There are currently 1307 EnglishDictionary in this directory beginning with the letter J.
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Jaal goat () A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, and jaela.
Jab (n.) A thrust or stab.
Jab (v. t.) To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
Jabber (n.) One who jabbers.
Jabber (n.) Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
Jabber (v. i.) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.
Jabber (v. t.) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French.
Jabbered (imp. & p. p.) of Jabber
Jabbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jabber
Jabberingly (adv.) In a jabbering manner.
Jabberment (n.) Jabber.
Jabbernowl (n.) Same as Jobbernowl.
Jabiru (n.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
Jaborandi (n.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
Jaborine (n.) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine.
Jabot (n.) An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.
Jabot (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.
Jacamar (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant.
Jacaranda (n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.
Jacaranda (n.) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.
Jacare (n.) A cayman. See Yacare.
Jacchus (n.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus.
Jacconet (n.) See Jaconet.
Jacent (a.) Lying at length; as, the jacent posture.
Jacinth (n.) See Hyacinth.
Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.
Jack (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.
Jack (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.
Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.
Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
Jack (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.
Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
Jack (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack
Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
Jack (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.
Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.
Jack (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.
Jack (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.
Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.
Jack (n.) The jurel.
Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Jack (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
Jack (n.) The wall-eyed pike.
Jack (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman.
Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
Jack-o'-lantern (n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.
Jackal (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.
Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
Jackass (n.) The male ass; a donkey.
Jackdaw (n.) See Daw, n.
Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow.
Jacket (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.
Jacket (n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.
Jacket (n.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
Jacket (v. t.) To thrash; to beat.
Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.
Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.
Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.
Jackman (n.) A cream cheese.
Jackman (n.) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.
Jackmen (pl. ) of Jackman
Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
Jacksaw (n.) The merganser.
Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5.
Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Jacksmith (n.) A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.
Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.
Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.
Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.
Jackstone (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
Jackstraw (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
Jackwood (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.
Jacob (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.
Jacobaean lily () A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower.
Jacobean (a.) Alt. of Jacobian
Jacobian (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England.
Jacobin (a.) Same as Jacobinic.
Jacobin (n.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
Jacobin (n.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short.
Jacobine (n.) A Jacobin.
Jacobinic (a.) Alt. of Jacobinical
Jacobinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism.
Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.
Jacobinize (v. t.) To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism.
Jacobinized (imp. & p. p.) of Jacobinize
Jacobinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jacobinize
Jacobite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
Jacobite (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary.
Jacobite (n.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.
Jacobitic (a.) Alt. of Jacobitical
Jacobitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites; characterized by Jacobitism.
Jacobitism (n.) The principles of the Jacobites.
Jacobus (n.) An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
Jacobuses (pl. ) of Jacobus
Jaconet (n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc.
Jacquard (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jacqueminot (n.) A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.
Jacquerie (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.
Jactancy (n.) A boasting; a bragging.
Jactation (n.) A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.
Jactitation (n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.
Jactitation (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
Jaculable (a.) Fit for throwing.
Jaculate (v. t.) To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.
Jaculated (imp. & p. p.) of Jaculate
Jaculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaculate
Jaculation (n.) The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears.
Jaculator () One who throws or casts.
Jaculator () The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator).
Jaculatory (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.
Jadding (n.) See Holing.
Jade (n.) A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
Jade (n.) A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
Jade (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.
Jade (n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
Jade (v. i.) To become weary; to lose spirit.
Jade (v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
Jade (v. t.) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Jaded (imp. & p. p.) of Jade
Jadeite (n.) See Jade, the stone.
Jadery (n.) The tricks of a jade.
Jading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jade
Jadish (a.) Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.
Jadish (a.) Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.
Jaeger (n.) See Jager.
Jag (n.) A cleft or division.
Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Jag (n.) A part broken off; a fragment.
Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
Jag (v. t.) To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.
Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Jaganatha (n.) Alt. of Jaganatha
Jaganatha (n.) See Juggernaut.
Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Jagg (v. t. & n.) See Jag.
Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.
Jagged (imp. & p. p.) of Jag
Jagger (n.) One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag.
Jagger (n.) One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t.
Jaggery (n.) Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis).
Jagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jag
Jaggy (a.) Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.
Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.
Jaghirdar (n.) The holder of a jaghir.
Jagua palm () A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.
Jaguarondi (n.) A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds.
Jah (n.) Jehovah.
Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Jail (v. t.) To imprison.
Jailer (n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.
Jain (n.) Alt. of Jaina
Jaina (n.) One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.
Jairou (n.) The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.
Jak (n.) see Ils Jack.
Jakes (n.) A privy.
Jakie (n.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.
Jako (n.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.
Jakwood (n.) See Jackwood.
Jalapic (a.) Of or pertaining to jalap.
Jalapin (n.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
Jalons (n. pl.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals.
Jalousie (n.) A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.
Jalousied (a.) Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.
Jam (n.) A kind of frock for children.
Jam (n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
Jam (n.) An injury caused by jamming.
Jam (n.) See Jamb.
Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
Jamacina (n.) Jamaicine.
Jamadar (n.) Same as Jemidar.
Jamaica (n.) One of the West India is islands.
Jamaican (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica.
Jamaican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
Jamaicine (n.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also jamacina.
Jamb (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
Jamb (v. t.) See Jam, v. t.
Jambee (n.) A fashionable cane.
Jambes (n.) Alt. of Jambeux
Jambeux (n.) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees.
Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit.
Jamdani (n.) A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.
James's powder () Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician; -- called also fever powder.
Jamesonite (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.
Jamestown weed () The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.
Jammed (imp. & p. p.) of Jam
Jamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jam
Jan (n.) One of intermediate order between angels and men.
Jane (n.) A coin of Genoa; any small coin.
Jane (n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.
Jane-of-apes (n.) A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes.
Jangle (n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.
Jangle (n.) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
Jangle (v. i.) To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
Jangle (v. i.) To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
Jangle (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
Jangle (v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
Jangled (imp. & p. p.) of Jangle
Jangler (n.) A wrangling, noisy fellow.
Jangler (n.) An idle talker; a babbler; a prater.
Jangleress (n.) A female prater or babbler.
Janglery (n.) Jangling.
Jangling (a.) Producing discordant sounds.
Jangling (n.) Idle babbling; vain disputation.
Jangling (n.) Wrangling; altercation.
Jangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jangle
Janissary (n.) See Janizary.
Janitor (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.
Janitress (n.) Alt. of Janitrix
Janitrix (n.) A female janitor.
Janizar (n.) A janizary.
Janizarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government.
Janizaries (pl. ) of Janizary
Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
Jansenism (n.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
Jansenist (n.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.
Jant (v. i.) See Jaunt.
Janthina (n.) See Ianthina.
Jantily (adv.) See Jauntily.
Jantiness (n.) See Jauntiness.
Jantu (n.) A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land.
Janty (a.) See Jaunty.
January (n.) The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.
Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed.
Japan (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.
Japan (n.) Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
Japan (v. t.) To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.
Japan (v. t.) To give a glossy black to, as shoes.
Japanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
Japanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.
Japanese (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the people of Japan.
Japanned (a.) Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.
Japanned (imp. & p. p.) of Japan
Japanner (n.) A bootblack.
Japanner (n.) One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.
Japanning (n.) The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
Japanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Japan
Japannish (a.) After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.
Jape (v. i.) To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
Jape (v. t.) To mock; to trick.
Japer (n.) A jester; a buffoon.
Japery (n.) Jesting; buffoonery.
Japhethite (n.) A Japhetite.
Japhetic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages.
Japhetite (n.) A descendant of Japheth.
Japonica (n.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.
Jar (n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar.
Jar (n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.
Jar (n.) A regular vibration, as of a pendulum.
Jar (n.) A turn. [Only in phrase.]
Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.
Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.
Jar (n.) The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.
Jar (v. i.) To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
Jar (v. i.) To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears.
Jar (v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith.
Jar (v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.
Jar-owl (n.) The goatsucker.
Jararaca (n.) A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.
Jarble (v. t.) To wet; to bemire.
Jardiniere (n.) An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.
Jards (n.) A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.
Jargle (v. i.) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
Jargon (n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.
Jargon (v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
Jargoned (imp. & p. p.) of Jargon
Jargonelle (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early.
Jargonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.
Jargoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jargon
Jargonist (n.) One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
Jarl (n.) A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions.
Jarnut (n.) An earthnut.
Jarosite (n.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.
Jarrah (n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.
Jarred (imp. & p. p.) of Jar
Jarring (a.) Shaking; disturbing; discordant.
Jarring (n.) A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.
Jarring (n.) Discord; a clashing of interests.
jarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jar
Jarringly (adv.) In a jarring or discordant manner.
Jarvey (n.) Alt. of Jarvy
Jarvy (n.) A hackney coach.
Jarvy (n.) The driver of a hackney coach.
Jasey (n.) A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn.
Jashawk (n.) A young hawk.
Jasp (n.) Jasper.
Jaspachate (n.) Agate jasper.
Jasperated (a.) mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.
Jasperize (v. t.) To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
Jaspery (a.) Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.
Jaspidean (a.) Alt. of Jaspideous
Jaspideous (a.) Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.
Jaspilite (n.) A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.
Jaspoid (a.) Resembling jasper.
Jasponyx (n.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
Jatrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.
Jaunce (v. i.) To ride hard; to jounce.
Jaundice (v. t.) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
Jaundiced (a.) Affected with jaundice.
Jaundiced (a.) Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
Jaunt (n.) A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
Jaunt (n.) A wearisome journey.
Jaunt (v. i.) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
Jaunt (v. i.) To ride on a jaunting car.
Jaunt (v. t.) To jolt; to jounce.
