5 Letter Words That Start With I

inane

Adjective : Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

Adjective : Purposeless; pointless.

Noun : That which is void or empty.

inert

Adjective : Unable to move or act; inanimate.

Adjective : Sluggish or lethargic.

Adjective : (chemistry) Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.

irate

Adjective : Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

issue

Noun : The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:

Noun : Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly:

Noun : (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.

infer

Verb : (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

Verb : (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.

Verb : (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in, to adduce.

inept

Adjective : Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.

Adjective : Unfit; unsuitable.

impel

Verb : (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

Verb : (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

ichor

Noun : (Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Noun : (by extension) (chiefly poetic, figuratively) A blood-like fluid.

Noun : (by extension) (chiefly poetic) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.

ideal

Adjective : Optimal; being the best possibility.

Adjective : Perfect, flawless, having no defects.

Noun : A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.

irked

Adjective : Annoyed.

imbue

Verb : In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

Verb : (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

idiot

Noun : (derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.

Noun : (derogatory) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

Adjective : (uncommon) Idiotic, stupid.

incur

Verb : (transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

Verb : (chiefly law, accounting) To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to.

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

index

Noun : An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

Noun : The index finger; the forefinger.

Noun : (computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.

image

Noun : A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

Noun : A mental picture of something not real or not present.

Noun : A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.

ivory

Noun : (uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

Noun : A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

Noun : Something made from or resembling ivory.

inlet

Noun : A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

Noun : A passage that leads into a cavity.

Verb : (transitive) To let in; admit.

idiom

Noun : A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

Noun : An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.

Noun : (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.

idyll

Noun : An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.

Noun : (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Noun : Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.

irony

Noun : (rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

Noun : (informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.

Noun : (countable) An ironic statement.

imago

Noun : (entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.

Noun : (psychology) An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.

inset

Noun : A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.

Noun : Anything inserted.

Verb : (transitive) To insert something.

ictus

Noun : The pulse.

Noun : (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

Noun : (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.

inapt

Adjective : Not apt.

indue

Verb : Dated form of endue. [Senses relating to covering or putting on.]

imply

Verb : (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

Verb : (transitive, of a person) To suggest by logical inference.

Verb : (transitive, of a person or proposition) To hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement.

inwit

Noun : (archaic) Inward knowledge or understanding.

Noun : (obsolete) Conscience; inward sense of morality.

imbed

Verb : Alternative spelling of embed. [(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.]

ingle

Noun : (obsolete or Scotland, Northern England) An open fireplace.

Verb : (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.

Noun : A catamite; a male lover

inter

Verb : To bury in a grave.

Verb : To confine, as in a prison.

Noun : The Inter Milan football team

inner

Adjective : Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.

Adjective : Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.

Adjective : Inside or closer to the inside of the body.

infix

Verb : (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

Noun : An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.

Verb : (transitive) To instill.

ideas

Noun : Ideas usually refer to a person's thoughts or a developed concepts.

Noun : a long-running scholarly radio documentary series on CBC Radio One, first broadcast in 1965.

ilinx

Noun : A form of play that creates a temporary disruption of perception, for example by inducing vertigo, dizziness, disorientation, or frenzy.

Noun : The sensation or altered state of consciousness that is so created, called by sociologist Roger Caillois, the “strange excitement” of wanton destruction.

ionic

Adjective : (chemistry) of, relating to, or containing ions

Adjective : (architecture) of an order of classical Greek architecture whose distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes.

Adjective : Synonym of Ionian; of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians

inure

Verb : (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.

Verb : (intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To commit.

islet

Noun : A small island.

Noun : (biology) An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.

idler

Noun : One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.

Noun : One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.

Noun : A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power through its own axle, but forms part of a gear train, supports a moving belt, etc.

icily

Verb : In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.

Verb : (figuratively) In an uncaring or coolly angry manner.

input

Noun : Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.

Noun : Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.

Noun : That which is put in, as in an amount.

itchy

Adjective : Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)

Adjective : Characterized by itching. (of a condition)

Adjective : Causing an itching sensation.

irene

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century.

Noun : (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.

Noun : (astronomy) 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid.

immix

Verb : To mix or blend

items

Noun : A distinct physical object.

Noun : (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.

Noun : A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

incus

Noun : (anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.

Noun : (meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

indra

Noun : (Hinduism, Vedic religion) The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.

Noun : (Zoroastrianism) a daeva who is second only to Angra Mainyu in the demonic hierarchy.

injun

Noun : (US, slang, offensive) A Native American.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of injun. [(US, slang, offensive) A Native American.]

ident

Noun : An identification.

Noun : An identifier.

Noun : (radio, television) A brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster.

insee

Verb : To see into; to observe acutely.

Verb : To have or gain insight into; to empathise with or come to fully understand one's point of view.

Verb : To inspect.

imola

Noun : (or ) a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

iliac

Adjective : Relating to the ilium.

