| 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 in one's possession or in a particular place. [5 definitions] |
| inveracity |
untruthfulness; dishonesty; mendacity. [2 definitions] |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. [3 definitions] |
| inversely |
in opposite order, direction, effect, or nature. |
| 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. |
| inverter |
that which inverts or converts to an opposite, esp. an electric converter for transforming direct current into alternating current. |
| invest |
to put (money or property) into use with the intention of gaining profit or interest. [4 definitions] |
| investable |
combined form of invest. |
| investigate |
to systematically examine or search into. [2 definitions] |
| investigation |
the act of investigating or condition of being investigated. [2 definitions] |
| investigative |
of, relating to, or characterized by investigation. |
| investigator |
a person who makes a careful search for information usually in order to answer a question. |
| investiture |
the act or process of endowing, as with a rank or office. |
| investment |
the act or process of investing. [3 definitions] |
| investment bank |
a financial institution in which the underwriting and marketing of security issues is the chief business. |