inchon
- n a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
- n a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
inchworm
- n small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
incidence
- n the relative frequency of occurrence of something
- n the striking of a light beam on a surface
he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light
incidence angle
- n the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
incidental expense
- n (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
incidental music
- n music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes
incienso
- n fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
incineration
- n the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
incinerator
- n a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
incipience
- n beginning to exist or to be apparent
he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
incipiency
- n beginning to exist or to be apparent
it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
incision
- n a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- n the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
incisiveness
- n keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
incisor
- n a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws