<B>ingenious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>skillful in making; good at inventing; clever. <BR> <I>Ex. The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself.</I> (SYN) inventive, resourceful. <DD><B> 2. </B>cleverly planned and made. <BR> <I>Ex. This trap made of an old tin can and some wire is an ingenious device.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) possessed of genius; showing cleverness or talent. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) ingenuous. adv. <B>ingeniously.</B> noun <B>ingeniousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingenue">
<B>ingenue, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nues,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a simple, innocent girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage. <DD><B> 2. </B>an actress who plays the part of such a girl or young woman. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or suitable for an ingenue; simple; unsophisticated. <BR> <I>Ex. There were some ankle-length styles and some ingenue dresses with tiny puffed sleeves that looked extraordinarily simple (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingenuity">
<B>ingenuity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>skill in planning or inventing; cleverness. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy showed ingenuity in making toys out of scraps of discarded wood.</I> (SYN) inventiveness. <DD><B> 2. </B>skillfulness of contrivance or design. <BR> <I>Ex. the ingenuity of a puzzle.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an ingenious device or contrivance. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) candor; frankness. </DL>
<A NAME="ingenuous">
<B>ingenuous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>frank and open; free from restraint or reserve; sincere. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy gave an ingenuous account of his acts, concealing nothing.</I> (SYN) candid, straightforward. <DD><B> 2. </B>simple and natural; innocent. <BR> <I>Ex. an ingenuous country girl. Little children are ingenuous.</I> (SYN) guileless, artless, naive. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) noble; generous; high-minded. adv. <B>ingenuously.</B> noun <B>ingenuousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingest">
<B>ingest, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to take (food or other substance) into the body for digestion. <BR> <I>Ex. Higher animals ingest by swallowing.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to take in; accommodate. <BR> <I>Ex. to ingest a new idea. Subways ingest thousands of commuters every workday.</I> adj. <B>ingestible.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingesta">
<B>ingesta, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> substances ingested into the body, especially through the mouth. </DL>
<A NAME="ingestion">
<B>ingestion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of taking food or other substance into the body for digesting. <BR> <I>Ex. Ingestion is the first step in the digestive process.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingestive">
<B>ingestive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with ingestion. </DL>
<A NAME="ingle">
<B>ingle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an open fireplace. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fire burning upon the hearth. </DL>
<A NAME="inglenook">
<B>inglenook, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the nook or corner beside a fireplace. <BR> <I>Ex. Old Fyther Taft ... had some time ago gone back to his inglenook (George Eliot).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingleside">
<B>ingleside, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fireside. </DL>
<A NAME="inglorious">
<B>inglorious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bringing no glory; shameful; disgraceful. <BR> <I>Ex. The army suffered an inglorious defeat at the hands of a much weaker enemy. Calhoun was now approaching the inglorious twilight of his career (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) ignominious, ignoble. <DD><B> 2. </B>having no glory; not famous; obscure; humble. <BR> <I>Ex. Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest (Thomas Gray).</I> adv. <B>ingloriously.</B> noun <B>ingloriousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingodwetrust">
<B>In God We Trust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the official motto of the United States since 1956. </DL>
<A NAME="ingoing">
<B>ingoing, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that goes in or inward; that enters. <DD><I>noun </I> a going in; entrance. </DL>
<A NAME="ingot">
<B>ingot, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a mass of metal, such as gold, silver, or steel, cast into a block or bar to be recast, rolled, or forged at a later time. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a mold in which metal is cast. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to turn or shape into ingots. </DL>
<A NAME="ingotiron">
<B>ingot iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a commercially pure form of malleable iron, containing too little carbon to be hardened or tempered, which has been poured into molds when molten. </DL>
<A NAME="ingrade">
<B>in-grade, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> coming within the same job level; given without an accompanying promotion to a higher position. <BR> <I>Ex. ... in-grade bonus pay for tough jobs (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingraft">
<B>ingraft, </B>transitive verb. =engraft.</DL>
<A NAME="ingrain">
<B>ingrain, </B>verb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to dye through the fiber or yarn before manufacture. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to fix deeply and firmly. <BR> <I>Ex. A habit becomes ingrained in us.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>dyed before manufacture. <DD><B> 2. </B>made of yarn dyed before weaving, so that the pattern appears on both sides. <BR> <I>Ex. an ingrain rug.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>yarn, wool, or other fiber, dyed before manufacture. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) an ingrain carpet or rug. </DL>
