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 instillatory Relating to instillation. instiller One who instills. instilling The process by which something is instilled. instillment The act of instilling instilment The act of instilling; instillation. instimulate To stimulate; to excite. instimulation stimulation instinct A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour. instinction Instinct, incitement, or inspiration. instinctive Related to or prompted by instinct. instinctively Innately; by instinct; without being taught. instinctiveness The quality of being instinctive. instinctivity The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. instinctless without instinct instinctual Of, relating to, or derived from instinct. instinctualization The process by which something becomes instinctual. instinctualize To make instinctual. instinctually In an instinctual way. institorial Relating to an agent or factor. institute An organization founded to promote a cause instituter A person who institutes something institution A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. institutional Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution. institutionalese The jargon associated with an institution. institutionalisation Non-Oxford British English and Ireland standard spelling of institutionalization. institutionalism Adherence to the established religion, or to established codes of conduct. institutionalist Of, pertaining to, or following institutionalism institutionality The quality of being institutional. institutionalizability The quality or degree of being institutionalizable. institutionalizable Able to be institutionalized. institutionalization The process of establishing a practice as a norm. institutionalize To establish as a normal practice. institutionalized Having been established as an institution. institutionalizer One who, or that which, institutionalizes something. institutionally In an institutional manner. institutionary Relating to an institution or institutions. institutionism Synonym of institutionalism. institutionize Synonym of institutionalize. institutionwide Throughout an institution. institutist A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes. institutive Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. institutively In a way that conforms to an institution. institutor One who institutes something. institutress A female institutor. institutrix A female institutor. insto An institutional investor. instop To stop; close; shut; make fast. instore inside a store or shop Instow A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England, at the confluence of the rivers Taw and Torridge (OS grid ref SS4730). instratified interstratified instream To flow or stream in; flow or stream into. instreaming A flowing in; influx. instrengthen Strengthen inwardly. instress In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object. instrew To strew about; scatter in or upon; spread. instroke An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft. instruct To teach by giving instructions. instructability The quality or degree of being instructable. instructable Capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education. instructedness The quality of being instructed. instructee A person being instructed. instructer One who instructs. instructible Capable of being instructed; teachable. instruction The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. instructional Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching. instructionally In an instructional manner instructionless Without instruction. instructive Conveying knowledge, information or instruction. instructively In an instructive manner. instructiveness The quality of being instructive. instructivism A form of education based in instruction by a teacher, with no active involvement from the pupils instructivist Relating to instructivism instructological Of or pertaining to instructology instructology A branch of education that studies the way in which instruction is used to impart knowledge or understanding instructor One who instructs; a teacher. instructorial Of or relating to instruction or instructors. instructorish Characteristic of an instructor; didactic. instructorship The office of an instructor instructory Of or relating to instruction; instructive; educational. instructress A female instructor. instructrix A female instructor. instructs shortened form of instructions instrument A device used to produce music. instrumental Essential or central; of great importance or relevance. instrumentalisation The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action. instrumentalism In the philosophy of science, the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and theories are true or false (or correctly depict reality), but how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena. instrumentalist One who plays a musical instrument, as distinguished from a vocalist. instrumentality The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose. instrumentalize To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. instrumentalizer One who instrumentalizes. instrumentally By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end instrumentalness Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality instrumentals The backing track of a song. The audio of a song without the vocal track. instrumentarial Of or relating to an instrumentarium. instrumentarium A set of instruments, a toolset. instrumentary instrumental instrumentation The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments. instrumentational Relating to, or serving as, instrumentation instrumentist A performer on a musical instrument. instrumentlike Like an instrument. instrumently By means of an instrument; instrumentally. instyle To style. insuavity Lack of suavity; unpleasantness. insubjection Lack of subjection or obedience. insubmergible Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. insubmersible Unable to be submerged; not submersible. insubmission Lack of submission; disobedience. insubmissive Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient insubordinate Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious. insubordinated not subordinated insubordinately In an insubordinate manner. insubordinateness The quality of being insubordinate. insubordination The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor. Insubres A Gaulish people who lived in Insubria. Insubria A historic region in modern Lombardy, Italy. Insubrian Of or from Insubria insubstantiable Unable to be substantiated. insubstantial Lacking substance; not real or strong. insubstantiality The state or quality of being insubstantial. insubstantially In an insubstantial manner. insubstantive Not substantive (in any sense). insubvertible That cannot be subverted. insuccation The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. insuccess Lack of success. insuck To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up. insucken The multure paid by occupiers of thirled lands for the service of grinding. insucking A sucking inward. insudate Fluid collection within an arterial wall. insudation The action of forming an insudate insudative Not sudative insuetude The state or quality of being unaccustomed; lack of habit. insufferability The quality of being insufferable. insufferable Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable. insufferableness The state of being insufferable. insufferably In an insufferable manner. insufficiency The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something). insufficient An inadequate quantity of; not enough. insufficiently Not sufficiently. insufflate To breathe or blow into or on. insufflated Disseminated by blowing. insufflation The action of breathing or blowing into or on. insufflator A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace. insula Island. insulable Capable of being isolated. insulant Any material used to provide insulation insular Of, being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands. insularinase A zinc metalloenzyme that is a prothrombin activator insularine An amorphous alkaloid found in Cyclea insularis. insularism Insular (withdrawn) behavior. insularity The quality or property of being insular.