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1,000+ words match “GENERA”

INGRAIN a. 6 definitions
Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. -- Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
INHERITANCE n. 6 definitions
Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
INITIATORY a. 3 definitions
imentary. Some initiatory treatises in the law. Herbert. Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason.
IN REM n. 2 definitions
o be available over its subject without reference to one person more than another, or, as generally expressed, a right competent, or available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not alone rights over physical property, but all rights available against all persons indifferently, as those of life, liberty, and r…
INSECTA n. 3 definitions
In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
INSESSORES n.
An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.
INSIDE n. 6 definitions
Mech.), callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc. -- Inside finish (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, an…
INSPECTOR n.
n, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer. Inspector general (Mil.), a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police,…
INTELLIGENCE n. 6 definitions
Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath, nCourt of Love.
INTENSION n. 3 definitions
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; - - opposed to extension, extent, or sphere. This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton.
INTENTION n. 5 definitions
dual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention (Logic), a conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness. -- To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound,…
INTERDICT v. 5 definitions
ual. An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. Ayliffe.
INTEREST n. 9 definitions
Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. Divisions hinder the common interest and public good. Sir W. Temple. When interest calls of all her sneaking train. Pope.
INTERFERENCE n. 3 definitions
under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superpositi…
INTEROSCULANT a. 2 definitions
Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.
INTERPELLATE v.
mperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.
INTERPRETATION n. 5 definitions
The act or process of applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
IODISM n.
by the use of iodine and its compounds, and characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation, with a pustular eruption upon the skin.
IRIDACEOUS; IRIDEOUS a.
or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceæ), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.
IRONMONGERY n.
Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron. Gwilt.
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