Other
This one is a judgement call.
We could not work out what the word is, so we said so.
Everyone working through the list is told the same thing. A confident wrong answer is worse than admitting we do not know, and the note should still record the best guess we have. abbogada might be an Abyssinian judge's title. aliet might be an old name for a hawk.
It runs at about 4% of everything we have looked at.
When even the guess runs out and the note just says unidentified, the answer comes back red instead of yellow.
2,280 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Our best guess |
|---|---|
| jeddock | perhaps a dialect fish or plant name |
| jeetee | apparently an East Indian fiber or plant |
| jehup | unidentified short form |
| jelib | perhaps a variant of jellab, a cloak |
| jellica | unidentified, perhaps a plant name |
| jelske | unidentified, perhaps a surname |
| jemble | perhaps a dialect form of jumble |
| jenoar | unidentified |
| jerl | unidentified short form |
| jermonal | perhaps a slip for germinal |
| jesuist | perhaps Jesu + -ist, or a slip for Jesuit |
| jettru | unidentified, possibly OCR debris |
| jhuria | apparently an Indian term |
| jianyun | apparent Chinese transliteration |
| jibi | unidentified short form |
| jinchao | apparent Chinese transliteration |
| jingbai | apparent Chinese transliteration |
| jixie | perhaps Chinese jixie, machinery |
| jobade | unidentified |
| joceline | perhaps the personal name Jocelin |
| jondla | unidentified |
| jotisaru | unidentified foreign term |
| jovite | perhaps a mineral or alchemical tin compound |
| jowpy | perhaps a dialect word, jowl-like |
| juans | perhaps plural of juan, a unit or a name |
| juckies | perhaps plural of a dialect word jucky |
| julianto | unidentified |
| juliott | unidentified, perhaps a surname |
| jumpscrape | perhaps jump-scrape, unidentified |
| jurevis | unidentified |
| juslik | unidentified |
| jussal | unidentified |
| juyas | unidentified, perhaps Spanish |
| jwahar | perhaps a variant of jowar, sorghum |
| kabiet | unidentified |
| kabiki | unidentified, not kabuki |
| kabonga | unidentified, apparently African |
| kadaga | unidentified |
| kadder | unidentified, perhaps a dialect bird name |
| kadein | unidentified, perhaps a chemical |
| kadischi | unidentified |
| kainsi | unidentified |
| kainyn | unidentified |
| kajugaru | unidentified, apparently Japanese |
| kalekah | unidentified |
| kalkvis | apparently Dutch/Afrikaans, a fish name |
| kalysis | Greek-derived term, perhaps a covering |
| kambou | unidentified, apparently African |
| kamelkia | perhaps a form of kamelaukion, Orthodox headgear |
| kamian | unidentified ethnic adjective |
| kamika | unidentified, apparently Japanese or Sanskrit |
| kamiya | unidentified, apparently Japanese |
| kammeu | unidentified |
| kammina | unidentified |
| kandol | unidentified, perhaps a mangrove name |
| kanesian | perhaps of Kanesh in Anatolia |
| kannume | unidentified |
| kanthan | unidentified, apparently Indian |
| kantiara | unidentified |
| kantry | unidentified, perhaps Scots |
| kariti | perhaps karité, the shea tree |
| karou | unidentified |
| kartos | unidentified, apparently Greek |
| karval | unidentified |
| karvar | unidentified |
| kasbeke | perhaps a Caucasian or Persian coin |
| kascamiol | unidentified, apparently a chemical name |
| kasm | unidentified short form |
| kastura | perhaps Sanskrit kasturi, musk |
| katabella | unidentified |
| katsunkel | possibly a German card-game term |
| keerie | possibly a dialectal adjective |
| kefiatoid | possibly keffiyeh-shaped |
| kefifrel | opaque transliteration |
| keggmiengg | apparently an Algonquian transliteration |
| kekotene | opaque plant or place name |
| kella | possibly Arabic qal'a, a fortified station |
| kemptken | possibly a Dutch diminutive |
| kendy | opaque; possibly dialectal |
| kenipsim | opaque; apparently a transliteration |
| keraci | opaque; possibly Latin entry-line debris |
| kernella | possibly a genus name |
| kerril | opaque; possibly dialectal |
| kesslerman | possibly a German kettle-maker or Rhine boatman |
| ketway | possibly a variant of keyway |
| khaiki | opaque transliteration |
| khatin | possibly Turkic khatun, a lady |
| khila | possibly Arabic khil'a, a robe of honour |
| khoka | possibly Bengali khoka, a small boy |
| khuai | opaque transliteration |
| khulda | opaque; possibly a place name |
| khussak | opaque transliteration |
| khuzi | possibly Arabic khuzi, a whole roast lamb |
| kiaki | possibly Japanese keyaki, the zelkova tree |
| kialee | opaque transliteration |
| kialkee | opaque transliteration |
| kikuel | opaque transliteration |
| kiladja | possibly a Turkish measure or fabric |
| kilan | opaque; possibly the Chinese kylin |
| killoch | possibly a Scots variant of killick |
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