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Inalterable

Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable.

Inane

That which is void or empty.

Inanimate

Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.

Inanimated

Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.

Inanimation

Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.

Inanitiate

To produce inanition in; to exhaust for lack of nourishment.

Inanition

The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.

Inantherate

Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.

Inapathy

Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy.

Inappeasable

Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.

Inapplicability

The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.

Inapplicable

Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case.

Inapplication

Lack of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence.

Inapposite

Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.

Inappreciable

Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.

Inapproachable

Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled.

Inappropriate

Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.

Inapt

Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.

Inaquate

Embodied in, or changed into, water.

Inarch

To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach.

Inarticulated

Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.

Inartificial

Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character.

Inasmuch

In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep.

Inattention

Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

Inattentive

Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.

Inaudible

Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.

Inauration

The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

Inauspicious

Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

Inbarge

To embark; to go or put into a barge.

Inbeing

Inherence; inherent existence.

Inboard

Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard engine; an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.

Inborn

Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; congenital; as, inborn passions.

Inbred

Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.

Inc

A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.

Inca

An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.

Incage

To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up.

Incalculable

Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great; as, his action did incalculable harm.

Incalescence

The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm.

Incameration

The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.

Incan

Of or pertaining to the Incas.

Incandescence

A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

Incandescent

White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.

Incanton

To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.

Incapable

One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

Incapableness

The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.

Incapacious

Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul.

Incapacitation

The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.

Incapsulation

The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.

Incarnate

To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound.

Incarnative

Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. An incarnative medicine.

Incarnification

The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.

Incase

To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

Incask

To cover with a casque or as with a casque.

Incautious

Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.

Incavation

Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an excavation; a depression.

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