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INTERCURRENCE n.
A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.
INTERCURRENT a. 4 definitions
Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.
INTERFERENCE n. 3 definitions
The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.
INTERRENAL a. 2 definitions
Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. -- n.
INTRENCH v. 3 definitions
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. It was this very sword intrenched it. Shak. His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton.
INTRENCHANT a.
Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.] As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.
INTRENCHMENT n. 4 definitions
The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
IRENARCH n.
empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also eirenarch.]
IRENIC; IRENICAL a.
Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. Bp. Hall.
IRENICON n.
A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church. South.
IRENICS n.
securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology. Schaff-Herzog.
IRRENOWNED a.
Not renowned. [Obs.]
IRREVERENCE n.
The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
IRREVEREND a.
Irreverent. [Obs.] Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype.
IRREVERENT a.
Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.
IRREVERENTLY adv.
In an irreverent manner.
ISOPRENE n.
An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.C5H8 -- unsaturated, and used to make synthetic rubber by polymerization. In organic chemistry, viewed conceptually as the building block of the terpene series of hydrocarbons
JAPAN CURRENT n.
A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream…
KRENG n.
See Krang.
KYNURENIC a.
the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid. [Written also cynurenic.]
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