# dict

Words: hamper
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : IMPEDE b : to interfere with the operation of : DISRUPT\n2 a : CURB, RESTRAIN b : to interfere with : ENCUMBER\n\n<2> noun\n: a large basket usually with a cover for packing, storing, or transporting articles (as food or laundry)


Words: hamstring
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : either of two groups of tendons at the back of the human knee b : HAMSTRING MUSCLE\n2 : a large tendon above and behind the hock of a quadruped\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make ineffective or powerless : CRIPPLE <hamstrung by guilt>\n2 : to cripple by cutting the leg tendons


Words: hand
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ (2) : the forelimb segment (as the terminal section of a bird’s wing) of a vertebrate higher than the fishes that corresponds to the hand irrespective of its form or functional specialization b : a part serving the function of or resembling a hand: as (1) : the hind foot of an ape (2) : the chela of a crustacean c : something resembling a hand: as (1) : an indicator or pointer on a dial <the hands of a clock> (2) : INDEX 5 (3) : a cluster of bananas developed from a single flower group (4) : a branched rootstock of ginger (5) : a bunch of large leaves (as of tobacco) tied together usually with another leaf\n2 a : personal possession usually used in plural <the documents fell into the hands of the enemy> b : CONTROL, SUPERVISION usually used in plural <left the matter in her hands>\n3 a : SIDE, DIRECTION <men fighting on either hand> b : one of two sides or aspects of an issue or argument <on the one hand we can appeal for peace, and on the other, declare war>\n4 : a pledge especially of betrothal or bestowal in marriage\n5 a : style of penmanship : HANDWRITING <wrote in a fancy hand> b : SIGNATURE\n6 a : SKILL, ABILITY <tried her hand at sailing> b : an instrumental part <had a hand in the victory>\n7 : a unit of measure equal to 4 inches (10.2 centimeters) used especially for the height of horses\n8 a : assistance or aid especially involving physical effort <lend a hand> b : PARTICIPATION, INTEREST c : a round of applause\n9 a (1) : a player in a card game or board game (2) : the cards or pieces held by a player b : a single round in a game c : the force or solidity of one’s position (as in negotiations)\n10 a : a person who performs or executes a particular work <two portraits by the same hand> b (1) : a person employed at manual labor or general tasks <a ranch hand> (2) : WORKER, EMPLOYEE <employed over a hundred hands> c : a member of a ship’s crew <all hands on deck> d : a person skilled in a particular ac


Words: handbag
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SUITCASE\n2 : a bag held in the hand or hung from a shoulder strap and used for carrying small personal articles and money


Words: handball
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a game played in a walled court or against a single wall or board by two or four players who use their hands to strike the ball\n2 : a small rubber ball used in handball


Words: handbook
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a book capable of being conveniently carried as a ready reference : MANUAL b : a concise reference book covering a particular subject\n2 a : a bookmaker’s book of bets b : a place where bookmaking is carried on


Words: handcar
Meaning:
noun\n: a small four-wheeled railroad car propelled by a hand-operated mechanism or by a small motor


Words: handcuff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a metal fastening that can be locked around a wrist and is usually connected by a chain or bar with another such fastening usually used in plural\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to apply handcuffs to : MANACLE\n2 : to hold in check : make ineffective or powerless


Words: handful
Meaning:
noun\n1 : as much or as many as the hand will grasp\n2 : a small quantity or number\n3 : as much as one can manage


Words: handicap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a race or contest in which an artificial advantage is given or disadvantage imposed on a contestant to equalize chances of winning b : an advantage given or disadvantage imposed usually in the form of points, strokes, weight to be carried, or distance from the target or goal\n2 a : a disadvantage that makes achievement unusually difficult b : a physical disability\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to give a handicap to b : to assess the relative winning chances of (contestants) or the likely winner of (a contest)\n2 : to put at a disadvantage


Words: handicraft
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : manual skill b : an occupation requiring skill with the hands\n2 : the articles fashioned by those engaged in handicraft


Words: handkerchief
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small usually square piece of cloth used for usually personal purposes (as blowing the nose) or as a clothing accessory\n2 : KERCHIEF 1


Words: handle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a part that is designed especially to be grasped by the hand\n2 : something that resembles a handle\n3 a : TITLE 8 b : NAME; also : NICKNAME\n4 : HAND 11c\n5 : the total amount of money bet on a race, game, or event\n6 : a means of understanding or controlling <can’t quite get a handle on things>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to try or examine (as by touching, feeling, or moving) with the hand <handle silk to judge its weight> b : to manage with the hands <handle a horse>\n2 a : to deal with in writing or speaking or in the plastic arts b : to have overall responsibility for supervising or directing : MANAGE <a lawyer handles all my affairs> c : to train and act as second for (a boxer) d : to put up with : STAND <can’t handle the heat>\n3 : to act on or perform a required function with regard to <handle the day’s mail>\n4 : to engage in the buying, selling, or distributing of (a commodity)\nintransitive senses : to act, behave, or feel in a certain way when handled or directed <a car that handles well>


Words: handlebar
Meaning:
noun\n: a straight or bent bar with a handle at each end; specifically : one used to steer a bicycle or similar vehicle usually used in plural


Words: handout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a portion of food, clothing, or money given to or as if to a beggar\n2 : a folder or circular of information for free distribution\n3 : a prepared statement released to the news media


Words: handpick
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pick by hand as opposed to a machine process\n2 : to select personally or for personal ends


Words: handsel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a gift made as a token of good wishes or luck especially at the beginning of a new year\n2 : something received first (as in a day of trading) and taken to be a token of good luck\n3 a : a first installment : earnest money b : EARNEST, FORETASTE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give a handsel to\n2 : to inaugurate with a token or gesture of luck or pleasure\n3 : to use or do for the first time


Words: handsome
Meaning:
adjective\n1 chiefly dialect : APPROPRIATE, SUITABLE\n2 : moderately large : SIZABLE <a painting that commanded a handsome price>\n3 : marked by skill or cleverness : ADROIT\n4 : marked by graciousness or generosity : LIBERAL <handsome contributions to charity>\n5 : having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance


Words: handspring
Meaning:
noun\n: an acrobatic feat in which the body turns forward or backward in a full circle from a standing position and lands first on the hands and then on the feet


Words: handwriting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : writing done by hand; especially : the form of writing peculiar to a particular person\n2 : something written by hand


Words: handy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : conveniently near b : convenient for use c of a ship : easily handled\n2 : clever in using the hands especially in a variety of useful ways <handy with a hammer as well as with a paintbrush>


Words: handyman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who does odd jobs\n2 : one competent in a variety of small skills or inventive or ingenious in repair or maintenance work called also handyperson


Words: hang
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : SUSPEND b : to suspend by the neck until dead often hanged in the past; often used as a mild oath <I’ll be hanged> c : to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension <hang a door> d : to adjust the hem of (a skirt) so as to hang evenly and at a proper height\n2 : to furnish with hanging decorations (as flags or bunting)\n3 : to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner <hung his head in shame>\n4 : to apply to a wall <hang wallpaper>\n5 : to display (pictures) in a gallery\n6 : to throw (as a curveball) so that it fails to break properly\n7 : to make (a turn) especially while driving <hang a right> <hung a quick U-turn Tom Clancy>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to remain suspended or fastened to some point above without support from below : DANGLE b : to die by hanging often hanged in the past <he hanged for his crimes>\n2 : to remain poised or stationary in the air <clouds hanging low overhead>\n3 : LINGER, PERSIST\n4 : to be imminent : IMPEND <doom hung over the nation>\n5 : to fall or droop from a usually tense or taut position\n6 : DEPEND <election hangs on one vote>\n7 a (1) : to take hold for support : CLING <she hung on his arm> (2) : to keep persistent contact <dogs hung to the trail> b : to be burdensome or oppressive <time hangs on his hands>\n8 : to be uncertain or in suspense <the decision is still hanging>\n9 : to lean, incline, or jut over or downward\n10 : to be in a state of rapt attention <hung on her every word>\n11 : to fit or fall from the figure in easy lines <the coat hangs loosely>\n12 of a thrown ball : to fail to break or drop as intended\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the manner in which a thing hangs\n2 : DECLIVITY, SLOPE; also : DROOP\n3 : facility with or an understanding of something <can’t get the hang of this>\n4 : a hesitation or slackening in motion or in a course


Words: hangar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: SHELTER, SHED; especially : a covered and usually enclosed area for housing and repairing aircraft\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to place or store in a hangar


Words: hanging
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : situated or lying on steeply sloping ground\n2 a : jutting out : OVERHANGING <a hanging rock> b : supported only by the wall on one side <a hanging staircase>\n3 archaic : downcast in appearance\n4 : adapted for sustaining a hanging object\n5 : deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by hanging\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose\n2 : something hung: as a : CURTAIN b : a covering (as a tapestry) for a wall\n3 : a downward slope : DECLIVITY


Words: hangout
Meaning:
noun\n: a favorite place for spending time; also : a place frequented for entertainment or for socializing


Words: hangover
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something (as a surviving custom) that remains from what is past\n2 a : disagreeable physical effects following heavy consumption of alcohol or the use of drugs b : a letdown following great excitement or excess


Words: hank
Meaning:
noun\n1 : COIL, LOOP; specifically : a coiled or looped bundle (as of yarn) usually containing a definite yardage\n2 : any of a series of rings or clips by which a jib or staysail is attached to a stay


Words: hansom
Meaning:
noun\n: a light 2-wheeled covered carriage with the driver’s seat elevated behind called also hansom cab


Words: Hanukkah
Meaning:
noun\n: an 8-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after its defilement by Antiochus of Syria


Words: hap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : HAPPENING 1\n2 : CHANCE, FORTUNE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: HAPPEN\n\n<3> transitive verb\ndialect : CLOTHE, COVER\n\n<4> noun\ndialect : something (as a bed quilt or cloak) that serves as a covering or wrap


Words: happen
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to occur by chance often used with it <it so happens I’m going your way>\n2 : to come into being or occur as an event, process, or result <mistakes will happen>\n3 : to do, encounter, or attain something by or as if by chance <happened to overhear the plotters>\n4 a : to meet or discover something by chance <happened upon a system that worked Richard Corbin> b : to come or go casually : make a chance appearance <he happened into the room just then>\n5 : to come especially by way of injury or harm <I promise nothing will happen to you>


Words: happening
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that happens : OCCURRENCE\n2 : an event or series of events designed to evoke a spontaneous reaction to sensory, emotional, or spiritual stimuli\n3 : something (as an event) that is particularly interesting, entertaining, or important


Words: happily
Meaning:
adverb\n1 a : in a fortunate manner b : as it fortunately happens <happily, some boyhood pleasures don’t change P. A. Witteman>\n2 archaic : by chance\n3 : in a happy manner or state\n4 : in an adequate or fitting manner : SUCCESSFULLY


Words: happiness
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : good fortune : PROSPERITY\n2 a : a state of well-being and contentment : JOY b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience\n3 : FELICITY, APTNESS


Words: happy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : favored by luck or fortune : FORTUNATE\n2 : notably fitting, effective, or well adapted : FELICITOUS <a happy choice>\n3 a : enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment : JOYOUS b : expressing or suggestive of happiness : PLEASANT c : GLAD, PLEASED d : having or marked by an atmosphere of good fellowship : FRIENDLY\n4 a : characterized by a dazed irresponsible state <a punch-happy boxer> b : impulsively or obsessively quick to use or do something <trigger-happy> c : enthusiastic about something to the point of obsession : OBSESSED <education-conscious and statistic-happy Helen Rowen>


Words: harangue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a speech addressed to a public assembly\n2 : a ranting speech or writing\n3 : LECTURE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a harangue : DECLAIM\ntransitive senses : to address in a harangue <haranguing me on the folly of my ways Jay Jacobs>


Words: harass
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : EXHAUST, FATIGUE b : to annoy persistently\n2 : to worry and impede by repeated raids <harassed the enemy>


Words: harbinger
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : a person sent ahead to provide lodgings\n2 a : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : PRECURSOR b : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to be a harbinger of : PRESAGE


Words: harbor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a place of security and comfort : REFUGE\n2 : a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially : one with port facilities\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give shelter or refuge to b : to be the home or habitat of <the ledges still harbor rattlesnakes>; broadly : CONTAIN 2\n2 : to hold especially persistently in the mind : CHERISH <harbored a grudge>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take shelter in or as if in a harbor\n2 : LIVE


Words: hard
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not easily penetrated : not easily yielding to pressure b of cheese : not capable of being spread : very firm\n2 a of liquor (1) : having a harsh or acid taste (2) : strongly alcoholic b : characterized by the presence of salts (as of calcium or magnesium) that prevent lathering with soap <hard water>\n3 a : of or relating to radiation of relatively high penetrating power <hard rays> b : having or producing relatively great photographic contrast <a hard negative>\n4 a : metallic as distinct from paper <hard money> b of currency : convertible into gold : stable in value c : usable as currency <paid in hard cash> d of currency : readily acceptable in international trade e : being high and firm <hard prices>\n5 a : firmly and closely twisted <hard yarns> b : having a smooth close napless finish <a hard worsted>\n6 a : physically fit <in good hard condition> b : resistant to stress (as disease) c : free of weakness or defects\n7 a (1) : FIRM, DEFINITE <reached a hard agreement> (2) : not speculative or conjectural : FACTUAL <hard evidence> (3) : important or informative rather than sensational or entertaining <hard news> b : CLOSE, SEARCHING <gave a hard look> c : free from sentimentality or illusion : REALISTIC <good hard sense> d : lacking in responsiveness : OBDURATE, UNFEELING <a hard heart>\n8 a (1) : difficult to bear or endure <hard luck> <hard times> (2) : OPPRESSIVE, INEQUITABLE <sales taxes are hard on the poor> <a hard restriction> b (1) : lacking consideration, compassion, or gentleness : CALLOUS <a hard greedy landlord> (2) : INCORRIGIBLE, TOUGH <a hard gang> c (1) : harsh, severe, or offensive in tendency or effect <said some hard things> (2) : RESENTFUL <hard feelings> (3) : STRICT, UNRELENTING <drives a hard bargain> d : INCLEMENT <hard winter> e (1) : intense in force, manner, or degree <hard blows> (2) : demanding the exertion of energy : calling for stamina and endurance <hard work> (3) : performing or carrying on with great energy, intensity, or persistence <a hard worker> f : EXTREME


Words: hardball
Meaning:
noun\n1 : BASEBALL\n2 : forceful uncompromising methods employed to gain an end <played political hardball>


Words: harden
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make hard or harder\n2 : to confirm in disposition, feelings, or action; especially : to make callous <hardened his heart>\n3 a : INURE, TOUGHEN <harden troops> b : to inure to unfavorable environmental conditions (as cold) often used with off <harden off plants>\n4 : to protect from blast, heat, or radiation (as by a thick barrier or placement underground)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become hard or harder\n2 a : to become firm, stable, or settled b : to assume an appearance of harshness or severity <her face hardened at the word>


Words: hardheaded
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : STUBBORN, WILLFUL\n2 : concerned with or involving practical considerations : SOBER, REALISTIC <some hardheaded advice> <a hardheaded observer of winds and tides>


Words: hardihood
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : resolute courage and fortitude b : resolute and self-assured audacity often carried to the point of impudent insolence\n2 : VIGOR, ROBUSTNESS


Words: hardly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : with force : VIGOROUSLY\n2 : in a severe manner : HARSHLY\n3 : with difficulty : PAINFULLY\n4 a used to emphasize a minimal amount <I hardly knew her> <almost new \n5 : certainly not <that news is hardly surprising>


Words: hardpan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cemented or compacted and often clayey layer in soil that is impenetrable by roots\n2 : a fundamental part : BEDROCK


Words: hardtack
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a saltless hard biscuit, bread, or cracker\n2 : any of several mountain mahoganies (especially Cercocarpus betuloides)


Words: hardtop
Meaning:
noun\n: an automobile or a motorboat having a permanent rigid top; also : such an automobile styled to resemble a convertible


Words: hardware
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ware (as fittings, cutlery, tools, utensils, or parts of machines) made of metal\n2 : major items of equipment or their components used for a particular purpose <educational hardware>: as a : military equipment b : the physical components (as electronic and electrical devices) of a vehicle (as a spacecraft) or an apparatus (as a computer)


Words: hardwood
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the wood of an angiospermous tree as distinguished from that of a coniferous tree\n2 : a tree that yields hardwood\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having or made of hardwood <hardwood floors>\n2 : consisting of mature woody tissue <hardwood cuttings>


Words: hardy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : BOLD, BRAVE\n2 : AUDACIOUS, BRAZEN\n3 a : inured to fatigue or hardships : ROBUST b : capable of withstanding adverse conditions <hardy outdoor furniture> <hardy plants> <hardy cattle>


Words: hare
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of various swift long-eared lagomorph mammals (family Leporidae and especially genus Lepus) that are usually solitary or sometimes live in pairs and have the young open-eyed and furred at birth compare RABBIT 1A\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to go swiftly : 3TEAR


Words: harem
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a usually secluded house or part of a house allotted to women in a Muslim household b : the wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying a harem\n2 : a group of women associated with one man\n3 : a group of females associated with one male used of polygamous animals


Words: harlequin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a capitalized : a character in comedy and pantomime with a shaved head, masked face, variegated tights, and wooden sword b : BUFFOON\n2 a : a variegated pattern (as of a textile) b : a combination of patches on a solid ground of contrasting color (as in the coats of some dogs)


Words: harm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : physical or mental damage : INJURY\n2 : MISCHIEF, HURT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cause harm to


Words: harmonic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : MUSICAL\n2 : of or relating to musical harmony or a harmonic\n3 : pleasing to the ear : HARMONIOUS\n4 : of an integrated nature : CONGRUOUS\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : OVERTONE; especially : one whose vibration frequency is an integral multiple of that of the fundamental b : a flutelike tone produced on a stringed instrument by touching a vibrating string at a nodal point\n2 : a component frequency of a complex wave (as of electromagnetic energy) that is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency


Words: harmonica
Meaning:
noun\n1 : GLASS HARMONICA\n2 : a small rectangular wind instrument with free reeds recessed in air slots from which tones are sounded by exhaling and inhaling


Words: harmonious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : musically concordant\n2 : having the parts agreeably related : CONGRUOUS <blended into a harmonious whole>\n3 : marked by accord in sentiment or action


Words: harmonize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to play or sing in harmony\n2 : to be in harmony\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring into consonance or accord\n2 : to provide or accompany with harmony


Words: harmony
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : tuneful sound : MELODY\n2 a : the combination of simultaneous musical notes in a chord b : the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords c : the science of the structure, relation, and progression of chords\n3 a : pleasing or congruent arrangement of parts <a painting exhibiting harmony of color and line> b : CORRESPONDENCE, ACCORD <lives in harmony with her neighbors> c : internal calm : TRANQUILLITY\n4 a : an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative b : a systematic arrangement of parallel literary passages (as of the Gospels) for the purpose of showing agreement or harmony


Words: harness
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the gear other than a yoke of a draft animal b : GEAR, EQUIPMENT; especially : military equipment for a horse or man\n2 a : occupational surroundings or routine <get back into harness after a vacation> b : close association <ability to work in harness with others R. P. Brooks>\n3 a : something that resembles a harness (as in holding or fastening something) <a parachute harness> b : prefabricated wiring with insulation and terminals ready to be attached\n4 : a part of a loom which holds and controls the heddles\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to put a harness on b : to attach by means of a harness\n2 : to tie together : YOKE\n3 : UTILIZE <harness the computer’s potential>


Words: harp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard\n2 : something resembling a harp\n3 : HARMONICA 2\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to play on a harp\n2 : to dwell on or recur to a subject tiresomely or monotonously usually used with on


Words: harpsichord
Meaning:
noun\n: a stringed instrument resembling a grand piano but usually having two keyboards and two or more strings for each note and producing tones by the plucking of strings with plectra


Words: harpy
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a foul malign creature in Greek mythology that is part woman and part bird\n2 a : a predatory person : LEECH b : a shrewish woman


Words: harrier
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a breed of hunting dogs resembling a small foxhound and orig. bred for hunting rabbits\n2 : a runner on a cross-country team\n\n<2> noun\n: any of a genus (Circus) of slender hawks having long angled wings and long legs and feeding chiefly on small mammals, reptiles, and insects\n\n<3> noun\n: one that harries


Words: harrow
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\narchaic : PILLAGE, PLUNDER\n\n<2> noun\n: a cultivating implement set with spikes, spring teeth, or disks and used primarily for pulverizing and smoothing the soil\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to cultivate with a harrow\n2 : TORMENT, VEX


Words: harry
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : ASSAULT\n2 : to force to move along by harassing <harrying the terrified horses down out of the mountains R. A. Sokolov>\n3 : to torment by or as if by constant attack


Words: harsh
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a coarse uneven surface that is rough or unpleasant to the touch\n2 a : causing a disagreeable or painful sensory reaction : IRRITATING b : physically discomforting : PAINFUL\n3 : unduly exacting : SEVERE\n4 : lacking in aesthetic appeal or refinement : CRUDE


Words: hart
Meaning:
noun\nchiefly British : the male of the red deer especially when over five years old : STAG compare HIND


Words: harvest
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the season for gathering in agricultural crops\n2 : the act or process of gathering in a crop\n3 a : a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) : YIELD b : the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season <deer harvest> <ice harvest>\n4 : an accumulated store or productive result <a fantastic revenue harvest from lower tax rates Peter Passell>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to gather in (a crop) : REAP b : to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (as salmon, oysters, or deer) for human use, sport, or population control c : to remove or extract (as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture or a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting\n2 a : to accumulate a store of <has now harvested this new generation’s scholarly labors M. J. Wiener> b : to win by achievement <the team harvested several awards>\nintransitive senses : to gather in a crop especially for food


Words: hash
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to chop (as meat and potatoes) into small pieces b : CONFUSE, MUDDLE\n2 : to talk about : REVIEW often used with over or out\n\n<2> noun\n1 : chopped food; specifically : chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned\n2 : a restatement of something that is already known\n3 a : HODGEPODGE, JUMBLE b : a confused muddle <made a hash of the whole project>\n\n<3> noun\n: HASHISH


Words: hashish
Meaning:
noun\n: the concentrated resin from the flowering tops of the female hemp plant (Cannabis sativa) that is smoked, chewed, or drunk for its intoxicating effect called also charas; compare BHANG, MARIJUANA


Words: hasp
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several devices for fastening; especially : a fastener especially for a door or lid consisting of a hinged metal strap that fits over a staple and is secured by a pin or padlock


Words: hassle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a heated often protracted argument : WRANGLE\n2 : a violent skirmish : FIGHT\n3 a : a state of confusion : TURMOIL b : an annoying or troublesome concern\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : ARGUE, FIGHT <hassled with the umpire>\ntransitive senses : to annoy persistently or acutely : HARASS <he gets hassled in the street because he dresses funny William Kloman>


Words: hassock
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TUSSOCK\n2 a : a cushion for kneeling <a church hassock> b : a padded cushion or low stool that serves as a seat or leg rest


Words: haste
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : rapidity of motion : SWIFTNESS\n2 : rash or headlong action : PRECIPITATENESS <the beauty of speed uncontaminated by haste Harper’s>\n3 : undue eagerness to act\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : to urge on : HASTEN\nintransitive senses : to move or act swiftly


Words: hasten
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to move or act quickly\ntransitive senses\n1 : to urge on <hastened her to the door A. J. Cronin>\n2 : ACCELERATE <hasten the coming of a new order D. W. Brogan>


Words: hat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown and brim\n2 a : a distinctive head covering worn as a symbol of office b : an office, position, or role assumed by or as if by the wearing of a special hat\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to furnish or provide with a hat\nintransitive senses : to make or supply hats


Words: hatbox
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a box for holding or storing a hat\n2 : a usually round piece of luggage designed especially for carrying hats


Words: hatch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) <an escape hatch>\n2 a : an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor or roof of a building b : the covering for such an opening c : HATCHWAY d : COMPARTMENT\n3 : FLOODGATE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to produce young by incubation\n2 a : to emerge from an egg, chrysalis, or pupa b : to give forth young or imagoes\n3 : to incubate eggs : BROOD\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to produce (young) from an egg by applying natural or artificial heat b : INCUBATE 1\n2 : to bring into being : ORIGINATE; especially : to concoct in secret\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an act or instance of hatching\n2 : a brood of hatched young\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to inlay with narrow bands of distinguishable material <a silver handle hatched with gold>\n2 : to mark (as a drawing or engraving) with fine closely spaced lines\n\n<5> noun\n: LINE; especially : one used to give the effect of shading


Words: hatching
Meaning:
noun\n: the engraving or drawing of fine lines in close proximity especially to give an effect of shading; also : the pattern so made


Words: hatchway
Meaning:
noun\n: a passage giving access usually by a ladder or stairs to an enclosed space (as a cellar); also : HATCH 2a


Words: hate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b : extreme dislike or antipathy : LOATHING <had a great hate of hard work>\n2 : an object of hatred <a generation whose finest hate had been big business F. L. Paxson>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to feel extreme enmity toward <hates his country’s enemies>\n2 : to have a strong aversion to : find very distasteful <hated to have to meet strangers> <hate hypocrisy>\nintransitive senses : to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility


Words: hatred
Meaning:
noun\n1 : HATE\n2 : prejudiced hostility or animosity <old racial prejudices and national hatreds Peter Thomson>


Words: haul
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to exert traction on : DRAW <haul a wagon> b : to obtain or move by or as if by hauling <was hauled to parties night after night by his wife> c : to transport in a vehicle : CART\n2 : to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind\n3 : to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment : HALE <haul traffic violators into court>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exert traction : PULL\n2 : to move along : PROCEED\n3 : to furnish transportation\n4 of the wind : SHIFT\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act or process of hauling : PULL b : a device for hauling\n2 a : the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win <the burglar’s haul> b : the fish taken in a single draft of a net\n3 a : transportation by hauling b : the length or course of a transportation route <a long haul> c : a quantity transported : LOAD


Words: haunch
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : HIP 1a b : HINDQUARTER 2 usually used in plural\n2 : HINDQUARTER 1\n3 : either side of an arch between the springing and the crown


Words: haunt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to visit often : FREQUENT b : to continually seek the company of\n2 a : to have a disquieting or harmful effect on : TROUBLE <problems we ignore now will come back to haunt us> b : to recur constantly and spontaneously to <the tune haunted her> c : to reappear continually in <a sense of tension that haunts his writing>\n3 : to visit or inhabit as a ghost\nintransitive senses\n1 : to stay around or persist : LINGER\n2 : to appear habitually as a ghost\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place habitually frequented\n2 chiefly dialect : GHOST


Words: have
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to hold or maintain as a possession, privilege, or entitlement <they have a new car> <I have my rights> b : to hold in one’s use, service, regard, or at one’s disposal <the group will have enough tickets for everyone> <we don’t have time to stay> c : to hold, include, or contain as a part or whole <the car has power brakes> <April has 30 days>\n2 : to feel obligation in regard to usually used with an infinitive with to <we have things to do> <have a deadline to meet>\n3 : to stand in a certain relationship to <has three fine children> <we will have the wind at our backs>\n4 a : to acquire or get possession of : OBTAIN <these shoes are the best to be had> b : RECEIVE <had news> c : ACCEPT; specifically : to accept in marriage d : to copulate with\n5 a : to be marked or characterized by (a quality, attribute, or faculty) <both have red hair> <has a way with words> b : EXHIBIT, SHOW <had the gall to refuse> c : USE, EXERCISE <have mercy on us>\n6 a : to experience especially by submitting to, undergoing, or suffering <I have a cold> b : to make the effort to perform (an action) or engage in (an activity) <have a look at that cut> c : to entertain in the mind <have an opinion>\n7 a : to cause or command to do something used with the infinitive without to <have the children stay> b : to cause to be in a certain place or state <has people around at all times>\n8 : ALLOW <we’ll have no more of that>\n9 : to be competent in <has only a little French>\n10 a : to hold in a position of disadvantage or certain defeat <we have him now> b : to take advantage of : TRICK, FOOL <been had by a partner>\n11 : BEGET, BEAR <have a baby>\n12 : to partake of <have dinner> <have a smoke>\n13 : BRIBE, SUBORN <can be had for a price>\nverbal auxiliary\n1 used with the past participle to form the present perfect, past perfect, or future perfect <has gone home> <had already eaten> <will have finished dinner by then>\n2 : to be compelled, obliged, or required used with an infinitive with to or to alone <we had to go> <do wh


Words: haven
Meaning:
noun\n1 : HARBOR, PORT\n2 : a place of safety : ASYLUM\n3 : a place offering favorable opportunities or conditions <a tourist’s haven>


Words: havoc
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : wide and general destruction : DEVASTATION\n2 : great confusion and disorder <children can create havoc in a house>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to lay waste : DESTROY


Words: haw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hawthorn berry\n2 : HAWTHORN\n\n<2> noun\n: NICTITATING MEMBRANE; especially : an inflamed nictitating membrane of a domesticated mammal\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to utter the sound represented by haw <hemmed and hawed before answering>\n2 : EQUIVOCATE <the administration hemmed and hawed over the students’ demands>\n\n<4> interjection\n\n\n<5> verb\nverb imperative used as a direction to turn to the left; compare GEE\nintransitive senses : to turn to the near or left side


Words: hawk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous diurnal birds of prey belonging to a suborder (Falcones of the order Falconiformes) and including all the smaller members of this group; especially : ACCIPITER compare OWL\n2 : a small board or metal sheet with a handle on the underside used to hold mortar\n3 : one who takes a militant attitude and advocates immediate vigorous action; especially : a supporter of a war or warlike policy compare DOVE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hunt birds by means of a trained hawk\n2 : to soar and strike like a hawk\ntransitive senses : to hunt on the wing like a hawk\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to raise by trying to clear the throat <hawk up phlegm>\nintransitive senses : to utter a harsh guttural sound in or as if in hawking\n\n<4> noun\n: an audible effort to force up phlegm from the throat\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to offer for sale by calling out in the street <hawking newspapers>; broadly : SELL


Words: hawthorn
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Crataegus) of spring-flowering spiny shrubs of the rose family with glossy and often lobed leaves, white or pink fragrant flowers, and small red fruits


Words: hay
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : herbage and especially grass mowed and cured for fodder\n2 : REWARD\n3 slang : BED\n4 : a small sum of money <a saving of 14 million is not hay H. C. Schonberg>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to cut, cure, and store hay\ntransitive senses : to feed with hay


Words: hayseed
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : seed shattered from hay b : clinging bits of straw or chaff from hay\n2 plural hayseeds : BUMPKIN, YOKEL


Words: hazard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a game of chance like craps played with two dice\n2 : a source of danger\n3 a : CHANCE, RISK b : a chance event : ACCIDENT\n4 obsolete : STAKE 3a\n5 : a golf-course obstacle\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: VENTURE, RISK <hazard a guess as to the outcome>


Words: haze
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : fine dust, smoke, or light vapor causing lack of transparency of the air b : a cloudy appearance in a transparent liquid or solid; also : a dullness of finish (as on furniture)\n2 : something suggesting atmospheric haze; especially : vagueness of mind or mental perception\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make hazy, dull, or cloudy\nintransitive senses : to become hazy or cloudy\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to harass by exacting unnecessary or disagreeable work b : to harass by banter, ridicule, or criticism\n2 : to haze by way of initiation <haze the fraternity pledges>\n3 West : to drive (as cattle or horses) from horseback


Words: hazel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Corylus and especially the American C. americana and the European C. avellana) of shrubs or small trees of the birch family bearing nuts enclosed in a leafy involucre\n2 : a light brown to strong yellowish brown\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : consisting of hazels or of the wood of the hazel\n2 : of the color hazel


Words: hazy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : obscured or made dim or cloudy by or as if by haze\n2 : VAGUE, INDEFINITE <has only a hazy recollection>; also : UNCERTAIN <I’m hazy on that point>


Words: he
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 : that male one who is neither speaker nor hearer <he is my father> compare HIM, HIS, IT, SHE, THEY\n2 used in a generic sense or when the sex of the person is unspecified <he that hath ears to hear, let him hear Matthew 11:15 (Authorized Version)> <one should do the best he can>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a male person or animal\n2 : one that is strongly masculine or has strong masculine appeal usually used in combination <that’s what call he-literature Sinclair Lewis>\n\n<3> noun\n: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see ALPHABET table


Words: head
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the upper or anterior division of the animal body that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth\n2 a : the seat of the intellect : MIND <two heads are better than one> b : a person with respect to mental qualities <let wiser heads prevail> c : natural aptitude or talent <a good head for figures> d : mental or emotional control : POISE <a level head> e : HEADACHE\n3 : the obverse of a coin usually used in plural <heads, win>\n4 a : PERSON, INDIVIDUAL <count heads> b plural head : one of a number (as of domestic animals)\n5 a : the end that is upper or higher or opposite the foot <the head of the table> <head of a sail> b : the source of a stream c : either end of something (as a drum) whose two ends need not be distinguished\n6 : DIRECTOR, LEADER: as a : HEADMASTER b : one in charge of a division or department in an office or institution <the head of the English department>\n7 a : CAPITULUM 2 b : the foliaged part of a plant especially when consisting of a compact mass of leaves or close fructification\n8 a : the leading element of a military column or a procession b : HEADWAY\n9 a : the uppermost extremity or projecting part of an object : TOP b : the striking part of a weapon, tool, or implement c : the rounded proximal end of a long bone (as the humerus) d : the end of a muscle nearest the origin compare ORIGIN e : the oval part of a printed musical note\n10 a : a body of water kept in reserve at a height; also : the containing bank, dam, or wall b : a mass of water in motion\n11 a : the difference in elevation between two points in a body of fluid b : the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point expressible as this height; broadly : pressure of a fluid\n12 a : the bow and adjacent parts of a ship b : a ship’s toilet; broadly : TOILET\n13 : the approximate length of the head of a horse <won by a head>\n14 : the place of leadership, honor, or command <at the head of her class>\n15 a (1) : a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the to


Words: headband
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a band worn on or around the head\n2 : a narrow strip of cloth sewn or glued by hand to a book at the extreme ends of the backbone


Words: heading
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something that forms or serves as a head; especially : an inscription, headline, or title standing at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter) b : the address and date at the beginning of a letter showing its place and time of origin\n2 : the compass direction in which the longitudinal axis of a ship or aircraft points; broadly : DIRECTION\n3 : DRIFT 6


Words: headland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence\n2 : a point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water : PROMONTORY


Words: headlight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a light with a reflector and special lens mounted on the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead; also : the beam cast by a headlight\n2 : a light worn on the forehead (as of a miner or physician)


Words: headline
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : words set at the head of a passage or page to introduce or categorize\n2 a : a head of a newspaper story or article usually printed in large type and giving the gist of the story or article that follows b plural : front-page news <the scandal made headlines>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to provide with a headline\n2 : to publicize highly\n3 : to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)


Words: headlong
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : HEADFIRST\n2 : without deliberation : RECKLESSLY\n3 : without pause or delay\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic : STEEP, PRECIPITOUS\n2 : lacking in calmness or restraint : PRECIPITATE <a headlong torrent of emotion>\n3 : plunging headforemost


Words: headpiece
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a protective or defensive covering for the head b : an ornamental, ceremonial, or traditional covering for the head\n2 : BRAINS, INTELLIGENCE\n3 : an ornament especially at the beginning of a chapter


Words: headquarters
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : a place from which a commander performs the functions of command\n2 : the administrative center of an enterprise


Words: headset
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an attachment for holding an earphone and transmitter at one’s head\n2 : a pair of headphones


Words: headstrong
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions\n2 : directed by ungovernable will <violent headstrong actions>


Words: headway
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : motion or rate of motion in a forward direction b : ADVANCE, PROGRESS\n2 : headroom (as under an arch) sufficient to allow passage\n3 : the time interval between two vehicles traveling in the same direction on the same route


Words: headword
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a word or term placed at the beginning (as of a chapter or an entry in an encyclopedia)\n2 : HEAD 19


Words: heady
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : WILLFUL, RASH <heady opinions> b : VIOLENT, IMPETUOUS\n2 a : tending to intoxicate or make giddy or elated <heady wine> <being in such distinguished company was a heady experience> b : GIDDY, EXHILARATED <heady with his success> c : RICH <a heady sauce> <a heady variety> d : IMPRESSIVE <a man of heady accomplishments>\n3 a : marked by or showing good judgment : SHREWD, INTELLIGENT b : intellectually stimulating or demanding


Words: heal
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make sound or whole <heal a wound> b : to restore to health\n2 a : to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome : MEND <the troubles had not been forgotten, but they had been healed William Power> b : to patch up (a breach or division) <heal a breach between friends>\n3 : to restore to original purity or integrity <healed of sin>\nintransitive senses : to return to a sound state


Words: health
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially : freedom from physical disease or pain b : the general condition of the body <in poor health> <enjoys good health>\n2 a : flourishing condition : WELL-BEING <defending the health of the beloved oceans Peter Wilkinson> b : general condition or state <poor economic health>\n3 : a toast to someone’s health or prosperity


Words: healthful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : beneficial to health of body or mind\n2 : HEALTHY <he felt incapable of looking into the girl’s pretty, healthful face Saul Bellow>


Words: healthy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit : WELL\n2 : evincing health <a healthy complexion>\n3 : conducive to health <walk three miles every day a beastly bore, but healthy G. S. Patton>\n4 a : PROSPEROUS, FLOURISHING b : not small or feeble : CONSIDERABLE


Words: heap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a collection of things thrown one on another : PILE\n2 : a great number or large quantity : LOT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to throw or lay in a heap : pile or collect in great quantity <his sole object was to heap up riches> b : to form or round into a heap <heaped the dirt into a mound> c : to form a heap on : load heavily <heap the plates with food>\n2 : to accord or bestow lavishly or in large quantities <heaped honors upon them>


