immodesty
1: the trait of being vain and conceited [ant: {modesty}] 2: the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals [syn: {exhibitionism}]
immolate
1: offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction; "The Aztecs immolated human victims"; "immolate the valuables at the temple"
immoral
1: violating principles of right and wrong [ant: {moral}, {amoral}] 2: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishon...
immorality
1: the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction" [ant: {morality}] 2: moral...
immorally
1: without regard for morality; "he acted immorally when his own interests were at stake" [syn: {amorally}] [ant: {morally}]
immortal
1: not subject to death [ant: {mortal}] n 1: a person (such as an author) of enduring fame; "Shakespeare is one of the immortals" 2: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the w...
immortalise
1: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: {commemorate}, {memorialize}, {memorialise},...
immortality
1: the quality or state of being immortal [ant: {mortality}] 2: perpetual life after death
immortalize
1: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: {commemorate}, {memorialize}, {memorialise},...
immortelle
1: mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere [syn: {Xeranthemum annuum}]
immotile
1: (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement [syn: {nonmotile}]
immotility
1: lacking an ability to move [ant: {motility}]
immovability
1: no capable of being moved or rearranged [syn: {immovableness}] [ant: {movability}, {movability}]
immovable
1: not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills" [syn: {immoveable}, {stabile}, {unmovable}]
immovable bandage
1: a bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is applied
immovableness
1: no capable of being moved or rearranged [syn: {immovability}] [ant: {movability}, {movability}]
immovably
1: so as to be incapable of moving; "the mountains brooded immovably above the river"
immoveable
1: not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills" [syn: {immovable}, {stabile}, {unmovable}]
immune
1: relating to the condition of immunity; "the immune system" 2: secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution" 3: relating to or conferrin...
immune carrier
1: a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others [syn: {carrier}]
immune gamma globulin
1: a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response [syn: {immunoglobulin}, {Ig}, {immune serum globulin}, {immune globulin}]
immune globulin
1: a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response [syn: {immunoglobulin}, {Ig}, {immune serum globulin}, {immune gamma globulin}]
immune reaction
1: a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen [syn:...
immune response
1: a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen [syn:...
immune serum globulin
1: a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response [syn: {immunoglobulin}, {Ig}, {immune gamma globulin}, {immune globulin}]
immune suppressant drug
1: a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: {immunosuppressant}, {immunosuppressive drug}]
immune system
1: a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
immunisation
1: the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) [syn: {immunization}]
immunise
1: law: grant immunity from prosecution [syn: {immunize}] 2: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the...
immunised
1: having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: {immunized}, {vaccinated}]
immunity
1: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" [syn: {unsusceptibility}] [ant: {susceptibility}] 2: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: {resistanc...
immunization
1: the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) [syn: {immunisation}]
immunize
1: law: grant immunity from prosecution [syn: {immunise}] 2: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the...
immunized
1: having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: {immunised}, {vaccinated}]
immunizing agent
1: any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body [syn: {immunogen}]
immunoassay
1: identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen; "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay" [syn: {immunochemical assay}]
immunochemical assay
1: identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen; "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay" [syn: {immunoassay}]
immunochemistry
1: the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) [syn: {chemoimmunology}]
immunocompromised
1: unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy
immunodeficiency
1: immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
immunofluorescence
1: (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
immunogen
1: any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body [syn: {immunizing agent}]
immunoglobulin
1: a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response [syn: {Ig}, {immune serum globulin}, {immune gamma globulin}, {immune globulin}]
immunoglobulin A
1: one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts [syn: {IgA}]
immunoglobulin D
1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts [syn: {IgD}]
immunoglobulin E
1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes [syn: {IgE}]
immunoglobulin G
1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria [syn: {IgG}]
immunoglobulin M
1: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G [syn: {IgM}]
immunohistochemistry
1: an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase)
immunologic
1: of or relating to immunology [syn: {immunological}]
immunologic response
1: a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen [syn:...
immunological
1: of or relating to immunology [syn: {immunologic}]
immunologist
1: a medical scientist who specializes in immunology
immunology
1: the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
immunopathology
1: the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system
immunosuppressant
1: a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: {immunosuppressive drug}, {immune suppressant drug}]
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immunosuppression
1: lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a...
immunosuppressive
1: of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression
immunosuppressive drug
1: a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: {immunosuppressant}, {immune suppressant drug}]
immunotherapeutic
1: of or relating to immunotherapy; "various immunotherapeutic techniques have been employed with AIDS patients"
immunotherapy
1: therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
immure
1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate}, {lag}, {put behind ba...
