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.
Indolence.
In an indolent manner.
Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.
A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.
Indomitable.
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.
Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal.
Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild.
Indomitable.
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.
Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.
Within the house; -- sometimes separated, in doors.
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.
Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.
Indorsement.
See Addorsed.
The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.
The person who indorses.
See Endow.
See Endowment.
A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.
Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic acid.
An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.
Drawn in.
To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt; indubitableness.
Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion. That which is indubitable.
The state or quality of being indubitable.
Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt.
To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.
brought about or caused; not spontaneous; as, a case of steroid-induced weakness. Contrasted to spontaneous.
One who, or that which, induces or incites.
Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place.
Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.
Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.
The quality or state of being inductile.
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.
By induction or inference.
An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
An induction coil.
Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.
The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.
To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
Indulgence.
To grant an indulgence to.
Indulgence.
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent.
Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.
In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably.
One who indulges.
To indulge.
Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet. A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black.
Plumage; feathers.
Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in /stivation. Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.
Having induplicate sepals or petals in /stivation. Having induplicate leaves in vernation.
See Endurance.
To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.
Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larv/ of certain insects.
Furnished with an indusium.
A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.
An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections.
The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power-driven machinery. It started in England in about 1760, and spread to other countries with very varying time lags. The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies, and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale.
Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.
To make industrial; to develop so that most of the working population is engaged in non-agricultural labor; to develop economically; -- of nations or geographical areas; as, to industrialize underdeveloped nations.
made industrial; converted to industrialism.
With reference to industry.
persevering application; habitual and diligent occupation with productive activity.
Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.
Covered with induvi/, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.
To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
An inhabitant.
Residence within, as in the heart.
To inter.
Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.
One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.
The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.
Drunkenness; inebriation.
Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating.
Not edible; not fit for use as food.
Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.
An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.
Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.
Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
So as not to be effaceable.
Ineffectual; impracticable.
Not effective; not having the desired effect; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal; an ineffective herbal remedy.
In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.
Quality of being ineffective.
Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.
Ineffectualness.
Without effect; in vain.
Lack of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.
Lack of effervescence.
Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
The quality of being ineffervescible.
Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.
Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.
Without efficacy or effect.
Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.
Lack of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.
The quality of being inefficient; lack of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too expensive.
In an inefficient manner.
Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
Not elastic.
Lack of elasticity.
Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.
In an inelegant manner.
The state or quality of being ineligible.
Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen (for an office, post, position); not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable.
In an ineligible manner.