(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.
abepithymia
aberrometer
aberrometer
noun
A device that measures refractive aberrations of the eye
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
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.
acetabulums
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
albedometer
albedometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
ambidextral
ambidextral
adj
Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
ambiguities
ambiguities
noun
plural of ambiguity
ambilateral
ambilateral
adj
(medicine) Affecting both sides of the body, or of an organ.
ambitendent
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
ambrosterol
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amebobacter
ameloblasts
ameloblasts
noun
plural of ameloblast
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)
ametabolism
ametabolism
noun
The condition of being ametabolic
ametabolous
ametabolous
adj
Alternative form of ametabolic
amoebocytes
amoebocytes
noun
plural of amoebocyte
amortisable
amortisable
adj
Alternative form of amortizable
amortizable
amortizable
adj
Capable of being amortized.
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
apometaboly
arbitrament
arbitrament
noun
The judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration.
arbitrement
arbitrement
noun
Alternative spelling of arbitrament
asbestiform
asbestiform
adj
(crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals.
attemptable
attemptable
adj
Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
automatable
automatable
adj
able to be automated
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
automobiles
automobiles
noun
plural of automobile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automobile
babblements
babblements
noun
plural of babblement
backstamped
bacteraemia
bacteraemia
noun
The medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream.
bacteremias
bacteremias
noun
plural of bacteremia
bacteriemia
bacteriemia
noun
Alternative form of bacteraemia
bacteriform
bacteririum
bafflements
bafflements
noun
plural of bafflement
balancement
balancement
noun
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise.
balletomane
balletomane
noun
A ballet enthusiast.
baltimorean
baltimorite
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
baptizement
baptizement
noun
(archaic) baptism
bargemaster
bargemaster
noun
The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barnstormer
barnstormer
noun
One who barnstorms.
barometries
barometries
noun
plural of barometry
bartholomeo
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartolommeo
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
bathochrome
bathychrome
bathymetric
bathymetric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
battlements
battlements
noun
plural of battlement
bdellostoma
beachmaster
bedlamitish
beekmantown
benightmare
benjaminite
benjaminite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.
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.
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bigeminated
bilamellate
bilamellate
adj
(botany) Formed of two plates, or lamellae.
(botany) Having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.
bilaminated
bilaminated
adj
Alternative form of bilaminate
bimaculated
bimaculated
adj
Alternative form of bimaculate
bimarginate
bimarginate
adj
Having a double margin.
bimetallics
bimetallics
noun
plural of bimetallic
bimetallism
bimetallism
noun
(economics) The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values.
bimetallist
bimetallist
adj
Advocating bimetallism
noun
An advocate of bimetallism
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binominated
biomagnetic
biomagnetic
adj
Relating to biomagnetism.
biomaterial
biomaterial
noun
A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body.
biometrical
biometrical
adj
Of or pertaining to biometrics.
blairmorite
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
blastematic
blastematic
adj
(biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.
blastocheme
blastoderms
blastoderms
noun
plural of blastoderm
blastomeres
blastomeres
noun
plural of blastomere
blastomeric
blastomeric
adj
Relating to blastomeres.
blastomyces
blemmatrope
bloodstream
bloodstream
noun
The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal
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
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
brabblement
brabblement
noun
(dated) A brabble; a noisy contest or wrangle.
brachytmema
bracteiform
branglement
branglement
noun
(obsolete) squabble; brangle
bromacetate
bromacetone
bromgelatin
bromhydrate
bromhydrate
noun
hydrobromate
bromoaurate
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burgomaster
burgomaster
noun
The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
bushmasters
bushmasters
noun
plural of bushmaster
butomaceous
butomaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Butomaceae.
buttermaker
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
cabinetmake
campbellite
campbellite
Noun
A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.