This page gathers the 4,436 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Rare” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 21 of 45: from “Jewdom” to “lawman”.
- Jewdom noun The realm, sphere, influence, or domain of Jews; the whole body of Jews collectively; Jewry.
- jewelry verb To make jewelry.
- Jewfucker noun A term of abuse.
- jewie noun Diminutive of Jew.
- jiak kentang verb To eat potatoes.
- jimmy noun A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)
- jobby noun A hobby pursued with job-like earnestness and dedication.
- jock noun The penis.
- johnless adj Without a device or place for urination and defecation.
- join verb To enjoin upon; to command.
- jokeproof adj Unable or unwilling to understand a joke; humorless.
- jollyful adj Jolly.
- joseph noun A coat or other garment of many colours.
- jot noun A jerk, a jolt.
- joyant adj Joyous, joyful or jolly.
- joystick verb To maneuver by means of a joystick (noun sense 1).
- jubilee noun A fiftieth year.
- jucking time noun Early morning or late evening, when partridges crow.
- Judeo-Banderite noun A Ukrainian nationalist of Jewish descent.
- jugular noun Ellipsis of jugular vein.
- jugulation noun Slitting of the throat as a way to kill something or someone.
- jupiter noun Azure (blue), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as…
- Jupiterian adj Pertaining to the planet Jupiter.
- justiciar noun A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- juvenescent adj Catachresis for juvenile.
- Kabulese adj Synonym of Kabuli (“of, or pertaining to Kabul”).
- kacang puteh adj Easy as pie, easy-peasy.
- kafirize verb To make or become kafir.
- kaleworm noun Caterpillar.
- Karaim noun collective plural of Karaim.
- katabasis noun The presence of downward (drainage or katabatic) winds.
- keen verb To make cold, to sharpen.
- kelosomia noun A rare congenital malformation of the chest wall leading to protrusion of the abdominal or thoracic viscera; sternal cleft.
- Kelso's hunchback noun Synonym of kyphosis (“an abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine”)
- kennelry noun Synonym of kennel (collective).
- kenning noun A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.
- kenopsia noun The haunting quality of seeing a location typically full of people in a state of emptiness or abandonment.
- kerblam verb To explode.
- ketch verb To hang.
- Kevinism noun A tendency to use exotic, especially American, first names for children, especially in German-speaking areas.
- kex noun A dry husk or covering.
- key pad noun Rare form of keypad.
- keyset noun A collection of keys on a typewriter or keyboard.
- khaki noun A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
- kibe noun A chilblain (often ulcerated), especially on the heel of the foot (also afflictive to some animals); a cold sore or blister.
- kibosh noun Bosh, nonsense.
- kilobit noun a kibibit
- kindergartner noun A person who teaches at a kindergarten.
- kindle noun A group of kittens.
- kineticon noun A text-based symbol used in online communication to express an action, such as *kiss* or ~~hugs you~~.
- king consort noun The husband of a reigning king.
- kingric noun A kingdom or realm.
- kingy noun A term of address for a king.
- kinology noun The branch of physics that deals with the laws of motion; kinetics.
- kip noun A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
- kite verb To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- kleestengel noun One of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German…
- knickers noun Knickerbockers.
- knightess noun A female knight.
- knightless adj Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
- knot verb To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
- know noun Knowledge; the state of knowing.
- koinophobia noun The fear of having lived an ordinary, mundane life.
- kola noun Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”).
- kop noun Rare spelling of cop (“dome, in armor”).
- korephile noun A woman or older female who is erotically attracted toward young (chiefly pre- and/or peripubescent) girls.
- Kruegeresque adj Reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.
- kulaite noun A kind of basalt from the Kula basin in Turkey, containing a predominance of hornblende over augite.
- kurabiye noun A cookie, particularly a sweet cookie (originally Middle Eastern, now also Turkish, Greek and Albanian), often made with almonds or…
- lachrymate adj Stained or filled with tears.
- lackless adj Devoid of lack.
- ladies and gentlemen noun Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.
- lady noun A queen.
- laetificate verb To make, or become, happy.
- lakhth adj Being one of a lakh equal parts of a whole.
- lakish adj Wet; moist.
- lampbrush noun A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings
- landlord verb To lease real property; to act as a lessor.
- language verb To communicate by language; to express in language.
- languager noun A user of a language.
- languagism noun Linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.
- lank verb To become lank.
- laparohysterosalpingo-oophorectomy noun A complex surgical procedure that removes the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, typically through an abdominal or laparoscopic approach.
- lapheld adj Held on one's lap; being a laptop computer.
- lapidary adj Of or pertaining to stones in general.
- lapidist noun A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
- lapsus oculi noun An error that results from looking in the wrong place, especially one that occurs while copying or translating a body of text.
- lasagna code noun Computer program code characterized by several well-defined and separable layers forming a hierarchy of subsystems.
- last name verb To address by last name.
- lat noun A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- latex noun A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).
- latibulize verb To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter.
- latrant noun One who is barking, a dog, (figurative) a complainer.
- latrating adj literally
- laudanum verb To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum.
- laughster noun Someone who laughs, or is laughing.
- laughter padding noun The habit of chuckling during conversation to lighten one's tone, seen as potentially harmful to one's reputation in a business environment.
- lavatorium noun A washroom or -place.
- lave noun The sea.
- lawman noun A man of the law: a lawyer.