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Inmate

Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.

Inmeats

The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

Inmesh

To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh; to entangle.

Inmew

To inclose, as in a mew or cage.

Inmost

Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.

Inn

To house; to lodge.

innards

The internal organs of an animal collectively especially those in the abdominal cavity.

Innate

To cause to exit; to call into being.

Innavigable

Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.

Inner

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.

Innermost

Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within.

Innervate

To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.

Innerve

To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy, force, or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.

Inning

Ingathering; harvesting.

Innixion

Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.

Innkeeper

One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.

Innocence

The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

Innocent

An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.

Innodate

To bind up, as in a knot; to include.

Innominate

Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.

Innovate

To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.

Innovation

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc.

Innovative

Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.

Innoxious

Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless; innocuous.

Innuendo

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

Innuent

Conveying a hint; significant.

Innumerable

Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

innumerate

Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with illiterate. Opposite of numerate.

Inocarpin

A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).

Inoceramus

An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

Inoculable

Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.

Inocular

Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn/ of certain insects.

Inoculation

The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

Inoculator

One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.

Inoculum

The preparation of microorganisms which is inoculated{5} into a growth medium; as, a small inoculum may not work well for the production phase of a fermentation.

Inodorous

Emitting no odor; without smell; scentless; odorless.

Inoffensive

Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.

Inofficial

Not official; not having official sanction or authority; unofficial; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence.

Inofficially

Without the usual forms, or not in the official character; unofficially.

Inogen

A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.

Inoperative

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

Inopportune

Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

Inopportunity

Lack of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience.

Inordinacy

The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire.

Inordinate

Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.

Inordination

Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity; inordinacy.

Inorganic

Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate.

Inorganized

Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic.

Inosculate

To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.

Inosculation

The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc.

inosine

A ribonucleoside (C10H12N4O5) found in meat and meat extracts, differing from adenosine in having a hydroxyl rather than an amine attached to the purine ring. It may be prepared from adenosine by the enzyme adenosine deaminase, or by chemical deamination, as with nitrous acid. It participates in some cellular functions, but is not one of the normal nucleoside components of RNA.

Inosinic

Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid.

inositol

A white crystalline substance (C6H12O6) with a sweet taste, widely distributed in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, and also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Although isomeric with dextrose, it has no carbonyl (aldehyde or ketone) group, and is therefore not a carbohydrate, but a derivative of cyclohexane. Called also inosite, cyclohexitol, cyclohexanehexol, hexahydroxycyclohexane and phaseomannite. There are nine possible steroisomers, not all of which are found naturally. The predominate natural form is cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-cyclohexanehexol, also called myo-inositol. The naturally occurring phytic acid in plants is the hexaphosphate of inositol, from which inositol may be manufactured; phytin is the calcium-magnesium salt of phytic acid. It is also a component of phosphatidylinositol.

Inoxidizable

Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air.

Inoxidize

To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.

Inpatient

A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient.

Inquietude

Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.

Inquiline

A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.

Inquinate

To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.

Inquirable

Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.

Inquire

To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.

Inquirent

Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning.

Inquirer

One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.

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