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1. [**influencer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/influencer.md) noun (an influencer, influencers) An influencer is a person who is paid by companies or popular on social media to make people want to buy or do things.
2. [**influential**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/influential.md) adjective (influential, more influential, most influential) 1) Having a lot of influence: able to change what other people think or do, or how things happen.
3. [**influenza**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/influenza.md) noun (influenza, uncountable); short form flu 1) An illness caused by a virus, with a high temperature, aches, a sore throat, a cough and great tiredness; it spreads easily.
4. [**info**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/info.md) noun (info — uncountable; informal short form of information) Information: facts or details about something.
5. [**inform**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inform.md) verb (inform, informs, informed, informing) To tell someone facts or news, especially officially.
6. [**informal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/informal.md) adjective Informal means relaxed and friendly, not following strict rules: «an informal party».
7. [**informally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/informally.md) adverb (informally) In a relaxed, friendly, everyday way, not following strict rules or formal manners.
8. [**informant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/informant.md) noun (an informant, informants) A person who gives information to someone else, for example to a researcher or reporter.
9. [**information**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/information.md) noun (information — uncountable) Information is facts or details about something.
10. [**informative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/informative.md) adjective (informative) 1) Informative means giving useful facts and knowledge.
11. [**informed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/informed.md) verb (past of «inform»: inform, informs, informed, informing); adjective (informed, well-informed) Told someone facts or news, often in a formal way.
12. [**informing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/informing.md) verb form (-ing form of inform: inform, informs, informed, informing); adjective (informing — rare) Informing is the -ing form of «inform», which means to tell someone facts or news, especially officially.
13. [**infrared**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infrared.md) adjective (infrared); noun (infrared, uncountable) Infrared is a kind of light that our eyes cannot see, just beyond red light; we feel it as heat.
14. [**infrequent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infrequent.md) adjective (infrequent, more infrequent); adverb «infrequently» 1) Not happening often; rare. 2) Happening with long gaps in between: infrequent buses.
15. [**infuriated**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infuriated.md) adjective Infuriated means made very angry, so angry that you cannot keep calm.
16. [**infusion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infusion.md) noun (an infusion, infusions; also uncountable) A drink made by soaking leaves, flowers or fruit in hot water, like herbal tea.
17. [**ingenious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingenious.md) adjective (ingenious, more ingenious, most ingenious); adverb (ingeniously); noun (ingenuity) 1) Very clever and inventive, especially at finding new ways to solve problems. 2) (of an idea or machine) Cleverly planned and made.
18. [**ingenuity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingenuity.md) noun (ingenuity, uncountable); adjective ingenious Ingenuity is being clever and inventive, so you find new and smart ways to solve problems.
19. [**ingest**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingest.md) verb (ingest, ingests, ingested, ingesting); noun (ingestion) To ingest is to take food, drink, medicine or another substance into your body by swallowing it.
20. [**ingestion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingestion.md) noun (ingestion, uncountable) 1) (formal, science) Taking food, drink or another substance into the body through the mouth.
21. [**ingratitude**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingratitude.md) noun (no plural) Not being thankful for what someone has done for you.
22. [**ingredient**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingredient.md) noun (an ingredient, ingredients) An ingredient is one of the foods or things that are mixed together to make a dish, like flour and eggs in a cake.
23. [**ingress**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingress.md) noun (ingress — uncountable; an ingress) — formal The act of going in, or the right to go in: a way in.
24. [**ingrown**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ingrown.md) adjective (ingrown; also ingrowing, UK) 1) (of a toenail or hair) Grown into the skin instead of out of it, which can hurt and become infected.
25. [**inhabit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhabit.md) verb (inhabit, inhabits, inhabited, inhabiting) To inhabit a place means to live in it: «polar bears inhabit the Arctic».
26. [**inhabitant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhabitant.md) noun (an inhabitant, inhabitants) An inhabitant is a person who lives in a place, such as a town, island or country.
27. [**inhabited**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhabited.md) adjective (inhabited); verb (inhabit, inhabits, inhabited, inhabiting) 1) Having people or animals living in it. 2) (verb, past) Lived in a place, as in «Dinosaurs inhabited the land».
28. [**inhalation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhalation.md) noun (inhalation, an inhalation) 1) Breathing air, smoke or medicine into your lungs. 2) A medicine or steam you breathe in.
29. [**inhale**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhale.md) verb (inhale, inhales, inhaled, inhaling) To breathe air or another gas into your lungs.
30. [**inhaler**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhaler.md) noun (an inhaler, inhalers) 1) A small device you put in your mouth and press to breathe a medicine into your lungs, used mostly for asthma.
31. [**inherent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inherent.md) adjective (inherent; inherently adv.) 1) (formal) Being a natural, basic part of something, so it cannot be taken away: an inherent danger, an inherent quality.
32. [**inherently**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inherently.md) adverb (inherently) As a basic, natural part of something that cannot be removed; by its very nature.
33. [**inherit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inherit.md) verb (inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting) To inherit money, a house or things is to receive them from someone after they die.
34. [**inheritance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inheritance.md) noun (inheritance, uncountable; an inheritance, inheritances) An inheritance is money, property or things you receive from someone who has died.
35. [**inherited**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inherited.md) verb form (past of inherit: inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting); adjective (inherited) Inherited means passed down from parents to children through the body, like eye colour or freckles.
36. [**inheriting**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inheriting.md) verb form (inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting) Inheriting money, a house or things means receiving them from someone after that person has died.
37. [**inhibit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhibit.md) verb (inhibit, inhibits, inhibited, inhibiting) To slow down, block or stop something from happening or growing: salt inhibits bacteria.
38. [**inhospitable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhospitable.md) adjective (inhospitable, more inhospitable) Not friendly or welcoming to visitors; a place with no food, shelter or kindness for strangers.
39. [**inhuman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhuman.md) adjective (inhuman, more inhuman) Very cruel or unkind, in a way that a kind person would never be.
40. [**initial**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/initial.md) adjective (initial); noun (an initial, initials); verb (initial, initials, initialled/initialed, initialling/initialing) 1) (adjective) Happening at the beginning; first. 2) (noun) The first letter of a name: J. K. Rowling's initials are J. K. R. 3) (verb) To…
41. [**initially**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/initially.md) adverb (initially) Initially means at the beginning, at first, before anything changed.
42. [**initiate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/initiate.md) verb (initiate, initiates, initiated, initiating); noun (an initiate, initiates) To initiate something is to start it or make it begin: initiate a conversation.
43. [**initiation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/initiation.md) noun (initiation, initiations); from the verb initiate The act of starting something, such as a plan or a process.
44. [**inject**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inject.md) verb (inject, injects, injected, injecting) To put a medicine or liquid into the body with a needle (a syringe).
45. [**injection**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injection.md) noun (an injection, injections) An injection is when a doctor or nurse uses a needle to put medicine into your body through the skin.
46. [**injector**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injector.md) noun (an injector, injectors) A device that pushes a liquid or gas into something, for example fuel into a car engine.
47. [**injunction**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injunction.md) noun (an injunction, injunctions) An injunction is an order from a court telling someone that they must or must not do something.
48. [**injure**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injure.md) verb (injure, injures, injured, injuring) To injure means to hurt a person or an animal so that part of the body is damaged, for example in an accident or a fall.
49. [**injurious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injurious.md) adjective (injurious) 1) (formal) Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health».
50. [**injury**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injury.md) noun (an injury, injuries); verb injure; adjective injured An injury is harm done to a person's or animal's body, such as a cut, a bruise, a broken bone or a burn.
51. [**injustice**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injustice.md) noun (injustice, injustices) Injustice is unfairness: a situation where people are not treated equally or are not given what they deserve.
52. [**ink**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ink.md) noun (ink, inks); verb (ink, inks, inked, inking) Ink is the coloured liquid used for writing, drawing and printing, found in pens and printers.
53. [**inkstand**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inkstand.md) noun (an inkstand, inkstands) 1) A stand or tray on a desk that holds pots of ink, pens and sometimes sand or a pen-wiper, used in the days of dip pens.
54. [**inky**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inky.md) adjective (inky, inkier, inkiest) 1) Inky means stained or covered with ink. 2) Inky means very dark, especially black or dark blue, like ink.
55. [**inlaid**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inlaid.md) adjective (inlaid); past form of the verb inlay (inlay, inlays, inlaid, inlaying) Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the surface, so that they show, such as gold or pearl set into wood or ivory.
56. [**inland**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inland.md) adjective (inland); adverb (inland) In or towards the middle of a country, away from the coast or the sea: an inland town, travel inland.
57. [**inlet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inlet.md) noun (an inlet, inlets) An inlet is a narrow area of sea or lake water that goes into the land, like a small bay.
58. [**inmate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inmate.md) noun (an inmate, inmates) 1) A person who is kept in a prison. 2) (old use) A person living in a hospital or other institution. 3) An inmate can also be any…
59. [**inmost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inmost.md) adjective (inmost, no comparative) The deepest or most private; at the very centre of a place or of your feelings.
60. [**inn**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inn.md) noun (an inn, inns) An inn is a small hotel or pub, often in the countryside or an old building, where travellers can eat, drink and stay the night.
61. [**innate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innate.md) adjective (innate) Innate means something you are born with, not something you learned, like an innate talent or instinct.
62. [**inner**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inner.md) adjective Inner means inside, or nearer the middle of something.
63. [**innermost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innermost.md) adjective (innermost, no comparative) The same as inmost: the deepest, or nearest to the centre of a place or of your feelings.
64. [**innings**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innings.md) noun (an innings, innings; inning, innings in baseball) In cricket, an innings is a team's turn to bat, or one player's turn at batting.
65. [**innkeeper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innkeeper.md) noun (an innkeeper, innkeepers) A person who owns or runs an inn, a small hotel or pub where travellers can eat, drink and sleep.
66. [**innocence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innocence.md) noun (innocence, uncountable) Innocence is the state of not being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
67. [**innocent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innocent.md) adjective (innocent; more innocent, most innocent); noun (an innocent — rare) Not guilty: having not done the wrong thing you are blamed for.
