Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z infarcted Affected by infarcts infarction The process which causes an infarct. infarctional Relating to infarction. infarctive Relating to infarction infare A party or other celebration held to mark someone's entrance into a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a wedding reception. infaring A faring or entering in; entrance; entry. infatigable indefatigable infatuate To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm. infatuated Foolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone); besotted. infatuatedly In an infatuated manner. infatuation An immensely strong love or sexual attraction. infatuational Of or relating to infatuation. infatuative Characteristic of infatuation. infatuator A person or thing that infatuates. infauna Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments. infaunal Belonging to the infauna. infaunalization colonization by animals infaunally In an infaunal manner infaust Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister. infeasibility The state of being infeasible or impractical. infeasible Not feasible. infeasibleness The quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. infeasibly In a manner that is not feasible. infect To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. infectability The ability to infect or be infected infectable Able to infect or to become infected infectant An infective agent infected Having an infection. infectedness Quality of being infected. infectee A person or other organism that has been infected. infecter Someone or something that infects. infectibility infectability infectible Able to be infected; capable of infection. infectiologic Relating to infectiology. infectiological Relating to infectiology. infectiologist A type of physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. infectiology The study of infection infection The act or process of infecting. infectional Relating to infection. infectionism The belief that diseases were spread by infection. infectionist One who believed that diseases were spread by infection. infectious Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne). infectiously In an infectious manner. infectiousness The state or condition of being infectious. infective Able to cause infection; infectious infectiveness The state or quality of being infective. infectivity The ability of a pathogen to establish an infection infectome All the infectious organisms associated with a particular disease infector Something that infects; that which causes infection. infectress A female infector. infecund infertile infecundability The condition of being infecundable infecundable Synonym of unfertilizable. infecundity Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness infecundous infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive infeed The material fed into a machine to be processed. infeftment Synonym of exit. infelicific Not felicific. infelicitous Unhappy or unfortunate. infelicitously In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate infelicitousness The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed infelicity The condition of being infelicitous. infelonious Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. infelt Felt inwardly or emotionally; heartfelt. infenestrate To enter or insert into or through a window. infer To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. inferability The condition of being inferable inferable That may be inferred or drawn as a conclusion; deducible; that may be put together from previous knowledge and current evidence. inferably Such that it may be inferred. Inferagrarian Relating to the lowest portion of the cultivated lands in Great Britain. inference The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction. inferencing The process of making inferences; inferring inferent Synonym of afferent. inferential Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference. inferentialism Inferential role semantics: an approach to the theory of meaning that identifies the meaning of an expression with its (typically inferential) relationship to other expressions. inferentialist Of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning inferentiality The quality of being inferential. inferentially With respect to, or by means of, inference inferiae Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends. inferior Lower in rank, status, or quality. inferiorism The belief that some people are inherently inferior to others. inferiority The quality or state of being inferior. inferiorization The process of inferiorizing. inferiorize To make or treat as inferior. inferiorly In an inferior manner. inferiormost Most inferior inferiorness Quality of being inferior. infernal Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish. infernalism Belief in the existence of hell, especially as a place of eternal and conscious torment after death. infernalist One who believes in infernalism. infernality The quality of being infernal. infernalize To make infernal. infernally In an infernal manner. infernalship A term of address for a devil. Infernet A surname from French. inferno A place or situation resembling Hell. inferoanterior inferior (below) and anterior (in front) inferoanteriorly In an inferoanterior manner or direction inferobasal inferior and basal inferobranchian Any of the Inferobranchiata, a former suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, now mostly classified as Armina and Phyllidia. inferobranchiate Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle, such as those of the genus Phyllidia. They once were classified under the order Inferobranchiata. inferofrontal inferior and frontal inferognathal The lower jawbone. inferolateral Both inferior and lateral. inferolaterally In an inferolateral manner inferomarginal Located below a margin inferomedial Both inferior and medial. inferomedially In an inferomedial manner or direction inferonasal inferior to the horizontal meridian and medial to the vertical meridian inferonasally In an inferonasal direction inferoparietal inferior and parietal inferoposterior inferior and posterior inferoposteriorly In an inferoposterior manner or direction inferoseptal Relating to the inferoseptum of the heart inferoseptum The lower cardiac septum inferosuperior from below to above inferotemporal Both inferior and temporal, especially relating to the inferior part of the temporal lobe inferotemporally In an inferotemporal direction inferral The act of inferring. inferred Concluded by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. inferrer One who infers. inferrible Synonym of inferable. inferring The act of one who infers something; the drawing of an inference. infertile Not fertile. infertilely In an infertile manner. infertileness The quality of being infertile. infertility The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility. infest To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. infestant That which infests something infestation The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil. infested that has undergone an infestation infester something that infests. infestin A thrombin inhibitor present in the bloodsucking insect Triatoma infestans infestious That infests; infesting. infestive Tending to infest; acting like an infection. infestivity A lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth. infestment Synonym of infestation. infestuous Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. infeudate To invest (someone) with feudal powers. infeudation The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment. infibulate To perform infibulation (on) infibulation An act of fastening. inficete Lacking wit. inficiate To render or demonstrate to be invalid; to invalidate or disprove. infidel Rejecting a specific religion. infidelic Infidel; lacking religious faith. infidelism The quality of being an infidel; lack of religious faith. infidelistic Of or relating to infidelism. infidelitous unfaithful infidelity Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.