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7,753 words match “INC”

INCONTINENTLY adv. 2 definitions
In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites.
INCONTRACTED a.
Uncontracted. [Obs.] Blackwall.
INCONTROLLABLE a.
Not controllable; uncontrollable. -- In`con*trol"la*bly, adv. South.
INCONTROVERTIBILITY n.
The state or condition of being incontrovertible.
INCONTROVERTIBLE a.
Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. Sir T. Browne. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.
INCONVENIENCE n. 3 definitions
The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker.
INCONVENIENCY n.
Inconvenience.
INCONVENIENT a. 2 definitions
uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.
INCONVENIENTLY adv.
In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.
INCONVERSABLE a.
Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]
INCONVERSANT a.
Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
INCONVERTED a.
Not turned or changed about. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INCONVERTIBILITY n.
The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.
INCONVERTIBLE a.
ble of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.
INCONVERTIBLENESS n.
Inconvertibility.
INCONVERTIBLY adv.
In an inconvertible manner.
INCONVINCIBLE a.
Not convincible; incapable of being convinced. None are so inconvincible as your half-witted people. Gov. of the Tongue.
INCONVINCIBLY adv.
In a manner not admitting of being convinced.
INCONY a.
Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.] Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak.
INCOORDINATE; INCOOERDINATE a.
Not coördinate.
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