<B>implacental, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> (of lower mammals) having no placenta. <DD><I>noun </I> an implacental animal. </DL>
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<B>implant, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to instill; fix deeply. <BR> <I>Ex. A good teacher implants high ideals in children.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to insert. <BR> <I>Ex. a steel tube implanted in a socket. Teeth are implanted in the jaw.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to set in the ground; plant. <DD><B> 4. </B>to graft or set (a piece of tissue, an organ, or any living or artificial substance) into the body. <BR> <I>Ex. Investigations of alloys implanted in the body for purposes of prosthesis ... (Norbert D. Greene).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become implanted. <BR> <I>Ex. The graft failed to implant.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a piece of tissue, an organ, or any living or artificial substance grafted into the body. <BR> <I>Ex. According to the patent, the plastics, called hydrogels, are suitable for body implants (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small radioactive tube or needle inserted in the body, especially to treat cancer. noun <B>implanter.</B> </DL>
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<B>implantable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be implanted. <BR> <I>Ex. Experiences indicate that total cardiac replacement with an artificial, implantable heart is possible (Michael E. DeBakey).</I> </DL>
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<B>implantation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of implanting. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being implanted. <DD><B> 3. </B>the introduction of tissue or an organ or any living or artificial substance into the body. <DD><B> 4. </B>the passage of cells from one part of the body to another. <DD><B> 5. </B>the process in which an embryo becomes attached for nourishment to the uterine wall in higher mammals, or to the yolk in other vertebrates. </DL>
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<B>implausibility, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>implausible quality. <BR> <I>Ex. The show relied too much on the elements of implausibility and coincidence (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an implausible thing. <BR> <I>Ex. Among other implausibilities: a psychedelic-balletic version of Alice in Wonderland (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>implausible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or reason. adv. <B>implausibly.</B> </DL>
<B>implead, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to sue in a court of law. <DD><B> 2. </B>to accuse; impeach. <DD><B> 3. </B>to plead (a suit). adj. <B>impleadable.</B> </DL>
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<B>implement, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a useful piece of equipment; tool; instrument; utensil. Plows and threshing machines are farm implements. A pail, an ax, a shovel, and a broom are implements. <DD><B> b. </B>a person or agent considered as an instrument or tool. <BR> <I>Ex. This old man was a most useful implement to us everywhere (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Scottish.) fulfillment, performance, or execution, as of a contract. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to provide with implements or other means. <DD><B> 2. </B>to provide the power and authority necessary to accomplish or put (something) into effect. <BR> <I>Ex. to implement an order. It can implement bonds of friendship, and respect, by ties that transcend language and semantics (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to carry out; get done. <BR> <I>Ex. Do not undertake a project unless you can implement it.</I> noun <B>implementation.</B> noun <B>implementer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="implemental">
<B>implemental, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> acting or used as an implement; serving to implement. </DL>
<A NAME="impletion">
<B>impletion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of filling. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being filled. </DL>
<A NAME="implicate">
<B>implicate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cated,</B> <B>-cating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to show to have a part or to be connected; involve. <BR> <I>Ex. The thief's confession implicated the two other men who had helped him steal. The disease may implicate various organs.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=imply.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>to fold or twist together; entangle. <BR> <I>Ex. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves Wove twilight o'er the Poet's path (Shelley).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="implication">
<B>implication, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of implying or state of being implied. <DD><B> 2. </B>something implied; indirect suggestion; hint. <BR> <I>Ex. She did not actually refuse, but the way she frowned was an implication of her unwillingness. There was no implication of dishonesty in his failure in business.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an implicating or a being implicated. </DL>
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<B>implicative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to implicate or imply; characterized by or involving implication. adv. <B>implicatively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="implicit">
