| ajar | (adjective) slightly open | - |
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| cajole | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| cajolery | (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: blandishment, palaver |
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| cajolingly | (adverb) in a cajoling manner | Synonyms: coaxingly |
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| carcajou | (noun) stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal | Synonyms: Gulo luscus, skunk bear, wolverine |
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| chaja | (noun) largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Argentina | Synonyms: Chauna torquata |
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| currajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, kurrajong |
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| extrajudicial | (adjective) beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted | - |
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| haj | (noun) the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba | Synonyms: hadj, hajj |
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| haji | (noun) an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca | Synonyms: hadji, hajji |
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| hajj | (noun) the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba | Synonyms: hadj, haj |
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| hajji | (noun) an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca | Synonyms: hadji, haji |
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| (noun) a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people | - |
| kinkajou | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: Perodicticus potto, potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, potto |
| kurrajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, currajong |
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| maharaja | (noun) a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | Synonyms: maharajah |
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| maharajah | (noun) a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | Synonyms: maharaja |
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| majagua | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, purau |
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| (noun) erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks | Synonyms: blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe |
| majestic | (adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: gallant, lofty, proud |
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| (adjective) belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | Synonyms: imperial, purple, regal, royal |
| (adjective) majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters | Synonyms: olympian |
| majestically | (adverb) in a majestic manner | - |
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| majesty | (noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion | Synonyms: loftiness, stateliness |
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| majolica | (noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide | Synonyms: maiolica |
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| major | (adjective) greater in number or size or amount | - |
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| (adjective) greater in scope or effect | - |
| (adjective) of full legal age | - |
| (adjective) (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees | - |
| (adjective) of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes | - |
| (adjective) of greater importance or stature or rank | - |
| (adjective) of greater seriousness or danger | - |
| (adjective) of the elder of two boys with the same family name | - |
| (noun) the principal field of study of a student at a university | - |
| (noun) a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain | - |
| (noun) a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject | - |
| (verb) have as one's principal field of study | - |
| majorette | (noun) a female drum major | Synonyms: drum majorette |
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| (noun) a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band | Synonyms: drum majorette |
| majority | (noun) the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part | Synonyms: bulk |
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| (noun) (elections) more than half of the votes | Synonyms: absolute majority |
| (noun) the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs | Synonyms: legal age |
| majors | (noun) the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) | Synonyms: big league, major league |
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| majuscular | (adjective) of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules | - |
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| majuscule | (adjective) of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries | - |
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| (adjective) uppercase | Synonyms: capital, great |
| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| pajama | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: jammies, pj's, pyjama |
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| (noun) a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries | Synonyms: pyjama |
| raj | (noun) British dominion over India (1757-1947) | - |
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| raja | (noun) a prince or king in India | Synonyms: rajah |
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| rajah | (noun) a prince or king in India | Synonyms: raja |
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| rajanya | (noun) the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category | - |
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| thingamajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingmajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingumajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| trajectory | (noun) the path followed by an object moving through space | Synonyms: flight |
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