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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: incumbency - indecipherability</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="incumbency"> incumbency, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a term of office. Ex. During his incumbency as governor, the state prospered. <DD> 2. the state of being incumbent; incumbent duty or obligation. <DD> 3. something that is incumbent; an incumbent weight or mass. </DL> <A NAME="incumbent"> incumbent, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. resting (on a person) as a duty. Ex. She felt it incumbent upon her to answer the letter at once. I have come home with a deep sense of the duty incumbent upon me (William Ewart Gladstone). (SYN) binding, obligatory. <DD> 2. currently holding an office or position. Ex. the incumbent governor, the incumbent Republican candidate. <DD> 3. lying, leaning, or pressing on something. <DD> 4. (Botany.) <DD> a. (of an another) lying flat against the inner side of the filament. <DD> b. (of cotyledons) having the back of one against the hypocotyl. <DD> 5. (Geology.)overlying; resting (upon). Ex. an incumbent stratum. <DD> 6. (Archaic.) overhanging. <DD>noun a person holding an office, position, or benefice. Ex. An incumbent who has done a good job in office and has shown that he is progressive, intelligent, fearless, and alert ... should be returned to office (New York Times). adv. incumbently. </DL> <A NAME="incumber"> incumber, transitive verb. =encumber.</DL> <A NAME="incumbrance"> incumbrance, noun. =encumbrance.</DL> <A NAME="incunable"> incunable, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an incunabulum. </DL> <A NAME="incunabula"> incunabula, noun pl., (sing.) (for 2) -lum.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the earliest stages or first traces in the development of anything; beginnings. <DD> 2. books printed before 1501. </DL> <A NAME="incunabular"> incunabular, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with books printed before 1501. </DL> <A NAME="incunabulum"> incunabulum, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> singular of incunabula. </DL> <A NAME="incur"> incur, transitive verb, -curred, -curring.<DL COMPACT><DD> to run or fall into (something unpleasant); bring (blame, punishment, or danger) on oneself. Ex. The explorers incurred great danger when they tried to cross the rapids. He incurred great debts by buying more than he could afford. They are in danger of incurring his royal displeasure (Jonathan Swift). </DL> <A NAME="incurability"> incurability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being incurable. </DL> <A NAME="incurable"> incurable, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. that cannot be cured; that cannot be healed, remedied, or corrected. Ex. an incurable invalid, an incurable disease, incurable ignorance. (SYN) irremediable. <DD>noun a person having an incurable disease. Ex. That building is a home for incurables. noun incurableness. </DL> <A NAME="incurably"> incurably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an incurable manner or condition; to an incurable degree. Ex. He is incurably romantic. </DL> <A NAME="incuriosity"> incuriosity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of curiosity; inattentiveness; indifference. </DL> <A NAME="incurious"> incurious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not curious; uninquiring; indifferent. Ex. an incurious student. Listless and incurious eyes (James Fenimore Cooper). Like anyone of twenty, Jane was incurious about the past (Saturday Review). (SYN) inattentive, unobservant. <DD> 2. deficient in interest or novelty. adv. incuriously. noun incuriousness. </DL> <A NAME="incurrence"> incurrence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or fact of incurring. Ex. the incurrence of liabilities. </DL> <A NAME="incurrent"> incurrent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> running, flowing, or carrying inward. Ex. an incurrent blood vessel. </DL> <A NAME="incursion"> incursion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a sudden attack; invasion; raid. Ex. The pirates made incursions along the coast. (SYN) foray. <DD> 2. a running or flowing in. Ex. Dikes protected the lowland from incursions of the sea. </DL> <A NAME="incursive"> incursive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> making incursions; invading. </DL> <A NAME="incurvate"> incurvate, adjective, verb, -vated, -vating.