Jaunted (imp. & p. p.) of Jaunt
Jauntily (adv.) In a jaunty manner.
Jauntiness (n.) The quality of being jaunty.
Jaunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaunt
Jaunty (superl.) Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Java (n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
Java (n.) One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.
Javanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.
Javanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Java.
Javel (n.) A vagabond.
Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.
Javelin (v. t.) To pierce with a javelin.
Javelinier (n.) A soldier armed with a javelin.
Jaw (n.) A notch or opening.
Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
Jaw (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
Jaw (n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
Jaw (n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
Jaw (n.) In the plural, the mouth.
Jaw (n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
Jaw (n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
Jaw (v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Jaw-fallen (a.) Dejected; chopfallen.
Jawbone (n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
Jawed (a.) Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.
Jawed (imp. & p. p.) of Jaw
Jawfoot (n.) See Maxilliped.
Jawing (n.) Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk.
Jawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaw
Jawn (v. i.) See Yawn.
Jawy (a.) Relating to the jaws.
Jay (n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.
Jayet (n.) See Jet.
Jayhawker (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.
Jazel (n.) A gem of an azure color.
Jazerant (n.) A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.
Jealousness (n.) State or quality of being jealous.
Jealousy (n.) The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.
Jeames (n.) A footman; a flunky.
Jean (n.) A twilled cotton cloth.
Jears (n. pl.) See 1st Jeer (b).
Jeat (n.) See Jet.
Jedding ax (n.) A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part.
Jee (v. t. & i.) See Gee.
Jeel (n.) A morass; a shallow lake.
Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.
Jeer (n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Jeer (n.) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
Jeered (imp. & p. p.) of Jeer
Jeerer (n.) A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.
Jeering (a.) Mocking; scoffing.
Jeering (n.) A mocking utterance.
Jeering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeer
Jeers (n. pl.) See 1st Jeer (b).
Jeffersonia (n.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.
Jeffersonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his policy or political doctrines.
Jeffersonite (n.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
Jeg (n.) See Jig, 6.
Jehovah (n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.
Jehovist (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist.
Jehovist (n.) The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
Jehovistic (a.) Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic.
Jehu (n.) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
Jejunal (a.) Pertaining to the jejunum.
Jejune (a.) Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
Jejune (a.) Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.
Jejunity (n.) The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.
Jejunum (n.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.
Jelerang (n.) A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.
Jell (v. i.) To jelly.
Jellied (a.) Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.
Jellied (imp. & p. p.) of Jelly
Jellies (pl. ) of Jelly
Jelly (n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
Jelly (v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
Jellyfish (n.) Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.
Jellying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jelly
Jemidar (n.) The chief or leader of a hand or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army.
Jemlah goat () The jharal.
Jemminess (n.) Spruceness.
Jemmy (a.) Spruce.
Jemmy (n.) A baked sheep's head.
Jemmy (n.) A short crowbar. See Jimmy.
Jeniquen (n.) A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber.
Jenite (n.) See Yenite.
Jenkins (n.) name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.
Jennet (n.) A small Spanish horse; a genet.
Jenneting (n.) A variety of early apple. See Juneating.
Jennies (pl. ) of Jenny
Jenny (n.) A familiar name of the European wren.
Jenny (n.) A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.
Jentling (n.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.
Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Jeopard (v. t.) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.
Jeoparded (imp. & p. p.) of Jeopard
Jeoparder (n.) One who puts in jeopardy.
Jeoparding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeopard
Jeopardize (v. t.) To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.
Jeopardized (imp. & p. p.) of Jeopardize
Jeopardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeopardize
Jeopardous (a.) Perilous; hazardous.
Jeopardy (n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
Jeopardy (v. t.) To jeopardize.
Jerboa (n.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.
Jereed (n.) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
Jeremiad (n.) Alt. of Jeremiade
Jeremiade (n.) A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.
Jerfalcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.
Jerguer (n.) See Jerquer.
Jerid (n.) Same as Jereed.
Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
Jerk (n.) A sudden start or spring.
Jerk (v. i.) To flout with contempt.
Jerk (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
Jerk (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Jerk (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
Jerked (imp. & p. p.) of Jerk
Jerker (n.) A beater.
Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
Jerker (n.) One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Jerkin (n.) A male gyrfalcon.
Jerking (n.) The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.
Jerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jerk
Jerkinhead (n.) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
Jermoonal (n.) The Himalayan now partridge.
Jeronymite (n.) One belonging of the mediaeval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome.
Jeropigia (n.) See Geropigia.
Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
Jerquing (n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
Jerquing (n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
Jerry-built (a.) Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
Jersey (n.) A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet).
Jersey (n.) One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.
Jersey (n.) The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.
Jerseys (pl. ) of Jersey
Jerusalem (n.) The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Jervine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.
Jess (n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon.
Jessamine (n.) Same as Jasmine.
Jessant (a.) Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.
Jesse (n.) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.
Jesse (n.) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.
Jesse (n.) Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art
Jessed (a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk.
Jesses (pl. ) of Jess
Jest (n.) A deed; an action; a gest.
Jest (n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
Jest (n.) Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.
Jest (v. i.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
Jest (v. i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
Jest (v. i.) To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
Jested (imp. & p. p.) of Jest
Jester (n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
Jester (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.
Jestful (a.) Given to jesting; full of jokes.
Jesting (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
Jesting (n.) The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
Jesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jest
Jestingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.
Jesuit (n.) Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.
Jesuit (n.) One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.
Jesuited (a.) Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.
Jesuitess (n.) One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.
Jesuitic (a.) Alt. of Jesuitical
Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Jesuitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
Jesuitically (adv.) In a jesuitical manner.
Jesuitism (n.) Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Jesuitism (n.) The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
Jesuitocracy (n.) Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country.
Jesuitry (n.) Jesuitism; subtle argument.
Jesus (n.) The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.
Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.
Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
Jet (n.) Same as 2d Get.
Jet (n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
Jet (v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Jet (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Jet (v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
Jet d'eau () A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.
Jet-black (a.) Black as jet; deep black.
Jeterus (n.) A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.
Jets d'eau (pl. ) of Jet d'eau
Jetsam (n.) Alt. of Jetson
Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.
Jetson (n.) Jettison. See Jettison, 1.
Jetteau (n.) See Jet d'eau.
Jetted (imp. & p. p.) of Jet
Jettee (n.) See Jetty, n.
Jetter (n.) One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.
Jetties (pl. ) of Jetty
Jettiness (n.) The state of being jetty; blackness.
Jetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jet
Jettison (n.) See Jetsam, 1.
Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
Jetton (n.) A metal counter used in playing cards.
Jetty (a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
Jetty (n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
Jetty (n.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
Jetty (v. i.) To jut out; to project.
Jeu d'esprit () A witticism.
Jew (n.) Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.
Jew's-ear (n.) A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, / Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.
Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.
Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
Jew's-stone (n.) Alt. of Jewstone
Jewbush (n.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P. tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.
Jewel (n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
Jewel (n.) A precious stone; a gem.
Jewel (n.) An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
Jewel (n.) An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.
Jeweled (imp. & p. p.) of Jewel
Jeweler (n.) One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.
Jeweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jewel
Jewelled () of Jewel
Jewellery (n.) See Jewelry.
Jewelling () of Jewel
Jewelry (n.) Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.
Jewelry (n.) The art or trade of a jeweler.
Jewelweed (n.) See Impatiens.
Jewess (fem.) A Hebrew woman.
Jewfish (n.) A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.
Jewfish (n.) A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.
Jewfish (n.) A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.
Jewfish (n.) The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
Jewise (n.) Same as Juise.
Jewish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.
Jewry (n.) Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.
Jewstone (n.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.
Jezebel (n.) A bold, vicious woman; a termagant.
Jharal (n.) A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.
Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
Jib (v. i.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
Jibber (n.) A horse that jibs.
Jibe (v. i.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
Jibe (v. t.) To agree; to harmonize.
Jibed (imp. & p. p.) of Jibe
Jibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jibe
Jiffy (n.) A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.
Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.
Jig (n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
Jig (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
Jig (n.) A small machine or handy tool
Jig (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Jig (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
Jig (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jig (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Jigged (imp. & p. p.) of Jig
Jigger (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
Jigger (n. & v.) One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
Jigger (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
Jigging (n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.
Jigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jig
Jiggish (a.) Playful; frisky.
Jiggish (a.) Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.
Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.
Jigjog (a.) Having a jolting motion.
Jigjog (n.) A jolting motion; a jogging pace.
Jill (n.) A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill.
Jill-flirt (n.) A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.
Jilt (n.) A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.
Jilt (v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.
Jilt (v. t.) To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive in love.
Jilted (imp. & p. p.) of Jilt
Jilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jilt
Jim-crow (n.) A machine for bending or straightening rails.
Jim-crow (n.) A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.
Jimcrack (n.) See Gimcrack.
Jimmies (pl. ) of Jimmy
Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Jimp (a.) Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp.
Jimson weed () See Jamestown weed.
Jin (n.) Alt. of Jinn
Jingal (n.) A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.
Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.
Jingle (n.) A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
Jingle (n.) That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
Jingle (v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
Jingle (v. i.) To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
Jingle (v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
Jingled (imp. & p. p.) of Jingle
Jingler (n.) One who, or that which, jingles.
Jingling (n.) The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.
Jingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jingle
Jinglingly (adv.) So as to jingle.
Jingo (n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.
Jingo (n.) A word used as a jocular oath.
Jingoes (pl. ) of Jingo
Jingoism (n.) The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.
Jinn (n.) See Jinnee.
Jinn (pl. ) of Jinnee
Jinnee (n.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms.
Jinny road () An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.
Jinrikisha (n.) A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one more men.
Jippo (n.) A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.
Jjinn (pl. ) of Djinnee
Jo (n.) A sweetheart; a darling.