immurement
1: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of ...
immutability
1: the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species" [syn: {immutableness}, {fixity}] [ant: {mutability}, {mutability}]
immutable
1: not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature; "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God" [syn: {changeless}] [ant: {mutable}]
immutableness
1: the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species" [syn: {immutability}, {fixity}] [ant: {mutability}, {mutability}]
immutably
1: in an unalterable and unchangeable manner; "his views were unchangeably fixed" [syn: {unalterably}, {unchangeably}, {unassailably}]
IMO
1: the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities [syn: {International Maritime Organization}]
Imogene Coca
1: United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001) [syn: {Coca}]
imou pine
1: tall New Zealand timber tree [syn: {rimu}, {red pine}, {Dacrydium cupressinum}]
imp
1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: {elf}, {hob}, {gremlin}, {pixie}, {pixy}, {brownie}] 2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: {scamp}, {monkey}, {rascal}, {rapscallion}, {sc...
impact
1: the striking of one body against another 2: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" [syn: {wallop}] 3: influencing stro...
impacted
1: wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth" [syn: {wedged}]
impacted fracture
1: fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
impacted tooth
1: a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally [syn: {impaction}]
impaction
1: the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed 2: a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon 3: a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cann...
impair
1: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired" 2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar}, {spoil}, {deflower}, {vitiate}]
impaired
1: diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight" [ant: {unimpaired}] 2: mentally or physically unfit [syn: {afflicted}]
impairer
1: an agent that impairs; "crops can be great impairers of the soil"
impairment
1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: {damage}, {harm}] 2: a symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: {deterioration}] 3: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of p...
impala
1: African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps [syn: {Aepyceros melampus}]
impala lily
1: South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics [syn: {mock azalia}, {desert rose}, {kudu lil...
impale
1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: {transfix}, {empale}, {spike}] 2: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" [sy...
impalement
1: the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
impalpability
1: the quality of being intangible [syn: {intangibility}, {intangibleness}] [ant: {tangibility}, {tangibility}]
impalpable
1: incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans [syn: {intangible}] [ant: {tangible}] 2: imperceptible to the senses or...
impanel
1: enter into a list of prospective jurors [syn: {empanel}] 2: select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: {empanel}, {panel}] [also: {impanelling}, {impanelled}]
imparipinnate
1: a leaf shape; pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex [syn: {odd-pinnate}]
impart
1: tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here" [syn: {leave}, {give}, {pass on}] 2: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain ...
impartation
1: the transmission of information [syn: {conveyance}, {imparting}]
impartial
1: showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" [syn: {fair}] [ant: {partial}] 2: free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and c...
impartiality
1: an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally [syn: {nonpartisanship}] [ant: {partiality}]
impartially
1: in an impartial manner; "he smiled at them both impartially"
imparting
1: the transmission of information [syn: {conveyance}, {impartation}]
impassable
1: impossible to pass [syn: {unpassable}] [ant: {passable}]
impasse
1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: {deadlock}, {dead end}, {stalemate}, {standstill}] 2: a street with only o...
impassioned
1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a t...
impassive
1: having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordho...
impassively
1: in an impassive manner; "he submitted impassively to his arrest"
impassiveness
1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: {emotionlessness}, {impassivity}, {phlegm}, {indifference}, {stolidity}, {unemotionality}]
impassivity
1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: {emotionlessness}, {impassiveness}, {phlegm}, {indifference}, {stolidity}, {unemotionality}]
impasto
1: painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
impatience
1: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay [syn: {restlessness}] 2: a restless desire for change and excitement 3: a dislike of anything that causes delay [ant: {patience}]
Impatiens capensis
1: North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn: {jewelweed}, {lady's earrings}, {orange balsam}, {celandine}, {touch-me-not}]
impatient
1: restless or short of temper under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" [ant: {patient}] 2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to...
impatient of
1: unable to bear irritation [syn: {intolerant of(p)}, {impatient of(p)}]
impatiently
1: in an impatient manner; "he answered her impatiently" [syn: {with impatience}] [ant: {patiently}]
impeach
1: challenge the honesty or credibility of; as of witnesses 2: charge with an offense or misdemeanor; "The public officials were impeached" 3: charge with a crime or misdemeanor 4: bring an accusation...
impeachability
1: the state of being liable to impeachment [syn: {indictability}]
impeachment
1: a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
impeccable
1: without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record" [syn: {faultless}, {immaculate}] 2: not capable of sin
impeccably
1: flawlessly; "the film was impeccably authentic"
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