| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| jabberment | noun | Jabber. |
| jabbernowl | noun | Same as Jobbernowl. |
| jackanapes | noun | A monkey; an ape., A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. |
| jack ketch | A public executioner, or hangman. | |
| jacobinism | noun | The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. |
| jacobinize | verb t. | To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism. |
| jacobitism | noun | The principles of the Jacobites. |
| jaculating | present participle & vb. noun | of Jaculate |
| jaculation | noun | The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears. |
| jaculatory | adjective | Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers. |
| jagua palm | A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs. | |
| jaguarondi | noun | 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. |
| jamesonite | noun | A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron. |
| jangleress | noun | A female prater or babbler. |
| janizarian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. |
| janizaries | plural | of Janizary |
| japhethite | noun | A Japhetite. |
| jardiniere | noun | An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room. |
| jargonelle | noun | A variety of pear which ripens early. |
| jaspachate | noun | Agate jasper. |
| jasperated | adjective | mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate. |
| jaspideous | adjective | Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike. |
| jauntiness | noun | The quality of being jaunty. |
| javelinier | noun | A soldier armed with a javelin. |
| jaw-fallen | adjective | Dejected; chopfallen. |
| jealousies | plural | of Jealousy |
| jedding ax | noun | A stone mason’s tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. |
| jehovistic | adjective | 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. |
| jeoparding | present participle & vb. noun | of Jeopard |
| jeopardize | verb t. | To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard. |
| jeopardous | adjective | Perilous; hazardous. |
| jerkinhead | noun | The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable. |
| jeronymite | noun | One belonging of the mediaeval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome. |
| jesuitical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods., Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; — an opprobrious use of the word. |
| jets d’eau | plural | of Jet d’eau |
| jew’s-harp | noun | 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., The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor. |
| jill-flirt | noun | A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt. |
| jinglingly | adverb | So as to jingle. |
| jinny road | An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. | |
| jinrikisha | noun | A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one more men. |
| jobbernowl | noun | A blockhead. |
| jockeyship | noun | The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey. |
| jocularity | noun | Jesting; merriment. |
| joculatory | adjective | Droll; sportive. |
| joe miller | A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. | |
| johnnycake | noun | A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. |
| johnsonese | noun | The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. |
| johnsonian | adjective | Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated. |
| jointuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Jointure |
| jointuress | noun | See Jointress. |
| jolly-boat | noun | A boat of medium size belonging to a ship. |
| jolterhead | noun | Alt. of Jolthead |
| jostlement | noun | Crowding; hustling. |
| jouissance | noun | Jollity; merriment. |
| journalism | noun | The keeping of a journal or diary., The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism. |
| journalist | noun | One who keeps a journal or diary., 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. |
| journalize | verb t. | To enter or record in a journal or diary., to conduct or contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a journalist. |
| journeying | present participle & vb. noun | of Journey |
| journeymen | plural | of Journeyman |
| journeyman | noun | 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. |
| jovialness | noun | Noisy mirth; joviality. |
| jubilantly | adverb | In a jubilant manner. |
| jubilation | noun | A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. |
| judaically | adverb | After the Jewish manner. |
| judicative | adjective | Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty. |
| judicatory | adjective | Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals., A court of justice; a tribunal., Administration of justice. |
| judicature | noun | The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice., A court of justice; a judicatory., The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court. |
| judicially | adverb | In a judicial capacity or judicial manner. |
| juggernaut | noun | One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos. |
| juggleress | noun | A female juggler. |
| juglandine | noun | An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia). |
| jugulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Jugulate |
| jumblement | noun | Confused mixture. |
| jumblingly | adverb | In a confused manner. |
| juncaceous | adjective | Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Juncaceae), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type. |
| juniperite | noun | One of the fossil Coniferae, evidently allied to the juniper. |
| junketries | noun pl. | Sweetmeats. |
| juramentum | noun | An oath. |
| jura-trias | noun | A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended. |
| jurdiccion | noun | Jurisdiction. |
| juristical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence. |
| justiciary | noun | An old name for the judges of the higher English courts. |
| justifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Justify |
| jutlandish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland. |
| juvenility | noun | Youthfulness; adolescence., The manners or character of youth; immaturity. |
| juxtaposit | verb t. | To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose. |