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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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incantation
  • n  a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
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incapability
  • n  lack of potential for development
  • n  the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
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incapableness
  • n  lack of potential for development
  • n  the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
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incapacity
  • n  lack of intellectual power
  • n  lack of physical or natural qualifications
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incarceration
  • n  the state of being imprisoned
    his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
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incarnation
  • n  a new personification of a familiar idea
    the incarnation of evil
  • n  (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
  • n  time passed in a particular bodily form
    he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation
  • n  the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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