| interc | Our team won in the intercollegiate tournament. |
| interc | Syphilis is an infection that can be transmitted through sexual intercourse. |
| interc | They lost some symbols of social intercourse. |
| intercalary | (adj) having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:, Example: Feb. 29 is an intercalary day; a leap year is an intercalary year |
| intercalate | (v) insert (days) in a calendar |
| intercapitular vein | (n) veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot, Syn. vena intercapitalis |
| intercede | (v) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences, Syn. arbitrate, mediate, intermediate, liaise, Example: He interceded in the family dispute; He mediated a settlement |
| intercellular | (adj) located between cells |
| intercept | (n) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis |
| intercept | (v) seize on its way, Syn. stop, Example: The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace |
| interception | (n) the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving, Example: he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters; he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible |
| interception | (n) (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team |
| interceptor | (n) a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft |
| Intercalar | a. Intercalary. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intercalary | a. [ L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate. ] [ 1913 Webster ] This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Intercalate | v. t. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intercalation | n. [ L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intercarotid | a. (Anat.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; |
| Intercarpal | a. (Anat.) Between the carpal bone; |
| Intercartilaginous | a. (Anat.) Within cartilage; endochondral; |
| Intercavernous | a. (Anat.) Between the cavernous sinuses; |
| Intercede | v. t. To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [ Obs. ] Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intercede | v. i. He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] I to the lords will intercede, not doubting |