Chapter I: ~Iambic~, n. ~1.~ Iambus (2)

~Injudicious~, _a._ Unwise, indiscreet, imprudent, inconsiderate, foolish, rash, incautious, hasty, ill-judged, ill-advised.

~Injunction~, _n._ Command, order, precept, mandate.

~Injure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Maltreat, wrong, abuse, do wrong to, do an ill office to, treat unjustly.

~2.~ Harm, hurt, damage, spoil, impair, mar, disfigure, do harm to, PLAY THE DEUCE WITH.

~Injurious~, _a._ ~1.~ Wrongful, iniquitous, unjust, inequitable.

~2.~ Hurtful, detrimental, prejudicial, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, deadly, baneful, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal.

~3.~ Contumelious, detractory.

~Injury~, _n._ ~1.~ Wrong, injustice.

~2.~ Hurt, damage, harm, detriment, mischief, prejudice.

~Injustice~, _n._ Unfairness, iniquity, wrong, grievance, foul play.

~Inkhorn~, _n._ Inkstand.

~Inkling~, _n._ ~1.~ Inclination, desire.

~2.~ Hint, intimation, whisper.

~Inkstand~, _n._ Inkhorn.

~Inky~, _a._ Black, atramentous.

~Inlaid~, _a._ Diversified (_by pieces inserted_), variegated.

~Inland~, _a._ ~1.~ Interior.

~2.~ Domestic, not foreign.

~Inlay~, _v. a._ Diversify (_by pieces inserted_), variegate.

~Inlet~, _n._ ~1.~ Entrance, passage, place of ingress.

~2.~ Bay, bight, cove.

~In limine~, [L.] At the outset, at the beginning, on the threshold.

~In little~, In miniature, on a small scale.

~In loco~, [L.] In the proper or natural place.

~Inmate~, _n._ Fellow-lodger, fellow-boarder.

~In memoriam~, [L.] In memory, to the memory of.

~Inmost~, _a._ Innermost.

~Inn~, _n._ Tavern, hotel, cabaret, CARAVANSARY, public house, house of entertainment.

~Innate~, _a._ Inborn, inbred, native, natural, inherent, not adventitious.

~Inner~, _a._ Interior, internal.

~Innermost~, _a._ Inmost.

~Innkeeper~, _n._ Innholder, host, landlord, tavern-keeper.

~Innocence~, _n._ ~1.~ Harmlessness, inoffensiveness, innocuousness, innoxiousness.

~2.~ Guiltlessness, sinlessness, blamelessness, guilelessness, purity.

~Innocent~, _a._ ~1.~ Harmless, inoffensive, innocuous, innoxious.

~2.~ Guiltless, sinless, faultless, blameless, immaculate, spotless, pure, clean, clear, guileless, upright.

~Innocuous~, _a._ Harmless, inoffensive, innoxious, innocent.

~Innovate~, _v. n._ Introduce novelties, make changes.

~Innovation~, _n._ Change, introduction of novelty.

~Innoxious~, _a._ Harmless, inoffensive, innocuous, innocent.

~In nuce~, [L.] In a nutshell, in a small compass.

~Innuendo~, _n._ Insinuation, remote intimation, indirect allusion, oblique hint, sly suggestion.

~Innumerable~, _a._ Numberless, countless, not to be counted, that cannot be numbered.

~Inoculate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bud.

~2.~ Vaccinate.

~Inoculation~, _n._ ~1.~ Budding.

~2.~ Vaccination.

~Inodorous~, _a._ Scentless, without odor or smell.

~Inoffensive~, _a._ Harmless, unoffending, innocuous, innoxious, innocent.

~In one's cups~, Drunk, drunken, intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, fuddled, muddled, maudlin, disguised, mellow, in liquor, SLEWED, TIGHT, high, NAPPY, GROGGY, HALF SEAS OVER, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND, has had a drop too much.

~Inoperative~, _a._ Inactive, inefficacious, ineffectual, useless, unavailing.

~Inopportune~, _a._ Unseasonable, untimely, inconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, ill-timed, not opportune.

~Inordinate~, _a._ Immoderate, extravagant, excessive.

~Inorganic~, _a._ Unorganized.

~Inorganical~, _a._ Unorganized.

~Inosculate~, _v. n._ (_Bot. & Anat._) Anastomose, unite at the ends (_as veins or arteries_).

~Inosculate~, _v. a._ Unite by apposition or contact.

~Inosculation~, _n._ (_Bot. & Anat._) Anastomosis.

~In our midst~, [_Common, but not sanctioned by the best writers._] In the midst of us, among us.

~In part~, Partly, in some degree.

~In posse~, [L.] Possible, in possibility, that may exist.

~In print~, Printed, published, issued.

~In propria persona~, [L.] In one's own person.

~In puris naturalibus~, [L.] Quite naked.

~Inquest~, _n._ ~1.~ Inquisition, judicial inquiry (_especially by a coroner_).

~2.~ Jury (_particularly a coroner's jury_).

~Inquietude~, _n._ Uneasiness, disquiet, disquietude, restlessness, anxiety.

~Inquire~, _v. n._ [Written also _Enquire_.] ~1.~ Ask, question, seek information (_by questioning_), make inquiry.

~2.~ Make investigation, make examination.

~Inquire~, _v. a._ [Written also ~Enquire~.] Ask about, make inquiry about.

~Inquirer~, _n._ Searcher, investigator.

~Inquire into~, Examine, investigate, sift, canvass, follow up, look into.

~Inquiry~, _n._ ~1.~ Interrogation, question, query, interrogatory.

~2.~ Investigation, examination, research, scrutiny, study, exploration.

~Inquisition~, _n._ Inquest, judicial inquiry.

~Inquisitive~, _a._ Curious, prying, peering, scrutinizing, given to research.

~Inroad~, _n._ Irruption, forray, incursion, raid, encroachment, partial invasion.

~Insalubrious~, _a._ Unhealthy, unwholesome, unhealthful, noxious, unfavorable to health.

~Insane~, _a._ Deranged, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad, distracted, demented, delirious, out of one's mind, out of one's head, out of one's senses, out of one's wits.

~Insanity~, _n._ Derangement, lunacy, craziness, DEMENTIA, mania, madness, delirium, aberration of mind, alienation of mind.

~Insatiability~, _n._ Insatiableness.

~Insatiable~, _a._ Insatiate, unappeasable, voracious, not to be satisfied, very greedy.

~Insatiableness~, _n._ Insatiability.

~Insatiate~, _a._ INSATIABLE.

~Inscribe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Write, engrave.

~2.~ Imprint, impress.

~3.~ Address (_as a literary work_), dedicate (_with little formality_).

~4.~ (_Geom._) Delineate or draw (_within another figure_).

~Inscrutability~, _n._ Inscrutableness.

~Inscrutable~, _a._ Undiscoverable, unsearchable, hidden, mysterious, past comprehension, above comprehension, not to be understood.

~Inscrutableness~, _n._ Inscrutability.

~Insecure~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncertain, not sure, not confident.

~2.~ Unsafe, unprotected, exposed, dangerous, hazardous, perilous.

~Insecurity~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncertainty.

~2.~ Danger, hazard, peril.

~Insensate~, _a._ Dull, stupid, insensible, senseless.

~Insensibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Torpor, lethargy, want of sensibility.

~2.~ Apathy, unfeelingness, indifference.

~3.~ Dulness, stupidity.

~Insensible~, _a._ ~1.~ Imperceptible, imperceivable, not discoverable.

~2.~ Insensate, dull, stupid, torpid, brutish, senseless, without sensibility.

~3.~ Unfeeling, apathetic, phlegmatic, unsusceptible, unimpressible.

~Insensibly~, _ad._ Imperceptibly.

~Insentient~, _a._ Inert, senseless, not sentient, without perception.

~Inseparability~, _n._ Inseparableness.

~Inseparable~, _a._ Indivisible, not to be separated.

~Inseparableness~, _n._ Inseparability.

~Insert~, _v. a._ Set in, place in, put in.

~Insessores~, _n. pl._ [L.] (_Ornith._) Perchers, perching birds.

~Insessorial~, _a._ (_Ornith._) Perching.

~Inside~, _n._ Interior, interior part, inner part.

~Insidious~, _a._ Artful, sly, wily, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, TRICKY, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Insight~, _n._ ~1.~ Deep view, thorough knowledge.

~2.~ Discernment, penetration, quick perception.

~Insignia~, _n. pl._ [L.] Badges of office, marks of distinction.

~Insignificance~, _n._ Unimportance, paltriness, triviality, emptiness, nothingness.

~Insignificant~, _a._ ~1.~ Without meaning, not significant.

~2.~ Unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment.

~Insincere~, _a._ False, faithless, truthless, disingenuous, unfair, uncandid, dishonest, hollow, hypocritical, pharisaical, canting, double-tongued, double-faced.

~Insincerity~, _n._ Duplicity, hypocrisy, cant, dissimulation, deceitfulness, disingenuousness, unfairness, dishonesty.

~Insinuate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Introduce gently.

~2.~ Ingratiate, push artfully.

~3.~ Instil (_artfully_), infuse, inculcate.

~4.~ Hint, suggest, intimate, allude to, point to, refer to, remind of, put in mind of.

~Insinuation~, _n._ ~1.~ Infusion, instillation, gentle introduction.

~2.~ Ingratiating one's self, getting one's self into favor.

~3.~ Hint, suggestion, intimation, innuendo.

~Insipid~, _a._ ~1.~ Tasteless, gustless, savorless, vapid, mawkish, stale, flat.

~2.~ Spiritless, lifeless, heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, uninteresting, unentertaining.

~Insipidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Tastelessness, vapidness, mawkishness.

~2.~ Dulness, lifelessness, stupidity, heaviness, want of interest.

~Insipidness~, _n._ ~1.~ Tastelessness, vapidness, mawkishness.

~2.~ Dulness, lifelessness, stupidity, heaviness, want of interest.

~Insist on~, Urge, press earnestly, persist in demanding, insist upon.

~Insistence~, _n._ Urging, urgency, importunity, solicitation, entreaty.

~Insist upon~, INSIST ON.

~In situ~, [L.] (_Min._) In the original position, as originally deposited or formed.

~Insnare~, _v. a._ [Written also _Ensnare_.] ~1.~ Entrap, catch.

~2.~ Inveigle, allure, seduce.

~3.~ Entangle, embarrass, perplex, confound, bewilder.

~Insolate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Expose to the rays of the sun.

~2.~ Dry in the sun.

~Insolation~, _n._ ~1.~ Exposure to the rays of the sun.

