Nouns

journalese

noun

the style in which newspapers are written

joviality

noun

feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor

jowett

noun

English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plat...

jubbulpore

noun

an industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delh...

juda

noun

an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as i...

judicatory

noun

the system of law courts that administer justice and constit...

judicature

noun

the act of meting out justice according to the law

judiciousness

noun

the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluati...

jugful

noun

the quantity contained in a jug

jugglery

noun

artful trickery designed to achieve an end

jugoslav

noun

a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia

jujutsu

noun

a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed...

jumbal

noun

small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie

juneberry

noun

any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy w...

junto

noun

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through int...

juryman

noun

someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jur...

jurywoman

noun

someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jur...

justiciary

noun

formerly a high judicial officer

justiciar

noun

formerly a high judicial officer

justifier

noun

a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or inst...

justness

noun

conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or pro...

juvenescence

noun

the process of growing into a youth

juvenility

noun

the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

jylland

noun

peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part...

k

noun

a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

kadai

noun

a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern As...

kaffiyeh

noun

an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth fold...

kahoolawe

noun

an island of south-central Hawaii

kail

noun

a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a...

kainite

noun

a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassi...

kakemono

noun

a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with...

kalian

noun

an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected...

kalif

noun

the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered...

kalimantan

noun

3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to t...

kaliph

noun

the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered...

kalinin

noun

soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946)

kalmia

noun

any plant of the genus Kalmia

kampuchea

noun

a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under F...

kanarese

noun

a Dravidian language spoken in southern India

kanara

noun

a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast

kanchenjunga

noun

a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tib...

kanchanjanga

noun

a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tib...

kandy

noun

a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the...

kansa

noun

the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa

kansan

noun

a native or resident of Kansas

kansu

noun

a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk...

kanzu

noun

(Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves;...

kaoliang

noun

sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown...

kaolin

noun

a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of alumin...

kaolinite

noun

a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of ka...