Adjective : Relating to ancient Ilium, or Troy.

iliad

Noun : A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.

Noun : A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.

Noun : Any long tragic story.

inkle

Noun : Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces

Verb : (transitive, rare) To hint at; disclose.

Verb : (transitive, rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

intel

Noun : (especially espionage and military) Intelligence (secret information).

Noun : Intel Corporation, a US-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits.

inurn

Verb : (transitive) To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.

Verb : (transitive) To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).

ictic

Adjective : Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.

Adjective : (poetry) of a syllable in verse, carrying the beat.

innie

Noun : (slang) A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).

Noun : (slang) A vulva with inner labia minora.

Noun : (childish or euphemistic) A vulva seen as an inverted version of a penis.

irian

Adjective : (dated) Of or relating to the iris.

ixora

Noun : (botany) Any of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.

ixnay

Noun : (slang) Nothing; nix; often in the phrase "ixnay on ...", indicating something that must not be mentioned, often in Pig Latin

Verb : (slang, transitive) To reject or cancel something; nix.

ideat

Noun : Alternative form of ideate. [(metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.]

ifrit

Noun : (Islam) A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.

Noun : (Arab mythology) A demon, evil spirit, often associated with the underworld.

Noun : A species of passerine bird endemic to New Guinea, in full the blue-capped ifrit.

insel

Noun : the fourth studio album by German band Juli.

invis

Adjective : (colloquial) Clipping of invisible. [Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.]

insai

Verb : (Singlish) Alternative form of inside. [Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.]

Adjective : (Singlish) Alternative form of inside. [Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.]

Noun : (Singlish) Alternative form of inside. [The interior or inner part.]

idjut

Noun : (dialect) Pronunciation spelling of idiot. [(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.]

idoll

Noun : Obsolete form of idol. [A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.]

infra

Verb : (law) Discussed later.

Noun : (civil engineering, computing, informal) Clipping of infrastructure. [(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.]

ileum

Noun : (anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

inlay

Verb : (also figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.

Noun : The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.

Noun : (dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.

intro

Noun : (informal) An introduction.

Noun : (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.

Verb : (informal, transitive) To introduce.

intra

Noun : the third album by avant-garde metal band Ram-Zet released on September 6, 2005 in the US by Tabu Records.

Noun : a Norwegian industrial design and manufacturing company.

idaho

Noun : A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.

Noun : University of Idaho

Noun : In full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank.

inuit

Noun : A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

Noun : Synonym of Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

iraqi

Adjective : Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.

Noun : A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

Adjective : (historical) Of, from, or pertaining to Persian Iraq.

ihram

Noun : (Islam) The clothing worn on such a pilgrimage; one length of cotton cloth around the loins and another thrown over the left shoulder.

Noun : (Islam) The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca.

icons

Noun : an American documentary TV show that aired on G4 from May 1, 2002, to March 4, 2007.

Noun : the third studio album by None More Black, released on Fat Wreck Chords on October 26, 2010.

issei

Noun : A member of the first generation of Japanese immigrants to North America, South America, or Australia.

ixion

Noun : (Greek mythology) King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.

Noun : (astronomy) A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX₇₆), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.

ickle

Adjective : (childish, chiefly UK) Little.

Noun : (dialectal) An icicle.

incle

Noun : Alternative form of inkle. [Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces]

inari

Noun : (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.

Noun : A lake in Lapland, Finland.

Noun : A municipality of Lapland, Finland.

isn't

Noun : (colloquial, nonstandard) Something or someone that is defined by the lack of the characteristic being discussed.

Verb : Contraction of is + not (negative auxiliary). [(now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.]

itala

Noun : An early Latin version of the Biblical Scriptures.

ineye

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.

idris

Noun : A male given name from Welsh, popularized by actor Idris Elba.

Noun : A male given name from Arabic.

Noun : (Islam) a prophet in Islam; traditionally identified with the biblical Enoch.

imbar

Verb : (obsolete) To bar in; to secure.

in one

insol

Adjective : Abbreviation of insoluble. [(physical chemistry) That cannot be dissolved.]

isnad

Noun : (Islam) a Muslim tradition, specifying the chain of human reporters from the time of Muhammad that authenticates the legitimacy of a hadith (a report of sayings and acts of the prophet)

isola

Noun : A surname from Italian.

imint

Noun : (espionage) Abbreviation of imagery intelligence.

inigo

Noun : A male given name.

insul

iambs

Noun : (prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

ilona

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek.

idjit

Noun : Alternative spelling of idiot. [(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.]

imami

it boy

Noun : A sexually attractive male celebrity, such as a film star with sex symbol status.

incut

Adjective : Set in by or as if by cutting.

Adjective : (printing) Inserted in a reserved space of the text instead of in the main margin.

Noun : (printing) A note inserted in a reserved space of the text instead of in the main margin.

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