(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.
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
acetamidine
acetamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The amidine of acetic acid CH₃C(=NH)NH₂; any N-derivative of this compound
acrodontism
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
adamantlies
adamantness
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adenomatome
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adiantiform
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjustments
adjustments
noun
plural of adjustment
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
administerd
administerd
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of administer
administers
administers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
admittances
admittances
noun
plural of admittance
admonitions
admonitions
noun
plural of admonition
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.
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.
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermaston
amantadines
amantadines
noun
plural of amantadine
amaranthoid
ambitendent
amidoketone
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
anidiomatic
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anomodontia
antecardium
antemundane
antemundane
adj
Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
antependium
antependium
noun
(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
anthemideae
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
antialbumid
antialbumid
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion, convertible into antipeptone.
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antidynamic
antifideism
antifideism
noun
Opposition to fideism.
antimedical
antimedical
adj
Inconsistent with the principles of medical science.
antimonides
antimonides
noun
plural of antimonide
antipendium
appendotome
argentamide
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
attorneydom
attorneydom
noun
The realm or sphere of attorneys.
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balantidium
balantidium
noun
Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
bandlimited
bandlimited
adj
(physics) Describing a signal whose spectral power is zero outside of a band of frequencies
bandmasters
bandmasters
noun
plural of bandmaster
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
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.
betweenmaid
bigeminated
bilaminated
bilaminated
adj
Alternative form of bilaminate
bindheimite
bindheimite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
binominated
bituminised
bituminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminise
bituminized
bituminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminize
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
bottomlands
bottomlands
noun
plural of bottomland
buttonmould
buttonmould
noun
(archaic) A disc of bone, wood, or other material, made into a button by covering it with cloth.
calumniated
calumniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calumniate
cattimandoo
cattimandoo
noun
The latex of the tree Euphorbia cattimandoo.
chondromata
chondrotome
chondrotome
noun
A surgical instrument for cutting cartilage.
chondrotomy
chondrotomy
noun
(anatomy) The dissection of cartilage.
christendom
cimetidines
cimetidines
noun
plural of cimetidine
cinematized
cinematized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cinematize
coadmitting
coadmitting
verb
present participle of coadmit
coatimondie
coatimundis
coatimundis
noun
plural of coatimundi
codetermine
codetermine
verb
(transitive) To determine jointly, as of labour and management when cooperating in policymaking.
codominants
codominants
noun
plural of codominant
comandantes
comandantes
noun
plural of comandante
commandants
commandants
noun
plural of commandant
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.
commendator
commendator
noun
(obsolete) A cleric who held a commendam.
commendment
commendment
noun
Commendation; praise.
commentated
commentated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commentate
commodation
compendiate
compendiate
verb
(obsolete) To sum or collect together.
compensated
compensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compensate
componented
componented
adj
(rare, in combination) Having the specified number or kind of components.
concordatum
condimental
condimental
adj
Of or pertaining to a condiment.
Spicy, pungent.
conditivium
conditorium
condolement
condolement
noun
An expression of sorrow or sympathy for somebody else's bereavement; condolence.
Sorrow.
condominate
condonement
condonement
noun
The position of condoning or endorsing something.
conducement
conducement
noun
That which is conducive; something that leads or contributes to an outcome.
condylomata
condylotomy
condylotomy
noun
(surgery) incision or division of a condyle
consummated
consummated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consummate
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.
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
cystadenoma
cystadenoma
noun
A hidrocystoma.
dactylonomy
dactylonomy
noun
The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
daemonistic
daimonistic
damkjernite
damnability
damnability
noun
damnableness
dannemorite
datasetname
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.
deaminating
deaminating
verb
present participle of deaminate
deamination
deamination
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of an amino group from a compound.
debasements
debasements
noun
plural of debasement
debatements
debatements
noun
plural of debatement
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
debouchment
debouchment
noun
(medicine) Opening or emptying into another part
(military) The act, or the result of debouching
The point of debouch of a watercourse
debridement
debridement
noun
(dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
(medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
debrominate
debrominate
verb
To remove bromine atoms, especially those added by a previous bromination
decadentism
decadentism
noun
Decadence.
decampments
decampments
noun
plural of decampment
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.
decomponent
decremental
decremental
adj
Pertaining to a decrement
decreasing
decremented
decremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrement
decumbently
decumbently
adv
In a decumbent posture.
defacements
defacements
noun
plural of defacement
defamations
defamations
noun
plural of defamation
defilements
defilements
noun
plural of defilement
definements
definements
noun
plural of definement
deforcement
deforcement
noun
(law) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
(law, Scotland) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
degerminate
degradement
degradement
noun
Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
delaminated
delaminated
adj
Whose laminations have been removed.
verb
past tense of delaminate
delaminates
delaminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delaminate
delassement
delineament
delineament
noun
A delineation; a sketch.
demagnetise
demagnetise
verb
(British spelling) To make something non-magnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
To erase the contents of a magnetic storage device.
demagnetize
demagnetize
verb
(transitive) To erase the contents of a magnetic storage device.
(transitive) To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.