<A NAME="ingrained">
<B>ingrained, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Figurative.) deeply and firmly fixed in one's very nature or being. <BR> <I>Ex. ingrained honesty, an ingrained rebel. The American quality of his music is ... deeply ingrained in his art (Saturday Review).</I> (SYN) inveterate. adv. <B>ingrainedly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingrate">
<B>ingrate, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an ungrateful person. <BR> <I>Ex. This is worse than your treachery and deceit, you base ingrate (Richard Brinsley Sheridan).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (Archaic.) ungrateful. </DL>
<A NAME="ingratiate">
<B>ingratiate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to bring (oneself) into favor; make (oneself) acceptable. <BR> <I>Ex. He tried to ingratiate himself with the teacher by giving her presents.</I> noun <B>ingratiation.</B> </DL>
<B>ingratiatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> serving or intended to ingratiate. </DL>
<A NAME="ingratitude">
<B>ingratitude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of thankfulness; being ungrateful. <BR> <I>Ex. Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) thanklessness, ungratefulness, unthankfulness. </DL>
<A NAME="ingravescence">
<B>ingravescence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> increase of gravity or severity. </DL>
<A NAME="ingravescent">
<B>ingravescent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) increasing in severity; growing worse. </DL>
<A NAME="ingredient">
<B>ingredient, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> one of the parts of a mixture. <BR> <I>Ex. The ingredients of a cake usually include eggs, sugar, flour, and flavoring. Honesty is an important ingredient of character.</I> (SYN) constituent, component, element. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Archaic.) that is a component part or element. </DL>
<A NAME="ingress">
<B>ingress, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of going in or entering. <BR> <I>Ex. A high fence prevented ingress to the field when the gate was locked. Our ingress into the world Was naked and bare (Longfellow).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a way of going in; entrance. <BR> <I>Ex. A trap door in the floor was the only ingress to the secret room below.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the right to go in. <BR> <I>Ex. All citizens have free ingress to the public library.</I> (SYN) entree. </DL>
<A NAME="ingression">
<B>ingression, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of going in or entering; entrance. </DL>
<A NAME="ingressive">
<B>ingressive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>entering. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with entrance. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Grammar.) inceptive. noun <B>ingressiveness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingroup">
<B>in-group, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of persons united by a common cause, interest, or goal and from which outsiders are often excluded. <BR> <I>Ex. A second characteristic of scientists as an exclusive in-group was their intense commitment to the ideals and pursuit of science (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingrowing">
<B>ingrowing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>growing within; growing inward. <DD><B> 2. </B>growing into the flesh. <BR> <I>Ex. an ingrowing toenail.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingrown">
<B>ingrown, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>grown within; growing inward; natural; native. <BR> <I>Ex. A great artist has ingrown ability.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>grown into the flesh. <BR> <I>Ex. An ingrown toenail is often painful.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ingrowth">
<B>ingrowth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>growth inward or within. <DD><B> 2. </B>something that grows or has grown inward. </DL>
<A NAME="inguinal">
<B>inguinal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or in the region of the groin. <BR> <I>Ex. an inguinal gland, an inguinal hernia.</I> adv. <B>inguinally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingulf">
<B>ingulf, </B>transitive verb. =engulf.</DL>
<A NAME="ingurgitate">
<B>ingurgitate, </B>verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to swallow greedily or immoderately. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to engulf. <BR> <I>Ex. There is only ... a momentary eddy--very small, as compared with the apparent magnitude of the ingurgitated object (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to eat or drink to excess; gormandize; guzzle. noun <B>ingurgitation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ingush">
<B>Ingush, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gush,</B> <B>-gushes,</B> <B>-gushi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Moslem people occupying the mountainous region north of the Caucasus. </DL>
<A NAME="inh">
<B>INH</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> isoniazid. </DL>
<A NAME="inhabit">
<B>inhabit, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to live in (a place, region, house, cave, or tree). <BR> <I>Ex. Fish inhabit the sea. (Figurative.) Thoughts inhabit the mind.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to establish in a place of abode; locate. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to occupy or people (a place). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to live; dwell. (SYN) abide, lodge. adj. <B>inhabitable.</B> noun <B>inhabitation.</B> noun <B>inhabiter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inhabitability">
<B>inhabitability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being inhabitable. </DL>
