present participle of hazard

Something hazarded or ventured; a guess or speculation.

something that can be dangerous or cause harm

plural of hazardous material

Alternative form of nonhazardous.

A substance, natural or man-made, which is intrinsically dangerous or otherwise poses a safety hazard. Examples are materials which are explosive, poisonous, chemically active (including acids and other corrosives), radioactive, or biologically active (including human blood and other medical waste).

(astronomy) A near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and is of a size large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.

plural of potentially hazardous object

(economics, insurance) The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.

plural of moral hazard