Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 29

Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

Incrustation (n.) Anything inlaid or imbedded.

Incrustment (n.) Incrustation.

Incrystallizable (a.) Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.

Incubated (imp. & p. p.) of Incubate

Incubating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incubate

Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

Incubation (n.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)

Incubation (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.

Incubative (a.) Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.

Incubator (n.) That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

Incubatory (a.) Serving for incubation.

Incube (v. t.) To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.

Incubiture (n.) Incubation.

Incubous (a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.

Incubuses (pl. ) of Incubus

Incubi (pl. ) of Incubus

Incubus (n.) A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.

Incubus (n.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.

Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Inculcated (imp. & p. p.) of Inculcate

Inculcating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inculcate

Inculcate (v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.

Inculcation (n.) A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions.

Inculcator (n.) One who inculcates.

Inculk (v. t.) To inculcate.

Inculp (v. t.) To inculpate.

Inculpable (a.) Faultless; blameless; innocent.

Inculpableness (n.) Blamelessness; faultlessness.

Inculpably (adv.) Blamelessly.

Inculpated (imp. & p. p.) of Inculpate

Inculpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inculpate

Inculpate (v. t.) To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

Inculpation (n.) Blame; censure; crimination.

Inculpatory (a.) Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

Incult (a.) Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.

Incultivated (a.) Uncultivated.

Incultivation (n.) Want of cultivation.

Inculture (n.) Want or neglect of cultivation or culture.

Incumbencies (pl. ) of Incumbency

Incumbency (n.) The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.

Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.

Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility.

Incumbency (n.) The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office.

Incumbent (a.) Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

Incumbent (a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.

Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.

Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.

Incumbent (n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

Incumbently (adv.) In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.

Incumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Incumber

Incumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incumber

Incumber (v. t.) See Encumber.

Incumbition (n.) Incubation.

Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

Incumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.

Incumbrancer (n.) One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.

Incumbrous (a.) Cumbersome; troublesome.

Incunabula (pl. ) of Incunabulum

Incunabulum (n.) A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.

Incurred (imp. & p. p.) of Incur

Incurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incur

Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc.

Incur (v. t.) To render liable or subject to; to occasion.

Incur (v. i.) To pass; to enter.

Incurability (n.) The state of being uncurable; irremediableness.

Incurable (a.) Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.

Incurable (a.) Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.

Incurable (n.) A person diseased beyond cure.

Incurableness (n.) The state of being incurable; incurability.

Incurably (adv.) In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably.

Incuriosity (n.) Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.

Incurious (a.) Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.

Incuriously (adv.) In an curious manner.

Incuriousness (n.) Unconcernedness; incuriosity.

Incurrence (n.) The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.

Incurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.

Incursion (n.) A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.

Incursion (n.) Attack; occurrence.

Incursive (a.) Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.

Incurtain (v. t.) To curtain.

Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked.

Incurvated (imp. & p. p.) of Incurvate

Incurvating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incurvate

Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.

Incurvation (n.) The act of bending, or curving.

Incurvation (n.) The state of being bent or curved; curvature.

Incurvation (n.) The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.

Incurved (imp. & p. p.) of Incurve

Incurving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incurve

Incurve (v. t.) To bend; to curve; to make crooked.

Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.

Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.

Incus (n.) An anvil.

Incus (n.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.

Incus (n.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.

Incuse (v. t.) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving.

Incuse (v. t.) Alt. of Incuss

Incuss (v. t.) To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.

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