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Inland BillnounMWEa bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same countryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inletnounan arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Inlet ManifoldnounMWEmanifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylindersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inmarriagenounmarriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inmatenounone of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Innnouna hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innardsnouninternal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Innate ImmunitynounMWEimmunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innate ReflexnounMWEan automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innatenessnounthe quality of being innateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inner CirclenounMWEan exclusive circle of people with a common purposeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inner CitynounMWEthe older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a cityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inner EarnounMWEa complex system of interconnecting cavitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inner ProductnounMWEa real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inner ResourcenounMWEa resource provided by the mind or one's personal capabilitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inner TubenounMWEan inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tireverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innersolenounthe inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot restsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innervationnounthe neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or glandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inningsnounthe batting turn of a cricket player or teamverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innkeepernounthe owner or manager of an innverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innocencenouna state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offenseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innocencynounan innocent quality or thing or actverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innocensenounwhite and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagodaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innominate ArterynounMWEa large artery arising from the arch of the aorta and divides into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid arteryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innominate BonenounMWElarge flaring bone forming one half of the pelvisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innominate VeinnounMWEveins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innovationnouna creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innovativenessnounoriginality by virtue of introducing new ideasverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innovatornounsomeone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or artverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innuendonounan indirect (and usually malicious) implicationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Innumerablenessnouna number beyond countingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inoculantnouna substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular diseaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inoculatingnounthe act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inoculationnountaking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a diseaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inoculatornouna medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseasesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inoculumnouna substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular diseaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inopportunenessnounthe quality of occurring at an inconvenient timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inordinatenessnounimmoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inorganic ChemistrynounMWEthe chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inorganic CompoundnounMWEany compound that does not contain carbonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inorganic PhosphatenounMWEa salt of phosphoric acidverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inosculationnouna natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inosinenouna nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inositolnounan optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complexverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inpatientnouna patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treatedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inpournounan inflowverifiedMay 18, 2026
inputnounIn Computing: The process of entering data or a program into a computer system.DataMay 9, 2026
Input DatanounMWE(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or programverifiedMay 18, 2026
Input DevicenounMWEa device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational deviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Input FilenounMWE(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or programverifiedMay 18, 2026
Input ProgramnounMWEa utility program that organizes the input to a computerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Input RoutinenounMWEa routine that writes from an external source to an internal storeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Input SignalnounMWEsignal going into an electronic systemverifiedMay 18, 2026
Input Validation AttacksnounMWEInput Validations Attacks are where an attacker intentionally sends unusual input in the hopes of confusing an application.ThreatMay 9, 2026
Inquestnounan inquiry into the cause of an unexpected deathverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquietudenounfeelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquirernounsomeone who asks a questionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquirynouna systematic investigation of a matter of public interestverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquiry AgentnounMWEa private detectiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquisitionnouna severe interrogation, often violating the rights or privacy of individualsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquisitivenessnouna state of active curiosityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inquisitornouna questioner who is excessively harshverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inroadnounan invasion or hostile attackverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inrushnounan inflowverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insalubriousnessnounthe quality of being insalubrious and debilitatingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insalubritynounthe quality of being insalubrious and debilitatingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insane AsylumnounMWEa hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insanenessnounobsolete terms for legal insanityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insanitynounrelatively permanent disorder of the mindverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insanity PleanounMWE(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inscriptionnouna short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inscrutabilitynounthe quality of being impossible to investigateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insectnouna person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insect BitenounMWEa painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insect PowdernounMWEa chemical used to kill insectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insect RepellentnounMWEa chemical substance that repels insectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insecticidenouna chemical used to kill insectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insectifugenouna chemical substance that repels insectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insectivorenounsmall insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insecurenessnounthe state of being exposed to risk or anxietyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insecuritynounthe anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inseminationnounthe act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Insensibilitynoundevoid of passion or feelingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insensitivenessnounthe inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insensitivitynounthe inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insentiencenounlacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensationsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insertionnouna message (spoken or written) that is introduced or insertedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insertional MutagenesisnounMWE(genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genomeverifiedMay 18, 2026
InsidenounAn entity with authorized access (i.e., within the security domain) that has the potential to harm an information system or enterprise through destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/or denial of service.ThreatMay 12, 2026
Inside CalipernounMWEcaliper for measuring inside dimensions (the size of a cavity or hole)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Inside ClinchnounMWEa clinch with the end of the line inside the loopverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inside InformationnounMWEtrue confidential informationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inside JobnounMWEsome transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victimverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inside LoopnounMWEa loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inside ThreatnounMWEAn entity with authorized access that has the potential to harm an information system through destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/or denial of service.ThreatMay 9, 2026
Inside TracknounMWEa favorable position in a competitionverifiedMay 18, 2026
inside( r) threatnounMWEA person or group of persons within an organization who pose a potential risk through violating security policies.ThreatRestrictedMay 9, 2026
Insidernounan officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operationsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Insider AttacknounMWEThose who are within [an] organisation may have authorised access to vast amounts of sensitive company records that are essential for maintaining competitiveness and market position, and knowledge of information services and procedures that are crucial for daily operations. . . .[and] should an individual choose to act against the organisation, then with their privileged access and their extensive knowledge, they are well positioned to cause serious damage.ThreatMay 18, 2026
Insider InformationnounMWEimportant information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the publicverifiedMay 18, 2026