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a.
Parenthetical

Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark.

9:57 pm, June 28, 2023
n. / interj.
Good-bye

Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.

9:02 pm, June 28, 2023
interj.
Farewell

Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare y..

8:48 pm, June 28, 2023
v. i.
Word

To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.

2:15 pm, June 28, 2023
interj.
Quits

See the Note under Quit, a.

6:01 pm, May 22, 2023
interj.
Ha

An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an ..

8:37 pm, April 27, 2023
n.
Foist

A light and fast-sailing ship.

12:21 am, April 27, 2023
a.
Medial

Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

12:05 pm, April 25, 2023
interj. & n.
Hello

See Halloo.

12:59 pm, April 24, 2023
interj. & adv.
Adieu

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

9:40 am, April 23, 2023
interj.
Pish

An exclamation of contempt.

11:28 pm, April 17, 2023
p. pr. & vb. n.
Greeting

of Greet

1:59 pm, April 11, 2023
n.
Intromission

The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

1:54 pm, April 11, 2023
n.
Invasion

The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

1:33 pm, April 11, 2023
v. i.
Interlock

To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

4:16 am, April 11, 2023
interj.
Heyday

An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.

9:48 pm, April 10, 2023
n.
Intrusion

The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.

9:36 pm, April 10, 2023
n.
Inroad

The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.

9:34 pm, April 10, 2023
interj., adv., & n.
Amen

An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, ver..

8:51 am, April 10, 2023
v. i.
Intromit

To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

8:09 am, April 10, 2023
interj.
Whist

Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

10:48 am, April 8, 2023
v. t.
Perfuse

To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.

5:04 am, April 8, 2023
n.
Exclamation

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indi..

2:07 pm, April 7, 2023
p. pr. & vb. n.
Grafting

of Graft

4:01 pm, April 6, 2023
n.
Inoculation

The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

4:01 pm, April 6, 2023
n.
Interpolation

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

4:00 pm, April 6, 2023
v. t.
Intromit

To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.

3:48 pm, April 6, 2023
v. t.
Interjaculate

To ejaculate parenthetically.

3:46 pm, April 6, 2023
v. t.
Interject

To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.

3:45 pm, April 6, 2023
v. i.
Intrude

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of an..

3:45 pm, April 6, 2023
adv. / interj.
Encore

Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

3:03 pm, April 6, 2023
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intervening

of Intervene

2:55 pm, April 6, 2023
a.
Median

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

2:53 pm, April 6, 2023
interj.
Bo

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

2:47 pm, April 6, 2023
interj. & n.
Hollo

Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.

9:20 am, April 6, 2023
v. t.
Penetrate

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

9:12 am, April 6, 2023
n.
Observation

The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

8:55 am, April 6, 2023
n. / interj.
Dickens

The devil.

8:51 am, April 6, 2023
n.
Interposition

The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

8:25 am, April 6, 2023
interj.
Shoo

Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.

8:15 am, April 6, 2023
n. & interj.
Hallelujah

Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.

7:44 am, April 6, 2023
n.
Question

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

1:55 pm, April 5, 2023
p. pr. & vb. n.
Saying

of Say

1:52 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Allegation

The act of alleging or positively asserting.

1:51 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Penetration

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

1:50 pm, April 5, 2023
a.
Interjacent

Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.

1:15 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Incursion

A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.

1:07 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Interjection

The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

1:07 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Parenthesis

A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved l..

1:03 pm, April 5, 2023
a.
Disjunctive

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

1:03 pm, April 5, 2023
v. i.
Speak

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.

1:02 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Graft

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

12:46 pm, April 5, 2023
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trespassing

of Trespass

12:46 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Infringement

The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.

12:46 pm, April 5, 2023
v. t. & i.
Exclaim

To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder o..

12:44 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Influx

The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

12:37 pm, April 5, 2023
adv.
Aside

On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

12:36 pm, April 5, 2023
a.
Middle

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of mid..

12:34 pm, April 5, 2023
v. t.
Blurt

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.

12:32 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Episode

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, b..

12:31 pm, April 5, 2023
v. t.
Refer

To carry or send back.

12:25 pm, April 5, 2023
n.
Muse

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

12:12 pm, April 5, 2023
v. t.
Introduce

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

12:12 pm, April 5, 2023
interj.
Fiddledeedee

An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!

12:06 pm, April 5, 2023
v. t.
Suffuse

To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes.

11:07 am, April 5, 2023
n.
Perfusion

The act of perfusing.

10:53 am, April 5, 2023
n.
Fudge

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

8:18 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Inject

To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.

7:47 pm, April 4, 2023
interj.
Hurrah

Alt. of Hurra

4:49 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Declaration

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a de..

4:42 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Sentence

Sense; meaning; significance.

4:37 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Infusion

The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.

4:27 pm, April 4, 2023
a.
Parenthetic

Alt. of Parenthetical

4:10 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Interpolate

To renew; to carry on with intermission.

4:04 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Enter

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters t..

4:03 pm, April 4, 2023
interj.
Scat

Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.

4:02 pm, April 4, 2023
a.
Episodic

Alt. of Episodical

3:56 pm, April 4, 2023
v. i.
Comment

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotatio..

3:52 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Intervention

The act of intervening; interposition.

3:48 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Impingement

The act of impinging.

3:46 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t. & i.
Opine

To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.

3:44 pm, April 4, 2023
interj.
Pooh

Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.

3:43 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Assertion

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

3:43 pm, April 4, 2023
p. pr. & vb. n.
Interloping

of Interlope

3:39 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Implantation

The act or process of implantating.

3:39 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Injection

The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.

3:38 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Insinuate

To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.

3:35 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Introduction

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

3:29 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Remark

To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

3:25 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Utterance

The act of uttering.

3:24 pm, April 4, 2023
v.
Address

To aim; to direct.

3:23 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Observe

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.

3:08 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Irruption

A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.

3:05 pm, April 4, 2023
a.
Intermediate

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.

3:03 pm, April 4, 2023
interj.
Hoo

See Ho.

2:57 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Entrance

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an ..

1:11 pm, April 4, 2023
v.
Reflect

To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.

12:42 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Interruption

The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

12:32 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Interference

The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.

12:31 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Statement

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

12:31 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Particle

A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

12:27 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Encroachment

The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

12:26 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Pronouncement

The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.

12:18 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Subjoinder

An additional remark.

12:18 pm, April 4, 2023
interj.
Tush

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

12:16 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Reflection

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

12:16 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Dictum

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

12:16 pm, April 4, 2023
v. i.
Trespass

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

12:14 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Infiltration

The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

12:12 pm, April 4, 2023
imp.
Say

Saw.

12:08 pm, April 4, 2023
imp. & p. p.
Thought

of Think

12:08 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Expression

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

12:07 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Note

To butt; to push with the horns.

12:03 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Position

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

12:01 pm, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Inoculate

To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

12:00 pm, April 4, 2023
n.
Medium

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

11:58 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Infix

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

11:58 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Insertion

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

11:57 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Infuse

To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

11:56 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Insert

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a compos..

11:56 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Crack

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

11:55 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Implant

To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.

11:54 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Affirmation

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

11:54 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Insinuation

The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

11:50 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Transplant

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

11:49 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Mention

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

11:49 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Admit

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to ..

11:42 am, April 4, 2023
interj.
Salve

Hail!

11:41 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Imposition

The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

11:39 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Mean

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

11:38 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Answer

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

11:37 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Word

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; ..

11:35 am, April 4, 2023
a.
Intermediary

Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

11:34 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Broach

A spit.

9:10 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Phrase

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

9:02 am, April 4, 2023
v. i.
Intervene

To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

8:57 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Interpose

To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.

8:57 am, April 4, 2023
n.
Conjunction

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

8:47 am, April 4, 2023
v. t.
Break

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.

5:32 am, April 2, 2023
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