inflammation, n. phlogosis; phlegmasia. Associated words: phlogistic, phlogogenous, antiphlogistic, demulcent delitescence.
inflammatory, a. phlogistic; [seditious], incendiary.
inflate, v. [expand], [enlarge], distend.
inflated, a. distended, blown up; [bombastic], [pompous], grandiloquent, declamatory.
inflation, n. distention, [expansion].
inflection, n. [modulation], [accent].
inflexibility, n. [rigidity], [stiffness]; firmness, [pertinacity], [obstinacy], steadfastness.
inflexible, a. [unyielding], [rigid], impliable; [immovable], [resolute], [steadfast].
influence, n. [sway], [control]; [persuasion], [restraint]; [authority], ascendency, prestige.
influence, v. [move], [persuade], induce, [sway], [control], prevail upon, [actuate], impel.