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Jejunal(a.) Pertaining to the jejunum.
Jejune(a.) Lacking matter
Jejunum(n.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum
Jell(v. i.) To jelly.
Jemmy(a.) Spruce.
(n.) A baked sheep's head.
Jennet(n.) A small Spanish horse
Jenny(n.) A familiar name of the European wren.
Jeopard(v. t.) To put in jeopardy
Jerboa(n.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries
Jerkin(n.) A jacket or short coat
Jerky(a.) Moving by jerks and starts
Jersey(n.) A kind of knitted jacket
Jess(n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used
Jest(n.) A deed
(v. i.) The object of laughter or sport
Jet(n.) A shooting forth
(v. i.) To jerk
(v. t.) To spout
Jetty(a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
(n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
(v. i.) To jut out
Jew(n.) Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah
Jewel(n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
(v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch
Jewfish(n.) A large herringlike fish
Jewish(a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews
Jewry(n.) Judea
Jib(n.) A stationary condition
(v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom
Jibe(v. i.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom.
(v. t.) To agree
Jiffy(n.) A moment
Jig(n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing
(v. i.) To dance a jig
(v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jigger(n.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and T. Americanus) which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance
(n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion
(v. t.) To move, send, or drive with a jerk
Jiggle(v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about
Jilt(n.) A woman who capriciously deceives her lover
(v. i.) To play the jilt
(v. t.) To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover
Jimmy(n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Jingle(n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit
(v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
(v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together
Jingo(n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.
Jink(v. i.) In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks
Jinx(n.) A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong
Jo(n.) A sweetheart
Job(n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
(v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
(v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker
Jobber(n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds
Jockey(n.) A cheat
(v. i.) To play or act the jockey
(v. t.) " To jostle by riding against one."
Jocose(a.) Given to jokes and jesting
Jocular(a.) Given to jesting
Jocund(adv.) Merrily
Jog(n.) A rub
(v. i.) To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot
(v. t.) To cause to jog
Jogging(n.) The act of giving a jog or jogs
Joggle(n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping
(v. i.) To shake or totter
(v. t.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart
John(n.) A proper name of a man.
Join(n.) The line joining two points
(v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact
(v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest
Joist(n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed
(v. t.) To fit or furnish with joists.
Joke(n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant
(v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke
(v. t.) To make merry with
Jokingly(adv.) In a joking way
Jollification(n.) A merrymaking
Jollity(n.) Noisy mirth
Jolly(a.) A marine in the English navy.
(superl.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it
(v. t.) To cause to be jolly
Jolt(n.) A sudden shock or jerk
(v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground
(v. t.) To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse
Jonah(n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship
Jorum(n.) A large drinking vessel
Joseph(n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century
Joss(n.) A Chinese household divinity
Jostle(n.) A conflict by collisions
(v. i.) To push
(v. t.) To run against and shake
Jot(n.) An iota
(v. t.) To set down
Joule(n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm
Jounce(n.) A jolt
(v. t. & i.) To jolt
Journal(a.) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions
Journey(n.) The travel or work of a day.
(v. i.) To travel from place to place
(v. t.) To traverse
Joust(v. i.) A tilting match
Jove(n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans
Jovial(a.) Gay
Jovian(a.) Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).
Jowl(n.) The cheek
(v. t.) To throw, dash, or knock.
Joy(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.
(v. t.) To enjoy.
Joyful(a.) Full of joy
Joyless(a.) Not having joy
Joyous(a.) Glad
Juba(n.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.
Jubilant(a.) Uttering songs of triumph
Jubilate(n.) A name of the 100th Psalm
(v. i.) To exult
Jubilation(n.) A triumphant shouting
Jubilee(n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five
Judaism(n.) Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies.
Judaize(v. i.) To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews
(v. t.) To impose Jewish observances or rites upon
Judas(a.) Treacherous
(n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person
Judge(a.) To assume the right to pass judgment on another
(v. i.) A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties
(v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over
Judgment(v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed
Judicable(v. i.) Capable of being judged
Judicatory(a.) Pertaining to the administration of justice
(n.) A court of justice
Judicature(n.) A court of justice
Judicial(a.) Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive
Judiciary(a.) Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals
(n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested
Judicious(a.) Directed or governed by sound judgment
Juggernaut(n.) One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos
Juggle(n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.
(v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand
(v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice.
Jugular(a.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat
Jugum(n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
Juice(n.) The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance
(v. t.) To moisten
Juicy(superl.) A bounding with juice
Jujube(n.) A lozenge made of or in imitation of, or flavored with, the jujube fruit.
Juke(n.) The neck of a bird.
(v. i.) To bend the neck
Julep(n.) A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint
Julian(a.) Relating to, or derived from, Julius Caesar.
Julienne(n.) A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.
July(n.) The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Jumble(n.) A confused mixture
(v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way
(v. t.) To mix in a confused mass
Jumper(n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
Jumpy(superl.) Jumping, or inducing to jump
Junco(n.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches
Junction(n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined
Juncture(n.) A joining
June(n.) One of the early discovered asteroids.
Jungle(n.) A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.
Junior(a.) Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing
(n.) A younger person.
Juniper(n.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.
Junk(n.) A fragment of any solid substance
Junta(n.) A council
Junto(n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics
Jupiter(n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles
Jural(a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Jurassic(a.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden
(n.) The Jurassic period or formation
Jurat(n.) A person under oath
Juridical(a.) Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence
Jurisconsult(n.) A man learned in the civil law
Jurisdiction(a.) Sphere of authority
Jurisprudence(a.) The science of juridical law
Jurisprudent(a.) Understanding law
(n.) One skilled in law or jurisprudence.
Jurist(a.) One who professes the science of law
Juror(n.) A member of a jury
Jury(a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced
Just(a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice
(adv.) Barely
(n.) A joust.
(v. i.) To joust.
Jut(n.) A shove
(v. i.) To butt.
Jute(n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis
Juvenescent(a.) Growing or becoming young.
Juvenile(a.) Of or pertaining to youth
(n.) A young person or youth
Juvenility(n.) The manners or character of youth
Juxtapose(v. t.) To place in juxtaposition.
Kabyle(n.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis.
Kagu(n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray
Kainite(n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony
Kaiser(n.) The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871
Kaka(n.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).
Kakistocracy(n.) Government by the worst men.
Kale(n.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species
Kalmia(n.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers
Kalpa(n.) One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated
Kama(n.) Desire
Kame(n.) A low ridge.
Kanaka(n.) A native of the Sandwich Islands.
Kangaroo(n.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble
Kapok(n.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies
Karaism(n.) Doctrines of the Karaites.
Karakul(n.) Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades. Cf. Caracul.
Karma(n.) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect
Kaross(n.) A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square.
Karyokinesis(n.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils
Katabolism(n.) Destructive or downward metabolism
Katydid(n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States
Kauri(n.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin
Kava(n.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication
Kayak(n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle
Kazoo(n.) A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube
Kea(n.) A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep
Kedge(n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it
(v. t.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch.
Keel(n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle
(v. i.) To traverse with a keel
(v. t. & i.) To cool
Keen(n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
(superl.) Acute of mind
(v. i.) To wail as a keener does.
(v. t.) To sharpen
Keep(n.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
(v. i.) To be in session
(v. t.) To attend upon
Kefir(n.) An effervescent liquor like kumiss, made from fermented milk, used as a food and as a medicine in the northern Caucasus
Keg(n.) A small cask or barrel.
Keloid(a.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.
(n.) A keloid tumor.
Kelp(n.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Kelt(n.) A salmon after spawning.
Ken(n.) A house
(n. t.) To know
(v. i.) To look around.
Kennel(n.) A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
(v. i.) To lie or lodge
(v. t.) To put or keep in a kennel.
Keno(n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered
Kentledge(n.) Pigs of iron used for ballast.
Kephalin(n.) One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue
Kepi(n.) A military cap having a close-fitting band, a round flat top sloping toward the front, and a visor
Kept(imp. & p. p.) of Keep
Keratin(n.) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like
Keratitis(n.) Inflammation of the cornea.
Keratose(a.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose
(n.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates
Kerchief(n.) A lady who wears a kerchief.
Kerf(n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Kermes(n.) A genus of scale insects including many species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a small gall
Kern(n.) A churn.
(v. i.) To harden, as corn in ripening.
(v. t.) To form with a kern.
Kerosene(n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc
Kersey(n.) A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.
Kestrel(n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black
Ketch(n.) A hangman.
(v. t.) To catch.
Ketone(n.) One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals
Kettle(n.) A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids
Key(n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning
(v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly
Keyboard(n.) The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.
