English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 16 of 359

incubusnoun

An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.

inculcateverb

To teach by repeated instruction.

incumbencynoun

The state of being incumbent.

incumbentadj

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

incurverb

To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

incurableadj

Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.

incurredverb

simple past and past participle of incur

incursionnoun

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.

Indname

India; the East.

IndEname

Abbreviation of Indian English.

indebtedverb

simple past and past participle of indebt

indebtednessnoun

State of owing money; being in debt.

indecencynoun

Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.

indecentadj

Offensive to good taste.

indecentlyadv

In an indecent manner.

indecipherableadj

Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend.

indecisionnoun

The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.

indecisiveadj

Of a person, not decisive, not marked by promptness or decision.

indecisivenessnoun

The condition of being indecisive.

indeedadv

Truly; in fact; actually.

indefatigableadj

Extremely persistent and untiring.

indefensibleadj

Not defensible; not capable of being defended.

indefinableadj

That which cannot be precisely defined or put into words.

indefiniteadj

Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.

indefinitelyadv

In a manner that is not definite.

indelibleadj

Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

indeliblyadv

In an indelible manner.

indemnificationnoun

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.

indemnifyverb

To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

indemnitynoun

Security from damage, loss, or penalty.

indentnoun

A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

indentationnoun

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

indentedadj

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

indenturenoun

A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).

indenturedadj

Subject to an indenture.

independantadj

Obsolete spelling of independent.

independencenoun

The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.

independentadj

Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.

independentlyadv

In an independent manner.

indescribableadj

Impossible (or very difficult) to describe.

indescribablyadv

In an indescribable manner.

indestructibleadj

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

indeterminateadj

Not accurately determined or determinable.

indexnoun

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

indexationnoun

The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation).

indexernoun

A person or program which creates indexes.

indexesnoun

plural of index

indexingnoun

The process by which something is indexed.

Indiname

A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Indianame

A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.

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 16. 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.