Word origins

• jugulationPrevention of a disease from progressing.
• jugumA connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
• juliformHaving the form of a catkin
• juncousFull of rushes; resembling rushes; juncaceous.
• Jupiter's beardThe red valerian, Centranthus ruber
• juralOf or pertaining to law.
• jurationThe process or act of making an oath.
• juratorA juror.
• jure divinoby divine right
• jure uxorisBy right of wife.
• juridicJuridical.
• juridicialOf or pertaining to matters of law and justice or the office of a judge.
• juridico-Pertaining to the law and legal infrastructure.
• jurisconsultA person authorised to give legal advice.
• Juris DoctorA professional doctorate in law, and in some countries, a first professional graduate degree.
• jus divinumdivine right
• jus gentiumThe law of nations; international law.
• jus maritiA husband's legal rights over his wife.
• jus naturaleThe law of nature; the common sense of justice.
• jus officiiThe right of nationality or citizenship acquired by holding office in that place.
• jus sanguinisThe right of citizenship in a nation acquired by being born to a parent or parents with citizenship in that nation.
• jussiveThe jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.
• jus soliThe right of nationality or citizenship acquired by being born in that place.
• justitiumAn interregnum after the death of an emperor.
• juvenescentEspecially of one's mind or spirit, becoming juvenile or young.
• juvenilityThe state or quality of being juvenile.
• JuventasThe goddess of youth, and a daughter of Jupiter and Juno. Juventas was the cupbearer of the gods until she married her paternal halfbrother, Hercules, with whom she had twin sons, Alexiares and Anicetus. She is the Roman counterpart of Hebe.
• juxta-Near, alongside, next to.
• juxtaformA superclass of trypanosomatid parasites with laterally-attached flagellum.
• juxtapositTo juxtapose.
• jyngineOf or pertaining to the Jynx genus; pertaining to or characteristic of the wryneck.
• kilopondA gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass of one kilogram in the standard gravity (i.e. at the surface of the earth).
• KircherianRelating to, or characteristic of the German Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher.
• klonciliumA judicial body in the Ku Klux Klan.
• Knight TemplarA knightly member of the crusader age military order of Knights Templar.
• KyrialeA collection of Gregorian chant settings for the Ordinary.
• labarumThe Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧.
• labdanumA sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
• labefactionThe act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination.
• labefyTo weaken.
• labellumThe lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators.
• labializeTo round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.
• laborantA chemist.
• laborateTo produce or develop (something).
• labroseHaving thick lips (any sense).
• labruscaThe fox grape (Vitis labrusca).
• labyrinthicallabyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth
• lacertianPertaining to or resembling a lizard; lizard-like.
• lachrymablelamentable
• lachrymateTo cry or weep.
• lachrymatoryPertaining to or causing tears.
• lachrymiformShaped like a teardrop
• lachrymoseTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
• laconicumA hot dry sweating room, next to the caldarium in the Roman baths.
• laconismExtreme brevity in expression.
• lacriformShaped like a teardrop.
• lacrimogenouscausing the production of tears
• lactantlactating; producing milk.
• lactaryA dairyhouse.
• lactescentmilky
• lactificProducing or yielding milk.
• lactifugeA medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body
• lacto-milk.
• lactobutyrometerAn instrument for determining the amount of butterfat in milk.
• lactucariumThe thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug for its sedative and analgesic properties.
• LaestrygonSynonym of Laestrygonian
• LaestrygonianA member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.
• Laetare SundaySynonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday of Lent.
• laetificateTo make, or become, happy.
• lagenaThe upper part of the cochlear duct.
• lagoenaA Roman flagon: a narrow-necked vessel with a handle and a flat base, often used for wine; a decanter, jug (made by the Romans of various materials, including glass). In Ancient Rome, wine was shipped in large vessels like the amphorae, while lesser vessels such as these lagoenae were kept at home and filled from them.
• lagopodeA ptarmigan.
• LagusA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
• Lake AsphaltitesSynonym of Dead Sea.
• lambdacismA pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary.
• Lamb of GodJesus Christ, symbolized as a sacrifice.
• lamelliformThin and flat; lamellar
• lamellocyteA large, flat cell that functions as a plasmatocyte.
• lamellulaA short mushroom gill which does not extend all the way from the edge of the cap to the stem.
• laminiplantarHaving the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most songbirds.
• lampadariusA slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other high officials both during the later Roman Republic and under the Empire.
• lanameterAn instrument for measuring the fineness of wool (or other yarn).
• lanaryA place for storing wool.
• lanateCovered in or composed of woolly hairs.
• Lanc.Granted by the University of Lancaster.
• lanceolarlanceolate
• lancinateTo pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.
• LangobardA Lombard (member of a historical Germanic people).
• laniaryLacerating or tearing
• laniateTo tear into pieces.
• laniationThe act of tearing to pieces.
• laniferousBearing or producing wool.
• lanificeAnything made of wool, or woolworking.
• lanigerousBearing or producing wool.
• lanistaThe trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
• lanoseWoolly, resembling wool.
• lanosityThe quality of being lanose, or woolly.
• lanuginoseCovered with down or fine soft hairs (lanugo); downy or fuzzy.
• lanugoSoft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.
• lanxA platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome.