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
cajolement
cajolement
noun
The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
clamjamfry
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.
ijamsville
jabberment
jabberment
noun
(dialect or archaic) jabber
jacamerops
jackassism
jackassism
noun
Foolish behaviour; stupidity.
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
jacksonism
jacobinism
jacobinism
Noun
The principles of the Jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.
jacobitism
jacobitism
Noun
The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.
jacquemart
jambonneau
jamesonite
jamesonite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄.
jamesstore
jamesville
jammedness
jamshedpur
jeremianic
jiggermast
jiggermast
noun
(nautical) The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
jinrikiman
jinrikiman
noun
The person who pulls a jinriki (Japanese rickshaw).
jnanamarga
joachimite
journalism
journalism
noun
The activity or profession of being a journalist.
The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the purpose of informing the audience.
The style of writing characteristic of material in periodical print publications and broadcast news media, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events with an attempt to minimize analysis or interpretation.
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.
judgmental
judgmental
adj
(chiefly of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.
Of or relating to judgment.
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpscrape
juramental
juramentum
karamojong
karamojong
Proper noun
A Nilo-Saharan language of Uganda.
lumberjack
lumberjack
noun
A lumberjacket.
A person whose work is to fell trees.
verb
(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
maharajahs
maharajahs
noun
plural of maharajah
majestatic
majestatic
adj
(obsolete) majestic
majestatis
majestical
majestical
adj
(now chiefly poetic) Majestic.
majestious
majoration
majoration
noun
(obsolete) increase; enlargement
majordomos
majordomos
noun
plural of majordomo
majorettes
majorettes
noun
plural of majorette
majoristic
majorities
majorities
noun
plural of majority
majusculae
majusculae
noun
capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier
majuscular
majuscular
adj
(of letters) uppercase, capitalized
majuscules
majuscules
noun
plural of majuscule
marijuanas
marijuanas
noun
plural of marijuana
misadjusts
misadjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misadjust
mujahedeen
mujahedeen
noun
Alternative spelling of mujahideen
panjandrum
panjandrum
noun
(military) A massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II.
A self-important or pretentious person.
An important, powerful or influential person.
timberjack
unjumpable
unjumpable
adj
Not jumpable.
unmajestic
unmajestic
adj
Not majestic.
vilhjalmur
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.