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  • English Word Intwinement Definition The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined.
  • English Word Intwist Definition To twist into or together; to interweave.
  • English Word Inuendo Definition See Innuendo.
  • English Word Inulin Definition A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.
  • English Word Inuloid Definition A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahila.
  • English Word Inumbrate Definition To shade; to darken.
  • English Word Inuncted Definition Anointed.
  • English Word Inunction Definition The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
  • English Word Inunctuosity Definition The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay.
  • English Word Inundant Definition Overflowing.
  • English Word Inundate Definition To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
  • English Word Inundate Definition To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
  • English Word Inundated Definition of Inundate
  • English Word Inundating Definition of Inundate
  • English Word Inundation Definition The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
  • English Word Inundation Definition An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
  • English Word Inunderstanding Definition Void of understanding.
  • English Word Inurbane Definition Uncivil; unpolished; rude.
  • English Word Inurbanity Definition Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.
  • English Word Inure Definition To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.
  • English Word Inure Definition To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.
  • English Word Inured Definition of Inure
  • English Word Inurement Definition Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.
  • English Word Inuring Definition of Inure
  • English Word Inurn Definition To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb.
  • English Word Inurned Definition of Inurn
  • English Word Inurning Definition of Inurn
  • English Word Inusitate Definition Unusual.
  • English Word Inusitation Definition Want of use; disuse.
  • English Word Inust Definition Burnt in.