~2.~ Drying in the sun.

~3.~ Sun-stroke, SIRIASIS, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Insolence~, _n._ Impertinence, impudence, sauciness, pertness, malapertness, flippancy, rudeness, abuse.

~Insolent~, _a._ Impertinent, impudent, saucy, pert, malapert, flippant, rude, abusive, overbearing, domineering, contemptuous, without humility or self-respect.

~Insolubility~, _n._ Insolubleness.

~Insoluble~, _a._ ~1.~ That cannot be dissolved.

~2.~ Insolvable, inexplicable, that cannot be solved, not to be explained.

~Insolubleness~, _n._ Insolubility.

~Insolvable~, _a._ Inexplicable, that cannot be solved, not to be explained.

~Insolvency~, _n._ Bankruptcy.

~Insolvent~, _a._ Bankrupt.

~Insomnia~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Wakefulness, sleeplessness, want of sleep, indisposition to sleep.

~Inspect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Examine, scrutinize, investigate, look into, pry into.

~2.~ Superintend, oversee.

~Inspection~, _n._ ~1.~ Examination, scrutiny, investigation.

~2.~ Superintendence, oversight.

~Inspector~, _n._ ~1.~ Examiner, censor, critic, visitor.

~2.~ Superintendent, overseer, BOSS.

~Inspiration~, _n._ ~1.~ Inhalation, breathing in.

~2.~ Afflatus, supernatural influence.

~Inspire~, _v. n._ Inhale air, draw in the breath.

~Inspire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inhale, breathe in.

~2.~ Breathe into, fill with the breath.

~3.~ Infuse, instil.

~4.~ Animate, inspirit, enliven, cheer.

~5.~ Affect by supernatural influence.

~Inspirit~, _v. a._ Animate, enliven, encourage, cheer, comfort, stimulate, incite, quicken, rouse, arouse, fire.

~Inspissate~, _v. a._ Thicken, make thick.

~Inspissate~, _a._ Thick, inspissated.

~In sport~, In jest, not in earnest.

~Instability~, _n._ Inconstancy, mutability, changeableness.

~Instable~, _a._ Inconstant, changeable, mutable, unstable, unsteadfast.

~Install~, _v. a._ Inaugurate, induct, introduce into office.

~Installation~, _n._ Inauguration, investiture, instalment, ceremony of induction.

~Instalment~, _n._ [Written also _Installment_.] ~1.~ INSTALLATION.

~2.~ Payment in part, partial payment.

~Instance~, _n._ ~1.~ Solicitation, request, urgency, prompting, importunity, instigation, incitement.

~2.~ Example, exemplification, illustration, case in point.

~3.~ Time, occasion, occurrence.

~Instance~, _v. a._ Mention as an instance, bring forward as an example.

~Instant~, _a._ ~1.~ Pressing, urgent, importunate, earnest.

~2.~ Immediate, quick, instantaneous.

~3.~ Current, present, now passing.

~Instant~, _n._ ~1.~ Moment, second, twinkling, flash, trice, jiffy, twinkling of an eye, smallest conceivable point of time.

~2.~ Present month, current month.

~Instantaneous~, _a._ Immediate, quick, instant.

~Instantaneously~, _ad._ Immediately, forthwith, INSTANTER, in an instant, on the instant, in a moment, right away, without a moment's delay, all at once, on the spur of the moment, in less than no time, quick as thought, quick as lightning, before one can say "Jack Robinson."

~Instantly~, _ad._ Immediately, forthwith, INSTANTER, in an instant, on the instant, in a moment, right away, without a moment's delay, all at once, on the spur of the moment, in less than no time, quick as thought, quick as lightning, before one can say "Jack Robinson."

~Instar omnium~, [L.] Like all, a specimen of the whole, an example for all.

~Instanter~, _ad._ [L.] INSTANTLY.

~In statu quo~, [L.] In the same state as before.

~Instauration~, _n._ Restoration, renewal, re-establishment, reinstatement, renovation, reconstruction, redintegration, reconstitution, REHABILITATION.

~Instead~, _ad._ In lieu, in the room, in the stead, in the place.

~Instigate~, _v. a._ Incite, impel, move, urge, provoke, stimulate, rouse, actuate, persuade, influence, encourage, prompt, set on, prevail upon, stir up, spur on.

~Instigation~, _n._ Incitement, urgency, encouragement, prompting, influence, solicitation, instance, importunity.

~Instil~, _v. a._ [Written also _Instill_.] ~1.~ Infuse, insinuate.

~2.~ Inculcate, impress, enforce, implant, ingraft.

~Instillation~, _n._ Infusion, insinuation, gentle introduction.

~Instinct~, _n._ Natural impulse.

~Instinctive~, _a._ Natural, spontaneous, involuntary.

~Instinct with~, Moved by (_as an internal impulse_), animated by.

~Institute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Establish, found, originate, appoint, settle, fix, enact, ordain, set up.

~2.~ Begin, commence, set in operation.

~3.~ Invest with a sacred office, invest with the care of souls.

~Institute~, _n._ ~1.~ Doctrine, dogma, precept, maxim, principle, tenet.

~2.~ Scientific body, literary or philosophical society.

~3.~ School, academy, gymnasium, seminary, place of education.

~Institution~, _n._ ~1.~ Establishing, founding, foundation, enactment.

~2.~ Establishment, organized society.

~3.~ Investiture.

~Instruct~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Teach, inform, enlighten, educate, indoctrinate, drill, exercise, train, school.

~2.~ Direct, command, order, enjoin, prescribe to.

~Instruction~, _n._ ~1.~ Teaching, information, education, indoctrination, training, schooling, discipline, tuition, nurture, breeding.

~2.~ Advice, counsel, precept.

~3.~ Direction, order, command, mandate.

~Instructor~, _n._ Teacher, tutor, preceptor, master, school-master.

~Instrument~, _n._ ~1.~ Tool, implement, utensil.

~2.~ Medium, agent, means.

~3.~ Writing, document, charter, deed, indenture.

~Instrumental~, _a._ ~1.~ Conducive, subservient, serviceable, helping, helpful, assisting, auxiliary, ancillary, ministerial.

~2.~ Of musical instruments.

~Instrumentality~, _n._ Agency, mediation, intervention.

~Insubordinate~, _a._ Disobedient, unruly, mutinous, riotous, seditious, disorderly, turbulent, ungovernable, refractory.

~Insubordination~, _n._ Disobedience, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, riotousness, sedition.

~Insufferable~, _a._ Intolerable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, that cannot be borne or endured.

~Insufficiency~, _n._ Inadequateness, inadequacy, incompetence, deficiency, defectiveness, dearth.

~Insufficient~, _a._ Inadequate, incompetent, unequal, incapable, unfit, not sufficient.

~Insular~, _a._ Surrounded by water.

~Insulate~, _v. a._ Detach, isolate, separate, disconnect, disunite, disengage.

~Insulation~, _n._ Isolation, separation, disconnection, disengagement.

~Insulator~, _n._ (_Physics._) Non-conductor.

~Insult~, _n._ Affront, offence, indignity, outrage, abuse.

~Insult~, _v. a._ Affront, offend, abuse, treat with insolence, offer an indignity to.

~Insulting~, _a._ Insolent, impudent, impertinent, saucy, abusive, vituperative, ribald, blackguard.

~Insuperable~, _a._ Insurmountable, not to be overcome.

~Insupportable~, _a._ Intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, insufferable.

~Insuppressible~, _a._ Uncontrollable, irrepressible, not to be suppressed.

~Insurance~, _n._ Assurance, security against loss.

~Insure~, _v. a._ [Written also _Ensure_.] ~1.~ Make secure, make sure.

~2.~ ASSURE, secure against loss, agree to indemnify for loss.

~Insure~, _v. n._ Underwrite, practise insurance.

~Insurer~, _n._ Underwriter.

~Insurgent~, _a._ Rebellious, seditious, insubordinate, disobedient, mutinous.

~Insurgent~, _n._ Rebel, traitor, revolter, renegade.

~Insurmountable~, _a._ Insuperable, not to be overcome, that cannot be surmounted.

~Insurrection~, _n._ Rebellion, revolt, sedition, mutiny.

~Insurrectionary~, _a._ Rebellious, seditious, mutinous, insubordinate.

~Insusceptible~, _a._ Incapable, insusceptive, not susceptible.

~Insusceptive~, _a._ INSUSCEPTIBLE.

~Intact~, _a._ Untouched, uninjured, unhurt, unharmed, scathless.

~Intangibility~, _n._ Intangibleness.

~Intangible~, _a._ Impalpable, that cannot be touched.

~Intangibleness~, _n._ Intangibility.

~Integer~, _n._ Whole number.

~Integral~, _a._ Whole, entire, total, not fractional.

~Integrity~, _n._ ~1.~ Wholeness, entireness, entirety, completeness.

~2.~ Rectitude, uprightness, probity, honesty, virtue, goodness, principle, moral soundness.

~Integument~, _n._ Covering, envelope, tegument.

~Intellect~, _n._ Understanding, reason, mind, sense, brains, thinking principle, reasoning faculty, rational faculty, discursive faculty, intellectual powers, intellectual faculties.

~Intellection~, _n._ Apprehension, intuition, understanding.

~Intellectual~, _a._ Mental, of the intellect, of the understanding.

~Intelligence~, _n._ ~1.~ Information, knowledge, acquired knowledge.

~2.~ News, tidings, advice, notice, notification, instruction.

~3.~ Spirit, spiritual being.

~Intelligent~, _a._ ~1.~ Knowing, understanding, instructed, enlightened, skilful, skilled, clever, well-informed.

~2.~ Astute, acute, quick, bright, apt, shrewd, discerning, clear- sighted, keen-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, keen-eyed, long-headed, clear-headed.

~Intelligibility~, _n._ Comprehensibility, intelligibleness.

~Intelligible~, _a._ Clear, plain, distinct, comprehensible, that may be understood.

~Intelligibleness~, _n._ INTELLIGIBILITY.

~Intemperance~, _n._ ~1.~ Excess (_in any action or in any indulgence_), want of moderation.

~2.~ Habitual excess in drinking intoxicating liquors.

~Intemperate~, _a._ ~1.~ Excessive, inordinate, not temperate.

~2.~ Given to excess in drinking intoxicating liquors.

~Intend~, _v. a._ Mean, design, purpose, meditate, contemplate, COMPASS, propose to one's self, have in view, think of, aim at, drive at.

~Intend~, _v. n._ Mean, purpose, design, have the intention, propose to one's self.

~Intendant~, _n._ Superintendent, overseer, supervisor, inspector.

