(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.
accommodate
accommodate
adj
(obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
verb
(intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
(intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
(transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
(transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
(transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
(transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
To provide sufficient space for
accompanied
accompanied
adj
Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accompany
acrodontism
acrodromous
acrodromous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of acrodrome
acromyodian
acromyodian
noun
Any passerine songbird of the former taxon Acromyodi
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
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
adaptometer
adaptometer
noun
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
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
adiamorphic
adiantiform
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adipomatous
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.
adpromissor
adpromissor
noun
A surety.
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.
aecidioform
aerodromics
aerodromics
noun
(obsolete) The science of flying airplanes
aerodynamic
aerodynamic
adj
having a shape that reduces drag when moving through the air
of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics
aeromedical
aeromedical
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromedicine.
afterwisdom
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agromyzidae
alamodality
alamodality
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being fashionable.
albedometer
albedometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
aldermaston
allodesmism
allodialism
allodialism
noun
The allodial system.
allomerized
allomerized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allomerize
almoravides
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
amaranthoid
ambassadors
ambassadors
noun
plural of ambassador
amblypodous
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
ambuscadoed
ambuscadoed
adj
(obsolete) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
ameliorated
ameliorated
adj
Having had problem(s) improved upon; having been the subject of amelioration.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate
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.
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amidoacetal
amidoacetic
amidocapric
amidohexose
amidoketone
amidomyelin
amidophenol
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
ammocoetoid
ammodytidae
ammonoidean
ammonolyzed
amoebicidal
amoebicidal
adj
Relating to substances which could destroy amoebae.
amoeboidism
amoeboidism
noun
Alternative form of ameboidism
amontillado
amontillado
noun
A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
ampelideous
amphidromia
amphidromia
noun
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphioxidae
amphioxides
amphiploids
amphiploids
noun
plural of amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
amphipodous
amphipodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
amphizoidae
amphodelite
amygdaloids
amygdaloids
noun
plural of amygdaloid
amyloidoses
amyloidoses
noun
plural of amyloidosis
amyloidosis
amyloidosis
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
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
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
appendotome
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
aristodemus
armorplated
arthrodymic
aspidomancy
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
athyroidism
athyroidism
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of a thyroid gland or suppression of its function
atmidometer
atmidometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.
atmidometry
atmosphered
atmosphered
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of atmosphere.
attorneydom
attorneydom
noun
The realm or sphere of attorneys.
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
auditoriums
auditoriums
noun
plural of auditorium
auribromide
aurobromide
aurodiamine
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
automatized
automatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automatize
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
autotomised
autotomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autotomise
autotomized
autotomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autotomize
axiomatized
axiomatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of axiomatize
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balladromic
balmarcodes
bambocciade
bambocciade
noun
A painting depicting a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
baseballdom
baseballdom
noun
The world of baseball.
bdellostoma
beachcombed
beachcombed
adj
Obtained by beachcombing
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beachcomb
bediamonded
bediamonded
adj
Wearing or featuring a diamond or diamonds.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
belemnoidea
bichromated
binominated
biodynamics
biodynamics
noun
(agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming.
(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
blastoderms
blastoderms
noun
plural of blastoderm
bloodstream
bloodstream
noun
The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal
blossomhead
bodhidharma
bodicemaker
bombardelle
bombardiers
bombardiers
noun
plural of bombardier
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
bombyliidae
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang