(law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
(law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
An abandoned building or structure.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
abandonments
abandonments
noun
plural of abandonment
abdication
abdication
noun
(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdications
abdications
noun
plural of abdication
abdominoanterior
abdominocentesis
abdominocentesis
noun
(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominocystic
abdominocystic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominogenital
abdominogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abdominoposterior
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
abolitionised
abolitionised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolitionise
abolitionized
abolitionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolitionize
abominated
abominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abominate
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
academization
academization
noun
Process or action of academizing.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthodea
acanthodean
acanthodean
noun
Alternative form of acanthodian
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthodian
acanthodian
adj
Pertaining to Acanthodii.
noun
(zoology) A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.
acanthodidae
acanthodii
acanthodini
acanthoid
acanthoid
adj
Having the shape of a spine or thorn
acanthomeridae
acanthopod
acanthopod
adj
Spiny-footed.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
accommodateness
accommodateness
noun
(rare) Fitness.
accommodating
accommodating
adj
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
Pliable; easily corrupted.
verb
present participle of accommodate
accommodatingly
accommodatingly
adv
In an accommodating manner.
accommodatingness
accommodation
accommodation
noun
(chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
(countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
(countable, commerce) A loan of money.
(countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
(countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
(countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
(countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
(countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
(countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
(countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
(countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
(theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
accommodational
accommodational
adj
Of or relating to accommodation.
accommodationist
accommodationist
noun
Someone who tries to accommodate and compromise with an opposition.
accommodations
accommodations
noun
plural of accommodation
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accordant
accordant
adj
In agreement; agreeing.
accordantly
accordantly
adv
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably.
accordionist
accordionist
noun
Someone who plays the accordion.
accordionists
accordionists
noun
plural of accordionist
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accreditation
accreditation
noun
(education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
The act of accrediting.
The giving of credentials.
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acetoacetanilide
acetoacetanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoacetamide derivative of aniline.
acetoamidophenol
acetobromanilide
acetonylidene
acetonylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) The divalent radical CH₃-CO-CH= formally derived from acetone
acetophenetide
acetophenetide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetophenetidin
acetophenetidin
noun
phenacetin
acetophenetidine
acetotoluidine
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achondritic
achondritic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
achrodextrin
achrodextrin
noun
(biochemistry, cytology) A form of dextrin that is not colourable by iodine
achrodextrinase
achroodextrin
achroodextrin
noun
Alternative form of achrodextrin
achroodextrinase
acidification
acidification
noun
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acrodont
acrodont
adj
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
acrodontism
acrodonts
acrodonts
noun
plural of acrodont
actaeonidae
actinocrinid
actinocrinidae
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodielectric
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinogonidiate
actinoid
actinoid
adj
Having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family Actiniidae.
noun
(inorganic chemistry) actinide
actinoida
actinoidea
actinoids
actinoids
noun
plural of actinoid
actinomyxidia
actinomyxidiida
actinopod
actinopod
noun
(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
acutonodose
adamantinoma
adamantinoma
noun
(medicine) A rare bone cancer usually occurring in the bones of the lower leg and involving both epithelial and osteofibrous tissue.
(medicine, obsolete) A benign tumor of the jaw occurring occasionally in young people. These tumors originate in the enamel organ, developing from the remains of its epithelium, and may reach the size of an apple.
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
adamantoblastoma
adamantoid
adamantoid
noun
A crystal characterized by being bound by 48 equal triangles; a hexoctahedron.
adamantoma
adamantoma
noun
Alternative spelling of adamantinoma
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
adaptation
adaptation
noun
(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
(uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
adaptational
adaptational
adj
(biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
adaptationally
adaptationally
adv
In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.
adaptations
adaptations
noun
plural of adaptation
adaption
adaption
noun
Alternative form of adaptation
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adaptions
adaptions
noun
plural of adaption
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
addiction
addiction
noun
(medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
addington
addition
addition
noun
(chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
Anything that is added.
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
additionally
additionally
adv
By way of addition; in addition to; also.
additionary
additionary
adj
Synonym of additional
additionist
additionist
noun
(rare) One who supports or implements a policy of adding something.
additions
additions
noun
plural of addition
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
addyston
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adelantados
adelanto
ademonist
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenectopia
adenectopic
adenization
adenoacanthoma
adenoacanthoma
noun
(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenocarcinomata
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenocyst
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenodiastasis
adenodiastasis
noun
(pathology) The ectopia of a gland
adenohypersthenia
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenoiditis
adenoiditis
noun
(medicine) Inflammation of the adenoid in the human throat.
adenolipomatosis
adenolipomatosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenologaditis
adenomata
adenomata
noun
plural of adenoma
adenomatome
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenometritis
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.