Index of English words, starting with "in"

(1) - Indexterity (n.) Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness.

(1) - India (n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.

(1) - Indian (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.
(2) - Indian (n.) A native or inhabitant of India.
(3) - Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
(4) - Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
(5) - Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

(1) - Indican (n.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.
(2) - Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo.