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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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833 words · showing 481–540

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  • inhale/ɪnˈheɪl/verbB1+2 meaningsTo draw air, smoke or vapour into the lungs.
  • inherent/ɪnˈhɪəɹənt/adjectiveC1Existing as a permanent part of something's nature.
  • inherit/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/verbB23 meaningsTo receive money or property from someone who has died.
  • inheritance/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/nounC13 meaningsMoney or property received from somebody who has died.
  • inheritance taxnounC1Money the state takes from what the dead leave behind.
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/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/
verbC12 meanings
To hold back a process.
  • inhibitor/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/nounC1A substance that slows a reaction down.
  • inhospitable/ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/adjectiveB2+Unwelcoming to visitors, or harsh to live in.
  • inhumanitynounB2+Cruel treatment of other people.
  • inimical/ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kəl/adjectiveC2Hostile, or harmful to something.
  • inimitable/ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl̩/adjectiveC2So distinctive that nobody can copy it.
  • iniquitous/ɪˈnɪkwɪtəs/adjectiveC2Grossly unfair and wicked.
  • initial/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/adjectiveB13 meaningsHappening at the beginning; first.
  • initially/ɪˈnɪʃəli/adverbB2At the very beginning.
  • initiate/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo set something in motion.
  • initiation/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The formal admitting of somebody into a group.
  • initiative/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/nounB24 meaningsThe willingness and ability to act on your own, without waiting to be told.
  • inject/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/verbC12 meaningsTo push liquid in through a needle.
  • injection/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/nounC1A dose of medicine pushed into the body with a needle.
  • injection mouldingnounC1Forcing molten plastic into a shaped cavity.
  • injector/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/nounC1The part that squirts fuel or medicine in.
  • injunction/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/nounC1A court order stopping somebody doing something.
  • injure/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/verbB1+To hurt somebody's body.
  • injury/ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/nounA2+Damage to the body from an accident or blow.
  • injustice/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/nounB22 meaningsAn unfair act, or unfair treatment of someone.
  • ink/ˈɪŋk/nounB22 meaningsThe dark cloud a squid releases to escape.
  • inkling/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/nounC1A faint idea that something is so.
  • inky/ˈɪŋki/adjectiveC1As black as ink.
  • inlaidadjectiveC1Decorated with pieces set flush into the surface.
  • inland/ˈɪnlənd/adverbB2+3 meaningsIn the direction of the middle of a country, away from the coast.
  • inlay/ɪnˈleɪ/nounC1Decoration set flush into a surface.
  • inlet/ˈɪnlət/nounB2+A narrow arm of sea reaching into the land.
  • inn/ɪn/nounB1A small old-fashioned hotel serving food and drink.
  • innate/ɪˈneɪt/adjectiveB2+Present from birth rather than learned.
  • inner/ˈɪnə/adjectiveB22 meaningsOn the inside.
  • inner citynounB2The older, denser area near the centre.
  • inner tubenounB1The inflatable ring inside a tyre.
  • innermost/ˈɪnɚmoʊst/adjectiveC12 meaningsFurthest in, closest to the centre.
  • innings/ˈɪn.ɪŋz/nounB2The period during which a team or player bats.
  • innocent/ˈɪnəsənt/adjectiveA23 meaningsNot guilty of a crime or a wrong.
  • innocuous/ɪˈnɒkjuəs/adjectiveC1Completely harmless.
  • innovate/ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/verbC1To bring in new methods or ideas.
  • innovation/ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/nounB2+A new method or product, or the making of one.
  • innovative/ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/adjectiveB2+Bringing genuinely new ideas and methods.
  • innuendo/ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/nounC2A sly hint at something improper.
  • innumerable/ɪˈnuːməɹ.əbəl/adjectiveC1Too many to be counted.
  • inoculate/ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/verbC1To protect against a disease by a small dose of it.
  • inorganic/ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/adjectiveB2+Not built around carbon.
  • input/ˈɪnpʊt/nounB23 meaningsWhat is put into a system.
  • inquest/ˈɪŋkwɛst/nounC12 meaningsAn official inquiry into a sudden death.
  • inquire/ɪnˈkwaɪə/verbB2+To ask for information, formally.
  • inquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪəɹi/nounB22 meaningsAn official investigation.
  • inquisition/ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/nounB2+A harsh and searching questioning.
  • insatiable/ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/adjectiveC1Impossible to satisfy.
  • inscribe/ɪnˈskɹaɪb/verbC1To carve or write words on a surface.
  • inscription/ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/nounC1Words cut into stone or metal to last.
  • inscrutable/ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/adjectiveC2Giving away nothing of what is thought or felt.
  • insect/ˈɪn.sɛkt/nounA2+A small animal with six legs and a three-part body.
  • insect repellentnounB2The lotion that keeps biting flies away.
  • insecticide/ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd/nounB2+A chemical that kills insects.