| insolation | 1. The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc, or of rendering acid, as vinegar. 2. <medicine> A sunstroke. Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath. Origin: L. Insolatio: cf. F. Insolation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| insolent | 1. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. "If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . They forth with make a jest at it." (Petti) "If any should accuse me of being new or insolent." (Milton) 2. Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant. "A paltry, insolent fellow." "Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing." (Chaucer) "Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . . How insolent of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory?" (Shak) 3. Proceeding from or characterised by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior. "Their insolent triumph excited . . . Indignation." (Macaulay) Synonym: Overbearing, insulting, abusive, offensive, saucy, impudent, audacious, pert, impertinent, rude, reproachful, opprobrious. Insolent, Insulting. Insolent, in its primitive sense, simply denoted unusual; and to act insolently was to act in violation of the established rules of social intercourse. He who did this was insolent; and thus the word became one of the most offensive in our language, indicating gross disregard for the feelings of others. Insulting denotes a personal attack, either in words or actions, indicative either of scorn or triumph. Compare Impertinent, Affront, Impudence. Origin: F. Insolent, L. Insolens, -entis, pref. In- not + solens accustomed, p. Pr. Of solere to be accustomed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| insoluble | Not soluble. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insoluble soap | Soap made with a fatty acid and an earthy or metallic base (iron or calcium salts of fatty acids). (05 Mar 2000) |
| insomnia | Inability to sleep, abnormal wakefulness. Origin: L. Somnus = sleep (18 Nov 1997) |
| insomniac | 1. A sufferer from insomnia. 2. Exhibiting, tending toward, or producing insomnia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insorption | Movement of substances from the lumen of the gut into the blood. Origin: L. In, in, + sorbere, to suck (05 Mar 2000) |
| inspectionism | Sexual pleasure from looking at genitals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inspector | One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer. Inspector general, a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police, and discipline. Origin: L., cf. F. Inspecteur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inspectress | A female inspector. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inspersion | Sprinkling with a fluid or a powder. Origin: L. Inspersio, fr. In-spergo, pp. -spersus, to scatter upon, fr. Spargo, to scatter (05 Mar 2000) |
| inspiration | <physiology> The act of drawing air into the lungs. Origin: L. Inspirare, spirare = to breathe (18 Nov 1997) |
| inspiratory | Relating to or timed during inhalation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inspiratory capacity | The maximum volume of air that can be inspired after reaching the end of a normal, quiet expiration. It is the sum of the tidal volume and the inspiratory reserve volume. Common abbreviation is ic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| inspiratory centre | The region of the medulla oblongata that is electrically active during inspiration and where electrical stimulation produces sustained inspiration. (05 Mar 2000) |