| impala | (n) African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps, Syn. Aepyceros melampus |
| impala lily | (n) South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics, Syn. kudu lily, Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesum, desert rose, mock azalia |
| impale | (v) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole, Syn. stake, Example: the enemies were impaled and left to die |
| impalement | (n) the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture |
| impalpable | (adj) imperceptible to the senses or the mind, Ant. palpable, Example: an impalpable cloud; impalpable shadows; impalpable distinctions; as impalpable as a dream |
| impalpable | (adj) not perceptible to the touch, Example: an impalpable pulse |
| impala | n. An antelope (Aepyceros melampus) of Southeastern Africa, the male of which has ringed lyre-shaped horns, which curve first backward, then sideways, then upwards. ALso called |
| Impalatable | a. Unpalatable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Impale | v. t. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left Impale him with your weapons round about. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Impalement | n. |
| Impalla | n. (Zool.) Same as Impala. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Impallid | v. t. To make pallid; to blanch. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Impalm | v. t. To grasp with or hold in the hand. [ R. ] J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Impalpability | n. [ Cf. F. impalpabilité. ] The quality of being impalpable. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Impalpable | a. [ Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable. ] |
| Impalpably | adv. In an impalpable manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |