Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 24
Incident (n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.
Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.
Incendental (n.) An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals.
Incidently (adv.) Incidentally.
Incinerable (a.) Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes.
Incinerate () Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Incinerated (imp. & p. p.) of Incinerate.
Incinerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incinerate.
Incinerate (v. t.) 燒成灰；焚化；灰化 To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. -- Bacon.
It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. -- Boyle.
Incinerate (v.) Become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly."
Incinerate (v.) Cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: {burn}, {incinerate}].
Incineration (n.) 焚化；燒成灰 The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. -- Skelton. Incipience
Incineration (n.) The act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes.
Incineration (n.) [Mass noun] The destruction of something, especially waste material, by burning.
‘Waste disposal by incineration.’
[As modifier] ‘Waste incineration plants.’
Incinerator (n.) 焚化爐 A furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse).
Incinerator (n.) An apparatus for burning waste material, especially industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash.
Incinerator (n.) Written by: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Incinerator, () Container for burning refuse, or plant designed for large-scale refuse combustion. In the second sense, an incinerator consists of a furnace into which the refuse is charged and ignited (usually by a gas burner), a secondary chamber in which burning the refuse at a high temperature is continued to complete the combustion process, and flues to convey the gases to a chimney. Auxiliary equipment may include steam boilers for using waste heat to generate electricity or to heat nearby buildings.
Modern incinerators include air pollution control equipment (e.g., fabric filters, scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators) to remove fly ash and gaseous contaminants. Tall chimney stacks serve to discharge the cleaned flue gases at heights that increase dilution and dispersion rates, further reducing air pollution.
Incinerator plants usually include facilities for unloading and storing refuse for short periods to permit uniform charging of the furnaces and, sometimes, rough sorting or classification of the refuse.
Incineration facilitates refuse disposal by reducing the solid waste of a community to about 10 percent of the original volume. See also solid-waste management.
Incipience (n.) 起初 Alt. of Incipiency.
Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Incipient (a.) 起初的；剛開始的；早期的 Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. -- In*cip"i*ent*ly, adv.
Incipient (a.) Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" [syn: incipient, inchoate].
Incircle (v. t.) See Encircle.
Compare: Encircle
Encircle (v. t.) 環繞；包圍；繞行 To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. -- Parnell.
Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
Encircle (v.) Form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: encircle, circle].
Encircle (v.) Bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle].
Incirclet (n.) A small circle. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Incircumscriptible (a.) Incapable of being circumscribed or limited. -- Cranmer.
Compare: Circumscribe
Circumscribe (v. t.) 在周圍畫線；限制；為……下定義；為……劃界線；（幾何）使外切 To write or engrave around. [R.]
Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. -- Ashmole.
Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
To circumscribe royal power. -- Bancroft.
Circumscribe (v. t.) (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.
Circumscribed (a.) Subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: circumscribed, limited].
Incircumscription (n.) Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless.
Incircumspect (a.) Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic.
Incircumspection (n.) Want of circumspection.
Incised (imp. & p. p.) of Incise.
Incising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incise.
Incise (v. t.) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
Incise (v. t.) To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
Incised (a.) Cut in; carved; engraved.
Incised (a.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.
Incisely (adv.) In an incised manner.
Incision (n.) 切入，切開；切口；傷口；刻痕；【醫】切口；雕刻 The act of incising, or cutting into a substance; specifically: (Med.) the cutting action made during surgery to gain access to the body parts under the skin. -- Milton.
Incision (n.) That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash; specifically (Med.) the cut in the skin made during surgery to gain access to the interior of the body.
Incision (n.) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. [Obs.]
Incision (n.) A depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent].
Incision (n.) The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) [syn: incision, section, surgical incision].
Incisive (a.) 敏銳的，機敏的，激烈的，切入的，鋒利的 Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
Incisive (a.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
Incisive (a.) Clearly and succinctly stated, with penetrating insight into the issue at hand; as, an incisive comment.
Incisive (a.) Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: {acute}, {discriminating}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}].
Incisive (a.) Suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth."
Incisor (n.) One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.
Incisor (a.) Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.
Incisory (a.) Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.
Incisure (n.) A cut; an incision; a gash.
Incitant (a.) Inciting; stimulating.
Incitant (n.) That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.
Incitation (n.) The act of inciting or moving to action.
Incitation (n.) That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
Incitative (n.) A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.
Incited (imp. & p. p.) of Incite.
Inciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incite.
Incite (v. t.) 激勵；激起；煽動 [（+to）] [O2] To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. -- Bacon.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite. -- Shak.
Syn: Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See Excite.
Incite (v.) Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite].
Incite (v.) Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" [syn: incite, instigate, set off, stir up].
Incite (v.) Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: prod, incite, egg on].
Incitement (n.) 激勵；刺激；煽動 [U]；激勵物；刺激物；煽動物 [C] [（+to）] The act of inciting.
Incitement (n.) That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. -- Burke.
From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. -- Pope.
Syn: Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.
Incitement (n.) An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: incitation, incitement].
Incitement (n.) Needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation" [syn: provocation, incitement].
Incitement (n.) Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: incitement, incitation, provocation].
Incitement (n.) The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion [syn: exhortation, incitement].
Inciter (n.) One who, or that which, incites.
Incitingly (adv.) So as to incite or stimulate.
Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.
Incito-motory (a.) Incitomotor.
Incivil (a.) Uncivil; rude.
Incivilities (n. pl. ) of Incivility.
Incivility (n.) 不文明，無禮貌 The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
Incivility (n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. -- Jer. Taylor.
Incivility (n.) Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
Incivility (n.) Deliberate discourtesy [ant: civility].
Incivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.
Incivilly (adv.) Uncivilly. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Incivism (n.) Lack of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government. [R.] -- Macaulay.
