English words: impeder to impingement
300 English words, part 18 of 77 of the words starting with I, A to Z. 54 have a page of their own.
English words impeder to impingement
- impeder noun: One who impedes.
- impedibility noun: The quality of being impedible.
- impedible adjective /ɪmˈpɛdɪbəl/: Capable of being impeded or hindered.
- impedient adjective: Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.
- impediment noun /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/: A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
- impediment of crime noun: Synonym of crimen.
- impedimenta noun /ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə/: Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.
- impedimental adjective: Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
- impedimentary adjective: Related to, or of the nature of, an impediment.
- impedimented adjective: impeded; afflicted with an impediment
- impedimetric adjective: Relating to the measurement of impedance.
- impedimetrically adverb: In an impedimetric manner
- impedingly adverb: So as to impede or hinder.
- impedite adjective, verb /ˈɪmpədaɪt/: Hindered; obstructed.
- impedition noun: That which impedes; a hindrance.
- impeditive adjective: Causing or being a hindrance; impeding.
- impedivity noun: specific impedance; especially the ratio of a pressure phasor associated with a wave at any given point in a medium to the velocity phasor at that point.
- impedometer noun: An instrument for measuring impedance.
- impeke noun: A Burundian beer made from sorghum.
- impel verb /ɪmˈpɛl/: To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
- impellence noun: The condition of being impellent
- impellent adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɛlənt/: Having the quality of being impelling.
- impeller noun: Something which or someone who impels.
- impelling adjective, verb /ɪmˈpɛlɪŋ/: Causing forward motion or action.
- impellingness noun: Quality of being impelling.
- impellor noun: Alternative form of impeller.
- impen verb: To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
- impend verb /ɪmˈpɛnd/: To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
- impendence noun: Alternative form of impendency.
- impendency noun: The state of impending.
- impendent adjective: impending; threatening
- impending adjective, noun, verb /ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/: Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
- impendingly adverb: In an impending manner; forthcomingly; soon to come.
- impenetrability noun: The characteristic of being impenetrable; invulnerability.
- impenetrable adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/: Not penetrable.
- impenetrableness noun: The quality of being impenetrable.
- impenetrably adverb: In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.
- impenetralia noun: A mass of impenetrable text or ideas.
- impenetrate verb: To penetrate into.
- impenetration noun: Penetration into something.
- impenetrative adjective: Not penetrative.
- impenitence noun: the property of being impenitent, of lacking penitence, of not being regretful of wrongs done
- impenitent adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɛnɪt(ə)nt/: Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.
- impenitently adverb: Without repentance.
- impenitible adjective: Incapable of repenting.
- impenitibleness noun: The quality of being impenitible.
- impennate adjective: Characterized by short wings unsuitable for flying, covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
- impennous adjective /ɪmˈpɛnəs/: Lacking wings.
- impentamine noun /ɪmˈpɛntəmiːn/: A particular histamine antagonist.
- imper. adjective, noun: Abbreviation of imperative.
- imperance noun: Alternative form of imperence.
- imperant adjective: commanding
- imperate adjective, verb /ˈɪm.pə.ɹeɪt/: To command.
- imperated adjective: Alternative form of imperate.
- imperation noun: The action of governing or commanding; governance.
- imperatival adjective: Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
- imperative adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/: Essential; crucial; extremely important.
- imperative language noun: Any programming language that consists (mostly) of a series of commands, typically assigning values to objects; a procedural language.
- imperative mandate noun: a political system where elected representatives are obligated to faithfully follow the instructions and orders of their constituents
- imperative mood noun: The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.
- imperative programming noun: A programming paradigm that describes the computation in statements.
- imperatively adverb: In an imperative manner.
- imperativeness noun /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv.nəs/: The state or condition of being imperative.
- imperativist noun: A proponent of imperativism.
- Imperato proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- imperator noun /ˌɪmpəˈreɪtəɹ/: An emperor.
- imperatorial adjective /ɪmˌpɛ.rə.ˈtɔː.rɪəl/: Commanding; authoritative.
- imperatorially adverb: In an imperatorial manner.
- imperatorian adjective: imperial
- imperatorin noun: A furocoumarin isolated from Urena lobata (Caesar weed), Angelica archangelica, and various other plants.
- imperatorious adjective: Imperial; befitting a ruler.
- imperatorship noun: The state or business of an imperator.
- imperatory adjective: imperative
- imperatoxin noun: Any of a small group of peptide toxins present in the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator
- imperceivable adjective: that cannot be perceived; imperceptible
- imperceivableness noun: The quality of being imperceivable.
