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- JOUSTA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
- JOUSTEDsimple past and past participle of joust
- JULIET
- JUNA
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- JUXTAPOSEDPlaced side by side often for comparison or contrast.
- KAMEA round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.
- KEAR
- KEELINGpresent participle and gerund of keel
- KEELINGSplural of keeling
- KENSplural of ken
- KETOThe carbonyl group of a ketone.
- KETONESplural of ketone
- KINDEL
- KINDERcomparative form of kind: more kind
- KINDERSplural of kinder
- KINETICSThe branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is con
- KIPEAn osier basket used for catching fish.
- KITEA bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- KOME
- KRAS
- KRAUS
- KRAY
- KUDOSPraise; accolades.
- LABIAThe folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vulval vestibule.
- LABORSplural of labor
- LADETo fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- LADIN
- LAFIA
- LAGO
- LAGOS
- LAMDA
- LAMENTSplural of lament
- LAMO
- LAMONT
- LAPID
- LAPSEDsimple past and past participle of lapse
- LAREDO
- LAVEN
- LAXATIVESplural of laxative
- LEACHESplural of leach
- LEETA portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
- LEPROSYAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantini
- LERPA sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
- LERPSplural of lerp
- LEVANTA disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
- LEVITYA lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- LIBERSynonym of phloem.
- LIBOR
- LIBTARD
- LINEARHaving the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
- LINGERTo stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- LINTEDsimple past and past participle of lint
- LINTERSplural of linter
- LIOR
- LIPIDSplural of lipid
- LITERAlternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.
- LITHA
- LITRESplural of litre
- LOACHA bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes:
- LODESplural of lode
- LOINThe part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
- LOINSplural of loin
- LOOFThe palm of the hand.
- LOONIESplural of loonie
- LORATEHaving the form of a thong or strap.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- LUDEA pill containing the drug methaqualone.
- LUGEA racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- LUGESplural of luge
- LUMENIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
- LUMENSplural of lumen
- LUNARSplural of lunar
- MADY
- MAGDA
- MAGEN
- MAGICThe application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit f
- MAGNATESplural of magnate
- MAGNOLIAA tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaves.
- MAGNOLIASplural of magnolia
- MAGNUS
- MAIDENSplural of maiden
- MAILA bag or wallet.
- MAINESTsuperlative form of main: most main
- MAKEY
- MALAA single lobe of an insect's maxilla. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
- MALEN
- MALET
- MALIGNEvil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- MALIGNSthird-person singular simple present indicative of malign
- MALIKA tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially among the Pashtuns.
- MALO
- MALOS
- MANDER
- MANDERS
- MANETUsed in stage directions; literally, he, she or it remains. Compare exit, exeunt.
- MANGAlternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
- MANGAA comic originating in Japan.
- MANGERA trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
- MANGIERcomparative form of mangy: more mangy