Inclamation (n.) Exclamation. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [Written also enclasp.]
The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. -- F. Beaumont.
Inclaudent (a.) Not closing or shutting.
Inclavated (a.) Set; fast; fixed. -- Dr. John Smith.
Inclave (a.) (Her.) Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.
Incle (n.) Same as Inkle.
Compare: Inkle
Inkle (v. t.) To guess. [Prov. Eng.] "She inkled what it was." -- R. D. Blackmore.
Inkle (n.) A kind of tape or braid. -- Shak.
Inkle (n.) A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
Inclemencies (n. pl. ) Of Inclemency.
Inclemency (n.) The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
The inclemency of the late pope. -- Bp. Hall.
Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.
The inclemencies of morning air. -- Pope.
The rude inclemency of wintry skies. -- Cowper.
Syn: Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.
Inclemency (n.) Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities [syn: bad weather, inclemency, inclementness] [ant: good weather].
Inclemency (n.) Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness].
Inclement (a.) 險惡的，嚴酷的 Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
Inclement (a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. -- Cowper.
The guard the wretched from the inclement sky. -- Pope.
Teach us further by what means to shun The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! -- Milton.
Inclement (a.) (Of weather or climate) Severe [ant: clement].
Inclement (a.) Used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge" [ant: clement].
Inclemently (adv.) In an inclement manner.
Inclinable (a.) 傾向於…的 Leaning; tending.
Likely and inclinable to fall. -- Bentley.
Inclinable (a.) Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth.
Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to. -- South.
The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy. -- Fuller.
Inclinableness (n.) The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.
Inclinableness (n.) (In British) A readiness to be inclined or persuaded.
Inclination (n.) A feeling of wanting to do something : a tendency to do something : a slanting surface : the act of bending your head or body forward : the act of inclining your head or body.
Inclination (n.) 傾向，意願，傾斜度，點頭 The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
Inclination (n.) A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.
Inclination (n.) A tendency towards another body or point.
Inclination (n.) (Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23[deg] 28'; the inclination of two rays of light.
Inclination (n.) A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love.
A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. -- South.
How dost thou find the inclination of the people? -- Shak.
Inclination (n.) A person or thing loved or admired. -- Sir W. Temple.
Inclination (n.) (Pharm.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring.
Inclination compass, An inclinometer.
Inclination of an orbit (Astron.), The angle which the orbit makes with the ecliptic.
Inclination of the needle. See Dip of the needle, under Dip.
Syn: Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity; propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire; affection; love. See Bent, and cf. Disposition.
Inclination (n.) An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" [syn: inclination, disposition, tendency].
Inclination (n.) (Astronomy) The angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees [syn: inclination, inclination of an orbit].
Inclination (n.) (Geometry) The angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) [syn: inclination, angle of inclination].
Inclination (n.) (Physics) The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination].
Inclination (n.) That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music" [ant: disinclination].
Inclination (n.) The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning].
Inclination (n.) A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" [syn: tendency, inclination].
Inclination (n.) The act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" [syn: inclination, inclining].
Inclination (n.) (Feeling) (C2) [ C or U ] 傾向；愛好；意向 A feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing.
// [ + to infinitive ] My own inclination would be to look for another job.
// We should be basing our decisions on solid facts, not inclinations and hunches.
Inclination (n.) (Movement) [ C ] (Formal) 輕微的向下動作 A small downward movement.
// A solemn inclination of the head.
Inclination (n.) (Angle) [ C usually singular, U ] (Specialized) (Mathematics), (Engineering) 傾角，斜角 The angle at which something slopes.
Inclinatory (a.) 傾斜的 Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle.
Inclined (imp. & p. p.) of Incline.
Inclining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incline.
Incline (v. i.) 傾向，傾斜，愛好，易於 To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
Incline (v. i.) Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. -- Judges ix. 3.
Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. -- Parnell.
Incline (v. i.) To bow; to incline the head. -- Chaucer.
Syn: To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.
Incline (v. t.) 使傾向於，使傾斜 To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. -- Is. xxxvii. 17.
Incline (v. t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. -- Ps. cxix. 36.
Incline our hearts to keep this law. -- Book of Com. Prayer.
Incline (v. t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
With due respect my body I inclined. -- Dryden.
Incline (n.) 傾斜，斜坡，斜面 An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Incline (n.) An elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope, incline, side].
Incline (n.) An inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp, incline].
Incline (v.) Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run].
Incline (v.) Bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man."
Incline (v.) Lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student."
Incline (v.) Be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: slope, incline, pitch].
Incline (v.) Feel favorably disposed or willing; "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs."
Incline (v.) Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" [syn: dispose, incline] [ant: disincline, indispose].
Inclined (p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. "Each pensively inclined." -- Cowper.
Inclined (p. p. & a.) (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
Inclined (p. p. & a.) (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
Inclined plane. (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called.
Inclined plane. (Mech.) (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.
Inclined (a.) (Often followed by `to') Having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody" [ant: disinclined]
Inclined (a.) At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" [ant: horizontal, perpendicular, vertical].
Inclined (a.) Having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared].
Incliner (n.) One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.
Inclining (a.) (Bot.) Same as Inclined, 3.
Inclining (n.) Inclination; disposition.
On the first inclining towards sleep. -- Burke.
Inclining (n.) Party or side chosen; a following.
Both you of my inclining, and the rest. -- Shak.
Inclining (n.) The act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" [syn: inclination, inclining].
Inclinnometer (n.) (Magnetism) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle.
Inclip (v. t.) To clasp; to inclose.
Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips. -- Shak.
Incloister (v. t.) To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. -- Lovelace.
Inclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Inclose.