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intestinal colic
  • n  acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
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interception
  • n  the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
    he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters
    he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible
  • n  (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team
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interceptor
  • n  a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
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intercession
  • n  a prayer to God on behalf of another person
  • n  the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
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interchange
  • n  a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
  • n  mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
  • n  the act of changing one thing for another thing
    there was an interchange of prisoners
  • n  reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
    he earns his living from the interchange of currency
  • v  put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
    synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
  • v  give to, and receive from, one another
  • v  cause to change places
    interchange this screw for one of a smaller size
  • v  reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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interchangeability
  • n  the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange
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interchangeableness
  • n  the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange
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intercom
  • n  a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc
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intercom speaker
  • n  the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system
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intercommunication
  • n  mutual communication; communication with each other
    they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships
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intercommunication system
  • n  a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc
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intercommunion
  • n  participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox)
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