<B>ineradicable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be rooted out or got rid of. <BR> <I>Ex. Misdemeanors and offenses ... were as ineradicable from her brain as the patrician wrinkle was between her eyes (Saul Bellow). Once convalescent, he is ordered to return again to ... his ineradicable malaise (New Yorker).</I> adv. <B>ineradicably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inerasable">
<B>inerasable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not erasable; not to be erased or effaced. adv. <B>inerasably.</B> </DL>
<B>inerrancy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> freedom from error. </DL>
<A NAME="inerrant">
<B>inerrant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not erring; free from error. </DL>
<A NAME="inerratic">
<B>inerratic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not erratic or wandering; fixed. </DL>
<A NAME="inert">
<B>inert, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having no power to move or act; lifeless. <BR> <I>Ex. A stone is an inert mass of matter.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>inactive; slow; sluggish. <BR> <I>Ex. A dull, lazy person is inert. The Honourable Mrs. Jamieson ... was fat and inert, and very much at the mercy of her old servants (Elizabeth C. S. Gaskell).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>with few or no active chemical, physiological, or other properties. <BR> <I>Ex. the inert ingredients in a medicine. Helium and neon are inert gases.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an inert person, thing, or substance. adv. <B>inertly.</B> noun <B>inertness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inertgas">
<B>inert gas,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any gas of a group including helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, formerly considered chemically inactive; rare gas. </DL>
<A NAME="inertia">
<B>inertia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tendency to remain in the state one is in, and not start changes. <BR> <I>Ex. Urgently needed reforms ... have bogged down in a morass of political confusion and inertia (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>the tendency of all objects and matter in the universe to stay still if still, or, if moving, to go on moving in the same direction, unless acted on by some outside force. <DD><B> b. </B>a like property of electricity, magnetism, and various other physical forces. </DL>
<A NAME="inertial">
<B>inertial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of inertia. </DL>
<A NAME="inertialguidance">
<B>inertial guidance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a method of guiding a missile, aircraft, or ship along a given course by means of gyroscopes and electronic equipment that react to inertial force, automatically adjusting the course. <BR> <I>Ex. A missile aimed by inertial guidance carries "sensing" devices (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inertially">
<B>inertially, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by means of inertia. <BR> <I>Ex. There are gyroscopically and inertially stabilized camera mountings which aim ... at producing a truly vertical photograph (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>inertial navigator,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the instruments used for inertial guidance. <BR> <I>Ex. Passengers ... will jet to transoceanic destinations from take-off to landing by a new inertial navigator (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inertiaselling">
<B>inertia selling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the act of sending unsolicited goods to potential customers and charging for them if not returned. <BR> <I>Ex. If you are the victim of ... inertia selling and do not intend to use the system, make a point of returning the rejection card (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inertiastarter">
<B>inertia starter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device for starting an aircraft engine, consisting of a small flywheel that is set spinning by hand or by an electric motor that is engaged with the engine crankshaft to turn the engine. </DL>
<A NAME="inertion">
<B>inertion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being or remaining inert; inaction; sluggishness. </DL>
<A NAME="inerudite">
<B>inerudite, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not erudite; unlearned. adv. <B>ineruditely.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inescapability">
<B>inescapability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inevitability. <BR> <I>Ex. The work of the judge involves the inescapability of choice (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inescapable">
<B>inescapable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be escaped or avoided; sure to happen; inevitable. <BR> <I>Ex. An inescapable aspect of U.S. economic prowess is the foreign-aid program (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inescapably">
<B>inescapably, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an inescapable manner; inevitably. <BR> <I>Ex. Business and government are inescapably involved in each other's affairs (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inesculent">
<B>inesculent, </B>adjective. =inedible.</DL>
<A NAME="inescutcheon">
<B>inescutcheon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) a small escutcheon borne as a charge upon a larger escutcheon. </DL>
<A NAME="inesse">
<B>in esse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in being; actually existing. </DL>
<A NAME="inessential">
<B>inessential, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not essential; not necessary. <BR> <I>Ex. First of all he realized that it is inessential for the machine to be able to move around (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>without essence; unsubstantial; immaterial. <DD><I>noun </I> something that is inessential. </DL>
