The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
bejumbling
bejumbling
verb
present participle of bejumble
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
cajolement
cajolement
noun
The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
coadjument
coadjument
noun
Mutual help; cooperation.
domajigger
enjambment
enjambment
noun
A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
enjoinment
enjoinment
noun
(obsolete) A command; an authoritative admonition.
enjoyments
enjoyments
noun
plural of enjoyment
getmjlkost
ijamsville
ijsselmeer
jabberment
jabberment
noun
(dialect or archaic) jabber
jacamerops
jackhammer
jackhammer
noun
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
verb
(intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
(intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
(of the heart or pulse) To beat hard, to pound.
(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
jacquemart
jambonneau
jamesonite
jamesonite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄.
jamesstore
jamesville
jammedness
jamshedpur
jejunotomy
jejunotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into, or removal of the jejunum
jeremianic
jeronymite
jeronymite
Noun
A member of any of various mediaeval congregations of hermits named after St. Jerome.
jestmonger
jestmonger
noun
One who tells jests; a joker.
jewelsmith
jewelsmith
noun
An individual whose profession involves making jewelry out of precious metals and stones.
The place where such an individual carries out their trade.
jiggermast
jiggermast
noun
(nautical) The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
jimpricute
jimsonweed
jimsonweed
noun
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
(US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.
jinrikimen
jinrikimen
noun
plural of jinrikiman
joachimite
jostlement
jostlement
noun
Crowding; hustling.
jotunnheim
joulemeter
joulemeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure energy (especially electrical energy) in joules
journeyman
journeyman
noun
(sports) A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.
A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day.
A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman.
journeymen
journeymen
noun
plural of journeyman
judgements
judgements
noun
plural of judgement
judgmental
judgmental
adj
(chiefly of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.
Of or relating to judgment.
jugglement
jugglement
noun
(archaic) jugglery; trickery or deception
jumblement
jumblement
Noun
A confused mixture.
jumboesque
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpscrape
juramental
juramentum
juvenilism
juvenilism
noun
juvenile behaviour; immaturity
lumberjack
lumberjack
noun
A lumberjacket.
A person whose work is to fell trees.
verb
(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
majestatic
majestatic
adj
(obsolete) majestic
majestatis
majestical
majestical
adj
(now chiefly poetic) Majestic.
majestious
majorettes
majorettes
noun
plural of majorette
majorities
majorities
noun
plural of majority
majusculae
majusculae
noun
capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier
majuscules
majuscules
noun
plural of majuscule
microjoule
millijoule
millijoule
noun
One thousandth (10⁻³) of a joule. Symbol: mJ.
misjoinder
misjoinder
noun
(law) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure in court.
mujahedeen
mujahedeen
noun
Alternative spelling of mujahideen
polejumper
premierjus
rejectment
rejectment
noun
Matter that is rejected, or thrown away.
The act of rejecting; rejection.
rejudgment
subjectdom
subjectdom
noun
The condition or state of being a subject; subjecthood.
timberjack
unjumpable
unjumpable
adj
Not jumpable.
unmajestic
unmajestic
adj
Not majestic.
windjammer
windjammer
noun
(US, slang) A windbag, a loquacious person.
(US, slang, dated) One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
(nautical) A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.
(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.