English Word Dictionary | Page 75

jungle fowl

noun · small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

junior

adjective · used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

Example: the junior class

junior-grade

adjective · inferior in rank or status

Example: the junior faculty

juniperus communis

noun · densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland

jural

adjective · of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations

juridic

adjective · relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

Example: judicial system

juridical

adjective · relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

Example: judicial system

jurisdictional

adjective · restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction

Example: the jurisdictional limits of a state

jurisprudence

noun · the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

juristic

adjective · of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations

jury-rigged

adjective · done or made using whatever is available

Example: crossed the river on improvised bridges

just

adjective · free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

Example: a fair referee

just about

adverb · (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Example: lasted approximately an hour

just as

adverb · at the same time as

Example: even as he lay dying they argued over his estate

just in case

adverb · if there happens to be need

Example: in case of trouble call 911

just in time

adverb · at the last possible moment

Example: she was saved in the nick of time

just now

adverb · only a moment ago

Example: he has just arrived

just right

adverb · in every detail

Example: the new house suited them to a T

just so

adverb · in a careful manner

Example: you must treat this plant just so

just then

adverb · at a particular time in the past

Example: just then the bugle sounded

justifiably

adverb · with good reason

Example: he is justifiably bitter

justifiedly

adverb · with honesty

Example: he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time

justify

verb · adjust the spaces between words

Example: justify the margins

justly

adverb · in accordance with moral or social standards

Example: that serves him right

justness

noun · conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

Example: it was performed with justness and beauty

jut out

verb · extend out or project in space

Example: His sharp nose jutted out

jutting

adjective · extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

Example: the jutting limb of a tree

juvenile

adjective · displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Example: adolescent insecurity

noun · severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease

juxtapose

verb · place side by side

Example: The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors

juxtaposed

adjective · placed side by side often for comparison

Example: juxtaposed pictures

k

adjective · denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

k-lyte

noun · salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency

kabbalistic

adjective · having a secret or hidden meaning- John Gunther

Example: cabalistic symbols engraved in stone

kabob

noun · cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

kadikoy

noun · a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon

kaffir pox

noun · a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus

kafkaesque

adjective · characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger

Example: the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations

kalaallit nunaat

noun · the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark

kalahari

noun · a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

kalapooia

noun · a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon

kaleidoscopic

adjective · continually shifting or rapidly changing

kaleidoscopical

adjective · continually shifting or rapidly changing

kali

noun · wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi

Example: the black

kalotermes

noun · type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees

kampala

noun · the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria

kampuchea

noun · a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946

kampuchean

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language

kandinsky

noun · Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)

kangaroo jerboa

noun · brush-tailed rat kangaroo

kangaroo rat

noun · any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos

kaoline

noun · a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)

kaposi's varicelliform eruption

noun · a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles

kapuka

noun · small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental

kaput

adjective · destroyed or killed

Example: we are gone geese