Keyhole(n.) A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
Keynote(n.) The fundamental fact or idea
Keystone(n.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving
Khaki(a.) Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color
(n.) Any kind of khaki cloth
Khamsin(n.) A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
Khan(n.) A king
Khedive(n.) A governor or viceroy
Kiang(n.) The dziggetai.
Kibble(n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
(v. t.) To bruise
Kibe(n.) A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold
Kibitka(n.) A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation
Kibosh(n.) Nonsense
Kick(n.) A blow with the foot or feet
(v. i.) To recoil
(v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot
Kid(n.) A fagot
(p. p.) of Kythe.
(v. i.) To bring forth a young goat.
Kidderminster(n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured
Kiddy(n.) A young fellow
(v. t.) To deceive
Kidnap(v. t.) To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place
Kidney(n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
Kier(n.) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor
Kieserite(n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.
Kilderkin(n.) A small barrel
Kill(n.) A channel or arm of the sea
(v. t.) To cause to cease
Kiln(n.) A furnace for burning bricks
Kilo(n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.
Kilt(n.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys
(v. t.) To tuck up
Kimono(n.) A kind of loose robe or gown tied with a sash, worn as an outer garment by Japanese men and women
Kin(a.) Of the same nature or kind
(n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings
Kincob(a.) Of the nature of kincob
(n.) India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.
Kind(a.) Nature
(superl.) Characteristic of the species
(v. t.) To beget.
Kine(n. pl.) Cows.
King(n.) A chief ruler
(v. i.) To supply with a king
Kink(n.) A fit of coughing
(v. i.) To wind into a kink
Kino(n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine
Kinsfolk(n.) Relatives
Kinship(n.) Family relationship.
Kinsman(n.) A man of the same race or family
Kinswoman(n.) A female relative.
Kiosk(n.) A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc.
Kip(n.) A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar
Kipper(a.) Amorous
(n.) A salmon after spawning.
(v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
Kirk(n.) A church or the church, in the various senses of the word
Kirmess(n.) In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair
Kirtle(n.) A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
Kismet(n.) Destiny
Kiss(v.) A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.
(v. i.) To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.
(v. t.) To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
Kist(n.) A chest
Kit(m.) A box for working implements
(n.) A kitten.
(v. t.) To cut.
Kitchen(n.) A cookroom
(v. t.) To furnish food to
Kite(n.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface
(v. i.) To raise money by "kites
Kith(n.) Acquaintance
Kitten(n.) A young cat.
(v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a cat
Kittiwake(n.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes
Kittle(a.) Ticklish
(v. i.) To bring forth young, as a cat
(v. t.) To tickle.
Kitty(n.) A kitten
Kiva(n.) A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory
Kleptomania(n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility
Klipspringer(n.) A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility
Knack(n.) A petty contrivance
(v. i.) To crack
Knap(n.) A protuberance
(v. i.) To make a sound of snapping.
(v. t.) To bite
Knave(n.) A boy
Knee(n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
(v. t.) To supplicate by kneeling.
Knell(n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person
(v. t.) To summon, as by a knell.
Knelt(imp. & p. p.) of Kneel
Knew(imp.) of Know
Knickerbocker(n.) A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side
Knickknack(n.) A trifle or toy
Knife(n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses
Knight(n.) A champion
(v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight
Knit(imp. & p. p.) of Knit
(n.) Union knitting
(v. i.) To be united closely
(v. t.) To draw together
Knives(n. pl.) of Knife.
Knob(n.) A hard protuberance
(v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches
Knock(n.) A blow
(v. i.) To drive or be driven against something
(v. t.) To impress strongly or forcibly
Knoll(n.) A little round hill
(v. i.) To sound, as a bell
(v. t.) To ring, as a bell
Knop(n.) A knob
Knot(n.) A bond of union
(v. i.) To copulate
(v. t.) To entangle or perplex
Knout(n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh
(v. t.) To punish with the knout.
Know(n.) Knee.
(v. i.) To be acquainted with
Knuckle(n.) A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck
(v. i.) To yield
(v. t.) To beat with the knuckles
Knur(n.) A knurl.
Koala(n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck
Kobold(n.) A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow
Kodak(n.) A kind of portable camera.
(v. t. & i.) To photograph with a kodak
Kohl(n.) A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids
Kolinsky(n.) Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks
Koodoo(n.) A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long
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