Job (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
Job (n.) A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
Job (n.) A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
Job (n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
Job (n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
Job (v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
Job (v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
Job (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
Job (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.
Job (v. t.) To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
Job (v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.
Jobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Job
Jobber (n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber.
Jobber (n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.
Jobber (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.
Jobber (n.) One who works by the job.
Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.
Jobbery (n.) The act or practice of jobbing.
Jobbery (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery.
Jobbing (a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.
Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician.
Jobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Job
Jocantry (n.) The act or practice of jesting.
Jockey (n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Jockey (n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
Jockey (n.) A professional rider of horses in races.
Jockey (v. i.) To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Jockey (v. t.) " To jostle by riding against one."
Jockey (v. t.) To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jockeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Jockey
Jockeying (n.) The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.
Jockeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jockey
Jockeyism (n.) The practice of jockeys.
Jockeys (pl. ) of Jockey
Jockeyship (n.) The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
Jocose (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
Jocoserious (a.) Mingling mirth and seriousness.
Jocosity (n.) A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.
Jocular (a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
Jocular (a.) Sportive; merry.
Jocularity (n.) Jesting; merriment.
Jocularly (adv.) In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.
Jocundity (n.) The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
Joe (n.) See Johannes.
Joe Miller () A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke.
Joe-Pye weed () A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
Joes (pl. ) of Jo
Jog (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane.
Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
Jog (v. i.) To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over.
Jog (v. t.) To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.
Jog (v. t.) To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.
Jog (v. t.) To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.
Jogged (imp. & p. p.) of Jog
Jogger (n.) One who jogs.
Jogging (n.) The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.
Jogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jog
Joggle (n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.
Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Joggle (v. t.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
Joggle (v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
Joggled (imp. & p. p.) of Joggle
Joggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joggle
Johannean (a.) Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings.
Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.
Johannisberger (n.) A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
John (n.) A proper name of a man.
John's-wort (n.) See St. John's-wort.
Johnadreams (n.) A dreamy, idle fellow.
Johnnies (pl. ) of Johnny
Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Johnny (n.) A sculpin.
Johnnycake (n.) A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked.
Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.
Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Johnsonianism (n.) A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
Join (n.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
Join (v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.
Join (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
Join (v. t.) To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.
Join (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
Join (v. t.) To enjoin upon; to command.
Join (v. t.) To unite in marriage.
Joinant (a.) Adjoining.
Joinder (v. t.) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
Joinder (v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.
Joinder (v. t.) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.
Joinder (v. t.) The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
Joined (imp. & p. p.) of Join
Joiner (n.) A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Joiner (n.) One who, or that which, joins.
Joiner (n.) One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.
Joinery (n.) The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.
Joinhand (n.) Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.
Joining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Join
Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
Joint (a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
Joint (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.
Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.
Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Joint (v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Joint (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
Joint (v. t.) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.
Jointed (a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
Jointed (imp. & p. p.) of Joint
Jointer (n.) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.
Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves.
Jointer (n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined
Jointer (n.) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
Jointer (n.) One who, or that which, joints.
Jointer (n.) The longest plane used by a joiner.
Jointing (n.) The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.
Jointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joint
Jointless (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
Jointly (adv.) In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
Jointress (n.) A woman who has a jointure.
Jointure (n.) A joining; a joint.
Jointure (n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
Jointure (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.
Jointured (imp. & p. p.) of Jointure
Jointureless (a.) Having no jointure.
Jointuress (n.) See Jointress.
Jointuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jointure
Jointweed (n.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
Joist (v. t.) To fit or furnish with joists.
Joisted (imp. & p. p.) of Joist
Joisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joist
Joke (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
Joke (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
Joke (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
Joke (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
Joked (imp. & p. p.) of Joke
Joker (n.) One who makes jokes or jests.
Joker (n.) See Rest bower, under 2d Bower.
Joking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joke
Jokingly (adv.) In a joking way; sportively.
Jole (v. t. & n.) Alt. of Joll
Jolif (a.) Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly.
Joll (v. t. & n.) Same as Jowl.
Jollification (n.) A merrymaking; noisy festivity.
Jolly (superl.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
Jolly (superl.) Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
Jolly (superl.) Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
Jolly-boat (n.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
Jollyhead (n.) Jollity.
Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
Jolt (v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Jolt (v. t.) To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.
Jolted (imp. & p. p.) of Jolt
Jolter (n.) One who, or that which, jolts.
Jolterhead (n.) Alt. of Jolthead
Jolthead (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.
Joltingly (adv.) In a jolting manner.
Jolty (a.) That jolts; as, a jolty coach.
Jonah (n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Jonesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Jones.
Jongler (n.) A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler.
Jongler (n.) In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour.
Jongleur (n.) Alt. of Jongler
Jonquil (n.) Alt. of Jonquille
Joram (n.) See Jorum.
Jordan (n.) Alt. of Jorden
Jorden (n.) A chamber pot.
Jorden (n.) A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.
Jorum (n.) A large drinking vessel; also, its contents.
Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front.
Joseph's flower () A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.
Joso (n.) A small gudgeon.
Joss (n.) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
Jossa (interj.) A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still."
Jostle (n.) A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
Jostle (v. i.) To push; to crowd; to hustle.
Jostle (v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
Jostled (imp. & p. p.) of Jostle
Jostlement (n.) Crowding; hustling.
Jostling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jostle
Jot (n.) An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.
Jot (v. t.) To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
Jotted (imp. & p. p.) of Jot
Jotter (n.) A memorandum book.
Jotter (n.) One who jots down memoranda.
Jotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jot
Jougs (n.) An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke.
Jouissance (n.) Jollity; merriment.
Jouk (v. i.) See Juke.
Joul (v. t.) See Jowl.
Jounce (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
Jounce (v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
Jounced (imp. & p. p.) of Jounce
Jouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jounce
Journal (a.) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
Journal (a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
Journal (a.) A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
Journal (a.) A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.
Journal (a.) Daily; diurnal.
Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.
Journal (a.) That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
Journal (a.) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
Journalism (n.) The keeping of a journal or diary.
Journalism (n.) The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.
Journalist (n.) One who keeps a journal or diary.
Journalist (n.) The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical.
Journalistic (a.) Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic literature or enterprise.
Journalize (v. i.) to conduct or contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a journalist.
Journalize (v. t.) To enter or record in a journal or diary.
Journalized (imp. & p. p.) of Journalize
Journalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journalize
Journey (n.) The travel or work of a day.
Journey (n.) Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.
Journey (v. i.) To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
Journey (v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through.
Journey-bated (a.) Worn out with journeying.
Journeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Journey
Journeyer (n.) One who journeys.
Journeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journey
Journeyman (n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.
Journeymen (pl. ) of Journeyman
Journeys (pl. ) of Journey
Journeywork (n.) Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
Jouster (n.) One who jousts or tilts.
Jove (n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.
Jove (n.) The metal tin.
Jove (n.) The planet Jupiter.
Jovial (a.) Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem.
Jovial (a.) Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.
Jovial (a.) Sunny; serene.
Jovialist (n.) One who lives a jovial life.
Joviality (n.) The quality or state of being jovial.
Jovially (adv.) In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.
Jovialness (n.) Noisy mirth; joviality.
Jovialty (n.) Joviality.
Jovian (a.) Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).
Jovicentric (a.) Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.
Jovinianist (n.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time.
Jowl (n.) The cheek; the jaw.
Jowl (v. t.) To throw, dash, or knock.
Jowler (n.) A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.
Jowter (n.) A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster.
Joy (n.) That which causes joy or happiness.
Joy (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Joy (n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
Joy (v. t.) To enjoy.
Joy (v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.
Joy (v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Joyful (a.) Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.
Joying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joy
Joyless (a.) Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.
Joyous (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
Joysome (a.) Causing joyfulness.
Jub (n.) A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug.
Juba (n.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.
Juba (n.) The mane of an animal.
Jubae (pl. ) of Juba
Jubate (a.) Fringed with long, pendent hair.
Jube (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.
Jube (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.
Jubilant (a.) Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.
Jubilantly (adv.) In a jubilant manner.
Jubilar (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee.
Jubilate (n.) A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version.
Jubilate (n.) The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."
Jubilate (v. i.) To exult; to rejoice.
Jubilation (n.) A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.
Jubilee (n.) A season of general joy.
Jubilee (n.) A state of joy or exultation.
Jubilee (n.) The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.
Jucundity (n.) Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity.
Judahite (n.) One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.
Judaic (a.) Alt. of Judaical
Judaical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews.
Judaically (adv.) After the Jewish manner.
Judaism (n.) Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies.
Judaism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.
Judaist (n.) One who believes and practices Judaism.
Judaistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Judaism.
Judaization (n.) The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual.
Judaize (v. i.) To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.
Judaize (v. t.) To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism.
Judaized (imp. & p. p.) of Judaize
Judaizer (n.) One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.
Judaizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Judaize
Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
Judas (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.
Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
Judean (a.) Of or pertaining to Judea.
Judean (n.) A native of Judea; a Jew.
Judge (a.) To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3.
Judge (a.) To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
Judge (v. i.) A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.
Judge (v. i.) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
Judge (v. i.) One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
Judge (v. i.) One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
Judge (v. i.) The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
Judge (v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
Judge (v. t.) To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.
Judge (v. t.) To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
Judge (v. t.) To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
Judge (v. t.) To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.
Judge (v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.
Judged (imp. & p. p.) of Judge
Judger (n.) One who judges.
Judgeship (n.) The office of a judge.
Judging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Judge
Judgment (v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment.
Judgment (v. i.) That power or faculty by which knowledge dependent upon comparison and discrimination is acquired. See 2.
Judgment (v. i.) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or sentence of God as the judge of all.
