| invalid2 |
without legal or factual force or effect; not valid; void. [2 definitions] |
| invalidate |
to make invalid; deprive of force or effect. |
| invaluable |
having value too great to estimate or measure; priceless. |
| invariable |
not subject to change or variation; consistently the same. [2 definitions] |
| invariably |
without ever a change; on every occasion. |
| invasion |
an act or instance of invading, esp. by an enemy or hostile army. [3 definitions] |
| invasive |
being of the nature of an invasion. [2 definitions] |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. [3 definitions] |
| inveigh |
to utter angry or bitter complaints or criticism; protest vigorously (usu. fol. by against.) |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery (usu. fol. by into). [2 definitions] |
| invent |
to think of, contrive, or create (something new). [2 definitions] |
| invention |
the act or process of inventing. [5 definitions] |
| inventive |
adept at thinking up new ideas or at devising new objects or methods; imaginative. [2 definitions] |
| inventor |
one who invents, esp. a new device, process, or the like. |
| inventory |
a complete, often detailed list of things, as of those in a particular place or in one's possession. [4 definitions] |
| inveracity |
untruthfulness; dishonesty; mendacity. [2 definitions] |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. [3 definitions] |
| inversion |
the act or process of inverting. [4 definitions] |
| invert |
to reverse or set opposite in order, position, direction, effect, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| invertebrate |
without a spinal column or backbone; not vertebrate. [3 definitions] |
| inverted comma |
(chiefly British) (usu. pl.)either of a pair of double punctuation marks (" ") used to enclose a quotation or a reference to a title, or the single punctuation marks enclosing a quotation within a quotation (''); quotation marks. |