<A NAME="inessentiality">
<B>inessentiality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or condition of being inessential. </DL>
<B>inestimable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> too great to be estimated; priceless; invaluable. <BR> <I>Ex. Freedom of speech is an inestimable privilege. Heaps of pearls, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) incalculable. </DL>
<A NAME="inestimably">
<B>inestimably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> so as to be inestimable. </DL>
<A NAME="inevitability">
<B>inevitability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or condition of being inevitable. <BR> <I>Ex. The inevitability that brought us together on this mountain of wet grass was greater than the total of all other considerations (Saul Bellow).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inevitable">
<B>inevitable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not to be avoided; sure to happen; certain to come. <BR> <I>Ex. Death is inevitable; it comes to everyone.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> that which is inevitable. <BR> <I>Ex. There is no use arguing with the inevitable (James Russell Lowell).</I> noun <B>inevitableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inevitably">
<B>inevitably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an inevitable manner; unavoidably. </DL>
<A NAME="inexact">
<B>inexact, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not exact; with errors or mistakes; not accurate. <BR> <I>Ex. In quantum mechanics certain statements must in principle remain inexact (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not strict or rigorous. adv. <B>inexactly.</B> noun <B>inexactness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inexactitude">
<B>inexactitude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of accuracy or precision. <BR> <I>Ex. terminological inexactitude.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inexcelsis">
<B>in excelsis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) beyond comparison; above all others; on the highest level. <BR> <I>Ex. He was the contact man in excelsis (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inexcusability">
<B>inexcusability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being inexcusable or unjustifiable. </DL>
<A NAME="inexcusable">
<B>inexcusable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that ought not to be excused; that cannot be justified; unpardonable. <BR> <I>Ex. The insolent boy's rudeness to his parents was inexcusable. Her failure to thank her hostess when the party ended was inexcusable.</I> (SYN) unjustifiable, indefensible, unwarrantable. noun <B>inexcusableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inexcusably">
<B>inexcusably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an inexcusable manner; unpardonably. </DL>
<A NAME="inexecutable">
<B>inexecutable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not executable; that cannot be executed. </DL>
<A NAME="inexecution">
<B>inexecution, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack or neglect of execution. </DL>
<A NAME="inexertion">
<B>inexertion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> absence of exertion; inaction. </DL>
<B>inexhaustibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inexhaustible nature or quality. <BR> <I>Ex. the inexhaustibility of hope.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="inexhaustible">
<B>inexhaustible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that cannot be exhausted; very abundant. <BR> <I>Ex. The wealth of our country seems inexhaustible to many people abroad. We feel that the potentialities of the human brain are inexhaustible (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>tireless; that cannot be wearied. <BR> <I>Ex. The new president is a man of inexhaustible energy.</I> noun <B>inexhaustibleness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inexhaustibly">
<B>inexhaustibly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an inexhaustible manner; to an inexhaustible degree. </DL>
<A NAME="inexist">
<B>inexist, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to exist (in something else); inhere. </DL>
<A NAME="inexistence">
<B>inexistence</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> existence in something else; inherence. </DL>
<A NAME="inexistence">
<B>inexistence</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> absence of existence; nonexistence. </DL>
<A NAME="inexistency">
<B>inexistency, </B>noun. =inexistence.</DL>
<A NAME="inexistent">
<B>inexistent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not existing; having no existence. </DL>
<A NAME="inexorability">
<B>inexorability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inexorable nature or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="inexorable">
<B>inexorable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not influenced by prayers or entreaties; relentless; unyielding. <BR> <I>Ex. The forces of nature are inexorable.</I> (SYN) unrelenting, implacable, immovable. noun <B>inexorableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inexorably">
<B>inexorably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an inexorable manner. </DL>
<A NAME="inexpansible">
<B>inexpansible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not expansible. </DL>
<A NAME="inexpansive">
<B>inexpansive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not expansive. </DL>
<A NAME="inexpectancy">
<B>inexpectancy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> absence of expectancy. </DL>
