English words: instep borer to insultry

300 English words, part 44 of 77 of the words starting with I, A to Z. 56 have a page of their own.

English words instep borer to insultry

instep borer noun: A supposed torture device placed on the foot like a boot, on which there is a blade that can be inserted into the upper part of the foot.
instepped adjective: Having a specified kind of instep.
INSTI noun: Initialism of integrase strand transfer inhibitor.
instigant noun: Synonym of instigator.
instigate verb /ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/: To bring about by urging or encouraging.
instigater noun: Alternative spelling of instigator.
instigatingly adverb: In a way that instigates or incites
instigation noun /ˌɪnstɪˈɡeɪʃən/: The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
instigative adjective: Tending to instigate.
instigator noun /ˈɪnstɪɡeɪtə/: A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.
instigatory adjective: Tending to instigate or provoke.
instigatress noun: A female instigator.
instil verb /ɪnˈstɪl/: Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
instill verb /ɪnˈstɪl/: To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
instillate noun, verb: A fluid injected or infused into the body
instillation noun: The act of instilling.
instillation abortion noun: a rare method of abortion performed by injecting a solution into the uterus
instillator noun: An instiller.
instillatory adjective: Relating to instillation.
instiller noun: One who instills.
instilling noun, verb: The process by which something is instilled.
instillment noun: The act of instilling
instilment noun: The act of instilling; instillation.
instimulate verb: To stimulate; to excite.
instimulation noun: stimulation
instinct adjective, noun /ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/: A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
instinct shooting noun: Art of accurately shooting instinctively, without aiming and concentrating on the target.
instinction noun: Instinct, incitement, or inspiration.
instinctive adjective /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/: Related to or prompted by instinct.
instinctive drift noun: The tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response.
instinctively adverb /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/: Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
instinctiveness noun: The quality of being instinctive.
instinctivity noun: The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.
instinctless adjective: without instinct
instinctual adjective /ɪnˈstɪŋk.t͡ʃuː.əl/: Of, relating to, or derived from instinct.
instinctualise verb: Alternative spelling of instinctualize.
instinctualization noun: The process by which something becomes instinctual.
instinctualize verb: To make instinctual.
instinctually adverb: In an instinctual way.
instit noun: Abbreviation of institute.
institorial adjective: Relating to an agent or factor.
institute adjective, noun, verb /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/: An organization founded to promote a cause
institute of technology noun: Synonym of technological university.
institute professor noun: A professor with the highest academic title at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
instituter noun: A person who institutes something
institution noun /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/: A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
institution-building noun: The process of building institutions (all senses).
institutional adjective, noun /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃə.nəl/: Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
institutional advancement noun: a division of an institution focused on the improvement of the entity, primarily involved in fundraising activities. It is, therefore, heavily involved in...
institutional advertising noun: Advertising that promotes a company rather than the specific products or services it offers.
institutional framework noun: The systems of formal laws, regulations, and procedures, and informal conventions, customs, and norms, that shape socioeconomic activity and behaviour.
institutional investor noun: A (usually large) organization that invests (usually large amounts of) money, often on behalf of others for whom it is a fiduciary (such as workers building...
institutional memory noun: A collective set of facts, concepts, experiences and knowledge held by a group of people inside an organization.
institutional racism noun: Racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.
institutional religion noun: Alternative form of organized religion.
institutional syndrome noun: Synonym of institutionalization (“social deficits as a result of a long period spent in prison etc.”).
institutionalese noun: The jargon associated with an institution.
institutionalisation noun: Non-Oxford British English and Ireland standard spelling of institutionalization.
institutionalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of institutionalize.
institutionaliser noun: Alternative form of institutionalizer.
institutionalism noun: Adherence to the established religion, or to established codes of conduct.
institutionalist adjective, noun /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst/: Of, pertaining to, or following institutionalism
institutionality noun: The quality of being institutional.
institutionalizability noun: The quality or degree of being institutionalizable.
institutionalizable adjective: Able to be institutionalized.
institutionalization noun /ˌɪnstɪˌtjuːʃnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
institutionalize verb /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/: To establish as a normal practice.
institutionalized adjective, verb: Having been established as an institution.
institutionalizer noun: One who, or that which, institutionalizes something.
institutionally adverb /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuʃənəli/: In an institutional manner.
institutionary adjective: Relating to an institution or institutions.
institutionism noun: Synonym of institutionalism.
institutionize verb: Synonym of institutionalize.
institutionwide adjective: Throughout an institution.
