Part 6016

<hw>In*tox`i*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.</def>

<blockquote>That secret <b>intoxication</b> of pleasure. <i>Spectator.</qsyn

<syn>Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See <er>Drunkenness</er>.</def>

<h1>Intra-</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In"tra-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>intra</ets>, prep., within, on the inside; akin to <ets>inter</ets>. See <er>Inter-</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix signifying <i>in</i>, <i>within</i>, <i>interior</i>; <as>as, <ex>intra</ex>ocular, within the eyeball; <ex>intra</ex>marginal.</as></def>

<h1>Intraaxillary</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In`tra*ax"il*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.</def>

<h1>Intracellular</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In`tra*cel"lu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Within a cell; <as>as, the <ex>intracellular</ex> movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells</as>.</def>

<h1>Intracolic</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In`tra*col"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Within the colon; <as>as, the <ex>intracolic</ex> valve</as>.</def>

<h1>Intracranial</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In`tra*cra"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Within the cranium or skull.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Intractability</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tract`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being intractable; intractableness.</def>

<i>Bp. Hurd.</i>

<h1>Intractable</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tract"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intractabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intraitable</ets>, formerly also <ets>intractable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Tractable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; <as>as, an <ex>intractable</ex> child</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross; unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable; unteachable.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*tract"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In*tract"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Intractile</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tract"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Intrados</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*tra"dos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>intra</ets> within + F. <ets>dos</ets> the back, L. <ets>dorsum</ets>. Cf. <er>Extrados</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See <er>Extrados</er>.</def>