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Interplanetary

Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces; interplanetary travel.

Interplay

Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.

Interplead

To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader.

Interpoint

To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

Interpolable

That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.

Interpolated

Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.

Interpolation

The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

Interpolator

One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.

Interpone

To interpose; to insert or place between.

Interponent

One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.

Interposal

The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.

Interposer

One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties.

Interposit

An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another.

Interpretable

Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.

Interpreter

One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

Interpubic

Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.

Interpunction

The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation.

Interradial

Between the radii, or rays; -- in Zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.

Interramal

Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.

Interregent

A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum.

Interrelated

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

Interrenal

Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. The interrenal body.

Interrogative

A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?

Interrogatively

In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.

Interrogatory

Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.

Interscendent

Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, x/2, or x/a.

Intersecant

Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.

Intersect

To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.

Interseptal

Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.

Intersert

To put in between other things; to insert.

Interserttion

The act of interserting, or that which is interserted.

Intersesamoid

Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.

Intersidereal

Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.

Intersocial

Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.

Intersomnious

Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.

Interspersion

The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.

Interspiration

Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals.

Interstapedial

Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial. The interstapedial part of the columella.

Interstate

Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce.

interstate

An interstate highway, part of the United States Interstate Highway system.

interstate commerce

Commerce that involves transportation of articles of commerce across state lines.

Interstellar

Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space.

Intersternal

Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

Intersticed

Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.

Interstitial

Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.

Interstratification

Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.

Interstratified

Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.

Intertarsal

Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.

Intertex

To intertwine; to weave or bind together.

Intertexture

The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven.

Intertie

In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.

Intertrigo

A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.

Intertubular

Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.

Intertwine

The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.

Intertwist

To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

Interurban

Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurban electric railways.

Intervale Interval

A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

Intervary

To alter or vary between; to change.

Intervene

A coming between; intervention; meeting.

Intervener

One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

Intervenient

Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.

Interventor

One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.

Interventricular

Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.

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