<B>implicit, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>meant, but not clearly expressed or distinctly stated; implied. <BR> <I>Ex. He gave us implicit consent to take the apples, for he smiled when he saw us do it. Her silence gave implicit consent.</I> (SYN) tacit. <DD><B> 2. </B>without doubting, hesitating, or asking questions; absolute. <BR> <I>Ex. He has implicit confidence in his friends. A soldier must give implicit obedience to his officers.</I> (SYN) unquestioning, unreserved. <DD><B> 3. </B>involved as a necessary part or condition; contained (in). <BR> <I>Ex. The oak tree is implicit in the acorn.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Psychology.) involving activity that cannot easily be observed, such as a glandular or muscular reaction. <BR> <I>Ex. implicit behavior, an implicit response.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) entangled; entwined. <BR> <I>Ex. Th' humble shrub, And bush with frizzled hair implicit (Milton).</I> noun <B>implicitness.</B> </DL>
<B>implied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> involved, indicated, suggested, or understood without express statement. <BR> <I>Ex. an implied rebuke.</I> adv. <B>impliedly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="impliedconsent">
<B>implied-consent, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a legal principle that a person assumes responsibility or willingness to do something if he accepts a license, credit card, franchise, or other privilege. A person who accepts a driver's license gives implied-consent to take a chemical test for intoxication whenever asked to by proper authority. </DL>
<A NAME="impliedwarranty">
<B>implied warranty,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a warranty not expressed in a contract, but resulting from the making of the contract, as in the sale of something in which the seller gives an implied warranty that he is the legal owner. </DL>
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<B>implode, </B>verb, <B>-ploded,</B> <B>-ploding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to burst inward. <BR> <I>Ex. Scratched tubes may implode more easily (Occupational Health Newsletter).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Phonetics.) to pronounce by implosion. </DL>
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<B>implore, </B>verb, <B>-plored,</B> <B>-ploring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to beg earnestly for. <BR> <I>Ex. The prisoner implored pardon.</I> (SYN) beseech, entreat. <DD><B> 2. </B>to beg (a person to do something). <BR> <I>Ex. She implored her mother to give permission for her to go on the trip.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to beg earnestly; make urgent supplication. noun <B>imploration.</B> noun <B>implorer.</B> </DL>
<B>implosion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of bursting inward. <BR> <I>Ex. the implosion of a vacuum tube from external pressure; (Figurative.) an implosion of anger, an implosion caused by the sudden convergence of many cultures.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Phonetics.) <DD><B> a. </B>the closure at the beginning of the articulation of a stop, as in <I>p, t, k.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the inrush of air at the end of the articulation of a suction stop. </DL>
<A NAME="implosive">
<B>implosive, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or involving implosion. <BR> <I>Ex. An implosive technique ... holds promise that the attainment of usable million-gauss fields may be near (Scientific American).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an implosive articulation or sound. adv. <B>implosively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="impluvium">
<B>impluvium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-via.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in ancient Roman houses) a rectangular basin or tank in the middle of the atrium or hall, for receiving the rain water from an opening in the roof above. </DL>
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<B>imply, </B>transitive verb, <B>-plied,</B> <B>-plying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to mean (a thing) without saying it outright; express in an indirect way; suggest. <BR> <I>Ex. Silence often implies consent. Mother's smile implied that she had forgiven us.</I> (SYN) insinuate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to involve as a necessary part or condition. <BR> <I>Ex. Speech implies a speaker.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to signify; mean. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to entangle; involve. <BR> <I>Ex. Striving to loose the knott ... Himself in streighter bandes too rash implyes (Edmund Spenser).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="impolite">
<B>impolite, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not polite; having or showing bad manners; rude; discourteous. (SYN) disrespectful. adv. <B>impolitely.</B> noun <B>impoliteness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="impolitic">
<B>impolitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not politic; not expedient; not judicious; unwise. <BR> <I>Ex. It is impolitic to offend people who can help you. A provision as impolitic as it was barbarous (William E. H. Lecky).</I> adv. <B>impoliticly.</B> noun <B>impoliticness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="imponderabilia">
<B>imponderabilia, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> imponderables. <BR> <I>Ex. The matters learned by the delegates ... were mainly imponderabilia (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
