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intestinal colic
  • n  acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
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interrupt
  • n  a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
  • v  make a break in
    We interrupt the program for the following messages
  • v  destroy the peace or tranquility of
    Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
  • v  interfere in someone else's activity
    Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
  • v  terminate
    She interrupted her pregnancy
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interrupted fern
  • n  North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds
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interrupter
  • n  a device for automatically interrupting an electric current
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interruption
  • n  an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
  • n  some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
    the telephone is an annoying interruption
  • n  a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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intersection
  • n  a point where lines intersect
  • n  a junction where one street or road crosses another
  • n  a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations
  • n  the set of elements common to two or more sets
    the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things
  • n  a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
  • n  the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
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intersex
  • n  one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
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interspersal
  • n  the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
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interspersion
  • n  the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
    the interspersion of illustrations in the text
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interstate commerce commission
  • n  a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
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interstate highway
  • n  one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
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interstellar medium
  • n  interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
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