(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.
abdominales
abdominalia
abdominalia
noun
(zoology) A group of cirriped crustaceans having abdominal appendages.
abdominally
abdominally
adv
In the area of the abdomen.
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
albedometer
albedometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
ambassadors
ambassadors
noun
plural of ambassador
amblypodous
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
ambuscadoed
ambuscadoed
adj
(obsolete) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
amoebicidal
amoebicidal
adj
Relating to substances which could destroy amoebae.
amoeboidism
amoeboidism
noun
Alternative form of ameboidism
auribromide
aurobromide
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balladromic
balmarcodes
bambocciade
bambocciade
noun
A painting depicting a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
baseballdom
baseballdom
noun
The world of baseball.
bdellometer
bdellometer
noun
(medicine) A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe is attached.
bdellostoma
beachcombed
beachcombed
adj
Obtained by beachcombing
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beachcomb
bediamonded
bediamonded
adj
Wearing or featuring a diamond or diamonds.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
belemnoidea
bellmouthed
bellmouthed
adj
Alternative form of bell-mouthed
besmottered
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bichromated
binominated
biodynamics
biodynamics
noun
(agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming.
(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
biomedicine
biomedicine
noun
(countable) A medicine created with the use of living organisms.
The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
birdmouthed
blastoderms
blastoderms
noun
plural of blastoderm
bloodmobile
bloodmobile
noun
A vehicle outfitted to collect blood from donors.
bloodmonger
bloodmonger
noun
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
bloodstream
bloodstream
noun
The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal
blossomhead
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
bodhidharma
bodicemaker
bombardelle
bombardiers
bombardiers
noun
plural of bombardier
bombardment
bombardment
noun
(physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance
heavy artillery fire
the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
bombproofed
bombproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bombproof
bombyliidae
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang
bothridiums
bottomlands
bottomlands
noun
plural of bottomland
bovensmilde
bowermaiden
bowmansdale
brachydomal
brahmanhood
bridegrooms
bridegrooms
noun
plural of bridegroom
bromhydrate
bromhydrate
noun
hydrobromate
bromidrosis
bromidrosis
noun
(medicine) Fetid or foul-smelling perspiration.
bromocyanid
bromohydrin
bromohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.
bromoiodide
bromoiodism
bromoiodism
noun
poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds
bulbocodium
busybodyism
busybodyism
noun
The behaviour of a busybody; interfering, meddling.
buttonmould
buttonmould
noun
(archaic) A disc of bone, wood, or other material, made into a button by covering it with cloth.
carbonimide
carbonimide
noun
(organic chemistry) The imide of carbonic acid; any derivative of this compound
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
chemisorbed
chemisorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb
chemosorbed
chemosorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemosorb
cockscombed
coembodying
commandable
commandable
adj
Capable of being commanded.
commendable
commendable
adj
Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious.
commendably
commendably
adv
In a commendable manner.
condemnable
condemnable
adj
Deserving of condemnation.
condemnably
condemnably
adv
In a condemnable manner.
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
coxcombhood
cubomedusae
cubomedusae
noun
plural of cubomedusa
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
currycombed
currycombed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of currycomb
debamboozle
debamboozle
verb
(transitive, informal) To free from confusion; to enlighten.
debouchment
debouchment
noun
(medicine) Opening or emptying into another part
(military) The act, or the result of debouching
The point of debouch of a watercourse
debrominate
debrominate
verb
To remove bromine atoms, especially those added by a previous bromination
demibastion
demibastion
noun
(military) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
demibombard
demobilised
demobilised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demobilise
demobilized
demobilized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demobilize
demobilizes
demobilizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demobilize
demountable
demountable
adj
(computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.
Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.
noun
(Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.
denominable
denominable
adj
Capable of being denominated or named.
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
disbosoming
disbosoming
verb
present participle of disbosom
disembodied
disembodied
adj
Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
Of a body part, separated from the body.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembody
disembodies
disembodies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembody
disembogued
disembogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembogue
disembogues
disembogues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembogue
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
disrobement
disrobement
noun
The act of disrobing (undressing, removing clothes).
dithyrambos
divebombing
divebombing
verb
present participle of divebomb
dogberrydom
dogberryism
dogberryism
noun
Alternative form of Dogberryism
dolabriform
dolabriform
adj
Shaped like the head of an axe or hatchet.
dorsilumbar
dorsilumbar
adj
Alternative form of dorsolumbar
dorsolumbar
dorsolumbar
adj
(anatomy) dorsal and lumbar
dorsumbonal
doubtmonger
doubtmonger
noun
One who sows doubts in the minds of others.
dromophobia
drumbledore
dumbfounded
dumbfounded
adj
Shocked and speechless.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound
dumbfounder
dumbfounder
noun
Someone who or that which dumbfounds.
verb
(transitive) To dumbfound.
embadomonas
embarcadero
embarcadero
noun
(rare) A quay; a wharf.
embarricado
embastioned
embastioned
adj
Synonym of bastioned
embiotocoid
embiotocoid
adj
(ichthyology) Belonging to the fish family Embiotocidae.
noun
(ichthyology) One of a family of fishes, Embiotocidae, the surfperches, abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous.
embodiments
embodiments
noun
plural of embodiment
emboldening
emboldening
noun
A making bold.
verb
present participle of embolden
embordering
embordering
verb
present participle of emborder
embroidered
embroidered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embroider
embroiderer
embroiderer
noun
A person who embroiders
embryonated
embryonated
adj
Containing an embryo; having had an embryo develop.
exobasidium
fibromatoid
fluobromide
hebdomadary
hebdomadary
adj
(obsolete) hebdomadal
noun
A member of a Roman Catholic chapter or convent whose week it is to officiate in the choir and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
hebdomarian
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
homebuilder
homebuilder
noun
A person or company which builds houses
honeycombed
honeycombed
adj
Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of honeycomb
humboldtine
humboldtine
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
humboldtite
hydrobromic
hydrobromic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and bromine
hydrobromid
imboldening
imboldening
verb
present participle of imbolden
immobilised
immobilised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of immobilise
immobilized
immobilized
adj
Subject to immobilization.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of immobilize
impoundable
impoundable
adj
Capable of being impounded.
indomitable
indomitable
adj
Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
indomitably
indomitably
adv
In an indomitable manner.
iodobromite
judophobism
labidometer
labidometer
noun
(medicine) A specialized forceps or attachment to a regular forceps for measuring the size and curvature of the head of a fetus in the pelvis.
lobotomised
lobotomised
adj
Alternative spelling of lobotomized
lobotomized
lobotomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lobotomize
lumbodorsal
lumbodorsal
adj
(anatomy) related to both lumbar and dorsal regions of the spine
madisonburg
matchboards
matchboards
noun
plural of matchboard
meadowbrook
metabolised
metabolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of metabolise