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interseco
To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
intersum
(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]
interveniō
(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
interventor
Someone who intrudes.
interventus
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
intestinum
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
intexō
(transitive) To combine (things) through weaving.
intimus
the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
intingō
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
intolerāns
Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
intolerantia
(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
intrā
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
intrābilis
Easily approached; easy to talk to.
intractābilis
Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
intrepidus
Without fear.
intrīta
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
intrō
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
intrōdūcō
To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.
introeo
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
introitus
(countable) The action of entering, or going in.
intrōmittō
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
intumēscō
(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
inturbidus
Not disturbed or agitated.
intus
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
intūtus
Not safe (various senses); dangerous.
inultus
Not avenged.
inundatio
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
inundō
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
inurbānus
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
inus
Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
inūtilis
Without use or possibility to be used.
invado
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
invalidō
To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
invalidus
Deficient in physical strength.
invasiō
A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
inveniō
(idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
inveniō in tabulā
(transitive) To find out where something is located.
inventārium
(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
inventio
Something discovered.
inventor
One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.
inventrix
One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.
inventus
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
invenustus
(North America) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
inversus
(tennis) Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.
invertō
(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
investigare
(intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.
investigatio
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
investīgātor
One who investigates.
investigo
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
inveterātus
(medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
invicem
(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:
invictus
Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
invideō
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]
invidia
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]
invidiōsus
Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
invidus
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
inviolentia
A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.
invisco
(transitive) To smear with birdlime.
invīsibilis
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
invīsibilitās
The state of being invisible.
invisus
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
invītātiō
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
invītō
(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
invius
(of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
invocātiō
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
invoco
(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
involucre
A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.
involūcrum
Something that envelops; a wrapping.
involūtus
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
involvo
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
invulgō
To make widely known to the public.
invulnerābilis
Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
Īō
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.
Ioanna
A en given name, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
Ioannes
A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
Ioannesburgum
The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.
Ioannisburgum
The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.
iobelēus
(countable, Jewish, _, history) A special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free. [from late 14th c.]
iocator
One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
iocō
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
iocor
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
ioculāris
Amusing; humorous; comical. [from mid-18th c.]
ioculātor
A person who makes jokes.
ioculor
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
iocus
(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
iodium
An antiseptic incorporating the element.
iodum
An antiseptic incorporating the element.
iogurtum
A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
Iohanna
A en given name, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
Iohannes
A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
Iōnāthān
A en given name of biblical origin.
Iōnāthās
(biblical character) A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
Īō̆nius
Synonym of Ionic.
ior
(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.
Iordanēs
The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
Iordania
A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.
Iordanus
A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.
Iōsīās
(biblical character) A king of Judah.
iota
The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).
Iova
(religion) A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
Ioviālis
(Roman mythology) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter.
Iovius
(Roman mythology) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter.
ipsa
(emphatic) She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
ipsas
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
ipse
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
ipsi
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
ipsima
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
ipsimus
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
ipsis litteris
Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
ipsos
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
ipsum
(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
īra
A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.
Iraca
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
iracunde
In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
īrācundus
Becoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.
Irania
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.
iranicus
(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
Iraquia
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
īrāscibilis
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
īrāscor
(intransitive) To become angry.
īrātus
Displaying or feeling anger.
Irene
A en given name, in regular use since the 19th century.
iridium
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
īriō
Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.
ironicus
(of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
irredivīvus
Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.
irrefrāgābilis
Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable. [from 16th c.]
irregibilis
(rare) Not regible; ungovernable, unmanageable, intractable.
irrēgulāris
Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
irrepertus
That has not been discovered; unknown, unexplored.
irrigātiō
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
irrigō
(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
irrīsor
A person who derides or mocks.
irrītō
(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
irritus
Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
irruptus
Whole, not divided into parts.
is
(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)
Isabella
A en given name, popular since the 16th century.
Isaiae
A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Īsāiās
(Abrahamism, biblical character) A prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah.
Isaiæ
A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Iscariōta
(Christianity) Epithet of Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver, and of his father Simon Iscariot.
Iscariōtēs
(Christianity) Epithet of Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver, and of his father Simon Iscariot.
ischias
(pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
isicium
The patty used in such a sandwich.
Isidōra
A en given name; rare in the Anglo-Saxon world.
Īsis
(Egyptian god) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.
islam
A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
Islandia
An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.
isma
Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.

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