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

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  • industrial actionnounC1Organised protest by workers, such as a strike.
  • industrialistnounC1An owner of large manufacturing businesses.
  • industry/ˈɪn.də.stɹi/nounB13 meaningsAll the companies making one kind of thing.
  • ineptitude/ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.tjud/nounC1A hopeless lack of skill.
  • inequality/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/nounC1The gap between those who have much and those who have little.
  • inequity/ɪnˈɛk.wɨ.ti/
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Unfairness in how people are treated.
  • inertia/ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/nounC12 meaningsThe refusal of matter to change how it is moving.
  • infamy/ˈɪnfəmi/nounC1Fame of the worst possible kind.
  • infant/ˈɪn.fənt/nounC1A baby in its first year.
  • infatuationnounC12 meaningsA short, intense attraction that is not expected to last.
  • inference/ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/nounC12 meaningsA conclusion reached from evidence rather than from a direct statement.
  • infestation/ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪ̯ʃən/nounC1An overrunning of a place by pests.
  • infidelity/ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/nounC1Betrayal of a partner by secretly taking a lover.
  • infiltration/ɪnfɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/nounC1The entering of a group or a place secretly.
  • infraction/ɪnˈfɹakʃən/nounC1A breaking of a rule.
  • infringement/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒmənt/nounC1A breaking of a rule or of somebody's rights.
  • infusion/ɪnˈfjuːʒən/nounC1A liquid made by steeping, or a fresh supply put in.
  • ingenuity/ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/nounC1Cleverness at inventing and solving.
  • ingratitude/ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/nounC1A failure to show thanks for kindness.
  • inhalation/ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/nounC1The act of breathing something into the lungs.
  • inheritance/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/nounC13 meaningsMoney or property received from somebody who has died.
  • inheritance taxnounC1Money the state takes from what the dead leave behind.
  • inhibitor/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/nounC1A substance that slows a reaction down.
  • initiative/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/nounB24 meaningsThe willingness and ability to act on your own, without waiting to be told.
  • 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.
  • inkling/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/nounC1A faint idea that something is so.
  • inlay/ɪnˈleɪ/nounC1Decoration set flush into a surface.
  • inquest/ˈɪŋkwɛst/nounC12 meaningsAn official inquiry into a sudden death.
  • inscription/ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/nounC1Words cut into stone or metal to last.
  • insert/ɪnˈsɜːt/verbB22 meaningsTo put something into something else.
  • insertion/ɪnˈsɝʃən/nounC1The putting of one thing inside another.
  • insider/ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/nounC1Somebody within a group who knows its secrets.
  • insignia/ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/nounC1The badges that show rank or unit.
  • insinuation/ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/nounC1An unpleasant suggestion made indirectly rather than stated.
  • insistence/ɪnˈsɪs.təns/nounC1Refusing to let a demand drop.
  • insolence/ˈɪn.sə.ləns/nounC1Rude disrespect towards somebody who deserves better.
  • instalment plannounC1Paying for something in regular parts over time.
  • instance/ˈɪnstəns/nounB23 meaningsA single example or occurrence of something.
  • instep/ˈɪnˌstɛp/nounC1The arched upper part of the foot.
  • instrument/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/nounA2+5 meaningsAn object made for playing music.
  • insubordination/ˌɪn.səˌbɔːɹ.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/nounC1Open refusal to obey orders.
  • insurance valuationnounC1An estimate of worth made for cover against loss.
  • insurgency/ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/nounC1An armed rising against the government.
  • insurrection/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/nounC1A violent rising against those in power.
  • intake/ˈɪnteɪk/nounC1What is taken in, or the opening it comes through.
  • integration/ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe bringing together of separated groups as equals.
  • integrity/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/nounC12 meaningsDoing the honest right thing even unobserved.
  • intellect/ˈɪntəlɛkt/nounC1The capacity of the mind to reason and understand.
  • intensity/ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/nounC13 meaningsThe strength or degree of something.
  • intercept/ɪntəˈsɛpt/verbB24 meaningsTo stop or catch something as it moves from one place to another.
  • intercession/ˌɪn.təɹˈsɛ.ʃən/nounC1Pleading with somebody on another's behalf.
  • interface/ˈɪntəfeɪs/nounC13 meaningsThe screens and controls through which a person uses a machine.
  • interference/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfɪəɹəns/nounB22 meaningsUnwanted involvement in something.
  • interior/ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/adjectiveC12 meaningsOn or belonging to the inside.
  • interjection/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/nounC1A word thrown in to show feeling, such as ouch.
  • intern/ɪnˈtɝn/nounB1+2 meaningsA student doing a short first job to learn a profession.
  • internment/ɪnˈtɝnmənt/nounC1The holding of people without trial in wartime.