Words: hear
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to perceive or apprehend by the ear\n2 : to gain knowledge of by hearing\n3 a : to listen to with attention : HEED b : ATTEND <hear mass>\n4 a : to give a legal hearing to b : to take testimony from <hear witnesses>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have the capacity of apprehending sound\n2 a : to gain information : LEARN b : to receive communication <haven’t heard from her lately>\n3 : to entertain the idea used in the negative <wouldn’t hear of it>\n4 often used in the expression Hear Hear to express approval (as during a speech)


Words: hearing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the process, function, or power of perceiving sound; specifically : the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli b : EARSHOT\n2 a : opportunity to be heard, to present one’s side of a case, or to be generally known or appreciated b (1) : a listening to arguments (2) : a preliminary examination in criminal procedure c : a session (as of a legislative committee) in which testimony is taken from witnesses\n3 chiefly dialect : a piece of news


Words: hearken
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : LISTEN\n2 : to give respectful attention\ntransitive senses , archaic : to give heed to : HEAR


Words: hearse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an elaborate framework erected over a coffin or tomb to which memorial verses or epitaphs are attached b : a triangular candelabrum for 15 candles used especially at Tenebrae\n2 a archaic : COFFIN b obsolete : BIER 2\n3 : a vehicle for conveying the dead to the grave\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a archaic : to place on or in a hearse b : to convey in a hearse\n2 : BURY


Words: heart
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood b : a structure in an invertebrate animal functionally analogous to the vertebrate heart c : BREAST, BOSOM d : something resembling a heart in shape; specifically : a stylized representation of a heart\n2 a : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a red heart b plural : the suit comprising cards marked with hearts c plural but singular or plural in construction : a game in which the object is to avoid taking tricks containing hearts\n3 a : PERSONALITY, DISPOSITION <a cold heart> b obsolete : INTELLECT\n4 : the emotional or moral as distinguished from the intellectual nature: as a : generous disposition : COMPASSION <a leader with heart> b : LOVE, AFFECTIONS <won her heart> c : COURAGE, ARDOR <never lost heart>\n5 : one’s innermost character, feelings, or inclinations <knew it in his heart> <a man after my own heart>\n6 a : the central or innermost part : CENTER b : the essential or most vital part of something c : the younger central compact part of a leafy rosette (as a head of lettuce)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : HEARTEN\n2 archaic : to fix in the heart


Words: heartburn
Meaning:
noun\n: a burning discomfort behind the lower part of the sternum usually related to spasm of the lower end of the esophagus or of the upper part of the stomach


Words: hearth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a brick, stone, or cement area in front of a fireplace b : the floor of a fireplace; also : FIREPLACE c : the lowest section of a furnace; especially : the section of a furnace on which the ore or metal is exposed to the flame or heat\n2 : HOME\n3 : a vital or creative center <the central hearth of occidental civilization A. L. Kroeber>


Words: hearty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : giving unqualified support <a hearty endorsement> b : enthusiastically or exuberantly cordial : JOVIAL c : expressed unrestrainedly\n2 a : exhibiting vigorous good health b (1) : having a good appetite (2) : abundant, rich, or flavorful enough to satisfy the appetite\n3 : VIGOROUS, VEHEMENT <a hearty pull>\n\n<2> noun\n: a hearty fellow; also : SAILOR


Words: heat
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become warm or hot\n2 : to start to spoil from heat\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make warm or hot\n2 : EXCITE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : a condition of being hot : WARMTH (2) : a marked or notable degree of hotness b : pathological excessive bodily temperature c : a hot place or situation d (1) : a period of heat (2) : a single complete operation of heating; also : the quantity of material so heated e (1) : added energy that causes substances to rise in temperature, fuse, evaporate, expand, or undergo any of various other related changes, that flows to a body by contact with or radiation from bodies at higher temperatures, and that can be produced in a body (as by compression) (2) : the energy associated with the random motions of the molecules, atoms, or smaller structural units of which matter is composed f : appearance, condition, or color of a body as indicating its temperature\n2 a : intensity of feeling or reaction : PASSION b : the height or stress of an action or condition <in the heat of battle> c : sexual excitement especially in a female mammal; specifically : ESTRUS\n3 : a single continuous effort: as a : a single round of a contest (as a race) having two or more rounds for each contestant b : one of several preliminary contests held to eliminate less competent contenders\n4 : pungency of flavor\n5 a slang (1) : the intensification of law-enforcement activity or investigation (2) : POLICE b : PRESSURE, COERCION c : ABUSE, CRITICISM <took a lot of heat>\n6 : SMOKE 8


Words: heath
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a tract of wasteland b : an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus\n2 a : any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil; especially : an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers b : any of various plants that resemble true heaths


Words: heathen
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to heathens, their religions, or their customs\n2 : STRANGE, UNCIVILIZED\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an unconverted member of a people or nation that does not acknowledge the God of the Bible\n2 : an uncivilized or irreligious person


Words: heather
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: HEATH 2a; especially : a common Eurasian heath (Calluna vulgaris) of northern and alpine regions that has small crowded sessile leaves and racemes of tiny usually purplish pink flowers and is naturalized in the northeastern U.S.\n\n<2> adjective\n: HEATHERY


Words: heatstroke
Meaning:
noun\n: a condition marked especially by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature compare HEAT EXHAUSTION


Words: heave
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : ELEVATE\n2 : LIFT, RAISE\n3 : THROW, CAST\n4 a : to cause to swell or rise b : to displace (as a rock stratum) especially by a fault\n5 : to utter with obvious effort or with a deep breath\n6 : HAUL, DRAW\nintransitive senses\n1 : LABOR, STRUGGLE\n2 : RETCH\n3 a : to rise and fall rhythmically b : PANT\n4 a : PULL, PUSH b : to move a ship in a specified direction or manner c past usually hove : to move in an indicated way used of a ship\n5 : to rise or become thrown or raised up\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an effort to heave or raise b : HURL, CAST\n2 : an upward motion : RISING; especially : a rhythmical rising\n3 : horizontal displacement especially by the faulting of a rock\n4 plural but singular or plural in construction : chronic pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expiration, heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough


Words: heaven
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome : FIRMAMENT usually used in plural\n2 a often capitalized : the dwelling place of the Deity and the joyful abode of the blessed dead b : a spiritual state of everlasting communion with God\n3 capitalized : GOD 1\n4 : a place or condition of utmost happiness\n5 Christian Science : a state of thought in which sin is absent and the harmony of divine Mind is manifest


Words: heavy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having great weight; also : characterized by mass or weight <how heavy is it> b : having a high specific gravity : having great weight in proportion to bulk c (1) of an isotope : having or being atoms of greater than normal mass for that element (2) of a compound : containing heavy isotopes\n2 : hard to bear; specifically : GRIEVOUS, AFFLICTIVE <a heavy sorrow>\n3 : of weighty import : SERIOUS\n4 : DEEP, PROFOUND\n5 a : borne down by something oppressive : BURDENED b : PREGNANT; especially : approaching parturition\n6 a : slow or dull from loss of vitality or resiliency : SLUGGISH b : lacking sparkle or vivacity : DRAB c : lacking mirth or gaiety : DOLEFUL d : characterized by declining prices\n7 : dulled with weariness : DROWSY\n8 : greater in quantity or quality than the average of its kind or class: as a : of unusually large size or amount <a heavy turnout> <heavy traffic> b : of great force <heavy seas> c : threatening to rain or snow d (1) : impeding motion (2) : full of clay and inclined to hold water e : coming as if from a depth : LOUD <heavy breathing> f : THICK, COARSE g : OPPRESSIVE <heavy odor> h : STEEP, ACUTE i : LABORIOUS, DIFFICULT <heavy going> j : IMMODERATE <a heavy smoker> k : more powerful than usual for its kind <heavy cavalry> <heavy cruiser> l : of large capacity or output\n9 a : very rich and hard to digest <heavy desserts> b : not properly raised or leavened <heavy bread>\n10 : producing goods (as coal, steel, or chemicals) used in the production of other goods <heavy industry>\n11 a : having stress <heavy rhythm> used especially of syllables in accentual verse b : being the strongest degree of stress in speech\n12 : relating to theatrical parts of a grave or somber nature\n13 : LONG 9 <heavy on ideas>\n14 : IMPORTANT, PROMINENT <a heavy politician>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a heavy manner : HEAVILY\n\n<3> noun\n1 : HEAVYWEIGHT 2\n2 a : a theatrical role of a dignified or somber character; also : an actor playing such a role b : VILLAIN 4 c : someone or something influential, serious, or impor


Words: heavyweight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that is above average in weight\n2 : one in the usually heaviest class of contestants: as a : a boxer in an unlimited weight division compare LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT b : a weight lifter weighing more than 198 pounds\n3 : BIG SHOT, HEAVY


Words: Hebraism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a characteristic feature of Hebrew occurring in another language\n2 : the thought, spirit, or practice characteristic of the Hebrews\n3 : a moral theory or emphasis attributed to the Hebrews


Words: Hebrew
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews b : any of various later forms of this language\n2 : a member of or descendant from one of a group of northern Semitic peoples including the Israelites; especially : ISRAELITE


Words: hecatomb
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ancient Greek and Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen or cattle\n2 : the sacrifice or slaughter of many victims


Words: hectic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being a fluctuating but persistent fever (as in tuberculosis)\n2 : having a hectic fever\n3 : RED, FLUSHED\n4 : characterized by activity, excitement, or confusion <the hectic days before Christmas>


Words: hector
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a son of Priam, husband of Andromache, and Trojan champion slain by Achilles\n2 : BULLY, BRAGGART\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to play the bully : SWAGGER\ntransitive senses : to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure


Words: hedge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees b : BARRIER, LIMIT\n2 : a means of protection or defense (as against financial loss)\n3 : a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to enclose or protect with or as if with a hedge : ENCIRCLE\n2 : to hem in or obstruct with or as if with a barrier : HINDER <hedged about by special regulations and statutes Sandi Rosenbloom>\n3 : to protect oneself from losing or failing by a counterbalancing action <hedge a bet>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to plant, form, or trim a hedge\n2 : to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way of retreat : TRIM\n3 : to protect oneself financially: as a : to buy or sell commodity futures as a protection against loss due to price fluctuation b : to minimize the risk of a bet\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or designed for a hedge\n2 : born, living, or made near or as if near hedges : ROADSIDE\n3 : INFERIOR 3


Words: hedgehog
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a subfamily (Erinaceinae) of Old World nocturnal insectivores that have both hair and spines which they present outwardly by rolling themselves up when threatened b : any of several spiny mammals (as a porcupine)\n2 a : a military defensive obstacle (as of barbed wire) b : a well-fortified military stronghold


Words: hedonism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life\n2 : a way of life based on or suggesting the principles of hedonism


Words: heed
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to pay attention\ntransitive senses : to give consideration or attention to : MIND <heed what he says> <heed the call>\n\n<2> noun\n: ATTENTION, NOTICE


Words: heel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the back of the human foot below the ankle and behind the arch b : the part of the hind limb of other vertebrates that is homologous with the human heel\n2 : an anatomical structure suggestive of the human heel; especially : the part of the palm of the hand nearest the wrist\n3 : one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread\n4 a : the part (as of a shoe) that covers the human heel b : a solid attachment of a shoe or boot forming the back of the sole under the heel of the foot\n5 : a rear, low, or bottom part: as a : the after end of a ship’s keel or the lower end of a mast b : the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation c : the base of a ladder\n6 : a contemptible person\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to furnish with a heel b : to supply especially with money\n2 a : to exert pressure on, propel, or strike with the heel <heeled her horse> b : to urge (as a lagging animal) by following closely or by nipping at the heels <dogs heeling cattle>\nintransitive senses : to move along at someone’s heels\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to lean to one side : TIP; especially of a boat or ship : to lean temporarily (as from the action of wind or waves) compare LIST\ntransitive senses : to cause (a boat) to heel\n\n<4> noun\n: a tilt (as of a boat) to one side; also : the extent of such a tilt


Words: heft
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : WEIGHT, HEAVINESS b : IMPORTANCE, INFLUENCE\n2 archaic : the greater part of something : BULK\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to heave up : HOIST\n2 : to test the weight of by lifting <hefting the rod to get the feel of it Consumer Reports>


Words: hefty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : quite heavy\n2 a : marked by bigness, bulk, and usually strength <a hefty football player> b : POWERFUL, MIGHTY c : impressively large : SUBSTANTIAL <hefty portions>


Words: hegira
Meaning:
noun\n: a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation : EXODUS


Words: height
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the highest part : SUMMIT b : highest or most advanced point : ZENITH <at the height of his powers>\n2 a : the distance from the bottom to the top of something standing upright b : the extent of elevation above a level\n3 : the condition of being tall or high\n4 a : an extent of land rising to a considerable degree above the surrounding country b : a high point or position\n5 obsolete : an advanced social rank


Words: heighten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to increase the amount or degree of : AUGMENT b : to make brighter or more intense : DEEPEN c : to bring out more strongly : point up d : to make more acute : SHARPEN\n2 a : to raise high or higher : ELEVATE b : to raise above the ordinary or trite\n3 obsolete : ELATE\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : GROW, RISE\n2 a : to become great or greater in amount, degree, or extent b : to become brighter or more intense


Words: heir
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who inherits or is entitled to inherit property\n2 : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office <heir to the throne>\n3 : one who receives or is entitled to receive some endowment or quality from a parent or predecessor\n\n<2> transitive verb\nchiefly dialect : INHERIT


Words: heirloom
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of property that descends to the heir as an inseparable part of an inheritance of real property\n2 : something of special value handed on from one generation to another


Words: heist
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 chiefly dialect : HOIST\n2 slang a : to commit armed robbery on b : STEAL 1a\n\n<2> noun\nslang : armed robbery : HOLDUP; also : THEFT


Words: helicopter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an aircraft whose lift is derived from the aerodynamic forces acting on one or more powered rotors turning about substantially vertical axes\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to travel by helicopter\ntransitive senses : to transport by helicopter


Words: heliotrope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Heliotropium) of herbs or shrubs of the borage family compare GARDEN HELIOTROPE\n2 : BLOODSTONE\n3 : a variable color averaging a moderate to reddish purple


Words: helium
Meaning:
noun\n: a light colorless nonflammable gaseous element found especially in natural gases and used chiefly for inflating airships and balloons, for filling incandescent lamps, and for cryogenic research see ELEMENT table


Words: helix
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something spiral in form: as a : an ornamental volute b : a coil formed by winding wire around a uniform tube\n2 : the incurved rim of the external ear\n3 : a curve traced on a cylinder or cone by the rotation of a point crossing its right sections at a constant oblique angle; broadly : SPIRAL 1b


Words: hell
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : HADES (2) : the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment often used in curses <go to hell> or as a generalized term of abuse <the hell with it> b Christian Science : ERROR 2b, SIN\n2 a : a place or state of misery, torment, or wickedness <war is hell W. T. Sherman> b : a place or state of turmoil or destruction <all hell broke loose> c : a severe scolding <got hell for coming in late> d : unrestrained fun or sportiveness <the kids were full of hell> often used in the phrase for the hell of it especially to suggest action on impulse or without a serious motive <decided to go for the hell of it>\n3 archaic : a tailor’s receptacle\n4 used as an interjection <hell, don’t know> or as an intensive <hurts like hell> <funny as hell> often used in the phrase hell of a <it was one hell of a good fight> or hell out of <scared the hell out of him> or with the or in <moved way the hell up north> <what in hell is wrong, now>


Words: hellebore
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Helleborus) of poisonous herbs of the buttercup family having showy flowers with petaloid sepals; also : the dried rhizome or an extract or powder of this formerly used in medicine\n2 : a poisonous herb (genus Veratrum) of the lily family; also : the dried rhizome of a hellebore (Veratrum album or V. viride) or a powder or extract of this containing alkaloids used as a cardiac and respiratory depressant and as an insecticide


Words: Hellenism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : GRECISM 1\n2 : devotion to or imitation of ancient Greek thought, customs, or styles\n3 : Greek civilization especially as modified in the Hellenistic period by oriental influences\n4 : a body of humanistic and classical ideals associated with ancient Greece and including reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation, civic responsibility, and bodily development


Words: Hellenistic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after Alexander the Great\n2 : of or relating to the Hellenists


Words: hellgrammite
Meaning:
noun\n: a carnivorous aquatic No. American insect larva that is the young form of a dobsonfly (especially Corydalis cornutus) and is used for fish bait


Words: hello
Meaning:
noun\n: an expression or gesture of greeting used interjectionally in greeting, in answering the telephone, or to express surprise


Words: helm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: HELMET 1\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover or furnish with a helmet\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering; broadly : the entire apparatus for steering a ship b : position of the helm with respect to the amidships position <turn the helm hard alee>\n2 : a position of control : HEAD <a new dean is at the helm of the medical school>\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to direct with or as if with a helm : STEER


Words: helmet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a covering or enclosing headpiece of ancient or medieval armor see ARMOR illustration\n2 : any of various protective head coverings usually made of a hard material to resist impact\n3 : something resembling a helmet


Words: help
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give assistance or support to <help a child with homework>\n2 a : to make more pleasant or bearable : IMPROVE, RELIEVE <bright curtains will help the room> <took an aspirin to help her headache> b archaic : RESCUE, SAVE\n3 a : to be of use to : BENEFIT b : to further the advancement of : PROMOTE\n4 a : to change for the better b : to refrain from : AVOID c : to keep from occurring : PREVENT <they couldn’t help the accident> d : to restrain (oneself) from doing something <knew they shouldn’t go but couldn’t help themselves>\n5 : to serve with food or drink especially at a meal <told the guests to help themselves>\n6 : to appropriate something for (oneself) <helped himself to the car keys>\nintransitive senses\n1 : give assistance or support often used with out\n2 : to be of use or benefit\n\n<2> noun\n1 : AID, ASSISTANCE\n2 : a source of aid <printed helps to the memory C. S. Braden>\n3 : REMEDY, RELIEF <there was no help for it>\n4 a : one who serves or assists another (as in housework) : HELPER b : EMPLOYEE <help wanted> often used collectively <the hired help>


Words: hem
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down\n2 : RIM, MARGIN <bright green hem of reeds about the ponds R. M. Lockley>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to finish with a hem b : BORDER, EDGE\n2 : to surround in a restrictive manner : CONFINE usually used with in <hemmed in by enemy troops>\nintransitive senses : to make a hem in sewing\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to utter the sound represented by hem <hemmed and hawed before answering>\n2 : EQUIVOCATE <the administration hemmed and hawed over the students’ demands>\n\n<4> interjection\n"


Words: hemisphere
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a half of the celestial sphere divided into two halves by the horizon, the celestial equator, or the ecliptic b : half of a spherical or roughly spherical body (as a planet); specifically : the northern or southern half of the earth divided by the equator or the eastern or western half divided by a meridian c : the inhabitants of a terrestrial hemisphere\n2 : REALM, PROVINCE\n3 : one of two half spheres formed by a plane through the sphere’s center\n4 : a map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere\n5 : CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE


Words: hemlock
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of several poisonous herbs (as a poison hemlock or a water hemlock) of the carrot family having finely cut leaves and small white flowers b : a drug or lethal drink prepared from the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)\n2 : any of a genus (Tsuga) of evergreen coniferous trees of the pine family; also : the soft light splintery wood of a hemlock


Words: hemoglobin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an iron-containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked to a heme molecule, that functions in oxygen transport to the tissues after conversion to oxygenated form in the gills or lungs, and that assists in carbon dioxide transport back to the gills or lungs after surrender of its oxygen\n2 : any of numerous iron-containing respiratory pigments of invertebrates and some plants (as yeasts)


Words: hemophilia
Meaning:
noun\n: a sex-linked hereditary blood defect that occurs almost exclusively in males and is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood and consequent difficulty in controlling hemorrhage even after minor injuries


Words: hemorrhage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a copious discharge of blood from the blood vessels\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to undergo heavy or uncontrollable bleeding\ntransitive senses : to lose rapidly and uncontrollably <hemorrhage money>


Words: hemorrhoid
Meaning:
noun\n: a mass of dilated veins in swollen tissue at the margin of the anus or nearby within the rectum usually used in plural; called also piles


Words: hemp
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a tall widely cultivated Asian herb (Cannabis sativa) of the mulberry family with tough bast fiber used especially for cordage b : the fiber of hemp c : a psychoactive drug (as marijuana or hashish) from hemp\n2 : a fiber (as jute) from a plant other than the true hemp; also : a plant yielding such fiber


Words: hemstitch
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to decorate (as a border) with hemstitch\n\n<2> noun\n1 : decorative needlework similar to drawnwork that is used especially on or next to the stitching line of hems\n2 : a stitch used in hemstitching


Words: hen
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a female chicken especially over a year old; broadly : a female bird b : the female of various mostly aquatic animals (as lobsters or fish)\n2 : WOMAN; especially : a fussy middle-aged woman


Words: hence
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : from this place : AWAY\n2 a archaic : HENCEFORTH b : from this time\n3 : because of a preceding fact or premise : THEREFORE\n4 : from this source or origin


Words: henchman
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : a squire or page to a person of high rank\n2 a : a trusted follower : a right-hand man b : a political follower whose support is chiefly for personal advantage c : a member of a gang


Words: henna
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a reddish brown dye obtained from leaves of the henna plant and used especially on hair\n2 : an Old World tropical shrub or small tree (Lawsonia inermis) of the loosestrife family with small opposite leaves and axillary panicles of fragrant white flowers\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to dye (as hair) with henna


Words: hepatitis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : inflammation of the liver\n2 : a disease or condition (as hepatitis or hepatitis B) marked by inflammation of the liver


Words: her
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to her or herself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action <her house> <her research> <her rescue> compare 1SHE\n\n<2> pronoun\nobjective case of SHE\n\n<3> abbreviation\nheraldry


Words: herald
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an official at a tournament of arms with duties including the making of announcements and the marshaling of combatants b : an officer with the status of ambassador acting as official messenger between leaders especially in war c (1) : OFFICER OF ARMS (2) : an officer of arms ranking above a pursuivant and below a king of arms\n2 : an official crier or messenger\n3 a : one that precedes or foreshadows b : one that conveys news or proclaims : ANNOUNCER <it was the lark, the herald of the morn Shakespeare> c : one who actively promotes or advocates : EXPONENT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give notice of : ANNOUNCE\n2 a : to greet especially with enthusiasm : HAIL b : PUBLICIZE\n3 : to signal the approach of : FORESHADOW


Words: heraldry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the practice of devising, blazoning, and granting armorial insignia and of tracing and recording genealogies\n2 : an armorial ensign; broadly : INSIGNIA\n3 : PAGEANTRY


Words: herb
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a seed-producing annual, biennial, or perennial that does not develop persistent woody tissue but dies down at the end of a growing season\n2 : a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities\n3 slang : MARIJUANA 2


Words: herbage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : herbaceous vegetation (as grass) especially when used for grazing\n2 : the succulent parts of herbaceous plants


Words: herd
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control b : a congregation of gregarious wild animals\n2 a (1) : a group of people usually having a common bond (2) : a large assemblage of like things b : the undistinguished masses : CROWD <isolate the individual prophets from the herd Norman Cousins>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to gather, lead, or drive as if in a herd <seventy-five boys and girls were herded by six or eight teachers W. A. White> b : to keep or move (animals) together\n2 : to place in a group\nintransitive senses\n1 : to assemble or move in a herd\n2 : to place oneself in a group : ASSOCIATE


Words: here
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : in or at this place <turn here> often used interjectionally especially in answering a roll call b : NOW <here it’s morning already> c : in an arbitrary location <a book here, a paper there>\n2 : at or in this point, particular, or case <here we agree>\n3 : in the present life or state\n4 : HITHER <come here>\n5 used interjectionally in rebuke or encouragement\n\n<2> adjective\n1 used for emphasis especially after a demonstrative pronoun or after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective <this book here>\n2 nonstandard used for emphasis after a demonstrative adjective but before the noun modified <this here book>\n\n<3> noun\n: this place


Words: hereafter
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : after this in sequence or in time\n2 : in some future time or state\n\n<2> noun\n1 : FUTURE\n2 : an existence beyond earthly life\n\n<3> adjective\narchaic : FUTURE


Words: hereditary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring b : characteristic of or fostered by one’s predecessors\n2 a : received or passing by inheritance or required to pass by inheritance or by reason of birth b : having title or possession through inheritance or by reason of birth\n3 : of a kind established by tradition <hereditary enemies>\n4 : of or relating to inheritance or heredity


Words: heredity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : INHERITANCE b : TRADITION\n2 a : the sum of the qualities and potentialities genetically derived from one’s ancestors b : the transmission of such qualities from ancestor to descendant through the genes


Words: heresy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma b : denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church c : an opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma\n2 a : dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice b : an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards


Words: heritage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : property that descends to an heir\n2 a : something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor : LEGACY, INHERITANCE b : TRADITION\n3 : something possessed as a result of one’s natural situation or birth : BIRTHRIGHT <the nation’s heritage of tolerance>


Words: hermetic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 often capitalized a : of or relating to the Gnostic writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries A.D. and attributed to Hermes Trismegistus b : relating to or characterized by occultism or abstruseness : RECONDITE\n2 from the belief that Hermes Trismegistus invented a magic seal to keep vessels airtight a : AIRTIGHT <hermetic seal> b : impervious to external influence <trapped inside the hermetic military machine Jack Newfield> c : RECLUSE, SOLITARY <leads a hermetic life>


Words: hermit
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that retires from society and lives in solitude especially for religious reasons : RECLUSE b obsolete : BEADSMAN\n2 : a spiced molasses cookie


Words: hermitage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the habitation of a hermit b : a secluded residence or private retreat : HIDEAWAY c : MONASTERY\n2 : the life or condition of a hermit


Words: hernia
Meaning:
noun\n: a protrusion of an organ or part through connective tissue or through a wall of the cavity in which it is normally enclosed called also rupture


Words: hero
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability b : an illustrious warrior c : a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities d : one that shows great courage\n2 a : the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work b : the central figure in an event, period, or movement\n3 plural usually heros : SUBMARINE 2\n4 : an object of extreme admiration and devotion : IDOL


Words: heroic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling heroes especially of antiquity\n2 a : exhibiting or marked by courage and daring b : supremely noble or self-sacrificing\n3 a : of impressive size, power, extent, or effect : POTENT <heroic doses> <a heroic voice> b (1) : of great intensity : EXTREME, DRASTIC <heroic effort> (2) : of a kind that is likely only to be undertaken to save a life <heroic surgery>\n4 : of, relating to, or constituting drama written during the Restoration in heroic couplets and concerned with a conflict between love and honor\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a heroic verse or poem\n2 plural a : flamboyantly heroic language or action b : heroic action or behavior c : determined effort especially in the face of difficulty


Words: heroin
Meaning:
noun\n: a strongly physiologically addictive narcotic C21H23NO5 that is made by acetylation of but is more potent than morphine and that is prohibited for medical use in the U.S. but is used illicitly for its euphoric effects


Words: heroine
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mythological or legendary woman having the qualities of a hero b : a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities\n2 a : the principal female character in a literary or dramatic work b : the central female figure in an event or period


Words: heroism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : heroic conduct especially as exhibited in fulfilling a high purpose or attaining a noble end\n2 : the qualities of a hero


Words: heron
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various long-necked wading birds (family Ardeidae) with a long tapering bill, large wings, and soft plumage


Words: herring
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of two clupeid food fishes (genus Clupeus): a : one (C. harengus) that is abundant in the temperate and colder parts of the No. Atlantic and that in the adult state is preserved by smoking or salting and in the young state is extensively canned and sold as sardines b : one (C. pallasi syn. C. h. pallasi) of the No. Pacific harvested especially for its roe\n2 : CLUPEID


Words: herringbone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a pattern made up of rows of parallel lines which in any two adjacent rows slope in opposite directions\n2 a : a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern; also : a suit made of this fabric b : a herringbone arrangement (as of materials or parts)\n3 : a method in skiing of ascending a slope by herringboning\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to produce a herringbone pattern on\n2 : to arrange in a herringbone pattern\nintransitive senses\n1 : to produce a herringbone pattern\n2 : to ascend a slope by toeing out on skis and placing the weight on the inner side


Words: hers
Meaning:
pronoun\n: that which belongs to her used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective her


Words: herself
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 : that identical female one compare 1SHE; used reflexively, for emphasis, in absolute constructions, or in place of her especially when joined to another object <she considers herself lucky> <she herself did it> <herself an orphan, she understood the situation> <accepted the award for her colleagues and herself>\n2 : her normal, healthy, or sane condition or self\n3 chiefly Irish Scottish : a woman of consequence; especially : the mistress of the house


Words: hesitate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hold back in doubt or indecision\n2 : to delay momentarily : PAUSE\n3 : STAMMER\ntransitive senses : to hold back from in doubt or uncertainty <wouldn’t hesitate to commit herself>


Words: heterodox
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : UNORTHODOX, UNCONVENTIONAL <a heterodox book> <heterodox ideas>\n2 : holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines


Words: heterosexual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward the opposite sex b : of, relating to, or involving sexual intercourse between individuals of opposite sex\n2 : of or relating to different sexes\n\n<2> noun\n: a heterosexual person


Words: hew
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument\n2 : to fell by blows of an ax <hew a tree>\n3 : to give form or shape to with or as if with heavy cutting blows <hewed their farms from the wilderness J. T. Shotwell>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make cutting blows\n2 : CONFORM, ADHERE often used in the phrase hew to the line <no pressure on newspapers to hew to the official line N.Y. Times Magazine>


Words: hex
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to practice witchcraft\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put a hex on\n2 : to affect as if by an evil spell : JINX <giving in to an unscientific fear of hexing the whole project Daniel Lang>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person who practices witchcraft : WITCH\n2 : SPELL, JINX\n\n<3> adjective\n: HEXAGONAL <a bolt with a hex head>\n\n<4> adjective or noun\n: HEXADECIMAL\n\n<5> abbreviation\nhexagon


Words: heyday
Meaning:
<1> interjection\narchaic used to express elation or wonder\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : high spirits\n2 : the period of one’s greatest strength, vigor, or prosperity


Words: hiatus
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a break in or as if in a material object : GAP <the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party J. G. Colton> b : a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ\n2 a : an interruption in time or continuity : BREAK b : the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound


Words: hibernate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state\n2 : to be or become inactive or dormant


Words: hibiscus
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a large genus (Hibiscus) of herbs, shrubs, or small trees of the mallow family with large showy flowers and usually dentate leaves


Words: hiccup
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a spasmodic inhalation with closure of the glottis accompanied by a peculiar sound\n2 : an attack of hiccuping usually used in plural but singular or plural in constr.\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to make a hiccup; also : to be affected with hiccups


Words: hick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an unsophisticated provincial person\n\n<2> adjective\n: UNSOPHISTICATED, PROVINCIAL <a hick town>


Words: hickory
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a genus (Carya) of No. American hardwood trees of the walnut family that often have sweet edible nuts b : the usually tough wood of a hickory\n2 : a switch or cane (as of hickory wood) used especially for punishing a child


Words: hide
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of various old English units of land area; especially : a unit of 120 acres\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put out of sight : SECRETE b : to conceal for shelter or protection : SHIELD\n2 : to keep secret\n3 : to screen from or as if from view : OBSCURE\n4 : to turn (the eyes or face) away in shame or anger\nintransitive senses\n1 : to remain out of sight often used with out\n2 : to seek protection or evade responsibility\n\n<3> noun\nchiefly British : BLIND 2\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the skin of an animal whether raw or dressed used especially of large heavy skins\n2 : the life or physical well-being of a person <betrayed his friend to save his own hide>\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to give a beating to : FLOG


Words: hidebound
Meaning:
adjective\n1 of a domestic animal : having a dry skin lacking in pliancy and adhering closely to the underlying flesh\n2 : having an inflexible or ultraconservative character


Words: hideous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly\n2 : morally offensive : SHOCKING


Words: hie
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to go quickly : HASTEN\ntransitive senses : to cause (oneself) to go quickly


Words: hierarchy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a division of angels\n2 a : a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it; especially : the bishops of a province or nation b : church government by a hierarchy\n3 : a body of persons in authority\n4 : the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing; also : the group so classified\n5 : a graded or ranked series <Christian hierarchy of values> <a machine’s hierarchy of responses>


Words: hieroglyphic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters\n2 : inscribed with hieroglyphic\n3 : resembling hieroglyphic in difficulty of decipherment\n\n<2> noun\n1 : HIEROGLYPH\n2 : a system of hieroglyphic writing; specifically : the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood often used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.\n3 : something that resembles a hieroglyph especially in difficulty of decipherment


Words: hierophant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a priest in ancient Greece; specifically : the chief priest of the Eleusinian mysteries\n2 a : EXPOSITOR b : ADVOCATE


Words: high
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having large extension upward : taller than average, usual, or expected <a high wall> b : having a specified elevation : TALL <six feet high> often used in combinations <sky-high> <waist-high>\n2 a (1) : advanced toward the acme or culmination <high summer> (2) : advanced toward the most active or culminating period <on the Riviera during high season> (3) : constituting the late, most fully developed, or most creative stage or period <high Gothic> (4) : advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration <the higher apes> <higher mathematics> b : verging on lateness usually used in the phrase high time c : long past : REMOTE <high antiquity>\n3 : elevated in pitch <a high note>\n4 : relatively far from the equator <high lat.>\n5 : rich in quality : LUXURIOUS <high living>\n6 : slightly tainted <high game>; also : MALODOROUS <smelled rather high>\n7 : exalted in character : NOBLE <high purposes>\n8 : of greater degree, amount, cost, value, or content than average, usual, or expected <high prices> <food high in iron> <the high bid>\n9 : of relatively great importance: as a : foremost in rank, dignity, or standing <high officials> b : SERIOUS, GRAVE <high crimes> c : observed with the utmost solemnity <high religious observances> d : CRITICAL, CLIMACTIC <the high point of the novel> e : intellectually or artistically of the first order <high culture> f : marked by sublime, heroic, or stirring events or subject matter <high tragedy> <high adventure>\n10 : FORCIBLE, STRONG <high winds>\n11 : stressing matters of doctrine and ceremony; specifically : HIGH CHURCH\n12 a : filled with or expressing great joy or excitement <high spirits> b : INTOXICATED; also : excited or stupefied by or as if by a drug\n13 : articulated with some part of the tongue close to the palate <a high vowel>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree <climbed higher> <passions ran high>\n2 : WELL, LUXURIOUSLY often used in the phrases high off the hog and high on the hog\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an elevated place or region: as a


Words: highball
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a railroad signal for a train to proceed at full speed\n2 : an iced drink containing liquor (as whiskey) and water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to go at full or high speed <a highballing express train>


Words: highfalutin
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : PRETENTIOUS\n2 : expressed in or marked by the use of high-flown bombastic language : POMPOUS


Words: highland
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: elevated or mountainous land\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a highland\n2 capitalized : of or relating to the Highlands of Scotland


Words: highlight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the lightest spot or area (as in a painting) : any of several spots in a modeled drawing or painting that receives the greatest amount of illumination\n2 : something (as an event or detail) that is of major significance or special interest\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to throw a strong light on\n2 a : to center attention on b : to constitute a highlight of


Words: highness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being high\n2 used as a title for a person of exalted rank (as a king or prince)


Words: hightail
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to move at full speed or rapidly often in making a retreat usually used with it


Words: hijack
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to steal by stopping a vehicle on the highway b : to commandeer (a flying airplane) especially by coercing the pilot at gunpoint c : to stop and steal from (a vehicle in transit) d : KIDNAP\n2 a : to steal or rob as if by hijacking b : to subject to extortion or swindling


Words: hike
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go on a hike b : to travel by any means\n2 : to rise up; especially : to work upward out of place <skirt had hiked up in back>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to move, pull, or raise with a sudden motion <hiked himself onto the top bunk> b : SNAP 6b c : to raise in amount sharply or suddenly <hike rents>\n2 : to take on a hike\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a long walk especially for pleasure or exercise\n2 : an increase especially in quantity or amount <a new wage hike>\n3 : SNAP 11


Words: hill
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain\n2 : an artificial heap or mound (as of earth)\n3 : several seeds or plants planted in a group rather than a row\n4 : SLOPE, INCLINE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to form into a heap\n2 : to draw earth around the roots or base of


Words: himself
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 a : that identical male one compare 1HE; used reflexively, for emphasis, in absolute constructions, and in place of him especially when joined to another object <considers himself lucky> <he himself did it> <himself unhappy, he understood the situation> <a gift to his wife and himself> b used reflexively when the sex of the antecedent is unspecified <everyone must fend for himself>\n2 : his normal, healthy, or sane condition or self\n3 chiefly Irish Scottish : a man of consequence; especially : the master of the house


Words: hind
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the female of the red deer compare HART\n2 : any of various spotted groupers (especially genus Epinephelus)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a British farm assistant\n2 archaic : RUSTIC\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or forming the part that follows or is behind : REAR


Words: hinder
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make slow or difficult the progress of : HAMPER\n2 : to hold back : CHECK\nintransitive senses : to delay, impede, or prevent action\n\n<2> adjective\n: situated behind or in the rear : POSTERIOR


Words: Hindi
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a literary and official language of northern India\n2 : a complex of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects of northern India for which Hindi is the usual literary language


Words: hindquarter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one side of the back half of the carcass of a quadruped including a leg and usually one or more ribs\n2 plural : the hind pair of legs of a quadruped; broadly : all the structures of a quadruped that lie posterior to the attachment of the hind legs to the trunk


