Index of English words, starting with "im"

(1) - Impregnability (n.) The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.

(1) - Impregnable (a.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.
(2) - Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.

(1) - Impregnate (a.) Impregnated; made prolific.
(2) - Impregnate (v. i.) To become pregnant.
(3) - Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
(4) - Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
(5) - Impregnate (v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
(6) - Impregnate (v. t.) To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

(1) - Impregnation (n.) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
(2) - Impregnation (n.) Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
(3) - Impregnation (n.) That with which anything is impregnated.
(4) - Impregnation (n.) The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
(5) - Impregnation (n.) The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.