Definition of loss

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Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property..

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Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..
Flowering :: Flowering (n.) The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification..
Conservatrix :: Conservatrix (n.) A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc..
Lorikeet :: Lorikeet (n.) Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera..
Nicotiana :: Nicotiana (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco..
Hypocraterimorphous :: Hypocraterimorphous (a.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac..
Molossus :: Molossus (n.) A foot of three long syllables.
Tragical :: Tragical (a.) Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow..
Akinesia :: Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Clavis :: Clavis (n.) A key; a glossary.
Embloom :: Embloom (v. t.) To emblossom.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..
Toxoglossa :: Toxoglossa (n.pl.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra..
Average :: Average (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length..
Sea Risk :: Sea risk () Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea..
Doncella :: Doncella (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
Assure :: Assure (v. t.) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market..
Kirumbo :: Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black..
Zinnia :: Zinnia (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation..
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