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
adjustores
ajatasatru
beaujolais
butterjags
coadjutors
coadjutors
noun
plural of coadjutor
codisjunct
conjugales
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
conjurison
disconjure
disjunctor
disjunctor
noun
(biology) A small, temporary body between the conidia of some fungi.
A kind of electrical circuit breaker.
ejaculates
ejaculates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ejaculate
fidejussor
fidejussor
noun
(law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
frabjously
frabjously
adv
In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
injustices
injustices
noun
plural of injustice
isothujone
jacobsburg
jailhouses
jailhouses
noun
plural of jailhouse
jamshedpur
japanesque
jarvisburg
jaspideous
jaspideous
adj
jaspidean; containing jasper
jaspidean; like jasper
jaspidean; made of jasper
jauntiness
jauntiness
noun
The quality of being jaunty.
jawcrusher
jealousies
jealousies
noun
plural of jealousy
jeapordous
jebusitish
jejuneness
jejuneness
noun
The state or condition of being jejune.
jejunities
jejunities
noun
plural of jejunity
jeopardous
jeopardous
adj
Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous
jesuitical
jesuitical
adj
Synonym of Jesuitic
jesuitised
jesuitised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jesuitise
jesuitized
jesuitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jesuitize
jesuitries
jewelhouse
jewelhouse
noun
A building where jewels are stored.
jitterbugs
jitterbugs
noun
plural of jitterbug
jocundness
jocundness
noun
The quality of being jocund.
jointuress
jointuress
noun
A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
jonahesque
jouissance
jouissance
noun
(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
In poststructuralism, a transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.
journalese
journalese
noun
A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
journalise
journalise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of journalize
journalish
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.
journalist
journalist
noun
(originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
journeyers
journeyers
noun
plural of journeyer
joyfullest
joyfullest
adj
superlative form of joyful: most joyful
joyfulness
joyfulness
noun
The state of being joyful.
joyousness
joyousness
noun
The state of being joyous.
judgements
judgements
noun
plural of judgement
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
judicialis
jugendstil
jugendstil
noun
The German equivalent of art nouveau.
juggleries
juggleries
noun
plural of jugglery
jugoslavia
jugoslavic
juliustown
jumboesque
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpscrape
juncaceous
juncaceous
adj
rushy; rushlike
jungleside
jungleside
noun
(rare) The area beside a jungle.
juniorship
juniorship
noun
The rank or position of junior; juniority.
junketeers
junketeers
noun
plural of junketeer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of junketeer
jurisprude
jurisprude
noun
One who studies jurisprudence.
juristical
juristical
adj
Alternative form of juristic
justiciary
justiciary
adj
(Christian, theology, obsolete) Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
(Christian, theology, obsolete) Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.
Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
noun
(Christian, theology) A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
(Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
(historical) A judge or justice.
(historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
(historical) A magistrate.
(originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
justifably
justifiers
justifiers
noun
plural of justifier
justifying
justifying
noun
A process of justification.
verb
present participle of justify
justnesses
justnesses
noun
plural of justness
jutlandish
jutlandish
Adjective
Jutlandic
Proper noun
Jutlandic
juvenilism
juvenilism
noun
juvenile behaviour; immaturity
juxtaposed
juxtaposed
adj
Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose
juxtaposes
juxtaposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose
juxtaposit
juxtaposit
verb
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.
majestious
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
microjumps
misadjusts
misadjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misadjust
misjudging
misjudging
verb
present participle of misjudge
nonsubject
nonsubject
noun
(chiefly grammar) That which is not a subject.
objurgates
objurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of objurgate
overjoyous
overjoyous
adj
(rare) Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.
perjurious
perjurious
adj
Of or pertaining to perjury.
preadjusts
preadjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preadjust
prejudices
prejudices
noun
plural of prejudice
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prejudice
prejustify
premierjus
presubject
readjourns
readjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of readjourn
readjusted
readjusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of readjust
readjuster
readjuster
noun
(US, historical) One who advocates a refund, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of a state's debt, without the consent of the creditors.
One who, or that which, readjusts.
reinjuries
reinjuries
noun
plural of reinjury
rejuvenise
rejuvenise
verb
Alternative form of rejuvenize
sejunction
sejunction
noun
(obsolete) The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.
(psychology) An interruption of the continuity of association-complexes which leads to a breaking up of the personality.
sejunctive
sejunctive
adj
Of or relating to sejunction.
sojourners
sojourners
noun
plural of sojourner
sojourning
sojourning
noun
The act of one who sojourns; a short stay or residence.
verb
present participle of sojourn
subadjutor
subjacency
subjacency
noun
(linguistics) A constraint on the movement of elements whereby an element cannot move into a specifier position that is already occupied.
The state of being subjacent.
subjectdom
subjectdom
noun
The condition or state of being a subject; subjecthood.
subjectify
subjectify
verb
(transitive) To turn into a subject.
subjectile
subjectile
noun
(art) A substrate, material, or support upon which a painting or engraving is created.
subjecting
subjecting
verb
present participle of subject
subjection
subjection
noun
The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
The state of being subjected.
subjectist
subjectist
noun
(philosophy) One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
subjective
subjective
adj
(linguistics, grammar) Describing conjugation of a verb that indicates only the subject (agent), not indicating the object (patient) of the action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
(philosophy, psychology) Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, not upon observation or reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.
Lacking in reality or substance.
Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)
Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.
subjicible
subjicible
adj
(obsolete) subjectable, capable of being subjected.
subjoinder
subjoinder
noun
Something subjoined to another
subjoining
subjoining
verb
present participle of subjoin
subjugable
subjugable
adj
Capable of being subjugated
subjugated
subjugated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subjugate
subjugates
subjugates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subjugate
subjugator
subjugator
noun
A person who subjugates or conquers.
subjugular
subproject
subproject
noun
A project within a larger project.
supplejack
supplejack
noun
A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.
A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.
Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.
Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.
suprajural
surjection
surjection
noun
(set theory) A function for which every element of the codomain is mapped to by some element of the domain; (formally) Any function f:X→Y for which for every y∈Y, there is at least one x∈X such that f(x)=y.
surjective
surjective
adj
(mathematics) of, relating to, or being a surjection
unadjusted
unadjusted
adj
Not adjusted, especially not altered to fit new or changed data or circumstances