justification
A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
The forgiveness of sin.
The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).

justificationism
An approach that regards the justification of a claim as primary, while the claim itself is secondary; thus, criticism consists of trying to show that a claim cannot be reduced to the authority or criteria that it appeals to.

justifications
plural of justification

justifiedness
The quality of being justified.

justness
the state of being just; fairness

justnesses
plural of justness

jut
To stick out.
To butt.

juts
plural of jut

jutted
simple past and past participle of jut

juvenescence
The state of becoming young or juvenile.

juvenileness
juvenility

juvenilism
juvenile behaviour; immaturity

juvenilisms
plural of juvenilism

juvenilities
plural of juvenility

juvenility
The state or quality of being juvenile.
Juvenile behavior, writing, etc.

juvenilization
The act or process of juvenilizing.
The retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles.

juvenilizations
plural of juvenilization

juxtadomain
A juxtamembrane domain

juxtadomains
plural of juxtadomain

juxtology
the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.

juz
Any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided.

jwlr
Abbreviation of jeweler.

jwlrs
plural of jwlr

jy
The name of the Latin script letter J/j.

jyes
plural of jy

jys
plural of jy

k
The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.

kababayan
A compatriot; a fellow Filipino.

kababayans
plural of kababayan

kabaddi
A South Asian team sport in which players must hold their breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field.

kabadi
Alternative form of kabaddi.

kabalah
Alternative form of Kabbalah.

kabbadi
Alternative form of kabaddi.

kabbalah
Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.

kabbalahs
plural of kabbalah

kabbalism
Alternative form of cabalism.

kabballah
Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.

kabedon
The act of placing one hand on a wall or other vertical surface while leaning close to another (usually shorter) person whose back is against the wall/surface.

kabedons
plural of kabedon

kabocha
A variety of Japanese winter squash, from species Cucurbita maxima.

kabochas
plural of kabocha

kabourophobia
The fear of crabs or lobsters.

kabuliat
Alternative form of kabuliyat.

kabuliats
plural of kabuliat

kabuliyat
A written agreement.

kabuliyats
plural of kabuliyat

kabulyat
Alternative form of kabuliyat.

kabulyats
plural of kabulyat

kachasu
A form of moonshine brewed in East Africa.

kadamb
Alternative form of kadam (“tropical tree”).

kadamba
Alternative form of cadamba.

kadambas
plural of kadamba

kadambs
plural of kadamb

kadiluk
The jurisdiction of a qadi.

kadiluks
plural of kadiluk

kadooment
A Barbadian festival held on the first Monday in August, involving parades of bands wearing costumes.

kaemmererite
Alternative form of kämmererite.

kaep
A type of proa native to Palau

kaeps
plural of kaep

kafeneio
Alternative form of kafenio.

kafeneios
plural of kafeneio

kafenio
A Greek coffeehouse or cafe.

kafenion
Alternative form of kafenio.

kafenions
plural of kafenion

kafenios
plural of kafenio

kafindo
Synonym of onyalai.

kafirization
The act or process of kafirizing.

kafirness
The quality of being kafir

kagool
Alternative spelling of cagoule.

kagools
plural of kagool

kagoul
Alternative form of cagoule.

kagoule
Alternative form of cagoule.

kagoules
plural of kagoule

kagouls
plural of kagoul

kagurabue
A kind of transverse bamboo flute with six or seven holes from Japan.

kahal
The local governing body of a former European Jewish community, administering religious, legal and communal affairs.
A congregation.

kahalalide
Any of a family of depsipeptides that show antitumour activity

kahalalides
plural of kahalalide

kahals
plural of kahal

kahke
A kind of Armenian baked good, flavored with mahleb.

kaibun
A form of Japanese palindrome.

kaifong
A kind of mutual aid organization in Hong Kong, originally set up under British colonial rule, and mainly intended to provide free or cheap services to Chinese refugees.

kaifongs
plural of kaifong

kaimal
The holder of an aristocratic title or position granted by various rajahs to powerful Nair families in Kerala, India.

kaimals
plural of kaimal

kaini
Alternative form of khaini.

kainotophobia
Fear of change.

kaisa
A variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.

kaisership
The role or status of a kaiser.

kaito
A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.

kaitos
plural of kaito

kaizo
A philosophy of game design distinguished by very high difficulty levels and hidden traps that can only be solved by repeated deaths and trial and error, especially associated with romhacks of Super Mario games.

kaizos
plural of kaizo

kajiggers
plural of kajigger

kakorrhaphiophobia
The abnormal fear of failure or defeat.

kakotopia
Alternative form of cacotopia.

kakotopias
plural of kakotopia

kalabule
corruption; black marketeering

kalaemia
Alternative form of kalemia.

kalaleng
A type of nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines.

kalampokiphobia
The fear of corn or maize (Zea mays).

kalanda
An ancient unit of weight in Ceylon.

kalandas
plural of kalanda

kalazar
Alternative form of kala-azar.

kaleefa
Obsolete form of caliph.

kaleefas
plural of kaleefa

kalemia
The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).

kalen
The second month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

kalif
Alternative spelling of caliph.
A rank in the Ku Klux Klan

kalifs
plural of kalif

kalimba
A type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira.

kalimbas
plural of kalimba

kalimetry
Alternative form of akalimetry.

kaliph
Alternative spelling of caliph.

kaliphs
plural of kaliph

kallikantzaroi
plural of kallikantzaros

kallikantzaros
A mythical, malevolent goblin-like spirit of Southeastern European and Anatolian folklore.

kalloscope
A form of stereoscope

kalloscopes
plural of kalloscope

kalokagathia
A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues. It is a classical Greek and Platonic ideal denoting the harmonious unity of bodily excellence, moral virtue, and intellectual cultivation. It expresses the integration of physical beauty, ethical character, and rational insight within a single, well-formed soul—where reason governs, spirit aligns with justice, and appetite is moderated. Rooted in the educational tradition of paideia, kalokagathia represents the perfection of human nature in accordance with both external nobility and inner truth.

kalology
The study of beauty; aesthetics

kalon
Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.

kalooki
A form of contract rummy, popular in Jamaica.

kalookie
Alternative form of kalooki.

kalopsia
The delusion of things being more beautiful than they are.

kalotype
Alternative form of calotype.

kalotypes
plural of kalotype

kalpa
A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).

kalpas
plural of kalpa

kalpe
An Ancient Greek flat race for horses, generally mares, with riders.

kaluki
Alternative form of kalooki.

kama
A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.

kamagraphy
A process for making copies of paintings that are painted on a pretreated canvas using a special press, which reproduces the texture of the brushstrokes as well as the colour, but destroys the original in the process.