Judgment (v. i.) The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
Judgment (v. i.) The final award; the last sentence.
Judgment (v. i.) The power or faculty of performing such operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.
Judicable (v. i.) Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon.
Judicative (a.) Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.
Judicatory (a.) Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.
Judicatory (n.) A court of justice; a tribunal.
Judicatory (n.) Administration of justice.
Judicature (n.) A court of justice; a judicatory.
Judicature (n.) The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.
Judicature (n.) The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.
Judicial (a.) Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.
Judicial (a.) Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
Judicial (a.) Judicious.
Judicial (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.
Judicially (adv.) In a judicial capacity or judicial manner.
Judiciary (a.) Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.
Judiciary (n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary.
Judicious (a.) Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet.
Judicious (a.) Of or relating to a court; judicial.
Judiciously (adv.) In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.
Judiciousness (n.) The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.
Jug (n.) A pitcher; a ewer.
Jug (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.
Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
Jug (v. i.) To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
Jug (v. i.) To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.
Jug (v. t.) To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
Juga (pl. ) of Jugum
Jugal (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone.
Jugal (a.) Relating to a yoke, or to marriage.
Jugata (n. pl.) The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.
Jugated (a.) Coupled together.
Juge (n.) A judge.
Jugement (n.) Judgment.
Juger (n.) A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.
Jugged (imp. & p. p.) of Jug
Jugger (n.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.
Juggernaut (n.) One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos.
Jugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jug
Juggle (n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.
Juggle (n.) A trick by sleight of hand.
Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.
Juggle (v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.
Juggle (v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.
Juggle (v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice.
Juggled (imp. & p. p.) of Juggle
Juggler (n.) A deceiver; a cheat.
Juggler (n.) One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
Juggleress (n.) A female juggler.
Jugglery (n.) The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.
Jugglery (n.) Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
Juggling (a.) Cheating; tricky.
Juggling (n.) Jugglery; underhand practice.
Juggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Juggle
Juggs (n. pl.) See Jougs.
Juglandin (n.) An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.
Juglandine (n.) An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).
Juglans (n.) A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.
Juglone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.
Jugula (pl. ) of Jugulum
Jugular (a.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).
Jugular (a.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.
Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen.
Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.
Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein.
Jugulate (v. t.) To cut the throat of.
Jugulated (imp. & p. p.) of Jugulate
Jugulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jugulate
Jugulum (n.) The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.
Jugum (n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
Jugum (n.) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Jugums (pl. ) of Jugum
Juice (n.) The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.
Juice (v. t.) To moisten; to wet.
Juiceless (a.) Lacking juice; dry.
Juiciness (n.) The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants.
Juicy (superl.) A bounding with juice; succulent.
Juise (n.) Judgment; justice; sentence.
Juke (n.) The neck of a bird.
Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Juke (v. i.) To perch on anything, as birds do.
Julaceous (a.) Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.
Julep (n.) A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep.
Julep (n.) A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs
Julep (n.) a sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.
Juli (pl. ) of Julus
Julian (a.) Relating to, or derived from, Julius Caesar.
Julienne (n.) A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.
Julies (pl. ) of July
Juliform (a.) Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin.
Julus (n.) A catkin or ament. See Ament.
July (n.) The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
July-flower (n.) See Gillyflower.
Jumart (n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.
Jumble (n.) A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.
Jumble (n.) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
Jumble (v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.
Jumble (v. t.) To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.
Jumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Jumble
Jumblement (n.) Confused mixture.
Jumbler (n.) One who confuses things.
Jumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jumble
Jumblingly (adv.) In a confused manner.
Jument (n.) A beast; especially, a beast of burden.
Jump (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
Jump (adv.) Exactly; pat.
Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
Jump (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Jump (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Jump (n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture.
Jump (n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Jump (v. i.) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
Jump (v. i.) To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
Jump (v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
Jump (v. t.) To bore with a jumper.
Jump (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
Jump (v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
Jump (v. t.) To join by a butt weld.
Jump (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Jumped (imp. & p. p.) of Jump
Jumper (n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
Jumper (n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
Jumper (n.) A loose upper garment
Jumper (n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
Jumper (n.) A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
Jumper (n.) One who, or that which, jumps.
Jumper (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
Jumper (n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Jumping (p. a. & vb. n.) of Jump, to leap.
Jumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jump
Jumpweld (v. t.) See Buttweld, v. t.
Junartie (n.) Jeopardy.
Juncaceous (a.) Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Juncaceae), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.
Juncate (n.) See Junket.
Juncite (n.) A fossil rush.
Junco (n.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.
Juncous (a.) Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.
Junction (n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.
Junction (n.) The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.
Juncture (n.) A joining; a union; an alliance.
Juncture (n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.
Juncture (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.
June (n.) One of the early discovered asteroids.
June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.
June (n.) The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
Juneating (n.) A kind of early apple.
Juneberry (n.) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and had tree.
Juneberry (n.) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry.
