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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.

Interknit

To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Interlace

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

Interlacement

The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.

Interlapse

The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Interlay

To lay or place among or between.

Interleaf

A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

Interleave

To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

Interlinear Interlineal

Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc.

interlingua

A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language; -- used especially in machine translation by computers; as, some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua.

Interlining

Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.

Interlobar

Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.

Interlobular

Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.

Interlock

To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.

interlocking

Connected together in such a manner that the parts work together as a single unit, or in a coordianted manner.

Interlope

To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.

Interloper

One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.

Interlucate

To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.

Interluded

Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.

Interlunary Interlunar

Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.

Intermandibular

Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.

Intermarriage

Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations.

Intermarry

To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc.

Intermaxillary

Between the maxillary bones. Of or pertaining to the intermaxill/. An intermaxilla.

Intermean

Something done in the meantime; interlude.

Intermeddler

One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.

Intermede

A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.

Intermediae

The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.

Intermediary

One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between; a mediator.

Intermediate

A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.

intermediate school

A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc.

Intermediation

The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition.

Intermembral

Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.

Intermembranous

Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.

Interment

The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.

Intermention

To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.

Intermesenteric

Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.

Intermezzo

An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

Intermigration

Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.

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