) accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite | Synonyms: initiate |
| (verb) admit as a member | - |
| inductance | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductor |
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| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: induction |
| inductee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, draftee |
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| (noun) a person inducted into an organization or social group | - |
| induction | (noun) the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time) | - |
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| (noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events | Synonyms: initiation, trigger |
| (noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization, inductive reasoning |
| (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: elicitation, evocation |
| (noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: initiation, installation |
| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: inductance |
| inductionism | (noun) the scientific philosophy where laws are "induced" from sets of data. | - |
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| inductive | (adjective) of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion | - |
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| (adjective) arising from inductance | - |
| (adjective) inducing or influencing; leading on | Synonyms: inducive |
| inductor | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductance |
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| indue | (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, invest |
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| indulge | (verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: gratify, pander |
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| (verb) enjoy to excess | Synonyms: luxuriate |
| (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
| (verb) give free rein to | - |
| indulgence | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulging, pampering |
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| (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, lunacy, tomfoolery |
| (noun) the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution | - |
| (noun) an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires | Synonyms: self-indulgence |
| (noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: lenience, leniency |
| indulgent | (adjective) characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone | - |
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| (adjective) being favorably inclined | - |
| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: lenient, soft |
| indulgently | (adverb) in an indulgent manner | - |
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| indulging | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, pampering |
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| indument | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indumentum |
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| indumentum | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indument |
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| indurate | (adjective) emotionally hardened | Synonyms: callous, pachydermatous |
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| (verb) become hard or harder | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) make hard or harder | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) become fixed or established | - |
| (verb) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | Synonyms: harden, inure |
| induration | (noun) any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | Synonyms: sclerosis |
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| indusial | (adjective) of or relating to or being an indusium | - |
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| indusium | (noun) a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern | - |
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| industrial | (adjective) having highly developed industries | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or resulting from industry | - |
| (adjective) employed in industry | - |
| (adjective) suitable to stand up to hard wear | - |
| industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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| industrialise | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialize |
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| (verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialize |
| industrialised | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialized |
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| industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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| industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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| industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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