~Intense~, _a._ ~1.~ Close, strict, intent, severe, strained, stretched.

~2.~ Excessive, extreme, very great.

~3.~ Forcible, energetic, vigorous, powerful.

~4.~ Ardent, vehement, earnest.

~Intenseness~, _n._ Intensity.

~Intensify~, _v. a._ Strengthen, make intense, make more intense.

~Intensity~, _n._ ~1.~ Intenseness, closeness, strictness, severity.

~2.~ Excess, vehemence, extremity, violence, high degree, extreme degree.

~3.~ Vigor, strength, power, activity, force, energy.

~4.~ Ardor, earnestness, vehemence.

~Intensive~, _a._ Intensifying.

~Intent~, _a._ Eager, earnest, close, closely fixed, resolutely bent.

~Intent~, _n._ Design, purpose, intention, aim, end, meaning, drift, purport, object, scope, mark, purview.

~Intention~, _n._ Design, purpose, INTENT.

~Intentional~, _a._ Designed, intended, premeditated, contemplated, preconcerted, studied.

~Inter~, _v. a._ Bury (_with funeral rites_), inhume, entomb, inurn.

~Intercede~, _v. n._ Mediate, arbitrate, interpose, plead.

~Interceder~, _n._ Mediator, intercessor.

~Intercept~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stop on the way, seize on the passage.

~2.~ Interrupt, obstruct, cut off.

~Intercession~, _n._ Mediation, interposition, intervention.

~Intercessor~, _n._ Mediator, interceder.

~Interchange~, _v. a._ Exchange, bandy, change reciprocally, give and take mutually.

~Interchange~, _n._ ~1.~ Exchange, reciprocity, reciprocation.

~2.~ Alternation, alternate succession.

~Interchangeability~, _n._ Interchangeableness.

~Interchangeable~, _a._ That may be interchanged.

~Interchangeableness~, _n._ Interchangeability.

~Interchangeably~, _ad._ Alternately, by interchange, by reciprocation.

~Intercourse~, _n._ Communication, commerce, converse, communion, connection, mutual exchange.

~Interdependence~, _n._ Mutual dependence.

~Interdict~, _v. a._ Forbid, prohibit, inhibit.

~Interdict~, _n._ Prohibition, interdiction.

~Interdiction~, _n._ ~1.~ Interdicting.

~2.~ Prohibition, interdict.

~Interest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Concern, affect, touch, be of importance to.

~2.~ Engage, enlist.

~Interest one's self~, Take an interest, feel an interest, be engaged, be concerned.

~Interest~, _n._ ~1.~ Good, benefit, profit, weal, advantage.

~2.~ Share, portion, part, participation.

~3.~ Concern, regard, sympathy.

~4.~ Authority, influence.

~5.~ Selfishness, self-interest, private interest.

~6.~ Premium for the use of money, profit from money loaned.

~Interested~, _a._ Partial, biassed, prejudiced, not disinterested.

~Interesting~, _a._ Engaging, attractive, pleasing, entertaining.

~Interfere~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Intermeddle, meddle, interpose, PUT IN ONE'S OAR, THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.

~2.~ Clash, conflict, be opposed, come into collision.

~Interference~, _n._ ~1.~ Intermeddling, interposition.

~2.~ Clashing, opposition, interfering, collision.

~Interfering~, _n._ Clashing, interference.

~Interim~, _n._ Interval, intermediate time, mean time.

~Interior~, _a._ ~1.~ Internal, inner, inward, not outward.

~2.~ Inland, remote from the shore or the frontier.

~Interior~, _n._ Inside, inner part, interior part.

~Interjacent~, _a._ Intervening, intermediate, interposed.

~Interject~, _v. a._ Insert, put between, throw in between.

~Interjection~, _n._ Exclamation.

~Interlace~, _v. a._ Intertwine, interweave, inweave, intwine, twine together.

~Interlard~, _v. a._ Mix, intersperse, diversify by mixture.

~Interline~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Write between the lines of.

~2.~ Write in alternate lines.

~Interlineal~, _a._ Interlined.

~Interlinear~, _a._ Interlined.

~Interlink~, _v. a._ Interchain, join closely together.

~Interlock~, _v. a._ Interchain, join closely together.

~Interlocution~, _n._ Dialogue, colloquy, conference, interchange of speech.

~Interlocutor~, _n._ Speaker (_in a dialogue_).

~Interloper~, _n._ Intruder, intermeddler, meddler.

~Intermeddle~, _v. n._ Interfere, meddle, take part (_officiously_).

~Intermediate~, _a._ Intervening, interposed, interjacent.

~Interment~, _n._ Burial, inhumation, sepulture.

~Interminable~ _a._ Illimitable, unlimited, boundless, unbounded, limitless, endless, infinite.

~Intermingle~, _v. a._ Blend, mingle, commingle, intermix, commix, mix, mix together.

~Intermission~, _n._ Remission, suspension, suspense, stoppage, stop, interruption, pause, rest, respite.

~Intermit~, _v. a._ Suspend, interrupt, discontinue, cease, stop, leave off, give over.

~Intermit~, _v. n._ Cease, abate, subside, be suspended, be interrupted.

~Intermittent~, _a._ Intermitting.

~Intermittent~, _n._ Intermittent fever, fever and ague.

~Intermix~, _v. a._ Blend, mix, commix, mingle, commingle, mix together.

~Internal~, _a._ ~1.~ Interior, inner, inward, not outward, not external.

~2.~ Spiritual, not literal.

~3.~ Intrinsic, real, genuine, true.

~4.~ Domestic, not foreign.

~International~, _a._ Between nations.

~Internecine~, _a._ Mortal, deadly, mutually destructive.

~Inter nos,~ [L.] Between ourselves.

~Interpellation~, _n._ ~1.~ Interruption (_of one who is speaking_).

~2.~ Intercession, interposition.

~Interpolate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Insert (_wrongfully_), foist in.

~2.~ (_Math._) Introduce (_terms to complete a series_).

~Interpose~, _v. a._ Intrude, thrust in.

~Interpose~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Mediate, intercede, arbitrate.

~2.~ Remark (_by way of interruption_).

~Interposition~, _n._ Mediation, intervention, interpellation, intercession.

~Interpret~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Explain, expound, decipher, elucidate, unfold, define, make out, make clear, explain the meaning of.

~2.~ Construe, translate, render.

~Interpretation~, _n._ ~1.~ Explanation, exposition, elucidation.

~2.~ Rendering, translation, version, construction.

~3.~ Meaning, sense, signification.

~Interpreter~, _n._ Expounder.

~Interrogate~, _v. a._ Question, catechise, examine, ask, inquire of, put questions to.

~Interrogation~, _n._ ~1.~ Interrogating, questioning.

~2.~ Question, inquiry, interrogatory, query.

~Interrogative~, _a._ Interrogatory.

~Interrogator~, _n._ Questioner.

~Interrogatory~, _n._ Question, inquiry, interrogation, query.

~Interrogatory~, _a._ Interrogative.

~In terrorem~, [L.] By way of threat, for a warning.

~Interrupt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disturb, break in upon, hinder from proceeding.

~2.~ Separate, divide, break, disconnect, disunite, disjoin.

~3.~ Intermit, suspend, discontinue, break off, leave off.

~Interruption~, _n._ ~1.~ Hinderance, stop, obstruction, obstacle, impediment.

~2.~ Intermission, pause, suspension, cessation, discontinuance.

~Intersect~, _v. a._ Cross.

~Intersect~, _v. n._ Cross each other.

~Intersection~, _n._ Crossing.

~Interspace~, _n._ Interval, INTERSTICE.

~Intersperse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scatter or set here and there.

~2.~ Interlard, mix, diversify by mixture.

~Interstice~, _n._ Interval, interspace, intervening space, space between.

~Intertwine~, _v. a._ Interweave, interlace, intwine, inweave, twine together.

~Intertwine~, _v. n._ Be intertwined, be interlaced, be twined together, be mutually woven together.

~Interval~, _n._ ~1.~ Interstice, space between, intermediate space.

~2.~ Season, spell, period, term, space of time, intermediate time.

~Intervene~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Interfere, come between.

~2.~ Happen (_in the mean time_), occur, befall.

~Intervening~, _a._ Intermediate, interjacent.

~Intervention~, _n._ ~1.~ Interposition, interference.

~2.~ Mediation, agency.

~Interview~, _n._ ~1.~ Meeting.

~2.~ Conference, parley.

~In the name of~, By authority of, on behalf of.

~In the rough~, In a rude condition.

~In the teeth of~, In spite of, in direct opposition to.

~Interweave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Intertwine, interlace, inweave, weave together.

~2.~ Mix, mingle, intermix, intermingle.

~Intestate~, _a._ Without a will.

~Intestinal~, _a._ Of the intestines.

~Intestine~, _a._ Domestic, not foreign.

~Intestines~, _n. pl._ Entrails, bowels, guts, viscera, inwards.

~In the family way~, Pregnant, big, ENCIENTE, with child.

~In the good graces of~, In favor with, favored by.

~In their midst~, [_Common, but not sanctioned by the best writers._] In the midst of them, among them.

~In the long run~, Finally, in the end, as a final result.

~In the straw~, Confined, lying in, in child-bed, brought to bed.

~In the wind~, In preparation, going to be, going to happen.

~In the wrong~, Mistaken, in error.

~Inthrall~, _v. a._ [Written also _Inthral_, _Enthral_, and _Enthrall_.] Enslave, reduce to servitude, put under restraint.

~Inthralment~, _n._ [Written also _Enthralment_.] Enslavement, servitude, slavery, bondage, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, captivity.

~Intimacy~, _n._ Familiarity, fellowship, friendship, close acquaintance.

~Intimate~, _a._ ~1.~ Near, close.

~2.~ Familiar, friendly, THICK, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.

~Intimate~, _n._ Confidant, crony, familiar friend, intimate acquaintance.

~Intimate~, _v. a._ Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, give an inkling of, glance at, remind of, put in mind of.

~Intimately~, _ad._ ~1.~ Closely, nearly.

~2.~ Familiarly, thoroughly.

~Intimation~, _n._ Hint, suggestion, allusion, insinuation, INNUENDO.

~Intimidate~, _v. a._ Frighten, affright, FRIGHT, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, terrify, appall, put in fear.

~Intimidation~, _n._ ~1.~ Intimidating.

~2.~ Fear, terror, terrorism, reign of terror.

~Intolerable~, _a._ Insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, not to be tolerated.

~Intolerance~, _n._ Superciliousness, imperiousness, want of toleration, want of forbearance.

