| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| jacamar | noun | 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. |
| jacchus | noun | The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus. |
| jacinth | noun | See Hyacinth. |
| jackass | noun | The male ass; a donkey., A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead. |
| jackdaw | noun | See Daw, n. |
| jackeen | noun | A drunken, dissolute fellow. |
| jackmen | plural | of Jackman |
| jackman | noun | One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n., A cream cheese. |
| jacksaw | noun | The merganser. |
| jacobin | noun | A Dominican friar; — so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris., One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue., 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., Same as Jacobinic. |
| jacobus | noun | An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I. |
| jaconet | noun | A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc. |
| jadding | noun | See Holing. |
| jadeite | noun | See Jade, the stone. |
| jagging | present participle & vb. noun | of Jag |
| jaggery | noun | 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). |
| jainism | noun | The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each. |
| jakwood | noun | See Jackwood. |
| jalapic | adjective | Of or pertaining to jalap. |
| jalapin | noun | A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative. |
| jamming | present participle & vb. noun | of Jam |
| jamadar | noun | Same as Jemidar. |
| jamaica | noun | One of the West India is islands. |
| jambeux | noun | In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees. |
| jamdani | noun | A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. |
| jangled | imp. & past participle | of Jangle |
| jangler | noun | An idle talker; a babbler; a prater., A wrangling, noisy fellow. |
| janitor | noun | A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc. |
| janizar | noun | A janizary. |
| jantily | adverb | See Jauntily. |
| january | noun | The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
| jarring | present participle & vb. noun | of Jar, Shaking; disturbing; discordant., A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines., Discord; a clashing of interests. |
| jar-owl | noun | The goatsucker. |
| jashawk | noun | A young hawk. |
| jasmine | noun | A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. |
| jaspery | adjective | Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper. |
| jaspoid | adjective | Resembling jasper. |
| jaunted | imp. & past participle | of Jaunt |
| javelin | noun | 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., To pierce with a javelin. |
| jawbone | noun | The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible. |
| jawfoot | noun | See Maxilliped. |