Words: Hinduism
Meaning:
noun\n: the dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances and often mystical contemplation and ascetic practices


Words: hinge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns b : a flexible ligamentous joint c : a small piece of thin gummed paper used in fastening a postage stamp in an album\n2 : a determining factor : TURNING POINT\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to be contingent on a single consideration or point used with on or upon\ntransitive senses : to attach by or furnish with hinges


Words: hint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : OPPORTUNITY, TURN\n2 a : a statement conveying by implication what it is preferred not to say explicitly b : an indirect or summary suggestion <helpful hints>\n3 : a slight indication of the existence, approach, or nature of something : CLUE\n4 : a very small amount : SUGGESTION\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to convey indirectly and by allusion rather than explicitly <a suspicion that she scarcely dared to hint>\nintransitive senses : to give a hint usually used with at


Words: hinterland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a region lying inland from a coast\n2 a : a region remote from urban areas b : a region lying beyond major metropolitan or cultural centers


Words: hip
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: ROSE HIP\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the laterally projecting region of each side of the lower or posterior part of the mammalian trunk formed by the lateral parts of the pelvis and upper part of the femur together with the fleshy parts covering them b : HIP JOINT\n2 : the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof that have their wall plates running in different directions\n\n<3> interjection\n\n\n<4> adjective\n: characterized by a keen informed awareness of or involvement in the newest developments or styles\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to make aware : TELL, INFORM\n\n<6> noun\n: HIPNESS


Words: hippodrome
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an oval stadium for horse and chariot races in ancient Greece\n2 : an arena for equestrian performances


Words: hippopotamus
Meaning:
noun\n: a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly aquatic artiodactyl mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) of sub-Saharan Africa with an extremely large head and mouth, bare and very thick grayish skin, and short legs; also : a smaller closely related mammal (Choeropsis liberiensis) of western Africa


Words: hipster
Meaning:
noun\n: a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or the use of stimulants)


Words: hire
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : payment for the temporary use of something b : payment for labor or personal services : WAGES\n2 a : the act or an instance of hiring b : the state of being hired : EMPLOYMENT\n3 British : RENTAL often used attributively\n4 : one who is hired <starting wage for the new hires>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to engage the personal services of for a set sum <hire a crew> b : to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum <hire a hall>\n2 : to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum <hire themselves out>\n3 : to get done for pay <hire the mowing done>\nintransitive senses : to take employment <hire out as a guide during the tourist season>


Words: his
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to him or himself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action <his house> <his writings> <his confirmation> compare 1HE\n\n<2> pronoun, singular or plural in construction\n: that which belongs to him used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective his


Words: hiss
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to make a sharp sibilant sound <the crowd hissed in disapproval> <hissing steam>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to express disapproval of by hissing <hissed the performers off the stage>\n2 : to utter or whisper angrily or threateningly and with a hiss


Words: histamine
Meaning:
noun\n: a compound C5H9N3 especially of mammalian tissues that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion, that is released during allergic reactions, and that is formed by decarboxylation of histidine


Words: historian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a student or writer of history; especially : one that produces a scholarly synthesis\n2 : a writer or compiler of a chronicle


Words: history
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TALE, STORY\n2 a : a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes b : a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena c : an account of a patient’s medical background d : an established record <a prisoner with a history of violence>\n3 : a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events <medieval history>\n4 a : events that form the subject matter of a history b : events of the past c : one that is finished or done for <the winning streak was history> <you’re history> d : previous treatment, handling, or experience (as of a metal)


Words: histrionic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deliberately affected : THEATRICAL\n2 : of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater


Words: histrionics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : theatrical performances\n2 : deliberate display of emotion for effect


Words: hit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to reach with or as if with a blow b : to come in contact with <the ball hit the window>\n2 a : to cause to come into contact b : to deliver (as a blow) by action c : to apply forcefully or suddenly <hit the brakes>\n3 : to affect especially detrimentally <farmers hit by drought>\n4 : to make a request of <hit his friend for 10 dollars> often used with up\n5 : to discover or meet especially by chance\n6 a : to accord with : SUIT b : REACH, ATTAIN <prices hit a new high> c : to arrive or appear at, in, or on <hit town> <the best time to hit the stores> d of fish : to bite at or on e : to reflect accurately <hit the right note> f : to reach or strike (as a target) especially for a score in a game or contest <couldn’t seem to hit the basket> g : BAT 2b\n7 : to indulge in excessively <hit the bottle>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to strike a blow b : to arrive with a forceful effect like that of a blow <the storm hit>\n2 a : to come into contact with something b : ATTACK c of a fish : STRIKE 11b d : BAT 1\n3 : to succeed in attaining or coming up with something often used with on or upon <hit on a solution>\n4 obsolete : to be in agreement : SUIT\n5 of an internal combustion engine : to fire the charge in the cylinders\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of hitting or being hit <more hits than misses> <took a financial hit>\n2 a : a stroke of luck b : a great success\n3 : a telling or critical remark\n4 : BASE HIT\n5 : a quantity of a narcotic drug ingested at one time\n6 : a premeditated murder committed especially by a member of a crime syndicate


Words: hitch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to move by jerks or with a tug\n2 a : to catch or fasten by or as if by a hook or knot <hitched his horse to the fence post> b (1) : to connect (a vehicle or implement) with a source of motive power <hitch a rake to a tractor> (2) : to attach (a source of motive power) to a vehicle or instrument <hitch the horses to the wagon> c : to join in marriage <got hitched>\n3 : HITCHHIKE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move with halts and jerks : HOBBLE\n2 a : to become entangled, made fast, or linked b : to become joined in marriage\n3 : HITCHHIKE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : LIMP\n2 : a sudden movement or pull : JERK <gave his trousers a hitch>\n3 a : a sudden halt : STOPPAGE b : a usually unforeseen difficulty or obstacle <the plan went off without a hitch>\n4 : the act or fact of catching hold\n5 : a connection between a vehicle or implement and a detachable source of power (as a tractor or horse)\n6 : a delimited period especially of military service\n7 : any of various knots used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily to an object\n8 : LIFT 5b


Words: hitchhike
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to travel by securing free rides from passing vehicles\n2 : to be carried or transported by chance or unintentionally <destructive insects hitchhiking on ships>\ntransitive senses : to solicit and obtain (a free ride) especially in a passing vehicle


Words: hive
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a container for housing honeybees\n2 : a colony of bees\n3 : a place swarming with activity\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 of bees : to enter and take possession of a hive\n2 : to reside in close association\ntransitive senses\n1 : to collect into a hive\n2 : to store up in or as if in a hive


Words: hoard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lay up a hoard of\n2 : to keep (as one’s thoughts) to oneself\nintransitive senses : to lay up a hoard


Words: hoarding
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a temporary board fence put about a building being erected or repaired called also hoard\n2 British : BILLBOARD


Words: hoarse
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : rough or harsh in sound : GRATING <a hoarse voice>\n2 : having a hoarse voice <shouted himself hoarse>


Words: hoax
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : IMPOSTURE\n2 : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication


Words: hob
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect English : HOBGOBLIN, ELF\n2 : MISCHIEF, TROUBLE used with play and raise <always raising hob>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a projection at the back or side of a fireplace on which something may be kept warm\n2 : a cutting tool used for cutting the teeth of worm wheels or gears\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to cut with a hob\n2 : to furnish with hobnails


Words: hobble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move along unsteadily or with difficulty; especially : to limp along\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to limp : make lame : CRIPPLE\n2 probably alteration of hopple (to hobble) a : to fasten together the legs of (as a horse) to prevent straying : FETTER b : to place under handicap : HAMPER, IMPEDE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a hobbling movement\n2 archaic : an awkward situation\n3 : something used to hobble an animal


Words: hobby
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a small Old World falcon (Falco subbuteo) formerly trained to catch small birds (as larks)\n\n<2> noun\n: a pursuit outside one’s regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation


Words: hobbyhorse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a figure of a horse fastened about the waist in the morris dance b : a dancer wearing this figure\n2 obsolete : BUFFOON\n3 a : a stick having an imitation horse’s head at one end that a child pretends to ride b : ROCKING HORSE c : a toy horse suspended by springs from a frame\n4 a : a topic to which one constantly reverts b : 2HOBBY


Words: hobo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a migratory worker\n2 : a homeless and usually penniless vagabond\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to live or travel in the manner of a hobo


Words: hock
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward see HORSE illustration b : a joint of a fowl’s leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped\n2 : a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot <ham hocks>\n\n<2> noun\nchiefly British : RHINE WINE 1\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: PAWN\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : 2PAWN 2 <got his watch out of hock> b : DEBT 3 <in hock to the bank>\n2 : PRISON


Words: hod
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tray or trough that has a pole handle and that is borne on the shoulder for carrying loads (as of mortar or brick)\n2 : a coal scuttle


Words: hoe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking; especially : an implement with a thin flat blade on a long handle used especially for cultivating, weeding, or loosening the earth around plants\n2 : BACKHOE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to use a hoe : work with a hoe\ntransitive senses\n1 : to weed, cultivate, or thin (a crop) with a hoe\n2 : to remove (weeds) by hoeing\n3 : to dress or cultivate (land) by hoeing


Words: hog
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a domestic swine especially when weighing more than 120 pounds (54 kilograms); broadly : any of various wild and domestic swine\n2 usually hogg British : a young unshorn sheep; also : wool from such a sheep\n3 a : a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person b : one that uses something to excess <old cars that are gas hogs>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cut (a horse’s mane) short : ROACH\n2 : to cause to arch\n3 : to take in excess of one’s due\n4 : to tear up or shred (as waste wood) into bits by machine\nintransitive senses : to become curved upward in the middle used of a ship’s bottom or keel


Words: hogshead
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large cask or barrel\n2 : any of various units of capacity; especially : a U.S. unit equal to 63 gallons (238 liters)


Words: hoist
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : LIFT, RAISE; especially : to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle\n2 : DRINK 1 <hoist a few beers>\nintransitive senses : to become hoisted : RISE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of hoisting : LIFT\n2 : an apparatus for hoisting\n3 : the height of a flag when viewed flying


Words: hokum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired audience response\n2 : pretentious nonsense : BUNKUM


Words: hold
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to have possession or ownership of or have at one’s disposal <holds property worth millions> <the bank holds the title to the car> b : to have as a privilege or position of responsibility <hold a professorship> c : to have as a mark of distinction <holds the record for the 100-yard dash> <holds a PhD>\n2 : to keep under restraint <hold price increases to a minimum>: as a : to prevent free expression of <hold your temper> b : to prevent from some action <ordered the troops to hold fire> <the only restraining motive which may hold the hand of a tyrant Thomas Jefferson> c : to keep back from use <ask them to hold a room for us> <I’ll have a hot dog, and hold the mustard> d : to delay temporarily the handling of <please hold all my calls>\n3 : to make liable or accountable or bound to an obligation <I’ll hold you to your promise>\n4 a : to have or maintain in the grasp <hold my hand> <this is how you hold the racket>; also : AIM, POINT <held a gun on them> b : to support in a particular position or keep from falling or moving <hold me up so can see> <hold the ladder steady> <a clamp holds the whole thing together> <hold your head up> c : to bear the pressure of : SUPPORT <can the roof hold all of that weight>\n5 : to prevent from leaving or getting away <hold the train>: as a : to avoid emitting or letting out <how long can you hold your breath> b : to restrain as or as if a captive <the suspect was held without bail> <held them at gunpoint>; also : to have strong appeal to <the book held my interest throughout>\n6 a : to enclose and keep in a container or within bounds : CONTAIN <the jug holds one gallon> <this corral will not hold all of the horses> b : to be able to consume easily or without undue effect <can’t hold any more pie>; especially : to be able to drink (alcoholic beverages) without becoming noticeably drunk <can’t hold your liquor> c : ACCOMMODATE <the restaurant holds 400 diners> d : to have as a principal or essential feature or attribute <the book holds a number of surpris


Words: holding
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : land held especially by a vassal or tenant b : property (as land or securities) owned usually used in plural\n2 : a ruling of a court especially on an issue of law raised in a case compare DICTUM\n3 : something that holds\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having the effect of holding back or delaying something <the warg represented a holding action against the spread of world Communism Sidney Offit>\n2 : intended for usually temporary storage or retention <a holding tank>


Words: hole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an opening through something : PERFORATION <have a hole in my coat> b : an area where something is missing : GAP: as (1) : a serious discrepancy : FLAW, WEAKNESS <there are holes in your logic> (2) : an opening in a defensive formation; especially : the area of a baseball field between the positions of shortstop and third baseman (3) : a defect in a crystal (as of a semiconductor) that is due to an electron’s having left its normal position in one of the crystal bonds and that is equivalent in many respects to a positively charged particle\n2 : a hollowed-out place: as a : a cave, pit, or well in the ground b : BURROW c : an unusually deep place in a body of water\n3 : a wretched or dreary place\n4 a : a shallow cylindrical hole in the putting green of a golf course into which the ball is played b : a part of the golf course from tee to putting green <just beginning play on the third hole>; also : the play on such a hole as a unit of scoring <won the hole by two strokes>\n5 a : an awkward position or circumstance : FIX <got the rebels out of a hole at the battle Kenneth Roberts> b : a position of owing or losing money <10 million in the hole> <raising money to get out of the hole>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a hole in\n2 : to drive or hit into a hole\nintransitive senses : to make a hole in something


Words: holiday
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : HOLY DAY\n2 : a day on which one is exempt from work; specifically : a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event\n3 chiefly British : a period of relaxation : VACATION often used in the phrase on holiday; often used in plural\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to take or spend a holiday especially in travel or at a resort


Words: holiness
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the quality or state of being holy used as a title for various high religious dignitaries <His Holiness the Pope>\n2 : SANCTIFICATION 2\n\n<2> adjective\n: emphasizing the doctrine of the second blessing; specifically : of or relating to a perfectionist movement arising in U.S. Protestantism in the late 19th century


Words: hollo
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to cry hollo : HOLLER\ntransitive senses\n1 : to call or cry hollo to\n2 : to utter loudly : HOLLER\n\n<2> noun\n: an exclamation or call of hollo\n\n<3> interjection\n1 used to attract attention (as when a fox is spied during a fox hunt)\n2 used as a call of encouragement or jubilation


Words: hollow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an unfilled space : CAVITY, HOLE\n2 : a depressed or low part of a surface; especially : a small valley or basin\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having an indentation or inward curve : CONCAVE, SUNKEN\n2 : having a cavity within <hollow tree>\n3 : lacking in real value, sincerity, or substance : FALSE, MEANINGLESS <hollow promises> <a victory over a weakling is hollow and without triumph Ernest Beaglehole>\n4 : reverberating like a sound made in or by beating on a large empty enclosure : MUFFLED\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make hollow\n2 : to form by a hollowing action usually used with out <rain barrels hollowed out from trees Robert Shaplen>\nintransitive senses : to become hollow\n\n<4> adverb\n1 : so as to have a hollow sound\n2 : COMPLETELY, THOROUGHLY <an ongoing story that has the old cowboy-and-Indians genre beat hollow Barbara Bannon> often used with all


Words: holly
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae, the holly family) of trees and shrubs; especially : either of two (I. opaca of the eastern U.S. and I. aquifolium of Eurasia) with spiny-margined evergreen leaves and usually red berries often used for Christmas decorations\n2 : the foliage or branches of the holly


Words: hollyhock
Meaning:
noun\n: a tall widely cultivated perennial Chinese herb (Alcea rosea syn. Althaea rosea) of the mallow family with large coarse rounded leaves and tall spikes of showy flowers


Words: holmium
Meaning:
noun\n: a metallic element of the rare-earth group that occurs with yttrium and forms highly magnetic compounds see ELEMENT table


Words: holocaust
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sacrifice consumed by fire\n2 : a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire <a nuclear holocaust>\n3 a often capitalized : the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II usually used with the b : a mass slaughter of people; especially : GENOCIDE


Words: holster
Meaning:
noun\n: a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle


Words: holy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness\n2 : DIVINE <for the Lord our God is holy Psalms 99:9 (Authorized Version)>\n3 : devoted entirely to the deity or the work of the deity <a holy temple> <holy prophets>\n4 a : having a divine quality <holy love> b : venerated as or as if sacred <holy scripture> <a holy relic>\n5 used as an intensive <this is a holy mess> <he was a holy terror when he drank Thomas Wolfe> often used in combination as a mild oath <holy smoke>


Words: homage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord b : the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassal c : an act done or payment made in meeting the obligations of vassalage\n2 a : expression of high regard : RESPECT often used with pay b : something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another : TRIBUTE <his long life filled with international homages to his unique musical talent People>


Words: home
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one’s place of residence : DOMICILE b : HOUSE\n2 : the social unit formed by a family living together\n3 a : a familiar or usual setting : congenial environment; also : the focus of one’s domestic attention <home is where the heart is> b : HABITAT\n4 a : a place of origin <salmon returning to their home to spawn>; also : one’s own country <having troubles at home and abroad> b : HEADQUARTERS 2 <home of the dance company>\n5 : an establishment providing residence and care for people with special needs <homes for the elderly>\n6 : the objective in various games; especially : HOME PLATE\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : to, from, or at one’s home <go home> <left home at the age of 12>\n2 a : to a final, closed, or ultimate position <drive a nail home> b : to or at an ultimate objective (as a goal or finish line)\n3 : to a vital sensitive core <the truth struck home>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being a home, place of origin, or base of operations <home office> <checkers in position on their home squares>\n2 : prepared, done, or designed for use in a home <home remedies> <home cooking> <a home videotape system>\n3 : operating or occurring in a home area <the home team> <home games>\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go or return home\n2 of an animal : to return accurately to one’s home or natal area from a distance\n3 : to proceed to or toward a source of radiated energy used as a guide <missiles home in on radar>\n4 : to proceed or direct attention toward an objective <science is homing in on the mysterious human process Sam Glucksberg>\ntransitive senses : to send to or provide with a home


Words: homecoming
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a return home\n2 : the return of a group of people usually on a special occasion to a place formerly frequented or regarded as home; especially : an annual celebration for alumni at a college or university


Words: homegrown
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : grown or produced at home or in a particular local area <homegrown vegetables> <homegrown films>\n2 : native to or characteristic of a particular area <the festival will feature homegrown artists>


Words: homeland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : native land : FATHERLAND\n2 : a state or area set aside to be a state for a people of a particular national, cultural, or racial origin; especially : BANTUSTAN


Words: homely
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : suggestive or characteristic of a home\n2 : being something familiar with which one is at home <satisfy themselves with houses, furniture, books and clothes that were worn and homely and friendly to the touch Brendan Gill>\n3 a : unaffectedly natural : SIMPLE b : not elaborate or complex <homely virtues>\n4 : plain or unattractive in appearance


Words: homemade
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : made in the home, on the premises, or by one’s own efforts\n2 : of domestic manufacture


Words: homespun
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : spun or made at home b : made of homespun\n2 : SIMPLE, HOMELY <homespun philosophy>\n\n<2> noun\n: a loosely woven usually woolen or linen fabric orig. made from homespun yarn


Words: homestead
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the home and adjoining land occupied by a family b : an ancestral home c : HOUSE\n2 : a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to acquire or occupy as a homestead\nintransitive senses : to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law


Words: homestretch
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of a racecourse between the last turn and the winning post\n2 : a final stage (as of a project)


Words: homeward
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: toward home <look homeward, angel John Milton>\n\n<2> adjective\n: being or going in the direction of home


Words: homework
Meaning:
noun\n1 : piecework done at home for pay\n2 : an assignment given to a student to be completed outside the regular class period\n3 : preparatory reading or research (as for a discussion or a debate)


Words: homily
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually short sermon\n2 : a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme\n3 : an inspirational catchphrase; also : PLATITUDE


Words: hominy
Meaning:
noun\n: kernels of corn that have been soaked in a caustic solution (as of lye) and then washed to remove the hulls


Words: homo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of a genus (Homo) of primate mammals that includes modern humans (H. sapiens) and several extinct related species\n\n<2> noun\noften disparaging : HOMOSEXUAL


Words: homogeneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of the same or a similar kind or nature\n2 : of uniform structure or composition throughout <a culturally homogeneous neighborhood>\n3 : having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out : having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered <a homogeneous equation>


Words: homogenize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to blend (diverse elements) into a uniform mixture b : to make homogeneous\n2 a : to reduce to small particles of uniform size and distribute evenly usually in a liquid b : to reduce the particles of so that they are uniformly small and evenly distributed; specifically : to break up the fat globules of (milk) into very fine particles\nintransitive senses : to become homogenized


Words: homograph
Meaning:
noun\n: one of two or more words spelled alike but different in meaning or derivation or pronunciation (as the bow of a ship, a bow and arrow)


Words: homologous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having the same relative position, value, or structure: as (1) : exhibiting biological homology (2) : having the same or allelic genes with genetic loci usually arranged in the same order <homologous chromosomes> b : belonging to or consisting of a chemical series whose successive members have a regular difference in composition especially of one methylene group\n2 : derived from or developed in response to organisms of the same species


Words: homonym
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : HOMOPHONE b : HOMOGRAPH c : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)\n2 : NAMESAKE\n3 : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank compare SYNONYM


Words: homophone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling (as the words to, too, and two)\n2 : a character or group of characters pronounced the same as another character or group


Words: homosexual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex\n2 : of, relating to, or involving sexual intercourse between persons of the same sex\n\n<2> noun\n: a homosexual person and especially a male


Words: hone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: WHETSTONE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone\n2 : to make more acute, intense, or effective : WHET <helped her hone her comic timing Patricia Bosworth>\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 dialect : YEARN often used with for or after\n2 dialect : GRUMBLE, MOAN


Words: honest
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : free from fraud or deception : LEGITIMATE, TRUTHFUL <an honest plea> b : GENUINE, REAL <making honest stops at stop signs Christian Science Monitor> c : HUMBLE, PLAIN <good honest food>\n2 a : REPUTABLE, RESPECTABLE <honest decent people> b chiefly British : GOOD, WORTHY\n3 : CREDITABLE, PRAISEWORTHY <an honest day’s work>\n4 a : marked by integrity b : marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression : FRANK <an honest appraisal> c : INNOCENT, SIMPLE\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in an honest manner : HONESTLY <I have ever found thee honest true Shakespeare>\n2 : with all sincerity <I didn’t do it, honest>


Words: honey
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a sweet viscid material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees b : a sweet fluid resembling honey that is collected or elaborated by various insects\n2 a : a loved one : SWEETHEART, DEAR b : a superlative example\n3 : the quality or state of being sweet : SWEETNESS\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sweeten with or as if with honey\n2 : to speak ingratiatingly to : FLATTER\nintransitive senses : to use blandishments or cajolery\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling honey\n2 : much loved : DEAR


Words: honeycomb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their nest to contain their brood and stores of honey\n2 : something that resembles a honeycomb in structure or appearance; especially : a strong lightweight cellular structural material\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to be full of cavities like a honeycomb b : to make into a checkered pattern : FRET\n2 a : to penetrate into every part : FILL b : SUBVERT, WEAKEN\nintransitive senses : to become pitted, checked, or cellular


Words: honeydew
Meaning:
noun\n: a saccharine deposit secreted on the leaves of plants usually by aphids or scale insects or sometimes by a fungus


Words: honeymoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a period of harmony immediately following marriage\n2 : a period of unusual harmony especially following the establishment of a new relationship\n3 : a trip or vacation taken by a newly married couple


Words: honeysuckle
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Lonicera of the family Caprifoliaceae, the honeysuckle family) of shrubs with opposite leaves and often showy flowers rich in nectar; broadly : any of various plants (as a columbine or azalea) with tubular flowers rich in nectar


Words: honk
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make the characteristic cry of a goose\n2 : to make a sound resembling the cry of a goose\ntransitive senses : to cause (as a horn) to honk\n\n<2> noun\n: the characteristic cry of a goose; also : a similar sound


Words: honor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : good name or public esteem : REPUTATION b : a showing of usually merited respect : RECOGNITION <pay honor to our founder>\n2 : PRIVILEGE\n3 : a person of superior standing now used especially as a title for a holder of high office <if Your Honor please>\n4 : one whose worth brings respect or fame : CREDIT <an honor to the profession>\n5 : the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon\n6 : an evidence or symbol of distinction: as a : an exalted title or rank b (1) : BADGE, DECORATION (2) : a ceremonial rite or observance <buried with full military honors> c : an award in a contest or field of competition d archaic : a gesture of deference : BOW e plural (1) : an academic distinction conferred on a superior student (2) : a course of study for superior students supplementing or replacing a regular course\n7 : CHASTITY, PURITY <fought fiercely for her honor and her life Barton Black>\n8 a : a keen sense of ethical conduct : INTEGRITY b : one’s word given as a guarantee of performance\n9 plural : social courtesies or civilities extended by a host <did the honors at the table>\n10 a (1) : an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge (2) : the scoring value of honors held in bridge usually used in plural b : the privilege of playing first from the tee in golf\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to regard or treat with honor or respect b : to confer honor on\n2 a : to live up to or fulfill the terms of <honor a commitment> b : to accept as payment <honor a credit card>\n3 : to salute with a bow in square dancing


Words: honorable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deserving of honor\n2 a : of great renown : ILLUSTRIOUS b : entitled to honor used as a title for the children of certain British noblemen and for various government officials\n3 : performed or accompanied with marks of honor or respect\n4 a : attesting to creditable conduct b : consistent with an untarnished reputation <an honorable withdrawal>\n5 : characterized by integrity : guided by a high sense of honor and duty


Words: honorarium
Meaning:
noun\n: a payment for a service (as making a speech) on which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set


Words: honorary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having or conferring distinction b : COMMEMORATIVE\n2 : dependent on honor for fulfillment\n3 a : conferred or elected in recognition of achievement or service without the usual prerequisites or obligations <an honorary degree> <an honorary member> b : UNPAID, VOLUNTARY <an honorary chairman>


Words: hood
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a flexible covering for the head and neck (2) : a protective covering for the head and face b : a covering for a hawk’s head and eyes c : a covering for a horse’s head; also : BLINDER\n2 a : an ornamental scarf worn over an academic gown that indicates by its color the wearer’s college or university b : a color marking or crest on the head of an animal or an expansion of the head that suggests a hood\n3 a : something resembling a hood in form or use b : a cover for parts of mechanisms; specifically : the movable metal covering over the engine of an automobile c chiefly British : a top cover over the passenger section of a vehicle usually designed to be folded back d : an enclosure or canopy provided with a draft for carrying off disagreeable or noxious fumes, sprays, smokes, or dusts e : a covering for an opening (as a companion hatch) on a boat\n\n<2> noun\n: HOODLUM\n\n<3> noun\n: NEIGHBORHOOD 4


Words: hoodoo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among blacks in the southern U.S.\n2 : a natural column of rock in western No. America often in fantastic form\n3 : something that brings bad luck\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cast a spell on; broadly : to be a source of misfortune to


Words: hoodwink
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : BLINDFOLD\n2 obsolete : HIDE\n3 : to deceive by false appearance : DUPE


Words: hoof
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a curved covering of horn that protects the front of or encloses the ends of the digits of an ungulate mammal and that corresponds to a nail or claw\n2 : a hoofed foot especially of a horse\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : WALK <hoofed it to the lecture hall>\n2 : KICK, TRAMPLE\nintransitive senses : to move on the feet; especially : DANCE


Words: hook
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling b : something intended to attract and ensnare\n2 : something curved or bent like a hook; especially plural : FINGERS\n3 : a flight or course of a ball that deviates from straight in a direction opposite to the dominant hand of the player propelling it; also : a ball following such a course compare SLICE\n4 : a short blow delivered with a circular motion by a boxer while the elbow remains bent and rigid\n5 : HOOK SHOT\n6 : BUTTONHOOK\n7 : quick or summary removal used with get or give <the pitcher got the hook after giving up three runs>\n8 : a device especially in music or writing that catches the attention\n9 : a selling point or marketing scheme\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form into a hook : CROOK\n2 a : to seize or make fast by or as if by a hook b : to connect by or as if by a hook often used with up\n3 : STEAL, PILFER\n4 : to make (as a rug) by drawing loops of yarn, thread, or cloth through a coarse fabric with a hook\n5 : to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form a hook : CURVE\n2 : to become hooked\n3 : to work as a prostitute


Words: hookup
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a state of cooperation or alliance\n2 : an assemblage (as of circuits) used for a specific purpose (as radio transmission); also : the plan of such an assemblage\n3 : an arrangement of mechanical parts; also : CONNECTION <a campsite with electric, water, and sewer hookups>


Words: hookworm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several parasitic nematode worms (family Ancylostomatidae) that have strong buccal hooks or plates for attaching to the host’s intestinal lining and that include serious bloodsucking pests\n2 : ANCYLOSTOMIASIS


Words: hoop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything\n2 a : a circular figure or object : RING b : the rim of a basketball goal; broadly : the entire goal\n3 : a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman’s skirt\n4 : BASKETBALL usually used in plural\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop


Words: hoot
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to shout or laugh usually derisively\n2 : to make the natural throat noise of an owl or a similar cry\n3 : to make a loud clamorous mechanical sound\ntransitive senses\n1 : to assail or drive out by hooting <hooted down the speaker>\n2 : to express or utter with hoots <hooted their disapproval>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sound of hooting; especially : the cry of an owl\n2 : a minimum amount or degree : the least bit <don’t give a hoot>\n3 : something or someone amusing <the play is a real hoot>\n\n<3> interjection\nchiefly Scottish used to express impatience, dissatisfaction, or objection


Words: hootenanny
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly dialect : GADGET\n2 : a gathering at which folksingers entertain often with the audience joining in


Words: hop
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move by a quick springy leap or in a series of leaps; also : to move as if by hopping <hop in the car>\n2 : to make a quick trip especially by air\ntransitive senses\n1 : to jump over <hop a fence>\n2 : to ride on <hopped a flight>; also : to ride surreptitiously and without authorization <hop a freight train>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a short brisk leap especially on one leg b : BOUNCE, REBOUND <shortstop scooped it up on the first hop>\n2 : DANCE 3\n3 a : a flight in an aircraft b : a short trip\n\n<3> noun\n1 plural : the ripe dried pistillate catkins of a hop used especially to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors\n2 : a twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the mulberry family with 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers of which the pistillate ones are in glandular cone-shaped catkins\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to impregnate with hops


Words: hope
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cherish a desire with anticipation <hopes for a promotion>\n2 archaic : TRUST\ntransitive senses\n1 : to desire with expectation of obtainment\n2 : to expect with confidence : TRUST\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : TRUST, RELIANCE\n2 a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment <came in hopes of seeing you>; also : expectation of fulfillment or success <no hope of a cure> b : someone or something on which hopes are centered <our only hope for victory> c : something hoped for


Words: hopper
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that hops b : a leaping insect; specifically : an immature hopping form of an insect (as a grasshopper or locust)\n2 from the shaking motion of hoppers used to feed grain into a mill a : a usually funnel-shaped receptacle for delivering material (as grain or coal); also : any of various other receptacles for the temporary storage of material b : a freight car with a floor sloping to one or more hinged doors for discharging bulk materials called also hopper car c : a box in which a bill to be considered by a legislative body is dropped d : a tank holding liquid and having a device for releasing its contents through a pipe


Words: hopscotch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a child’s game in which a player tosses an object (as a stone) into areas of a figure outlined on the ground and hops through the figure and back to regain the object\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to move as if by hopping <hopscotched across Europe>


Words: horde
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a political subdivision of central Asian nomads b : a people or tribe of nomadic life\n2 : a teeming crowd or throng : SWARM


Words: horehound
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a bitter mint (Marrubium vulgare) with downy leaves b : an extract or confection made from this plant\n2 : any of several mints resembling the horehound


Words: horizon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the apparent junction of earth and sky b : the great circle on the celestial sphere formed by the intersection of the celestial sphere with a plane tangent to the earth’s surface at an observer’s position c : range of perception or experience d : something that might be attained <new horizons>\n2 a : the geological deposit of a particular time usually identified by distinctive fossils b : any of the reasonably distinct layers of soil or its underlying material in a vertical section of land c : a cultural area or level of development indicated by separated groups of artifacts


Words: horizontal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or situated near the horizon b : parallel to, in the plane of, or operating in a plane parallel to the horizon or to a base line : LEVEL <horizontal distance> <horizontal engine>\n2 : relating to, directed toward, or consisting of individuals or entities of similar status or on the same level <horizontal mergers> <horizontal hostility>


Words: hormone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a product of living cells that circulates in body fluids or sap and produces a specific effect on the activity of cells remote from its point of origin; especially : one exerting a stimulatory effect on a cellular activity\n2 : a synthetic substance that acts like a hormone


Words: horn
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of the usually paired bony processes that arise from the head of many ungulates and that are found in some extinct mammals and reptiles: as (1) : one of the permanent paired hollow sheaths of keratin usually present in both sexes of cattle and their relatives that function chiefly for defense and arise from a bony core anchored to the skull see COW illustration (2) : ANTLER (3) : a permanent solid horn of keratin that is attached to the nasal bone of a rhinoceros (4) : one of a pair of permanent bone protuberances from the skull of a giraffe or okapi that are covered with hairy skin b : a part like an animal’s horn attributed especially to the devil c : a natural projection or excrescence from an animal resembling or suggestive of a horn d (1) : the tough fibrous material consisting chiefly of keratin that covers or forms the horns of cattle and related animals, hooves, or other horny parts (as claws or nails) (2) : a manufactured product (as a plastic) resembling horn e : a hollow horn used to\nhold something\n2 : something resembling or suggestive of a horn: as a : one of the curved ends of a crescent b : a sharp mountain peak c : a body of land or water shaped like a horn d : a beak-shaped part of an anvil e : a high pommel of a saddle f : CORNU\n3 a : an animal’s horn used as a wind instrument b : a brass wind instrument: as (1) : HUNTING HORN (2) : FRENCH HORN c : a wind instrument used in a jazz band; especially : TRUMPET d : a usually electrical device that makes a noise like that of a horn\n4 : a source of strength\n5 : one of the equally disadvantageous alternatives presented by a dilemma\n6 slang : TELEPHONE


Words: hornbook
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a child’s primer consisting of a sheet of parchment or paper protected by a sheet of transparent horn\n2 : a rudimentary treatise


Words: hornpipe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a single-reed wind instrument consisting of a wooden or bone pipe with finger holes, a bell, and mouthpiece usually of horn\n2 : a lively folk dance of the British Isles orig. accompanied by hornpipe playing


Words: horoscope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one’s birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person’s life\n2 : an astrological forecast


Words: horrid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : ROUGH, BRISTLING\n2 : innately offensive or repulsive: a : inspiring horror : SHOCKING b : inspiring disgust or loathing : NASTY


Words: horror
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay <astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me H. G. Wells> b : intense aversion or repugnance\n2 a : the quality of inspiring horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or character <contemplating the horror of their lives Liam O’Flaherty> b : something that inspires horror\n3 plural : a state of extreme depression or apprehension\n\n<2> adjective\n: calculated to inspire feelings of dread or horror : BLOODCURDLING <a horror story>


Words: horse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated since a prehistoric period and used as a beast of burden, a draft animal, or for riding (2) : RACEHORSE <play the horses> b : a male horse; especially : STALLION c : a recent or extinct animal (as a zebra, ass, or onager) of the horse family\n2 a : JACKSTAY b : a frame usually with legs used for supporting something (as planks or staging) c (1) : POMMEL HORSE (2) : VAULTING HORSE\n3 horse plural : CAVALRY\n4 : a mass of the same geological character as the wall rock occurring within a vein\n5 : HORSEPOWER\n6 slang : HEROIN\n7 : an athlete whose performance is consistently strong and reliable <a team with the horses to win the pennant>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide with a horse\n2 : to move by brute force\nintransitive senses , of a mare : to be in heat\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a horse b : hauled or powered by a horse <a horse barge>\n2 : large or coarse of its kind\n3 : mounted on horses <horse guards>


Words: horseback
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the back of a horse\n\n<2> adverb\n: on horseback\n\n<3> adjective\n: given without thorough consideration <a horseback opinion>


Words: horseman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rider or driver of horses; especially : one whose skill is exceptional\n2 : a person skilled in caring for or managing horses\n3 : a person who breeds or raises horses


Words: horsepower
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the power that a horse exerts in pulling\n2 : a unit of power equal in the U.S. to 746 watts and nearly equivalent to the English gravitational unit of the same name that equals 550 foot-pounds of work per second\n3 : effective power <intellectual horsepower> <computing horsepower>


Words: horseradish
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tall coarse white-flowered herb (Armoracia lapathifolia) of the mustard family\n2 : a condiment made from ground-up horseradish root


Words: horseshoe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually U-shaped band of iron fitted and nailed to the rim of a horse’s hoof to protect it\n2 : something (as a valley) shaped like a horseshoe\n3 plural : a game like quoits played with horseshoes or with horseshoe-shaped pieces of metal


Words: horsewoman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woman rider or driver of horses; especially : one whose skill is exceptional\n2 : a woman skilled in caring for or managing horses\n3 : a woman who breeds or raises horses


Words: horsey
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling a horse\n2 : having to do with horses or horse racing\n3 : characteristic of the manners, dress, or tastes of horsemen or horsewomen


Words: hose
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural hose a (1) : a cloth leg covering that sometimes covers the foot (2) : STOCKING, SOCK b (1) : a close-fitting garment covering the legs and waist that is usually attached to a doublet by points (2) : short breeches reaching to the knee\n2 : a flexible tube for conveying fluids (as from a faucet or hydrant)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to spray, water, or wash with a hose often used with down <hose down a stable floor>\n2 slang a : to deprive of something due or expected : TRICK, CHEAT b : to shoot with automatic weapons fire


