(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.
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
academician
academician
noun
(now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
academizing
academizing
verb
present participle of academize
accompanied
accompanied
adj
Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accompany
acetamidine
acetamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The amidine of acetic acid CH₃C(=NH)NH₂; any N-derivative of this compound
achaemenids
acrodontism
acromyodian
acromyodian
noun
Any passerine songbird of the former taxon Acromyodi
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
adamantlies
adamantness
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adenodermia
adenolipoma
adenolipoma
noun
(oncology) A benign lipoma of a gland containing both glandular and fat tissue.
adenomatome
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenomyxoma
adiantiform
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
(medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
administerd
administerd
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of administer
administers
administers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
admittances
admittances
noun
plural of admittance
admonishers
admonishers
noun
plural of admonisher
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
admonitions
admonitions
noun
plural of admonition
adnominally
adnominally
adv
(grammar) In an adnominal way; used like an adnoun, adjectivally.
adoptianism
adoptianism
noun
Alternative form of adoptionism
adoptionism
adoptionism
noun
(Christianity) A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
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.
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
aerodynamic
aerodynamic
adj
having a shape that reduces drag when moving through the air
of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumenized
albumenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenize
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
albuminized
albuminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminize
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermaness
aldermaness
noun
(rare) A female alderman; an alderwoman.
The wife of an alderman.
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermaston
amantadines
amantadines
noun
plural of amantadine
amaranthoid
ambitendent
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
americanoid
americanoid
Adjective
Characteristic of or resembling Native American peoples.
Of or related to the race to which Native Americans belong, according to theories that divide humanity into races.
Noun
An individual who is Americanoid.
amerindians
amidoketone
amidomyelin
amidophenol
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
ammonoidean
ammonolyzed
amontillado
amontillado
noun
A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
amygdalinic
anastomosed
anastomosed
adj
Joined by anastomosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anastomose
anaximander
anaximander
Proper noun
(c. 610 546 A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.
andranatomy
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androgamone
androgonium
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
anhydraemia
anhydraemic
anhydroxime
anidiomatic
anilidoxime
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anomodontia
antecardium
antemundane
antemundane
adj
Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
antependium
antependium
noun
(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
anthemideae
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
antialbumid
antialbumid
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion, convertible into antipeptone.
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antidynamic
antifideism
antifideism
noun
Opposition to fideism.
antimedical
antimedical
adj
Inconsistent with the principles of medical science.
antimonides
antimonides
noun
plural of antimonide
antipendium
appendotome
arachnidism
arachnidism
noun
The condition of being poisoned as a result of a spider's bite.
arachnidium
arcadianism
arcadianism
noun
An ideal rustic or pastoral state.
archimedean
archimedean
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Archimedean
argentamide
ashamedness
ashamedness
noun
The state or quality of being ashamed.
aspidomancy
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
attorneydom
attorneydom
noun
The realm or sphere of attorneys.
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
aurodiamine
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
awellimiden
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balantidium
balantidium
noun
Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
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
bardesanism
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
bediamonded
bediamonded
adj
Wearing or featuring a diamond or diamonds.
bedlamising
bedlamizing
belemnoidea
bemaddening
bemaddening
verb
present participle of bemadden
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benzazimide
betweenmaid
bigeminated
bilaminated
bilaminated
adj
Alternative form of bilaminate
binominated
biodynamics
biodynamics
noun
(agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming.
(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
blankminded
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
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang
bottomlands
bottomlands
noun
plural of bottomland
bowermaiden
bowmansdale
brahmanhood
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
bridemaiden
bromocyanid
cacodemonia
cacodemonia
noun
Synonym of cacodemonomania
cacodemonic
cacodemonic
adj
Demonic.
calamanders
calamanders
noun
plural of calamander
calamondins
calamondins
noun
plural of calamondin
calmodulins
calmodulins
noun
plural of calmodulin
calumniated
calumniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calumniate