Casualty: alternatives and connections

Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.

To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there…

A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having…

conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether…

Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet

See Contingency.

of Contingency

An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface

The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan sh…

With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.

The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, re…

Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fort…

A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed u…