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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: impercipience - impermissibility</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="impercipience"> impercipience, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of perception. Ex. The committee men were persuaded to let Lew adjudicate the bass solo competition which he did with an impercipience that still inhibits a fair belt of singers (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="impercipient"> impercipient, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lacking perception; imperceptive. Ex. He [Whistler] had been agitated by the strangely impercipient criticisms of his work in the London and Parisian press (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="imperf"> imperf.,<DL COMPACT><DD> imperfect. </DL> <A NAME="imperfect"> imperfect, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. not perfect; having some defect or fault. Ex. A crack in the cup made it imperfect. <DD> 2. not complete; lacking some part. Ex. The imperfect set of dominoes had lost several pieces over the years. <DD> 3. (Grammar.) expressing incompleted, continued, or customary action. English has no imperfect tense, but some constructions, such as was studying and used to study are like the imperfect verbs of other languages. <DD> 4. (Law.) incomplete; unenforceable. Ex. an imperfect law. <DD> 5. (Music.) <DD> a. denoting a major or minor third or sixth. <DD> b. (of an interval) diminished. <DD>noun (Grammar.) the imperfect tense or verb form. adv. imperfectly. noun imperfectness. </DL> <A NAME="imperfectfungus"> imperfect fungus,<DL COMPACT><DD> any fungus of a group that forms only asexual spores or conidia. </DL> <A NAME="imperfectibility"> imperfectibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inability to become or be made perfect. Ex. ... the stubborn imperfectibility of human institutions (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="imperfectible"> imperfectible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot reach perfection. Ex. This theory of limits is part of the Christian residue in Cozzens' thought, i.e., that man is flawed and imperfectible (Time). </DL> <A NAME="imperfection"> imperfection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lack of perfection; imperfect condition or character. Ex. The imperfection of language makes some ideas hard to express. <DD> 2. a fault; defect. Ex. There are many imperfections in the old painting where the paint has flaked off. </DL> <A NAME="imperfective"> imperfective, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Grammar.) <DD>adj. denoting an aspect of the verb, especially in Slavic languages, that expresses action not completed. <DD>noun 1. the imperfective aspect. <DD> 2. a verb form in this aspect. </DL> <A NAME="imperforate"> imperforate, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. not pierced through with holes. <DD> 2. (of stamps) not separated from other stamps by perforations; having the margins whole. <DD>noun an imperforate stamp. </DL> <A NAME="imperial"> imperial, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with an empire or its ruler. Ex. Imperial Caesar dead and turned to clay (Keith Preston). <DD> 2. of or having to do with the rule or authority of one country over other countries and colonies. Ex. The imperial power of Great Britain in India ended after World War II. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) having the rank of an emperor; supreme in authority. Ex. the imperial power of the state over its citizens. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) very fine or grand; supreme; majestic; magnificent. Ex. The Lily's height bespoke command--A fair imperial flow'r (William Cowper). <DD> 5. of larger size or better quality. <DD> 6. according to the former British standard of weights and measures. Ex. The Hodgson committee reported that the metric system was clearly better than the imperial system (New Scientist). <DD>noun 1. a very small beard growing beneath the lower lip. Napoleon III wore such a beard. <DD> 2. a size of paper, 23 by 31 inches (in England 22 by 30 inches). <DD> 3. an article of special size or quality, especially as a trade name. <DD> 4. a former Russian gold coin, worth 10 rubles. <DD> 5a. the roof of a closed carriage. <DD> b. a case or trunk for luggage carried there. Ex. The imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door (Thomas Love Peacock). adv. imperially. noun imperialness. </DL> <A NAME="imperial"> Imperial, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a supporter of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. <DD> 2. one of his soldiers. </DL> <A NAME="imperialbushel"> imperial bushel,<DL COMPACT><DD> the British bushel, equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.3659 liters. </DL> <A NAME="imperialeagle"> imperial eagle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large eagle of Spain and eastern Europe. The