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Indazole

A bicyclic nitrogenous compound, C7H6N2, analogous to indole, having a benzene ring fused to a pyrazole ring; called also indazol and benzopyrazole. It can be produced from a diazo derivative of cinnamic acid.

Inde

Azure-colored; of a bright blue color.

Indebt

To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly used in the participle indebted.

Indebted

Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.

Indecent

Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.

Indeciduous

Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial. Opposite of deciduous.

Indecimable

Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.

Indecipherable

Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved.

Indecision

Lack of decision; lack of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

Indeclinable

Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun. An indeclinable word.

Indecomposable

Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.

Indecorous

Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.

Indeed

In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of senses. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies.

Indefatigable

Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application.

Indefatigably

Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.

Indefeasible

Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title.

Indefectible

Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay.

Indefinable

Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable.

Indefinitely

In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely.

Indefinitude

Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite.

Indehiscent

Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.

Indelicacy

The quality of being indelicate; lack of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.

Indelicate

Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.

Indemnification

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified.

Indenizen

To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.

Indent

A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

Indentation

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

Indented

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

Indenting

Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

Indenture

To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

indentured

Bound by contract to work for another for a specified period of time.

Independent

One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

Indeprivable

Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.

Indescribably

In an indescribable manner; to a degree impossible to desribe; as, indescribably beautiful.

Indestructible

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; as, the Russian harvesters had primitive electronics, but they were built so sturdily they were almost indestructible.

Indeterminate

Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years.

Index

To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.

indexation

a system of economic regulation in which wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to compenaste for the effects of inflation.

Indexical

Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.

Indexterity

Lack of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness.

India

A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.

Indiadem

To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.

Indiaman

A large vessel in the India trade.

Indian

A native or inhabitant of India.

Indicant

That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.

Indicated

Shown; denoted; registered; measured.

Indicatively

In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.

Indicatory

Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

Indicatrix

A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic.

Indicavit

A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.

Indicia

Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.

Indicolite

A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.

Indictable

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

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