(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.
abnormalist
abnormalist
noun
(Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.
abnormality
abnormality
noun
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abolishment
abolishment
noun
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
abominating
abominating
verb
present participle of abominate
abomination
abomination
noun
(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
(countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones).
(obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.
(uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
abominators
abominators
noun
plural of abominator
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.
acclamation
acclamation
noun
(art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
(politics) An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.
acclimating
acclimating
verb
present participle of acclimate
acclimation
acclimation
noun
(biology) The adaptation of an organism to its natural climatic environment.
The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
accompanist
accompanist
noun
(music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accriminate
accriminate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To accuse of a crime.
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
acetamidine
acetamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The amidine of acetic acid CH₃C(=NH)NH₂; any N-derivative of this compound
acetonaemia
acetonaemia
noun
Alternative form of acetonemia
acetonaemic
acetonaemic
adj
Alternative form of acetonemic
acetylamine
acharnement
acharnement
noun
(obsolete) Savage fierceness; ferocity.
achievement
achievement
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
acinetiform
acinetiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Acinetae.
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acrodontism
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinomeric
actinomeric
adj
Relating to actinomeres
actinometer
actinometer
noun
(physics) A device used to measure the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
actinometry
actinometry
noun
the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light
the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
actinomyces
actinomyces
noun
A bacterium (species) of the genus Actinomyces.
actinomycin
actinomycin
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of a class of toxic polypeptide antibiotics found in soil bacteria of genus Streptomyces.
actinostome
actinostome
noun
(zoology) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
actomyosins
actomyosins
noun
plural of actomyosin
acuminating
acuminating
verb
present participle of acuminate
acumination
acumination
noun
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
acuminulate
acuminulate
adj
(rare) Somewhat or slightly acuminate.
adamantlies
adamantness
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adenomatome
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adiantiform
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjustments
adjustments
noun
plural of adjustment
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
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
admonitions
admonitions
noun
plural of admonition
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
aenigmatite
aenigmatite
noun
(mineralogy) An inosilicate mineral of sodium, iron, and titanium, forming brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals.
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aeronomists
aeronomists
noun
plural of aeronomist
affirmation
affirmation
noun
(law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
affrontment
affrontment
noun
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
agapemonist
agapemonite
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agnosticism
agnosticism
noun
(by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
agonostomus
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
aircraftman
aircraftman
noun
A member of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force or the air forces of various other Commonwealth countries.
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermaston
alightments
alightments
noun
plural of alightment
alimenation
alimentally
alimentally
adv
(obsolete) In such a way that serves for nourishment or food.
allemontite
allemontite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral form of antimony arsenide (SbAs).
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
almacenista
althaemenes
aluminosity
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amanitopsis
amantadines
amantadines
noun
plural of amantadine
amaranthine
amaranthine
adj
Of a dark reddish purple colour.
Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.
Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.
noun
A dark reddish-purple colour.
The amaranth flower.
amaranthoid
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
amazonstone
amazonstone
noun
A bluish-green variety of microcline feldspar used as a gemstone. The best known occurrences are at Crystal Peak and Pike's Peak in Colorado.
ambitendent
ambitioning
ambitioning
verb
present participle of ambition
ambitionist
ambitionist
noun
One who is excessively ambitious.
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
ambulations
ambulations
noun
plural of ambulation
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amenability
amenability
noun
The state or quality of being amenable.
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
amentiferae
amercements
amercements
noun
plural of amercement
amerciament
amerciament
noun
Alternative form of amercement
americanist
americanist
Noun
Somebody who favors the values of the USA.
An expert in the study of America.
Adjective
Favoring the values of the USA.
Of or relating to a phonetic notation developed for transcription of Native American and European languages. See
ametabolian
ametabolian
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to insects that undergo metamorphosis
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ametabola (Apterygota)
amethystine
amethystine
adj
Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
amianthuses
amianthuses
noun
plural of amianthus
amidoketone
aminization
aminoacetal
aminoacetic
aminoketone
aminoketone
noun
Any chemical compound containing both a ketone group and an amine.
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
amminolytic
ammoniating
ammoniating
verb
present participle of ammoniate
ammoniation
ammoniation
noun
(chemistry) Treatment or reaction with ammonia.
ammonolitic
ammonolytic
ammunitions
ammunitions
noun
plural of ammunition
amontillado
amontillado
noun
A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
amphanthium
amphetamine
amphetamine
noun
(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
(informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
(medicine, pharmacology) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.
(organic chemistry, proper) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphipneust
amphithuron
amphithyron
amplexation
amplexation
Noun
An embrace.
amplication
amplication
noun
Misspelling of amplification.
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
anabaptisms
anacamptics
anacamptics
noun
The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
The science of reflected sounds.
anacleticum
anaematosis
anaemotropy
analemmatic
analemmatic
adj
Relating to an analemma.
anamnionata
anamorphote
anapnometer
anastasimon
anastasimos
anastigmats
anastigmats
noun
plural of anastigmat
anastomosed
anastomosed
adj
Joined by anastomosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anastomose
anastomoses
anastomoses
noun
plural of anastomosis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anastomose
anastomosis
anastomosis
noun
(surgery) The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.
A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.
The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).