(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
abhominable
abhominable
adj
Obsolete form of abominable.
abnormalise
abnormalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize.
abnormalize
abnormalize
verb
(transitive) To make abnormal.
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
abolishment
abolishment
noun
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
abouchement
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
absenteeism
absenteeism
noun
The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee.
abstainment
abstainment
noun
(rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumeniser
albumenized
albumenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenize
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
albuminized
albuminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminize
ambitendent
ambivalence
ambivalence
noun
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
ambivalency
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amenability
amenability
noun
The state or quality of being amenable.
ametabolian
ametabolian
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to insects that undergo metamorphosis
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ametabola (Apterygota)
amiableness
amiableness
noun
The state or quality of being amiable.
amphiboline
amphisbaena
amphisbaena
noun
(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
apoembryony
arbitrament
arbitrament
noun
The judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration.
arbitrement
arbitrement
noun
Alternative spelling of arbitrament
assemblance
assemblance
noun
(obsolete) An assembling; assemblage.
(obsolete) Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
assemblyman
assemblyman
noun
A male member of an assembly.
A member of the lower house of certain US state legislatures.
assemblymen
assemblymen
noun
plural of assemblyman
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
babblements
babblements
noun
plural of babblement
bafflements
bafflements
noun
plural of bafflement
balancement
balancement
noun
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise.
balletomane
balletomane
noun
A ballet enthusiast.
balminesses
baltimorean
bandkeramik
bandlimited
bandlimited
adj
(physics) Describing a signal whose spectral power is zero outside of a band of frequencies
bandmasters
bandmasters
noun
plural of bandmaster
banishments
banishments
noun
plural of banishment
banjermasin
baptizement
baptizement
noun
(archaic) baptism
bardesanism
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barnstormer
barnstormer
noun
One who barnstorms.
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
battlements
battlements
noun
plural of battlement
beamfilling
beclamoring
beclamoring
verb
present participle of beclamor
bediamonded
bediamonded
adj
Wearing or featuring a diamond or diamonds.
bedlamising
bedlamizing
beekmantown
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
beglamoring
beglamoring
verb
present participle of beglamor
belemnoidea
bellmanship
bemaddening
bemaddening
verb
present participle of bemadden
bemoaningly
bemoaningly
adv
In a bemoaning manner.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benightmare
benjaminite
benjaminite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.
benzazimide
benzylamine
benzylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic primary amine C₆H₅-CH₂-NH₂ or its derivatives
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
bergmannite
betweenmaid
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
bigeminated
bilaminated
bilaminated
adj
Alternative form of bilaminate
bimarginate
bimarginate
adj
Having a double margin.
bimillenary
bimillenary
adj
Relating to, or happening every two thousand years
noun
A two-thousandth anniversary
bimillenial
bimillennia
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binominated
biomagnetic
biomagnetic
adj
Relating to biomagnetism.
blancmanger
blancmanger
noun
(historical) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.; blancmange.
blancmanges
blancmanges
noun
plural of blancmange
blankminded
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
bleacherman
bohemianism
bohemianism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bohemianism
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
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang
bowermaiden
bowmansdale
brabblement
brabblement
noun
(dated) A brabble; a noisy contest or wrangle.
brakemaking
branchireme
branglement
branglement
noun
(obsolete) squabble; brangle
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
bremerhaven
bridemaiden
brisingamen
bromacetone
bromgelatin
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
businessman
businessman
noun
A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
cabinetmake
campbellton
campbeltown
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
carbamidine
carbamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of guanidine
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonimide
carbonimide
noun
(organic chemistry) The imide of carbonic acid; any derivative of this compound
carbylamine
carbylamine
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) an isocyanide
chamberlain
chamberlain
noun
(obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.
A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
cobaltamine
collembolan
collembolan
noun
Any insect of the order Collembola, the springtails.
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
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.
commentable
commentable
adj
(computing) Capable of being marked with a comment.
(dated) Worthy of comment; remarkable.
companiable
companiable
adj
(obsolete) companionable; sociable
compensable
compensable
adj
Able to be compensated; entitling one to compensation.
condemnable
condemnable
adj
Deserving of condemnation.
condemnably
condemnably
adv
In a condemnable manner.
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
conformable
conformable
adj
Having the same shape or form; very similar.
Suitable; compliant.
consumables
consumables
noun
plural of consumable
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
debasements
debasements
noun
plural of debasement
debatements
debatements
noun
plural of debatement
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
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.
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.
denumerable
denumerable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being assigned a bijection to the natural numbers. Applied to sets which are not finite, but have a one-to-one mapping to the natural numbers.
denumerably
denumerably
adv
In a denumerable manner
disablement
disablement
noun
(formal) The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.
disbandment
disbandment
noun
The act of disbanding
disbarments
disbarments
noun
plural of disbarment
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
embadomonas
embalmments
embalmments
noun
plural of embalmment
embankments
embankments
noun
plural of embankment
embarcation
embarcation
noun
Alternative form of embarkation
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.