- imperceivably adverb: imperceptibly
- imperceived adjective: Not perceived; unperceived.
- imperceptibility noun: The state or quality of being imperceptible.
- imperceptible adjective, noun: Not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed.
- imperceptibleness noun: The quality of being imperceptible.
- imperceptibly adverb: Not noticeably; such that it cannot be detected, through being too small or too fast, etc.
- imperception noun: Lack of perception; failure to perceive.
- imperceptive adjective: Unable to perceive.
- imperceptively adverb: imperceptibly
- imperceptiveness noun: The quality of being imperceptive.
- imperceptivity noun: Inability to perceive.
- impercipience noun: The quality of being impercipient.
- impercipient adjective /ɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/: Lacking perception; unable to perceive.
- impercipiently adverb: In an impercipient manner; lacking perception.
- imperdible adjective: Not destructible.
- imperence noun: impertinence
- imperf adjective, noun: Abbreviation of imperfect.
- imperfect adjective, noun, verb /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/: Not perfect.
- imperfect authentic cadence noun: A cadence that does not fulfill the requirements to be considered a perfect authentic cadence
- imperfect fungi noun: Synonym of fungi imperfecti.
- imperfect indicative noun: The imperfect tense in the indicative mood
- imperfect number noun: A number that is not a perfect number.
- imperfect rhyme noun: A form of rhyme with some sound similarities but not others.
- imperfect subjunctive noun: The imperfect tense in the subjunctive mood.
- imperfect tense noun: A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.
- imperfect time noun: A system of timing in mensural notation in which a breve is equal to two semibreves.
- imperfectability noun: the quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect
- imperfectable adjective: Alternative spelling of imperfectible.
- imperfected adjective, verb: Not perfected.
- imperfectibility noun: Alternative spelling of imperfectability.
- imperfectible adjective: Incapable of perfecting.
- imperfectibly adverb: In a way that cannot be perfected.
- imperfection noun /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/: Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.
- imperfectionist adjective, noun: Satisfied with imperfection.
- imperfective adjective, noun /ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/: Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
- imperfective aspect noun: A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive...
- imperfectively adverb: In an imperfective manner or context.
- imperfectiveness noun: The state or quality of being imperfective
- imperfectivization noun: The creation of imperfective verb forms from perfective verb stems.
- imperfectivize verb: To make imperfective.
- imperfectly adverb: In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
- imperfectness noun: The state of being imperfect.
- imperforable adjective: incapable of being perforated
- imperforate adjective, noun: Not perforated.
- imperforated adjective: Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate.
- imperforation noun: The state of being without perforation.
- imperial adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/: Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Imperial biscuit noun: Synonym of Empire biscuit.
- imperial boomerang noun: A phenomenon in colonizing countries where techniques of control and repression developed for use against the colonized are later used against the citizens...
- imperial circle noun: An administrative grouping within the Holy Roman Empire in its Early Modern period, primarily for the organization of common defensive structure and the...
- imperial cult noun: A form of state religion in which an emperor or different type of monarch is worshipped as a demigod or deity, basically a God Emperor.
- imperial cypher noun: A monogram of an emperor or empress, used as an identifying mark to indicate imperial authority.
- imperial decree noun: A decree issued by a sovereign.
- imperial disease noun: A disease that arises from colonial exploration and causes significant harm to an empire, especially the British Empire.
- imperial drill noun: A linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling.
- imperial examination noun: A public examination system in the Sinosphere to select candidates for the state bureaucracy.
- imperial gallon noun: A unit of measure for liquids used in the British Isles and in some Commonwealth countries, equivalent to 8 imperial pints, 4.55 litres, or 1.20 U.S. gallons.
- Imperial Highness noun: The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent imperial rank.
- imperial India pale ale noun: Synonym of double India pale ale.
- imperial jade noun: An emerald green jadeite mineral gemstone.
- Imperial Japanese adjective: Of or pertaining to the Japanese Empire.
- imperial knight noun: A feudal knight who held a fief in the Holy Roman Empire directly from the Emperor, hence was entitled to representation in the imperial diet.
- imperial moth noun: A moth, Eacles imperialis
- imperial pint noun: A unit of liquid volume in the imperial system equal to 0.568 litres and divided into 20 fluid ounces.
- imperial-royal adjective: Pertaining to the central government of Austria-Hungary.
- imperial shag noun: A species of bird, Leucocarbo atriceps, found in South America.
- Imperial Stormtrooper noun: A member of a corps of armor-clad soldiers from the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars universe.
- Imperial stout noun: A strong, dark beer of a style originally brewed in the 18th century in London for export to the imperial court of Catherine II of Russia.
- imperial system noun: A system of measurement in use in the United Kingdom and certain other countries.
- imperial we noun: Synonym of majestic plural (and loosely synonymous with royal we and editorial we).
- Imperial Wizard noun: The highest-ranking leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
- Imperiale proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- imperialin noun: An alkaloid found in the bulbs of Fritillaria species, harmful to humans.
- imperialine noun: Alternative form of imperialin.
- imperialise verb: Alternative form of imperialize.
- imperialism noun /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.ə.lɪ.z(ə)m/: The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
- imperialist adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɪəɹiəlɪst/: Of, or relating to imperialism.
- imperialistic adjective /ɪmˌpɪəɹi.əlˈɪstɪk/: Of or pertaining to imperialism or imperialists; favoring imperialism.
- imperialistically adverb: In an imperialistic manner.
- imperiality noun: Imperial power.
- imperialization noun: The process of imperializing.
- imperialize verb: To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.
- imperially adverb, noun /ɪmˈpɪəɹɪəli/: In an imperial manner.
- imperialness noun: Quality of being imperial.
- imperialty noun: The rank, status, power or authority of an imperial.
- imperil verb /ɪmˈpɛɹəl/: To put into peril; to place in danger.
- imperiled adjective, verb: at risk of becoming extinct
- imperiler noun: One who imperils something.
- imperiling noun, verb: The act of placing something in peril; endangerment.
- imperiller noun: Alternative form of imperiler.
- imperilling noun, verb: Alternative form of imperiling.
- imperilment noun: The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
- imperiogenesis noun: The formation of an empire
- imperious adjective /ɪmˈpɪə̯.ɹi.əs/: Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
- imperiously adverb: In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
- imperiousness noun: The quality of being imperious
- imperishability noun: The quality of being imperishable.
- imperishable adjective, noun: Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
- imperishableness noun: The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
- imperishably adverb: In an imperishable manner.
- imperium noun /ɪmˈpɪəɹi.əm/: Supreme power; dominion.
- imperium in imperio noun: A state within a state, inclusive of deep states or other forces which operate with sovereign-like impunity within a polity.
- impermanence noun: Lack of permanence or continued duration.
- impermanency noun: Alternative form of impermanence.
- impermanent adjective: not permanent; unperpetual.
- impermanently adverb: In an impermanent manner.
- impermeability noun /ɪmˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/: the quality of being impermeable
- impermeabilization noun: The act of impermeabilizing
- impermeabilize verb: To make impermeable
- impermeable adjective /ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl/: Impossible to permeate.
- impermeableness noun: impermeability
- impermeably adverb: In an impermeable manner.
- impermeant adjective: That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane
- impermeator noun: A device in a steam engine for forcing lubricating oil uniformly into the cylinder.
- impermissibility noun: The state or condition of being impermissible.
- impermissible adjective /ˌɪmpɝˈmɪsɪbl/: Not permissible; not to be permitted or allowed.
- impermissibly adverb: In a way or to an extent that is not permissible.
- impermissive adjective: Not permissive.
- impermissively adverb: In an impermissive manner.
- impermissiveness noun: The quality of being impermissive.
- impermutable adjective: Not permutable.
- impers adjective: Abbreviation of impersonal.
- imperscriptable adjective: Unrecorded anywhere.
- imperscrutable adjective: Not capable of being sought or understood; inscrutable.
- imperseverant adjective: Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
- impersistence noun: The condition of being impersistent
- impersistent adjective: Not persistent; fleeting
- impersonable adjective: Not personable.
- impersonal adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɝsənəl/: Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
- impersonal passive noun: A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled"). Also known as...
- impersonal subject noun: a pronoun such as it used as the subject of a clause involving weather, distance, or time
- impersonal verb noun: A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.
- impersonalisation noun: Alternative form of impersonalization.
- impersonalise verb: Alternative form of impersonalize.
- impersonalism noun: A belief system that places little importance on individuals and their subjective viewpoints and experiences.
- impersonalist noun: A proponent of impersonalism.
- impersonalistic adjective: Of or relating to impersonalism.
- impersonality noun: The state or quality of being impersonal
- impersonalization noun: The process of making something impersonal.
- impersonalize verb: To make impersonal.
- impersonally adverb: In an impersonal manner.
- impersonalness noun: Quality of being impersonal.
- impersonate verb /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/: To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.
- impersonation noun: the act of impersonating
- impersonative adjective: That impersonates.
- impersonator noun: One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
- impersonatory adjective: That impersonates.
- impersonatress noun: A female impersonator.
- impersonatrix noun: An impersonator who is female.
- impersonhood noun: Lack of personhood.
- impersonification noun: the act of impersonating; impersonation
- impersonization noun: A manifestation in corporeal form; personification.
- impersonize verb: To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
- imperspicuity noun: vagueness; lack of clarity
- imperspicuous adjective: vague; unclear; lacking clarity
- imperspirability noun: The quality of being imperspirable.
- imperspirable adjective: Not perspirable, not capable of sweating.
- impersuadable adjective: Synonym of impersuasible.
- impersuasibility noun: The quality of being impersuasible.
- impersuasible adjective: Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion.
- impersuasibleness noun: The quality of being impersuasible.
- impersuasibly adverb: In an impersuasible manner.
- impertinacy noun: Synonym of impertinence (“cheek, rudeness”).
- impertinence noun /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/: Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
- impertinency noun: Irrelevancy; impertinence.
- impertinent adjective, noun /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/: Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
- impertinently adverb: In an impertinent manner.
- impertinentness noun: The quality of being impertinent.
- impertransibility noun: The quality of being impertransible.
- impertransible adjective: impermeable
- imperturbability noun: A state of calm, unruffled self-assurance; aplomb, composure.
- imperturbable adjective /ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩/: Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
- imperturbableness noun: The quality of being imperturbable.
- imperturbably adverb: In an imperturbable manner; calmly.
- imperturbated adjective: Not perturbated.
- imperturbation noun: Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness.
- imperturbed adjective: Synonym of unperturbed.
- impervertible adjective: Unable to be perverted.
- imperviability noun: The quality of being imperviable; imperviousness.
- imperviable adjective: impervious
- imperviableness noun: The quality of being imperviable.
- impervial adjective: Synonym of impervious.
- impervious adjective /ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/: Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
- imperviously adverb: In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- imperviousness noun: The quality of being unable to be affected.
- impervium noun: An impervious substance.
- impest verb: To afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.
- impester verb: To pester; to annoy
- impet noun: small imp
- impetiginized adjective: Accompanied by impetigo.
- impetiginous adjective: Of, pertaining to, or suffering from, impetigo.
- impetigo noun /ɪmpɪˈtaɪɡəʊ/: A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often...
- impetrable adjective: Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
- impetrate adjective, verb /ˈɪmpɪtɹeɪt/: To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
- impetration noun /ɪmpɪˈtɹeɪʃən/: The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
- impetrative adjective /ɪmˈpɛtɹətɪv/: Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
- impetrator noun: One who impetrates.
- impetratory adjective: begging; imploratory
- impetuosity noun: The quality of making rash or arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive or forceful manner.
- impetuous adjective /imˈpɛt͡ʃuəs/: Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
- impetuously adverb: In an impetuous manner; with sudden force
- impetuousness noun: The state or quality of being impetuous; making arbitrary decisions.
- impetus noun /ˈɪm.pə.təs/: Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
- impex noun: import and export
- Impey proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- Impeyan monal noun: Synonym of Impeyan pheasant.
- Impeyan pheasant noun: A species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.
- impf adjective: Abbreviation of imperfect.
- Imphal proper noun /ˈɪmpɑːl/: A city, the state capital of Manipur, India.
- Imphalite adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to, Imphal.
- imphee noun: African sugar cane (Sorghum bicolor, syn. Holcus saccharatus and Andropogon saccharatus).
- imphm interjection: Scotland form of mhm.
- impi noun /ˈɪmpi/: A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
- impicture verb: To picture; to represent visually.
- impierce verb: To pierce; to penetrate.
- impierceable adjective: Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.
- impiety noun: The state of being impious.
- impignorate verb: To pledge or pawn.
- impignoration noun: The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
- impimpi noun: A police informer.
- imping noun, verb /ˈɪmpɪŋ/: The act or process of grafting or mending.
- impinge verb /ɪmˈpɪnd͡ʒ/: To make a physical impact on.
- impingement noun /ɪmˈpɪnd͡ʒmənt/: The act of impinging.
Part 17 · Part 19 · English words: I
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under I: 23,084 words, in 77 parts.