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Impetiginous :: Impetiginous (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo..

Impetigo :: Impetigo (n.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation..

Impetrable :: Impetrable (a.) Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.

Impetrate :: Impetrate (a.) Obtained by entreaty.

Impetrate :: Impetrate (v. t.) To obtain by request or entreaty.

Impetrated :: Impetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Impetrat.

Impetrating :: Impetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impetrat.

Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty..

Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm..

Impetrative :: Impetrative (a.) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty..

Impetratory :: Impetratory (a.) Containing or expressing entreaty.

Impetuosity :: Impetuosity (n.) The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.

Impetuosity :: Impetuosity (n.) Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper..

Impetuous :: Impetuous (a.) Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent..

Impetuous :: Impetuous (a.) Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper..

Impetus :: Impetus (n.) A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

Impetus :: Impetus (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.

Impetus :: Impetus (n.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell..

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides..

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks..

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.