~Intolerant~, _a._ Overbearing, supercilious, dictatorial, imperious.

~Intonation~, _n._ Tone, cadence, twang, modulation of voice.

~In toto~, [L.] Entirely, wholly.

~Intoxicate~, _v. a._ Inebriate, fuddle, muddle, make drunk, make tipsy.

~Intoxicated~, _a._ Inebriated, drunk, tipsy, drunken, fuddled, muddled, disguised, maudlin, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups, half seas over, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.

~Intoxication~, _n._ ~1.~ Inebriation, ebriety, inebriety, drunkenness.

~2.~ Infatuation, great excitement, great exhilaration.

~Intractability~, _n._ Stubbornness, obstinacy, perverseness, intractableness.

~Intractable~, _a._ Stubborn, obstinate, perverse, refractory, dogged, mulish, pig-headed, unruly, headstrong, unmanageable, ungovernable, indocile, obdurate, cross-grained, wilful, inflexible, unyielding, contumacious, cantankerous.

~Intractableness~, _n._ Intractability.

~In transitu~, [L.] While passing (_as merchandise from one place to another_).

~Intrench on~, Invade, trespass upon, encroach upon, trench upon, intrench upon.

~Intrench~, _v. a._ Defend by intrenchments.

~Intrenchment~, _n._ ~1.~ Fortification (_with a trench_), rampart.

~2.~ Encroachment.

~Intrench upon~, INTRENCH ON.

~Intrepid~, _a._ Bold, fearless, dauntless, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, unappalled, unawed, brave, courageous, valorous, valiant, heroic, gallant, chivalrous, daring, doughty.

~Intrepidity~, _n._ Boldness, fearlessness, bravery, courage, valor, prowess, gallantry, spirit, heroism, daring, contempt of danger.

~Intricacy~, _n._ Perplexity, complexity, complication, entanglement, involution, obscurity, difficulty, intricateness.

~Intricate~, _a._ Entangled, complicated, involved, perplexed, obscure, difficult.

~Intricateness~, _n._ Intricacy.

~Intrigue~, _n._ ~1.~ Plot, conspiracy, cabal, machination, stratagem, manœuvre, wile, finesse, ruse.

~2.~ Amour, love affair.

~Intrigue~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Manœuvre, form plots.

~2.~ Carry on an amour.

~Intriguing~, _a._ Cunning, crafty, artful, sly, wily, astute, subtle, insidious, designing, arch, deceitful, trickish, TRICKY, crooked, diplomatic, politic, foxy, snaky, Machiavelian.

~Intrinsic~, _a._ ~1.~ Inherent, internal, inward, inborn, inbred, native, natural, ingrained, not extrinsic.

~2.~ Real, genuine, true, essential.

~Intrinsical~, _a._ ~1.~ Inherent, internal, inward, inborn, inbred, native, natural, ingrained, not extrinsic.

~2.~ Real, genuine, true, essential.

~Intrinsically~, _ad._ ~1.~ Naturally, inherently, in the nature of things.

~2.~ Really, truly, essentially.

~Introduce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conduct, lead in, bring in, usher in.

~2.~ Present, make acquainted.

~3.~ Bring into notice, bring before the public, bring into use.

~4.~ Begin, commence, be the first to take up.

~Introduction~, _n._ ~1.~ Introducing, ushering in.

~2.~ Presentation.

~3.~ Preface, prelude, proëm, exordium, preliminary part.

~Introductory~, _a._ Prefatory, preliminary, precursory, proëmial.

~Introspection~, _n._ Looking within.

~Intrude~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Obtrude, force one's self, thrust one's self, enter where one is not welcome.

~2.~ Encroach, trench, infringe, trespass.

~Intrude~, _v. a._ Obtrude, force in, thrust in, press in, foist in, worm in.

~Intruder~, _n._ Interloper, intermeddler, meddler.

~Intrusion~, _n._ ~1.~ Intruding, obtrusion.

~2.~ Encroachment, infringement.

~Intrusive~, _a._ Obtrusive, trespassing.

~Intrust~, _v. a._ Confide, commit, consign, give in trust, deliver in trust.

~Intrust with~, Confide to the care of, commit to the safe keeping of.

~Intuition~, _n._ Immediate perception (_by the intellect_), immediate knowledge, instinctive knowledge, direct cognition, apprehension at first sight.

~Intuitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Apprehended immediately, perceived at once (_without reasoning_).

~2.~ Immediate, full, clear, distinct.

~Intuitively~, _ad._ By intuition.

~Intumesce~, _v. n._ Swell, expand, dilate, become tumid.

~Intumescence~, _n._ Swelling.

~Intwine~, _v. a._ Inweave, interweave, intertwine, interlace, twine together.

~Inundate~, _v. a._ Flood, deluge, submerge, overflow, overwhelm, drown, put under water (_or other liquid_).

~Inundation~, _n._ Flood, deluge, overflow, cataclysm.

~Inurbane~, _a._ Uncivil, impolite, uncourtly, ungentlemanly, uncourteous, discourteous, rude, unmannerly, uncomplaisant, ill-bred, ill-mannered.

~Inurbanity~, _n._ Incivility, impoliteness, rudeness, discourtesy, ill-breeding.

~Inure~, _v. a._ Habituate, accustom, use, familiarize, train.

~Inure~, _v. n._ [Written also _Enure_.] Be applied, come into use, take effect.

~Inurn~, _v. a._ Bury, inter, entomb, inhume, lay in the grave, consign to the grave.

~Inutility~, _n._ Uselessness, unprofitableness, futility.

~In vacuo~, [L.] In a vacuum.

~Invade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Attack, assail, assault.

~2.~ Infringe, violate, encroach upon, trench upon.

~Invalid~, (_in-val´id_) _a._ ~1.~ Weak, of no weight, of no force.

~2.~ (_Law._) Void, null, of no legal force, null and void.

~Invalid~, (_in´va-lid_) _a._ Weak, feeble, infirm, sick, sickly, weakly, frail, valetudinary.

~Invalid~, (_in´val-id_) _a._ Valetudinarian, feeble person, infirm person, sick person.

~Invalidate~, _v. a._ Nullify, annul, cancel, overthrow, make void, render of no effect.

~Invalidism~, _n._ Feebleness, infirmity, illness, sickness, valetudinarianism.

~Invaluable~, _a._ Inestimable, priceless, very precious, above all value, above all price.

~Invariability~, _n._ INVARIABLENESS.

~Invariable~, _a._ Unchangeable, immutable, unalterable, constant.

~Invariableness~, _n._ Unchangeableness, immutability, constancy, invariability.

~Invasion~, _n._ ~1.~ Attack, assault, aggression, incursion, irruption, inroad, forray, raid.

~2.~ Encroachment, infringement, violation.

~Invective~, _n._ ~1.~ Abuse, contumely, reproach, censure, railing.

~2.~ Satire, sarcasm, lampoon, pasquinade, phillipic, diatribe, fling.

~Invective~, _a._ ~1.~ Abusive, reproachful, censorious, captious, railing, scolding.

~2.~ Satirical, sarcastic.

~Inveigh against~, Censure, reproach, condemn, blame, denounce, declaim against, rail at, exclaim against, scold at.

~Inveigle~, _v. a._ Wheedle, cajole, entice, seduce, decoy, beguile, entrap, insnare, lure.

~Invent~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Contrive (_what did not before exist_), devise, be the first to contrive or devise.

~2.~ Originate, frame, imagine, conceive, concoct.

~3.~ Fabricate, forge, coin.

~Invention~, _n._ ~1.~ Inventing, origination, creation.

~2.~ Contrivance, device, design.

~3.~ Ingenuity, power of inventing.

~4.~ Fabrication, forgery, fiction, coinage.

~Inventive~, _a._ Ingenious, creative, quick at contrivance, fertile in expedients.

~Inventor~, _n._ Contriver, originator, creator, father, author.

~Inventory~, _n._ List (_as of the goods of a merchant, or of a deceased person_), roll, schedule, record, account, register, CATALOGUE.

~Inverse~, _a._ Inverted (_as respects order or relation_), reversed.

~Inversion~, _n._ ~1.~ Inverting, placing in contrary order.

~2.~ Reciprocal change of place, reversed position.

~3.~ (_Rhet._) Hyperbaton, transposition of words.

~Invert~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Turn upside down.

~2.~ Reverse, place in contrary order.

~Invertebral~, _a._ (_Zoöl._) Without vertebræ, destitute of a backbone.

~Invertebrate~, _a._ (_Zoöl._) Without vertebræ, destitute of a backbone.

~Invest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clothe, dress, array.

~2.~ Endow (_as with authority or power_), endue.

~3.~ Put at interest (_as money_).

~4.~ (_Mil._) Enclose, surround, besiege, lay siege to.

~Investigable~, _a._ That may be investigated.

~Investigate~, _v. a._ Examine, scrutinize, canvass, study, sift, consider, overhaul, explore, probe, dissect, look into, search out, search into, inquire into, follow up.

~Investigation~, _n._ Examination, study, scrutiny, inquiry, research, exploration, inquisition, sifting.

~Investigator~, _n._ Inquirer, searcher.

~Investiture~, _n._ Installation, induction.

~Investment~, _n._ ~1.~ Investing.

~2.~ Vestment, dress, robe, garments, habiliments, clothes.

~3.~ Money invested.

~4.~ (_Mil._) Siege.

~Inveteracy~, _n._ Inveterateness, obstinacy, chronic state.

~Inveterate~, _a._ ~1.~ Obstinate, besetting, chronic, deep-seated, long established.

~2.~ Habituated, habitual, accustomed, confirmed, hardened.

~Invidious~, _a._ Offensive, hateful, odious, likely to excite ill-will.

~Invigorate~, _v. a._ Strengthen, fortify, animate, give vigor to, give life and energy to.

~Invincibility~, _n._ Unconquerableness, invincibleness.

~Invincible~, _a._ ~1.~ Unconquerable, not to be subdued.

~2.~ Insuperable, insurmountable, not to be overcome.

~Invincibleness~, _n._ Invincibility.

~Inviolability~, _n._ Inviolableness.

~Inviolable~, _a._ ~1.~ Not to be violated, not to be broken.

~2.~ Sacred, not to be profaned, not to be injured.

~Inviolableness~, _n._ Inviolability.

~Inviolate~, _a._ ~1.~ Unbroken, unviolated.

~2.~ Unhurt, uninjured, unprofaned, unpolluted.

~Invisibility~, _n._ Invisibleness.

~Invisible~, _a._ Imperceptible, unseen, that cannot be seen.

~Invisibleness~, _n._ Invisibility.

~Invita Minerva~, [L.] Minerva being unwilling, without genius, without capacity.

~Invitation~, _n._ Solicitation, bidding, call, summons.

~Invite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Solicit, bid, summon, call, ask, request.

~2.~ Allure, attract, entice, lead, draw on, prevail upon.

~Inviting~, _a._ Alluring, attractive, winning, engaging, captivating, pleasing, fascinating, bewitching, prepossessing.

~Invocation~, _n._ Supplication, prayer, petition, orison.

~In vogue~, Fashionable, stylish, genteel, modish, in fashion, À LA MODE, having a run, the rage.

~Invoice~, _n._ List (_of articles of merchandise shipped or sold_), inventory, bill, schedule.

~Invoke~, _v. a._ Implore, supplicate, pray, entreat, beg, beseech, conjure, ADJURE, importune, solicit, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to.

~Involuntary~, _a._ ~1.~ Instinctive, automatic, blind, independent of the will.

~2.~ Unwilling, reluctant, compulsory, against one's will.

~Involution~, _n._ Complication, intricacy, entanglement.

~Involve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Envelop, inwrap, wrap, cover.

~2.~ Include (_as a consequence_), imply, comprise, embrace, contain.

~3.~ Entangle, implicate.

~4.~ Complicate, make intricate.

~5.~ Join, conjoin, connect, unite, mingle, blend.

~6.~ Twine, intwine, intertwine, interweave, interlace, inweave, twist together.

~Invulnerability~, _n._ Invulnerableness.

~Invulnerable~, _a._ Secure from injury, that cannot be wounded.

~Invulnerableness~, _n._ Invulnerability.

~Inward~, _a._ Interior, internal, inner.

~Inward~, _ad._ Within, inwardly, toward the inside.

~Inwards~, _ad._ Within, inwardly, toward the inside.

~Inwards~, _n. pl._ Entrails, bowels, guts, viscera, intestines.

~Inweave~, _v. a._ Intwine, interweave, intertwine, interlace, weave together.

~Inwrap~, _v. a._ Infold, involve, cover, envelop, wrap, wrap up.

~In your midst~, [_Common, but not sanctioned by the best writers._] In the midst of you, among you.

~Iota~, _n._ Jot, whit, tittle, bit, grain, particle, atom, scrap, mite, scintilla, spark, glimmer, shadow, trace.

~Ipecac~, _n._ Brazil-root.

~Ipecacuanha~, _n._ Brazil-root.

~Ipse dixit~, [L.] Mere assertion.

~Irascibility~, _n._ Irritability, irascibleness.

~Irascible~, _a._ Passionate, hasty, hot, irritable, touchy, testy, waspish, quick, snappish, splenetic, petulant, choleric, peppery, like tinder, like touchwood.

~Irascibleness~, _n._ Irascibility.

~Irate~, _a._ [_Recent._] Angry, provoked, piqued, irritated, ireful, in a passion.

~Ire~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Wrath, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignation, resentment, passion, exasperation.

~Ireful~, _a._ Angry, raging, furious, passionate, IRATE, incensed.

~Iridescence~, _n._ Play of colors (_like those of the rainbow_).

~Iridescent~, _a._ Irisated, nacreous, pavonine.

~Iris~, _n._ ~1.~ Rainbow.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Flower-de-luce.

~Irisated~, _a._ IRIDESCENT.

~Irish~, _a._ Of Ireland.

~Irish~, _n._ ~1.~ Irish language.

~2.~ Natives of Ireland.

~Irishism~, _n._ Hibernicism, Hibernianism, Irish idiom.

~Irishry~, _n._ Irish, people of Ireland, Irish people.

~Irksome~, _a._ Wearisome (_in consequence of being distasteful_), tiresome, TEDIOUS, wearying, weary, devoid of interest.

~Ironical~, _a._ Derisive, bantering, mocking, that expresses one thing and means the opposite.

~Iron-pyrites~, _n._ (_Min._) Bisulphuret of iron.

~Irons~, _n. pl._ Fetters, shackles, manacles, chains, hampers, gyves.

~Irony~, _n._ Ridicule, raillery, banter, mockery, ASTEISM, saying one thing and meaning the opposite.

~Irradiate~, _v. a._ Illuminate, illumine, illume, brighten, light up, make bright, shine upon, throw light upon, cast lustre upon, adorn with light.

~Irrational~, _a._ ~1.~ Brutish, brute, void of reason, without reason.

~2.~ Absurd, unreasonable, preposterous, foolish, silly, unwise, injudicious, extravagant.

~Irrationality~, _n._ ~1.~ Brutishness, want of reason.

~2.~ Absurdity, folly, foolishness, unreasonableness.

~Irreclaimable~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrecoverable, incorrigible, hopeless, irreparable, past cure, past hope, remediless, irretrievable, irreversible, incurable, past mending.

~2.~ Obdurate, hardened, impenitent, lost, abandoned, profligate, graceless, shameless, recreant, unrepentant.

~Irreconcilable~, _a._ ~1.~ Unappeasable, implacable, not to be reconciled.

~2.~ Inconsistent, incompatible, incongruous.

~Irrecoverable~, _a._ ~1.~ Irretrievable, not to be restored, lost for ever.

~2.~ Irreparable, incurable, remediless, irremediable, irretrievable, irreversible, hopeless, past cure, past hope, past mending, not to be remedied.

~Irrefragable~, _a._ Indisputable, incontestable, irrefutable, indubitable, past dispute, undeniable, unquestionable, incontrovertible, evident, obvious, past dispute, beyond a doubt, beyond all question.

~Irrefutable~, _a._ Indisputable, unanswerable, IRREFRAGABLE.

~Irregular~, _a._ ~1.~ Anomalous, abnormal, anomalistic, unusual, unconformable, aberrant, exceptional, eccentric, erratic, devious.

~2.~ Uncertain, unpunctual, capricious, desultory, fitful, variable, changeable, not uniform.

~3.~ Immethodical, out of order, unsymmetrical.

~4.~ Disorderly, inordinate, immoral, wild.

~Irregularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Aberration, abnormity, anomaly, anomalousness, singularity.

~2.~ Uncertainty, capriciousness, variableness, changeableness.

~3.~ Want of method, want of symmetry.

~4.~ Immorality, incorrectness, vice, impropriety, indecorum, laxity, sin, iniquity.

~Irrelevancy~, _n._ Inapplicability.

~Irrelevant~, _a._ Inapplicable, impertinent, not relevant, not applicable, not to the point, foreign to the purpose, not bearing upon the point in question, having nothing to do with the matter, travelling out of the record.

~Irreligion~, _n._ Impiety, ungodliness.

~Irreligious~, _a._ ~1.~ Ungodly, undevout.

~2.~ Profane, impious, wicked.

~Irremediable~, _a._ Incurable, irreparable, irretrievable, irrecoverable, irrevocable, irreversible, unchangeable, unalterable, not to be remedied, remediless, that cannot be cured.

~Irremissible~, _a._ Unpardonable, inexcusable, indefensible, unjustifiable, inexpiable, unatonable.

~Irreparability~, _n._ Irreparableness.

~Irreparable~, _a._ IRREMEDIABLE.

~Irreprehensible~, _a._ Irreproachable, irreprovable, unblamable, blameless, faultless, inculpable, innocent, not to be blamed, not to be censured.

~Irrepressible~, _a._ Uncontrollable, insuppressible, not to be repressed.

~Irreproachable~, _a._ IRREPREHENSIBLE.

~Irresistible~, _a._ That cannot be resisted.

~Irresolute~, _a._ Undetermined, undecided, wavering, vacillating, unsettled, unsteady, hesitating, infirm of purpose, on the fence; waiting to see which way the cat jumps, or which way the wind blows; waiting for something to turn up.

~Irrespective of~, Regardless of, without regard to.

~Irresponsible~, _a._ Unaccountable, unanswerable, not responsible.

~Irretrievable~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrecoverable, not to be restored, lost for ever.

~2.~ Irreparable, incurable, irremediable, remediless, past cure, past hope.

~Irreverence~, _n._ ~1.~ Impiety, profaneness, profanity, blasphemy.

~2.~ Disrespect, disesteem, slight, neglect, incivility, discourtesy, rudeness.

~Irreverent~, _a._ ~1.~ Impious, profane, blasphemous.

~2.~ Disrespectful, UNCIVIL, rude, discourteous, impolite.

~Irreversible~, _a._ Unchangeable, unalterable, irrevocable, irrepealable, immutable, invariable, changeless.

~Irrevocable~, _a._ Unchangeable, IRREVERSIBLE.

~Irrigate~, _v. a._ Water, moisten, wet.

~Irrigation~, _n._ Watering.

~Irritability~, _n._ ~1.~ Irascibility, fretfulness, testiness, peevishness, petulance, excitability, snappishness.

~2.~ Susceptibility (_to the influence of a stimulus_).

~Irritable~, _a._ ~1.~ Irascible, fretful, testy, touchy, peevish, pettish, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, captious, petulant, excitable, hot, peppery, passionate, fiery.

~2.~ Susceptible (_to the influence of a stimulus_).

~Irritate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Provoke, nettle, chafe, incense, exasperate, enrage, anger, fret, offend, vex, annoy, tease, gall.

~2.~ (_Med._) Inflame (_by friction_).

~Irritation~, _n._ ~1.~ Irritating.

~2.~ Exasperation, provocation, wrath, ire, anger, passion, excitement, indignation, resentment.

~3.~ (_Med._) Inflammation (_by friction_).

~Irruption~, _n._ ~1.~ Bursting in, breaking in.

~2.~ Incursion, inroad, forray, raid, partial invasion.

~Ischiadic~, _a._ Ischiatic, of the hip.

~Ischiagra~, _n._ (_Med._) Sciatica, gout of the hip.

~Ischiatic~, _a._ Ischiadic, of the hip.

~Isinglass~, _n._ ~1.~ Fish-glue, ichthyocol, icthyocolla, CARLOCK.

~2.~ Mica.

~Islam~, _n._ Mahometanism, Mohammedanism.

~Islamism~, _n._ Mahometanism, Mohammedanism.

~Island~, _n._ ISLE.

~Isle~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Island.

~Islet~, _n._ Little island.

~Isochronal~, _a._ Isochronous, of equal time, of equal duration (_as the vibrations of a pendulum_).

~Isolate~, _v. a._ Separate, dissociate, detach, insulate, segregate, place by itself, set apart.

~Isolation~, _n._ Separation, disconnection, insulation, segregation, detachment.

~Isomorphism~, _n._ Similarity of crystalline form.

~Isomorphous~, _a._ Of similar crystalline form.

~Isoperimetrical~, _a._ Of equal perimeters, the same in circumference.

~Israelite~, _n._ Jew.

~Israelic~, _a._ Jewish.

~Israelitish~, _a._ Jewish.

~Issue~, _n._ ~1.~ Egress, exit, outlet, passage out.

~2.~ Delivering, delivery, sending out.

~3.~ Event, consequence, end, termination, conclusion, consummation, result, effect, outcome, upshot, DÉNOUEMENT, FINALE, final or ultimate result, final event, finishing stroke, winding up.

~4.~ Offspring, progeny, children, posterity, lineal descendants.

~5.~ (_Med._) Fontanel, artificial ulcer.

~6.~ (_Law._) Point in dispute.

~Issue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver, send out, put forth.

~2.~ Distribute, give out.

~3.~ Put into circulation.

~Issue~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Proceed, flow, emanate, arise, spring, originate, follow, ensue, come, take rise, be the effect, be derived, go forth, grow out, pass out, flow out, rush out.

~2.~ End, terminate, result.

~Italian~, _a._ Of Italy.

~Italian~, _n._ ~1.~ Native of Italy.

~2.~ Language of Italy.

~Italicism~, _n._ Italian idiom.

~Italicize~, _v. a._ Print in Italics, distinguish by Italics.

~Italics~, _n. pl._ Italic letters.

~Itch~, _n._ ~1.~ Itching.

~2.~ (_Med._) Psora.

~Itch~, _v. n._ Feel an itching.

~Itching~, _n._ ~1.~ Itch.

~2.~ Craving, longing, strong desire.

~Item~, _ad._ [L.] Also, as an additional article.

~Item~, _n._ Article, particular.

~Iterate~, _v. a._ Repeat, reiterate.

~Iteration~, _n._ Repetition, reiteration.

~Iterative~, _a._ Repeating.

~Itinerancy~, _n._ Travelling, going from plane to place.

~Itinerant~, _a._ Travelling, wandering, roving, roaming, nomadic, going from place to place, not settled.

~Itinerary~, _n._ Guide for travelling.

~It is odds~, It is probable, it is likely.

~Ivory-black~, _n._ Bone-black (_improperly called_ Ivory-black, _which is, strictly speaking, prepared from_ Ivory).

~Ivory-nut~, _n._ Corosso nut.

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~Jabber~, _v. n._ Prate, chatter, prattle, gabble, talk rapidly, talk idly.

~Jabber~, _v. a._ Speak rapidly.

~Jabber~, _n._ Prate, prattle, gab, chatter, idle talk.

~Jabberer~, _n._ Prattler, chatterer, babbler, chatterbox.

~Jack-a-lantern~, _n._ Jack-with-a-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, will- with-the-wisp, IGNIS FATUUS.

~Jack at all trades~, Factotum, doer of all work.

~Jack of all trades~, Factotum, doer of all work.

~Jack-a-dandy~, _n._ Beau, fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni, jackanapes, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.

~Jackanapes~, _n._ [Written also _Jackanape_.] ~1.~ Monkey, APE.

~2.~ Beau, fop, dandy, JACK-A-DANDY.

~Jackass~, _n._ ~1.~ Male ass.

~2.~ Blockhead, simpleton, DUNCE.

~Jackdaw~, _n._ Daw (_Corvus monedula_).

~Jacket~, _n._ Jerkin, short coat.

~Jack-ketch~, _n._ Hangman, public executioner.

~Jack-pudding~, _n._ Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, jester, droll, zany, clown, PUNCH, scaramouch, merry-Andrew.

~Jack-snipe~, _n._ Judcock.

~Jacobin~, _n._ ~1.~ Dominican, predicant, blackfriar, preaching friar.

~2.~ Anarchist, turbulent demagogue.

~Jacobinic~, _a._ Turbulent, revolutionary.

~Jacobinical~, _a._ Turbulent, revolutionary.

~Jaculate~, _v. a._ Dart, throw, launch, hurl, let fly.

~Jaculation~, _n._ Darting, throwing, hurling, launching.

~Jade~, _n._ ~1.~ Hack, tired horse, worthless horse.

~2.~ Hussy, quean, base woman, sorry wench.

~3.~ Young woman (_in irony or slight contempt_).

~Jade~, _v. a._ Tire, weary, fatigue, fag, exhaust, tire out, knock up.

~Jag~, _n._ Notch, denticulation, protuberant point.

~Jagged~, _a._ Notched, serrated, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (_on the edges_).

~Jaggedness~, _n._ Unevenness (_on the edges_).

~Jaguar~, _n._ American tiger (_Felis onca_).

~Jail~, _n._ [Written also, but not commonly, _Gaol_.] Prison, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, TOLLBOOTH, JUG, house of correction.

~Jakes~, _n._ Privy, necessary, back-house, water-closet.

~Jam~, _v. a._ Press, crowd, squeeze tight.

~Jam~, _n._ ~1.~ Conserve (_boiled in mass_), thick preserve.

~2.~ Pressure (_from a crowd_), crowding.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, mass of people (_crowded together_).

~Jamb~, _n._ Side-piece (_of a fireplace, a door, a window, &c._).

~Jamestown weed~, Thorn-apple, stramonium, stramony, Apple Peru (_Datura stramonium_).

~Jangle~, _v. n._ Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~Jangle~, _v. a._ Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously.

~Jangle~, _n._ ~1.~ Discord, discordant sound.

~2.~ Wrangling, JANGLING.

~Jangled~, _a._ Discordant, inharmonious, out of tune.

~Jangler~, _n._ Wrangler, quarrelsome fellow.

~Jangling~, _n._ Wrangling, bickering, quarrelling, altercation, jangle, jar.

~Janitor~, _n._ Porter, CONCIÈRGE, door-keeper.

~Janty~, _a._ [Written also _Jaunty_.] Showy, finical, airy, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, dressy, gay, fine, pranked out.

~Japan~, _v. a._ Varnish, lacquer.

~Japan earth~, Catechu, TERRA JAPONICA, gambier, cutch.

~Japanese~, _a._ Of Japan.

~Japanese~, _n._ ~1.~ Native of Japan.

~2.~ Language of Japan.

~Jar~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Vibrate harshly.

~2.~ Clash, interfere, wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~Jar~, _v. a._ Shake, agitate, jolt.

~Jar~, _n._ ~1.~ Shake, agitation, jolt.

~2.~ Discord, disagreement, quarrel, altercation, jarring, wrangling, bickering.

~Jargon~, _n._ ~1.~ Gabble, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, balderdash, twaddle, palaver, flummery, moonshine, wish-wash, trash, stuff, unintelligible talk.

~2.~ Slang, cant.

~Jarring~, _a._ ~1.~ Discordant, harsh.

~2.~ Wrangling, disagreeing, at variance.

~3.~ Conflicting, incompatible, inconsistent.

~Jarring~, _n._ ~1.~ Clashing, collision.

~2.~ Shaking, agitation, jar.

~3.~ Quarrel, dispute, altercation, bickering, wrangling.

~Jaundice~, _n._ (_Med._) Icterus.

~Jaundiced~, _a._ ~1.~ Bilious.

~2.~ Biassed, narrow-minded, prejudiced.

~Jaunt~, _n._ Ramble, excursion, trip, tour, stroll, short journey.

~Jaunty~, _a._ [Written also _Janty_.] Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, gay, fine.

~Jaw~, _n._ ~1.~ Maxillary bone, jaw-bone.

~2.~ [_Low._] Scolding, abuse, railing, vituperation, abusive talk.

~Jaw-bone~, _n._ Jaw, maxillary bone.

~Jaws~, _n. pl._ Chaps, mouth.

~Jaw-tooth~, _n._ Grinder, molar.

~Jealous~, _a._ ~1.~ Suspicious (_especially of being supplanted in the affections of another_).

~2.~ Anxious, apprehensive, solicitous.

~Jealousy~, _n._ Suspicion (_especially in matters of love_).

~Jeer~, _v. n._ Sneer, scoff, flout, mock, gibe, fleer, rail, turn up the nose.

~Jeer~, _v. a._ Flout, taunt, deride, ridicule, mock, scoff, spurn, despise, contemn, chaff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at, POKE FUN AT, turn up the nose at.

~Jeer~, _n._ Sneer, scoff, taunt, gibe, biting jest, flout.

~Jeerer~, _n._ Scoffer, scorner, mocker, railer, ridiculer, derider, despiser.

~Jeering~, _n._ Mockery, derision.

~Jehovah~, _n._ God, Lord, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Providence, The Creator, Heaven, The Maker, The Deity, The Lord, The Godhead, The Infinite, The Eternal, The Omnipotent, The Preserver, The Trinity, the Holy Trinity, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, The Author of all things, God the Father.

~Jejune~, _a._ Barren, meagre, sterile, dry, bare, lean, uninteresting.

~Jemmy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Spruce, finical, over-nice, over-neat, affectedly elegant, nice over-much.

~Jentling~, _n._ Blue chub.

~Jeopard~, _v. a._ Hazard, imperil, peril, endanger, jeopardize, risk, put in jeopardy, put at hazard, put at risk.

~Jeopardize~, _v. a._ [_Modern._] Hazard, endanger, JEOPARD.

~Jeopardy~, _n._ Hazard, danger, peril, risk, venture.

~Jeremiade~, _n._ [_Term of ridicule._] Tale of sorrow, lamentation, lament, doleful story.

~Jerk~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Yerk, twitch, pull suddenly.

~2.~ Throw suddenly.

~Jerk~, _n._ ~1.~ Twitch, sudden pull.

~2.~ Sudden throw.

~Jerkin~, _n._ Jacket, short coat.

~Jest~, _v. n._ Joke, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.

~Jest~, _n._ ~1.~ Joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, JEU D'ESPRIT.

~2.~ Raillery, fun, SPORT.

~Jester~, _n._ ~1.~ Joker, wag, humorist.

~2.~ Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, zany, droll, fool, clown, punch, punchinello, scaramouch, merry-Andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

~Jesuitical~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Jesuits.

~2.~ [_A sense introduced by partisans hostile to the Jesuits._] Crafty, cunning, deceitful.

~Jetty~, _n._ Mole.

~Jeu d'esprit~, [Fr.] Joke, jest, quirk, quip, crank, sally, witticism.

~Jew~, _n._ Hebrew, Israelite.

~Jewel~, _n._ Gem, brilliant, precious stone.

~Jewelry~, _n._ [Written also _Jewellery_.] Jewels, bijoutry, trinkets.

~Jewish~, _a._ Hebrew, Judaic, Judaical.

~Jewry~, _n._ Judea.

~Jews-pitch~, _n._ Asphaltum.

~Jezebel~, _n._ Beldam, hag, fury, ugly old woman, she-monster.

~Jiffy~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Instant, moment, second, twinkling, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye.

~Jigger~, _n._ ~1.~ Throw, potter's wheel.

~2.~ (_Ent._) Chigre (_Pulex penetrans_).

~Jiggumbob~, _n._ [_Low._] Trinket, toy, gimcrack, knickknack, bawble, gewgaw.

~Jilt~, _n._ Coquette, flirt.

~Jilt~, _v. a._ Trick or deceive (_by playing the jilt_).

~Jilt~, _v. n._ Play the jilt.

~Jingle~, _v. n._ [Written also _Gingle_.] Tinkle.

~Jingle~, _n._ Tinkling, jingling, TINTINABULATION, jingling sound.

~Jingling~, _n._ JINGLE.

~Job~, _n._ Piece of work.

~Job~, _v. n._ Do job-work, work at jobs.

~Jobbernowl~, _n._ [_Low._] Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Job-work~, _n._ Piece-work.

~Jockey~, _n._ ~1.~ Horse-jockey, dealer in horses.

~2.~ Cheat, swindler, sharper, rogue, trickster, knave, impostor, blackleg, shark, slyboots.

~Jockey~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, deceive, gull, dupe, overreach, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, humbug, impose upon.

~Jocose~, _a._ Jocular, facetious, humorous, witty, waggish, droll, funny, comical, sportive, merry.

~Jocoseness~, _n._ Jocularity.

~Jocular~, _a._ JOCOSE.

~Jocularity~, _n._ Jocoseness, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, drollery, sportiveness, merriment, pleasantry, mirth, fun.

~Jocund~, _a._ Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, sportive, jolly, playful, airy, lively, gay, debonair, buxom.

~Jocundity~, _n._ Joyousness, joyfulness, cheerfulness, hilarity, sprightliness, exhilaration, liveliness, vivacity, sportfulness, frolicsomeness, blithsomeness, jocularity, gayety, merriment, mirth, good humor, high spirits, high glee.

~Jog~, _v. a._ Push (_gently_), notify by a push.

~Jog~, _n._ ~1.~ Push, slight shake.

~2.~ Notch, denticulation, jag.

~Joggle~, _v. a._ Shake (_by hitting_), jostle.

~Jog on~, Trudge, lumber, travel slowly.

~Jog-trot~, _n._ Slow pace, slow trot.

~John Bull~, [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ English nation, England.

~2.~ Englishman.

~John-dory~, _n._ Common dory (_Zeus faber_).

~Join~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Add, annex, attach, append.

~2.~ Connect, couple, combine, conjoin, link, cement, unite, unite together, join together.

~3.~ Adjoin, be connected with.

~4.~ Unite with, associate one's self with.

~Join~, _v. n._ Associate, confederate, unite, be united, league.

~Joint~, _n._ ~1.~ Juncture, union.

~2.~ Seam, commissure.

~3.~ (_Anat._) Articulation.

~4.~ (_Bot._) Knot.

~5.~ (_Bot._) Internode, space between two joints.

~Joint~, _a._ United, combined, concerted.

~Joint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Carpentry._) Join, unite, fit together.

~2.~ Disjoint, divide (_at the joints_), cut up (_as meat_).

~Jointed~, _a._ Articulated, with joints.

~Jointer~, _n._ (_Carpentry._) Jointing plane.

~Joint heir~, Coheir.

~Jointing-plane~, _n._ Jointer.

~Jointly~, _ad._ Unitedly, together, conjointly, in conjunction.

~Joist~, _n._ Small floor-timber.

~Joke~, _n._ Jest, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, JEU D'ESPRIT.

~Joke~, _v. n._ Jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.

~Joker~, _n._ Jester, wag, humorist.

~Jollification~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Conviviality, revelry, festivity, carouse, carousal, SPREE, revel, compotation, potation, wassail, orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, merry frolic, jolly time, drinking bout.

~Jollity~, _n._ Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, joviality, hilarity.

~Jolly~, _a._ ~1.~ Merry, joyous, joyful, gay, jovial, airy, mirthful, jocund, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, funny, facetious, jocular, waggish, sprightly, lively, jocund, wanton.

~2.~ Plump, stout, lusty, bouncing, portly, chubby, in good case.

~Jolt~, _v. n._ Be shaken (_as a carriage by passing over rough ground_).

~Jolt~, _v. a._ Shake (_as a carriage does when passing over rough ground_).

~Jolt~, _n._ Shaking, jolting.

~Jolthead~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Jolting~, _n._ Jolt, shaking.

~Jonathan~, _n._ People of the United States, the United States as a nation.

~Jorden~, _n._ Urinal, chamber-pot.

~Jostle~, _v. a._ [Written also _Justle_.] ~1.~ Collide, strike against, hit against.

~2.~ Shake (_by hitting_), joggle.

~Jot~, _n._ Iota, tittle, whit, bit, grain, particle, atom, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.

~Jot down~, Record, state, note, chronicle, register, set down, take down, make a note of, make a memorandum of.

~Jotting~, _n._ Memorandum.

~Journal~, _n._ ~1.~ Diary, daily register.

~2.~ Newspaper, magazine, periodical.

~Journalize~, _v. a._ Record, register, note, chronicle, set down, jot down.

~Journey~, _n._ Travel (_by land_), tour, excursion, trip, expedition.

~Journey~, _v. n._ Travel, ramble, roam, rove, take a tour, make a tour, take a trip, make an excursion.

~Journeyman~, _n._ ~1.~ Day-laborer.

~2.~ Hired mechanic.

~Joust~, _n._ Tilt.

~Joust~, _v. n._ Tilt.

~Jove~, _n._ (_Myth._) Jupiter.

~Jovial~, _a._ Merry, joyous, JOYFUL, gay, airy, mirthful.

~Joviality~, _n._ Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, jollity, hilarity.

~Joy~, _n._ ~1.~ Gladness, delight, glee, exultation, ecstasy, rapture, ravishment, transport, beatitude, beatification.

~2.~ Happiness, felicity, bliss.

~3.~ Cause of gladness.

~Joy~, _v. n._ Exult, rejoice, be glad, be delighted, be joyful.

~Joyful~, _a._ Glad, joyous, merry, buoyant, happy, jocund, blithe, blithesome, jolly, jovial, delighted.

~Joyous~, _a._ Glad, JOYFUL.

~Jubilant~, _a._ Rejoicing, exulting, triumphing, shouting with joy.

~Jubilee~, _n._ Season of rejoicing.

~Judaic~, _a._ Jewish, Hebrew.

~Judaical~, _a._ Jewish, Hebrew.

~Judaism~, _n._ Religion of the Jews, Jewish religion.

~Judcock~, _n._ Jack-snipe (_Scolopax gallinula_), juddock.

~Juddock~, _n._ JUDCOCK.

~Judge~, _n._ ~1.~ Justice.

~2.~ Arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee.

~3.~ Critic, connoisseur.

~Judge~, _v. n._ Decide, determine, conclude, form an opinion, pass an opinion, pass judgment, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, sit in judgment.

~Judge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try, doom, pass sentence upon.

~2.~ Consider, regard, think, esteem, reckon, account, deem, believe, hold, suppose, imagine.

~3.~ Appreciate, estimate, form an opinion about.

~Judgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Discernment, understanding, intelligence, discrimination, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, ballast, depth, sense, mother-wit, quick parts, common sense, good sense, long head.

~2.~ Determination, decision, conclusion, opinion, notion, estimate.

~3.~ (_Law._) Sentence, award, decree.

~Judgment-day~, _n._ Day of judgment, the last day.

~Judgment-seat~, _n._ Tribunal, court, bar, bench.

~Judicature~, _n._ ~1.~ Administration of justice.

~2.~ Jurisdiction.

~Judicial~, _a._ Juridical, forensic.

~Judiciary~, _n._ Body of judges.

~Judicious~, _a._ Sensible, wise, prudent, discreet, considerate, rational, reasonable, enlightened, sagacious, provident, sober, sound, staid, solid, cool, politic.

~Jug~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Pitcher, ewer.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Prison, jail, TOLLBOOTH, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction.

~Juggle~, _v. n._ Conjure, play tricks, practise jugglery, practise magic or sorcery.

~Juggle~, _n._ Trick, imposture, imposition, deception, cheat, fraud.

~Juggler~, _n._ Sorcerer, magician, seer, conjurer, enchanter, charmer, wizard, necromancer, exorcist, diviner.

~Jugglery~, _n._ Legerdemain, trickery, imposture, deceit sleight of hand.

~Juice~, _n._ Sap, fluid part.

~Juiceless~, _a._ Sapless, dry.

~Juicy~, _a._ Succulent, moist, watery, sappy, lush, full of juice.

~Jumble~, _v. a._ Mix confusedly, throw together in disorder.

~Jumble~, _n._ Disorder, confusion, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, olio, OLLA PODRIDA, confused mass, disorderly mixture.

~Jump~, _v. a._ Jump over, leap over, skip over, pass by a leap.

~Jump~, _v. n._ Leap, spring, bound, skip, hop, vault, CAPER.

~Jump~, _n._ Leap, spring, bound, hop, vault, CAPER.

~Junction~, _n._ ~1.~ Joining, union, combination, connection, linking, coupling.

~2.~ Juncture, joint, place of meeting.

~Juncture~, _n._ ~1.~ Joint, junction.

~2.~ Conjuncture, crisis, exigency.

~June-berry~, _n._ ~1.~ Shad-bush, shad-berry (_Amelanchier Canadensis_).

~2.~ Service-berry (_the fruit of the shad-bush_).

~Jungle~, _n._ Thicket (_of brushwood, shrubs, and woods_), brake.

~Junior~, _a._ Younger.

~Junket~, _n._ Sweetmeat, delicacy.

~Junto~, _n._ CABAL, faction, combination (_against a government_), party, COTERIE, CLIQUE, set, gang, league, confederacy, secret council.

~Juridical~, _a._ Judicial, forensic.

~Jurisconsult~, _n._ Jurist, civilian, counsellor, lawyer.

~Jurisdiction~, _n._ Judicature, extent of authority, legal power.

~Jurisprudence~, _n._ Science of law.

~Jurist~, _n._ Civilian, jurisconsult, lawyer, counsellor.

~Juror~, _n._ Juryman.

~Juryman~, _n._ Juror.

~Just~, _a._ ~1.~ Equitable, right, rightful, lawful, reasonable.

