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Jussive
- - Indicating or expressive of a mild command; as, the jussive case. -- n. The jussive case; a jussive mood, form, word, or construction.
Justice
- noun - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
- judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
- the quality of being just or fair
- the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
Justify
- verb - adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
- show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
- show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
Jutting
- verb - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
- the act of projecting out from something
Kachina
- noun - a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift
- a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
- a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit
Kaffirs
- noun - an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
- important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
Kainite
- noun - a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer
Kairine
- - A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
Kantian
- adjective - of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy