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505 words match “TIRE”

HOLOSTRACA n.
A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.
HYDROSPHERE n.
The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere.
IAMBIC n.
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
IGUANODON n.
ng a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.
INCH v.
To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly. With slow paces measures back the field, And inches to the walls. Dryden.
INDIFFERENCE n.
f anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs. Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are highest importance. Addison.
INFALLIBLE a.
Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. Dryden.
INFREQUENCE; INFREQUENCY n.
The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion. [R.] The solitude and infrequency of the place. Bp. Hall.
INTACT a.
ly by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire. Buckle. When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul. F. W. Robertson.
INTEGRAL a. 2 definitions
Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire. A local motion keepeth bodies integral. Bacon.
INTEGRALITY n.
Entireness. [Obs.] Whitaker.
INTEGRANT a.
Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. Boyle. All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke. Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division.…
INTEGRATE v. 2 definitions
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. "That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire." De Quincey. Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man. South.
INTEGRATION n.
The act or process of making whole or entire.
INTEGRITY n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More.
INTEGROPALLIAL a.
Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.
INTERMISSION n.
ce of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
INTRAPARIETAL a.
tuated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Roll
ISAGELOUS; ISAGEL n. 2 definitions
formation, as isagelous sentences. The coded message and the original, though appearing entirely unlike, are completely isagelous. Bacon The complementary strands have isagelous sequences. J. D. Watson. -- Isagel I*sag"e*lous (i*sâg"ê*lûs), a. Etym: [Is- + Gr. a`gelos information.]
JACK n.
st Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is…
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