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623 words match “ROKE”

INDISSOLUBLE a.
Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant. To the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble tie Forever knit. Shak.
INDIVISIBLE a.
Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." Dryden.
INDUCTION n.
ed, when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; -- called also inductorium, and Ruhmkorff's coil. -- Induction pipe, port, or valve, a pipe, passageway, or v…
INFLICTER n.
One who inflicts. Godis the sole and immadiate inflicter of such strokes. South.
INFRACT a.
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] Chapman.
INFRACTIBLE a.
Capable of being broken.[R.]
INFRANGIBLE a.
Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms. [He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band Infrangible. Pope.
INSOLATION n.
A sunstroke.
INSURANCE n.
it becomes due at the time specified. -- Fire insurance. See under Fire. -- Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance. -- Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. -- Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document containi…
INTEGRITY n.
The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More.
INTEMPERANCE n.
none, neither abuse any by intemperance. Jer. Taylor. Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die, By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks. Milton.
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE a.
or automobile vehicles, boats, etc. Most internal-combustion engines use the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water jacket (water…
INTERRUPT p.
Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.
INTERRUPTED a.
Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
INVERSION n.
h cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
INVIOLABLE a.
Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. Their almighty Maker first ordained And bound them with inviolable bands. Spenser. And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. Shak.
INVIOLATE; INVIOLATED a.
Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.
IRON a.
Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious. "Him death's iron sleep oppressed." Philips.
IRON-GRAY a.
Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken. -- n.
IROQUOIAN a.
h, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as…
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