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. curving inward. <DD>v.t., v.i. to turn from a straight line or course; curve or bend inward; curve. </DL> <A NAME="incurvation"> incurvation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of curving inward. <DD> 2. the condition of being curved inward. </DL> <A NAME="incurvature"> incurvature, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a curving inward; inward curve or bend. </DL> <A NAME="incurve"> incurve, verb, -curved, -curving, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t., v.i. to curve or bend inward. <DD>noun 1. an inward curve. Ex. She will cross her legs and look down ... on the pleasing swell of calf, incurve of ankle (Prudence Glynn). <DD> 2. an inward curve, such as a baseball pitch curving toward the batter. </DL> <A NAME="incus"> incus, noun, pl. incudes.<DL COMPACT><DD> the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of man and some other animals. It is shaped somewhat like an anvil. </DL> <A NAME="incuse"> incuse, verb, -cused, -cusing, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to impress by striking or stamping. Ex. to incuse a coin. <DD>adj. hammered or stamped in. Ex. an incuse design on a coin. <DD>noun an incuse figure or impression. </DL> <A NAME="ind"> Ind, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Archaic.) India. Ex. this ... golden realm of Ind (Byron). <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) the East or West Indies. </DL> <A NAME="ind"> ind.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. independent. <DD> 2. index. <DD> 3. indicative. <DD> 4. industrial. <DD> 5. industry. </DL> <A NAME="ind"> Ind.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. Independent. <DD> 2. India. <DD> 3. Indian. <DD> 4. Indiana. <DD> 5. Indies. </DL> <A NAME="ind"> IND (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> investigational new drug (a drug tested on animals that is submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for approval or permission to use it in human tests). </DL> <A NAME="ind"> I.N.D.,<DL COMPACT><DD> in the name of God (Latin, in nomine Dei). </DL> <A NAME="indaba"> indaba, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a conference between or with South African natives. Ex. It was on the second occasion that the famous indaba took place between Rhodes and the Matabele chiefs (Napier Davitt). </DL> <A NAME="indagate"> indagate, transitive verb, -gated, -gating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to search out; investigate. Ex. How from them should we indagate the time of his expulsion? (Robert Cary). noun indagation. noun indagator. </DL> <A NAME="indalone"> Indalone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a chemical used as an insect repellent. </DL> <A NAME="indamine"> indamine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) any one of a series of basic organic compounds that form unstable bluish and greenish salts, used in making dyes. </DL> <A NAME="indanthrene"> Indanthrene, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) indanthrone. </DL> <A NAME="indanthrone"> indanthrone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coal-tar pigment related to anthracene and resembling natural indigo, used to dye cotton and other vegetable fibers. </DL> <A NAME="indebt"> indebt, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) to bring or involve in debt; make obligated. </DL> <A NAME="indebted"> indebted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> owing money or gratitude; in debt; obliged. Ex. We are indebted to men of science for many of our comforts. </DL> <A NAME="indebtedness"> indebtedness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition of being in debt. <DD> 2. an amount owed; debts. Ex. The new notes constitute the company's entire indebtedness (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="indecency"> indecency, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lack of decency; being indecent. <DD> 2. an indecent act or word. </DL> <A NAME="indecent"> indecent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not decent; in very bad taste; unbecoming; improper. Ex. He showed an indecent lack of gratitude to the man who saved his life. They left the party with indecent haste. (SYN) unsuitable, unseemly. <DD> 2. not modest; morally bad; disgusting; obscene. Ex. [They] have made numerous arrests for such crimes as ... indecent exposure (New York Times). (SYN) coarse. adv. indecently. </DL> <A NAME="indecentassault"> indecent assault,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) any sexual act against a person's will other than rape. </DL> <A NAME="indeciduate"> indeciduate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) (of a placenta) not deciduate; having no decidua. </DL> <A NAME="indeciduous"> indeciduous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not deciduous, as a leaf. <DD> 2. (of a tree or plant) not losing the leaves seasonally. </DL> <A NAME="indecipherability"> indecipherability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being indecipherable. </DL> <A NAME="indecipherable"> indecipherable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be deciphered; illegible. Ex. The coded message was indecipherable. adv. indecipherably. </DL> <A HREF="indecisi.dic">NEXT</A>