fortuitous
81causeless — adjective 1. having no justifying cause or reason a senseless, causeless murder a causeless war that never had an aim an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change • Syn: ↑reasonless • Similar to: ↑unmotivated 2 …
82uncaused — adjective having no cause or apparent cause (Freq. 1) a causeless miracle fortuitous encounters strange accidents of fortune we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times • Syn: ↑causeless, ↑fortuitous …
83for|tu´i|tous|ness — for|tu|i|tous «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[<… …
84for|tu´i|tous|ly — for|tu|i|tous «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[<… …
85for|tu|i|tous — «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[< Latin fortuītus… …
86Fortition — For*ti tion, n. [See {Fortuitous}.] Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [R.] [1913 Webster] No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke. [1913 Webster] …
87Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… …
88List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …
89History of zoology (1859–1912) — This article considers the history of zoology in the years up to 1912, since the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859.Charles Darwin gave new direction to morphology and physiology, by uniting them in a… …
90Easter Offensive — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Easter Offensive partof=the Vietnam War caption=PAVN 130 mm artillery battery goes into action on the Kontum front date= 30 March 22 October 1972 place=Republic of Vietnam result=Limited North Vietnamese victory …
