Words Starting With INS

Here's the list of all the 696 Words Starting With INS in the English Language.

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insurance
1. promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
2. written contract or certificate of insurance
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institute
1. an association organized to promote art or science or education
2. set up or lay the groundwork for
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inside
1. relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
2. being or applying to the inside of a building
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instead
1. in place of, or as an alternative to
2. on the contrary
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instructions
1. a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
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installation
1. the act of installing something (as equipment)
2. a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
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install
1. set up for use
2. put into an office or a position
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installed
1. set up for use
2. put into an office or a position
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instant
1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
2. a particular point in time
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instance
1. an occurrence of something
2. an item of information that is typical of a class or group
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instruction
1. a message describing how something is to be done
2. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
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institution
1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
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inspection
1. a formal or official examination
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insert
1. a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
2. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
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instrument
1. a device that requires skill for proper use
2. the means whereby some act is accomplished
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instructor
1. a person whose occupation is teaching
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institutional
1. relating to or constituting or involving an institution
2. organized as or forming an institution
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insight
1. clear or deep perception of a situation
2. a feeling of understanding
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insider
1. an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations
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installing
1. the act of installing something (as equipment)
2. set up for use
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inspired
1. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
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instantly
1. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
2. without any delay
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instructional
1. of or relating to or used in instruction
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inspiration
1. arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
2. a product of your creative thinking and work
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inspector
1. a high ranking police officer
2. an investigator who observes carefully
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insured
1. a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
2. covered by insurance
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instrumental
1. relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
2. serving or acting as a means or aid
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insulin
1. hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
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insertion
1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
2. the act of putting one thing into another
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instrumentation
1. an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
2. the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
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insulation
1. the state of being isolated or detached
2. insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
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insure
1. be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
2. make certain of
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insufficient
1. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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inspirational
1. imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul
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insect
1. small air-breathing arthropod
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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insane
1. very foolish
2. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
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inspire
1. heighten or intensify
2. supply the inspiration for
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inspiring
1. stimulating or exalting to the spirit
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inspect
1. look over carefully
2. come to see in an official or professional capacity
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insurer
1. a financial institution that sells insurance
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insist
1. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
2. beg persistently and urgently
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insightful
1. exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception
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instability
1. an unstable order
2. unreliability attributable to being unstable
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insomnia
1. an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness
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installment
1. a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
2. a part of a broadcast serial
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insult
1. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
2. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
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instinct
1. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
2. (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated
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insanity
1. relatively permanent disorder of the mind
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instruct
1. impart skills or knowledge to
2. give instructions or directions for some task
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insecure
1. not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
2. lacking in security or safety
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insignificant
1. devoid of importance, meaning, or force
2. signifying nothing
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inscription
1. letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
2. a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
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insignia
1. a badge worn to show official position
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insolvency
1. the lack of financial resources
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insensitive
1. not responsive to physical stimuli
2. deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
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insecurity
1. the state of being subject to danger or injury
2. the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
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instantaneous
1. occurring with no delay
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inset
1. a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
2. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
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insurgency
1. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
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inscribed
1. written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
2. cut or impressed into a surface
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insofar
1. to the degree or extent that
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insulting
1. expressing extreme contempt
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insisting
1. continual and persistent demands
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insecticide
1. a chemical used to kill insects
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insistence
1. continual and persistent demands
2. the state of demanding notice or attention
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insufficiency
1. a lack of competence
2. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
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institutionalized
1. given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
2. officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
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instructive
1. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
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insulator
1. a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
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insurgent
1. a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
2. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
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inspectorate
1. a body of inspectors
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insoluble
1. without hope of solution
2. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
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insole
1. the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests
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instalment
1. a part of a broadcast serial
2. a part of a published serial
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insidious
1. beguiling but harmful
2. intended to entrap
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instinctively
1. as a matter of instinct
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insatiable
1. impossible to satisfy
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insurrection
1. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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inseparable
1. not capable of being separated
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inshore
1. close to a shore
2. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
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instill
1. impart gradually
2. enter drop by drop
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instantaneously
1. without any delay
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insolvent
1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
2. unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
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instantiation
1. a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
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insular
1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
2. suggestive of the isolated life of an island
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insanely
1. in an insane manner
2. (used as intensives) excessively
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instantiate
1. represent by an instance
2. find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
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instep
1. the arch of the foot
2. the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot
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insemination
1. the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
2. the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
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instinctive
1. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
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insulate
1. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
2. place or set apart
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insides
1. internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)
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insurmountable
1. not capable of being surmounted or overcome
2. impossible to surmount
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instrumentality
1. a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
2. the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
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insomniac
1. someone who cannot sleep
2. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
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insufficiently
1. to an insufficient degree
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insistent
1. repetitive and persistent
2. demanding attention
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insensitivity
1. the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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instal
1. set up for use
2. put into an office or a position
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insurable
1. capable of being insured or eligible to be insured
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inscrutable
1. of an obscure nature
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instrumentalist
1. someone who plays a music as a profession
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insolence
1. the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
2. an offensive disrespectful impudent act
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insolent
1. marked by casual disrespect
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
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instilling
1. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
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insipid
1. lacking taste or flavor or tang
2. lacking interest or significance or impact
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instigate
1. provoke or stir up
2. serve as the inciting cause of
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insincere
1. lacking sincerity
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institutionally
1. by an institution
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institutionalised
1. given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
2. officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
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instigator
1. someone who deliberately foments trouble
2. a person who initiates a course of action
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insignificance
1. the quality of having little or no significance
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instar
1. an insect or other arthropod between molts
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institutionalize
1. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
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instigation
1. the verbal act of urging on
2. deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
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insubstantial
1. lacking in nutritive value
2. lacking solidity or strength
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insubordination
1. defiance of authority
2. an insubordinate act
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insufferable
1. unbearably arrogant or conceited
2. too extreme to bear
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insecticidal
1. of or relating to insecticide
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inspiratory
1. pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration
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