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English dictionary: words starting with incu - page 1

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noun

The holder of an office or post.

Usage examples:

The present incumbent will soon be retiring
adjective

Necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.

Usage examples:

The government realized that it was incumbent on them to act
noun

Old-fashioned mainly uk spelling of encumbrance

noun

Old-fashioned mainly uk spelling of encumbrance

noun

Another term for incunabulum.

noun

An early printed book, especially one printed before 1501.

Usage examples:

Books printed before 1501 are called incunabula; the word is derived from latin for swaddling cloth…
noun

An early printed book, especially one printed before 1501.

Usage examples:

Books printed before 1501 are called incunabula; the word is derived from latin for swaddling cloth…
verb

Become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

I will pay any expenses incurred
adjective

(of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.

Usage examples:

Even when the sick are incurable they are never untreatable
noun

A person who cannot be cured.

Usage examples:

The hospital - which has more than 2,000 fundraisers - was first opened as a cancer pavilion and ho…
adverb

In a way that is impossible to cure

Usage examples:

She was told that she was incurably ill., the cancer had returned and spread incurably through her …
adjective

Not eager to know something; lacking curiosity.

Usage examples:

As for who had written it, she was oddly incurious
verb

Become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

I will pay any expenses incurred
adjective

(of a vessel or opening) conveying fluid inwards.

Usage examples:

Concurrent with this, the entire pectinirhomb becomes greatly protuberant along a large, thinwalled…
verb

Become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

I will pay any expenses incurred

Present participle of incur formal

verb

Become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

I will pay any expenses incurred
noun

An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.

Usage examples:

Incursions into enemy territory
noun

An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.

Usage examples:

Incursions into enemy territory
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The horn-shaped pathway incurvates
adjective

Curved inwards.

Usage examples:

The haft element is short and broad with an incurvate base
adjective

Curved inwards.

Usage examples:

Incurvated nails may puncture the skin
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The horn-shaped pathway incurvates
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The horn-shaped pathway incurvates
adjective

Curved inwards.

Usage examples:

The haft element is short and broad with an incurvate base
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The petals have a tendency to incurve
adjective

Curved inwards.

Usage examples:

This side was greatly incurved along its whole length
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The petals have a tendency to incurve
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The petals have a tendency to incurve
verb

Curve inwards.

Usage examples:

The petals have a tendency to incurve
noun

A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear, transmitting vibrations between the malleus and stapes.

Usage examples:

The air pressure on either side of the eardrum is normally kept equal for proper functioning of the…
noun

An impression hammered or stamped on a coin.

Usage examples:

Pennsylvania marks are a coarse incuse or zig-zag border that speak of handmade stamps, and are oft…
verb

Mark (a coin) with a figure by impressing it with a stamp.

Usage examples:

The master hub was raised or incused, because the metal was removed to leave the design of the galv…

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