Definition of loss

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Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..

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Compensation :: Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense..
Moly :: Moly (n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe..
Sufferable :: Suffer (v. i.) To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
Floriage :: Floriage (n.) Bloom; blossom.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..
Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes..
Retrieve :: Retrieve (v. t.) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge..
Sateen :: Sateen (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin..
Gloriosa :: Gloriosa (n.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India..
Gloxinia :: Gloxinia (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist..
Ptenoglossate :: Ptenoglossate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.
Assurance :: Assurance (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death..
Gloss :: Gloss (v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Insurance :: Insurance (n.) The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6..
Infamy :: Infamy (n.) Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
Polish :: Polish (n.) Anything used to produce a gloss.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard..
Glossopharyngeal :: Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves..
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