institutist noun: A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.
institutive adjective /ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv/: Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
institutively adverb /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːtɪvli/: In a way that conforms to an institution.
institutor noun: One who institutes something.
institutress noun: A female institutor.
institutrix noun: A female institutor.
instmt. noun: Abbreviation of instrument.
insto noun: An institutional investor.
instop verb: To stop; close; shut; make fast.
instore adjective, noun, verb: inside a store or shop
Instow proper noun /ˈɪnstəʊ/: A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England, at the confluence of the rivers Taw and Torridge (OS grid ref SS4730).
instr noun: Abbreviation of instrument.
instratified adjective: interstratified
instream noun, verb: To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
instreaming noun: A flowing in; influx.
instrengthen verb /ɪnˈstɹɛŋθə̆n/: Strengthen inwardly.
instress noun, verb: In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.
instrew verb: To strew about; scatter in or upon; spread.
instrn. noun: Abbreviation of instruction.
instroke noun: An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft.
instruct adjective, noun, verb /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/: To teach by giving instructions.
instructability noun: The quality or degree of being instructable.
instructable adjective: Capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.
instructedness noun: The quality of being instructed.
instructee noun: A person being instructed.
instructer noun: One who instructs.
instructible adjective: Capable of being instructed; teachable.
instruction noun /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/: The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
instruction cycle noun: The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the...
instruction set noun: The set of machine instructions that a particular CPU can execute; the corresponding set of assembly language mnemonics.
instruction set architecture noun: An abstraction between processor hardware and software that can run on it.
instruction time noun: The total amount of time during which a student receives teaching or instruction from a classroom teacher in a school.
instructional adjective, noun: Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.
instructional design noun: The discipline of creating educational materials, often with the implication of alternative media.
instructionally adverb: In an instructional manner
instructionless adjective: Without instruction.
instructive adjective, noun /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/: Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
instructive case noun: noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in...
instructively adverb: In an instructive manner.
instructiveness noun: The quality of being instructive.
instructivism noun: A form of education based in instruction by a teacher, with no active involvement from the pupils
instructivist adjective: Relating to instructivism
instructological adjective: Of or pertaining to instructology
instructology noun: A branch of education that studies the way in which instruction is used to impart knowledge or understanding
instructor noun /ɪnˈstɹʌktɚ/: One who instructs; a teacher.
instructoress noun: Alternative form of instructress.
instructorial adjective: Of or relating to instruction or instructors.
instructorish adjective: Characteristic of an instructor; didactic.
instructorship noun: The office of an instructor
instructory adjective, noun: Of or relating to instruction; instructive; educational.
instructress noun /ɪnˈstɹʌktɹɪs/: A female instructor.
instructrix noun: A female instructor.
instructs noun, verb: shortened form of instructions
instrument noun, verb /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/: A device used to produce music.
instrument approach noun: An approach (pre-landing procedure) using flight instruments for some or all navigation to the landing airport and runway, as opposed to one flown solely by...
instrument flying noun: Guiding an airplane based only on instruments in the control panel.
instrument landing system noun: A collection of radio navigation aids (always including a localizer and glideslope, and often one to three marker beacons as well) used by pilots for...
instrument maker noun: Maker of scientific instruments.
instrument nurse noun: Synonym of scrub nurse
instrument panel noun /ˈɪns.tɹəˌmɛnt ˈpæn.l̩/: A flat, (usually) vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
instrumental adjective, noun /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/: Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
instrumental case noun: A noun case used to express means or agency–and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case...
instrumental rationality noun: A specific form of rationality focusing on the most efficient or cost-effective means to achieve a specific end, but not in itself reflecting on the value...
instrumental version noun: A remixed song which lacks the vocal tracks.
instrumental width noun: The width of a fringe formed in monochromatic light.
instrumentalisation noun: The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
instrumentalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of instrumentalize.
instrumentalism noun: In the philosophy of science, the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and...
instrumentalist noun: One who plays a musical instrument, as distinguished from a vocalist.
instrumentality noun /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/: The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.
instrumentalization noun: Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
instrumentalize verb: To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
instrumentalizer noun: One who instrumentalizes.
instrumentally adverb: By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end
instrumentalness noun: Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality
instrumentals noun: The backing track of a song. The audio of a song without the vocal track.
instrumentarial adjective: Of or relating to an instrumentarium.
instrumentarium noun: A set of instruments, a toolset.
instrumentary adjective: instrumental
instrumentation noun: The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.
instrumentational adjective: Relating to, or serving as, instrumentation
instrumentist noun: A performer on a musical instrument.
instrumentlike adjective: Like an instrument.
instrumently adverb: By means of an instrument; instrumentally.
instyle verb: To style.
insuavity noun: Lack of suavity; unpleasantness.
insubduable adjective: Alternative form of unsubduable.
insubjection noun: Lack of subjection or obedience.
insubmergible adjective: Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.
insubmersible adjective: Unable to be submerged; not submersible.
insubmission noun: Lack of submission; disobedience.
insubmissive adjective: Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient
insubordinate adjective, noun, verb: Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.
insubordinated adjective: not subordinated
insubordinately adverb: In an insubordinate manner.
insubordinateness noun: The quality of being insubordinate.
insubordination noun /ˌɪn.səˌbɔːɹ.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/: The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an...
Insubres noun: A Gaulish people who lived in Insubria.
Insubrian adjective: Of or from Insubria
insubstantiable adjective: Unable to be substantiated.
insubstantial adjective: Lacking substance; not real or strong.
insubstantiality noun: The state or quality of being insubstantial.
insubstantially adverb: In an insubstantial manner.
insubstantiated adjective: Alternative form of unsubstantiated.
insubstantive adjective: Not substantive (in any sense)
insubvertible adjective: That cannot be subverted.
insuccation noun /ɪnsəˈkeɪʃən/: The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
insuccess noun: Lack of success.
insuck noun, verb: To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up.
insucken adjective, noun: The multure paid by occupiers of thirled lands for the service of grinding.
insucking noun: A sucking inward.
insudate noun: Fluid collection within an arterial wall.
insudation noun: The action of forming an insudate
insudative adjective: Not sudative
insuetude noun /ˈɪn.swə.tjud/: The state or quality of being unaccustomed; lack of habit.
insufferability noun: The quality of being insufferable.
insufferable adjective /ɪnˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/: Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
insufferableness noun: The state of being insufferable.
insufferably adverb: In an insufferable manner.
insufficiency noun /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/: The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
insufficient adjective, determiner /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/: An inadequate quantity of; not enough.
insufficiently adverb: Not sufficiently.
insufflate verb /ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/: To breathe or blow into or on.
insufflated adjective, verb: Disseminated by blowing.
insufflation noun /ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/: The action of breathing or blowing into or on.
insufflator noun: Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates.
insula noun /ˈɪnsjuːlə/: A block of buildings in a Roman town.
insulable adjective: Capable of being isolated.
insulant noun: Any material used to provide insulation
insular adjective, noun /ˈɪnsjələ/: Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
insular cortex noun: Synonym of insula.
insular dwarfism noun: Synonym of island dwarfism
insular gigantism noun: Synonym of island gigantism
insular gray fox noun: The Channel Island fox.
insular grey fox noun: Alternative form of insular gray fox
insular s noun: The s character in Insular script or the ꞅ character when distinct from s or ſ.
insular script noun: A medieval script originating in 7ᵗʰ-century Ireland, derived from the semi-uncial and the New Roman cursive scripts
insular Spaniard noun: A person of Spanish descent who lives in the Philippines.
insular tameness noun: Synonym of island tameness.
insularinase noun: A zinc metalloenzyme that is a prothrombin activator
insularine noun: An amorphous alkaloid found in Cyclea insularis.
insularisation noun: Alternative form of insularization.
insularism noun: Insular (withdrawn) behavior.
insularity noun /ɪn.sjuːˈlæ.ɹɪ.ti/: The quality or property of being insular.
insularization noun: The process of making insular.
insularize verb: To make insular.
insularly adverb: In an insular manner.
insulatard noun: A form of isophane insulin used to treat diabetes
insulate adjective, verb /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/: To separate, detach, or isolate.
insulated adjective, verb: Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
insulating adjective, verb: That insulates.
insulating tape noun: Electrical tape.
insulation noun /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/: The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
insulationism noun: Synonym of isolationism.
insulationist noun: A supporter of insulationism.
insulative adjective: Serving to insulate.
insulator noun /ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/: A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
insulatory adjective: That acts as an insulator
insulin noun /ˈɪnsjʊlin/: A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).
insulin analogue noun: Any of several molecular analogues of endogenous insulin with similar insulin receptor ligand activity but suitable for differing time spans of...
insulin aspart noun /ˌɪn.səl.ɪn ˈæ.spɑɹt/: A short-acting modified recombinant form of insulin (a short-acting insulin analogue) administered by subcutaneous injection in the treatment of type 1 and...