Words: hospice
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a lodging for travelers, young persons, or the underprivileged especially when maintained by a religious order\n2 : a facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for supplying the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill


Words: hospitable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : given to generous and cordial reception of guests b : promising or suggesting generous and cordial welcome c : offering a pleasant or sustaining environment\n2 : readily receptive : OPEN <hospitable to new ideas>


Words: hospital
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young\n2 : an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care usually used in British English without an article after a preposition\n3 : a repair shop for specified small objects <clock hospital>


Words: host
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ARMY\n2 : a very large number : MULTITUDE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to assemble in a host usually for a hostile purpose\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : one that receives or entertains guests socially, commercially, or officially b : one that provides facilities for an event or function <our college served as host for the basketball tournament>\n2 a : a living animal or plant affording subsistence or lodgment to a parasite b : the larger, stronger, or dominant member of a commensal or symbiotic pair c : an individual into which a tissue, part, or embryo is transplanted from another\n3 : a mineral or rock that is older than the minerals or rocks in it; also : a substance that contains a usually small amount of another substance incorporated in its structure\n4 : a radio or television emcee\n5 : a computer that controls communications in a network that administers a database\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to serve as host to, at, or for <host friends> <host a dinner>\n2 : EMCEE <hosted a series of TV programs>\n\n<5> noun\n: the eucharistic bread


Words: hostage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge that promises will be kept or terms met by the other party b : a person taken by force to secure the taker’s demands\n2 : one that is involuntarily controlled by an outside influence


Words: hostel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : INN\n2 a chiefly British : a supervised institutional residence b : a supervised lodging for usually young travelers called also youth hostel\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to stay at hostels overnight in the course of traveling


Words: hostess
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a woman who entertains socially\n2 a : a woman in charge of a public dining room who seats diners b : a female employee on a public conveyance (as an airplane) who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers c : a woman who acts as a dancing partner or companion to male patrons in a dance hall or bar\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to act as hostess\ntransitive senses : to serve as hostess to


Words: hostile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to an enemy <hostile fire> b : marked by malevolence <a hostile act> c : openly opposed or resisting <a hostile critic> <hostile to new ideas> d : not hospitable <a hostile environment>\n2 a : of or relating to the opposing party in a legal controversy <a hostile witness> b : adverse to the interests of a property owner or corporation management <a hostile takeover>


Words: hostler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who takes care of horses or mules\n2 : one who moves locomotives in and out of a roundhouse; also : one who services locomotives


Words: hot
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having a relatively high temperature b : capable of giving a sensation of heat or of burning, searing, or scalding c : having heat in a degree exceeding normal body heat\n2 a : VIOLENT, STORMY <a hot temper> <a hot battle>; also : ANGRY <got hot about the remark> b : sexually excited or receptive; also : SEXY c : EAGER, ZEALOUS <hot for reform> d of jazz : emotionally exciting and marked by strong rhythms and free melodic improvisations\n3 : having or causing the sensation of an uncomfortable degree of body heat <hot and tired> <it’s hot in here>\n4 a : newly made : FRESH <a hot scent> <hot off the press> b : close to something sought <hot on the trail>\n5 a : suggestive of heat or of burning or glowing objects <hot colors> b : PUNGENT, PEPPERY\n6 a : of intense and immediate interest <some hot gossip> b : unusually lucky or favorable <on a hot streak> c : temporarily capable of unusual performance (as in a sport) d : currently popular or in demand <a hot commodity> e : very good <a hot idea> <not feeling too hot> f : ABSURD, UNBELIEVABLE <wants to fight the champ that’s a hot one>\n7 a : electrically energized especially with high voltage b : RADIOACTIVE; also : dealing with radioactive material c of an atom or molecule : being in an excited state\n8 a : recently and illegally obtained <hot jewels> b : wanted by the police; also : unsafe for a fugitive\n9 : FAST <a hot new fighter plane> <a hot lap around the track>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : HOTLY\n2 : FAST, QUICKLY\n\n<3> noun\n1 : HEAT 1d(1) <the hot of the day>\n2 : one that is hot (as a hot meal or a horse just after a workout)\n3 plural : strong sexual desire used with the\n\n<4> transitive verb\nchiefly Southern, southern Midland, British : HEAT, WARM usually used with up


Words: hotbed
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bed of soil enclosed in glass, heated especially by fermenting manure, and used for forcing or for raising seedlings\n2 : an environment that favors rapid growth or development <a hotbed of activity>


Words: hotel
Meaning:
noun\n: an establishment that provides lodging and usually meals, entertainment, and various personal services for the public : INN


Words: hotfoot
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in haste\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to go hotfoot : HURRY usually used with it\n\n<3> noun\n: a practical joke in which a match is surreptitiously inserted between the upper and the sole of a victim’s shoe and lighted


Words: hothouse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : BORDELLO\n2 : a greenhouse maintained at a high temperature especially for the culture of tropical plants\n3 : HOTBED 2\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : grown in a hothouse\n2 : suggestive of growth and development in a hothouse <a hothouse existence>; also : suggesting a hothouse <a hothouse atmosphere>


Words: hound
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : DOG b : a dog of any of various hunting breeds typically having large drooping ears and a deep voice and following their prey by scent\n2 : a mean or despicable person\n3 : DOGFISH\n4 : a person who pursues like a hound; especially : one who avidly seeks or collects something <autograph hounds>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to pursue with or as if with hounds\n2 : to drive or affect by persistent harassing


Words: hour
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a time or office for daily liturgical devotion; especially : CANONICAL HOUR\n2 : the 24th part of a day : 60 minutes\n3 a : the time of day reckoned in two 12-hour periods b plural : the time reckoned in one 24-hour period from midnight to midnight using a 4-digit number of which the first two digits indicate the hour and the last two digits indicate the minute <in the military 4:30 p.m. is called 1630 hours>\n4 a : a customary or particular time <lunch hour> <in our hour of need> b plural : time of going to bed <keeps late hours>; also : time of working <banker’s hours>\n5 : an angular unit of right ascension equal to 15 degrees measured along the celestial equator\n6 : the work done or distance traveled at normal rate in an hour <the city was two hours away>\n7 a : a class session b : CREDIT HOUR, SEMESTER HOUR


Words: hourglass
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an instrument for measuring time consisting of a glass vessel having two compartments from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury runs in an hour into the lower one\n\n<2> adjective\n: shaped like an hourglass <an hourglass figure>


Words: houri
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of the beautiful maidens that in Muslim belief live with the blessed in paradise\n2 : a voluptuously beautiful young woman


Words: house
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families : HOME\n2 a (1) : a shelter or refuge (as a nest or den) of a wild animal (2) : a natural covering (as a test or shell) that encloses and protects an animal or a colony of zooids b : a building in which something is housed <a carriage house>\n3 a : one of the 12 equal sectors in which the celestial sphere is divided in astrology b : a zodiacal sign that is the seat of a planet’s greatest influence\n4 a : HOUSEHOLD b : a family including ancestors, descendants, and kindred <the house of Tudor>\n5 a : a residence for a religious community or for students b : the community or students in residence\n6 a : a legislative, deliberative, or consultative assembly; especially : one constituting a division of a bicameral body b : the building or chamber where such an assembly meets c : a quorum of such an assembly\n7 a : a place of business or entertainment b (1) : a business organization <a publishing house> (2) : a gambling establishment c : the audience in a theater or concert hall <a full house on opening night>\n8 : the circular area 12 feet in diameter surrounding the tee and within which a curling stone must rest in order to count\n9 : a type of dance music mixed by a disc jockey that features overdubbing with a heavy repetitive drumbeat and repeated electronic melody lines\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to provide with living quarters or shelter b : to store in a house\n2 : to encase, enclose, or shelter as if by putting in a house\n3 : to serve as shelter for : CONTAIN\nintransitive senses : to take shelter : LODGE


Words: houseboat
Meaning:
noun\n: a boat fitted for use as a dwelling; especially : a pleasure craft with a broad beam, a usually shallow draft, and a large superstructure resembling a house


Words: houseclean
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to clean a house and its furniture\n2 : to get rid of unwanted or undesirable items or people\ntransitive senses\n1 : to clean the surfaces and furnishings of\n2 : to improve or reform by ridding of undesirable people or practices


Words: housefly
Meaning:
noun\n: a cosmopolitan dipteran fly (Musca domestica) that is often about human habitations and may act as a mechanical vector of diseases (as typhoid fever); also : any of various flies of similar appearance or habitat


Words: household
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family; also : a social unit comprised of those living together in the same dwelling\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a household : DOMESTIC <cooking and other household arts>\n2 : FAMILIAR, COMMON <a household name>


Words: housewife
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a married woman in charge of a household\n2 : a pocket-size container for small articles (as thread)


Words: housing
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : SHELTER, LODGING b : dwellings provided for people\n2 a : a niche for a sculpture b : the space taken out of a structural member (as a timber) to admit the insertion of part of another\n3 : something that covers or protects: as a : a case or enclosure (as for a mechanical part or an instrument) b : a casing (as an enclosed bearing) in which a shaft revolves c : a support (as a frame) for mechanical parts\n\n<2> noun\n: CAPARISON 1


Words: hovel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an open shed or shelter\n2 : TABERNACLE\n3 : a small, wretched, and often dirty house : HUT


Words: hover
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to hang fluttering in the air or on the wing b : to remain suspended over a place or object\n2 a : to move to and fro near a place : fluctuate around a given point <unemployment hovered around 10> b : to be in a state of uncertainty, irresolution, or suspense


Words: how
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : in what manner or way b : for what reason : WHY c : with what meaning : to what effect d : by what name or title <how art thou called Shakespeare>\n2 : to what degree or extent\n3 : in what state or condition <how are you>\n4 : at what price <how a score of ewes now Shakespeare>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a : the way or manner in which <remember how they fought>; also : the state or condition in which b : THAT <told them how he had a situation Charles Dickens>\n2 : HOWEVER, AS <a reader can shift his attention how he likes William Empson>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a question about manner or method\n2 : MANNER, METHOD


Words: however
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 : in whatever manner or way that <will help however can>\n2 archaic : ALTHOUGH\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : in whatever manner or way <shall serve you, sir, truly, however else Shakespeare> b : to whatever degree or extent <has done this for however many thousands of years Emma Hawkridge>\n2 : in spite of that : on the other hand <still seems possible, however, that conditions will improve> <would like to go; however, think I’d better not>\n3 : how in the world <however did you manage to do it>


Words: howitzer
Meaning:
noun\n: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and with relatively high trajectories


Words: howl
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to emit a loud sustained doleful sound characteristic of members of the dog family\n2 : to cry out loudly and without restraint under strong impulse (as pain, grief, or amusement)\n3 : to go on a spree or rampage\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter with unrestrained outcry\n2 : to drown out or cause to fail by adverse outcry used especially with down <howled down the speaker>


Words: hub
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the central part of a circular object (as a wheel or propeller)\n2 a : a center of activity : FOCAL POINT b : an airport or city through which an airline routes most of its traffic\n3 : a steel punch from which a working die for a coin or medal is made


Words: huckleberry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Gaylussacia) of American shrubs of the heath family; also : the edible dark blue to black usually acid berry (especially of G. baccata) with 10 nutlets\n2 : BLUEBERRY


Words: huckster
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : HAWKER, PEDDLER\n2 : one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : HAGGLE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to deal in or bargain over\n2 : to promote by showmanship


Words: huddle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 British : to arrange carelessly or hurriedly\n2 a : to crowd together b : to draw (oneself) together : CROUCH\n3 : to wrap closely in (as clothes)\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to gather in a close-packed group b : to curl up : CROUCH\n2 a : to hold a consultation b : to gather in a huddle in football\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a close-packed group : BUNCH <huddles of children> <a huddle of cottages>\n2 a : MEETING, CONFERENCE <secret huddles were held by five leading Republicans Newsweek> b : a brief gathering of football players away from the line of scrimmage to receive instructions (as from the quarterback) for the next down


Words: hue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : COMPLEXION, ASPECT <political parties of every hue Louis Wasserman>\n2 a : COLOR b : gradation of color c : the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors compare BRIGHTNESS 2, LIGHTNESS 2, SATURATION 4


Words: huff
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to emit puffs (as of breath or steam)\n2 a : to make empty threats : BLUSTER b : to react or behave indignantly <huffed off in anger>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to puff up : INFLATE\n2 archaic : to treat with contempt : BULLY\n3 : to make angry\n4 : to utter with indignation or scorn\n\n<2> noun\n: a usually peevish and transitory spell of anger or resentment <quit in a huff>


Words: hug
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to press tightly especially in the arms\n2 a : CONGRATULATE b : to hold fast : CHERISH <hugged his miseries like a sulky child John Buchan>\n3 : to stay close to <the road hugs the river>


Words: huge
Meaning:
adjective\n: very large or extensive: as a : of great size or area b : great in scale or degree <a huge deficit> c : great in scope or character <a man of huge talent>


Words: hula
Meaning:
noun\n: a sinuous Polynesian dance characterized by rhythmic movement of the hips and mimetic gestures with the hands and often accompanied by chants and rhythmic drumming


Words: hulk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a heavy clumsy ship b (1) : the body of an old ship unfit for service (2) : a ship used as a prison usually used in plural <every prisoner sent to the hulks Kenneth Roberts> c : an abandoned wreck or shell (as of a building or automobile)\n2 : one that is bulky or unwieldy <a big hulk of a man>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 dialect English : to move ponderously\n2 : to appear impressively large or massive : LOOM


Words: hull
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the outer covering of a fruit or seed b : the persistent calyx or involucre that subtends some fruits\n2 a : the frame or body of a ship or boat exclusive of masts, yards, sails, and rigging b : the main body of a usually large or heavy craft or vehicle (as an airship or tank)\n3 : COVERING, CASING\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to remove the hulls of : SHUCK


Words: hum
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to utter a sound like that of the speech sound prolonged b : to make the natural noise of an insect in motion or a similar sound : DRONE c : to give forth a low continuous blend of sound\n2 a : to be busily active <the museum hummed with visitors> b : to run smoothly <the business started to hum>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sing with the lips closed and without articulation\n2 : to affect or express by humming <hummed his displeasure>


Words: human
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of humans\n2 : consisting of humans\n3 a : having human form or attributes b : susceptible to or representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature <such an inconsistency is very human P. E. More>\n\n<2> noun\n: a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) : MAN; broadly : any living or extinct member of the family (Hominidae) to which the primate belongs


Words: humane
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals\n2 : characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : HUMANISTIC <humane studies>


Words: humanism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : devotion to the humanities : literary culture b : the revival of classical letters, individualistic and critical spirit, and emphasis on secular concerns characteristic of the Renaissance\n2 : HUMANITARIANISM\n3 : a doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values; especially : a philosophy that usually rejects supernaturalism and stresses an individual’s dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason


Words: humanity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being humane\n2 a : the quality or state of being human b plural : human attributes or qualities <his work has the ripeness of the 18th century, and its rough humanities Pamela H. Johnson>\n3 plural : the branches of learning (as philosophy, arts, or languages) that investigate human constructs and concerns as opposed to natural processes (as in physics or chemistry) and social relations (as in anthropology or economics)\n4 : MANKIND 1


Words: humanize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to represent as human : attribute human qualities to b : to adapt to human nature or use\n2 : to make humane


Words: humble
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive\n2 : reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission <a humble apology>\n3 a : ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : INSIGNIFICANT, UNPRETENTIOUS b : not costly or luxurious <a humble contraption>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make humble in spirit or manner\n2 : to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of


Words: humbug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something designed to deceive and mislead b : a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person\n2 : an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception\n3 : NONSENSE, DRIVEL\n4 British : a hard usually mint-flavored candy\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : DECEIVE, HOAX\nintransitive senses : to engage in a hoax or deception


Words: humid
Meaning:
adjective\n: containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive


Words: hummingbird
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a family (Trochilidae) of tiny brightly colored nonpasserine New World birds related to the swifts and like them having narrow wings with long primaries, a slender bill, and a very extensile tongue


Words: humor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph) b : a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity\n2 a in medieval physiology : a fluid or juice of an animal or plant; specifically : one of the four fluids entering into the constitution of the body and determining by their relative proportions a person’s health and temperament b : characteristic or habitual disposition or bent : TEMPERAMENT <of cheerful humor> c : an often temporary state of mind imposed especially by circumstances <was in no humor to listen> d : a sudden, unpredictable, or unreasoning inclination : WHIM <the uncertain humors of nature>\n3 a : that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous b : the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous c : something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to soothe or content by indulgence\n2 : to adapt oneself to


Words: hump
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a rounded protuberance: as a : HUMPBACK 1 b : a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal (as a camel, bison, or whale) c (1) : MOUND, HUMMOCK (2) : MOUNTAIN, RANGE <the Himalayan hump>\n2 British : a fit of depression or sulking\n3 : a difficult, trying, or critical phase or obstacle often used in the phrase over the hump\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 often vulgar : to copulate with\n2 : to exert (oneself) vigorously\n3 : to make humpbacked : HUNCH\n4 chiefly British : to put or carry on the back : LUG; also : TRANSPORT\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exert oneself : HUSTLE\n2 : to move swiftly : RACE


Words: humpback
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a humped or crooked back; also : KYPHOSIS\n2 : HUNCHBACK 1\n3 : HUMPBACK WHALE\n4 : PINK SALMON


Words: humus
Meaning:
noun\n: a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic portion of soil


Words: Hun
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a nomadic central Asian people gaining control of a large part of central and eastern Europe under Attila about A.D. 450\n2 a often not capitalized : a person who is wantonly destructive : VANDAL b usually disparaging : GERMAN; especially : a German soldier


Words: hunch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : JOSTLE, SHOVE\n2 : to thrust or bend over into a humped or crooked position\nintransitive senses\n1 : to thrust oneself forward\n2 a : to assume a bent or crooked posture b : to draw oneself into a ball : curl up c : HUDDLE, SQUAT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of hunching : PUSH\n2 a : a thick piece : LUMP b : HUMP\n3 : a strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result


Words: hundred
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 hundreds plural a : the numbers 100 to 999 b : a great number <hundreds of times>\n3 : a 100-dollar bill\n4 : a subdivision of some English and American counties


Words: hundredweight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds called also short hundredweight; see WEIGHT table\n2 British : a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds called also long hundredweight


Words: Hungarian
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a native or inhabitant of Hungary : MAGYAR b : a person of Hungarian descent\n2 : the Finno-Ugric language of the Hungarians


Words: hunger
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient b : an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food c : a weakened condition brought about by prolonged lack of food\n2 : a strong desire : CRAVING\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to feel or suffer hunger\n2 : to have an eager desire\ntransitive senses : to make hungry


Words: hunker
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : CROUCH, SQUAT usually used with down\n2 : to settle in or dig in for a sustained period used with down <hunker down for a good long wait New Yorker>


Words: hunt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pursue for food or in sport <hunt buffalo> b : to manage in the search for game <hunts a pack of dogs>\n2 a : to pursue with intent to capture <hunted the escapees> b : to search out : SEEK\n3 : to drive or chase especially by harrying <members were hunted from their homes J. T. Adams>\n4 : to traverse in search of prey <hunts the woods>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take part in a hunt\n2 : to attempt to find something\n3 : to oscillate alternately to each side (as of a neutral point) or to run alternately faster and slower used especially of a device or machine\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act, the practice, or an instance of hunting\n2 : a group of mounted hunters and their hunting dogs


Words: hurdle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a portable panel usually of wattled withes and stakes used especially for enclosing land or livestock b : a frame or sled formerly used in England for dragging traitors to execution\n2 a : an artificial barrier over which racers must leap b plural : any of various track events in which a series of hurdles must be surmounted\n3 : BARRIER, OBSTACLE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to leap over especially while running (as in a sporting competition)\n2 : OVERCOME, SURMOUNT


Words: hurl
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : RUSH, HURTLE\n2 : PITCH 5a, b\ntransitive senses\n1 : to send or thrust with great vigor <the forces that were to be hurled against the Turks N. T. Gilroy>\n2 : to throw down with violence\n3 a : to throw forcefully : FLING <hurled the manuscript into the fire> <hurled myself over the fence> b : PITCH 2a\n4 : to utter with vehemence <hurled insults at the police>


Words: hurricane
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles (118 kilometers) per hour or greater that occurs especially in the western Atlantic, that is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning, and that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes see BEAUFORT SCALE table\n2 : something resembling a hurricane especially in its turmoil\n\n<2> adjective\n: having or being a glass chimney providing protection from wind <a hurricane lamp>


Words: hurry
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to carry or cause to go with haste <hurry them to the hospital> b : to impel to rash or precipitate action\n2 a : to impel to greater speed : PROD <used spurs to hurry the horse> b : EXPEDITE c : to perform with undue haste <hurry a minuet>\nintransitive senses : to move or act with haste <please hurry up>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : disturbed or disorderly activity : COMMOTION\n2 a : agitated and often bustling or disorderly haste b : a state of eagerness or urgency : RUSH


Words: hurt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to inflict with physical pain : WOUND b : to do substantial or material harm to : DAMAGE <the dry summer has hurt the land>\n2 a : to cause emotional pain or anguish to : OFFEND b : to be detrimental to : HAMPER <charges of graft hurt my chances of being elected>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to suffer pain or grief b : to be in need usually used with for <hurting for money>\n2 : to cause damage or distress <hit where it hurts>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a cause of injury or damage : BLOW\n2 a : a bodily injury or wound b : mental distress or anguish : SUFFERING\n3 : WRONG, HARM


Words: husband
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a male partner in a marriage\n2 British : MANAGER, STEWARD\n3 : a frugal manager\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to manage prudently and economically b : to use sparingly : CONSERVE\n2 archaic : to find a husband for : MATE


Words: husbandman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that plows and cultivates land : FARMER\n2 : a specialist in a branch of farm husbandry


Words: husbandry
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the care of a household\n2 : the control or judicious use of resources : CONSERVATION\n3 a : the cultivation or production of plants and animals : AGRICULTURE b : the scientific control and management of a branch of farming and especially of domestic animals


Words: hush
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : CALM, QUIET <hushed the children as they entered the library>\n2 : to put at rest : MOLLIFY\n3 : to keep from public knowledge : SUPPRESS <hush the story up>\nintransitive senses : to become quiet\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic : SILENT, STILL\n2 : intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information <hush money>\n\n<3> noun\n: a silence or calm especially following noise : QUIET


Words: husk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually dry or membranous outer covering (as a pod or hull or one composed of bracts) of various seeds and fruits; also : one of the constituent parts b : a carob pod\n2 a : an outer layer : SHELL b : an emptied shell : REMNANT c : a supporting framework\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to strip the husk from


Words: husky
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: resembling, containing, or full of husks\n\n<2> adjective\n: hoarse with or as if with emotion\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a heavy-coated working dog of the New World arctic region\n2 : SIBERIAN HUSKY\n\n<4> noun\n: one that is husky\n\n<5> adjective\n1 : BURLY, ROBUST\n2 : LARGE


Words: hussar
Meaning:
noun\n: a member of any of various European units orig. modeled on the Hungarian light cavalry of the 15th century


Words: hustings
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 a : a local court formerly held in various English municipalities and still held infrequently in London b : a local court in some cities in Virginia\n2 a : a raised platform used until 1872 for the nomination of candidates for the British Parliament and for election speeches b : an election platform : STUMP c : the proceedings or locale of an election campaign


Words: hustle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : JOSTLE, SHOVE b : to convey forcibly or hurriedly c : to urge forward precipitately\n2 a : to obtain by energetic activity <hustle up new customers> b : to sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity <hustling the suckers> c : to sell or promote energetically and aggressively <hustling a new product> d : to lure less skillful players into competing against oneself at (a gambling game) <hustle pool>\nintransitive senses\n1 : SHOVE, PRESS\n2 : HASTEN, HURRY\n3 a : to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business b : to obtain money by fraud or deception c : to engage in prostitution\n4 : to play a game or sport in an alert aggressive manner


Words: hut
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : SHACK\n2 : a simple shelter from the elements\n\n<2> interjection\n"


Words: hutch
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a chest or compartment for storage b : a cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves\n2 : a pen or coop for an animal\n3 : SHACK, SHANTY


Words: hyacinth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a precious stone of the ancients sometimes held to be the sapphire b : a gem zircon or essonite\n2 a : a plant of the ancients held to be a lily, iris, larkspur, or gladiolus b : a bulbous herb (Hyacinthus orientalis) of the lily family that is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely grown for its dense spikes of fragrant flowers compare GRAPE HYACINTH, WATER HYACINTH\n3 : a light violet to moderate purple


Words: hybrid
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an offspring of two animals or plants of different races, breeds, varieties, species, or genera\n2 : a person whose background is a blend of two diverse cultures or traditions\n3 a : something heterogeneous in origin or composition : COMPOSITE <artificial hybrids of DNA and RNA> <a hybrid of medieval and Renaissance styles> b : something (as a power plant, vehicle, or electronic circuit) that has two different types of components performing essentially the same function


Words: hydrangea
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Hydrangea) of shrubs and one woody vine of the saxifrage family with opposite leaves and showy clusters of usually sterile white or tinted flowers


Words: hydrant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from a water main (as for fighting fires) called also fireplug\n2 : FAUCET


Words: hydrate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a compound formed by the union of water with some other substance\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to take up or combine with water or the elements of water\nintransitive senses : to become a hydrate


Words: hydraulic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : operated, moved, or effected by means of water\n2 a : of or relating to hydraulics <hydraulic engineer> b : of or relating to water or other liquid in motion <hydraulic erosion>\n3 : operated by the resistance offered or the pressure transmitted when a quantity of liquid (as water or oil) is forced through a comparatively small orifice or through a tube <hydraulic brakes>\n4 : hardening or setting under water <hydraulic cement>


Words: hydraulics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: a branch of science that deals with practical applications (as the transmission of energy or the effects of flow) of liquid (as water) in motion


Words: hydro
Meaning:
<1> noun\nBritish : an establishment offering hydropathic treatment (as for weight loss) : HEALTH SPA\n\n<2> noun\n: hydroelectric power


Words: hydrocarbon
Meaning:
noun\n: an organic compound (as acetylene or butane) containing only carbon and hydrogen and often occurring in petroleum, natural gas, coal, and bitumens


Words: hydroelectric
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to production of electricity by waterpower <constructed a hydroelectric power plant at the dam site>


Words: hydrogen
Meaning:
noun\n: a nonmetallic element that is the simplest and lightest of the elements, is normally a colorless odorless highly flammable diatomic gas, and is used especially in synthesis compare DEUTERIUM, TRITIUM; see ELEMENT table


Words: hydrolysis
Meaning:
noun\n: a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water


Words: hydrometer
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid (as battery acid or an alcohol solution) and hence its strength


Words: hydroplane
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a powerboat designed for racing that skims the surface of the water\n2 : SEAPLANE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to skim on water; especially of a vehicle : to skid on a wet surface (as pavement) because a film of water on the surface causes the tires to lose contact with it


Words: hydroponics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: the growing of plants in nutrient solutions with or without an inert medium to provide mechanical support


Words: hydrostatic
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit compare HYDROKINETIC


Words: hydroxide
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the univalent anion OH- consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen called also hydroxide ion\n2 : an ionic compound of hydroxide with an element or group


Words: hyena
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several large strong nocturnal carnivorous Old World mammals (family Hyaenidae) that usually feed as scavengers


Words: hygiene
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a science of the establishment and maintenance of health\n2 : conditions or practices (as of cleanliness) conducive to health


Words: hymn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a song of praise to God b : a metrical composition adapted for singing in a religious service\n2 : a song of praise or joy\n3 : something resembling a hymn : PAEAN\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to praise or worship in or as if in hymns\nintransitive senses : to sing a hymn


Words: hyperborean
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 often capitalized : a member of a people held by the ancient Greeks to live beyond the north wind in a region of perpetual sunshine\n2 : an inhabitant of a cool northern climate\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to an extreme northern region : FROZEN\n2 : of or relating to any of the arctic peoples


Words: hypersensitive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : excessively or abnormally sensitive\n2 : abnormally susceptible physiologically to a specific agent (as a drug or antigen)


Words: hypersonic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to speed five or more times that of sound in air compare SONIC\n2 : moving, capable of moving, or utilizing air currents that move at hypersonic speed <hypersonic wind tunnel>


Words: hypertension
Meaning:
noun\n: abnormally high blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure; also : the systemic condition accompanying high blood pressure


Words: hypertrophy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : excessive development of an organ or part; specifically : increase in bulk (as by thickening of muscle fibers) without multiplication of parts\n2 : exaggerated growth or complexity\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to undergo hypertrophy


Words: hyphen
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a punctuation mark - used especially to divide or to compound words, word elements, or numbers\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: HYPHENATE


Words: hyphenate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to connect (as two words) or divide (as a word at the end of a line of print) with a hyphen\n\n<2> noun\n: a person who performs more than one function


Words: hypnosis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject\n2 : any of various conditions that resemble sleep\n3 : HYPNOTISM 1


Words: hypnotic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : tending to produce sleep : SOPORIFIC\n2 a : of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism b : readily holding the attention <a hypnotic personality> <a simple hypnotic beat>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sleep-inducing agent : SOPORIFIC\n2 : one that is or can be hypnotized


Words: hypochondria
Meaning:
noun\n: extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments; specifically : HYPOCHONDRIASIS


Words: hypocrisy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion\n2 : an act or instance of hypocrisy


Words: hypodermic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : adapted for use in or administered by injection beneath the skin\n2 : of or relating to the parts beneath the skin\n3 : resembling a hypodermic injection in effect : STIMULATING\n\n<2> noun\n1 : HYPODERMIC INJECTION\n2 : HYPODERMIC SYRINGE


Words: hypotenuse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite the right angle\n2 : the length of a hypotenuse


Words: hypothecate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to pledge as security without delivery of title or possession\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: HYPOTHESIZE


Words: hypothesis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action\n2 : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences\n3 : the antecedent clause of a conditional statement


Words: hyssop
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a plant used in purificatory sprinkling rites by the ancient Hebrews\n2 : a European mint (Hyssopus officinalis) that has highly aromatic and pungent leaves and is sometimes used as a potherb


Words: hysteria
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions\n2 : behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess <political hysteria>


Words: i
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 9th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic i\n2 : ONE see NUMBER table\n3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter i\n4 : one designated i especially as the 9th in order or class\n5 : something shaped like the letter I\n6 : a unit vector parallel to the x-axis\n7 abbreviation for incomplete a : a grade rating a student’s work as incomplete b : one graded or rated with an I\n8 : FORMATION\n\n<2> abbreviation\nindustrial, initial, intelligence, intensity, intransitive, island, isle


Words: iamb
Meaning:
noun\n: a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above)


Words: ibex
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several wild goats (genus Capra, especially C. ibex) living chiefly in high mountain areas of the Old World and having large recurved horns transversely ridged in front


Words: ibis
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various wading birds (family Threskiornithidae) related to the herons but distinguished by a long slender downwardly curved bill


Words: ice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : frozen water b : a sheet or stretch of ice\n2 : a substance resembling ice; especially : the solid state of a substance usually found as a gas or liquid <ammonia ice in the rings of Saturn>\n3 : a state of coldness (as from formality or reserve)\n4 a : a frozen dessert containing a flavoring (as fruit juice); especially : one containing no milk or cream b British : a serving of ice cream\n5 slang : DIAMONDS; broadly : JEWELRY\n6 : an undercover premium paid to a theater employee for choice theater tickets\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to coat with or convert into ice b : to chill with ice c : to supply with ice\n2 : to cover with or as if with icing\n3 : to put on ice\n4 : SECURE 1b <made two free throws to ice the win Jack McCallum>\n5 : to shoot (an ice hockey puck) the length of the rink and beyond the opponents’ goal line\n6 slang : KILL 1a\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become ice-cold\n2 a : to become covered with ice often used with up or over b : to have ice form inside <the carburetor iced up>


Words: iceberg
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier\n2 : an emotionally cold person\n3 : ICEBERG LETTUCE


Words: icebreaker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ship equipped to make and maintain a channel through ice\n2 : something that breaks the ice on a project or occasion; especially : MIXER 1c


Words: Icelandic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of Iceland, the Icelanders, or Icelandic\n\n<2> noun\n: the North Germanic language of Iceland


Words: ichor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thin watery or blood-tinged discharge\n2 : an ethereal fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the ancient Greek gods


Words: icicle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a pendent mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water\n2 : an emotionally cold person\n3 : a long narrow strip (as of foil) used to decorate a Christmas tree


Words: icing
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a sweet flavored usually creamy mixture used to coat baked goods (as cupcakes) called also frosting\n2 : something that adds to the interest, value, or appeal of an item or event often used in the phrase icing on the cake\n\n<2> noun\n: an act by an ice-hockey player of shooting a puck from within the defensive zone or defensive half of the rink beyond the opponents’ goal line but not into the goal


Words: icon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually pictorial representation : IMAGE\n2 Late Greek eik*n, from Greek : a conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians\n3 : an object of uncritical devotion : IDOL\n4 : EMBLEM, SYMBOL <the house became an icon of 1860’s residential architecture Paul Goldberger>\n5 a : a sign (as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning b : a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that suggests the purpose of an available function


Words: iconoclast
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration\n2 : one who attacks settled beliefs or institutions


Words: icy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : covered with, abounding in, or consisting of ice b : intensely cold\n2 : characterized by coldness : FRIGID <an icy stare>; also : STEELY <icy nerves>


Words: id
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that is completely unconscious and is the source of psychic energy derived from instinctual needs and drives compare EGO, SUPEREGO\n\n<2> abbreviation\nidem


Words: idea
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a transcendent entity that is a real pattern of which existing things are imperfect representations b : a standard of perfection : IDEAL c : a plan for action : DESIGN\n2 archaic : a visible representation of a conception : a replica of a pattern\n3 a obsolete : an image recalled by memory b : an indefinite or unformed conception c : an entity (as a thought, concept, sensation, or image) actually or potentially present to consciousness\n4 : a formulated thought or opinion\n5 : whatever is known or supposed about something <a child’s idea of time>\n6 : the central meaning or chief end of a particular action or situation\n7 Christian Science : an image in Mind


Words: ideal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : existing as an archetypal idea\n2 a : existing as a mental image or in fancy or imagination only; broadly : lacking practicality b : relating to or constituting mental images, ideas, or conceptions\n3 a : of, relating to, or embodying an ideal b : conforming exactly to an ideal, law, or standard : PERFECT <an ideal gas> compare REAL 2b(3)\n4 : of or relating to philosophical idealism\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a standard of perfection, beauty, or excellence\n2 : one regarded as exemplifying an ideal and often taken as a model for imitation\n3 : an ultimate object or aim of endeavor : GOAL\n4 : a subset of a mathematical ring that is closed under addition and subtraction and contains the products of any given element of the subset with each element of the ring


Words: idealism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a theory that ultimate reality lies in a realm transcending phenomena (2) : a theory that the essential nature of reality lies in consciousness or reason b (1) : a theory that only the perceptible is real (2) : a theory that only mental states or entities are knowable\n2 a : the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence b : something that is idealized\n3 : literary or artistic theory or practice that affirms the preeminent value of imagination as compared with faithful copying of nature compare REALISM


Words: idealize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form ideals\n2 : to work idealistically\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give an ideal form or value to b : to attribute ideal characteristics to\n2 : to treat idealistically


Words: ideally
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in idea or imagination : MENTALLY\n2 : in relation to an exemplar\n3 a : conformably to or in respect to an ideal : PERFECTLY b : for best results <ideally, the counselor should vary his techniques for each applicant T. M. Martinez> c : in accordance with an ideal or typical standard : CLASSICALLY


Words: identical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being the same : SELFSAME <the identical place we stopped before>\n2 : having such close resemblance as to be essentially the same <identical hats> often used with to or with\n3 a : having the same cause or origin <identical infections> b : MONOZYGOTIC


Words: identification
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act of identifying : the state of being identified b : evidence of identity\n2 a : psychological orientation of the self in regard to something (as a person or group) with a resulting feeling of close emotional association b : a largely unconscious process whereby an individual models thoughts, feelings, and actions after those attributed to an object that has been incorporated as a mental image


Words: identify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to be or become identical b : to conceive as united (as in spirit, outlook, or principle) <groups that are identified with conservation>\n2 a : to establish the identity of b : to determine the taxonomic position of (a biological specimen)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be or become the same\n2 : to practice psychological identification <identify with the hero of a novel>


Words: identity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : sameness of essential or generic character in different instances b : sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing : ONENESS\n2 a : the distinguishing character or personality of an individual : INDIVIDUALITY b : the relation established by psychological identification\n3 : the condition of being the same with something described or asserted <establish the identity of stolen goods>\n4 : an equation that is satisfied for all values of the symbols\n5 : IDENTITY ELEMENT


Words: ideology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : visionary theorizing\n2 a : a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or culture b : a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture c : the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program


Words: ides
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: the 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of any other month in the ancient Roman calendar; broadly : this day and the seven days preceding it


Words: idiocy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : extreme mental retardation commonly due to incomplete or abnormal development of the brain\n2 : something notably stupid or foolish


Words: idiom
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class : DIALECT b : the syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language\n2 : an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn’t me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as Monday week for <the Monday a week after next Monday>)\n3 : a style or form of artistic expression that is characteristic of an individual, a period or movement, or a medium or instrument <the modern jazz idiom>; broadly : MANNER, STYLE <a new culinary idiom>


Words: idiosyncrasy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality b : individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)\n2 : characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament); broadly : ECCENTRICITY


Words: idiot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person affected with idiocy; especially : a feebleminded person having a mental age not exceeding three years and requiring complete custodial care\n2 : a foolish or stupid person


