Nouns

interne

noun

an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervis...

internationalism

noun

quality of being international in scope

internode

noun

a segment of a stem between two nodes

interoceptor

noun

any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body

internee

noun

a person who is interned

internuncio

noun

(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the P...

interpellation

noun

the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remar...

interposition

noun

the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among ot...

interregnum

noun

the time between two reigns, governments, etc.

interrelation

noun

mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness

intersex

noun

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and o...

interspersion

noun

the act of combining one thing at intervals among other thin...

interstice

noun

a small structural space between tissues or parts of an orga...

intestacy

noun

the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will

intima

noun

the innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lin...

intractableness

noun

the trait of being hard to influence or control

intrados

noun

the interior curve of an arch

intravasation

noun

entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel

intriguer

noun

a person who devises plots or intrigues

introjection

noun

(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures a...

intromission

noun

the act of putting one thing into another

introit

noun

a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening...

intrusiveness

noun

aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yours...

intuitionism

noun

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primari...

intumescence

noun

swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)

intussusception

noun

the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in t...

inunction

noun

anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

inulin

noun

used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney functio...

inutility

noun

the quality of having no practical use

invagination

noun

the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in t...

invalidism

noun

chronic ill health

invariableness

noun

the quality of being resistant to variation

invar

noun

an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of ther...

invaluableness

noun

the positive quality of being precious and beyond value

invective

noun

abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censur...

invertase

noun

an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into gluc...

invisibleness

noun

the quality of not being perceivable by the eye

involucre

noun

a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts a...

involuntariness

noun

the trait of being unwilling

involution

noun

marked by elaborately complex detail

inwardness

noun

preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especia...

iodin

noun

a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especi...

iodoform

noun

a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; somet...

ionesco

noun

French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponen...

ionia

noun

region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks

iphigenia

noun

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon...

iraki

noun

a native or inhabitant of Iraq

ipomoea

noun

morning glory

ipsus

noun

a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301...

iridectomy

noun

an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgic...