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Intercentrum

The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebr/ in some fossil batrachians.

Intercept

A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.

Interception

The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.

Intercession

The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.

Intercessional

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.

Intercessory

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.

Interchain

To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.

Intercidence

The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident.

Intercident

Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.

Intercipient

Intercepting; stopping. One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage.

Intercision

A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption.

Interclavicular

Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum. Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.

Interclude

To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.

Intercollegiate

Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.

Intercolline

Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.

Intercolonial

Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.

Intercolumnar

Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

Intercolumniation

The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts.

Intercoming

The act of coming between; intervention; interference.

Intercommunity

Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.

Intercontinental

Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

Interconvertible

Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.

Intercostal

Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

Intercourse

A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.

Intercrop

A crop grown among or between the rows of another crop; a catch crop.

Intercross

The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.

Intercrural

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Intercur

To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.

Interdash

To dash between or among; to intersperse.

Interdenominational

Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.

Interdental

Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

Interdiction

The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

Interdictive

Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.

Interdigital

Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

Interdigitate

To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle.

Interdome

The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

Interepimeral

Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

Interesting

Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.

interface

a surface forming a common boundary between two things, especially between two fluids.

Interfacial

Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.

interfaith

involving persons of different religious faiths; as, an interfaith marriage; interfaith good will.

Interfascicular

Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.

Interferant

One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.

Interferometer

An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- formerly also called also refractometer, but that word now has a different meaning.

Interfoliaceous

At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.

Interfollicular

Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.

Interfretted

Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.

Interfusion

The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused.

Interganglionic

Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.

Interglobular

Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.

Intergrave

To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.

Interhyal

Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

Interior

That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

interiorise

to incorporate within oneself; same as interiorize.

Interjacency Interjacence

The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.

Interjacent

Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.

Interjangle

To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily.

Interject

To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.

Interjectional

Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.

Interjoist

The space or interval between two joists.

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