Words: idle
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lacking worth or basis : VAIN <idle chatter> <idle pleasure>\n2 : not occupied or employed: as a : having no employment : INACTIVE <idle workers> b : not turned to normal or appropriate use <idle funds> <idle farmland> c : not scheduled to compete <the team will be idle tomorrow>\n3 a : SHIFTLESS, LAZY b : having no evident lawful means of support\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to spend time in idleness b : to move idly\n2 : to run at low power and often disconnected usually so that power is not used for useful work <the engine is idling>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pass in idleness\n2 : to make idle <workers idled by a strike>\n3 : to cause to idle


Words: idol
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a representation or symbol of an object of worship; broadly : a false god\n2 a : a likeness of something b obsolete : PRETENDER, IMPOSTOR\n3 : a form or appearance visible but without substance <an enchanted phantom, a lifeless idol P. B. Shelley>\n4 : an object of extreme devotion <a movie idol>; also : IDEAL 2\n5 : a false conception : FALLACY


Words: idolater
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a worshiper of idols\n2 : a person that admires intensely and often blindly one that is not usually a subject of worship


Words: idolatry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the worship of a physical object as a god\n2 : immoderate attachment or devotion to something


Words: idolize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to worship as a god; broadly : to love or admire to excess <the common people whom he so idolized Times Literary Supplement>\nintransitive senses : to practice idolatry


Words: idyll
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment b : a narrative poem (as Tennyson’s Idylls of the King) treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme\n2 a : a lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an idyll b : a romantic interlude


Words: if
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 a : in the event that b : allowing that c : on the assumption that d : on condition that\n2 : WHETHER <asked if the mail had come> <I doubt if I’ll pass the course>\n3 used as a function word to introduce an exclamation expressing a wish <if it would only rain>\n4 : even though <an interesting if untenable argument>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : CONDITION, STIPULATION <the question depends on too many ifs to allow an answer Encounter>\n2 : SUPPOSITION


Words: iffy
Meaning:
adjective\n: abounding in contingencies or unknown qualities or conditions : UNCERTAIN <an iffy proposition>


Words: igloo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an Eskimo house usually made of sod, wood, or stone when permanent or of blocks of snow or ice in the shape of a dome when built for temporary purposes\n2 : a building or structure shaped like a dome


Words: igneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling fire : FIERY\n2 a : relating to, resulting from, or suggestive of the intrusion or extrusion of magma or volcanic activity b : formed by solidification of magma <igneous rock>


Words: ignite
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to subject to fire or intense heat; especially : to render luminous by heat\n2 a : to set afire; also : KINDLE b : to cause (a fuel) to burn\n3 : to heat up : EXCITE <oppression that ignited the hatred of the people>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to catch fire\n2 : to begin to glow


Words: ignition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or action of igniting: as a : the starting of a fire b : the heating of a plasma to a temperature high enough to sustain nuclear fusion\n2 : the process or means (as an electric spark) of igniting a fuel mixture


Words: ignoble
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of low birth or common origin : PLEBEIAN\n2 : characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness


Words: ignominious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : DISHONORABLE\n2 : deserving of shame or infamy : DESPICABLE\n3 : HUMILIATING, DEGRADING <suffered an ignominious defeat>


Words: ignorant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : destitute of knowledge or education <an ignorant society>; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified <parents ignorant of modern mathematics> b : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence <ignorant errors>\n2 : UNAWARE, UNINFORMED


Words: ignore
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to refuse to take notice of\n2 : to reject (a bill of indictment) as ungrounded


Words: iguana
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various large herbivorous typically dark-colored tropical American lizards (family Iguanidae) that have a serrated dorsal crest and are important as human food in their native habitat; broadly : any of various large lizards


Words: ilk
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\nchiefly Scottish : SAME used with that especially in the names of landed families\n\n<2> noun\n: SORT, KIND <the rejection of these books or others of like ilk Kathleen Molz>\n\n<3> pronoun\nchiefly Scottish : EACH


Words: ill
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a chiefly Scottish : IMMORAL, VICIOUS b : resulting from, accompanied by, or indicative of an evil or malevolent intention <ill deeds> c : attributing evil or an objectionable quality <held an ill opinion of his neighbors>\n2 a : causing suffering or distress <ill weather> b comparative also iller (1) : not normal or sound <ill health> (2) : not in good health; also : NAUSEATED\n3 a : not suited to circumstances or not to one’s advantage : UNLUCKY <an ill omen> b : involving difficulty : HARD <an ill man to please>\n4 a : not meeting an accepted standard <ill manners> b archaic : notably unskillful or inefficient\n5 : UNFRIENDLY, HOSTILE <ill feeling>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : with displeasure or hostility b : in a harsh manner c : so as to reflect unfavorably <spoke ill of the neighbors>\n2 : in a reprehensible manner\n3 : HARDLY, SCARCELY <can ill afford such extravagances>\n4 a : in an unfortunate manner : BADLY, UNLUCKILY <ill fares the land where wealth accumulates, and men decay Oliver Goldsmith> b : in a faulty, inefficient, insufficient, or unpleasant manner often used in combination <the methods used may be ill-adapted to the aims in view R. M. Hutchins>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the reverse of good : EVIL\n2 a : MISFORTUNE, DISTRESS b (1) : AILMENT, SICKNESS (2) : something that disturbs or afflicts : TROUBLE <economic and social ills>\n3 : something that reflects unfavorably <spoke no ill of him>\n\n<4> abbreviation\nillustrated, illustration, illustrator


Words: illegal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not according to or authorized by law : UNLAWFUL, ILLICIT; also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game)\n\n<2> noun\n: an illegal immigrant


Words: illegitimate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not recognized as lawful offspring; specifically : born of parents not married to each other\n2 : not rightly deduced or inferred : ILLOGICAL\n3 : departing from the regular : ERRATIC\n4 a : not sanctioned by law : ILLEGAL b : not authorized by good usage c of a taxon : published but not in accordance with the rules of the relevant international code


Words: illiberal
Meaning:
adjective\n: not liberal: as a archaic (1) : lacking a liberal education (2) : lacking culture and refinement b : not requiring the background of a liberal arts education <illiberal occupations> c archaic : not generous : STINGY d : not broad-minded : BIGOTED e : opposed to liberalism


Words: illimitable
Meaning:
adjective\n: incapable of being limited or bounded : MEASURELESS <the illimitable reaches of space and time>


Words: illiterate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having little or no education; especially : unable to read or write\n2 a : showing or marked by a lack of familiarity with language and literature b : violating approved patterns of speaking or writing\n3 : showing or marked by a lack of acquaintance with the fundamentals of a particular field of knowledge


Words: illness
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete a : WICKEDNESS b : UNPLEASANTNESS\n2 a : an unhealthy condition of body or mind b : SICKNESS 2


Words: illuminate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 archaic : brightened with light\n2 archaic : intellectually or spiritually enlightened\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to enlighten spiritually or intellectually b (1) : to supply or brighten with light (2) : to make luminous or shining c archaic : to set alight d : to subject to radiation\n2 : to make clear : ELUCIDATE\n3 : to make illustrious or resplendent\n4 : to decorate (as a manuscript) with gold or silver or brilliant colors or with often elaborate designs or miniature pictures\n\n<3> noun\narchaic : one having or claiming unusual enlightenment


Words: illusion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : the action of deceiving b (1) : the state or fact of being intellectually deceived or misled : MISAPPREHENSION (2) : an instance of such deception\n2 a (1) : a misleading image presented to the vision (2) : something that deceives or misleads intellectually b (1) : perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause misinterpretation of its actual nature (2) : HALLUCINATION 1 (3) : a pattern capable of reversible perspective\n3 : a fine plain transparent bobbinet or tulle usually made of silk and used for veils, trimmings, and dresses


Words: illustrate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete a : ENLIGHTEN b : to light up\n2 a archaic : to make illustrious b obsolete (1) : to make bright (2) : ADORN\n3 a : to make clear : CLARIFY b : to make clear by giving or by serving as an example or instance c : to provide with visual features intended to explain or decorate <illustrate a book>\n4 : to show clearly : DEMONSTRATE\nintransitive senses : to give an example or instance


Words: illustration
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action of illustrating : the condition of being illustrated b archaic : the action of making illustrious or honored or distinguished\n2 : something that serves to illustrate: as a : an example or instance that helps make something clear b : a picture or diagram that helps make something clear or attractive


Words: illustrious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions : EMINENT\n2 archaic a : shining brightly with light b : clearly evident


Words: image
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing; especially : an imitation in solid form : STATUE\n2 a : the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device b : a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material\n3 a : exact likeness : SEMBLANCE <God created man in his own image Gen 1:27 (Revised Standard Version)> b : a person strikingly like another person <she is the image of her mother>\n4 a : a tangible or visible representation : INCARNATION <the image of filial devotion> b archaic : an illusory form : APPARITION\n5 a (1) : a mental picture of something not actually present : IMPRESSION (2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation <a disorderly courtroom can seriously tarnish a community’s image of justice Herbert Brownell> b : IDEA, CONCEPT\n6 : a vivid or graphic representation or description\n7 : FIGURE OF SPEECH\n8 : a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media <promoting a corporate image of brotherly love and concern R. C. Buck>\n9 : a set of values given by a mathematical function (as a homomorphism) that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to call up a mental picture of : IMAGINE\n2 : to describe or portray in language especially in a vivid manner\n3 a : to create a representation of; also : to form an image of b : to represent symbolically\n4 a : REFLECT, MIRROR b : to make appear : PROJECT


Words: imagery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the product of image makers : IMAGES; also : the art of making images b : pictures produced by an imaging system\n2 : figurative language\n3 : mental images; especially : the products of imagination


Words: imaginary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : existing only in imagination : lacking factual reality b : formed or characterized imaginatively or arbitrarily <his canvases, chiefly imaginary, somber landscapes Current Biography>\n2 : containing or relating to the imaginary unit <imaginary roots>


Words: imagination
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality\n2 a : creative ability b : ability to confront and deal with a problem : RESOURCEFULNESS c : the thinking or active mind : INTEREST <stories that fired the imagination>\n3 a : a creation of the mind; especially : an idealized or poetic creation b : fanciful or empty assumption


Words: imagine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form a mental image of (something not present)\n2 archaic : PLAN, SCHEME\n3 : SUPPOSE, GUESS <I imagine it will rain>\n4 : to form a notion of without sufficient basis : FANCY <imagines himself to be a charming conversationalist>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use the imagination\n2 : BELIEVE 3


Words: imagism
Meaning:
noun\n: a 20th century movement in poetry advocating free verse and the expression of ideas and emotions through clear precise images


Words: imago
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state\n2 : an idealized mental image of another person or the self


Words: imbalance
Meaning:
noun\n: lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion <a vitamin imbalance> <racial imbalance in schools>


Words: imbecile
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mentally deficient person; especially : a feebleminded person having a mental age of three to seven years and requiring supervision in the performance of routine daily tasks of self-care\n2 : FOOL, IDIOT


Words: imbibe
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : SOAK, STEEP\n2 a : to receive into the mind and retain <imbibe moral principles> b : to assimilate or take into solution\n3 a : DRINK b : to take in or up <a sponge imbibes moisture>\nintransitive senses\n1 : DRINK 2\n2 a : to take in liquid b : to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heat


Words: imbrication
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an overlapping of edges (as of tiles or scales)\n2 : a decoration or pattern showing imbrication


Words: imbroglio
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a confused mass\n2 a : an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b : an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c : a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : EMBROILMENT


Words: imbue
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to permeate or influence as if by dyeing <the spirit that imbues the new constitution>\n2 : to tinge or dye deeply


Words: imitate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to follow as a pattern, model, or example\n2 : to be or appear like : RESEMBLE\n3 : to produce a copy of : REPRODUCE\n4 : MIMIC, COUNTERFEIT <can imitate his father’s booming voice>


Words: imitation
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or instance of imitating\n2 : something produced as a copy : COUNTERFEIT\n3 : a literary work designed to reproduce the style of another author\n4 : the repetition by one voice of a melody, phrase, or motive stated earlier in the composition by a different voice\n5 : the quality of an object in possessing some of the nature or attributes of a transcendent idea\n6 : the assumption of behavior observed in other individuals\n\n<2> adjective\n: resembling something else that is usually genuine and of better quality : not real <imitation leather>


Words: imitative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marked by imitation <acting is an imitative art> b : reproducing or representing a natural sound : ONOMATOPOEIC <\n2 : inclined to imitate\n3 : imitating something superior : COUNTERFEIT


Words: immaculate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having no stain or blemish : PURE\n2 : containing no flaw or error\n3 a : spotlessly clean b : having no colored spots or marks <petals immaculate>


Words: immanent
Meaning:
adjective\n: remaining or operating within a domain of reality or realm of discourse : INHERENT; specifically : having existence or effect only within the mind or consciousness compare TRANSCENDENT


Words: immaterial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not consisting of matter : INCORPOREAL\n2 : of no substantial consequence : UNIMPORTANT


Words: immature
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : PREMATURE\n2 a : lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development <a thin immature soil> b : having the potential capacity to attain a definitive form or state : CRUDE, UNFINISHED <a vigorous but immature school of art> c : exhibiting less than an expected degree of maturity <emotionally immature adults>


Words: immediacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being immediate\n2 : something that is immediate usually used in plural


Words: immediate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : acting or being without the intervention of another object, cause, or agency : DIRECT <the immediate cause of death> b : present to the mind independently of other states or factors <immediate awareness> c : involving or derived from a single premise <an immediate inference>\n2 : being next in line or relation <the immediate family>\n3 a : existing without intervening space or substance <brought into immediate contact> b : being near at hand <the immediate neighborhood>\n4 a : occurring, acting, or accomplished without loss or interval of time : INSTANT <an immediate need> b (1) : near to or related to the present <the immediate past> (2) : of or relating to the here and now : CURRENT <too busy with immediate concerns to worry about the future>\n5 : directly touching or concerning a person or thing <the child’s immediate world is the classroom>


Words: immemorial
Meaning:
adjective\n: extending or existing since beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition <existing from time immemorial>


Words: immense
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by greatness especially in size or degree; especially : transcending ordinary means of measurement <the immense and boundless universe>\n2 : supremely good : EXCELLENT


Words: immerse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to plunge into something that surrounds or covers; especially : to plunge or dip into a fluid\n2 : ENGROSS, ABSORB <completely immersed in his work>\n3 : to baptize by immersion


Words: immigrant
Meaning:
noun\n: one that immigrates: as a : a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence b : a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknown


Words: immigrate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to enter and usually become established; especially : to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence\ntransitive senses : to bring in or send as immigrants


Words: imminent
Meaning:
adjective\n: ready to take place; especially : hanging threateningly over one’s head <was in imminent danger of being run over>


Words: immobile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of being moved : FIXED\n2 : not moving : MOTIONLESS <keep the patient immobile>


Words: immobilize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make immobile: as a : to prevent freedom of movement or effective use of <the planes were immobilized by bad weather> b : to reduce or eliminate motion of (the body or a part) by mechanical means or by strict bed rest c : to withhold (money or capital) from circulation


Words: immodest
Meaning:
adjective\n: not modest; specifically : not conforming to the sexual mores of a particular time or place


Words: immolate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to offer in sacrifice; especially : to kill as a sacrificial victim\n2 : to kill or destroy often by fire


Words: immorality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being immoral; especially : UNCHASTITY\n2 : an immoral act or practice


Words: immortal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : exempt from death <the immortal gods>\n2 : exempt from oblivion : IMPERISHABLE <immortal fame>\n3 : connected with or relating to immortality\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one exempt from death b plural , often capitalized : the gods of the Greek and Roman pantheon\n2 a : a person whose fame is lasting b capitalized : any of the 40 members of the Acad*mie Fran*aise


Words: immovable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : incapable of being moved; broadly : not moving or not intended to be moved\n2 a : STEADFAST, UNYIELDING b : not capable of being moved emotionally\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that cannot be moved\n2 plural : real property as opposed to movable property


Words: immune
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : FREE, EXEMPT <immune from further taxation> b : marked by protection <some criminal leaders are immune from arrest>\n2 : not susceptible or responsive <immune to all pleas>; especially : having a high degree of resistance to a disease <immune to diphtheria>\n3 a : having or producing antibodies or lymphocytes capable of reacting with a specific antigen <an immune serum> b : produced by, involved in, or concerned with immunity or an immune response <immune agglutinins> <immune globulins>


Words: immure
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to enclose within or as if within walls b : IMPRISON\n2 : to build into a wall; especially : to entomb in a wall


Words: imp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : SHOOT, BUD; also : GRAFT\n2 a : a small demon : FIEND b : a mischievous child : URCHIN\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to graft or repair (a wing, tail, or feather) with a feather to improve a falcon’s flying capacity\n2 : to equip with wings\n\n<3> abbreviation\nimperative, imperfect, imperial, import, imported


Words: impact
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging b : to press together\n2 a : to have an impact on : impinge on b : to strike forcefully; also : to cause to strike forcefully\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have an impact\n2 : to impinge or make contact especially forcefully\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an impinging or striking especially of one body against another b : a forceful contact, collision, or onset; also : the impetus communicated in or as if in a collision\n2 : the force of impression of one thing on another : a significant or major effect <the impact of science on our society> <an environmental impact study>


Words: impacted
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : packed or wedged in b : deeply entrenched : not easily changed or removed\n2 of a tooth : wedged between the jawbone and another tooth\n3 : of, relating to, or being an area (as a school district) providing tax-supported services to a population having a large proportion of federal employees and especially those living or working on tax-exempt federal property <aid to education in impacted areas>


Words: impair
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing in some material respect <his health was impaired by overwork> <the strike seriously impaired community services>


Words: impale
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to join (coats of arms) on a heraldic shield divided vertically by a pale\n2 a : to pierce with or as if with something pointed; especially : to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake b : to fix in an inescapable or helpless position


Words: impalpable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable of being felt by touch : INTANGIBLE <the impalpable aura of power that emanated from him Osbert Sitwell> b : so finely divided that no grains or grit can be felt <rock worn to an impalpable powder>\n2 : not readily discerned by the mind


Words: impart
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store <her experience imparted authority to her words> <the flavor imparted by herbs>\n2 : to communicate the knowledge of : DISCLOSE <imparted my scheme to no one>


Words: impasse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a predicament affording no obvious escape b : DEADLOCK\n2 : an impassable road or way : CUL-DE-SAC


Words: impassible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable of suffering or of experiencing pain b : inaccessible to injury\n2 : incapable of feeling : IMPASSIVE


Words: impassive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a archaic : unsusceptible to pain b : unsusceptible to physical feeling : INSENSIBLE c : unsusceptible to or destitute of emotion : APATHETIC\n2 : giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS


Words: impatient
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, or opposition b : INTOLERANT <impatient of delay>\n2 : prompted or marked by impatience <an impatient reply>\n3 : eagerly desirous : ANXIOUS <impatient to get home>


Words: impeach
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to bring an accusation against b : to charge with a crime or misdemeanor; specifically : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office\n2 : to cast doubt on; especially : to challenge the credibility or validity of <impeach the testimony of a witness>\n3 : to remove from office especially for misconduct\n\n<2> noun\nobsolete : CHARGE, IMPEACHMENT


Words: impeccable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not capable of sinning or liable to sin\n2 : free from fault or blame : FLAWLESS <spoke impeccable French>


Words: impediment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that impedes; especially : an organic obstruction to speech\n2 : a bar or hindrance (as lack of sufficient age) to a lawful marriage


Words: impel
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : FORCE\n2 : to impart motion to : PROPEL


Words: impend
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to hover threateningly : MENACE b : to be about to occur\n2 archaic : to hang suspended


Words: impenetrable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable of being penetrated or pierced b : inaccessible to knowledge, reason, or sympathy : IMPERVIOUS\n2 : incapable of being comprehended : INSCRUTABLE


Words: imperative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or constituting the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another b : expressive of a command, entreaty, or exhortation c : having power to restrain, control, and direct\n2 : not to be avoided or evaded : NECESSARY <an imperative duty>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the imperative mood or a verb form or verbal phrase expressing it\n2 : something that is imperative: as a : COMMAND, ORDER b : RULE, GUIDE c : an obligatory act or duty d : an imperative judgment or proposition


Words: imperfect
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not perfect: as a : DEFECTIVE b of a flower : having stamens or pistils but not both c : lacking or not involving sexual reproduction <the imperfect stage of a fungus>\n2 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense used to designate a continuing state or an incomplete action especially in the past\n3 : not enforceable at law\n\n<2> noun\n: an imperfect tense; also : the verb form expressing it


Words: imperial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor b (1) : of or relating to the United Kingdom as distinguished from the constituent parts (2) : of or relating to the Commonwealth of Nations and British Empire\n2 a : SOVEREIGN b : REGAL, IMPERIOUS\n3 : of superior or unusual size or excellence\n4 : belonging to the official British series of weights and measures see WEIGHT table\n\n<2> noun\n1 capitalized : an adherent or soldier of the Holy Roman emperor\n2 : EMPEROR\n3 French imp*riale; from the beard worn by Napol*on III : a pointed beard growing below the lower lip\n4 : something of unusual size or excellence


Words: imperialism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : imperial government, authority, or system\n2 : the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly : the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence <union imperialism>


Words: imperious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments : COMMANDING, DOMINANT <an imperious manner> b : marked by arrogant assurance : DOMINEERING\n2 : intensely compelling : URGENT <the imperious problems of the new age J. F. Kennedy>


Words: imperishable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not perishable or subject to decay\n2 : enduring or occurring forever <imperishable fame>


Words: impersonal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : denoting the verbal action of an unspecified agent and hence used with no expressed subject (as methinks) or with a merely formal subject (as rained in it rained) b of a pronoun : INDEFINITE\n2 a : having no personal reference or connection <impersonal criticism> b : not engaging the human personality or emotions <the machine as compared with the hand tool is an impersonal agency John Dewey> c : not existing as a person : not having human qualities or characteristics


Words: impertinent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not pertinent : IRRELEVANT\n2 a : not restrained within due or proper bounds especially of propriety or good taste <impertinent curiosity> b : given to or characterized by insolent rudeness <an impertinent answer>


Words: impervious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not allowing entrance or passage : IMPENETRABLE <a coat impervious to rain> b : not capable of being damaged or harmed <a carpet impervious to rough treatment>\n2 : not capable of being affected or disturbed <impervious to criticism>


Words: impetigo
Meaning:
noun\n: an acute contagious staphylococcal or streptococcal skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and yellowish crusts


Words: impetuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by impulsive vehemence or passion <an impetuous temperament>\n2 : marked by force and violence of movement or action <an impetuous wind>


Words: impetus
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a driving force : IMPULSE (2) : INCENTIVE, STIMULUS b : stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity\n2 : the property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its mass and its motion used of bodies moving suddenly or violently to indicate the origin and intensity of the motion


Words: impinge
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision <I heard the rain impinge upon the earth James Joyce>\n2 : to have an effect : make an impression <waiting for the germ of a new idea to impinge upon my mind Phyllis Bentley>\n3 : ENCROACH, INFRINGE <impinge on other people’s rights>


Words: impious
Meaning:
adjective\n: not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one’s parents) : IRREVERENT


Words: implacable
Meaning:
adjective\n: not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated <an implacable enemy>


Words: implant
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to fix or set securely or deeply <a ruby implanted in the idol’s forehead> b : to set permanently in the consciousness or habit patterns : INCULCATE\n2 : to insert in a living site (as for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union) <subcutaneously implanted hormone pellets>\n\n<2> noun\n: something (as a graft or pellet) implanted in tissue


Words: implement
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an article serving to equip <the implements of religious worship>\n2 : a device used in the performance of a task : TOOL, UTENSIL\n3 : one that serves as an instrument or tool <the partnership agreement does not seem to be a very potent implement H. B. Hoffman>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : CARRY OUT, ACCOMPLISH; especially : to give practical effect to and ensure of actual fulfillment by concrete measures\n2 : to provide instruments or means of expression for


Words: implicate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference : IMPLY\n2 archaic : to fold or twist together : ENTWINE\n3 a : to bring into intimate or incriminating connection b : to involve in the nature or operation of something


Words: implicit
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : IMPLIED <an implicit assumption> b : involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed : POTENTIAL <a sculptor may see different figures implicit in a block of stone John Dewey> c of a mathematical function : defined by an expression in which the dependent variable and the one or more independent variables are not separated on opposite sides of an equation compare EXPLICIT 4\n2 : being without doubt or reserve : UNQUESTIONING


Words: implode
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to burst inward <a blow causing a vacuum tube to implode> b : to undergo violent compression <massive stars which implode>\n2 : to collapse inward as if from external pressure; also : to become greatly reduced as if from collapsing\ntransitive senses : to cause to implode


Words: implore
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to call upon in supplication : BESEECH\n2 : to call or pray for earnestly : ENTREAT


Words: imply
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : ENFOLD, ENTWINE\n2 : to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement <rights imply obligations>\n3 : to contain potentially\n4 : to express indirectly <his silence implied consent>


Words: import
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bear or convey as meaning or portent : SIGNIFY b archaic : EXPRESS, STATE c : IMPLY\n2 : to bring from a foreign or external source; especially : to bring (as merchandise) into a place or country from another country\n3 archaic : to be of importance to : CONCERN\nintransitive senses : to be of consequence : MATTER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : IMPORTANCE; especially : relative importance <it is hard to determine the import of this decision>\n2 : PURPORT, SIGNIFICATION\n3 : something that is imported\n4 : IMPORTATION


Words: importance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being important : CONSEQUENCE b : an important aspect or bearing : SIGNIFICANCE\n2 obsolete : IMPORT, MEANING\n3 obsolete : IMPORTUNITY\n4 obsolete : a weighty matter


Words: important
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence : valuable in content or relationship\n2 obsolete : IMPORTUNATE, URGENT\n3 : giving evidence of a feeling of self-importance


Words: importune
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: IMPORTUNATE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to press or urge with troublesome persistence b archaic : to request or beg for urgently\n2 : ANNOY, TROUBLE\nintransitive senses : to beg, urge, or solicit persistently or troublesomely


Words: impose
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to establish or apply by authority <impose a tax> <impose new restrictions> <impose penalties> b : to establish or bring about as if by force <those limits imposed by our own inadequacies C. H. Plimpton>\n2 a : PLACE, SET b : to arrange (as pages) in the proper order for printing\n3 : PASS OFF <impose fake antiques on the public>\n4 : to force into the company or on the attention of another <impose oneself on others>\nintransitive senses : to take unwarranted advantage of something <imposed on his good nature>


Words: impossible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable of being or of occurring b : felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled : insuperably difficult\n2 a : extremely undesirable : UNACCEPTABLE b : extremely awkward or difficult to deal with


Words: impost
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something imposed or levied : TAX\n\n<2> noun\n: a block, capital, or molding from which an arch springs see ARCH illustration


Words: imposture
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name\n2 : an instance of imposture


Words: impotent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : HELPLESS b : unable to have sexual intercourse because of erectile dysfunction; broadly : STERILE usually used of males\n2 obsolete : incapable of self-restraint : UNGOVERNABLE


Words: impound
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to shut up in or as if in a pound : CONFINE b : to seize and hold in the custody of the law c : to take possession of <she was dismissed and her manuscript impounded Jonathan Weiner>\n2 : to collect and confine (water) in or as if in a reservoir


Words: impoverish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make poor\n2 : to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential


Words: impracticable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : IMPASSABLE <an impracticable road>\n2 : not practicable : incapable of being performed or accomplished by the means employed or at command


Words: impractical
Meaning:
adjective\n: not practical: as a : not wise to put into or keep in practice or effect b : incapable of dealing sensibly or prudently with practical matters c : IMPRACTICABLE d : IDEALISTIC


Words: impregnable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of being taken by assault : UNCONQUERABLE\n2 : UNASSAILABLE; also : IMPENETRABLE


Words: impregnate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated b : to permeate thoroughly\n2 : to make pregnant : FERTILIZE\n\n<2> adjective\n: being filled or saturated


Words: impresario
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the promoter, manager, or conductor of an opera or concert company\n2 : a person who puts on or sponsors an entertainment (as a television show or sports event)\n3 : MANAGER, DIRECTOR


Words: impress
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to apply with pressure so as to imprint b : to produce (as a mark) by pressure c : to mark by or as if by pressure or stamping\n2 a : to produce a vivid impression of b : to affect especially forcibly or deeply : INFLUENCE\n3 : TRANSFER, TRANSMIT\nintransitive senses : to produce an impression\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a characteristic or distinctive mark : STAMP <the impress of a fresh and vital intelligence is stamped in his work Lytton Strachey>\n2 : IMPRESSION, EFFECT <have an impress on history>\n3 : the act of impressing\n4 a : a mark made by pressure : IMPRINT b : an image of something formed by or as if by pressure; especially : SEAL c : a product of pressure or influence\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to levy or take by force for public service; especially : to force into naval service\n2 a : to procure or enlist by forcible persuasion b : FORCE <impressed him into a white coat for the Christmas festivities Nancy Hale>\n\n<4> noun\n: IMPRESSMENT


Words: impression
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a characteristic, trait, or feature resulting from some influence <the impression on behavior produced by the social milieu> b : an effect of alteration or improvement <the settlement left little impression on the wilderness> c : a telling image impressed on the senses or the mind\n2 : the effect produced by impressing: as a : a stamp, form, or figure resulting from physical contact b : an imprint of the teeth and adjacent portions of the jaw for use in dentistry c : an especially marked and often favorable influence or effect on feeling, sense, or mind\n3 : the act of impressing: as a : an affecting by stamping or pressing b : a communicating of a mold, trait, or character by an external force or influence\n4 a : the amount of pressure with which an inked printing surface deposits its ink on the paper b : one instance of the meeting of a printing surface and the material being printed; also : a single print or copy so made c : all the copies (as of a book) printed in one continuous operation from a single makeready\n5 : an often indistinct or imprecise notion or remembrance\n6 a : the first coat of color in painting b : a coat of paint for ornament or preservation\n7 : an imitation or representation of salient features in an artistic or theatrical medium; especially : an imitation in caricature of a noted personality as a form of theatrical entertainment


Words: impressionism
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a theory or practice in painting especially among French painters of about 1870 of depicting the natural appearances of objects by means of dabs or strokes of primary unmixed colors in order to simulate actual reflected light\n2 a : the depiction (as in literature) of scene, emotion, or character by details intended to achieve a vividness or effectiveness more by evoking subjective and sensory impressions than by recreating an objective reality b : a style of musical composition designed to create subtle moods and impressions


Words: impressive
Meaning:
adjective\n: making or tending to make a marked impression : having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration


Words: imprimatur
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a license to print or publish especially by Roman Catholic episcopal authority b : approval of a publication under circumstances of official censorship\n2 a : SANCTION, APPROVAL b : IMPRINT c : a mark of approval or distinction


Words: imprint
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mark by or as if by pressure : IMPRESS\n2 a : to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory) b : to subject to or induce by imprinting <an imprinted preference>\nintransitive senses : to undergo imprinting\n\n<2> noun\n: something imprinted or printed: as a : a mark or depression made by pressure <the fossil imprint of a dinosaur’s foot> b : an identifying name (as of a publisher) placed conspicuously on a product; also : the name under which a publisher issues books c : an indelible distinguishing effect or influence


Words: impromptu
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that is impromptu\n2 : a musical composition suggesting improvisation\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : IMPROVISED\n2 : composed or uttered without previous preparation : EXTEMPORANEOUS


Words: improper
Meaning:
adjective\n: not proper: as a : not in accord with fact, truth, or right procedure : INCORRECT <improper inference> b : not regularly or normally formed or not properly so called c : not suited to the circumstances, design, or end <improper medicine> d : not in accord with propriety, modesty, good manners, or good taste


Words: impropriety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an improper or indecorous act or remark; especially : an unacceptable use of a word or of language\n2 : the quality or state of being improper


Words: improve
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : EMPLOY, USE\n2 a : to enhance in value or quality : make better b : to increase the value of (land or property) by making it more useful for humans (as by cultivation or the erection of buildings) c : to grade and drain (a road) and apply surfacing material other than pavement\n3 : to use to good purpose\nintransitive senses\n1 : to advance or make progress in what is desirable\n2 : to make useful additions or amendments


Words: improvement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of improving\n2 a : the state of being improved; especially : enhanced value or excellence b : an instance of such improvement : something that enhances value or excellence


Words: improvise
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously\n2 : to make, invent, or arrange offhand\n3 : to fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand\nintransitive senses : to improvise something


Words: impudent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : lacking modesty\n2 : marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others : INSOLENT


Words: impugn
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity\n2 obsolete a : ASSAIL b : RESIST


Words: impulse
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to give an impulse to\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : INSPIRATION, MOTIVATION b : a force so communicated as to produce motion suddenly c : INCENTIVE\n2 a : the act of driving onward with sudden force : IMPULSION b : motion produced by such an impulsion : IMPETUS c : a wave of excitation transmitted through tissues and especially nerve fibers and muscles that results in physiological activity or inhibition\n3 a : a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually unpremeditated action b : a propensity or natural tendency usually other than rational\n4 a : the product of the average value of a force and the time during which it acts : the change in momentum produced by the force b : PULSE 4a


Words: impulsion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of impelling : the state of being impelled b : an impelling force c : an onward tendency derived from an impulsion\n2 : IMPULSE 3a\n3 : COMPULSION 2


Words: impulsive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the power of or actually driving or impelling\n2 : actuated by or prone to act on impulse\n3 : acting momentarily


Words: impure
Meaning:
adjective\n: not pure: as a : LEWD, UNCHASTE b : containing something unclean : FOUL <impure water> c : ritually unclean d : mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance <an impure chemical>


Words: impute
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to lay the responsibility or blame for often falsely or unjustly\n2 : to credit to a person or a cause : ATTRIBUTE <our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement B. N. Cardozo>


Words: in
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 a used as a function word to indicate inclusion, location, or position within limits <in the lake> <wounded in the leg> <in the summer> b : INTO 1 <went in the house>\n2 used as a function word to indicate means, medium, or instrumentality <written in pencil> <bound in leather>\n3 a used as a function word to indicate limitation, qualification, or circumstance <alike in some respects> <left in a hurry> b : INTO 2a <broke in pieces>\n4 used as a function word to indicate purpose <said in reply>\n5 used as a function word to indicate the larger member of a ratio <one in six is eligible>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a (1) : to or toward the inside especially of a house or other building <come in> (2) : to or toward some destination or particular place <flew in on the first plane> (3) : at close quarters : NEAR <play close in> b : so as to incorporate <mix in the flour> often used in combination <built-in bookcases> c : to or at an appropriate place <fit a piece in>\n2 a : within a particular place; especially : within the customary place of residence or business <the doctor is in> b : in the position of participant, insider, or officeholder often used with on <in on the joke> c (1) : on good terms (2) : in a specified relation <in bad with the boss> (3) : in a position of assured or definitive success d : in vogue or season e of an oil well : in production f : in one’s presence, possession, or control <after the crops are in> g : from a condition of indistinguishability to one of clarity <fade in>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : that is located inside or within <the in part> b : that is in position, operation, or power <the in party> c : INSIDE 2\n2 : that is directed or bound inward : INCOMING <the in train>\n3 a : extremely fashionable <the in thing to do> b : keenly aware of and responsive to what is new and smart <the in crowd>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : one who is in office or power or on the inside <a matter of ins versus outs>\n2 : INFLUENCE, PULL <enjoyed some sort of in with the commandant Henriette Roosenburg>\n\n<5> abbreviation\ninch,


Words: in-
Meaning:
<1> prefix\n: not : NON-, UN- usually il- before l <illogical*, im- before b, m, or p \n\n<2> prefix\n1 : in : within : into : toward : on usually il- before l <illuviation*, im- before b, m, or p \n2 : 1EN- <imbrute> <imperil> <inspirit>


Words: inane
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : EMPTY, INSUBSTANTIAL\n2 : lacking significance, meaning, or point : SILLY\n\n<2> noun\n: void or empty space <a voyage into the limitless inane V. G. Childe>


Words: inanimate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not animate: a : not endowed with life or spirit b : lacking consciousness or power of motion\n2 : not animated or lively : DULL


Words: inanition
Meaning:
noun\n: the quality or state of being empty: a : the loss of vitality that results from lack of food and water b : the absence or loss of social, moral, or intellectual vitality or vigor


Words: inarticulate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a of a sound : uttered or formed without the definite articulations of intelligible speech b (1) : incapable of speech especially under stress of emotion : MUTE (2) : incapable of being expressed by speech <inarticulate fear> (3) : not voiced or expressed : UNSPOKEN <society functions on many inarticulate premises>\n2 : incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one’s ideas or feelings\n3 New Latin inarticulatus, from Latin in- New Latin articulatus articulate : relating to, characteristic of, or being an inarticulate or its shell\n\n<2> noun\n: any of a class (Inarticulata) of brachiopods lacking a hinge connecting the two shell valves


Words: inaugural
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to an inauguration\n2 : marking a beginning : first in a projected series\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an inaugural address\n2 : INAUGURATION


Words: inaugurate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies\n2 a : to dedicate ceremoniously : observe formally the beginning of b : to bring about the beginning of


Words: inboard
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : inside the line of a ship’s bulwarks or hull\n2 : toward the center line of a vehicle or craft (as a ship or aircraft)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : located inboard <an inboard engine> <an inboard spoiler>\n2 of a boat : having an inboard engine\n\n<3> noun\n: a boat with an inboard motor


Words: inbred
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : rooted and ingrained in one’s nature as deeply as if implanted by heredity <an inbred love of freedom>\n2 from past participle of inbreed : subjected to or produced by inbreeding


Words: inbreeding
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the interbreeding of closely related individuals especially to preserve and fix desirable characters of and to eliminate unfavorable characters from a stock\n2 : confinement to a narrow range or a local or limited field of choice


