intumescency
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
intumescent
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
intussuscept
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ introvert or invaginate; "the intussuscepted gut"
intussusception
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
intussusception
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula"
Inuit
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
Inula helenium
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally
inula
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any plant of the genus Inula
inulin
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
inunct
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
inunction
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
inundate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ fill or cover completely, usually with water
inundate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
inundated
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
inundation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
inundation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
inure
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
inured
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett