Word
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Definition
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jabberwock | nonsense, gibberish
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jabiru | large tropical stork with massive bill
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jabot | lace frill worn on shirt or dress front
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jacana | long-toed tropical freshwater wading bird
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jacent | lying flat; sluggish
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jacinthe | orange colour
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jack | ship's flag flown from jack-staff at bow of vessel
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jack | medieval leather coat worn as armour
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jackanapes | impudent child; conceited fellow
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jack-block | pulley system for raising topgallant masts
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jack-cross-tree | single iron cross-tree at head of a topgallant mast
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jackstaff | short staff at ship's bow from which the jack is hoisted
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jackstay | iron or wooden bar running along yard of ship to which sails fastened
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jackyard | spar used to spread the foot of a gaff-topsail
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jacobin | extremist or radical in politics
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jaconet | stout cotton cloth
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jacquard | intricately-woven variegated fabric; loom for making jacquard
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jactancy | boastfulness, vainglory
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jactation | throwing; boasting
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jactitation | a tossing, twitching or jerking of the body; a false claim
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jacu | large South American game bird
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jaculation | the act of throwing or hurling
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jaculiferous | having arrow-like prickles
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jade | pitiful horse; a nag
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jagger | toothed chisel
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jaggery | coarse and dark sugar
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jailage | fee paid to jailer
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jaleo | lively Spanish dance
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jalouse | to suspect; to be jealous of
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jalousie | outside shutter with slats
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jamb | metal leg-armour
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jambeau | armour worn on the legs
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jambiya | curved dagger with two edges
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jamdani | fine Indian cotton cloth with woven flower pattern
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jampan | an Indian sedan chair
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jangada | crude log raft
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janiform | having two faces
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janitrix | a female janitor
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janizary | a follower or supporter
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janker | long pole on wheels for transporting logs
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jannock | outspoken; honest; outgoing
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jansky | unit of strength of radio wave emission
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japan | glossy black varnish or lacquer
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japanophilia | love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese
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jarabe | Mexican dance for male and female partners
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jararaca | poisonous Brazilian snake
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jardinière | container for displaying flowers
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jardon | callous or swelling on a horse's leg
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jargonaut | one who uses excessive jargon
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jargonelle | early pear
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jargoon | brilliant pale or colourless zircon
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jark | seal or insignia on a counterfeit document
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jarta | term of endearment
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jarvey | hackney-coach
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jaseran | fine chain mail jacket
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jaspe | cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect
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jasper | to marble; to speckle
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jasperated | mottled; streaked with various colours
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jaspideous | of the nature of jasper
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jato | jet-assisted takeoff engine
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jaunce | to prance; to cause a horse to prance
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javanais | word alternation slang adding 'av' or 'va' to end of syllables
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javelot | small spear or javelin
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jawhole | cesspool; sewer entrance
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jaw-jaw | empty, sterile chatter
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jazzbo | slapstick comedy
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jazzetry | poetry read to jazz accompaniment
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jazzophone | musical instrument like a kazoo with a trumpet bell
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jebel | hill or mountain
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jecoral | of, like or pertaining to the liver
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jectigation | wagging, tremulous movement
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jeepable | able to be traversed by jeep
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jejunator | one who fasts
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jejune | lacking interest or significance; dull or insipid; dry; empty
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jellygraph | old device for copying that used a plate of jelly
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jemadar | an Indian police or customs officer
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jemmy | burglar's short crowbar
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jennet | small Spanish horse
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jenneting | early type of apple
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jentacular | of, like or pertaining to breakfast
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jeofail | official or legal acknowledgement of a mistake
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jerboa | nocturnal desert-dwelling jumping rodent
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jeremiad | prolonged complaint; angry or cautionary harangue; lamentation
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jerkinhead | truncated gable with a lipped roof
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jeroboam | large bottle for holding equivalent of 6 ordinary wine bottles
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jerque | to search for smuggled goods
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jersey | plain weft-knitted fabric of wool, cotton, nylon or silk
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jess | ringed strap tied to leg of falcon or hawk
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jessamy | yellow like a jasmine
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jessant | in heraldry, overlying
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jesserant | splinted armour
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jesuitical | cunning; quibbling
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jesuitocracy | government by Jesuits
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jetavator | control surface for deflecting rocket exhaust
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jeton | stamped metal token used in card-playing or reckoning accounts
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jettatura | the evil eye
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jib | small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast
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jibboom | spar forming an extension of the bowsprit
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jibe | to change a ship's course to make the boom shift sides
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jiboya | boa constrictor
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jiffy | unit of time used in computing equal to 1/100 second; any small unit of time
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jigamaree | a thingamajig; a cunning manoeuvre
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jiggermast | aftermost mast of a four-masted ship
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jiggery-pokery | deceptive or manipulative humbug
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jiggumbob | a thingamabob; a gadget; a whatsit; a gewgaw
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jimswinger | a frock coat
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jink | to move quickly with sudden turns and shifts
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jinker | light horse-drawn passenger carriage
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jitney | small passenger vehicle
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jitterbug | jazz dance featuring vigorous acrobatic feats
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jive | fast dance done to jazz or swing music
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jnana | knowledge obtained through meditation
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jobation | tedious scolding
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jobbernowl | a blockish or stupid head
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jobbery | the conduct of public business for private gain
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jocko | a chimpanzee
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jockteleg | large clasp knife
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jocose | merry; characterized by joking
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jocoserious | half in jest; half serious
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joculator | professional jester or minstrel
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joggle | tooth or pin to prevent surfaces from slipping
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joinder | legal uniting or joining
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jointure | property granted to wife for use after husband's death
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joist | beam supporting boards of a floor or laths of a ceiling
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jolley | guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates
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jollyboat | small boat kept hoisted at ship's stern
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jolterhead | clumsy oaf; blockhead
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jongleur | wandering minstrel
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jordan | a chamberpot
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jorum | large bowl containing drinks
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joss | luck, fate
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jota | fast Spanish folk dance in triple time
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jougs | iron collar attached to post and put around neck as punishment
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jounce | to bump or jolt
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jovialist | a convivial person
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jow | to ring a bell; a stroke of a bell
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juba | dance with clapping and leg slapping performed by Southern blacks
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jubate | maned; having or possessing a mane
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jubbah | long loose outer garment worn by Muslims
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jube | ornamental choir-screen
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jubilarian | one who celebrates a jubilee, especially a priest, monk, or nun
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jubilate | the third Sunday after Easter
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jud | mass of coal ready for final removal
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judder | strong vibration in an aircraft
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judicature | power of dispensing justice by trial
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judogi | jacket and trousers worn by practitioner of judo
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jug | sound of the nightingale
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jugate | side by side; in pairs; overlapping
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juggins | a simpleton
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juglandaceous | of, like or pertaining to walnuts
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jugulate | to cut the throat of
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julep | sweetened and often medicated drink
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jumar | mountaineering clip that grips rope when weight is applied
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jumart | impossible mythical offspring of a cow and donkey
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jumbal | thin crisp sweet cake
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jumboism | admiration for large things
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jumelle | paired or twinned article; opera-glasses
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jumentous | like a horse
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juncaceous | of, like or pertaining to rushes
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junco | North American finch
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juntocracy | government by a junta
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jupon | sleeveless jacket worn beneath a hauberk
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jural | of, like or pertaining to the law
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juramentum | oath
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jurant | taking an oath; one who takes an oath
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jurat | memorandum at end of affidavit showing to whom it was sworn
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juratory | of, like or pertaining to an oath
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jure | by law
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jurel | coastal fish of southern United States
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jurimetrics | application of scientific methods to legal problems
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jurisconsult | legal expert
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jurymast | mast erected on ship in place of one lost
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jus | law; legal right
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jussive | expressing a command
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justiciar | administrator of justice; supreme judge
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jutty | projecting part of a wall
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juvenal | a youth; young bird's plumage
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juvenescent | becoming youthful
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juvenilia | works of one's youth; early works of an artist or author
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juxtapositive | indicating juxtaposition
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