Definition of loss

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Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..

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Liver :: Liver (n.) The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business..
Grief :: Grief (a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness..
Splendent :: Splendent (a.) Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4..
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss..
Dab :: Dab (n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides..
Inflorescence :: Inflorescence (n.) A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
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.
Blossomless :: Blossomless (a.) Without blossoms.
Flower :: Flower (n.) In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage..
Gossaries :: Gossaries (pl. ) of Glossar.
Glossiness :: Glossiness (n.) The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.
Premium :: Premium (n.) A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind..
Necrobiosis :: Necrobiosis (n.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy..
Amends :: Amends (n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Blossoming :: Blossoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blosso.
Glossarist :: Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Liliaceous :: Liliaceous (a.) Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
Expense :: Expense (n.) Loss.
Phaneroglossal :: Phaneroglossal (a.) Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.
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