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Meanings of Informity:

noun

The condition of being unformed, shapelessness; misshapenness, deformity.

Meanings of Informous:

adjective

Having no definite form, shapeless, unformed; †ugly, misshapen (obsolete).

Meanings of Informs:

verb

Give (someone) facts or information; tell.

Usage examples:

He wrote to her, informing her of the situation

Meanings of Infortitude:

noun

Lack of fortitude; weakness.

Meanings of Infortunate:

adjective

Of a planet, etc.: exercising a malign influence, malevolent.

noun

An infortunate planet, star, etc.; = infortune . rare.

Meanings of Infortunately:

adverb

Unfortunately.

Meanings of Infortune:

noun

A malevolent influence; the planet or aspect causing this; especially either saturn or mars (more fully "the greater infortune" and "the lesser infortune" respectively).

Meanings of Infra:

adverb

(in a written document) below; further on.

Usage examples:

See note, infra

prefix

Below.

Usage examples:

Infraorder

adjective

Below what you consider to be socially acceptable

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] diane thinks it's a bit infra dig to do her own housework.

Meanings of Infra-dig:

adjective

Below what you consider to be socially acceptable

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] diane thinks it's a bit infra dig to do her own housework.

Meanings of Infract:

verb

Break the terms of (a law or agreement).

Usage examples:

They are sticklers for rules and report you to the authorities if you infract them

Meanings of Infracted:

verb

Break the terms of (a law or agreement).

Usage examples:

They are sticklers for rules and report you to the authorities if you infract them

Meanings of Infracting:

verb

Break the terms of (a law or agreement).

Usage examples:

They are sticklers for rules and report you to the authorities if you infract them

Meanings of Infraction:

noun

A violation or infringement of a law or agreement.

Usage examples:

Punishment is meted out to the offender because this is what he deserves in response to his infract…

Meanings of Infractions:

noun

A violation or infringement of a law or agreement.

Usage examples:

Punishment is meted out to the offender because this is what he deserves in response to his infract…

Meanings of Infracts:

verb

Break the terms of (a law or agreement).

Usage examples:

They are sticklers for rules and report you to the authorities if you infract them

Meanings of Infraglenoid:

adjective

Below the glenoid cavity (= a shallow, hollow part of the shoulder blade)

Meanings of Infralapsarian:

noun

A calvinist holding the view that god's election of only some to everlasting life was not originally part of the divine plan, but a consequence of the fall of man.

Usage examples:

The infralapsarians had the advantage of being able to use, or abuse, for the purpose of argument, …

adjective

Relating to the infralapsarians or their doctrine.

Usage examples:

John calvin's own position is often disputed, and subsequent calvinism was frequently infralapsaria…

Meanings of Infrangible:

adjective

Unbreakable; inviolable.

Usage examples:

There is no infrangible genetic prescription of human behaviour

Meanings of Infraorbital:

adjective

Below the orbit (= the eye socket)

Meanings of Infrapatellar:

adjective

Below the patella (= the bone at the front of the knee)

Meanings of Infrared:

adjective

(of electromagnetic radiation) having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves. infrared radiation has a wavelength from about 800 nm to 1 mm, and is emitted particularly by heated objects.

Usage examples:

Terahertz light is a little-studied realm of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwave and inf…

noun

The infrared region of the spectrum; infrared radiation.

Usage examples:

Wavelengths of light in this region of the spectrum cause heating so blocking infrared reduces unwa…

Meanings of Infrarenal:

adjective

Below the kidney.

Usage examples:

Aneurysms of the infrarenal abdominal aorta and iliac arteries coexist to such a degree that they m…

Meanings of Infrarenally:

adjective

Below the kidney.

Usage examples:

Aneurysms of the infrarenal abdominal aorta and iliac arteries coexist to such a degree that they m…

Meanings of Infrasonic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting sound waves with a frequency below the lower limit of human audibility.

Usage examples:

Using calls that have infrasonic fundamental frequencies, female elephants are able to communicate …

Meanings of Infrasonics:

adjective

Relating to or denoting sound waves with a frequency below the lower limit of human audibility.

Usage examples:

Using calls that have infrasonic fundamental frequencies, female elephants are able to communicate …