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inaudibility
  • n  the quality of not being perceptible by the ear
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inattentiveness
  • n  a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
  • n  the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others
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inaudibleness
  • n  the quality of not being perceptible by the ear
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inaugural address
  • n  an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
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inauguration
  • n  the act of starting a new operation or practice
    he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
  • n  the ceremonial induction into a position
    the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration
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inauguration day
  • n  the day designated for inauguration of the United States President
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inauspiciousness
  • n  the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
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inborn error of metabolism
  • n  any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism
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inborn reflex
  • n  an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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inc
  • n  a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
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inca
  • n  a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
  • n  a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
  • n  the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
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incandescence
  • n  the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
  • n  light from heat
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incandescent lamp
  • n  electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
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