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- JUMBLIERjumbled; haphazardly arranged
- JUNGLEDCovered by jungle
- JURIS
- JURISTIClegal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence
- LANCETSplural of lancet
- LEVITYA lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- LIMBICRelating to the limbic system.
- LIMOUSINEAn automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
- LITHICRelating to stone.
- LOCKJAWA spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
- LOCKSTEPA step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
- LOCUSA place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- LUXESplural of lux
- MACHINATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of machinate
- MALADROITNot adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
- MASTERMINDEDsimple past and past participle of mastermind
- MEALIERcomparative form of mealy: more mealy
- MEATILYIn a meaty manner.
- MECHANISTA person who takes a mechanical view; someone who subscribes to mechanism.
- MENSEDsimple past and past participle of mense
- MIRACULOUSBy supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.
- MISERLYLike a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
- MOHAIRYarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
- MOHAWKAlternative letter-case form of Mohawk.
- MONIKERA personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
- MOULDERINGpresent participle and gerund of moulder
- MOUSELIKEResembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
- MOUSINGpresent participle and gerund of mouse
- MUNGmung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.
- MUSCOVITEA pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.
- NODULESplural of nodule
- NOUGATA mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with almonds or hazelnuts or used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
- OUTBREAKINGThe act of breaking out; an outbreak.
- OUTFLEWsimple past of outfly
- OUTFLOWNpast participle of outfly
- OUTLIERA person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
- OXIDISERNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of oxidizer.
- PARABOLICOf, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
- PARETICPertaining to paresis.
- PASQUALE
- PATHOLOGIESplural of pathology
- PATHOLOGISEAlternative spelling of pathologize.
- PENURYExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of this.
- PERAMBULATETo walk around, roam, or stroll.
- PETTICOATA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
- PHAGEA virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
- PHENOMSplural of phenom
- PHIALSplural of phial
- PHILANDERA lover.
- PHILTRUMThe shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip.
- PHOTICOf, related to, or irradiated by light. Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- PHOTISMThe color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
- PHOTONICof, or relating to photons or to photonics
- PHOTONSplural of photon
- PHRENOLOGICphrenological
- PIGIRON
- PLACATIONSplural of placation
- PLOWSHAREAlternative spelling of ploughshare.
- PLYOMETRICRelating to, or by means of, plyometrics.
- PLYOMETRICSA form of exercise that involves the rapid stretching and contracting of muscles to develop muscular power.
- PODIAplural of podium
- POLECATAny of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae. Notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- POLEMICISTA person who writes polemics.
- POLEMICSplural of polemic
- POLENTAAny of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.
- PONGEDsimple past and past participle of pong
- PRANGSplural of prang
- PREFACESplural of preface
- PREVAILINGPredominant; of greatest force.
- PRIMEVALBelonging to the first ages.
- PRIONA self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
- PROLEDsimple past and past participle of prole
- PROMULGATEDsimple past and past participle of promulgate
- PROVIDENCESplural of providence
- PROWThe front part of a vessel.
- PROWLINGpresent participle and gerund of prowl
- PROWSplural of prow
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- PUFFILYin a puffy manner
- PUGILSplural of pugil
- PUGNACIOUSNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
- PUKAA small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
- PULVERIZESthird-person singular simple present indicative of pulverize
- PURLOINEDsimple past and past participle of purloin
- PYGMALION
- QUAALUDEAlternative letter-case form of Quaalude.
- QUAALUDESplural of quaalude
- QUANTILEOne of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distribution
- QUAVERINGpresent participle and gerund of quaver
- QUERYINGpresent participle and gerund of query
- QUESTEDsimple past and past participle of quest
- QUINTILESplural of quintile
- QUINTUPLESthird-person singular simple present indicative of quintuple
- QUIRESplural of quire
- QUIVERSplural of quiver
- QUOTHSaid.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- QUOTIDIEN
- RAKISHDashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
- RECONSplural of recon