The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adjustments
adjustments
noun
plural of adjustment
bejumbles
bejumbles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bejumble
cholecystojejunostomy
cholecystojejunostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the jejunum
circumjacencies
circumjacencies
noun
plural of circumjacency
coadjustment
coadjustment
noun
mutual adjustment
duodenojejunostomies
duodenojejunostomies
noun
plural of duodenojejunostomy
duodenojejunostomy
duodenojejunostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of a connection between the duodenum and the jejunum
ejusdem
gastrojejunostomies
gastrojejunostomies
noun
plural of gastrojejunostomy
gastrojejunostomy
gastrojejunostomy
noun
(surgery) A form of anastomosis in which a connection is made between the stomach and the jejunum
jamesburg
jamshedpur
jasminum
jejunectomies
jejunectomies
noun
plural of jejunectomy
jejunostomies
jejunostomies
noun
plural of jejunostomy
jejunostomy
jejunostomy
noun
(medicine) The surgical creation of an opening into the jejunum to allow artificial feeding.
jejunums
jerusalem
jerusalemite
jerusalemite
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.
Noun
A native or resident of Jerusalem.
A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.
jesuitism
jesuitism
Noun
The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
Cunning; deceit; subtle argument.
jimjums
jorums
jorums
noun
plural of jorum.
journalism
journalism
noun
The activity or profession of being a journalist.
The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the purpose of informing the audience.
The style of writing characteristic of material in periodical print publications and broadcast news media, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events with an attempt to minimize analysis or interpretation.
journalisms
journalisms
noun
plural of journalism
judaeophilism
judaism
judgements
judgements
noun
plural of judgement
judgments
judgments
noun
plural of judgment
judophobism
jugums
jujuism
jujuism
noun
The practice of juju.
jujuisms
jumbals
jumbals
noun
plural of jumbal
jumblers
jumblers
noun
plural of jumbler
jumbles
jumbles
noun
plural of jumble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jumble
jumboesque
jumboism
jumboism
noun
The tendency to admire or be attracted toward things because they are large or dominant, regardless of their value.
jumbos
jumbos
noun
plural of jumbo
jumbucks
jumbucks
noun
plural of jumbuck
jumentous
jumentous
adj
Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
jumperism
jumperism
noun
(historical) The religious practices of the jumpers (Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions).
jumpers
jumpers
noun
plural of jumper
jumpiest
jumpiest
adj
superlative form of jumpy: most jumpy
jumpiness
jumpiness
noun
The state of being jumpy.
jumpinesses
jumpinesses
noun
plural of jumpiness
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpness
jumpoffs
jumpoffs
noun
plural of jumpoff
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
jumps
jumps
noun
(fashion) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
plural of jump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jump
jumpscrape
jumpseed
jumpseed
noun
A trailside plant, Persicaria virginiana, with a long seedstalk bearing adhesive seeds.
jumpsome
jumpsome
adj
Characterised or marked by jumping
jumpsuit
jumpsuit
noun
a one-piece item of clothing originally used by parachutists
a similar item of clothing used for outdoor sports such as skiing
jumpsuits
jumpsuits
noun
plural of jumpsuit
jungermanniaceous
jungermanniaceous
adj
Of or pertaining to the plant family Jungermanniaceae.
jungermanniales
junkerism
junkerism
noun
(historical) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
juramentados
juramentados
noun
plural of juramentado
jurisdictionalism
jurisdictionalism
noun
(politics) A policy of affirming a laical jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical one.
jusquaboutisme
justment
justments
juvenilism
juvenilism
noun
juvenile behaviour; immaturity
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
majaguas
majestious
majusculae
majusculae
noun
capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier
majuscular
majuscular
adj
(of letters) uppercase, capitalized
majuscule
majuscule
noun
A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
majuscules
majuscules
noun
plural of majuscule
maladjust
maladjust
verb
(transitive) To adjust badly or wrongly.
maladjusted
maladjusted
adj
Adjusted badly or wrongly.
Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maladjust
maladjustive
maladjustive
adj
Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
maladjustment
maladjustment
noun
(psychology) The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.
A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
maladjustments
maladjustments
noun
plural of maladjustment
manjusri
marijuanas
marijuanas
noun
plural of marijuana
microjumps
misadjudicated
misadjust
misadjust
verb
(transitive) To adjust wrongly or unsuitably.
misadjusted
misadjusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misadjust
misadjusting
misadjusting
verb
present participle of misadjust
misadjustment
misadjustment
noun
Wrong or unsuitable adjustment.
misadjusts
misadjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misadjust
misconjecture
misconjecture
noun
A wrong conjecture or guess.
verb
To conjecture wrongly.
misconjectured
misconjectured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misconjecture
misconjecturing
misconjecturing
verb
present participle of misconjecture
misconjugate
misconjugate
verb
(transitive) To conjugate incorrectly.
misconjugated
misconjugated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misconjugate
misconjugating
misconjugating
verb
present participle of misconjugate
misconjugation
misconjugation
noun
Incorrect conjugation.
misconjunction
misconjunction
noun
A bad or wrong conjunction.
misjudge
misjudge
verb
To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess.
misjudged
misjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misjudge
misjudgement
misjudgement
noun
Alternative form of misjudgment
misjudger
misjudger
noun
One who misjudges.
misjudges
misjudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misjudge
misjudging
misjudging
verb
present participle of misjudge
misjudgingly
misjudgingly
adv
In a misjudging manner.
misjudgment
misjudgment
noun
An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.
misjudgments
misjudgments
noun
plural of misjudgment
misprejudiced
misprejudiced
adj
Holding a bad or wrong prejudice.
moujiks
moujiks
noun
plural of moujik
mujeres
mujiks
mujiks
noun
plural of mujik
multijugous
multijugous
adj
multijugate
munjistin
munjistin
noun
(organic chemistry) A reddish-orange colouring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder, Rubia manjith ( <= Rubia munjista).
muntjacs
muntjacs
noun
plural of muntjac
muntjaks
muntjaks
noun
plural of muntjak
musjid
musjid
noun
Archaic form of masjid (“Islamic mosque”).
musjids
musjids
noun
plural of musjid
mutsje
mutsje
noun
(historical) An old Dutch liquid measure, equivalent to 0.1516 litres.
muzjiks
muzjiks
noun
plural of muzjik
nonadjustment
nonadjustment
noun
Absence of adjustment; failure to adjust.
nonjurantism
nonjurorism
nonjurorism
noun
(historical) The doctrines or actions of the nonjurors, those who refused to swear an oath.
outjumps
outjumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outjump
panjandrums
panjandrums
noun
plural of panjandrum
photojournalism
photojournalism
noun
A form of journalism in which a story is told primarily through photographs and other images
plumbojarosite
plumbojarosite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
preadjustment
preadjustment
noun
previous adjustment
preadjustments
preadjustments
noun
plural of preadjustment
prejudgments
prejudgments
noun
plural of prejudgment
premierjus
readjournments
readjournments
noun
plural of readjournment
readjustment
readjustment
noun
A second or subsequent adjustment.
readjustments
readjustments
noun
plural of readjustment
rijksmuseum
semijealousy
semijocular
semijocular
adj
Alternative form of semi-jocular
semijocularly
semijubilee
semijudicial
semijudicial
adj
Somewhat or partly judicial.
semijudicially
semijuridic
semijuridical
semijuridical
adj
Somewhat or partly juridical.
semijuridically
semperjuvenescent
semperjuvenescent
adj
(rare, literary) Forever young or growing younger.
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
smokejumper
smokejumper
noun
(US, Canada) A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.
sojournment
sojournment
noun
temporary residence, as of a stranger or traveller
subjectdom
subjectdom
noun
The condition or state of being a subject; subjecthood.
subjectivism
subjectivism
noun
(epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.
(ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.
(metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
superjumbos
superjumbos
noun
plural of superjumbo
thingumajigs
thingumajigs
noun
plural of thingumajig
unadjustment
unadjustment
noun
Lack of adjustment; failure to adjust to new circumstances.