AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
insinuate: to introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.-to introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.-to hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?-to push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.-to creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.-to ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.
insinuating: of insinuate-winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.
insinuation: the act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.-the act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.-the art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.-that which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
insinuative: stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.-using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark.
insipid: wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.-wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.
insipidly: in an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.
insist: to stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.-to take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
insistence: the quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
insistent: standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.-insisting; persistent; persevering.-see incumbent.
insnare: to catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.-to take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle.
insnarl: to make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.
insobriety: want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.
insociability: the quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability.
insociable: incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.-not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.
insolate: to dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.
insolation: the act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.-a sunstroke.-exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
insole: the inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.
insolence: the quality of being unusual or novel.-the quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.-insolent conduct or treatment; insult.-to insult.
insolent: deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.-haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.-proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
insolidity: want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.
insolubility: the quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.-the quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.
insoluble: not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.-not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.-strong.
insolvable: not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.-incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.-not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
insolvency: the condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.-insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.
insolvent: not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.-not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.-relating to persons unable to pay their debts.-one who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in england, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
insomnia: want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
insomuch: so; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both.  cf. inasmuch.
insouciance: carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.
insoul: to set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.
inspect: to look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.-to view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.-inspection.
inspector: one who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.
inspecttion: the act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.-the act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
inspeximus: the first word of ancient charters in england, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.
insphere: to place in, or as in, an orb a sphere.  cf. ensphere.
inspirable: capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.
inspiration: the act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.-the act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.-a supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
inspirator: a kind of injector for forcing water by steam. see injector, n., 2.
inspire: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.-to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.-to draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.-to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.-to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.-to draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.-to breathe; to blow gently.
inspired: of inspire-breathed in; inhaled.-moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.-communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the scriptures.
inspiring: of inspire-animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.
inspirit: to infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
inspirtory: pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.
inspissate: to thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.-thick or thickened; inspissated.
inspissation: the act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.
instability: the quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.-lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc.
instable: not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
install: to set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.-to place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.
installation: the act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.-the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
installment: the act of installing; installation.-the seat in which one is placed.-a portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.
instance: the act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.-that which is instant or urgent; motive.-occasion; order of occurrence.-that which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.-a token; a sign; a symptom or indication.-to mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.-to give an example.
instant: pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.-closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.-present; current.-instantly.-a point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.-a day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. see instant, a., 3.
instantaneous: done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.-at or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.
instantly: without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.-with urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
instate: to set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.
instauration: restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.
instead: in the place or room; -- usually followed by of.-equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.
instep: the arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.-that part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
instigate: to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
instigation: the act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
instill: to drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.
instimulate: not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.-to stimulate; to excite.
instinct: urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.-natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.-specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.-a natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.-to impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
instinctive: of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.
instinctively: in an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
institute: established; organized; founded.-to set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.-to originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.-to nominate; to appoint.-to begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.-to ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.-to invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.-the act of instituting; institution.-that which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.-hence: an elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the institutes of justinian; coke's institutes of the laws of england.  cf. digest, n.-an institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the institute of technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the cooper institute.-the person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
institution: the act or process of instituting; as: (a) establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.-instruction; education.-the act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.-that which instituted or established-established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.-an established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the smithsonian institution.-anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.-that which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
institutional: pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.-instituted by authority.-elementary; rudimental.
institutionary: relating to an institution, or institutions.-containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
institutive: tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.-established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
institutor: one who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.-one who educates; an instructor.-a presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
instop: to stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.
instruct: arranged; furnished; provided.-instructed; taught; enlightened.-to put in order; to form; to prepare.-to form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.-to furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury.
instruction: the act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.-that which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted-precept; information; teachings.-direction; order; command.
instructive: conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons.
instrument: that by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.-a contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.-a writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.-one who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.-to perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
instrumental: acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.-pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.-applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. this is found in sanskrit as a separate case, but in greek it was merged into the dative, and in latin into the ablative. in old english it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.
instrumentality: the quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
instrumentally: by means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.-with instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied.
instrumentation: the act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.-the arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.-the act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
insubjection: want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.
insubordinate: not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.
insubordination: the quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
insuccation: the act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
insuetude: the state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit.
insufferable: incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs.-offensive beyond endurance; detestable.
insufferably: in a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.
insufficiency: the quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.-want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
insufficient: not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.-wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.
insufflation: the act of breathing on or into anything-the breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.-the act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.
insular: of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.-of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.-an islander.
insularity: the state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.-narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the chinese or of the aristocracy.
insulate: to make an island of.-to place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.-to prevent the transfer o/ electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.
insulated: of insulate-standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.-separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.-situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.
insulation: the act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.-the act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated.
insulator: one who, or that which, insulates.-the substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor.
insulite: an insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
insult: the act of leaping on; onset; attack.-gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.-to leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.-to treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.-to leap or jump.-to behave with insolence; to exult.
insultation: the act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.-exultation.
insulting: of insult-containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.
insuperable: incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.
insupportable: incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain.
insupposable: incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.
insurable: capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured.
insurance: the act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks.  cf. assurance, n., 6.-the premium paid for insuring property or life.-the sum for which life or property is insured.-a guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
insure: to make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.-specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.-to underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.