(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
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
abrahamitic
abrahamitic
Adjective
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
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.
absolutisms
absolutisms
noun
plural of absolutism
abstainment
abstainment
noun
(rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
acetabulums
adarbitrium
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.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
alabastrums
alabastrums
noun
plural of alabastrum
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.
ambagiosity
ambagiosity
noun
The quality of being ambagious.
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
ambitioning
ambitioning
verb
present participle of ambition
ambitionist
ambitionist
noun
One who is excessively ambitious.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
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
ambulations
ambulations
noun
plural of ambulation
ambulatoria
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
amicability
amicability
noun
The state or quality of being amicable or friendly.
amobarbital
amobarbital
noun
(pharmacology) A barbiturate administered especially in the form of its sodium salt C₁₁H₁₇N₂NaO₃ as a hypnotic and sedative; and as a supposed truth serum.
amoebocytes
amoebocytes
noun
plural of amoebocyte
amortisable
amortisable
adj
Alternative form of amortizable
amortizable
amortizable
adj
Capable of being amortized.
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
anabaptisms
animability
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antialbumid
antialbumid
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion, convertible into antipeptone.
antialbumin
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
archambault
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
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
bafflements
bafflements
noun
plural of bafflement
balancement
balancement
noun
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise.
balantidium
balantidium
noun
Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
balletomane
balletomane
noun
A ballet enthusiast.
balsamation
balsamation
noun
The act of imparting balsamic properties.
The art or process of embalming.
baltimorean
baltimorite
bambacciata
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
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
baptizement
baptizement
noun
(archaic) baptism
barbitalism
barbitalism
noun
(pathology) barbital poisoning
barbiturism
barbiturism
noun
(dated, medicine) A morbid condition caused by excessive use of barbiturates.
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
barotraumas
barotraumas
noun
plural of barotrauma
barthianism
bartholomeo
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartolommeo
basaltiform
basaltiform
adj
In the form of basalt; columnar.
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
bathochrome
bathochromy
bathychrome
bathymetric
bathymetric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
battarismus
battlements
battlements
noun
plural of battlement
bdellometer
bdellometer
noun
(medicine) A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe is attached.
bdellostoma
beachmaster
bedevilment
bedevilment
noun
The characteristic of being bedeviled.
bedizenment
bedizenment
noun
That which bedizens.
The act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.
bedlamitish
beechbottom
beekmantown
beforetimes
beforetimes
adv
(archaic) Previously; in the past.
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
bellmouthed
bellmouthed
adj
Alternative form of bell-mouthed
bemusements
bemusements
noun
plural of bemusement
benightmare
benightment
benightment
noun
The state or condition of being benighted.
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
beseechment
beseechment
noun
The act of beseeching; earnest entreaty.
besiegement
besiegement
noun
The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.
besmoothing
besmoothing
verb
present participle of besmooth
besmottered
bestrewment
betokenment
betrothment
betrothment
noun
The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed.
betterments
betterments
noun
plural of betterment
betweenmaid
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bhaktimarga
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
bicomponent
bicomponent
adj
Having two components
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.