Words: Inca
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a member of the Quechuan peoples of Peru maintaining an empire until the Spanish conquest b : a king or noble of the Inca empire\n2 : a member of any people under Inca influence


Words: incandescent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat b : strikingly bright, radiant, or clear c : marked by brilliance especially of expression <incandescent wit> d : characterized by glowing zeal : ARDENT <incandescent affection>\n2 a : of, relating to, or being light produced by incandescence b : producing light by incandescence


Words: incantation
Meaning:
noun\n: a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic; also : a written or recited formula of words designed to produce a particular effect


Words: incapable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking capacity, ability, or qualification for the purpose or end in view: as a archaic : not able to take in, hold, or keep b archaic : not receptive c : not being in a state or of a kind to admit : INSUSCEPTIBLE d : not able or fit for the doing or performance : INCOMPETENT\n2 : lacking legal qualification or power (as by reason of mental incompetence) : DISQUALIFIED


Words: incapacitate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make legally incapable or ineligible\n2 : to deprive of capacity or natural power : DISABLE


Words: incapacity
Meaning:
noun\n: the quality or state of being incapable; especially : lack of physical or intellectual power or of natural or legal qualifications


Words: incarnadine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having the pinkish color of flesh\n2 : RED; especially : BLOODRED\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make incarnadine : REDDEN


Words: incarnate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : invested with bodily and especially human nature and form b : made manifest or comprehensible : EMBODIED <a fiend incarnate>\n2 : INCARNADINE <incarnate clover>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make incarnate: as a : to give bodily form and substance to b (1) : to give a concrete or actual form to : ACTUALIZE (2) : to constitute an embodiment or type of <no one culture incarnates every important human value Denis Goulet>


Words: incarnation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form (2) capitalized : the union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ b : a concrete or actual form of a quality or concept; especially : a person showing a trait or typical character to a marked degree <she is the incarnation of goodness>\n2 : the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate\n3 : a particular physical form or state : VERSION <in another incarnation he might be a first vice-president Walter Teller> <TV and movie incarnations of the story>


Words: incendiary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or other property b : an incendiary agent (as a bomb)\n2 : a person who excites factions, quarrels, or sedition : AGITATOR\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or involving a deliberate burning of property\n2 : tending to excite or inflame : INFLAMMATORY <incendiary speeches>\n3 a : igniting combustible materials spontaneously b : of, relating to, or being a weapon (as a bomb) designed to start fires


Words: incense
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned\n2 : the perfume exhaled from some spices and gums when burned; broadly : a pleasing scent\n3 : pleasing attention : FLATTERY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to apply or offer incense to\n2 : to perfume with incense\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to cause (a passion or emotion) to become aroused\n2 : to arouse the extreme anger or indignation of


Words: incertitude
Meaning:
noun\n: UNCERTAINTY: a : absence of assurance or confidence : DOUBT b : the quality or state of being unstable or insecure


Words: incest
Meaning:
noun\n: sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also : the statutory crime of such a relationship


Words: inch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a unit of length equal to 136 yard see WEIGHT table\n2 : a small amount, distance, or degree <is like cutting a dog’s tail off by inches Milton Friedman>\n3 plural : STATURE, HEIGHT\n4 a : a fall (as of rain or snow) sufficient to cover a surface or to fill a gauge to the depth of one inch b : a degree of atmospheric or other pressure sufficient to balance the weight of a column of liquid (as mercury) one inch high in a barometer or manometer\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to move by small degrees : progress slowly <the long line of people inching up the stairs>\ntransitive senses : to cause to move slowly <sooner or later they begin inching prices back up Forbes>\n\n<3> noun\nchiefly Scottish : ISLAND


Words: inchoate
Meaning:
adjective\n: being only partly in existence or operation; especially : imperfectly formed or formulated : FORMLESS <misty, inchoate suspicions that all is not well with the nation J. M. Perry>


Words: incidence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : ANGLE OF INCIDENCE b : the arrival of something (as a projectile or a ray of light) at a surface\n2 a : an act or the fact or manner of falling upon or affecting : OCCURRENCE b : rate of occurrence or influence <a high incidence of crime>


Words: incident
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something dependent on or subordinate to something else of greater or principal importance\n2 a : an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : HAPPENING b : an accompanying minor occurrence or condition : CONCOMITANT\n3 : an action likely to lead to grave consequences especially in diplomatic matters <a serious border incident>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : occurring or likely to occur especially as a minor consequence or accompaniment <the confusion incident to moving day>\n2 : dependent on or relating to another thing in law\n3 : falling or striking on something <incident light rays>


Words: incidental
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence <social obligations incidental to the job>\n2 : occurring merely by chance or without intention or calculation\n\n<2> noun\n1 plural : minor items (as of expense) that are not particularized\n2 : something that is incidental


Words: incipient
Meaning:
adjective\n: beginning to come into being or to become apparent <an incipient solar system> <evidence of incipient racial tension>


Words: incise
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cut into\n2 a : to carve figures, letters, or devices into : ENGRAVE b : to carve (as an inscription) into a surface


Words: incision
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : CUT, GASH; specifically : a wound made especially in surgery by incising the body b : a marginal notch (as in a leaf)\n2 : an act of incising something\n3 : the quality or state of being incisive


Words: incisor
Meaning:
noun\n: a front tooth typically adapted for cutting; especially : one of the cutting teeth in mammals located between the canines when canines are present see TOOTH illustration


Words: inclement
Meaning:
adjective\n: lacking mildness: as a archaic : severe in temper or action : UNMERCIFUL b : physically severe : STORMY <inclement weather>


Words: inclination
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : natural disposition : CHARACTER b : a particular disposition of mind or character : PROPENSITY; especially : LIKING <had little inclination for housekeeping>\n2 : an act or the action of bending or inclining: as a : BOW, NOD b : a tilting of something\n3 a : a deviation from the true vertical or horizontal : SLANT; also : the degree of such deviation b : an inclined surface : SLOPE c (1) : the angle determined by two lines or planes (2) : the angle made by a line with the x-axis measured counterclockwise from the positive direction of that axis\n4 : a tendency to a particular aspect, state, character, or action <the clutch has an inclination to slip>


Words: incline
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bend the head or body forward : BOW\n2 : to lean, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion or course of conduct\n3 : to deviate from a line, direction, or course; specifically : to deviate from the vertical or horizontal\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to stoop or bow : BEND\n2 : to have influence on : PERSUADE <his love of books inclined him toward a literary career>\n3 : to give a bend or slant to\n\n<2> noun\n: an inclined plane : GRADE, SLOPE


Words: include
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to shut up : ENCLOSE\n2 : to take in or comprise as a part of a whole\n3 : to contain between or within <two sides and the included angle>


Words: incognito
Meaning:
<1> adverb or adjective\n: with one’s identity concealed\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one appearing or living incognito\n2 : the state or assumed identity of one living or traveling incognito or incognita


Words: incoherent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking coherence: as a : lacking cohesion : LOOSE b : lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance : INCONSISTENT\n2 : lacking clarity or intelligibility : INCOMPREHENSIBLE


Words: income
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a coming in : ENTRANCE, INFLUX <fluctuations in the nutrient income of a body of water>\n2 : a gain or recurrent benefit usually measured in money that derives from capital or labor; also : the amount of such gain received in a period of time <has an income of 20,000 a year>


Words: incoming
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of coming in : ARRIVAL\n2 : INCOME usually used in plural\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : coming in : ARRIVING <an incoming ship> <incoming mail>\n2 : taking a new place or position especially as part of a succession <the incoming president>\n3 : just starting or beginning <the incoming year>


Words: incommunicable
Meaning:
adjective\n: not communicable: as a : incapable of being communicated or imparted b : UNCOMMUNICATIVE


Words: incompatible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of being held by one person at one time used of offices that make conflicting demands on the holder\n2 : not compatible: as a : incapable of association or harmonious coexistence <incompatible colors> b : unsuitable for use together because of undesirable chemical or physiological effects <incompatible drugs> c : not both true <incompatible propositions> d : incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture


Words: incompetent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not legally qualified\n2 : inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose\n3 a : lacking the qualities needed for effective action b : unable to function properly <incompetent heart valves>


Words: incomplete
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not complete : UNFINISHED: as a : lacking a part; especially : lacking one or more sets of floral organs b of insect metamorphosis : characterized by the absence of a pupal stage between the immature stages and the adult of an insect in which the young usually resemble the adult compare COMPLETE 5\n2 of a football pass : not legally caught


Words: incomprehensible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : having or subject to no limits\n2 : impossible to comprehend : UNINTELLIGIBLE


Words: incongruous
Meaning:
adjective\n: lacking congruity: as a : not harmonious : INCOMPATIBLE <incongruous colors> b : not conforming : DISAGREEING <conduct incongruous with principle> c : inconsistent within itself <an incongruous story> d : lacking propriety : UNSUITABLE <incongruous manners>


Words: inconsiderate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : HEEDLESS, THOUGHTLESS b : careless of the rights or feelings of others\n2 : not adequately considered : ILL-ADVISED


Words: incontinent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not continent: as a (1) : lacking self-restraint (2) : not being under control b : unable to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily\n\n<2> adverb\n: 1INCONTINENTLY


Words: inconvenience
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that is inconvenient\n2 : the quality or state of being inconvenient\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to subject to inconvenience : put to trouble


Words: incorporate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole b : to blend or combine thoroughly\n2 a : to form into a legal corporation b : to admit to membership in a corporate body\n3 : to give material form to : EMBODY\nintransitive senses\n1 : to unite in or as one body\n2 : to form or become a corporation\n\n<2> adjective\n: INCORPORATED


Words: incorporeal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not corporeal : having no material body or form\n2 : of, relating to, or constituting a right that is based on property (as bonds or patents) which has no intrinsic value


Words: incorrect
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : not corrected or chastened\n2 a : INACCURATE, FAULTY b : not true : WRONG\n3 : UNBECOMING, IMPROPER


Words: incorrigible
Meaning:
adjective\n: incapable of being corrected or amended: as a (1) : not reformable : DEPRAVED (2) : DELINQUENT b : not manageable : UNRULY c : UNALTERABLE, INVETERATE


Words: incorruptible
Meaning:
adjective\n: incapable of corruption: as a : not subject to decay or dissolution b : incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted


Words: increase
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become progressively greater (as in size, amount, number, or intensity)\n2 : to multiply by the production of young\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make greater : AUGMENT\n2 obsolete : ENRICH\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or process of increasing: as a : addition or enlargement in size, extent, or quantity b obsolete : PROPAGATION\n2 : something that is added to an original stock or amount by augmentation or growth (as offspring, produce, profit)


Words: incredulous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : SKEPTICAL\n2 : INCREDIBLE\n3 : expressing incredulity


Words: increment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action or process of increasing especially in quantity or value : ENLARGEMENT\n2 a : something gained or added b : one of a series of regular consecutive additions c : a minute increase in quantity\n3 : the amount or degree by which something changes; especially : the amount of positive or negative change in the value of one or more of a set of variables


Words: incrustation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a crust or hard coating b : a growth or accumulation (as of habits, opinions, or customs) resembling a crust\n2 : the act of encrusting : the state of being encrusted\n3 a : OVERLAY a b : INLAY


Words: incubate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body; also : to maintain (as an embryo or a chemically active system) under conditions favorable for hatching, development, or reaction\n2 : to cause (as an idea) to develop\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sit on eggs\n2 : to undergo incubation


Words: incubator
Meaning:
noun\n: one that incubates: as a : an apparatus by which eggs are hatched artificially b : an apparatus with a chamber used to provide controlled environmental conditions especially for the cultivation of microorganisms or the care and protection of premature or sick babies


Words: incubus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep; especially : one that has sexual intercourse with women while they are sleeping compare SUCCUBUS\n2 : NIGHTMARE 2\n3 : one that oppresses or burdens like a nightmare


Words: incumbency
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that is incumbent : DUTY\n2 : the quality or state of being incumbent\n3 : the sphere of action or period of office of an incumbent


Words: incumbent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice\n2 : OCCUPANT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : imposed as a duty : OBLIGATORY\n2 : having the status of an incumbent; especially : occupying a specified office\n3 : lying or resting on something else\n4 : bent over so as to rest on or touch an underlying surface


Words: incurable
Meaning:
adjective\n: not curable <an incurable disease>; broadly : not likely to be changed or corrected <incurable optimism>


Words: incursion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hostile entrance into a territory : RAID\n2 : an entering in or into (as an activity or undertaking) <his only incursion into the arts>


Words: indecisive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not decisive : INCONCLUSIVE\n2 : marked by or prone to indecision : IRRESOLUTE\n3 : not clearly marked out : INDEFINITE


Words: indeed
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : without any question : TRULY, UNDENIABLY often used interjectionally to express irony or disbelief or surprise\n2 : in reality\n3 : all things considered : as a matter of fact


Words: indefinite
Meaning:
adjective\n: not definite: as a : typically designating an unidentified, generic, or unfamiliar person or thing <the indefinite articles a and an> <indefinite pronouns> b : not precise : VAGUE c : having no exact limits d of floral organs : numerous and difficult to ascertain in number


Words: indelible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased b : making marks that cannot easily be removed <an indelible pencil>\n2 a : LASTING <indelible memories> b : UNFORGETTABLE, MEMORABLE <an indelible performance>


Words: indelicate
Meaning:
adjective\n: not delicate: a (1) : lacking in or offending against propriety : IMPROPER (2) : verging on the indecent : COARSE b : marked by a lack of feeling for the sensibilities of others : TACTLESS


Words: indemnify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to secure against hurt, loss, or damage\n2 : to make compensation to for incurred hurt, loss, or damage


Words: indemnity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : security against hurt, loss, or damage b : exemption from incurred penalties or liabilities\n2 a : INDEMNIFICATION 1 b : something that indemnifies


Words: indent
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authentication b : to draw up (as a deed) in two or more exactly corresponding copies\n2 : to notch the edge of : make jagged\n3 : INDENTURE\n4 : to set (as a line of a paragraph) in from the margin\n5 chiefly British : to order by an indent\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to make a formal or express agreement\n2 : to form an indentation\n3 chiefly British : to make out an indent for something\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : INDENTURE 1 b : a certificate issued by the U.S. at the close of the American Revolution for the principal or interest on the public debt\n2 chiefly British a : an official requisition b : a purchase order for goods especially when sent from a foreign country\n3 : INDENTION\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to force inward so as to form a depression\n2 : to form a dent in\n\n<4> noun\n: INDENTATION


Words: indentation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an angular cut in an edge : NOTCH b : a recess in a surface\n2 : the action of indenting : the condition of being indented\n3 : DENT\n4 : INDENTION 2b


Words: indention
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : INDENTATION 1\n2 a : the action of indenting : the condition of being indented b : the blank space produced by indenting


Words: indenture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a document or a section of a document that is indented (2) : a formal or official document usually executed in two or more copies (3) : a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time usually used in plural b : a formal certificate (as an inventory or voucher) prepared for purposes of control c : a document stating the terms under which a security (as a bond) is issued\n2 : INDENTATION 1\n3 3indent : DENT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to bind (as an apprentice) by or as if by indentures


Words: independent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not dependent: as a (1) : not subject to control by others : SELF-GOVERNING (2) : not affiliated with a larger controlling unit b (1) : not requiring or relying on something else : not contingent <an independent conclusion> (2) : not looking to others for one’s opinions or for guidance in conduct (3) : not bound by or committed to a political party c (1) : not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood) <independent of her parents> (2) : being enough to free one from the necessity of working for a living <a man of independent means> d : showing a desire for freedom <an independent manner> e (1) : not determined by or capable of being deduced or derived from or expressed in terms of members (as axioms or equations) of the set under consideration; especially : having linear independence <an independent set of vectors> (2) : having the property that the joint probability (as of events or samples) or the joint probability density function (as of random variables) equals the product of the \nprobabilities or probability density functions of separate occurrence\n2 capitalized : of or relating to the Independents\n3 a : MAIN 5 <an independent clause> b : neither deducible from nor incompatible with another statement <independent postulates>\n\n<2> noun\n1 capitalized : a sectarian of an English religious movement for congregational autonomy originating in the late 16th century, giving rise to Congregationalists, Baptists, and Friends, and forming one of the major political groupings of the period of Cromwell\n2 : one that is independent; especially often capitalized : one that is not bound by or definitively committed to a political party


Words: indescribable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : that cannot be described <an indescribable sensation>\n2 : surpassing description <indescribable joy>


Words: indeterminate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : VAGUE b : not known in advance c : not leading to a definite end or result\n2 : having an infinite number of solutions <a system of indeterminate equations>\n3 : being one of the seven undefined mathematical expressions 00, kk, k*0, 1k, 0, k, k - k\n4 : characterized by sequential flowering from the lateral or basal buds to the central or uppermost buds; also : characterized by growth in which the main stem continues to elongate indefinitely without being limited by a terminal inflorescence compare DETERMINATE 4


Words: index
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a device (as the pointer on a scale or the gnomon of a sundial) that serves to indicate a value or quantity b : something (as a physical feature or a mode of expression) that leads one to a particular fact or conclusion : INDICATION\n2 : a list (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature) arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum (as author, subject, or keyword): as a : a list of items (as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found b : THUMB INDEX c : a bibliographical analysis of groups of publications that is usually published periodically\n3 : a list of restricted or prohibited material; specifically capitalized : a list of books the reading of which is prohibited or restricted for Roman Catholics by the church authorities\n4 plural usually indices : a number or symbol or expression (as an exponent) associated with another to indicate a mathematical operation to be performed or to indicate use or position in an arrangement\n5 : a character < used to direct attention to a note or paragraph called also fist\n6 a : a number (as a ratio) derived from a series of observations and used as an indicator or measure; specifically : INDEX NUMBER b : the ratio of one dimension of a thing (as an anatomical structure) to another dimension\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to provide with an index b : to list in an index <all persons and places mentioned are carefully indexed>\n2 : to serve as an index of\n3 : to regulate (as wages, prices, or interest rates) by indexation\nintransitive senses : to index something


Words: Indiaman
Meaning:
noun\n: a merchant ship formerly used in trade with India; especially : a large sailing ship used in this trade


Words: Indian
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a native or inhabitant of India or of the East Indies b : a person of Indian descent\n2 a from the belief held by Columbus that the lands he discovered were part of Asia : AMERICAN INDIAN b : one of the native languages of American Indians


Words: indicate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to point out or point to b : to be a sign, symptom, or index of <the high fever indicates a serious condition> c : to demonstrate or suggest the necessity or advisability of <indicated the need for a new school>\n2 : to state or express briefly <indicated a desire to cooperate>


Words: indicative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb form or set of verb forms that represents the denoted act or state as an objective fact <the indicative mood>\n2 : serving to indicate <actions indicative of fear>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the indicative mood of a language\n2 : a form in the indicative mood


Words: indicia
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : distinctive marks : INDICATIONS\n2 : postal markings often imprinted on mail or on labels to be affixed to mail


Words: indict
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to charge with a fault or offense : CRITICIZE, ACCUSE\n2 : to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (as a grand jury) in due form of law


Words: indifferent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by impartiality : UNBIASED\n2 a : that does not matter one way or the other b : of no importance or value one way or the other\n3 a : marked by no special liking for or dislike of something <indifferent about which task he was given> b : marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : APATHETIC <indifferent to suffering and poverty>\n4 : being neither excessive nor inadequate : MODERATE <hills of indifferent size>\n5 a : being neither good nor bad : MEDIOCRE <does indifferent work> b : being neither right nor wrong\n6 : characterized by lack of active quality : NEUTRAL\n7 a : not differentiated b : capable of development in more than one direction; especially : not yet embryologically determined


Words: indigenous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment\n2 : INNATE, INBORN


Words: indigent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : suffering from indigence : IMPOVERISHED\n2 a archaic : DEFICIENT b archaic : totally lacking in something specified


Words: indigestion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : inability to digest or difficulty in digesting something\n2 : a case or attack of indigestion


Words: indignity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act that offends against a person’s dignity or self-respect : INSULT b : humiliating treatment\n2 obsolete : lack or loss of dignity or honor


Words: indigo
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a blue vat dye obtained from plants (as indigo plants) b : the principal coloring matter C16H10N2O2 of natural indigo usually synthesized as a blue powder with a coppery luster\n2 : INDIGO PLANT\n3 : a deep reddish blue


Words: indirect
Meaning:
adjective\n: not direct: as a (1) : deviating from a direct line or course : ROUNDABOUT (2) : not going straight to the point <an indirect accusation> (3) : being or involving proof of a proposition or theorem by demonstration that its negation leads to an absurdity or contradiction b : not straightforward and open : DECEITFUL c : not directly aimed at or achieved <indirect consequences> d : stating what a real or supposed original speaker said with changes in wording that conform the statement grammatically to the sentence in which it is included <indirect discourse> <an indirect question> e : not effected by the action of the people or the electorate <indirect government representation>


Words: indiscriminate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment <indiscriminate reading habits> <indiscriminate mass destruction> b : HAPHAZARD, RANDOM <indiscriminate application of a law>\n2 a : PROMISCUOUS, UNRESTRAINED <indiscriminate sexual behavior> b : HETEROGENEOUS, MOTLEY <an indiscriminate collection>


Words: indispensable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not subject to being set aside or neglected <an indispensable obligation>\n2 : absolutely necessary : ESSENTIAL <an indispensable member of the staff>


Words: indissoluble
Meaning:
adjective\n: not dissoluble; especially : incapable of being annulled, undone, or broken : PERMANENT <an indissoluble contract>


Words: indistinct
Meaning:
adjective\n: not distinct: as a : not sharply outlined or separable : BLURRED <indistinct figures in the fog> b : FAINT, DIM <an indistinct light in the distance> c : not clearly recognizable or understandable : UNCERTAIN


Words: indite
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : MAKE UP, COMPOSE <indite a poem> b : to give literary or formal expression to c : to put down in writing <indite a message>\n2 obsolete : DICTATE


Words: indium
Meaning:
noun\n: a malleable fusible silvery metallic element that is chiefly trivalent, occurs especially in sphalerite ores, and is used as a plating for bearings, in alloys having a low melting point, and in the making of transistors see ELEMENT table


Words: individual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 obsolete : INSEPARABLE\n2 a : of, relating to, or distinctively associated with an individual <an individual effort> b : being an individual or existing as an indivisible whole c : intended for one person <an individual serving>\n3 : existing as a distinct entity : SEPARATE\n4 : having marked individuality <an individual style>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a particular being or thing as distinguished from a class, species, or collection: as (1) : a single human being as contrasted with a social group or institution <a teacher who works with individuals> (2) : a single organism as distinguished from a group b : a particular person <are you the individual spoke with on the telephone>\n2 : an indivisible entity\n3 : the reference of a name or variable of the lowest logical type in a calculus


Words: individualism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a doctrine that the interests of the individual are or ought to be ethically paramount; also : conduct guided by such a doctrine (2) : the conception that all values, rights, and duties originate in individuals b : a theory maintaining the political and economic independence of the individual and stressing individual initiative, action, and interests; also : conduct or practice guided by such a theory\n2 a : INDIVIDUALITY b : an individual peculiarity : IDIOSYNCRASY


Words: individualist
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that pursues a markedly independent course in thought or action\n2 : one that advocates or practices individualism


Words: individuality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : total character peculiar to and distinguishing an individual from others b : PERSONALITY\n2 archaic : the quality or state of being indivisible\n3 : separate or distinct existence\n4 : INDIVIDUAL, PERSON


Words: individualize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make individual in character\n2 : to treat or notice individually : PARTICULARIZE\n3 : to adapt to the needs or special circumstances of an individual <individualize teaching according to student ability>


Words: indoctrinate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : TEACH\n2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle


Words: indolent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : causing little or no pain b : slow to develop or heal <indolent ulcers>\n2 a : averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy b : conducing to or encouraging laziness <indolent heat> c : exhibiting indolence <an indolent sigh>


Words: Indonesian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago\n2 a : a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Indonesia b : the language based on Malay that is the national language of the Republic of Indonesia


Words: indoor
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the interior of a building\n2 : living, located, or carried on within a building <an indoor sport>


Words: induce
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to move by persuasion or influence b : to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation\n2 a : EFFECT, CAUSE b : to cause the formation of c : to produce (as an electric current) by induction\n3 : to determine by induction; specifically : to infer from particulars


Words: inducement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a motive or consideration that leads one to action or to additional or more effective actions\n2 : the act or process of inducing\n3 : matter presented by way of introduction or background to explain the principal allegations of a legal cause, plea, or defense


Words: induct
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : INSTALL <was inducted as president of the college>\n2 a : to admit as a member <inducted into a scholastic society> b : INTRODUCE, INITIATE c : to enroll for military training or service (as under a selective service act)\n3 : LEAD, CONDUCT


Words: inductance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current either in the circuit itself or in a neighboring circuit b : the measure of this property that is equal to the ratio of the induced electromotive force to the rate of change of the inducing current\n2 : a circuit or a device possessing inductance


Words: induction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process of inducting (as into office) b : an initial experience : INITIATION c : the formality by which a civilian is inducted into military service\n2 a (1) : inference of a generalized conclusion from particular instances compare DEDUCTION 2a (2) : a conclusion arrived at by induction b : mathematical demonstration of the validity of a law concerning all the positive integers by proving that it holds for the integer 1 and that if it holds for an arbitrarily chosen positive integer k it must hold for the integer k1 called also mathematical induction\n3 : a preface, prologue, or introductory scene especially of an early English play\n4 a : the act of bringing forward or adducing (as facts or particulars) b : the act of causing or bringing on or about c : the process by which an electrical conductor becomes electrified when near a charged body, by which a magnetizable body becomes magnetized when in a magnetic field or in the magnetic flux set up by a magnetomotive force, or by which an electromotive force is produced in a circuit by varying the magnetic field linked with the circuit d : the inspiration of the fuel-air charge from the carburetor into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine e : the sum of the processes by which the fate of embryonic cells is determined and morphogenetic differentiation brought about


Words: inductive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : leading on : INDUCING\n2 : of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction <inductive reasoning>\n3 : of or relating to inductance or electrical induction\n4 : INTRODUCTORY\n5 : involving the action of an embryological inductor : tending to produce induction


Words: indulge
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give free rein to b : to take unrestrained pleasure in : GRATIFY\n2 a : to yield to the desire of : HUMOR b : to treat with excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration\nintransitive senses : to indulge oneself


Words: indulgence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : remission of part or all of the temporal and especially purgatorial punishment that according to Roman Catholicism is due for sins whose eternal punishment has been remitted and whose guilt has been pardoned (as through the sacrament of reconciliation)\n2 : the act of indulging : the state of being indulgent\n3 a : an indulgent act b : an extension of time for payment or performance granted as a favor\n4 a : the act of indulging in something; especially : SELF-INDULGENCE b : something indulged in <walk off gastronomic indulgences Barbara L. Michaels>


Words: industrial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to industry\n2 : derived from human industry <industrial wealth>\n3 : engaged in industry <the industrial classes>\n4 : used in or developed for use in industry <industrial diamonds>; also : HEAVY-DUTY <an industrial zipper>\n5 : characterized by highly developed industries <an industrial nation>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one that is employed in industry b : a company engaged in industrial production or service\n2 : a stock or bond issued by an industrial corporation or enterprise


Words: industrialize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make industrial <industrialize an agricultural region>\nintransitive senses : to become industrial


Words: industrious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : SKILLFUL, INGENIOUS\n2 : persistently active : ZEALOUS\n3 : constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied : DILIGENT


Words: industry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : diligence in an employment or pursuit; especially : steady or habitual effort\n2 a : systematic labor especially for some useful purpose or the creation of something of value b : a department or branch of a craft, art, business, or manufacture; especially : one that employs a large personnel and capital especially in manufacturing c : a distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises <the banking industry> d : manufacturing activity as a whole <the nation’s industry>\n3 : work devoted to the study of a particular subject or author <the Shakespeare industry>


Words: indwell
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle\ntransitive senses : to exist within as an activating spirit, force, or principle


Words: inebriate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to exhilarate or stupefy as if by liquor\n2 : to make drunk : INTOXICATE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : affected by alcohol : DRUNK\n2 : addicted to excessive drinking\n\n<3> noun\n: one who is drunk; especially : DRUNKARD


Words: ineffable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable of being expressed in words : INDESCRIBABLE <ineffable joy> b : UNSPEAKABLE <ineffable disgust>\n2 : not to be uttered : TABOO <the ineffable name of Jehovah>


Words: ineffective
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not producing an intended effect : INEFFECTUAL <ineffective lighting>\n2 : not capable of performing efficiently or as expected : INCAPABLE <an ineffective executive>


Words: inefficient
Meaning:
adjective\n: not efficient: as a : not producing the effect intended or desired b : wasteful of time or energy <inefficient operating procedures> c : INCAPABLE, INCOMPETENT <an inefficient worker>


Words: ineligible
Meaning:
adjective\n: not eligible: as a : not qualified for an office or position b : not permitted under football rules to catch a forward pass


Words: inept
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking in fitness or aptitude : UNFIT\n2 : lacking sense or reason : FOOLISH\n3 : not suitable to the time, place, or occasion : inappropriate often to an absurd degree\n4 : generally incompetent : BUNGLING


Words: inequality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality of being unequal or uneven: as a : lack of evenness b : social disparity c : disparity of distribution or opportunity d : the condition of being variable : CHANGEABLENESS\n2 : an instance of being unequal\n3 : a formal statement of inequality between two quantities usually separated by a sign of inequality (as , , or < signifying respectively is less than, is greater than, or is not equal to)


Words: inert
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking the power to move\n2 : very slow to move or act : SLUGGISH\n3 : deficient in active properties; especially : lacking a usual or anticipated chemical or biological action


Words: inertia
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force b : an analogous property of other physical quantities (as electricity)\n2 : indisposition to motion, exertion, or change : INERTNESS


Words: inestimable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of being estimated or computed <storms caused inestimable damage>\n2 : too valuable or excellent to be measured or appreciated <has performed an inestimable service for his country>


Words: inexact
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not precisely correct or true : INACCURATE <an inexact translation>\n2 : not rigorous and careful <an inexact thinker>


Words: inexhaustible
Meaning:
adjective\n: not exhaustible: as a : incapable of being used up <inexhaustible riches> b : incapable of being wearied or worn out <an inexhaustible hiker>


Words: inextricable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free\n2 a : incapable of being disentangled or untied <an inextricable knot> b : not capable of being solved


Words: infallible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of error : UNERRING <an infallible memory>\n2 : not liable to mislead, deceive, or disappoint : CERTAIN <an infallible remedy>\n3 : incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals


Words: infamous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a reputation of the worst kind\n2 : causing or bringing infamy : DISGRACEFUL\n3 : convicted of an offense bringing infamy


Words: infamy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal\n2 a : an extreme and publicly known criminal or evil act b : the state of being infamous


Words: infancy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : early childhood\n2 : a beginning or early period of existence\n3 : the legal status of an infant


Words: infant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a child in the first period of life\n2 : a person who is not of full age : MINOR\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : intended for young children\n2 : being in an early stage of development\n3 : of, relating to, or being in infancy


Words: infantile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to infants or infancy\n2 : suitable to or characteristic of an infant; especially : very immature


Words: infantry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot b : a branch of an army composed of these soldiers\n2 : an infantry regiment or division


Words: infatuate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: being in an infatuated state or condition\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cause to be foolish : deprive of sound judgment\n2 : to inspire with a foolish or extravagant love or admiration


Words: infect
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent (as bacteria)\n2 a : to communicate a pathogen or a disease to b of a pathogenic organism : to invade (an individual or organ) usually by penetration c of a computer virus : to become transmitted and copied to (as a computer)\n3 a : CONTAMINATE, CORRUPT <the inflated writing that infects such stories> b : to work upon or seize upon so as to induce sympathy, belief, or support <trying to infect their salespeople with their enthusiasm>


Words: infection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or result of affecting injuriously\n2 : an infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent\n3 a : the state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host b : a disease resulting from infection\n4 : an act or process of infecting; also : the establishment of a pathogen in its host after invasion\n5 : the communication of emotions or qualities through example or contact


Words: infer
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises <we see smoke and infer fire L. A. White> compare IMPLY\n2 : GUESS, SURMISE <your letter allows me to infer that you are as well as ever O. W. Holmes \n3 a : to involve as a normal outcome of thought b : to point out : INDICATE <this doth infer the zeal had to see him Shakespeare> <another survey infers that two-thirds of all present computer installations are not paying for themselves H. R. Chellman>\n4 : SUGGEST, HINT <are you inferring I’m incompetent>\nintransitive senses : to draw inferences <men have observed, inferred, and reasoned to all kinds of results John Dewey>


Words: inferior
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : situated lower down : LOWER\n2 a : of low or lower degree or rank b : of poor quality : MEDIOCRE\n3 : of little or less importance, value, or merit <always felt inferior to his older brother>\n4 a : situated below another and especially another similar superior part of an upright body b : situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body c (1) : situated below another plant part or organ (2) : ABAXIAL\n5 : relating to or being a subscript


Words: infernal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a nether world of the dead\n2 a : of or relating to hell b : HELLISH, DIABOLICAL\n3 : DAMNABLE <an infernal nuisance>


Words: inferno
Meaning:
noun\n: a place or a state that resembles or suggests hell <the inferno of war>; also : intense heat <the roaring inferno of the blast furnace>


Words: infest
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner <a slum infested with crime> <shark-infested waters>\n2 : to live in or on as a parasite


Words: infidel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity\n2 a : an unbeliever with respect to a particular religion b : one who acknowledges no religious belief\n3 : a disbeliever in something specified or understood


Words: infidelity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : lack of belief in a religion\n2 a : unfaithfulness to a moral obligation : DISLOYALTY b : marital unfaithfulness or an instance of it


Words: infield
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a field near a farmhouse\n2 a : the area of a baseball field enclosed by the three bases and home plate b : the defensive positions comprising first base, second base, shortstop, and third base; also : the players who play these positions\n3 : the area enclosed by a racetrack or running track


Words: infighting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : fighting or boxing at close quarters\n2 : rough-and-tumble fighting\n3 : prolonged and often bitter dissension or rivalry among members of a group or organization <bureaucratic infighting>


Words: infiltrate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause (as a liquid) to permeate something by penetrating its pores or interstices\n2 : to pass into or through (a substance) by filtering or permeating\n3 : to pass (troops) singly or in small groups through gaps in the enemy line\n4 : to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes <the intelligence staff had been infiltrated by spies>\nintransitive senses : to enter, permeate, or pass through a substance or area by filtering or by insinuating gradually


Words: infinite
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : extending indefinitely : ENDLESS <infinite space>\n2 : immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive : INEXHAUSTIBLE <infinite patience>\n3 : subject to no limitation or external determination\n4 a : extending beyond, lying beyond, or being greater than any preassigned finite value however large <infinite number of positive numbers> b : extending to infinity <infinite plane surface> c : characterized by an infinite number of elements or terms <an infinite set> <an infinite series>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is infinite (as in extent, duration, or number)


Words: infinitesimal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an infinitesimal quantity or variable\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : taking on values arbitrarily close to but greater than zero\n2 : immeasurably or incalculably small


Words: infinitive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: formed with the infinitive\n\n<2> noun\n: a verb form normally identical in English with the first person singular that performs some functions of a noun and at the same time displays some characteristics of a verb and that is used with to (as in <I asked him to go>) except with auxiliary and various other verbs (as in <no one saw him leave>)


Words: infinitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being infinite : INFINITENESS\n2 : something that is infinite especially in extent\n3 : an infinite number or quantity


Words: infinity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality of being infinite b : unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity : BOUNDLESSNESS\n2 : an indefinitely great number or amount <an infinity of stars>\n3 a : the limit of the value of a function or variable when it tends to become numerically larger than any preassigned finite number b : a part of a geometric magnitude that lies beyond any part whose distance from a given reference position is finite <do parallel lines ever meet if they extend to infinity> c : a transfinite number (as aleph-null)\n4 : a distance so great that the rays of light from a point source at that distance may be regarded as parallel


Words: infirm
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of poor or deteriorated vitality; especially : feeble from age\n2 : weak of mind, will, or character : IRRESOLUTE, VACILLATING\n3 : not solid or stable : INSECURE


Words: infirmity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being infirm b : the condition of being feeble : FRAILTY\n2 : DISEASE, MALADY\n3 : a personal failing : FOIBLE <one of the besetting infirmities of living creatures is egotism A. J. Toynbee>


Words: inflame
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling b : to make more heated or violent : INTENSIFY <insults served only to inflame the feud>\n2 : to set on fire : KINDLE\n3 : to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement\n4 : to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to burst into flame\n2 : to become excited or angered\n3 : to become affected with inflammation


Words: inflammation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, and pain and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue\n2 : the act of inflaming : the state of being inflamed


Words: inflammatory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tending to excite anger, disorder, or tumult : SEDITIOUS\n2 : tending to inflame or excite the senses\n3 : accompanied by or tending to cause inflammation


Words: inflate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to swell or distend with air or gas\n2 : to puff up : ELATE\n3 : to expand or increase abnormally or imprudently\nintransitive senses : to become inflated


Words: inflation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of inflating : a state of being inflated: as a : DISTENSION b : a hypothetical extremely brief period of very rapid expansion of the universe immediately following the big bang c : empty pretentiousness : POMPOSITY\n2 : an increase in the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services resulting in a continuing rise in the general price level


Words: inflect
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to turn from a direct line or course : CURVE\n2 : to vary (a word) by inflection : DECLINE, CONJUGATE\n3 : to change or vary the pitch of (as the voice)\nintransitive senses : to become modified by inflection


Words: inflection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or result of curving or bending : BEND\n2 : change in pitch or loudness of the voice\n3 a : the change of form that words undergo to mark such distinctions as those of case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice b : a form, suffix, or element involved in such variation c : ACCIDENCE\n4 a : change in curvature of an arc or curve from concave to convex or conversely b : INFLECTION POINT


Words: inflexible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : rigidly firm in will or purpose : UNYIELDING\n2 : not readily bent : lacking or deficient in suppleness\n3 : incapable of change : UNALTERABLE


Words: inflict
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : AFFLICT\n2 a : to give by or as if by striking <inflict pain> b : to cause (something unpleasant) to be endured <inflict my annual message upon the church Mark Twain>


Words: inflorescence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the mode of development and arrangement of flowers on an axis (2) : a floral axis with its appendages; also : a flower cluster b : a cluster of reproductive organs on a moss usually subtended by a bract\n2 : the budding and unfolding of blossoms : FLOWERING


Words: influence
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an ethereal fluid held to flow from the stars and to affect the actions of humans b : an emanation of occult power held to derive from stars\n2 : an emanation of spiritual or moral force\n3 a : the act or power of producing an effect without apparent exertion of force or direct exercise of command b : corrupt interference with authority for personal gain\n4 : the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways : SWAY\n5 : one that exerts influence\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to affect or alter by indirect or intangible means : SWAY\n2 : to have an effect on the condition or development of : MODIFY


Words: influenza
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an acute highly contagious disease caused by any of several single-stranded RNA viruses (family Orthomyxoviridae) and characterized by sudden onset, fever, prostration, severe aches and pains, and progressive inflammation of the respiratory mucous membrane; broadly : a human respiratory infection of undetermined cause\n2 : any of numerous febrile usually virus diseases of domestic animals marked by respiratory symptoms, inflammation of mucous membranes, and often systemic involvement


Words: infold
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : ENFOLD, ENVELOP\nintransitive senses : to fold inward or toward one another


Words: inform
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to give material form to\n2 a : to give character or essence to <the principles which inform modern teaching> b : to be the characteristic quality of : ANIMATE <the compassion that informs her work>\n3 obsolete : GUIDE, DIRECT\n4 obsolete : to make known\n5 : to communicate knowledge to <inform a prisoner of his rights>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to impart information or knowledge\n2 : to give information (as of another’s wrongdoing) to an authority


Words: informal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by the absence of formality or ceremony <an informal meeting> <an informal group>\n2 : characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary, casual, or familiar use <informal English> <informal clothes>


Words: informant
Meaning:
noun\n: a person who gives information: as a : INFORMER b : one who supplies cultural or linguistic data in response to interrogation by an investigator


Words: information
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence\n2 a (1) : knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction (2) : INTELLIGENCE, NEWS (3) : FACTS, DATA b : the attribute inherent in and communicated by one of two or more alternative sequences or arrangements of something (as nucleotides in DNA or binary digits in a computer program) that produce specific effects c (1) : a signal or character (as in a communication system or computer) representing data (2) : something (as a message, experimental data, or a picture) which justifies change in a construct (as a plan or theory) that represents physical or mental experience or another construct d : a quantitative measure of the content of information; specifically : a numerical quantity that measures the uncertainty in the outcome of an experiment to be performed\n3 : the act of informing against a person\n4 : a formal accusation of a crime made by a prosecuting officer as distinguished from an indictment presented by a grand jury


Words: informed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having information <informed sources> <informed observers> b : based on possession of information <an informed opinion>\n2 : EDUCATED, KNOWLEDGEABLE <what the informed person should know>


Words: informer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that imparts knowledge or news\n2 : one that informs against another; specifically : one who makes a practice especially for a financial reward of informing against others for violations of penal laws


Words: infrared
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : situated outside the visible spectrum at its red end used of radiation having a wavelength between about 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter\n2 : relating to, producing, or employing infrared radiation <infrared therapy>\n3 : sensitive to infrared radiation <infrared photographic film>


Words: infrasonic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having or relating to a frequency below the audibility range of the human ear\n2 : utilizing or produced by infrasonic waves or vibrations


Words: infrequent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : seldom happening or occurring : RARE\n2 : placed or occurring at wide intervals in space or time <a slope scattered with infrequent pines> <infrequent visits>


Words: infringe
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another <infringe a patent>\n2 obsolete : DEFEAT, FRUSTRATE\nintransitive senses : ENCROACH used with on or upon <infringe on our rights>


Words: infuse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to be permeated with something (as a principle or quality) that alters usually for the better <infuse the team with confidence> b : INTRODUCE, INSINUATE <a new spirit was infused into American art Amer. Guide Series: N.Y.>\n2 : INSPIRE, ANIMATE <the sense of purpose that infuses scientific research>\n3 : to steep in liquid (as water) without boiling so as to extract the soluble constituents or principles


Words: ingenious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : showing or calling for intelligence, aptitude, or discernment\n2 : marked by especial aptitude at discovering, inventing, or contriving\n3 : marked by originality, resourcefulness, and cleverness in conception or execution <an ingenious contraption>


Words: ingenue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a naive girl or young woman\n2 : the stage role of an ingenue; also : an actress playing such a role


Words: ingenuity
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : CANDOR, INGENUOUSNESS\n2 a : skill or cleverness in devising or combining : INVENTIVENESS b : cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance\n3 : an ingenious device or contrivance


Words: ingenuous
Meaning:
<1> adjective\nobsolete : INGENIOUS\n\n<2> adjective\n1 obsolete : NOBLE, HONORABLE\n2 a : showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness b : lacking craft or subtlety


Words: ingot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mold in which metal is cast\n2 : a mass of metal cast into a convenient shape for storage or transportation to be later processed


Words: ingrain
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to work indelibly into the natural texture or mental or moral constitution\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : made of fiber that is dyed before being spun into yarn b : made of yarn that is dyed before being woven or knitted\n2 : thoroughly worked in : INNATE\n\n<3> noun\n: innate quality or character


Words: ingratiate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort usually used with with <ingratiate themselves with the community leaders William Attwood>


Words: ingratiating
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of winning favor : PLEASING <an ingratiating smile>\n2 : intended or adopted in order to gain favor : FLATTERING


Words: ingredient
Meaning:
noun\n: something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture : CONSTITUENT


Words: ingrown
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : grown in; specifically : having the free tip or edge embedded in the flesh <an ingrown toenail>\n2 : having the direction of growth or activity or interest inward rather than outward : WITHDRAWN


Words: inhabit
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in <inhabit a small house>\n2 : to be present in or occupy in any manner or form <the human beings who inhabit this tale Al Newman>\nintransitive senses , archaic : to have residence in a place : DWELL


Words: inhabitant
Meaning:
noun\n: one that occupies a particular place regularly, routinely, or for a period of time <inhabitants of large cities> <the tapeworm is an inhabitant of the intestine>


Words: inhale
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to draw in by breathing\n2 : to take in eagerly or greedily <inhaled about four meals at once Ring Lardner>\nintransitive senses : to breathe in


Words: inherent
Meaning:
adjective\n: involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : INTRINSIC


Words: inherit
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion <and every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life Matthew 19:29 (Revised Standard Version)>\n2 a : to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor’s death b : to receive as a devise or legacy\n3 : to receive from ancestors by genetic transmission <inherit a strong constitution>\n4 : to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor <inherited the problem from his predecessor>\nintransitive senses : to take or hold a possession or rights by inheritance


Words: inhibit
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to prohibit from doing something\n2 a : to hold in check : RESTRAIN b : to discourage from free or spontaneous activity especially through the operation of inner psychological impediments or of social controls\nintransitive senses : to cause inhibition


Words: inhibition
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of inhibiting : the state of being inhibited b : something that forbids, debars, or restricts\n2 : an inner impediment to free activity, expression, or functioning: as a : a psychic activity imposing restraint upon another activity b : a restraining of the function of a bodily organ or an agent (as an enzyme)


Words: inhuman
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lacking pity, kindness, or mercy : SAVAGE <an inhuman tyrant> b : COLD, IMPERSONAL <his usual quiet, almost inhuman courtesy F. Tennyson Jesse> c : not worthy of or conforming to the needs of human beings <inhuman living conditions>\n2 : of or suggesting a nonhuman class of beings


Words: inhumanity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous b : a cruel or barbarous act\n2 : absence of warmth or geniality : IMPERSONALITY


Words: inimical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence\n2 a : having the disposition of an enemy : HOSTILE b : reflecting or indicating hostility : UNFRIENDLY


Words: initial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the beginning : INCIPIENT\n2 : placed at the beginning : FIRST\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the first letter of a name b plural : the first letter of each word in a full name <found that their initials were identical>\n2 : a large letter beginning a text or a division or paragraph\n3 : ANLAGE, PRECURSOR; specifically : a meristematic cell\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to affix an initial to\n2 : to authenticate or give preliminary approval to by affixing the initials of an authorizing representative


Words: initiate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going <initiate a program of reform> <enzymes that initiate fermentation>\n2 : to induct into membership by or as if by special rites\n3 : to instruct in the rudiments or principles of something : INTRODUCE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 obsolete : relating to an initiate\n2 a : initiated or properly admitted (as to membership or an office) b : instructed in some secret knowledge\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a person who is undergoing or has undergone an initiation\n2 : a person who is instructed or adept in some special field


Words: initiative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to initiation : INTRODUCTORY, PRELIMINARY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an introductory step <took the initiative in attempting to settle the issue>\n2 : energy or aptitude displayed in initiation of action : ENTERPRISE <showed great initiative>\n3 a : the right to initiate legislative action b : a procedure enabling a specified number of voters by petition to propose a law and secure its submission to the electorate or to the legislature for approval compare REFERENDUM 1


Words: inject
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to introduce into something forcefully <inject fuel into an engine> b : to force a fluid into (as for medical purposes)\n2 : to introduce as an element or factor in or into some situation or subject <condemning any attempt to inject religious bigotry into the campaign Current Biography>


Words: injunction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or an instance of enjoining : ORDER, ADMONITION\n2 : a writ granted by a court of equity whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act


Words: injure
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to do an injustice to : WRONG b : to harm, impair, or tarnish the standing of c : to give pain to <injure a person’s pride>\n2 a : to inflict bodily hurt on b : to impair the soundness of c : to inflict material damage or loss on


Words: injury
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act that damages or hurts : WRONG b : violation of another’s rights for which the law allows an action to recover damages\n2 : hurt, damage, or loss sustained


Words: injustice
Meaning:
noun\n1 : absence of justice : violation of right or of the rights of another : UNFAIRNESS\n2 : an unjust act : WRONG


Words: ink
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a colored usually liquid material for writing and printing\n2 : the black protective secretion of a cephalopod\n3 slang : PUBLICITY 2d\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put ink on <ink a pen>; also : to draw or write on in ink\n2 a : SIGN 2a <inked a new contract> b : SIGN 4


Words: inkhorn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a small portable bottle (as of horn) for holding ink\n\n<2> adjective\n: ostentatiously learned : PEDANTIC <inkhorn terms>


Words: inkling
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a slight indication or suggestion : HINT, CLUE <there was no path*no inkling even of a track New Yorker>\n2 : a slight knowledge or vague notion <had not the faintest inkling of what it was all about H. W. Carter>


Words: inlaid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : set into a surface in a decorative design <tables with inlaid marble> b : decorated with a design or material set into a surface <a table with an inlaid top>\n2 of linoleum : having a design that goes all the way through to the backing


Words: inland
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 chiefly British : not foreign : DOMESTIC\n2 : of or relating to the interior of a country\n\n<2> noun\n: the interior part of a country\n\n<3> adverb\n: into or toward the interior


Words: inlay
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to set into a surface or ground material b : to adorn with insertions c : to insert (as a color plate) into a mat or other reinforcement\n2 : to rub, beat, or fuse (as wire) into an incision in metal, wood, or stone\n\n<2> noun\n1 : inlaid work or a decorative inlaid pattern\n2 : a tooth filling shaped to fit a cavity and then cemented into place


Words: inlet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a bay or recess in the shore of a sea, lake, or river; also : CREEK b : a narrow water passage between peninsulas or through a barrier island leading to a bay or lagoon\n2 : a way of entering; especially : an opening for intake


Words: inmate
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a group occupying a single place of residence; especially : a person confined (as in a prison or hospital)


Words: inn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an establishment for the lodging and entertaining of travelers b : TAVERN\n2 : a residence formerly provided for British students in London and especially for students of law\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to put up at an inn


Words: innards
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the internal organs of a human being or animal; especially : VISCERA\n2 : the internal parts especially of a structure or mechanism


Words: innate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : NATIVE, INBORN <innate behavior>\n2 : belonging to the essential nature of something : INHERENT\n3 : originating in or derived from the mind or the constitution of the intellect rather than from experience


Words: inner
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : situated farther in <the inner bark> b : being near a center especially of influence <the inner circles of political power>\n2 : of or relating to the mind or spirit <the inner life>


Words: inning
Meaning:
noun\n1 a plural but singular or plural in construction : a division of a cricket match b : a division of a baseball game consisting of a turn at bat for each team; also : a baseball team’s turn at bat ending with the third out c : a player’s turn (as in horseshoes, pool, or croquet)\n2 : a chance or opportunity for action or accomplishment usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. <that momentous innings which was to project him into world politics Times Literary Supplement>


Words: innocence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil : BLAMELESSNESS b : CHASTITY c : freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense d (1) : freedom from guile or cunning : SIMPLICITY (2) : lack of worldly experience or sophistication e : lack of knowledge : IGNORANCE <written in entire innocence of the Italian language E. R. Bentley>\n2 : one that is innocent\n3 : BLUET


Words: innocent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : BLAMELESS <an innocent child> b : harmless in effect or intention <searching for a hidden motive in even the most innocent conversation Leonard Wibberley>; also : CANDID <gave me an innocent gaze> c : free from legal guilt or fault; also : LAWFUL <a wholly innocent transaction>\n2 a : lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness : ARTLESS, INGENUOUS b : IGNORANT <almost entirely innocent of Latin C. L. Wrenn>; also : UNAWARE <perfectly innocent of the confusion he had created B. R. Haydon>\n3 : lacking or deprived of something <her face innocent of cosmetics Marcia Davenport>


Words: innocuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : producing no injury : HARMLESS\n2 : not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : INOFFENSIVE, INSIPID


Words: innovate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to introduce as or as if new\n2 archaic : to effect a change in <the dictates of my father were not to be altered, innovated, or even discussed Sir Walter Scott>\nintransitive senses : to make changes : do something in a new way


Words: innuendo
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an oblique allusion : HINT, INSINUATION; especially : a veiled or equivocal reflection on character or reputation b : the use of such allusions <resorting to innuendo>\n2 : a parenthetical explanation introduced into the text of a legal document


Words: inoculate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to introduce a microorganism into <inoculate mice with anthrax> <beans inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria> b : to introduce (as a microorganism) into a suitable situation for growth c : to introduce immunologically active material (as an antibody or antigen) into especially in order to treat or prevent a disease <inoculate children against diphtheria>\n2 : to introduce something into the mind of\n3 : to protect as if by inoculation


Words: inoperative
Meaning:
adjective\n: not operative: as a : not functioning <an inoperative clock> b : having no effect or force <an inoperative law>


Words: inorganic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : being or composed of matter other than plant or animal : MINERAL (2) : forming or belonging to the inanimate world b : of, relating to, or dealt with by a branch of chemistry concerned with substances not usually classed as organic\n2 : not arising from natural growth : ARTIFICIAL; also : lacking structure, character, or vitality <dull inorganic things, without individuality or prestige John Buchan>


Words: input
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that is put in: as a : an amount put in <increased input of fertilizer increases crop yield> b : power or energy put into a machine or system for storage, conversion in kind, or conversion of characteristics usually with the intent of sizable recovery in the form of output c : a component of production (as land, labor, or raw materials) d : information fed into a data processing system or computer e : ADVICE, OPINION, COMMENT\n2 : the means by which or the point at which an input (as of energy, material, or data) is made\n3 : the act or process of putting in\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to enter (as data) into a computer or data processing system


Words: inquest
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury <a coroner’s inquest> b : a body of people (as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry c : the finding of the jury upon such inquiry or the document recording it\n2 : INQUIRY, INVESTIGATION


Words: inquire
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to ask about <some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate Thomas Gray>\n2 : to search into : INVESTIGATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to put a question : seek for information by questioning <inquired about the horses>\n2 : to make investigation or inquiry often used with into


Words: inquiry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : examination into facts or principles : RESEARCH\n2 : a request for information\n3 : a systematic investigation often of a matter of public interest


Words: inquisition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of inquiring : EXAMINATION\n2 : a judicial or official inquiry or examination usually before a jury; also : the finding of the jury\n3 a capitalized : a former Roman Catholic tribunal for the discovery and punishment of heresy b : an investigation conducted with little regard for individual rights c : a severe questioning


Words: inquisitive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : given to examination or investigation\n2 : inclined to ask questions; especially : inordinately or improperly curious about the affairs of others


Words: inroad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sudden hostile incursion : RAID\n2 : an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something usually used in plural


Words: insane
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : mentally disordered : exhibiting insanity\n2 : used by, typical of, or intended for insane persons <an insane asylum>\n3 : ABSURD <an insane scheme for making money>


Words: inscribe
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record b : to enter on a list : ENROLL\n2 a : to write, engrave, or print characters upon b : to autograph or address (a book) as a gift\n3 : to dedicate to someone\n4 : to draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible <a regular polygon inscribed in a circle>\n5 British : to register the name of the holder of (a security)


Words: insect
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of numerous small invertebrate animals (as spiders or centipedes) that are more or less obviously segmented b : any of a class (Insecta) of arthropods (as bugs or bees) with well-defined head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and typically one or two pairs of wings\n2 : a trivial or contemptible person


Words: insecure
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not confident or sure : UNCERTAIN <feeling somewhat insecure of his reception>\n2 : not adequately guarded or sustained : UNSAFE <an insecure investment>\n3 : not firmly fastened or fixed : SHAKY <the hinge is loose and insecure>\n4 a : not highly stable or well-adjusted <an insecure marriage> b : deficient in assurance : beset by fear and anxiety <always felt insecure in a group of strangers>


Words: insensate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking sense or understanding; also : FOOLISH\n2 : lacking animate awareness or sensation\n3 : lacking humane feeling : BRUTAL


Words: insensible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : IMPERCEPTIBLE <dampened by an insensible dew>; broadly : SLIGHT, GRADUAL <insensible motion>\n2 : incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: as a : not endowed with life or spirit : INSENTIENT <insensible earth> b : UNCONSCIOUS <knocked insensible by a sudden blow> c : lacking sensory perception or ability to react <insensible to pain>\n3 a : lacking emotional response : APATHETIC, INDIFFERENT <insensible to fear> b : UNAWARE <insensible of their danger>\n4 archaic : STUPID, SENSELESS\n5 : not intelligible : MEANINGLESS\n6 : lacking delicacy or refinement


Words: insert
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put or thrust in <insert the key in the lock> <insert a spacecraft into orbit>\n2 : to put or introduce into the body of something : INTERPOLATE <insert a change in a manuscript>\n3 : to set in and make fast; especially : to insert by sewing between two cut edges\n4 : to place into action (as in a game) <insert a new pitcher>\nintransitive senses , of a muscle : to be in attachment to the part to be moved\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is inserted or is for insertion; especially : written or printed material inserted (as between the leaves of a book)


Words: insertion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that is inserted: as a : the part of a muscle that inserts b : the mode or place of attachment of an organ or part c : embroidery or needlework inserted as ornament between two pieces of fabric d : a section of genetic material that is inserted into an existing gene sequence\n2 a : the act or process of inserting b : the mutational process producing a genetic insertion


Words: inset
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a place where something flows in : CHANNEL b : a setting or flowing in\n2 : something that is inset: as a : a small graphic representation (as a map or picture) set within a larger one b : a piece of cloth set into a garment (as for decoration) c : a part or section of a utensil that fits into an outer part\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : SET IN; especially : to insert within something else in such a way as to be visible\n2 : to provide with an inset


Words: inshore
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : situated, living, or carried on near shore\n2 : moving toward shore <an inshore current>\n\n<2> adverb\n: to or toward shore <boats driven inshore by the storm>


Words: inside
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an interior or internal part or place : the part within b : inward nature, thoughts, or feeling c : VISCERA, ENTRAILS usually used in plural\n2 : an inner side or surface\n3 a : a position of power, trust, or familiarity <only someone on the inside could have told> b : confidential information <has the inside on what happened at the convention>\n4 : the area nearest a specified or implied point of reference: as a : the side of home plate nearest the batter b : the middle portion of a playing area c : the area near or underneath the basket in basketball\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : on the inner side\n2 : in or into the interior\n3 : to or on the inside\n4 : in prison\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being on or near the inside <an inside pitch>\n2 a : relating or known to a select group <inside information> b : BEHIND-THE-SCENES\n\n<4> preposition\n1 a : in or into or as if in or into the interior of b : on the inner side of\n2 : WITHIN <inside an hour>


Words: insider
Meaning:
noun\n: a person recognized or accepted as a member of a group, category, or organization: as a : a person who is in a position of power or has access to confidential information b : one (as an officer or director) who is in a position to have special knowledge of the affairs of or to influence the decisions of a company


Words: insidious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : awaiting a chance to entrap : TREACHEROUS b : harmful but enticing : SEDUCTIVE <insidious drugs>\n2 a : having a gradual and cumulative effect : SUBTLE <the insidious pressures of modern life> b of a disease : developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent


Words: insight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the power or act of seeing into a situation : PENETRATION\n2 : the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively


Words: insinuate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to introduce (as an idea) gradually or in a subtle, indirect, or covert way <insinuate doubts into a trusting mind> b : to impart or communicate with artful or oblique reference\n2 : to introduce (as oneself) by stealthy, smooth, or artful means\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly : CREEP\n2 archaic : to ingratiate oneself


Words: insinuating
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees : INGRATIATING\n2 : tending gradually to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook often in a slyly subtle manner <insinuating remarks>


Words: insipid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking taste or savor : TASTELESS\n2 : lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : DULL, FLAT


Words: insist
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required <they insist on going>\n2 archaic : PERSIST\ntransitive senses : to maintain in a persistent or positive manner <insisted that the story was true>


Words: insistence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or an instance of insisting\n2 : the quality or state of being insistent : URGENCY


Words: insistent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : disposed to insist : PERSISTENT\n2 : compelling attention <the insistent pounding of the waves>


Words: insole
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an inside sole of a shoe\n2 : a loose thin strip placed inside a shoe for warmth or comfort


Words: insolent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct : OVERBEARING\n2 : exhibiting boldness or effrontery : IMPUDENT


Words: insoluble
Meaning:
adjective\n: not soluble: as a archaic : INDISSOLUBLE b : having or admitting of no solution or explanation c : incapable of being dissolved in a liquid; also : soluble only with difficulty or to a slight degree


Words: insolvent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business (2) : having liabilities in excess of a reasonable market value of assets held b : insufficient to pay all debts <an insolvent estate> c : not up to a normal standard or complement : IMPOVERISHED\n2 : relating to or for the relief of insolvents


Words: inspect
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to view closely in critical appraisal : look over\n2 : to examine officially <inspects the barracks every Friday>\nintransitive senses : to make an inspection


Words: inspiration
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation b : the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions c : the act of influencing or suggesting opinions\n2 : the act of drawing in; specifically : the drawing of air into the lungs\n3 a : the quality or state of being inspired b : something that is inspired <a scheme that was pure inspiration>\n4 : an inspiring agent or influence


Words: inspire
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration b : to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on <was particularly inspired by the Romanticists> c : to spur on : IMPEL, MOTIVATE <threats don’t necessarily inspire people to work> d : AFFECT <seeing the old room again inspired him with nostalgia>\n2 a archaic : to breathe or blow into or upon b archaic : to infuse (as life) by breathing\n3 a : to communicate to an agent supernaturally b : to draw forth or bring out <thoughts inspired by a visit to the cathedral>\n4 : INHALE 1\n5 a : BRING ABOUT, OCCASION <the book was inspired by his travels in the Far East> b : INCITE\n6 : to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another\nintransitive senses : INHALE


Words: install
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to place in an office or dignity by seating in a stall or official seat b : to induct into an office, rank, or order <installed the new president>\n2 : to establish in an indicated place, condition, or status <installing herself in front of the fireplace>\n3 : to set up for use or service <had an exhaust fan installed in the kitchen>


Words: installment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: INSTALLATION 1\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one of the parts into which a debt is divided when payment is made at intervals\n2 a : one of several parts (as of a publication) presented at intervals b : one part of a serial story


Words: instance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : urgent or earnest solicitation b : INSTIGATION, REQUEST <am writing to you at the instance of my client> c obsolete : an impelling cause or motive\n2 a archaic : EXCEPTION b : an individual illustrative of a category or brought forward in support or disproof of a generalization c obsolete : TOKEN, SIGN\n3 : the institution and prosecution of a lawsuit : SUIT\n4 : a step, stage, or situation viewed as part of a process or series of events <prefers, in this instance, to remain anonymous Times Literary Supplement>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to illustrate or demonstrate by an instance\n2 : to mention as a case or example : CITE


Words: instant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an infinitesimal space of time; especially : a point in time separating two states <at the instant of death>\n2 : the present or current month\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : IMPORTUNATE, URGENT\n2 a : PRESENT, CURRENT <previous felonies not related to the instant crime> b : of or occurring in the present month\n3 : IMMEDIATE, DIRECT <the play was an instant success>\n4 a (1) : premixed or precooked for easy final preparation <instant pudding> (2) : appearing in or as if in ready-to-use form <instant culture> b : immediately soluble in water <instant coffee>\n5 : produced or occurring with or as if with extreme rapidity and ease


Words: instantaneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : done, occurring, or acting without any perceptible duration of time <death was instantaneous>\n2 : done without any delay being purposely introduced <took instantaneous action to correct the abuse>\n3 : occurring or present at a particular instant <instantaneous velocity>


Words: instantly
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : with importunity : URGENTLY\n2 : without the least delay : IMMEDIATELY\n\n<2> conjunction\n: as soon as <he ran across the grass instantly he perceived his mother W. M. Thackeray>


Words: instate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete a : INVEST, ENDOW b : BESTOW, CONFER\n2 : to set or establish in a rank or office : INSTALL


Words: instead
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : as a substitute or equivalent <was going to write but called instead>\n2 : as an alternative to something expressed or implied : RATHER <longed instead for a quiet country life>


Words: instep
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the arched middle portion of the human foot in front of the ankle joint; especially : its upper surface\n2 : the part of a shoe or stocking that fits over the instep


Words: instill
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cause to enter drop by drop <instill medication into the infected eye>\n2 : to impart gradually <instilling a love of learning in children>


Words: instinct
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity <had an instinct for the right word>\n2 a : a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason b : behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level\n\n<2> adjective\n1 obsolete : impelled by an inner or animating or exciting agency\n2 : profoundly imbued : INFUSED <my mood, instinct with romance S. J. Perelman>


Words: institute
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to establish in a position or office\n2 a : to originate and get established : ORGANIZE <instituted reading clinics> b : to set going : INAUGURATE <instituting an investigation of the charges>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is instituted: as a (1) : an elementary principle recognized as authoritative (2) plural : a collection of such principles and precepts; especially : a legal compendium b : an organization for the promotion of a cause : ASSOCIATION <a research institute> <an institute for the blind> c : an educational institution and especially one devoted to technical fields d : a usually brief intensive course of instruction on selected topics relating to a particular field <an urban studies institute>


Words: institution
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of instituting : ESTABLISHMENT\n2 a : a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture <the institution of marriage>; also : something or someone firmly associated with a place or thing <she has become an institution in the theater> b : an established organization or corporation (as a college or university) especially of a public character; also : ASYLUM 4


Words: instruct
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give knowledge to : TEACH, TRAIN\n2 : to provide with authoritative information or advice <the judge instructed the jury>\n3 : to give an order or command to : DIRECT


Words: instruction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : PRECEPT <prevailing cultural instructions> b : a direction calling for compliance : ORDER usually used in plural <had instructions not to admit strangers> c plural : an outline or manual of technical procedure : DIRECTIONS d : a code that tells a computer to perform a particular operation\n2 : the action, practice, or profession of teaching


Words: instrument
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device used to produce music\n2 a : a means whereby something is achieved, performed, or furthered b : one used by another as a means or aid : DUPE, TOOL\n3 : IMPLEMENT; especially : one designed for precision work\n4 : a formal legal document (as a deed, bond, or agreement)\n5 a : a measuring device for determining the present value of a quantity under observation b : an electrical or mechanical device used in navigating an airplane; especially : such a device used as the sole means of navigating\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to address a legal instrument to\n2 : to score for musical performance : ORCHESTRATE\n3 : to equip with instruments especially for measuring and recording data <an instrumented spacecraft>


Words: instrumental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : serving as a means, agent, or tool <was instrumental in organizing the strike> b : of, relating to, or done with an instrument or tool\n2 : relating to, composed for, or performed on a musical instrument\n3 : of, relating to, or being a grammatical case or form expressing means or agency\n4 : of or relating to instrumentalism\n5 : OPERANT 3 <instrumental learning> <instrumental conditioning>


Words: instrumentation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the arrangement or composition of music for instruments especially for a band or orchestra\n2 : the use or application of instruments (as for observation, measurement, or control)\n3 : instruments for a particular purpose; also : a selection or arrangement of instruments


Words: insubstantial
Meaning:
adjective\n: not substantial: as a : lacking substance or material nature b : lacking firmness or solidity : FLIMSY


Words: insufficient
Meaning:
adjective\n: not sufficient : INADEQUATE; especially : lacking adequate power, capacity, or competence


Words: insular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or constituting an island b : dwelling or situated on an island <insular residents>\n2 : characteristic of an isolated people; especially : being, having, or reflecting a narrow provincial viewpoint\n3 : of or relating to an island of cells or tissue


Words: insulate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to place in a detached situation : ISOLATE; especially : to separate from conducting bodies by means of nonconductors so as to prevent transfer of electricity, heat, or sound


Words: insulin
Meaning:
noun\n: a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and is used in the treatment and control of diabetes mellitus


Words: insult
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses , archaic : to behave with pride or arrogance : VAUNT\ntransitive senses : to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt : AFFRONT; also : to affect offensively or damagingly <doggerel that insults the reader’s intelligence>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a gross indignity\n2 : injury to the body or one of its parts; also : something that causes or has a potential for causing such insult <pollution and other environmental insults>


Words: insuperable
Meaning:
adjective\n: incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved <insuperable difficulties>


Words: insupportable
Meaning:
adjective\n: not supportable: a : more than can be endured <insupportable pain> b : impossible to justify <insupportable charges>


Words: insurance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the business of insuring persons or property b : coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril c : the sum for which something is insured\n2 : a means of guaranteeing protection or safety <the contract is your insurance against price changes>\n\n<2> adjective\n: being a score that adds to a team’s lead and makes it impossible for the opposing team to tie the game with its next score <insurance run>


Words: insure
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide or obtain insurance on or for\n2 : to make certain especially by taking necessary measures and precautions\nintransitive senses : to contract to give or take insurance


Words: insurgent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government; especially : a rebel not recognized as a belligerent\n2 : one who acts contrary to the policies and decisions of one’s own political party\n\n<2> adjective\n: rising in opposition to civil authority or established leadership : REBELLIOUS


Words: intact
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : untouched especially by anything that harms or diminishes : ENTIRE, UNINJURED\n2 of a living body or its parts : having no relevant component removed or destroyed: a : physically virginal b : not castrated


Words: intaglio
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an engraving or incised figure in stone or other hard material depressed below the surface so that an impression from the design yields an image in relief b : the art or process of executing intaglios c : printing (as in die stamping and gravure) done from a plate in which the image is sunk below the surface\n2 : something (as a gem) carved in intaglio


Words: intake
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an opening through which fluid enters an enclosure\n2 a : a taking in b (1) : the amount taken in (2) : something (as energy) taken in : INPUT


Words: intangible
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not tangible : IMPALPABLE\n\n<2> noun\n: something intangible; specifically : an asset (as goodwill) that is not corporeal


Words: integer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of the natural numbers, the negatives of these numbers, or zero\n2 : a complete entity


Words: integral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : essential to completeness : CONSTITUENT <an integral part of the curriculum> b (1) : being, containing, or relating to one or more mathematical integers (2) : relating to or concerned with mathematical integrals or integration c : formed as a unit with another part <a seat with integral headrest>\n2 : composed of integral parts\n3 : lacking nothing essential : ENTIRE\n\n<2> noun\n: the result of a mathematical integration compare DEFINITE INTEGRAL, INDEFINITE INTEGRAL


Words: integrate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : UNITE\n2 : to find the integral of (as a function or equation)\n3 a : to unite with something else b : to incorporate into a larger unit\n4 a : to end the segregation of and bring into equal membership in society or an organization b : DESEGREGATE <integrate school districts>\nintransitive senses : to become integrated


Words: integrity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY\n2 : an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS\n3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS


Words: integument
Meaning:
noun\n: something that covers or encloses; especially : an enveloping layer (as a skin, membrane, or husk) of an organism or one of its parts


Words: intellect
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge b : the capacity for rational or intelligent thought especially when highly developed\n2 : a person with great intellectual powers


Words: intellectual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the intellect or its use b : developed or chiefly guided by the intellect rather than by emotion or experience : RATIONAL c : requiring use of the intellect\n2 a : given to study, reflection, and speculation b : engaged in activity requiring the creative use of the intellect\n\n<2> noun\n1 plural , archaic : intellectual powers\n2 : an intellectual person


Words: intelligence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : REASON; also : the skilled use of reason (2) : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests) b Christian Science : the basic eternal quality of divine Mind c : mental acuteness : SHREWDNESS\n2 a : an intelligent entity; especially : ANGEL b : intelligent minds or mind <cosmic intelligence>\n3 : the act of understanding : COMPREHENSION\n4 a : INFORMATION, NEWS b : information concerning an enemy or possible enemy or an area; also : an agency engaged in obtaining such information\n5 : the ability to perform computer functions


Words: intelligent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having or indicating a high or satisfactory degree of intelligence and mental capacity b : revealing or reflecting good judgment or sound thought : SKILLFUL\n2 a : possessing intelligence b : guided or directed by intellect : RATIONAL\n3 a : guided or controlled by a computer; especially : using a built-in microprocessor for automatic operation, for processing of data, or for achieving greater versatility compare DUMB 7 b : able to produce printed material from digital signals <an intelligent copier>


Words: intend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to direct the mind on\n2 archaic : to proceed on (a course)\n3 a : SIGNIFY, MEAN b : to refer to\n4 a : to have in mind as a purpose or goal : PLAN b : to design for a specified use or future\nintransitive senses , archaic : SET OUT, START


Words: intendant
Meaning:
noun\n: an administrative official (as a governor) especially under the French, Spanish, or Portuguese monarchies


Words: intended
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : expected to be such in the future <an intended career> <his intended bride>\n2 : INTENTIONAL\n\n<2> noun\n: the person to whom another is engaged


Words: intense
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : existing in an extreme degree <the excitement was intense> <intense pain> b : having or showing a characteristic in extreme degree <intense colors>\n2 : marked by or expressive of great zeal, energy, determination, or concentration <intense effort>\n3 a : exhibiting strong feeling or earnestness of purpose <an intense student> b : deeply felt


Words: intensify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make intense or more intensive : STRENGTHEN\n2 a : to increase the density and contrast of (a photographic image) by chemical treatment b : to make more acute : SHARPEN\nintransitive senses : to become intense or more intensive : grow stronger or more acute


Words: intensity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being intense; especially : extreme degree of strength, force, energy, or feeling\n2 : the magnitude of a quantity (as force or energy) per unit (as of area, charge, mass, or time)\n3 : SATURATION 4a


Words: intensive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or marked by intensity or intensification: as a : highly concentrated <intensive study> b : tending to strengthen or increase; especially : tending to give force or emphasis <intensive adverb> c : constituting or relating to a method designed to increase productivity by the expenditure of more capital and labor rather than by increase in scope <intensive farming>\n\n<2> noun\n: an intensive linguistic element


Words: intent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act or fact of intending : PURPOSE; especially : the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act <admitted wounding him with intent> b : the state of mind with which an act is done : VOLITION\n2 : a usually clearly formulated or planned intention : AIM\n3 a : MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE b : CONNOTATION 3\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : directed with strained or eager attention : CONCENTRATED\n2 : having the mind, attention, or will concentrated on something or some end or purpose <intent on their work>


Words: intention
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a determination to act in a certain way : RESOLVE\n2 : IMPORT, SIGNIFICANCE\n3 a : what one intends to do or bring about b : the object for which a prayer, mass, or pious act is offered\n4 : a process or manner of healing of incised wounds\n5 : CONCEPT; especially : a concept considered as the product of attention directed to an object of knowledge\n6 plural : purpose with respect to marriage


Words: intentional
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : done by intention or design : INTENDED <intentional damage>\n2 a : of or relating to epistemological intention b : having external reference


Words: interbreed
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to breed together: as a : CROSSBREED b : to breed within a closed population\ntransitive senses : to cause to breed together


Words: intercalary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : inserted in a calendar <an intercalary day> b of a year : containing an intercalary period (as a day or month)\n2 : inserted between other things or parts : INTERPOLATED


Words: intercalate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to insert (as a day) in a calendar\n2 : to insert between or among existing elements or layers


