East-insular :: East-insular (a.) Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.

Insular :: Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc..

Insular :: Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices..

Insular :: Insular (n.) An islander.

Insularity :: Insularity (n.) The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.

Insularity :: Insularity (n.) Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy..

Insularly :: Insularly (adv.) In an insular manner.

Insulary :: Insulary (a.) Insular.

Insulate :: Insulate (v. t.) To make an island of.

Insulate :: Insulate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate..

Insulate :: Insulate (v. t.) To prevent the transfer o/ electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.

Insulated :: Insulated (imp. & p. p.) of Insulat.

Insulated :: Insulated (p. a.) Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column..

Insulated :: Insulated (p. a.) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.

Insulated :: Insulated (p. a.) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.

Insulating :: Insulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insulat.

Insulation :: Insulation (n.) The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation..

Insulation :: Insulation (n.) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated..

Insulator :: Insulator (n.) One who, or that which, insulates..

Insulator :: Insulator (n.) The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor.

Insulite :: Insulite (n.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc..

Insulous :: Insulous (a.) Abounding in islands.

Insulse :: Insulse (a.) Insipid; dull; stupid.

Insulsity :: Insulsity (n.) Insipidity; stupidity; dullness.

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity..

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him..

Insult :: Insult (v. i.) To leap or jump.

Insult :: Insult (v. i.) To behave with insolence; to exult.

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