English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 113 of 359

A quantity that measures an inch.

A small island in the Firth of Forth, within Edinburgh council area, Scotland. One pier for the Forth Bridge is built on it (OS grid ref NT1379).

present participle and gerund of inch

An inch at a time; very slowly and gradually.

plural of inching

an inch, or roughly an inch, in length

Any of several species of large, aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mainly endemic to Australia.

Gradually, little by little (an inch at a time).

Misspelling of inchoative.

Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

In an inchoate way.

inchoatenessnoun

The quality of being inchoate.

A beginning or origin.

Initial; as yet unformed; inchoate.

inchoativelyadv

In an inchoative manner.

inchoativenessnoun

The quality of being inchoative.

A tape measure marked in inches.

Measuring an inch in width.

The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.

Impossible to tame.

To separate and remove (something); to cut.

The act of something happening; occurrence.

An incident; something incidental or circumstantial.

An event or occurrence.

Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.

incidental expensenoun

A minor expense incurred in the course of an activity.

incidental musicnoun

Music that is played as a background to a film, television programme, video game, etc.

incidentallyadv

In an incidental manner.

incidentalnessnoun

Quality of being incidental.

incidentalomanoun

A mass lesion discovered incidentally on radiologic examination.

incidentalomenoun

Collectively, the incidental findings of a genome-wide test or study.

incidentlessadj

Without incident.

plural of incident

A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned.

That can be incinerated (destroyed by burning).

To destroy by burning.

incinerationnoun

The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.

incineratornoun

A furnace that burns refuse.

A beginning, or first stage.

A state of nascency; a quality of incipience.

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

In an incipient manner.

The first few words of a text, especially its first line.

A circle within a polygon, especially a triangle, that is tangent to each side.

incircumscriptibleadj

Capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.

incircumscriptionnoun

The quality of being incircumscriptible, or limitless.

incircumspectadj

Not circumspect; careless, reckless.

incircumspectionnoun

Lack of circumspection.

incircumspectlyadv

In an incircumspect manner.

Not cirrate; lacking cirri.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter I contains 17,902 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 359 pages, and you are currently viewing page 113. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "I" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.