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Inferiorly

In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.

Infernal

An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.

Inferobranchiata

A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.

Inferobranchiate

Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.

Infertile

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; unable to propagate its kind; as, an infertile soil; an infertile hybrid; -- of living things and of soil or land.

Infertility

The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

Infest

To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.

Infestation

The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.

Infester

One who, or that which, infests.

Infestive

Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn.

Infestivity

Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness.

Infidel

One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; a heathen; a freethinker; -- used especially by Christians and Muslims.

Infield

Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from outfield.

infighting

contention among members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense, or prolonged character.

Infile

To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order.

Infilm

To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror.

Infiltrate

To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.

Infinite

That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.

infinite loop

a series of instructions in a computer program which, when executed, cause a cyclic repetition of the same instructions, with no other action by the program, for as long as the program continues to be executed, or the loop is interrupted by some external action.

Infinitely

Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.

Infiniteness

The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.

Infinitesimal

An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.

Infinitesimally

By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree.

Infinito

Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5.

Infinitude

The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness.

Infirmarian

A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

Infirmary

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

Infirmative

Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void.

Infirmity

The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.

infix notation

A notation for commands or instructions in which the operator is inserted between the terms on which it operates. Contrasted with prefix notation and postfix notation.

Inflame

To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Inflamed

Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

Inflamer

The person or thing that inflames.

Inflammabillty

Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.

Inflammable

Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.

Inflammation

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

Inflate

To expand; to fill; to distend.

Inflated

Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

Inflater

One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.

Inflation

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

Inflationist

One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.

Inflatus

A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.

Inflect

To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

Inflection

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

Inflectional

Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.

Inflective

Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.

Inflex

To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

Inflexibility

The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.

Inflexible

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

Inflexibleness

The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.

Inflict

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.

Infliction

The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

Inflictive

Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.

Inflorescence

A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

Influence

To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to affect; to move; to persuade; to induce.

Influential

Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.

Influenza

An epidemic viral infectious disease characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever and general weakness; also called grippe. It is caused by several forms of RNA virus which mutate readily and thereby render vaccines prepared against older forms ineffective, often requiring a new form of vaccine for each new outbreak.

Influx

The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

Influxive

Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.

Infold

To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.

Infoldment

The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

Infoliate

To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves.

Inform

To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

Informal

Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writing, proceeding, or visit.

Informality

The state of being informal; lack of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

Informant

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

Information

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

information processing

The processing of information, especially by computers, including the organization, distribution, and frequently the analysis of data and the presentation of results in easily understood form.

information theory

The science which studies the capacity of systems to contain, store, and transmit information{2 and 4}, and the factors such as noise and channel capacity that may affect the rate or accuracy of information transmission and reception.

Informatory

Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.

Informed

Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.

Informer

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

Informity

Lack of regular form; shapelessness.

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