Jungermannia (n.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceae.
Jungermanniae (pl. ) of Jungermannia
Jungle (n.) A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.
Jungly (a.) Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle.
Junior (a.) Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.
Junior (a.) Less advanced in age than another; younger.
Junior (a.) Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
Junior (n.) A younger person.
Junior (n.) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Juniority (n.) The state or quality of being junior.
Juniper (n.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.
Juniperin (n.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries.
Juniperite (n.) One of the fossil Coniferae, evidently allied to the juniper.
Junk (n.) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.
Junk (n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.
Junk (n.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
Junk (n.) Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.
Junk (n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
Junker (n.) A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Junkerism (n.) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Junket (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
Junket (n.) A feast; an entertainment.
Junket (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
Junket (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.
Junketed (imp. & p. p.) of Junket
Junketing (n.) A feast or entertainment; a revel.
Junketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Junket
Junketries (n. pl.) Sweetmeats.
Junold (a.) See Gimmal.
Junos (pl. ) of June
Junta (n.) A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
Juntas (pl. ) of Junta
Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.
Juntos (pl. ) of Junto
Jupati palm () A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.
Jupe (n.) Same as Jupon.
Jupiter (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
Jupon (n.) Alt. of Juppon
Juppon (n.) A petticoat.
Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
Jura (n.) 1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
Jura (n.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.
Jura-trias (n.) A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended.
Jural (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Jural (a.) Pertaining to natural or positive right.
Juramenta (pl. ) of Juramentum
Juramentum (n.) An oath.
Jurassic (a.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains.
Jurassic (n.) The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.
Jurat (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.
Jurat (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed.
Juratory (a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution.
Jurdiccion (n.) Jurisdiction.
Jurdon (n.) Jordan.
Juridic (a.) Alt. of Juridical
Juridical (a.) Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
Juridically (adv.) In a juridical manner.
Juries (pl. ) of Jury
Jurisconsult (n.) A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.
Jurisdiction (a.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.
Jurisdiction (a.) The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.
Jurisdictional (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.
Jurisdictive (a.) Having jurisdiction.
Jurisprudence (a.) The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.
Jurisprudent (a.) Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.
Jurisprudent (n.) One skilled in law or jurisprudence.
Jurisprudential (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Jurist (a.) One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.
Juristic (a.) Alt. of Juristical
Juristical (a.) Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence.
Juror (n.) A member of a jury; a juryman.
Juror (n.) A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc.
Jury (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.
Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.
Jury (a.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.
Jury-rigged (a.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a.
Juryman (n.) One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.
Jurymen (pl. ) of Juryman
Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.
Just (a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.
Just (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
Just (a.) Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
Just (adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
Just (adv.) Closely; nearly; almost.
Just (adv.) Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
Just (n.) A joust.
Just (v. i.) To joust.
Justice (a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
Justice (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
Justice (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
Justice (v. t.) To administer justice to.
Justiceable (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice.
Justicehood (n.) Justiceship.
Justicement (n.) Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.
Justicer (n.) One who administers justice; a judge.
Justiceship (n.) The office or dignity of a justice.
Justiciable (a.) Proper to be examined in a court of justice.
Justiciar (n.) Same as Justiciary.
Justiciary (n.) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
Justico (n.) Alt. of Justicoat
Justicoat (n.) Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.
Justifiable (a.) Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
Justification (n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
Justification (n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Justificative (a.) Having power to justify; justificatory.
Justificator (n.) One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier.
Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
Justify (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
Justify (a.) To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
Justify (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
Justify (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Justify (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Justifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justify
Justinian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.
Justle (n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle.
Justle (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.
Justle (v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.
Justled (imp. & p. p.) of Justle
Justling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justle
Justly (a.) In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately.
Justness (n.) The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause.
Jut (n.) A shove; a push.
Jut (n.) That which projects or juts; a projection.
Jut (v. i.) To butt.
Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.
Jute (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.
Jutes (n. pl.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.
Jutlander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.
Jutlandish (a.) Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.
Jutted (imp. & p. p.) of Jut
Jutting (a.) Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.
Jutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jut
Jutty (n.) A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty.
Jutty (v. t. & i.) To project beyond.
Juvenal (n.) A youth.
Juvenescence (n.) A growing young.
Juvenescent (a.) Growing or becoming young.
Juvenile (a.) Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
Juvenile (a.) Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.
Juvenile (n.) A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
Juvenileness (n.) The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.
Juvenilities (pl. ) of Juvenility
Juvenility (n.) The manners or character of youth; immaturity.
Juvenility (n.) Youthfulness; adolescence.
Juvia (n.) A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.
Juwansa (n.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel.
Juwise (n.) Same as Juise.
Juxtapose (v. t.) To place in juxtaposition.
Juxtaposit (v. t.) To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.
Juxtaposited (imp. & p. p.) of Juxtaposit
Juxtapositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Juxtaposit
Juxtaposition (v. i.) A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
