(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.
accompanied
accompanied
adj
Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accompany
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
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.
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
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.
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.
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.
aldermaston
amaranthoid
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.
amidoketone
amidomyelin
amidophenol
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
ammonoidean
ammonolyzed
amontillado
amontillado
noun
A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
anastomosed
anastomosed
adj
Joined by anastomosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anastomose
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.
anhydroxime
anidiomatic
anilidoxime
anomodontia
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antimonides
antimonides
noun
plural of antimonide
appendotome
aspidomancy
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
attorneydom
attorneydom
noun
The realm or sphere of attorneys.
aurodiamine
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
bediamonded
bediamonded
adj
Wearing or featuring a diamond or diamonds.
belemnoidea
binominated
biodynamics
biodynamics
noun
(agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming.
(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
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
bromocyanid
cacodemonia
cacodemonia
noun
Synonym of cacodemonomania
cacodemonic
cacodemonic
adj
Demonic.
calamondins
calamondins
noun
plural of calamondin
calmodulins
calmodulins
noun
plural of calmodulin
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
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.
cattimandoo
cattimandoo
noun
The latex of the tree Euphorbia cattimandoo.
cecidomyian
chondromata
chrysomonad
chrysomonad
noun
Synonym of chrysophyte
cleidomancy
cleidomancy
noun
Divination by using a hanging key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia.
coadmitting
coadmitting
verb
present participle of coadmit
coatimondie
coatimundis
coatimundis
noun
plural of coatimundi
codominants
codominants
noun
plural of codominant
comandantes
comandantes
noun
plural of comandante
commandable
commandable
adj
Capable of being commanded.
commandants
commandants
noun
plural of commandant
commandeers
commandeers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commandeer
commandless
commandless
adj
Without a command or commands.
commandment
commandment
noun
(archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
(law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
(obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
commandoman
commandress
commandress
noun
Alternative form of commanderess
commandries
commandries
noun
plural of commandry
commendable
commendable
adj
Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious.
commendably
commendably
adv
In a commendable manner.
commendador
commendator
commendator
noun
(obsolete) A cleric who held a commendam.
commentated
commentated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commentate
commodation
companioned
companioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of companion
compendiary
compendiate
compendiate
verb
(obsolete) To sum or collect together.
compensated
compensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compensate
concordatum
condemnable
condemnable
adj
Deserving of condemnation.
condemnably
condemnably
adv
In a condemnable manner.
condimental
condimental
adj
Of or pertaining to a condiment.
Spicy, pungent.
condominate
condominial
condominial
adj
(Latin America) Being or relating to a simplified sewerage system set up with community participation at the level of a condominio, or housing block.
condominiia
condylomata
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
consummated
consummated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consummate
coromandels
coromandels
noun
plural of coromandel
cosymmedian
countermaid
countermand
countermand
noun
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
verb
(figuratively) To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
(obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.
(obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
(obsolete) To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
criminaldom
criminaldom
noun
The realm or sphere of criminals.
criminaloid
criminaloid
noun
A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cyphomandra
cystadenoma
cystadenoma
noun
A hidrocystoma.
dactylonomy
dactylonomy
noun
The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
daemonistic
daemonology
daimonistic
daimonology
daimonology
noun
Alternative form of demonology
dannemorite
daunomycins
daunomycins
noun
plural of daunomycin
deamidation
deamidation
noun
(biochemistry) The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.
(organic chemistry) Conversion of an amide to a carboxylic acid.
deamination
deamination
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of an amino group from a compound.
debrominate
debrominate
verb
To remove bromine atoms, especially those added by a previous bromination
decadianome
decalomania
decameronic
decimations
decimations
noun
plural of decimation
declamation
declamation
noun
A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges.
defamations
defamations
noun
plural of defamation
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
demagoguing
demagoguing
verb
present participle of demagogue
demarcation
demarcation
noun
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
Any strictly defined separation.
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
dementation
dementation
noun
(archaic) The act of depriving of reason; madness.
demibastion
demibastion
noun
(military) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
demicoronal
demimondain
democratian
democritean
democritean
Adjective
Of or relating to Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his atomic theory.
demonastery
demoniacism
demoniacism
noun
The state of being demoniac; the practices of demoniacs.