~2.~ Honest, fair, upright, righteous, blameless, pure, conscientious, uncorrupt, virtuous, honorable, impartial, even-handed, straightforward.

~3.~ Exact, true, proper, accurate, correct, normal, regular.

~4.~ Deserved, merited, condign, suitable, due.

~Just~, _ad._ Exactly, precisely.

~Just now~, Very recently, a moment ago.

~Justice~, _n._ ~1.~ Equity, equitableness, right, justness, fairness, impartiality, rectitude, fair play.

~2.~ Judge, justiciary.

~Justiciary~, _n._ Judge, justice.

~Justifiable~, _a._ Defensible, warrantable, vindicable, right, fit, proper.

~Justification~, _n._ ~1.~ Vindication, defence, exculpation, exoneration.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Absolution, sanctification, remission of sin.

~Justify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vindicate, warrant, defend, maintain, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, set right.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Absolve, acquit, free from sin, clear from guilt.

~3.~ (_Printing._) Adjust.

~Justle~, _v. a._ [Written also _Jostle_.] ~1.~ Collide, strike against, hit against.

~2.~ Shake (_by hitting_), joggle.

~Justness~, _n._ ~1.~ Justice, equity, equitableness, fairness, right.

~2.~ Exactness, accuracy, propriety.

~Jut~, _v. n._ Project, protrude, stand out, jut out.

~Jut out~, _v. n._ Project, JUT.

~Juvenile~, _a._ Young, youthful, childish.

~Juxtaposition~, _n._ Proximity, contiguity, contact.

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~Kale~, _n._ Colewort.

~Kamachi~, _n._ Horned-screamer (_Palamedea cornuta_).

~Kamsin~, _n._ Simoon, simoom, samiel.

~Keen~, _a._ ~1.~ Eager, zealous, ardent, earnest, fervid, vehement.

~2.~ Sharp, acute, with a fine edge.

~3.~ Piercing, penetrating, cutting.

~4.~ Severe, bitter, poignant, acrimonious, caustic.

~5.~ Shrewd, discerning, quick, sagacious, astute, keen-sighted, keen- eyed, clear-sighted, long-headed.

~Keen-eyed~, _a._ Keen, keen-sighted, sharp-sighted.

~Keenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Ardor, vehemence, eagerness, earnestness, fervor.

~2.~ Sharpness, acuteness.

~3.~ Severity, rigor, sternness.

~4.~ Poignancy, causticity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness.

~5.~ Shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness.

~Keen-sighted~, _a._ Keen, sharp-sighted, keen-eyed.

~Keep~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retain, detain, hold, hold fast.

~2.~ Preserve, maintain, continue.

~3.~ Restrain, withhold.

~4.~ Guard, protect, take care of.

~5.~ Fulfil, observe, adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by.

~6.~ Celebrate, honor, solemnize, commemorate, do honor to.

~7.~ Sustain, support, maintain.

~Keep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Continue, remain.

~2.~ Stay, abide, lodge, dwell.

~3.~ Endure, last.

~Keep~, _n._ Stronghold, donjon.

~Keep an eye on~, Watch, mark, observe, have an eye on.

~Keep dark~, Keep one's own counsel, seal the lips, not breathe a syllable about it, keep the matter to one's self.

~Keep under~, Control, restrain, keep in subjection.

~Keeping~, _n._ ~1.~ Care, custody, charge, guardianship.

~2.~ Support, maintenance, feed.

~3.~ Harmony, conformity, congruity, consistency, agreement.

~Kelp~, _n._ ~1.~ Barilla, carbonate of soda (_impure_).

~2.~ Sea-weed (_from which barilla is made_).

~Ken~, _n._ View, cognizance, sight.

~Kennel~, _n._ ~1.~ Dog-house.

~2.~ Pack of hounds.

~3.~ Hole (_of a wild animal_), haunt.

~4.~ Gutter.

~Kennel~, _v. n._ Dwell (_as a dog_), lodge, harbor, take shelter.

~Kestrel~, _n._ Windhover, castrel, stannel (_Falco tinnunculus_).

~Key~, _n._ ~1.~ Clew, guide, explanation, solution, elucidation, CLAVIS.

~2.~ Tonic, key-note, fundamental note, first note of the scale.

~Key-note~, _n._ Tonic, KEY.

~Khan~, _n._ ~1.~ Cham, sovereign prince (_of Tartary_).

~2.~ CARAVANSARY.

~Kick the beam~, Be outweighed, be overbalanced, be overpoised, be the lighter.

~Kick up a dust~, [_Colloquial._] Make a commotion.

~Kid~, _n._ ~1.~ Young goat.

~2.~ Kit, small tub.

~Kidnap~, _v. a._ Abduct (_any human being_), carry off, steal away, run off with.

~Kidnapping~, _n._ Man-stealing, abduction.

~Kill~, _v. a._ Slay, slaughter, murder, despatch, ASSASSINATE, carry off, put to death, deprive of life, make away with, give one one's quietus, give a death-blow to.

~Kilt~, _n._ Fillibeg.

~Kin~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship (_by blood or by marriage_), consanguinity, affinity.

~2.~ Relation, relative, kindred, kinsfolk, connection.

~Kin~, _a._ Related, allied, kindred, akin, congenial, cognate, of the same nature, of the same kind, of the same family.

~Kind~, _a._ Benevolent, beneficent, benignant, humane, gracious, friendly, kindly, complacent, complaisant, generous, obliging, bounteous, accommodating, philanthropic, compassionate, mild, benign, clement, good, amiable, charitable, gentle, lenient, indulgent, forbearing, tender, sympathetic, bland, affectionate, loving, good- natured, tender-hearted, kind-hearted.

~Kind~, _n._ ~1.~ Race, genus, family, breed, species, set, class.

~2.~ Sort, nature, character, manner, description, style.

~Kind-hearted~, _a._ KIND, tender-hearted.

~Kind-heartedness~, _n._ Kindness, kindliness.

~Kindle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Light, ignite, enkindle, inflame, set fire to, set on fire.

~2.~ Excite, rouse, awaken, provoke, incite, stimulate, animate, whet, fire, exasperate, foment, enrage, set on, stir up, work up.

~Kindle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take fire.

~2.~ Get excited, grow warm, fly into a passion.

~Kindliness~, _n._ ~1.~ Benignity, kindness, benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, kind-heartedness, good- nature, good feeling, fellow-feeling.

~2.~ Mildness, softness, gentleness.

~Kindly~, _a._ ~1.~ Natural, homogeneal, congenial, kindred, proper, appropriate.

~2.~ Sympathetic, benevolent, gracious, KIND.

~Kindness~, _n._ ~1.~ Benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feeling.

~2.~ Kind act, good turn, kind office.

~Kindred~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship, affinity, consanguinity.

~2.~ Relations, relatives, kin, kinsfolk, kinsmen.

~Kindred~, _a._ Related, cognate, allied, kin, congenial, akin, of the same kind, of the same nature, of the same family.

~King~, _n._ Sovereign, monarch.

~Kingbird~, _n._ Tyrant fly-catcher (_Muscicapa tyrannus_ or _Tyrannus intrepidus_).

~King-crab~, _n._ Horse-shoe, horse-foot, horse-shoe crab.

~King cup~, _n._ Buttercup, golden cup.

~Kingdom~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereignty, empire, dominion, supremacy, dynasty, sovereign power, rule, monarchy, supreme power.

~2.~ Realm, empire, state, nation.

~3.~ Tract, region.

~4.~ Division, department.

~Kingly~, _a._ ~1.~ Royal, regal, monarchical, imperial.

~2.~ Noble, august, imposing, splendid, magnificent, grand.

~King of terrors~, DEATH.

~King's-English~, _n._ Pure English.

~King's-evil~, _n._ Scrofula, struma.

~Kingship~, _n._ Royalty, monarchy.

~King's-yellow~, _n._ Yellow orpiment, yellow sulphuret of arsenic.

~Kink~, _n._ ~1.~ Twist, knot, entanglement.

~2.~ Whim, crotchet.

~Kinsfolk~, _n._ Relations, relatives, kin, kindred, kinsmen.

~Kinsman~, _n._ Relative, relation.

~Kiss~, _v. a._ Salute, greet with a kiss.

~Kiss~, _n._ Salute.

~Kit~, _n._ ~1.~ Kid, small tub (_as for pickled mackerel_).

~2.~ Small pail.

~3.~ Outfit, working implements.

~4.~ Violin (_small_), fiddle.

~Kleptomania~, _n._ Thievishness, klopemania propensity to steal, mania for stealing.

~Klopemanla~, _n._ KLEPTOMANIA.

~Knack~, _n._ ~1.~ Toy, plaything, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, trifle, JIGGUMBOB.

~2.~ Dexterity, adroitness, dexterousness, skill, skilfulness, facility, aptness, aptitude, quickness, readiness, address, expertness.

~Knag~, _n._ Knot (_in wood_).

~Knaggy~, _a._ Knotty, gnarled.

~Knarl~, _n._ Knot, knob, snag.

~Knarled~, _a._ Knotty, knotted, knurly, gnarled.

~Knave~, _n._ ~1.~ Villain, rascal, scoundrel, rogue, cheat, caitiff, swindler, sharper, trickster, scamp, scapegrace, SCALAWAG.

~2.~ Jack (_of cards_).

~Knavery~, _n._ Villany, rascality, fraud, knavishness, dishonesty, criminality, trickery, wickedness.

~Knavish~, _a._ Dishonest, unprincipled, fraudulent, trickish, TRICKY, roguish.

~Knavishness~, _n._ KNAVERY, dishonesty, wickedness.

~Kneepan~, _n._ Patella.

~Knick-knack~, _n._ Toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, knack, JIGGUMBOB.

~Knight~, _n._ Cavalier, chevalier, horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian.

~Knight-errantry~, _n._ Chivalry, knighthood.

~Knighthood~, _n._ Chivalry, knight-errantry.

~Knit~, _v. a._ Join, unite, connect.

~Knob~, _n._ Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, STUD.

~Knock~, _n._ ~1.~ Rap (_as at a door_), clap.

~2.~ Blow, slap, cuff, buffet, box.

~Knock~, _v. n._ Rap (_as at a door_).

~Knock~, _v. a._ Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.

~Knock down~, ~1.~ Fell, prostrate.

~2.~ Knock off (_by auction_).

~Knock under~, Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.

~Knock up~, [_Colloquial._] Fatigue, beat out, weary, exhaust, tire, fag.

~Knoll~, _n._ Hillock, mound.

~Knot~, _n._ ~1.~ Entanglement, complication.