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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.

Interview

To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.

Interviewer

One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.

Interviewing

The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.

Intervisible

Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.

Intervocalic

Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.

intervolution

The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.

intervolve

To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.

interwish

To wish mutually in regarded to each other.

intestable

Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.

Intestacy

The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.

Intestate

A person who dies without making a valid will.

Intestinal

Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal enzymes.

Intextine

A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera.

Inthrall

To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.

Inthrallment

Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.

intima

the innermost coat of an organ, such as a blood vessel. It usually consists of an endothelial layer of cells, backed by connective tissue and elastic tissue.

Intimacy

The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

intimal

of or pertaining to the intima.

Intimate

An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

Intime

Inward; internal; intimate.

Intimidate

To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

intimidating

discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of encouraging.

Intimidation

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.

Intinctivity

The lack of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies.

Intine

A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

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