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ins
  • n  an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
  • n  a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
  • n  a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
  • n  a state in midwestern United States
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insalubriousness
  • n  the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating
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insalubrity
  • n  the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating
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insane asylum
  • n  a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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insanity plea
  • n  (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
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inscription
  • n  letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
  • n  a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
  • n  the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
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inscrutability
  • n  the quality of being impossible to investigate
    the inscrutability of the future
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insect
  • n  small air-breathing arthropod
  • n  a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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insect bite
  • n  a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
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