Words: intercept
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 obsolete : PREVENT, HINDER\n2 a : to stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival b : to receive (a communication or signal directed elsewhere) usually secretly\n3 obsolete : to interrupt communication or connection with\n4 : to include (part of a curve, surface, or solid) between two points, curves, or surfaces <the part of a circumference intercepted between two radii>\n5 a : to gain possession of (an opponent’s pass) b : to intercept a pass thrown by (an opponent)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the distance from the origin to a point where a graph crosses a coordinate axis\n2 : INTERCEPTION; especially : the interception of a missile by an interceptor or of a target by a missile\n3 : a message, code, or signal that is intercepted (as by monitoring radio communications)


Words: interchange
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put each of (two things) in the place of the other\n2 : EXCHANGE\nintransitive senses : to change places mutually\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act, process, or an instance of interchanging : EXCHANGE\n2 : a junction of two or more highways by a system of separate levels that permit traffic to pass from one to another without the crossing of traffic streams


Words: intercollegiate
Meaning:
adjective\n: existing, carried on, or participating in activities between colleges <intercollegiate athletics>


Words: intercom
Meaning:
noun\n: a two-way communication system with a microphone and loudspeaker at each station for localized use


Words: intercontinental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : extending among continents or carried on between continents\n2 : capable of traveling between continents <intercontinental ballistic missile>


Words: intercourse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : connection or dealings between persons or groups\n2 : exchange especially of thoughts or feelings : COMMUNION\n3 : physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person <anal intercourse> <oral intercourse>; especially : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 1 <heterosexual intercourse>


Words: interdict
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district\n2 : a prohibitory decree : PROHIBITION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to lay under or prohibit by an interdict\n2 : to forbid in a usually formal or authoritative manner\n3 : to destroy, damage, or cut off (as an enemy line of supply) by firepower to stop or hamper an enemy


Words: interest
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : right, title, or legal share in something (2) : participation in advantage and responsibility b : BUSINESS, COMPANY\n2 a : a charge for borrowed money generally a percentage of the amount borrowed b : the profit in goods or money that is made on invested capital c : an excess above what is due or expected <returned the insults with interest>\n3 : ADVANTAGE, BENEFIT; also : SELF-INTEREST\n4 : SPECIAL INTEREST\n5 a : a feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to an object or class of objects : CONCERN b : something that arouses such attention c : a quality in a thing arousing interest\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to induce or persuade to participate or engage\n2 : to engage the attention or arouse the interest of


Words: interfere
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to interpose in a way that hinders or impedes : come into collision or be in opposition\n2 : to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in walking or running used especially of horses\n3 : to enter into or take a part in the concerns of others\n4 : to act reciprocally so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another used of waves


Words: interfuse
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to combine by fusing : BLEND\n2 : to add as if by fusing : INFUSE\nintransitive senses : BLEND, FUSE


Words: interim
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an intervening time : INTERVAL\n\n<2> adjective\n: done, made, appointed, or occurring for an interim


Words: interior
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lying, occurring, or functioning within the limiting boundaries : INNER <an interior point of a triangle>\n2 : belonging to mental or spiritual life <a simple interior piety>\n3 : belonging to the inner constitution or concealed nature of something <interior meaning of a poem>\n4 : lying away or remote from the border or shore\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the inner or spiritual nature : CHARACTER\n2 : the interior part (as of a country or island)\n3 : the internal or inner part of a thing : INSIDE\n4 : the internal affairs of a state or nation\n5 : a representation (as in a play or movie) of the interior of a building


Words: interjection
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of uttering exclamations : EJACULATION b : the act of putting in between : INTERPOSITION\n2 : an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: as a : a word or phrase used in exclamation (as Heavens Dear me) b : a cry or inarticulate utterance (as Alas ouch phooey ugh) expressing an emotion\n3 : something that is interjected or that interrupts


Words: interlace
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unite by or as if by lacing together : INTERWEAVE\n2 : to vary by alternation or intermixture : INTERSPERSE <narrative interlaced with anecdotes>\nintransitive senses : to cross one another as if woven together : INTERTWINE


Words: interline
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to insert between lines already written or printed\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide (a garment) with an interlining\n\n<3> adjective\n: relating to, involving, or carried by two or more transportation lines


Words: interlinear
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : inserted between lines already written or printed\n2 : written or printed in different languages or texts in alternate lines\n\n<2> noun\n: a book having interlinear matter; especially : a book in a foreign language with interlinear translation


Words: interlock
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to become locked together or interconnected\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lock together : UNITE\n2 : to connect so that the motion or operation of any part is constrained by another\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the quality, state, sense, or an instance of being interlocked\n2 : an arrangement in which the operation of one part or mechanism automatically brings about or prevents the operation of another <a safety interlock>\n3 a : a stretchable fabric made on a circular knitting machine and consisting of two ribbed fabrics joined by interlocking b : a garment made of interlock


Words: interlocutor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who takes part in dialogue or conversation\n2 : a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader


Words: interlocutory
Meaning:
adjective\n: pronounced during the progress of a legal action and having only provisional force <interlocutory decree>


Words: interloper
Meaning:
noun\n: one that interlopes: as a : an illegal or unlicensed trader b : one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity


Words: interlude
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually short simple play or dramatic entertainment\n2 : an intervening or interruptive period, space, or event : INTERVAL\n3 : a musical composition inserted between the parts of a longer composition, a drama, or a religious service


Words: intermarry
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to marry each other b : to marry within a group\n2 : to become connected by intermarriage


Words: intermediary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : INTERMEDIATE\n2 : acting as a mediator <an intermediary agent> <an intermediary particle>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : MEDIATOR, GO-BETWEEN b : MEDIUM, MEANS\n2 : an intermediate form, product, or stage


Words: intermediate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being or occurring at the middle place, stage, or degree or between extremes\n2 : of or relating to an intermediate school <an intermediate curriculum>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is intermediate\n2 : MEDIATOR, GO-BETWEEN\n3 a : a chemical compound synthesized from simpler compounds and usually intended to be used in later syntheses of more complex products b : a usually short-lived chemical species formed in a reaction as an intermediate step between the starting material and the final product\n4 : an automobile larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized automobile\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : INTERVENE, INTERPOSE\n2 : to act as an intermediate


Words: intermezzo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a short light entr’acte\n2 a : a movement coming between the major sections of an extended musical work (as an opera) b : a short independent instrumental composition\n3 : a usually brief interlude or diversion


Words: interminable
Meaning:
adjective\n: having or seeming to have no end; especially : wearisomely protracted <an interminable sermon>


Words: intermission
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of intermitting : the state of being intermitted\n2 : an interval between the parts of an entertainment (as the acts of a play)


Words: intermit
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to cease for a time or at intervals : DISCONTINUE\nintransitive senses : to be intermittent


Words: intermittent
Meaning:
adjective\n: coming and going at intervals : not continuous <intermittent rain>; also : OCCASIONAL <intermittent trips abroad>


Words: intern
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : INTERNAL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to confine or impound especially during a war <intern enemy aliens>\n\n<3> noun\n: an advanced student or graduate usually in a professional field (as medicine or teaching) gaining supervised practical experience (as in a hospital or classroom)\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to act as an intern


Words: internal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing or situated within the limits or surface of something: as a (1) : situated near the inside of the body (2) : situated on the side toward the median plane of the body b : of, relating to, or occurring within the confines of an organized structure (as a club, company, or state) <internal affairs>\n2 : relating or belonging to or existing within the mind\n3 : INTRINSIC, INHERENT <internal evidence of forgery in a document>\n4 : present or arising within an organism or one of its parts <internal stimulus>\n5 : applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed <an internal remedy>


Words: international
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or affecting two or more nations <international trade>\n2 : of, relating to, or constituting a group or association having members in two or more nations <international movement>\n3 : active, known, or reaching beyond national boundaries <an international reputation>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is international; especially : an organization of international scope


Words: internationalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : international character, principles, interests, or outlook\n2 a : a policy of cooperation among nations b : an attitude or belief favoring such a policy


Words: internationalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make international; also : to place under international control <a proposal to internationalize the city>


Words: internecine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by slaughter : DEADLY; especially : mutually destructive\n2 : of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group <bitter internecine feuds>


Words: internuncio
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a messenger between two parties : GO-BETWEEN\n2 : a papal legate of lower rank than a nuncio


Words: interpolate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation\n2 : to insert between other things or parts : INTERCALATE\n3 : to estimate values of (a function) between two known values\nintransitive senses : to make insertions (as of estimated values)


Words: interpose
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place in an intervening position b : to put (oneself) between : INTRUDE\n2 : to put forth by way of interference or intervention\n3 : to introduce or throw in between the parts of a conversation or argument\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be or come between\n2 : to step in between parties at variance : INTERVENE\n3 : INTERRUPT


Words: interpret
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to explain or tell the meaning of : present in understandable terms\n2 : to conceive in the light of individual belief, judgment, or circumstance : CONSTRUE\n3 : to represent by means of art : bring to realization by performance or direction <interprets a role>\nintransitive senses : to act as an interpreter between speakers of different languages


Words: interpretation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or the result of interpreting : EXPLANATION\n2 : a particular adaptation or version of a work, method, or style\n3 : a teaching technique that combines factual with stimulating explanatory information <natural history interpretation program>


Words: interregnum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes\n2 : a period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended\n3 : a lapse or pause in a continuous series


Words: interrelate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to bring into mutual relation\nintransitive senses : to have mutual relationship


Words: interrogate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to question formally and systematically\n2 : to give or send out a signal to (as a transponder) for triggering an appropriate response


Words: interrogative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : used in a question b : having the form or force of a question\n2 : INQUISITIVE, QUESTIONING\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a word (as who, what, which) or a particle (as Latin -ne) used in asking questions\n2 : QUESTION 1a


Words: interrogatory
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a formal question or inquiry; especially : a written question required to be answered under direction of a court\n\n<2> adjective\n: INTERROGATIVE


Words: interrupt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to stop or hinder by breaking in\n2 : to break the uniformity or continuity of\nintransitive senses : to break in upon an action; especially : to break in with questions or remarks while another is speaking\n\n<2> noun\n: a feature of a computer that permits the execution of a program to be interrupted in order to perform a special set of operations; also : the interruption itself


Words: intersect
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to pierce or divide by passing through or across : CROSS\nintransitive senses\n1 : to meet and cross at a point\n2 : to share a common area : OVERLAP


Words: intersperse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to place something at intervals in or among\n2 : to insert at intervals among other things <interspersing drawings throughout the text>


Words: interstate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, connecting, or existing between two or more states especially of the U.S. <interstate commerce>\n\n<2> noun\n: any of a system of expressways connecting most major U.S. cities called also interstate highway


Words: interstice
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a space that intervenes between things; especially : one between closely spaced things b : a gap or break in something generally continuous <the interstices of society> <passages of genuine literary merit in the interstices of the ludicrous plots Joyce Carol Oates>\n2 : a short space of time between events


Words: intertwine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to unite by twining one with another\nintransitive senses : to twine about one another; also : to become mutually involved


Words: interval
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a space of time between events or states b British : INTERMISSION\n2 a : a space between objects, units, points, or states b : difference in pitch between tones\n3 : a set of real numbers between two numbers either including or excluding one or both of them\n4 : one of a series of fast-paced runs interspersed with jogging for training (as of a runner)


Words: intervene
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events\n2 : to enter or appear as an irrelevant or extraneous feature or circumstance\n3 : to come in or between by way of hindrance or modification <intervene to stop a fight>\n4 : to occur or lie between two things\n5 a : to become a third party to a legal proceeding begun by others for the protection of an alleged interest b : to interfere usually by force or threat of force in another nation’s internal affairs especially to compel or prevent an action


Words: interventionism
Meaning:
noun\n: the theory or practice of intervening; specifically : governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country


Words: interview
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a formal consultation usually to evaluate qualifications (as of a prospective student or employee)\n2 a : a meeting at which information is obtained (as by a reporter, television commentator, or pollster) from a person b : a report or reproduction of information so obtained\n3 : INTERVIEWEE


Words: interweave
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to weave together\n2 : to mix or blend together <interweaving his own insights with letters and memoirs Phoebe Adams>\nintransitive senses : INTERTWINE, INTERMINGLE


Words: intestate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having made no valid will <died intestate>\n2 : not disposed of by will <an intestate estate>\n\n<2> noun\n: one who dies intestate


Words: intestine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: INTERNAL; specifically : of or relating to the internal affairs of a state or country <intestine war>\n\n<2> noun\n: the tubular part of the alimentary canal that extends from the stomach to the anus


Words: intimate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to make known especially publicly or formally : ANNOUNCE\n2 : to communicate delicately and indirectly : HINT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : INTRINSIC, ESSENTIAL b : belonging to or characterizing one’s deepest nature\n2 : marked by very close association, contact, or familiarity <intimate knowledge of the law>\n3 a : marked by a warm friendship developing through long association b : suggesting informal warmth or privacy <intimate clubs>\n4 : of a very personal or private nature\n\n<3> noun\n: an intimate friend or confidant


Words: intimidate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make timid or fearful : FRIGHTEN; especially : to compel or deter by or as if by threats


Words: intinction
Meaning:
noun\n: the administration of the sacrament of Communion by dipping bread in wine and giving both together to the communicant


Words: into
Meaning:
preposition\n1 used as a function word to indicate entry, introduction, insertion, superposition, or inclusion <came into the house> <enter into an alliance>\n2 a : to the state, condition, or form of <got into trouble> b : to the occupation, action, or possession of <go into farming> c : involved with or interested in <into hard drugs> <into Latin epigrammatists>\n3 used as a function word to indicate a period of time or an extent of space part of which is passed or occupied <far into the night>\n4 : in the direction of <looking into the sun>\n5 : to a position of contact with : AGAINST <ran into a wall>\n6 used as a function word to indicate the dividend in division <dividing 3 into 6 gives 2>


Words: intolerant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : unable or unwilling to endure\n2 a : unwilling to grant equal freedom of expression especially in religious matters b : unwilling to grant or share social, political, or professional rights : BIGOTED


Words: intonation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of intoning and especially of chanting\n2 : something that is intoned; specifically : the opening tones of a Gregorian chant\n3 : the ability to play or sing notes in tune\n4 : manner of utterance; specifically : the rise and fall in pitch of the voice in speech


Words: intone
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to utter in musical or prolonged tones : recite in singing tones or in a monotone\nintransitive senses : to utter something in singing tones or in monotone


Words: intoxicate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : INTOXICATED\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : POISON\n2 a : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished b : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy


Words: intractable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not easily governed, managed, or directed : OBSTINATE\n2 : not easily manipulated or wrought <intractable metal>\n3 : not easily relieved or cured <intractable pain>


Words: intramural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being or occurring within the limits usually of a community, organization, or institution b : competed only within the student body <intramural sports>\n2 : situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ


Words: intransigent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : refusing to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING b : IRRECONCILABLE\n2 : characteristic of an intransigent person


Words: intransitive
Meaning:
adjective\n: not transitive; especially : characterized by not having or containing a direct object <an intransitive verb>


Words: intravenous
Meaning:
adjective\n: situated, performed, or occurring within or entering by way of a vein; also : used in or using intravenous procedures


Words: intricate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having many complexly interrelating parts or elements : COMPLICATED\n2 : difficult to resolve or analyze


Words: intrigue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a secret scheme : MACHINATION b : the practice of engaging in intrigues\n2 : a clandestine love affair\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : CHEAT, TRICK\n2 : to accomplish by intrigue <intrigued myself into the club>\n3 obsolete : ENTANGLE\n4 : to arouse the interest, desire, or curiosity of <intrigued by the tale>\nintransitive senses : to carry on an intrigue; especially : PLOT, SCHEME


Words: intrinsic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing <the intrinsic worth of a gem> <the intrinsic brightness of a star> b : being or relating to a semiconductor in which the concentration of charge carriers is characteristic of the material itself instead of the content of any impurities it contains\n2 a : originating or due to causes within a body, organ, or part <an intrinsic metabolic disease> b : originating and included wholly within an organ or part <intrinsic muscles> compare EXTRINSIC 1b


Words: introduce
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to lead or bring in especially for the first time\n2 a : to bring into play b : to bring into practice or use : INSTITUTE\n3 : to lead to or make known by a formal act, announcement, or recommendation: as a : to cause to be acquainted b : to present formally at court or into society c : to present or announce formally or officially or by an official reading d : to make preliminary explanatory or laudatory remarks about e : to bring (as an actor or singer) before the public for the first time\n4 : PLACE, INSERT\n5 : to bring to a knowledge of something


Words: introvert
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to turn inward or in upon itself: as a : to concentrate or direct upon oneself b : to produce psychological introversion in\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something (as the retractile proboscis of some worms) that is or can be drawn in especially by invagination\n2 : one whose personality is characterized by introversion; broadly : a reserved or shy person


Words: intrude
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome\n2 : to enter as a geological intrusion\ntransitive senses\n1 : to thrust or force in or upon someone or something especially without permission, welcome, or fitness\n2 : to cause to enter as if by force


Words: intuition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : quick and ready insight\n2 a : immediate apprehension or cognition b : knowledge or conviction gained by intuition c : the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference


Words: inure
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to accustom to accept something undesirable\nintransitive senses : to become of advantage


Words: invade
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to enter for conquest or plunder\n2 : to encroach upon : INFRINGE\n3 a : to spread over or into as if invading : PERMEATE <doubts invade his mind> b : to affect injuriously and progressively <gangrene invades healthy tissue>


Words: invalid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not valid: a : being without foundation or force in fact, truth, or law b : logically inconsequent\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : suffering from disease or disability : SICKLY\n2 : of, relating to, or suited to one that is sick\n\n<3> noun\n: one that is sickly or disabled\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to remove from active duty by reason of sickness or disability\n2 : to make sickly or disabled


Words: invasion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of invading; especially : incursion of an army for conquest or plunder\n2 : the incoming or spread of something usually hurtful


Words: invective
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an abusive expression or speech\n2 : insulting or abusive language : VITUPERATION


Words: invent
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : FIND, DISCOVER\n2 : to devise by thinking : FABRICATE\n3 : to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment


Words: invention
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DISCOVERY, FINDING\n2 : productive imagination : INVENTIVENESS\n3 a : something invented: as (1) : a product of the imagination; especially : a false conception (2) : a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experiment b : a short keyboard composition featuring two or three part counterpoint\n4 : the act or process of inventing


Words: inventory
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an itemized list of current assets: as (1) : a catalog of the property of an individual or estate (2) : a list of goods on hand b : a survey of natural resources c : a list of traits, preferences, attitudes, interests, or abilities used to evaluate personal characteristics or skills\n2 : the quantity of goods or materials on hand : STOCK\n3 : the act or process of taking an inventory\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make an inventory of : CATALOG


Words: inverse
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : opposite in order, nature, or effect\n2 : being an inverse function <inverse sine>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something of a contrary nature or quality : OPPOSITE, REVERSE\n2 : a proposition or theorem formed by contradicting both the subject and predicate or both the hypothesis and conclusion of a given proposition or theorem <the inverse of \n3 a : INVERSE FUNCTION; also : an operation (as subtraction) that undoes the effect of another operation b : a set element that is related to another element in such a way that the result of applying a given binary operation to them is an identity element of the set


Words: inversion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a reversal of position, order, form, or relationship: as a (1) : a change in normal word order; especially : the placement of a verb before its subject (2) : the process or result of changing or reversing the relative positions of the notes of a musical interval, chord, or phrase b : the condition of being turned inward or inside out c : a breaking off of a chromosome section and its subsequent reattachment in inverted position; also : a chromosomal section that has undergone this process\n2 : the act or process of inverting\n3 a : a change in the order of the terms of a mathematical proportion effected by inverting each ratio b : the operation of forming the inverse of a magnitude, a function, an operation, or an element\n4 a : the conversion of dextrorotatory sucrose into a levorotatory mixture of glucose and fructose b : a change from one stereochemical figuration at a chiral center in a usually organic molecule to the opposite configuration that is brought about by a reaction in which a substitution of one group is made for a different group\n5 : HOMOSEXUALITY\n6 : an increase of temperature with height through a layer of air


Words: invert
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to reverse in position, order, or relationship b : to subject to inversion\n2 a : to turn inside out or upside down b : to turn inward\n3 : to find the mathematical reciprocal of <to divide using fractions, invert the divisor and multiply>\n\n<2> noun\n: one characterized by inversion; especially : HOMOSEXUAL


Words: invertebrate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking a spinal column; also : of or relating to invertebrate animals\n2 : lacking in strength or vitality : WEAK


Words: invest
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe a : to array in the symbols of office or honor b : to furnish with power or authority c : to grant someone control or authority over : VEST\n2 : to cover completely : ENVELOP\n3 : CLOTHE, ADORN\n4 Middle French investir, from Old Italian investire, from Latin, to surround : to surround with troops or ships so as to prevent escape or entry\n5 : to endow with a quality : INFUSE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return\n2 : to make use of for future benefits or advantages\nintransitive senses : to make an investment


Words: investigate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry\nintransitive senses : to make a systematic examination; especially : to conduct an official inquiry


Words: investment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : VESTMENT b : an outer layer : ENVELOPE\n2 : INVESTITURE 1\n3 : BLOCKADE, SIEGE\n\n<2> noun\n: the outlay of money usually for income or profit : capital outlay; also : the sum invested or the property purchased


Words: inveterate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : firmly established by long persistence <the inveterate tendency to overlook the obvious>\n2 : confirmed in a habit : HABITUAL <an inveterate liar>


Words: invidious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy <the invidious task of arbitration>\n2 : ENVIOUS\n3 a : of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : OBNOXIOUS <invidious remarks> b : of a kind to cause harm or resentment <an invidious comparison>


Words: inviolable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : secure from violation or profanation\n2 : secure from assault or trespass : UNASSAILABLE


Words: invisible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable by nature of being seen b : inaccessible to view : HIDDEN\n2 : IMPERCEPTIBLE, INCONSPICUOUS\n3 a : not appearing in published financial statements b : not reflected in statistics


Words: invite
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to offer an incentive or inducement to : ENTICE b : to increase the likelihood of\n2 a : to request the presence or participation of b : to request formally c : to urge politely : WELCOME\n\n<2> noun\n: INVITATION 1


Words: invocation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process of petitioning for help or support; specifically often capitalized : a prayer of entreaty (as at the beginning of a service of worship) b : a calling upon for authority or justification\n2 : a formula for conjuring : INCANTATION\n3 : an act of legal or moral implementation : ENFORCEMENT


Words: invoice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an itemized list of goods shipped usually specifying the price and the terms of sale : BILL\n2 : a consignment of merchandise\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to send an invoice for or to


Words: invoke
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to petition for help or support b : to appeal to or cite as authority\n2 : to call forth by incantation : CONJURE\n3 : to make an earnest request for : SOLICIT\n4 : to put into effect or operation : IMPLEMENT\n5 : BRING ABOUT, CAUSE


Words: involuntary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : done contrary to or without choice\n2 : COMPULSORY\n3 : not subject to control of the will : REFLEX


Words: involute
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : curled spirally b (1) : curled or curved inward (2) : having the edges rolled over the upper surface toward the midrib <an involute leaf> c : having the form of an involute <a gear with involute teeth>\n2 : INVOLVED, INTRICATE\n\n<2> noun\n: a curve traced by a point on a thread kept taut as it is unwound from another curve <involute of a circle>\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to become involute\n2 a : to return to a former condition b : to become cleared up : DISAPPEAR


Words: involution
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the act or an instance of enfolding or entangling : INVOLVEMENT (2) : an involved grammatical construction usually characterized by the insertion of clauses between the subject and predicate b : COMPLEXITY, INTRICACY\n2 : EXPONENTIATION\n3 a : an inward curvature or penetration b : the formation of a gastrula by ingrowth of cells formed at the dorsal lip\n4 : a shrinking or return to a former size\n5 : the regressive alterations of a body or its parts characteristic of the aging process; specifically : decline marked by a decrease of bodily vigor and in women by menopause


Words: involve
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : to enfold or envelop so as to encumber\n2 a : to engage as a participant <workers involved in building a house> b : to oblige to take part <right of Congress to involve the nation in war> c : to occupy (as oneself) absorbingly; especially : to commit (as oneself) emotionally <was involved with a married man>\n3 : to surround as if with a wrapping : ENVELOP\n4 a archaic : to wind, coil, or wreathe about b : to relate closely : CONNECT\n5 a : to have within or as part of itself : INCLUDE b : to require as a necessary accompaniment : ENTAIL c : to have an effect on


Words: invulnerable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed\n2 : immune to or proof against attack : IMPREGNABLE


Words: inward
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : situated on the inside : INNER\n2 a : of or relating to the mind or spirit <inward peace> b : absorbed in one’s own mental or spiritual life : INTROSPECTIVE\n3 : marked by close acquaintance : FAMILIAR\n4 : directed toward the interior\n\n<2> adverb\ng\n1 : toward the inside, center, or interior\n2 : toward the inner being\n\n<3> noun\n1 : something that is inward\n2 inwards plural : INNARDS


Words: inwardly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in the innermost being : MENTALLY, SPIRITUALLY\n2 a : beneath the surface : INTERNALLY <bled inwardly> b : to oneself : PRIVATELY <cursed inwardly>


Words: iodine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a nonmetallic halogen element obtained usually as heavy shining blackish gray crystals and used especially in medicine, photography, and analysis see ELEMENT table\n2 : a tincture of iodine used especially as a topical antiseptic


Words: ion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an atom or group of atoms that carries a positive or negative electric charge as a result of having lost or gained one or more electrons\n2 : a charged subatomic particle (as a free electron)


Words: iota
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet see ALPHABET table\n2 : an infinitesimal amount : JOT


Words: Iranian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of Iran\n2 : a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Persian see INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES table


Words: iridescence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a lustrous rainbowlike play of color caused by differential refraction of light waves (as from an oil slick, soap bubble, or fish scales) that tends to change as the angle of view changes\n2 : a lustrous or attractive quality or effect <the agglomeration of power which gives them a certain iridescence of glamor and superiority Margaret Landon>


Words: iris
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : RAINBOW\n2 New Latin irid-, iris, from Greek a : the opaque contractile diaphragm perforated by the pupil and forming the colored portion of the eye see EYE illustration b : IRIS DIAPHRAGM; also : a similar device with a circular opening that can be varied in size\n3 or plural iris New Latin Irid-, Iris, genus name, from Latin : any of a large genus (Iris of the family Iridaceae, the iris family) of perennial herbaceous plants with linear usually basal leaves and large showy flowers\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make iridescent


Words: Irish
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural in construction : natives or inhabitants of Ireland or their descendants especially when of Celtic speech or culture\n2 a : the Celtic language of Ireland especially as used since the later medieval period b : English spoken by the Irish\n3 : IRISH WHISKEY


Words: irk
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to make weary, irritated, or bored\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the fact of being annoying\n2 : a source of annoyance


Words: iron
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a heavy malleable ductile magnetic silver-white metallic element that readily rusts in moist air, occurs native in meteorites and combined in most igneous rocks, is the most used of metals, and is vital to biological processes see ELEMENT table\n2 : something made of iron: as a plural : shackles for the hands or legs b : a heated metal implement used for branding or cauterizing c : a household device usually with a flat metal base that is heated to smooth, finish, or press (as cloth) d : STIRRUP usually used in plural e : any of a series of numbered golf clubs having relatively thin metal heads compare WOOD\n3 : great strength, hardness, or determination\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or made of iron\n2 : resembling iron\n3 a : strong and healthy : ROBUST b : INFLEXIBLE, UNRELENTING <iron determination> c : holding or binding fast <an iron grip>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to furnish or cover with iron\n2 : to shackle with irons\n3 a : to smooth with or as if with a heated iron <iron a shirt> b : to remove (as wrinkles) by ironing\nintransitive senses : to smooth or press cloth or clothing with a heated iron


Words: ironbound
Meaning:
adjective\n: bound with or as if with iron: as a : HARSH, RUGGED <ironbound coast> b : STERN, RIGOROUS <ironbound traditions>


Words: ironclad
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : sheathed in iron armor used especially of naval vessels\n2 : so firm or secure as to be unbreakable: as a : BINDING <an ironclad oath> b : having no obvious weakness <an ironclad case against the defendant>\n\n<2> noun\n: an armored naval vessel especially of the mid to late nineteenth century


Words: ironwork
Meaning:
noun\n1 : work in iron; also : something made of iron\n2 plural but singular or plural in construction : a mill or building where iron or steel is smelted or heavy iron or steel products are made


Words: irony
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning called also Socratic irony\n2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance\n3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play called also dramatic irony, tragic irony


Words: irradiate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cast rays of light upon : ILLUMINATE b : to enlighten intellectually or spiritually c : to affect or treat by radiant energy (as heat); specifically : to treat by exposure to radiation\n2 : to emit like rays of light : RADIATE <irradiating strength and comfort>\nintransitive senses , archaic : to emit rays : SHINE


Words: irrational
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not rational: as a (1) : not endowed with reason or understanding (2) : lacking usual or normal mental clarity or coherence b : not governed by or according to reason <irrational fears> c Greek Latin prosody (1) of a syllable : having a quantity other than that required by the meter (2) of a foot : containing such a syllable d (1) : being an irrational number <an irrational root of an equation> (2) : having a numerical value that is an irrational number <a length that is irrational>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an irrational being\n2 : IRRATIONAL NUMBER


Words: irreconcilable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: impossible to reconcile\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is irreconcilable; especially : a member of a group (as a political party) opposing compromise or collaboration


Words: irredeemable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not redeemable: as a : not terminable by payment of the principal <irredeemable bond> b : INCONVERTIBLE a\n2 : being beyond remedy : HOPELESS <irredeemable mistakes>


Words: irredentism
Meaning:
noun\n: a political principle or policy directed toward the incorporation of irredentas within the boundaries of their historically or ethnically related political unit


Words: irreducible
Meaning:
adjective\n: impossible to transform into or restore to a desired or simpler condition <an irreducible matrix>; specifically : incapable of being factored into polynomials of lower degree with coefficients in some given field (as the rational numbers) or integral domain (as the integers) <an irreducible equation>


Words: irrefragable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : impossible to refute <irrefragable arguments>\n2 : impossible to break or alter <irrefragable rules>


Words: irregular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not being or acting in accord with laws, rules, or established custom <irregular conduct> b : not conforming to the usual pattern of inflection <irregular verbs>; specifically : STRONG 16 c : not following a usual or prescribed procedure; especially British : celebrated without either proclamation of the banns or publication of intention to marry <irregular marriage>\n2 : not belonging to or a part of a regular organized group; specifically : not belonging to a regular army but raised for a special purpose <irregular troops>\n3 a : lacking perfect symmetry or evenness <an irregular coastline> b : ZYGOMORPHIC <irregular flowers>\n4 : lacking continuity or regularity especially of occurrence or activity <irregular employment>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is irregular: as a : a soldier who is not a member of a regular military force b plural : merchandise that has minor defects or that falls next below the manufacturer’s standard for firsts


Words: irreligious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : neglectful of religion : lacking religious emotions, doctrines, or practices <so irreligious that they exploit popular religion for professional purposes G. B. Shaw>\n2 : indicating lack of religion


Words: irresponsible
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not responsible: as a : not answerable to higher authority <an irresponsible dictatorship> b : said or done with no sense of responsibility <irresponsible accusations> c : lacking a sense of responsibility d : unable especially mentally or financially to bear responsibility\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is irresponsible


Words: irrigate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : WET, MOISTEN: as a : to supply (as land) with water by artificial means b : to flush (a body part) with a stream of liquid (as in removing a foreign body or medicating)\n2 : to refresh as if by watering\nintransitive senses : to practice irrigation


Words: irritable
Meaning:
adjective\n: capable of being irritated: as a : easily exasperated or excited b : responsive to stimuli


Words: irritate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in : ANNOY\n2 : to induce irritability in or of\nintransitive senses : to cause or induce displeasure or irritation


Words: irrupt
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to rush in forcibly or violently\n2 of a natural population : to undergo a sudden upsurge in numbers especially when natural ecological balances and checks are disturbed\n3 : ERUPT 1c <the crowd irrupted in a fervor of patriotism Time>


Words: isinglass
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a semitransparent whitish very pure gelatin prepared from the air bladders of fishes (as sturgeons) and used especially as a clarifying agent and in jellies and glue\n2 : MICA


Words: Islam
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the religious faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Muhammad as his prophet\n2 a : the civilization erected upon Islamic faith b : the group of modern nations in which Islam is the dominant religion


Words: island
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent\n2 : something resembling an island especially in its isolated or surrounded position: as a : a usually raised area within a thoroughfare, parking lot, or driveway used especially to separate or direct traffic b : a superstructure on the deck of a ship (as an aircraft carrier) c : a kitchen counter that is approachable from all sides\n3 : an isolated group or area; especially : an isolated ethnological group\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to make into or as if into an island b : to dot with or as if with islands\n2 : ISOLATE


Words: isle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: ISLAND; especially : ISLET\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make an isle of\n2 : to place on or as if on an isle


Words: isobar
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an imaginary line or a line on a map or chart connecting or marking places on the surface of the earth where the height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time or for a certain period\n2 : one of two or more atoms or elements having the same atomic weights or mass numbers but different atomic numbers


Words: isolate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to set apart from others; also : QUARANTINE\n2 : to select from among others; especially : to separate from another substance so as to obtain pure or in a free state\n3 : INSULATE\n\n<2> adjective\n: being alone : SOLITARY, ISOLATED\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a product of isolating : an individual, population, or kind obtained by or resulting from selection or separation\n2 : an individual socially withdrawn or removed from society


Words: isolationism
Meaning:
noun\n: a policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations


Words: isomer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that contain the same number of atoms of the same elements but differ in structural arrangement and properties\n2 : a nuclide isomeric with one or more others


Words: isosceles
Meaning:
adjective\n1 of a triangle : having two equal sides see TRIANGLE illustration\n2 of a trapezoid : having the two nonparallel sides equal


Words: isotope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties\n2 : NUCLIDE


Words: Israeli
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to the people or the republic of Israel\n\n<2> noun\n: a native or inhabitant of the republic of Israel


Words: Israelite
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob; specifically : a native or inhabitant of the ancient northern kingdom of Israel\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to Israel or to the Israelites


Words: issue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural : proceeds from a source of revenue (as an estate)\n2 : the action of going, coming, or flowing out : EGRESS, EMERGENCE\n3 : a means or place of going out : EXIT, OUTLET\n4 : OFFSPRING, PROGENY <died without issue>\n5 a : a final outcome that usually constitutes a solution (as of a problem) or resolution (as of a difficulty) b obsolete : a final conclusion or decision about something arrived at after consideration c archaic : TERMINATION, END <hope that his enterprise would have a prosperous issue T. B. Macaulay>\n6 a : a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties b : a vital or unsettled matter <economic issues> c : the point at which an unsettled matter is ready for a decision <brought the matter to an issue>\n7 : a discharge (as of blood) from the body\n8 a : something coming forth from a specified source <issues of a disordered imagination> b obsolete : DEED\n9 a : the act of publishing or officially giving out or making available <the next issue of commemorative stamps> <issue of supplies by the quartermaster> b : the thing or the whole quantity of things given out at one time <read the latest issue>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go, come, or flow out b : to come forth : EMERGE c : to come to an issue of law or fact in pleading\n2 : ACCRUE <profits issuing from the sale of the stock>\n3 : to descend from a specified parent or ancestor\n4 : to be a consequence or final outcome : EMANATE, RESULT\n5 : to appear or become available through being officially put forth or distributed\n6 : EVENTUATE, TERMINATE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to come forth : DISCHARGE, EMIT\n2 a : to put forth or distribute usually officially <government issued a new airmail stamp> <issue orders> b : to send out for sale or circulation : PUBLISH c British : PROVIDE 2b, SUPPLY


Words: isthmian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of an isthmus\n2 capitalized : a native or inhabitant of the Isthmus of Panama\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or situated in or near an isthmus: as a often capitalized : of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece or the games held there in ancient times b often capitalized : of or relating to the Isthmus of Panama connecting the No. American and So. American continents


Words: isthmus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas\n2 : a narrow anatomical part or passage connecting two larger structures or cavities


Words: it
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 : that one used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually in reference to a lifeless thing <took a quick look at the house and noticed it was very old*, a plant \n2 used as subject of an impersonal verb that expresses a condition or action without reference to an agent <it is raining>\n3 a used as anticipatory subject or object of a verb <it is necessary to repeat the whole thing> often used to shift emphasis to a part of a statement other than the subject <it was in this city that the treaty was signed> b used with many verbs as a direct object with little or no meaning <footed it back to camp>\n4 used to refer to an explicit or implicit state of affairs or circumstances <how is it going>\n5 : a crucial or climactic point <this is it>\n\n<2> noun\n: the player in a game who performs the principal action of the game (as trying to find others in hide-and-seek)


Words: Italian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a native or inhabitant of Italy b : a person of Italian descent\n2 : the Romance language of the Italians\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of Italy, the Italians, or Italian


Words: italic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a type style with characters that slant upward to the right (as in <these words are italic>) compare ROMAN b : of or relating to a style of slanted cursive handwriting developed in the 15th and 16th centuries\n2 capitalized : of or relating to ancient Italy, its peoples, or their Indo-European languages\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an italic character or type\n2 capitalized : a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian see INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES table


Words: italicize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to print in italics or underscore with a single line\n2 : EMPHASIZE <the microphone italicizes every curdled top note P. G. Davis>


Words: itch
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to have an itch <her arm itched> b : to produce an itchy sensation <long underwear that itches>\n2 : to have a restless desire or hankering for something <were itching to go outside>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to itch\n2 : VEX, IRRITATE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an uneasy irritating sensation in the upper surface of the skin usually held to result from mild stimulation of pain receptors b : a skin disorder accompanied by such a sensation; especially : a contagious eruption caused by a mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) that burrows in the skin and causes intense itching\n2 a : a restless usually constant often compulsive desire <an itch to travel> b : LUST, PRURIENCE


