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<A NAME="indiarubber">
<B>India rubber</B> or <B>india rubber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a substance of great elasticity obtained from the coagulated, milky juice of various tropical plants; rubber. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) a rubber; overshoe. </DL>
<A NAME="indiarubber">
<B>India-rubber, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with India rubber. <BR> <I>Ex. an India-rubber ball.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like India rubber. </DL>
<A NAME="indic">
<B>Indic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with India; Indian. <DD><B> 2. </B>denoting or having to do with the Indian division of the Indo-Iranian languages, which includes Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, and others. <DD><I>noun </I> the Indian division of the Indo-Iranian languages. </DL>
<B>indica, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fine-grained variety of Asian rice that is not sticky and is rich in amylose, used in developing new hybrid types of rice. </DL>
<A NAME="indican">
<B>indican, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a natural glucoside formed in plants yielding indigo, and which upon decomposition yields natural indigo. <DD><B> 2. </B>a substance found in the urine and other body fluids of animals. </DL>
<A NAME="indicant">
<B>indicant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that indicates; indicative. <DD><I>noun </I> something that indicates a suitable remedy or treatment. <BR> <I>Ex. A symptom is an indicant.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indicate">
<B>indicate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cated,</B> <B>-cating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to point out; point to. <BR> <I>Ex. The arrow on the sign indicates the right way to go.</I> (SYN) designate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to show; make known. <BR> <I>Ex. A dog indicates his feelings by growling, barking, or wagging his tail. A thermometer indicates temperature. Viewing all she sees, As meant to indicate a God to man (William Cowper).</I> (SYN) reveal, disclose. <DD><B> 3. </B>to be a sign or hint of. <BR> <I>Ex. Fever indicates illness. The asterisk indicates a footnote. His hesitation indicates unwillingness.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to give a sign or hint of. <BR> <I>Ex. to indicate one's views. People often indicate their feelings by facial expressions.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Medicine.) <DD><B> a. </B>to show to be needed as a remedy or treatment. <BR> <I>Ex. In this case surgery is indicated.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to show the presence of (a disease). </DL>
<A NAME="indicatedhorsepower">
<B>indicated horsepower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the net horsepower of an engine, determined by average piston pressure, area, stroke, and number of cylinders. </DL>
<A NAME="indication">
<B>indication, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of indicating. <BR> <I>Ex. We use different words for the indication of different meanings.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing that indicates; sign. <BR> <I>Ex. There was no indication that the house was occupied. Modesty is the certain indication of a great spirit (Sir Richard Steele).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the amount or degree indicated. <BR> <I>Ex. The speedometer indication was 45 miles.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Medicine.) a symptom that points out a suitable remedy or treatment or shows the presence of a disease. </DL>
<A NAME="indicative">
<B>indicative, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>pointing out; showing; being a sign (of). <BR> <I>Ex. A headache is sometimes indicative of eyestrain.</I> (SYN) suggestive. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Grammar.) having to do with a verb form which expresses or denotes a state, act, or happening as actual, or which asks a question of simple fact. In "I go" and "Did you win?" <I>go</I> and <I>did win</I> are in the indicative mood. <DD><I>noun </I> (Grammar.) <B>1. </B>the indicative mood. <DD><B> 2. </B>a verb form in this mood. adv. <B>indicatively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="indicator">
<B>indicator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that indicates. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pointer on a dial that shows the amount of heat, pressure, speed, or other factor under measurement. <DD><B> 3. </B>a measuring or recording instrument. <DD><B> 4. </B>an index of business activity. <BR> <I>Ex. The stock market's most widely used indicator [is] the Dow-Jones average of the prices of 30 major industrial companies' shares (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a substance used to indicate chemical conditions or changes, usually by a change in color. Litmus paper is an indicator. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Chemistry.) a tracer. <BR> <I>Ex. a radioactive indicator.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Ecology.) <DD><B> a. </B>a species of animal or plant whose existence in an area is indicative of specific environmental conditions. <DD><B> b. </B>an organism at or near the top of a food chain that reflects or indicates the lower levels in the chain by the food residues found in its body. </DL>
<A NAME="indicatory">
<B>indicatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> serving to indicate. </DL>
<A NAME="indices">
<B>indices, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> indexes; a plural of <B>index.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="indicia">
<B>indicia, </B>noun pl., sing. <B>-dicium.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>indications; signs; tokens; symptoms. <BR> <I>Ex. ... discovering this truth by means of the far and faint indicia which were within his reach (G. C. Lewis).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>markings printed on mail in bulk, instead of the usual stamps, cancellations, or postmarks. </DL>
<A NAME="indicial">
<B>indicial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of the nature of indicia; indicative. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or like an index. <DD><B> 3. </B>of or having to do with the index finger. </DL>
<A NAME="indicolite">
<B>indicolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a blue variety of tourmaline. </DL>
<A NAME="indict">
<B>indict, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to charge with an offense or crime; accuse. <BR> <I>Ex. Let anyone who will, indict him on the charge of loving base gains (Benjamin Jowett).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a grand jury) to find evidence against (an accused person) to be enough so that a trial is necessary. <BR> <I>Ex. The jury indicated all eleven men named by the FBI (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indictable">
<B>indictable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(of a person) liable to be indicted. <DD><B> 2. </B>making a person liable to be indicted. <BR> <I>Ex. an indictable offense.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indicter">
<B>indicter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or group that indicts. </DL>
<A NAME="indiction">
<B>indiction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a proclamation by a Roman emperor, made every 15 years, fixing the valuation of property as a basis for taxation. <DD><B> b. </B>a tax assessed on this basis. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the fiscal period of 15 years adopted by the Emperor Constantine and long used to date ordinary events. <DD><B> b. </B>a specified year in this period, or the number indicating it. <DD><B> 3. </B>a proclamation; declaration. </DL>
<A NAME="indictment">
<B>indictment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a formal written accusation, especially on the recommendation of a grand jury. <BR> <I>Ex. an indictment for murder. When an indictment does come down, the accused individuals will have an opportunity at trial to defend their innocence (New York Times). I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people (Edmund Burke).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an indicting or being indicted; accusation. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Bond has written ... a perfectly stunning indictment of the welfare state (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indictor">
<B>indictor, </B>noun. <B>=indicter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="indie">
<B>indie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an independent producer, especially of motion pictures or phonograph records. <DD><B> 2. </B>an independently produced motion picture or phonograph record. </DL>
<A NAME="indienne">
<B>Indienne, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> printed calico, especially one printed in bright colors with a rather small pattern. <DD><I>adj. </I> seasoned in East Indian style. <BR> <I>Ex. rice salad Indienne.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="indies">
<B>Indies, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the East Indies. <DD><B> 2. </B>the West Indies. <DD><B> 3. </B>the East Indies, India, and Indochina. </DL>
