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Indignant

Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.

Indignify

To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn.

Indignity

Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.

Indigo

Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.

Indigofera

A genus of leguminous plants (family Leguminosae) having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, Indigofera suffroticosa, and Indigofera Anil.

Indigometer

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis.

Indigometry

The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.

Indigotic

Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.

Indihumin

A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.

Indin

A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.

Indirection

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.

Indirectly

In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.

Indirectness

The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

Indiretin

A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

Indirubin

A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.

Indiscernible

Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.

Indiscriminate

Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous.

Indispensableness

The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary.

Indisputable

Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.

Indissolvable

Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable of separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union.

Indistancy

Lack of distance or separation; nearness.

Indistinction

Lack of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.

Indistinctly

In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.

Indistinctness

The quality or condition of being indistinct; lack of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision.

Indistinguishable

Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.

Indistinguishing

Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities.

Indisturbance

Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.

Inditch

To bury in, or cast into, a ditch.

Indite

To compose; to write, as a poem.

Indium

A rare metallic element, of atomic number 49, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium (valence +3). Symbol In. Atomic weight, 114.82.

Individual

A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.

Individualization

The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation.

Individualize

To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties of things.

Individually

In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself; as, every person must apply individually for admission.

Individuate

To distinguish from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate.

Individuation

The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.

Indivinity

Lack or absence of divine power or of divinity.

Indivisibility

The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability.

Indo-Aryan

A member of one of the native races of India of Aryan speech and blood, characterized by tall stature, dolichocephaly, fair complexion with dark hair and eyes, plentiful beard, and narrow and prominent nose.

Indo-Briton

A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste.

Indo-English

Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.

Indo-European

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.

Indoaniline

Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes.

Indocibility

The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.

Indocible

Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile.

Indocile

Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

Indocility

The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness.

Indoctrinate

To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to teach; -- often followed by in.

Indoctrination

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information.

Indogen

A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo.

Indogenide

Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus.

Indoin

A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.

Indol Indole

A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction; chemically, it is 2,3-benzopyrrole, a bicyclic heterocyclic compound, having a benzene ring fused to a pyrrole ring. It is also formed from proteinaceous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora. It is produced in rich growth media by the intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli.

indoleacetic acid

A plant hormone (C10H9NO2) recognized as the principle growth regulator in higher plants; called also heteroauxin. Abbreviated IAA. Chemically it is 1H-indole-3-acetic acid.

Indoles

Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.

Indolin

A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.

indomethacin

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic substance (C19H16ClNO4) prepared synthetically and used for the treatment of pain and arthritis. It blocks prostaglandin biosynthesis. Chemically, it is 1-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole-3-acetic acid.

Indomitable

Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal.

Indomite

Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild.

Indonesian

A member of a race forming the chief pre-Malay population of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants. According to Keane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affinities, from mixture with whom sprang the Indonesian race.

Indoor

Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.

Indoors

Within the house; -- sometimes separated, in doors.

Indophenol

Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper, the parent compound of the dye series, is a quinonimine derivative with the formula C12H9NO2.

Indorsable

Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.

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