inflation
— Noun
– English
～ (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
inflationary
— Adjective
– English
～ associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation; "inflationary prices"
inflator
— Noun
– English
～ an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire)
inflect
— Verb
– English
～ vary the pitch of one's speech
inflect
— Verb
– English
～ change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
inflected
— Adjective
– English
～ showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes); "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language"
inflected
— Adjective
– English
～ (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch; "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"
inflection
— Noun
– English
～ the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
inflection
— Noun
– English
～ a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
inflection
— Noun
– English
～ deviation from a straight or normal course
inflection
— Noun
– English
～ a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
inflectional
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions; "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc."
inflectional ending
— Noun
– English
～ an inflection that is added at the end of a root word
inflexibility
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
inflexibility
— Noun
– English
～ a lack of physical flexibility
inflexible
— Adjective
– English
～ incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
inflexible
— Adjective
– English
～ not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"
inflexible
— Adjective
– English
～ resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"
inflexible
— Adjective
– English
～ incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
inflexibleness
— Noun
– English
～ a lack of physical flexibility