<B>interagent, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an intermediate agent; intermediary. </DL>
<A NAME="interalia">
<B>inter alia,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) among other things. <BR> <I>Ex. Geography and planning both deal, inter alia, with spatial distributions (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interalios">
<B>Inter alios,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) among other persons. </DL>
<A NAME="interallied">
<B>interallied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between or among allied powers or nations. </DL>
<A NAME="interamerican">
<B>inter-American, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between or among the countries of North, Central, or South America. </DL>
<A NAME="interamnian">
<B>interamnian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lying or situated between rivers. <BR> <I>Ex. New York is an interamnian city lying between the North and the East Rivers.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interatomic">
<B>interatomic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between atoms of the same molecule. <BR> <I>Ex. interatomic bonds.</I> adv. <B>interatomically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="interauthority">
<B>interauthority, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between authorities. <BR> <I>Ex. Interauthority arrangements.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interavailability">
<B>interavailability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) reciprocal availability, as of a service or facility. <BR> <I>Ex. ... interavailability of return tickets. </I> </DL>
<A NAME="interbanded">
<B>interbanded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> with bands or layers, usually alternating two different materials, colors, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="interbang">
<B>interbang, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mark of punctuation with the exclamation point superimposed on a question mark, used for rhetorical questions, such as "Would you believe it?" </DL>
<A NAME="interbank">
<B>interbank, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between two or more banks. <BR> <I>Ex. interbank dealings.</I> </DL>
<B>interblend, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-blended</B> or <B>-blent,</B> <B>-blending.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to blend with each other. </DL>
<A NAME="interborough">
<B>interborough, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between boroughs. <BR> <I>Ex. interborough railway.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interbrachial">
<B>interbrachial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) between the brachia or arms, as of a starfish. </DL>
<A NAME="interbrain">
<B>interbrain, </B>noun. =diencephalon.</DL>
<A NAME="interbreed">
<B>interbreed, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-bred,</B> <B>-breeding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to breed by the mating of different kinds; breed by using different varieties or species of animals or plants. Many of our cultivated plants are hybrids developed by interbreeding various plants to combine their desirable qualities. </DL>
<A NAME="intercalary">
<B>intercalary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>inserted in the calendar to make the calendar year agree with the solar year. February 29 is an intercalary day. <DD><B> 2. </B>having an added day, month, or other period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. an intercalary year.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>put in between; interposed; intervening. </DL>
<A NAME="intercalate">
<B>intercalate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to put (an additional day, month, or other period of time) into the calendar. <DD><B> 2. </B>to put in between; interpolate. noun <B>intercalation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="intercalative">
<B>intercalative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that intercalates. </DL>
<A NAME="intercalibration">
<B>intercalibration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> reciprocal calibration. <BR> <I>Ex. the intercalibration of oceanographic instruments.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="intercardinalpoints">
<B>intercardinal points,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the four directions of the compass lying midway between the cardinal points; northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. </DL>
<A NAME="intercaste">
<B>intercaste, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between castes. <BR> <I>Ex. intercaste marriage.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="intercede">
<B>intercede, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-ceded,</B> <B>-ceding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to plead for another; ask a favor from one person for another. <BR> <I>Ex. He did not dare ask the teacher himself, so I interceded for him. Friends of the condemned man interceded with the governor for a pardon.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to interfere in order to bring about an agreement; mediate. <BR> <I>Ex. The debate between the lawyers became so heated that the judge had to intercede.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Roman History.) (of officials, such as the tribunes) to interpose a veto. noun <B>interceder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="intercellular">
<B>intercellular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated between or among cells. <BR> <I>Ex. Intercellular spaces are usually filled with gases or substances secreted by cells.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="intercensal">
<B>intercensal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between censuses. <BR> <I>Ex. the intercensal increase in population.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="intercentral">
<B>intercentral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between centers. </DL>
<A NAME="intercept">
<B>intercept, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to take or seize on the way from one place to another. <BR> <I>Ex. to intercept a letter before it is delivered, to intercept a mysterious foreign airplane, to intercept illicit drug shipments.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to cut off (light, water, or gas). <DD><B> 3. </B>to check; stop. <BR> <I>Ex. The police intercepted the flight of the escaped criminal and put him back in jail.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to cut or mark off between two points or lines. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an act of interception. <BR> <I>Ex. the intercept of a bomber by a missile, intercepts of secret messages.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mathematics.) <DD><B> a. </B>an intercepted part. <DD><B> b. </B>the distance from the origin to the point where a line, curve, or surface intercepts a coordinate axis. </DL>
<A NAME="intercepter">
<B>intercepter, </B>noun. =interceptor.</DL>
<A NAME="interception">
<B>interception, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of intercepting. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being intercepted. </DL>
<A NAME="interceptive">
<B>interceptive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that serves to intercept. </DL>
<A NAME="interceptor">
<B>interceptor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that intercepts. <BR> <I>Ex. We flew interceptor missions over France (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a fast fighter plane or missile having a high rate of climb, used for engaging and repelling attacking enemy bombers. <DD><B> 3. </B>a large sewer that carries waste to a plant for treatment. </DL>
<A NAME="intercession">
<B>intercession, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or fact of interceding; pleading for another. <BR> <I>Ex. The girl's intercession for her brother won their parents' consent to his request. Only the President's intercession could save the spy's life.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a prayer pleading for others. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Roman History.) the interposing of a veto, as by a tribune. </DL>
<A NAME="intercessional">
<B>intercessional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or containing intercession. </DL>
<A NAME="intercessor">
<B>intercessor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who intercedes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who intercedes with God in behalf of men. </DL>
<A NAME="intercessory">
<B>intercessory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> making or relating to intercession; interceding. </DL>
<A NAME="interchange">
<B>interchange, </B>verb, <B>-changed,</B> <B>-changing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put each of (two or more persons or things) in the place of the other. <BR> <I>Ex. to interchange two drawers in a dresser. The two girls interchanged hats.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give and take; make an exchange of. <BR> <I>Ex. The friends interchanged things when one traded his kite for the other's ball.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to cause to happen by turns; alternate. <BR> <I>Ex. to interchange severity with indulgence.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to occur by turns; alternate. <BR> <I>Ex. Fever interchanges with chills in this disease.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to change places. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a putting each of two or more persons or things in the other's place. <BR> <I>Ex. The word "team" may be turned into "meat" by the interchange of the end letters.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or process of giving and taking; exchanging. <DD><B> 3. </B>alternate succession; alternation. <BR> <I>Ex. an interchange of hard work with rest.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the point at which a highway, especially an express highway, connects with another main traffic route. An interchange is designed so that none of the streams of traffic interfere with each other. <BR> <I>Ex. The permanent Thruway interchange at Suffern will open at 2 P.M. today (New York Times).</I> noun <B>interchanger.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="interchangeability">
<B>interchangeability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being interchangeable. </DL>
<A NAME="interchangeable">
<B>interchangeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>capable of being used in the place of each other. <BR> <I>Ex. interchangeable parts. The sources of air, water, and land pollution are interrelated and often interchangeable (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>able to change places with something else. <BR> <I>Ex. The word "concept" is often interchangeable with the word "idea."</I> noun <B>interchangeableness.</B> adv. <B>interchangeably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="interchurch">
<B>interchurch, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between or involving different churches; interdenominational. </DL>
