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limb from axis) abductor {n} (kidnapper) abductor {n} (muscle) Abdul {prop} (male given name) Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name) abearance {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior :: abecedarium {n} (a book used to teach the alphabet) SEE: primer :: abed {adv} (in bed, or on the bed) Abel {prop} (biblical character) Abel {prop} (male given name) Abelam {prop} (Ambulas) SEE: Ambulas :: abelian {adj} (math: of a group) Abelian {n} (member of a sect living like Abel) Abelian algebra {n} (commutative algebra) SEE: commutative algebra :: abelian group {n} (a group in which the group operation is commutative) abelmosk {n} (evergreen shrub) Abelonian {n} (Abelian) SEE: Abelian :: Abenaki {adj} (related to the Abenaki people or language) Abenaki {n} (member of the Algonquian people) abend {n} (abnormal end) Aberdeen terrier {n} (breed of dog) SEE: Scottish terrier :: aberrance {n} (state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude) aberrant {adj} (wandering; 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{phrase} (I've been robbed) I've been shot {phrase} (I've been shot) I've burned myself {phrase} (I've burned myself) I want my money back {phrase} (words to request a refund) I was born in ... {phrase} (I was born in ... 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{n} (person celebrating a jubilee) jubilation {n} Jubel jubilee {n} (a special anniversary) Jubilee {n} (a holy year when people are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Rome) Jubilee {n} (a year of rest, observed by the Israelites every 50 years) jujube {n} (fruit) jukebox {n} (a coin-operated machine that plays recorded music) jumble {n} (A mixture of unrelated things) jumble {v} (To mix or confuse) jump on the bandwagon {v} (to profit from a craze) Juneberry {n} (serviceberry) SEE: serviceberry :: juniper berry {n} (the female seed cone of a juniper) junk bond {n} (a bond which is considered below investment grade) justifiably {adv} (in a justifiable manner) Kaaba {prop} (cubical stone building in Mecca) kabaragoya {n} (Varanus salvator) Kabardian {prop} (language spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) Kabballah {prop} (body of teachings) kabloona {n} (non-Inuit person) kabuki {n} (form of Japanese theatre) Kabul {prop} (capital of Afghanistan) Kabyle {prop} (language) kakorrhaphiophobia {n} (atychiphobia) SEE: atychiphobia :: Kashubian {adj} (of the Kashubian people and their language) Kashubian {prop} (Slavic language spoken in the Pomeranian region of Poland) katabatic wind {n} (wind blowing down an incline) Kazbek {prop} (mountain) Kōbe {prop} (Kobe) SEE: Kobe :: kerb {n} (edge between pavement and roadway) kettlebell {n} (a kind of weight) keyboard {n} (component of many instruments) keyboard {n} (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard) keyboard {n} (set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.) keyboardist {n} (musician who plays the keyboard) keyboard shortcut {n} (key or a combination of keys) Khabarovsk {prop} (city in Russia) kibbutz {n} (a community) kibibyte {n} (1,024 bytes) kickboxing {n} (sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet) kick butt {v} (kick ass) SEE: kick ass :: kick the bucket {v} (to die) kidney bean {n} (variety of common bean) kill two birds with one stone {v} (solve two problems at once) kilobyte {n} (1024 bytes) king cobra {n} (Ophiophagus hannah) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia {prop} (official name of Saudi Arabia) king of beasts {n} (the lion) kirby grip {n} (a hairgrip) SEE: hairgrip :: Kiribati {prop} (Republic of Kiribati) Kiribatian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Kiribati) Kiribatian {n} (a person from Kiribati or of Kiribatian descent) Kirtland's warbler {n} (Dendroice kirtlandii) knickerbockers {n} (knickerbockers) Königsberg {prop} (former capital of East Prussia, see also: Kaliningrad) knit one's brows {v} (to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement) knob {n} (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch) knowledgeable {adj} (having knowledge, especially of a particular subject) Kobarid {prop} (Slovenian town) Koblenz {prop} (city in Germany) kohlrabi {n} (cabbage variety) kookaburra {n} (kingfishers) Kuban {prop} (the Kuban river) Kuiper belt {prop} (region of space) lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory :: label {n} (small ticket or sign giving 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{n} (work) labour {n} (workers) labour {v} (to work) labour force {n} (people available for employment) Labour Party {prop} (British party) Labour Party {prop} (similar party in another country) labour relations {n} (industrial relations) SEE: industrial relations :: Labrador duck {n} (Camptorhynchus labradorius) laburnum {n} (tree) labyrinth {n} (maze) labyrinth {n} (part of inner ear) labyrinthal {adj} (like a labyrinth) SEE: labyrinthine :: labyrinthian {adj} (mazelike) SEE: labyrinthine :: labyrinthiform {adj} (having the form of a labyrinth) SEE: labyrinthine :: labyrinthine {adj} (physically resembling a labyrinth) lacrimal bone {n} (fragile bone situated near the eye) lady abbess {n} (bawd) ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae) ladybird spider {n} (Eresus sandaliatus, a species of spider found primarily in northern and central Europe) ladyboy {n} (effeminate homosexual man, especially an intergender person, see also: kathoey) ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird :: lamb {n} 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