imperial eagle lives near plains and marshes and has some white feathers at the shoulders. </DL> <A NAME="imperialgallon"> imperial gallon,<DL COMPACT><DD> the British gallon, equal to about 277.420 cubic inches or 4.546 liters. </DL> <A NAME="imperialism"> imperialism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the policy of extending the rule or authority of one country over other countries and colonies. Ex. The active imperialism of today is communist (Newsweek). <DD> 2. an imperial system of government. <DD> 3. the act or fact of dominating another nation's economic, political, and even military structure without actually taking governmental control. <DD> 4. support of imperial interests. </DL> <A NAME="imperialist"> imperialist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person who favors imperialism. <DD>adj. =imperialistic. </DL> <A NAME="imperialistic"> imperialistic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of imperialism or imperialists. <DD> 2. favoring imperialism. adv. imperialistically. </DL> <A NAME="imperialize"> imperialize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make imperial; provide with imperial character or form. noun imperialization. </DL> <A NAME="imperialmoth"> imperial moth,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, yellow American moth, with brown bands. </DL> <A NAME="imperialpresidency"> imperial presidency,<DL COMPACT><DD> the Presidency of the United States viewed as exceeding in power and authority the executive role provided by the Constitution. Ex. One area in which the imperial presidency is as regal as ever is the matter of international airline routes: by law the President can bestow on any airline of his choice the right to fly between any American city and any foreign one and he need not bother to state a reason (Time). </DL> <A NAME="imperialquart"> imperial quart,<DL COMPACT><DD> the British quart, one fourth of an imperial gallon. </DL> <A NAME="imperil"> imperil, transitive verb, -iled, -iling or (especially British) -illed, -illing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to put in danger. Ex. He imperiled their lives by standing up and rocking the rowboat. (SYN) endanger, jeopardize. </DL> <A NAME="imperilment"> imperilment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of imperiling. <DD> 2. the state of being imperiled. </DL> <A NAME="imperious"> imperious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. haughty or arrogant; domineering; overbearing. Ex. The nobles treated the common people in an imperious way, looking down on them and ordering them around. (SYN) dictatorial. <DD> 2. not to be avoided; imperative; necessary; urgent. Ex. They worked to satisfy the imperious demands of hunger. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) imperial. Ex. imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay (Shakespeare). adv. imperiously. noun imperi-ousness. </DL> <A NAME="imperishability"> imperishability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being imperishable; enduring quality. </DL> <A NAME="imperishable"> imperishable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not perishable; unable to be destroyed; lasting forever; enduring; indestructible. Ex. But in contentment I still feel the need of some imperishable bliss (Wallace Stevens). (SYN) immortal. noun imperishableness. adv. imperishably. </DL> <A NAME="imperium"> imperium, noun, pl. -peria.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. command; supreme power; empire. <DD> 2. (Law.) the right to use the force of the state to enforce the law. </DL> <A NAME="impermanence"> impermanence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or condition of being impermanent. </DL> <A NAME="impermanency"> impermanency, noun. =impermanence.</DL> <A NAME="impermanent"> impermanent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not lasting; temporary. Ex. a policy entirely divorced from natural self-interest is equally unsound and impermanent (Harper's). adv. impermanently. </DL> <A NAME="impermeability"> impermeability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> impermeable quality or condition. </DL> <A NAME="impermeable"> impermeable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that cannot be permeated; impassable. Ex. Charing Cross ... became absolutely impermeable (Hawthorne). <DD> 2. not permitting the passage of water, gas, or other fluid, through the pores, interstices, or membranes. Ex. Gas masks are impermeable only to certain kinds of gas. noun impermeableness. adv. impermeably. </DL> <A NAME="impermissibility"> impermissibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being impermissible. Ex. the impermissibility of resorting to extreme measures (Time). </DL> <A NAME="impermissible"> impermissible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not permissible Ex. But there is that line between the permissible and the impermissible in demagoguery (Harper's). adv. impermissibly. </DL> <A HREF="imperson.dic">NEXT</A>