imparting

the transmission of information ;

impasse

a street with only one way in or out ; a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" ;

impassiveness

apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions ;

impassivity

apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions ;

impasto

painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible ;

impatience

a dislike of anything that causes delay ; a restless desire for change and excitement ; a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay ;

impatiens capensis

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil ;

impeachability

the state of being liable to impeachment ;

impeachment

a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office ;

impeccability

the quality of being exempt from sin or incapable of sinning ; the quality of being without an error or fault ;

impecuniousness

a state of lacking money ;

impedance

a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms ;

impediment

any structure that makes progress difficult ; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress ;

impedimenta

the baggage and equipment carried by an army ; any structure that makes progress difficult ;

impeller

the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine) ;

impendence

the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon ;

impendency

the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon ;

impenetrability

incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand ; the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) ;

impenetrableness

incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand ;

impenitence

the trait of refusing to repent ;

impenitency

the trait of refusing to repent ;

imperative

some duty that is essential and urgent ; a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior ;

imperative form

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior ;

imperative mood

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior ;

imperativeness

urgently demanding attention; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" ; the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" ;

imperceptibility

the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses ;

imperfect

a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going ;

imperfect tense

a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going ;

imperfectibility

the capability of becoming imperfect ;

imperfection

the state or an instance of being imperfect ;

imperfective

aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb ;

imperfective aspect

aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb ;

imperfectness

the state or an instance of being imperfect ;

imperforate anus

a congenital defect of the anus; there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening ;

imperforate hymen

hymen that is completely closed so that menstrual blood cannot flow out ;

imperial

a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach ; a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III ;

imperial beard

a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III ;

imperial capacity unit

a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet ;

imperial decree

a decree issued by a sovereign ruler ;

imperial elephant

largest known mammoth; of America ;