improlificate
v. - to impregnate
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impropriate
v. - transfer (ecclesiastical revenue) to layman. impropriation, impropriator, impropriatrix, n.
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impudicity
n. - shamelessness.
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in camera
phr. - 'in private chamber'; in secret; in private.
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in esse
adj. - 'in existence'.
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in invidiam
phr. - in ill-will or to excite prejudice
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in malam partem
phr. - in bad part: in a bad sense
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in media res
phr. - in the middle of the thing, or directly into thecourse of a story of plot without any preliminaries
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in posse
adj. - 'in possibility'.
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inamorato
n. - (fem. -ta) lover; beloved person.
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inaniloquent
adj. - loquacious, windy, garrulous
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inanition
n. - emptiness; starvation; exhaustion.
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incalescent
adj. - becoming warm or warmer. incalescence, incalescency, n.
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incanous
adj. - covered with soft white hairs.
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incardinate
v. - make cardinal; receive (priest) from another diocese.
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incarnadine
adj. - crimson; flesh-colored; v.t. dye crimson.
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inconcinnity
n. - unsuitableness; ineptitude
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incondite
adj. - crude, unfinished
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inconnu
n. - (fem. -ue) unknown person; stranger.
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incrassate
v. - to make or become thick or thicker; to thicken;inspissate
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increpation
n. - criticism, censure
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incretion
n. - internal secretion; hormone. incretionary, incretory, adj.
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incroyable
n. - fop.
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incruental
adj. - bloodless
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inculcate
v. - impress on mind by frequent repetition. inculcation, n. inculcative, inculcatory, adj.
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inculpate
v. - to blame, accuse, incriminate
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incunabula
n. - (sing. -lum) early printed books, especially printed before AD 1500; any early or beginning period. incunabulist, n. student of these. incunabular, adj.
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incuse
adj.,n. - (impression, especially on coin) stamped in.
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indaba
n. - palaver; conference.
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indagate
v. - investigate. indagation, indagator, n.indagative, adj.
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Index Librorum Prohibitorum
phr. - 'list of forbidden books' of the Roman Catholic Church. Index Expurgatorius, list of books allowed only in expurgated form.
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indictum sit
phr. - let it be unsaid
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indite
v. - compose; write down; describe. inditement, n.
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indoles
n. - inherent disposition.
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induciae
n. -pl. pl. armistice.
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indue
v. - put on; assume; endow; supply.
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indumentum
n. - (pl. -ta, -ums) thick, woolly or hairy covering.
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indurate
v. - harden. induration, n. indurative, adj.
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indurated
adj. - obstinate, hardened, unyielding, made unfeeling
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ineluctable
adj. - inevitable; irresistable
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inenerrable
adj. - indescribable
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inerm(ous)
adj. - Botany, without prickles.
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inexpugnable
adj. - that cannot be taken by assault or storm; unconquerable; impregnable
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inexsuperable
adj. - insurmountable, impassable
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infandous
adj. - too horrible to mention, unspeakably awful
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infandous
n. - something so bad it should never be mentioned
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infarct
n. - portion of dead and scarred tissue in an organ resulting from congestion or blockage of a blood vessel serving it. infarction, n.
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inferiae
n. -pl. pl. sacrifices to beings of underworld.
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infeudation
n. - granting of feoff; transfer of tithes to layman.
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inficete
adj. - dull, unfunny, deadly serious, humorless
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inflorescence
n. - flowering; arrangement of flowers in a plant; flower cluster or head. inflorescent, adj.
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infracaninophile
n. - champion of the underdog
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infract
v. - infringe. infraction, n. violation, especially of law.
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infucation
n. - putting on make-up
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infumate(d)
adj. - blackish; smoky.
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infundibular, infundibulate
adj. - funnel-shaped. infundibuliform, adj. infundibulum, n. (pl. -la) Anatomy, funnel- shaped part.
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infuscate(d)
adj. - brownish; obscured.
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infusoria
n. -pl. pl. (sing, -ian) class of protozoa found in water. infusorial, infusorian, adj. infusoriform, infusorioid, adj. like an infusorian.
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ingannation
n. - deception; fraud
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ingeminate
v. - repeat; reiterate; to emphasize by repetition
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ingle
n. - fire in a fireplace
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ingler
n. - crooked horse breeder
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ingluvies
n. - bird's crop. ingluvial, adj.
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ingluvious
adj. - gluttonous
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ingravescent
adj. - continually becoming more severe.
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ingravidate
v. - to impregnate
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inguinal
adj. - pertaining to or near the groin.
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ingurgitate
v. - swallow up; guzzle. ingurgitation, n.
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ingustable
adj. - tasteless
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inhere
v. -i. belong intimately and by nature; be a part of. inhesion, inherence, n. inherent, adj. innate; fixed; settled; constituting an inseparable part or attribute.
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inhume
v. - bury. inhumation, n.
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iniquitous
adj. - unjust; wicked. iniquity, n.
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innascible
adj. - without a beginning
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innoxious
adj. - harmless.
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inopinate
adj. - unexpected.
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inosculate
v. - unite; combine; blend. inosculation, n.
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inquiline
adj. - living in another's nest or dwelling; n. such animal. inquilinism, inquilinity, n. inquilinous, adj.
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inquinate
v. - to corrupt
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insalubrious
adj. - unhealthy, deleterious
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insapory
adj. - tasteless
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inscenation
n. - mise en scène.
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insolate
v. - expose to sunlight. insolation, n. such exposure; sunstroke; medical treatment by sun-bathing; radiation from sun.
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insouciance
n. - indifference; carefreeness. insouciant, adj.
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instauration
n. - restoration to former excellence. instaurator, n.
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insufflate
v. - blow on or into; breathe upon. insufflation, n. insufflator, n.
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insulse
adj. - tasteless, flat, insipid
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insusurration
n. - whispering in the ear; insinuation
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intarsia
n. - pattern of inlaid wood; art of making such patterns. intarsiate, adj.
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intellection
n. - superhuman knowledge; act or exercise of intellect; synecdoche.
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intemerate
adj. - undefiled.
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intempestive
adj. - inopportune; out of season. intempestivity, n.
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intenerate
v. - soften. inteneration, n.
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intension
n. - intensity; intensification; exertion of mind or will; Logic, properties implied by a concept or term.
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inter alia
phr. - among other things
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inter se
phr. - 'among themselves'.
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interamnian
adj. - between rivers.
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intercalary
adj. - inserted in the calendar; bissextile; leap (year); interpolated. intercalate, v. intercalation, n.
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intercalation
n. - an insertion or interposing, as of a word between other words in a sentence
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