English to English Dictionary

Insidious

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

Integument

A natural outer covering or investment, such as skin, hair, scales, feathers, or a cuticle of an organism.

Interlocutory judgment

A provisional or temporary court decision given during the course of a legal action that does not dispose of the case on its merits.

Intransigence

Refusal to change one's views or to agree about something.

Irenic

Aiming or tending to promote peace, reconciliation, or goodwill rather than conflict or controversy.

Jiloe

An edible fruit from a cultivar of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum), widely cultivated in Brazil and West Africa, known for its distinct bitter taste.

Justiciable

Subject to trial in a court of law; able to be heard and decided by a court of law.

Kaffir-corn

A widely cultivated variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), originally from South Africa, grown primarily for grain and forage.

Ket

A member of an indigenous Siberian people living in the Yenisei River basin.

Kinar

The edge, margin, border, or shore of a body of water or land.

Krans

A prominent sheer cliff face or rocky wall, particularly one formed by an outcrop of hard rock strata in South African topography.

Kshatriya

A member of the second of the four traditional Hindu castes, comprising the military, ruling, and warrior class.