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Insessor

One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.

Insessores

An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.

Insessorial

Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.

Inset

That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

Inseverable

Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.

Inshave

A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Insheathe

To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

Inshore

Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.

Inside

The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

insider

an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations, especially information relating to profitability.

insidiousness

A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease.

Insight

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

insightful

having intellectual depth; having or showing an exceptional degree of insight{2}; -- of people or their comments.

Insignificance

The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.

Insignificant

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

Insincerity

The quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.

Insinew

To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate.

Insinuate

To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.

Insinuating

Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.

Insipidly

In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.

Insipient

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. An insipient person.

Insistence

The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

insistency

the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence.

Insisture

A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.

Insition

The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

Insnarl

To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.

Insobriety

Lack of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.

Insociability

The quality of being insociable; lack of sociability; unsociability.

Insociate

Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.

Insolate

To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

Insole

The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.

Insolidity

Lack of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.

Insolubleness

The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.

Insolvable

Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.

Insolvency

The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency. Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.

Insolvent

One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.

Insomnia

Lack of sleep; inability to sleep, especially when chronic; wakefulness; sleeplessness.

Insomuch

So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both. Cf. Inasmuch.

Insouciance

Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

Insouciant

Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.

Insoul

To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.

Inspan

To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.

Inspection

The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.

Inspective

Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.

Inspector

One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.

Inspectorial

Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.

Inspeximus

The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

Insphere

To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.

Inspirable

Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.

Inspirator

A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2.

Inspiratory

Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.

Inspirer

One who, or that which, inspires.

Inspiring

Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.

Inspirit

To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.

Inspissation

The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.

inst.

in or of the present month; same as instant{3}, a. or instant{2}, n.; as, your letter of the 10th inst..

Instable

Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.

installing

the act of installing something (as equipment).

Instanter

Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.

Instantly

Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

Instar

a postembryonic stage of life of an arthropod, especially an insect, between two successive molts; also, the arthropod when in that stage of life.

Instate

To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.

Instauration

Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

Instaurator

One who renews or restores to a former condition.

Instaure

To renew or renovate; to instaurate.

Insteep

To steep or soak; to drench.

instigant

one who instigates; someone who deliberately provokes trouble; an instigator.

Instigate

To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.

Instigation

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

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