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Induement

The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.

Indulge

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.

Indulgent

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.

Indulgential

Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.

Induline

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.

Induplicate

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.

Induplicative

Having induplicate sepals or petals in /stivation. Having induplicate leaves in vernation.

Indurate

To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.

Indurated

Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart.

Indusial

Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larv/ of certain insects.

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.

Industrial

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.

industrial park

An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections.

industrial revolution

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.

industrialize

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.

industriousness

persevering application; habitual and diligent occupation with productive activity.

Indutive

Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.

Induviae

Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.

Induviate

Covered with induvi/, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.

Indwell

To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.

Inebriant

Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.

Inebriate

One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.

inebriated

under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.

Inebriation

The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.

Inebrious

Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating.

Inedible

Not edible; not fit for use as food.

Inedited

Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.

Inee

An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.

Ineffability

The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.

Ineffable

Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.

Ineffableness

The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.

Ineffably

In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.

Ineffaceable

Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.

Ineffective

Not effective; not having the desired effect; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal; an ineffective herbal remedy.

Ineffectively

In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.

Ineffectual

Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.

Ineffervescent

Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.

Inefficacious

Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.

Inefficacy

Lack of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.

Inefficiency

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.

Inefficient

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.

Inelaborate

Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

Inelegant

Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

Ineligible

Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen (for an office, post, position); not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable.

Ineloquent

Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or moving; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.

Ineluctable

Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inescapable; inevitable.

Ineludible

Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.

Inenarrable

Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.

Ineptly

Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.

Inequilobate

Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.

Inequity

Lack of equity; injustice; wrong.

Inermis

Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf.

Inerrable

Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring.

Inerrably

With security from error; infallibly; unerringly.

Inerratic

Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established.

Inerringly

Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly.

Inertion

Lack of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude.

Inertly

Without activity; sluggishly.

Inertness

Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.

Inestimable

Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.

Inestimably

In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent.

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