Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 14

Imperdibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperdible.

Imperdible (a.) Not destructible.

Imperfect (a.) Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

Imperfect (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.

Imperfect (a.) Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.

Imperfect (n.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

Imperfect (v. t.) To make imperfect.

Imperfectibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperfectible.

Imperfectible (a.) Incapable of being mad perfect.

Imperfection (a.) The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.

Imperfectness (n.) The state of being imperfect.

Imperforable (a.) Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

Imperforata (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Imperforate (a.) Alt. of Imperforated

Imperforated (a.) Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.

Imperforation (n.) The state of being without perforation.

Imperial (a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

Imperial (a.) Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.

Imperial (a.) Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.

Imperial (n.) The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

Imperial (n.) An outside seat on a diligence.

Imperial (n.) A luggage case on the top of a coach.

Imperial (n.) Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

Imperial (n.) A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.

Imperial (n.) A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

Imperialism (n.) The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

Imperialist (n.) One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

Imperialities (pl. ) of Imperiality

Imperiality (n.) Imperial power.

Imperiality (n.) An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.

Imperialized (imp. & p. p.) of Imperialize

Imperializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperialize

Imperialize (v. t.) To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.

Imperially (adv.) In an imperial manner.

Imperially (n.) Imperial power.

Imperiled (imp. & p. p.) of Imperil

Imperilled () of Imperil

Imperiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperil

Imperilling () of Imperil

Imperil (v. t.) To bring into peril; to endanger.

Imperilment (n.) The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Imperious (a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Imperious (a.) Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.

Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.

Imperiously (adv.) In an imperious manner.

Imperiousnes (n.) The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.

Imperishability (n.) The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.

Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.

Imperiwigged (a.) Wearing a periwig.

Impermanence (n.) Alt. of Impermanency

Impermanency (n.) lack of permanence.

Impermanent (a.) Not permanent.

Impermeability (n.) The quality of being impermeable.

Impermeable (a.) Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.

Impermissible (a.) Not permissible.

Imperscrutable (a.) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.

Imperseverant (a.) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.

Impersonal (a.) Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

Impersonal (n.) That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

Impersonality (n.) The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

Impersonally (adv.) In an impersonal manner.

Impersonated (imp. & p. p.) of Impersonate

Impersonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impersonate

Impersonate (v. t.) To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

Impersonate (v. t.) To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.

Impersonate (v. t.) To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.

Impersonation (n.) Alt. of Impersonification

Impersonification (n.) The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

Impersonator (n.) One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.

Imperspicuity (n.) Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.

Imperspicuous (a.) Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.

Impersuadable (a.) Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.

Impersuasible (a.) Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable.

Impertinence (n.) The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

Impertinence (n.) Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.

Impertinence (n.) That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.

Impertinency (n.) Impertinence.

Impertinent (a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

Impertinent (a.) Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.

Impertinent (n.) An impertinent person.

Impertinently (adv.) In an impertinent manner.

Impertransibility (n.) The quality or state of being impertransible.

Impertransible (a.) Incapable of being passed through.

Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.

Imperturbably (adv.) In an imperturbable manner; calmly.

Imperturbation (n.) Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude.

Imperturbed (a.) Not perturbed.

Imperviability (n.) The quality of being imperviable.

Imperviable (a.) Not pervious; impervious.

Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.

Impery (n.) Empery.

Impest (v. t.) To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague.

Impester (v. t.) See Pester.

Impetiginous (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.

Impetigo (n.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

Impetrable (a.) Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.

Impetrate (a.) Obtained by entreaty.

Impetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Impetrate

Impetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impetrate

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