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| INSECTIVORE | | n. - animal that feeds on insects.
- plant which captures and absorbs insects. insectivorous adj. [from *insect, latin voro devour] | |
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| INSENSITIVE | | adj. (often foll. By to) 1 unfeeling; boorish; crass.
- not sensitive to physical stimuli. insensitively adv. Insensitiveness n. Insensitivity n. | |
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| INSEPARABLE | | adj. (esp. Of friends) unable or unwilling to be separated. inseparability n. Inseparably adv. | |
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| INSPIRATION | | n. - a creative force or influence. B person etc. Stimulating creativity etc. C divine influence, esp. On the writing of scripture etc.
- sudden brilliant idea. inspirational adj. | |
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| INSTABILITY | | n. - lack of stability.
- unpredictability in behaviour etc. | |
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| INSTALLMENT | | n. (brit. Instalment) 1 any of several usu. Equal payments for something.
- any of several parts, esp. Of a broadcast or published story. [anglo-french estaler fix] | |
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| INSTITUTION | | n. - organization or society founded for a particular purpose.
- established law, practice, or custom.
- colloq. (of a person etc.) Familiar object.
- instituting or being instituted. | |
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| INSTRUCTION | | n. - (often in pl.) A order. B direction (as to how a thing works etc.).
- teaching (course of instruction). instructional adj. | |
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| INSTRUCTIVE | | adj. Tending to instruct; enlightening. | |
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| INSUPERABLE | | adj. - (of a barrier) impossible to surmount.
- (of a difficulty etc.) Impossible to overcome. insuperability n. Insuperably adv. [latin supero overcome] | |
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