insulin degludec noun: An ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue used to control diabetes.
insulin detemir noun /ˌɪn.səl.ɪn ˈdɛt.əˌmɪɹ/: A long-acting recombinant form of insulin administered by subcutaneous injection in the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Trade names include Levemir...
insulin glargine noun /ˌɪn.səl.ɪn ˈɡlɑɹˌd͡ʒin/: A long-acting recombinant form of insulin (trademark Lantus) administered by subcutaneous injection for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
insulin glulisine noun /ˌɪn.səl.ɪn ˈɡlu.lɪˌsin/: A rapid-acting insulin analogue.
insulin icodec noun: A basal insulin analogue used as an antidiabetic medication.
insulin lispro noun /ˌɪn.səl.ɪn ˈlɪsˌpɹoʊ/: A short-acting insulin analogue administered by injection in the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Trade names include Humalog among others.
insulin plant noun: Fiery costus (Chamaecostus cuspidatus)
insulin pump noun: A medical device used for the administration of insulin relying on a motor.
insulin resistance noun: A pathological condition in which cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin; it is a form of, component of, and/or precursor of prediabetes...
insulin shock therapy noun: An outdated type of shock therapy effected by means of injecting an overdose of insulin.
insulinaemia noun: The (normal) presence of insulin in the bloodstream
insulinaemic adjective: Alternative form of insulinemic.
insulinase noun: Any enzyme that inactivates insulin
insulinemia noun: An abnormally high level of insulin in the blood
insulinemic adjective: Exhibiting insulinemia.
insulinergic adjective: Produced or activated by insulin
insulinic adjective: Relating to insulin
insulinisation noun: Alternative form of insulinization.
insulinitis noun: Synonym of type 1 diabetes.
insulinization noun: Treatment with insulin
insulinize verb: To treat with insulin.
insulinized adjective, verb: Treated with insulin; subjected to insulinization.
insulinlike adjective: Resembling insulin or some aspect of it.
insulinogenesis noun: production of insulin
insulinogenic adjective: Promoting the production of insulin.
insulinogogue noun: A compound that stimulates the release of insulin
insulinoma noun: A tumour of the pancreas that secretes insulin.
insulinomimetic adjective, noun: That mimics the action of insulin
insulinopathy noun: Any disorder due to an excess or deficiency of insulin
insulinopenia noun: insulin deficiency
insulinopenic adjective: Relating to a form of diabetes mellitus that results from an inadequate secretion of insulin
insulinoresistance noun: resistance to the effects of insulin
insulinostatic adjective: That keeps the concentration of insulin in the body static
insulinotherapy noun: The use of insulin as a therapy for diabetes
insulinotropic adjective /ˌɪns(j)ʊlɪnəˈtɹɒpɪk/: That stimulates the production, release and/or activity of insulin
insulinotropin noun: An insulinotropic peptide similar to glucagon
insulinotropism noun: The stimulation of the production, release and/or activity of insulin
insulite noun: An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
insulitis noun: inflammation of the islands of Langerhans
insulize verb: Alternative form of insulinize.
insuloma noun: A tumour of the islets of Langerhans
insulostriatal adjective: insular and striatal: relating to the brain's insula and striatum, especially their connectivity, both normal and abnormal.
insulous adjective: Abounding in islands.
insulse adjective: insipid, dull, stupid or tasteless
insulsity noun: lack of taste, insipidity
insult noun, verb /ɪnˈsʌlt/: To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
insult one's intelligence verb: To treat someone as if they are not intelligent or enough to understand something obvious.
insult to injury noun: Harm, especially verbal, added to another, usually more substantive.
insultability noun: The quality of being insultable.
insultable adjective: Capable of being insulted.
insultant adjective, noun: A consultant who is willing to criticise the organisation that they work for.
insultathon noun: A vigorous, lengthy exchange of insults.
insultation noun: The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
insultative adjective: Insulting.
insultee noun: One who is insulted.
insulter noun: Someone who insults.
insultin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of insulting.
insulting adjective, noun, verb /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/: Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
insultingly adverb: In an insulting manner; to a degree that causes insult.
insultingness noun: The quality of being insulting; offensiveness.
insultive adjective: Insulting.
insultment noun: Insolent treatment; insult.
insultory adjective: that which insults or intends to insult
insultproof adjective: Resistant to insults.
insultry noun: Insults generally; the habit or process of insulting.

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.