68. [**innocently**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innocently.md) adverb (from innocent) Without doing wrong, or without knowing that you are doing wrong.
69. [**innovation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innovation.md) noun (innovation, innovations) Innovation is making new ideas, methods or inventions, or making changes to how things are done.
70. [**innumerable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/innumerable.md) adjective (innumerable, no comparative) Too many to count.
71. [**inoffensive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inoffensive.md) adjective (inoffensive, more inoffensive) 1) Not likely to upset, annoy or offend anyone; harmless. 2) Pleasant but rather dull or ordinary: an inoffensive colour.
72. [**inoperative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inoperative.md) adjective (inoperative) Inoperative means not working or not in use: The lift is inoperative.
73. [**inordinate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inordinate.md) adjective (inordinate; formal); adverb «inordinately» 1) (formal) Much more than is usual, reasonable or expected; too much. 2) Unreasonably large: an inordinate amount of time.
74. [**inquest**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inquest.md) noun (an inquest, inquests) An official inquiry by a court, led by a coroner, to find out why and how a person died, when the death was sudden or unexplained.
75. [**inquire**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inquire.md) verb (inquire, inquires, inquired, inquiring; UK also enquire) To ask for information about something: inquire about the times of trains.
76. [**inquiry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inquiry.md) noun (an inquiry, inquiries) An inquiry is a question you ask to get information.
77. [**inquisitive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inquisitive.md) adjective (inquisitive, more inquisitive) Wanting to know about things; asking many questions and looking into what is not your business.
78. [**insane**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insane.md) adjective (insane, more insane) Seriously mentally ill; today doctors use «mental illness» instead.
79. [**insatiable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insatiable.md) adjective (insatiable) 1) Always wanting more and never satisfied: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable curiosity.
80. [**inscribe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inscribe.md) verb (inscribe, inscribes, inscribed, inscribing) To inscribe words or a design is to write, carve or engrave them on something, like stone, metal or a ring.
81. [**inscribed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inscribed.md) verb past form of inscribe (inscribe, inscribes, inscribed, inscribing); adjective (inscribed) Inscribed means written, carved or printed on something, especially stone, metal or the inside of a book.
82. [**inscription**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inscription.md) noun (an inscription, inscriptions) Words cut, carved or written on something hard, like stone, metal or a coin.
83. [**insect**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insect.md) noun (an insect, insects) An insect is a small animal with six legs and a body in three parts (head, thorax, abdomen); most insects have wings and antennae.
84. [**insectivore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insectivore.md) noun (an insectivore, insectivores) 1) An animal or plant that eats mainly insects. 2) (science, older) A word once used for a group of small mammals like shrews, moles and…
85. [**insectivorous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insectivorous.md) adjective (insectivorous) 1) Insectivorous means eating insects as the main food.
86. [**insecure**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insecure.md) adjective (insecure, more insecure); noun insecurity An insecure person does not feel confident and worries that they are not good enough or not liked.
87. [**insensible**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insensible.md) adjective (insensible) — formal or old-fashioned Unconscious; not awake or aware: knocked insensible.
88. [**insensitive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insensitive.md) adjective (insensitive, more insensitive); noun «insensitivity» Not noticing or caring about other people's feelings; saying or doing hurtful things.
89. [**inseparable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inseparable.md) adjective (inseparable); adverb «inseparably» 1) Always together; such close friends that you can't keep them apart. 2) Impossible to separate: two ideas that are inseparable.
90. [**insert**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insert.md) verb (insert, inserts, inserted, inserting); noun (an insert, inserts) To insert means to put something into something else: «Insert the key.».
91. [**insertion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insertion.md) noun (insertion, insertions) Insertion is the act of putting something into something else.
92. [**inset**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inset.md) noun (an inset, insets); verb (inset, insets, inset, insetting); adjective (inset) A small map, picture or box placed inside a bigger one, often in a corner.
93. [**inside**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inside.md) preposition (inside the box); adverb (go inside); noun (the inside, insides); adjective (an inside pocket) Inside means in something, within its walls or edges: inside the box.
94. [**insider**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insider.md) noun (an insider, insiders) An insider is a person who belongs to a group, club, company or organisation and so knows how it works and what is happening inside it.
95. [**insidious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insidious.md) adjective Insidious means harmful in a sneaky way that works slowly and is hard to spot.
96. [**insignia**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insignia.md) noun (insignia — plural or singular; also «insignias»; old singular «insigne») A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job, group or authority, like stripes on a uniform.
97. [**insignificant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insignificant.md) adjective Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter.
98. [**insincerity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insincerity.md) noun (insincerity, uncountable) 1) Insincerity is saying or showing feelings you do not really have; not being honest about what you feel.
99. [**insist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insist.md) verb (insist, insists, insisted, insisting) To say firmly that something must happen, and not accept «no».
100. [**insistence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insistence.md) noun (insistence — uncountable; an insistence) 1) Demanding something firmly and not giving up. 2) Saying firmly again and again that something is true.

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