insul

Usage

• insular

  If someone is insular, they are either unwilling to meet anyone outside their own small group or they are not interested in learning new ideas.

• isolated

  Something isolated is off by itself, alone, or far apart from other things.

• insularity

  the state of being isolated or detached

• insulate

  protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material

• insulation

  the state of being isolated or detached

• peninsula

  a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

• insulator

  One who, or that which, insulates.

• insulin

  a hormone that metabolizes carbohydrates

• island

  a zone or area resembling an island

• isle

  See Aisle.

• islet

  a small island

• isolate

  Something that has been isolated; as, an isolate of a powerful antibiotic from a tropical plant; an isolate of tuberculosis bacillus from an infected patient.

• isolation

  The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.