English words: I

831 words under I; 301–400 on this page.

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• incredible adjective (incredible)
  So amazing that it is hard to believe: an incredible trick.
• incredibly adverb (incredibly)
  Incredibly means extremely or very, very: «It was incredibly cold».
• incredulity noun (incredulity — uncountable)
  Not being able to believe something; great surprise and disbelief.
• incredulous adjective (incredulous, more incredulous, most incredulous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not able or not willing to believe something; showing that you do not believe it: an incredulous look.
• increment nounJewish tradition
  An increase, or something added.
• incubate verb (incubate, incubates, incubated, incubating)
  To keep eggs warm so they will hatch, as a bird does by sitting on them or as a machine does.
• incubation noun (incubation — uncountable; an incubation period)
  Incubation is keeping eggs warm so they can develop and hatch.
• incubator noun (an incubator, incubators)
  An incubator is a machine that keeps eggs warm so they can hatch.
• incumbent noun (an incumbent, incumbents); adjective…
  The incumbent is the person who holds an official job right now, such as a president, mayor or member of parliament.
• incur verb (incur, incurs, incurred, incurring)
  To have something bad happen to you because of what you did, such as a cost, a fine, a loss or someone's anger.
• incurable adjective (incurable; incurably adv.)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An incurable illness cannot be cured: doctors cannot make it go away, though they may help the person feel better.
• incurably adverb (incurably)
  In a way that cannot be cured or made better by medicine.
• incursion noun (an incursion, incursions; formal)
  A sudden attack on or invasion of a place, often short.
• indaba noun (an indaba, indabas)
  An important meeting or conference to discuss something, originally a gathering of Zulu or Xhosa people.
• indebted adjective (indebted, be indebted to)
  Owing thanks to someone for help or kindness: I am indebted to you for my life.
• indebtedness nounJewish tradition
  The state of owing thanks or money to someone.
• indeed adverb (indeed)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Indeed is used to make something stronger, meaning «really» or «truly», as in «very good indeed».
• indefinable adjectiveJewish tradition
  Not able to be described or explained exactly.
• indefinite adjective
  Not clear or exact: an indefinite answer.
• indefinitely adverb (indefinitely)
  Indefinitely means for a time that has no fixed end; we do not know when it will stop.
• indent verb (indent, indents, indented, indenting); noun…
  To indent means to start a line of writing a little way in from the margin, as at the start of a new paragraph.
• independence noun (independence — uncountable)
  Independence is being free to do things for yourself without needing help or being controlled by others.
• independent adjective…
  Able to do things for yourself without needing help from others.
• independently adverb (independently)
  On your own, without help from others.
• indestructible adjective (indestructible); noun indestructibility
  Indestructible means impossible to break or destroy.
• indeterminable adjective (indeterminable)
  Indeterminable means impossible to find out, measure or decide exactly.
• indeterminate adjective (indeterminate)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Indeterminate means not exactly known, fixed or clear; vague.
• index noun (an index, indexes or indices); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An index is an alphabetical list at the back of a book that shows on which pages each topic can be found.
• indian adjective / noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  From or to do with India, a large country in South Asia: Indian food, Indian languages.
• indicate verb (indicate, indicates, indicated, indicating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To show or point to something.
• indication noun (an indication, indications)
  A sign that shows something is true or will happen: Dark clouds are an indication of rain.
• indicative adjective (indicative); noun (the indicative, in grammar)
  If something is indicative of something else, it shows or suggests it: «A high temperature is indicative of an infection».
• indicator noun (an indicator, indicators)
  An indicator is something that shows or points to what is happening or what is true, like a sign or measurement.
• indictment nounJewish tradition
  A formal written charge accusing someone of a wrong.
• indifference noun (indifference, uncountable)
  Indifference is not caring or not being interested in something or someone.
• indifferent adjective (indifferent; indifferently adv.)
  If you are indifferent to something, you do not care about it or are not interested in it.
• indigenous adjective (indigenous)
  Indigenous people are the first people known to live in a place, and their descendants, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
• indigestible adjective (indigestible)
  Food that is hard or impossible for the stomach to break down.
• indigestion noun (indigestion)
  A pain or uneasy feeling in the stomach after eating, especially too much or too fast.
• indignant adjective (indignant)
  Angry because something is unfair or rude: an indignant reply.
• indignantly adverb
  In an angry, offended way, because you think something is unfair or insulting.
• indignation noun (indignation)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Strong anger at something that is unfair, rude or wrong.
• indignity noun (indignity, indignities)
  Treatment that makes a person feel shamed or lowered in front of others.
• indigo noun (indigo — uncountable); adjective (indigo)
  A deep blue-purple colour, one of the seven colours named in the rainbow (between blue and violet).
• indirect adjective (indirect)
  Not going straight: an indirect route.
• indirectly adverb (indirectly)
  Not straight from the source; by way of someone or something else: I heard the news indirectly.
• indiscriminately adverb (indiscriminately)
  Without choosing carefully; at random or in a careless way.
• indispensable adjective (indispensable)
  Indispensable means so important or useful that you cannot manage without it.
• indisposed adjective
  Slightly ill, so not able to come or work.
• indisposition noun (an indisposition, indispositions; formal)
  A slight illness, like a cold or upset stomach, that stops you doing something.
• indistinct adjective (indistinct, more indistinct); adverb…
  Not clear or sharp; hard to see, hear or remember clearly.
• indistinguishable adjective…
  So alike that you cannot tell them apart.
• individual adjective; noun (an individual, individuals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Single and separate; for one person or thing only.
• individually adverb (individually)everyday · Jewish tradition
  One at a time, separately, not as a group.
• indivisible adjective (indivisible)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not able to be divided or separated into parts.
• indoctrination noun (indoctrination; no plural)
  Indoctrination is teaching someone to accept ideas or beliefs without questioning them or thinking for themselves.
• indolence noun (indolence — uncountable; formal)
  Laziness; not wanting to work or make an effort.
• indonesian adjective (Indonesian); noun…
  From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia made of thousands of islands.
• indoor adjective (indoor)
  Indoor means happening, used or found inside a building, not outside.
• indoors adverb (indoors); adjective indoor (an indoor pool)
  Indoors means inside a building, not outside.
• indri noun (an indri, indris)
  An indri is the largest kind of lemur, a black-and-white tree-living animal found only in the rainforests of Madagascar, famous for its…
• induce verb (induce, induces, induced, inducing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To cause something to happen, as in «Some medicines induce sleep».
• inducement noun (an inducement, inducements) — formal
  Something that persuades or encourages someone to do something, such as a reward or a bribe.
• induction noun (an induction, inductions; induction — uncountable)
  An induction is a meeting or short course that introduces new people to a job, school or club.
• indulge verb (indulge, indulges, indulged, indulging); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To let yourself do or have something you enjoy, especially as a treat: indulge in chocolate.
• indulgence noun (plural indulgences)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Indulgence is letting someone have what they want, being kind and not strict with them.
• indulgent adjective (indulgent, more indulgent, most indulgent)
  Letting someone have or do what they want, even when it might not be good for them; too kind and not strict: indulgent parents.
• industrial adjective (industrial)
  Industrial means to do with factories, making goods, and industry.
• industrialisation noun…
  The change of a country or area from farming and handwork to factories, machines and big industry.
• industrious adjective (industrious, more industrious, most industrious)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hard-working; always busy and putting in steady effort.
• industriously adverb (comparative: more industriously)
  Industriously means working hard, steadily and with great effort, without stopping to rest.
• industry noun (industry — uncountable; an industry, industries)
  The work of making goods in factories: heavy industry.
• inedible adjective (inedible)
  Not fit or safe to eat, because it is poisonous, rotten or not food at all.
• ineffable adjectiveJewish tradition
  Too great to be put into words or spoken.
• ineffective adjective
  Not working well or not giving the result you want: an ineffective medicine.
• inelegant adjectiveJewish tradition
  Not graceful or smooth; clumsy.
• inert adjective (inert)
  Not moving and without strength or life.
• inertia noun (inertia — uncountable)
  The way an object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed in a straight line until a force changes it.
• inestimable adjective (inestimable; formal)
  Too great to be measured or counted.
• inevitability noun (inevitability, inevitabilities)
  Inevitability is the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.
• inevitable adjective (inevitable); adverb «inevitably»; noun «the…
  Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop.
• inevitably adverb (inevitably)
  In a way that cannot be avoided or stopped; as you would expect.
• inexactitude noun…
  Being not exact or not correct; a small mistake: inexactitude in the measurements.
• inexhaustible adjective
  Inexhaustible means so large that it never runs out; there is always more.
• inexorable adjective
  Inexorable means impossible to stop, change or move by begging.
• inexpensive adjective (inexpensive; inexpensively adv.)
  Not costing a lot of money; cheap, but in a polite or positive way.
• inexperienced adjective (inexperienced)
  Inexperienced means not having much knowledge or skill in something because you have not done it much.
• inextricable adjectiveJewish tradition
  So tightly tangled together that it cannot be separated.
• infallible adjective (infallible; infallibly adv.; infallibility noun)
  Never wrong; never making a mistake.
• infamy nounJewish tradition
  Very bad reputation, lasting shame.
• infancy noun (infancy, uncountable)
  Infancy is the time when someone is a baby or very young child.
• infant noun (an infant, infants); adjective (infant)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An infant is a baby or a very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk well.
• infantry noun…
  Soldiers who fight on foot, as opposed to soldiers on horses, in tanks, ships or planes.
• infect verb (infect, infects, infected, infecting)
  To give someone a disease by passing germs to them.
• infected adjective; verb…
  Having harmful germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) growing in it, like an infected cut that is red, swollen and sore.
• infection noun (an infection, infections; infection, uncountable)
  An infection is an illness caused by germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) getting into your body.
• infectious adjective (infectious, more infectious, most infectious)
  An infectious disease can be passed from one person or animal to another, through germs in the air, water, food or touch.
• infer verb (infer, infers, inferred, inferring); noun: inferenceeveryday · Jewish tradition
  To work out something that is not said directly, using clues and what you already know.
• inference noun (an inference, inferences)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An idea or answer you work out from clues or facts, not from being told directly.
• inferior adjective (inferior); noun (an inferior, inferiors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Inferior means not as good as something else, or of poor quality.

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