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- JOULEIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one wat
- JOUSTINGA medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- JUVENILEYoung; not fully developed.
- LATTICEDProvided with latticework; having a pattern of fretwork.
- LAXATIVEHaving the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
- LAXATIVESplural of laxative
- LECTURNObsolete form of lectern.
- LINTEDsimple past and past participle of lint
- LOCHA lake.
- LOCHSplural of loch
- LOONEYSplural of looney
- 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.
- LYCHAlternative spelling of lich.
- LYCHESplural of lych
- MAGNETICALmagnetic
- MAIDENHAIRA woman's pubic hair.
- MANLIKEOf or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile.
- MARINASplural of marina
- MASONICOf or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.
- MASONRYThe art or occupation of a mason.
- MATRICESplural of matrix
- MAXISplural of maxi
- MEAGERLYIn a meager way; poorly; inadequately.
- MINDEROne who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.
- MOISTLYIn a moist manner.
- MONGERChiefly preceded by a descriptive word. A dealer or trader in a specific commodity. A person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing.
- MONGERSplural of monger
- MORPHICOf or pertaining to shape or form; morphological.
- MORPHINEA crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics
- MOSAICLIKEResembling a mosaic, particularly in composition
- MOTORCADESplural of motorcade
- MOTORCADINGpresent participle and gerund of motorcade
- MOUSELIKEResembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
- MOUTHLIKEResembling or characteristic of a mouth.
- MURPHYAn Irish or white potato.
- NAUGHTNothing.
- NETWORKEDsimple past and past participle of network
- NEWSYContaining lots of news; informative.
- NUTLIKEResembling a nut.
- OATLIKEResembling an oat or oats.
- OBLIVIONThe state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- OBLIVIOUSLacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
- OLIGARCHYA government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
- ORCHIDLIKEResembling or characteristic of an orchid.
- OSTRICHLIKEResembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
- OVATIONA victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
- OXCARTA cart designed to be drawn by an ox or oxen.
- PARSLEYA bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
- PASTALIKEResembling pasta.
- PEGLIKEResembling or characteristic of a peg.
- PENUMBRAA partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- PHANTASMSomething seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- PHANTOMLIKELike a phantom; ghostly.
- PHARMAThe pharmaceutical or drug-making sector.
- PHEROMONESplural of pheromone
- PHONETICRelating to the sounds of spoken language.
- PHONETICALof, or pertaining to phonetics.
- PHONETICSThe study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory re
- PICKERYA place where cotton is picked.
- PIGLIKEResembling or characteristic of a pig.
- PILFERINGpresent participle and gerund of pilfer
- PIXELOne of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
- PIXELATEDOf an image, visibly made of discrete pixels.
- PLAITEDsimple past and past participle of plait
- PLATINUMThe chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
- PLAYABLEAble to be played.
- PLAYLIKEResembling or characteristic of a play (dramatic production).
- PLINTHSplural of plinth
- PLOSIVEA speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
- PLOYSplural of ploy
- PODLIKEResembling a pod.
- POLITICOA politician.
- POLITICOSplural of politico
- POLYMATHA person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
- POLYMATHSplural of polymath
- POLYMERA long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers.
- POLYMERIC(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer. Examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, PVC foams, and styrofoam.
- PONDEREDsimple past and past participle of ponder
- PONDEROUSHeavy, massive, weighty.
- PORCELAINA hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often suc
- PORCELAINLIKEResembling porcelain or some aspect of it.
- POSTCARDLIKEResembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
- POTLIKEResembling a pot.
- POUCHYResembling a pouch; baggy.
- POWDERLIKEResembling powder.
- PREFILESthird-person singular simple present indicative of prefile
- PRISMATICOf or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
- PRIVYPrivate, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- PROFSplural of prof
- PUGILISMFighting with fists.
- PUNILYIn a puny fashion.
- PUNTERSplural of punter
- PURSELIKEResembling or characteristic of a purse.
- QUADRATICSplural of quadratic
- QUAYA stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
- QUAYLIKEResembling or characteristic of a quay.
- QUIDThe inherent nature of something.
- QUINCEThe pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
- QUIPSplural of quip