English Words: I

17,902 words · Page 23 of 359

ingratiatingadj

Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily.

ingratitudenoun

A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.

One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.

The act of entering.

A female given name from Old Norse.

The social group that one belongs to.

That has grown inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body)

Of or pertaining to the groin.

A republic and federal subject of Russia in the Caucasus. Capital: Magas.

To live or reside in.

Fit to live in; habitable.

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

inhabitantsnoun

plural of inhabitant

Having inhabitants; lived in.

The act of inhaling; inbreathing.

To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

One who inhales.

inhalation

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

In an inherent way; naturally, innately.

To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.

That can be inherited.

inheritancenoun

The passing of title to an estate upon death.

simple past and past participle of inherit

Someone who inherits something; an heir.

To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

The act of inhibiting.

One who, or that which, inhibits.

That inhibits.

A surname.

inhomogeneousadj

Not homogeneous.

inhospitableadj

Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.

Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

Alternative form of inhuman: lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind.

The lack of compassion.

Harmful in effect.

Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.

Characterized by iniquity (“deviation from what is right”).

Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.

initnoun

Clipping of initialization.

Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.

initializationnoun

The process of preparing something to begin.

To assign initial values to something.

At the beginning.

plural of initial

To begin; to start.

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

Serving to initiate.

One who initiates.

To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

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 23. 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.