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Ibsenism
The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.
Illegitimatize
To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Ill-lived
Leading a wicked life.
ill-sorted
not well matched.
Imaret
A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.
Imbower
See .
Imbursement
The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.
Imbution
An imbuing.
Imitatrix
An imitatress.
Immensurate
Unmeasured; unlimited.
Immethodically
Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
Impardonable
Unpardonable.
Impellent
Having the quality of impelling.
Imperator
A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word .
Imperishable
Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently;
Impertransible
Incapable of being passed through.
Impregnable
Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.
Impuberal
Not having arrived at puberty; immature.
Inarticulately
In an inarticulate manner.
Inaugural
An inaugural address.
Inconsecutiveness
The state or quality of not being consecutive.
Incriminatory
Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.
Incurrent
Characterized by a current which flows inward; .
Indicia
Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.
Indolently
In an indolent manner.
Indusial
Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larv of certain insects.
Inerrableness
Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility.
Inexposure
A state of not being exposed.
Infestivity
Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness.
Inflexibly
In an inflexible manner.
Infrangibleness
The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.
Infusive
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
Ingluvious
Gluttonous.
Inhabitate
To inhabit.
Inhere
To be inherent; to stick (); to be fixed in or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
Iniquitously
In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.
initialize
to assign an initial value to (a variable or set of variables in a computer program); .
Initiatory
An introductory act or rite.
Innubilous
Cloudless.
Inquietation
Disturbance.
Instimulate
Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.
Institute
Established; organized; founded.
Instructible
Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible.
Insume
To take in; to absorb.
Insupposable
Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.
Intelligencing
Informing; giving information; talebearing.
Interact
To act upon each other; .
Interamnian
Situated between rivers.
Intercede
To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
Interlucate
To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.
Intermandibular
Between the mandibles; interramal; .
Intermutation
Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
Internationale
a revolutionary socialist anthem.
Interoperculum
The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.
Interpret
To act as an interpreter.
intestable
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.
Intransigentes
The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.
Intraparietal
Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
Inurbanity
Lack of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.
inventorying
the act or process of making an inventory; making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand.
invigilator
someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating.
Invitatory
Using or containing invitations.
Ipomic
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of ), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid.
Ironmonger
A dealer in iron or hardware.
Irrecoverable
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; .
Irrelation
The quality or state of being irrelative; lack of connection or relation.
Isapostolic
Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.
Isentropic
Having equal entropy.
Ishmaelitish
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.
Isoperimetrical
Having equal perimeters of circumferences; .
Isopiestic
Having equal pressure.
Isosporous
Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns.
I. W. W.
Industrial Workers of the World (the name of two American labor organizations, one of which advocates syndicalism)