industrial air pollution
- n pollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphere
industrial arts
- n a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools
inductor
- n an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit
indulgence
- n an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- n a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
too much indulgence spoils a child - n the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- n foolish or senseless behavior
- n the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse
indulging
- n the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- v give free rein to
- v yield (to); give satisfaction to
- v enjoy to excess
- v treat with excessive indulgence
indument
- n a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect
indumentum
- n a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect
indus
- n a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana
- n an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
indus civilization
- n the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC
indus river
- n an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
indusium
- n a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern
industrial bank
- n a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers