| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| jabbered | imp. & past participle | of Jabber |
| jaborine | noun | An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine. |
| jacconet | noun | See Jaconet. |
| jacketed | adjective | Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket. |
| jackstay | noun | A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened. |
| jackwood | noun | Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork. |
| jacobean | adjective | Alt. of Jacobian |
| jacobian | adjective | Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. |
| jacobine | noun | A Jacobin. |
| jacobite | noun | 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., One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century., Of or pertaining to the Jacobites. |
| jacquard | adjective | Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. |
| jactancy | noun | A boasting; a bragging. |
| jaculate | verb t. | To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit. |
| jalousie | noun | A Venetian or slatted inside window blind. |
| jamacina | noun | Jamaicine. |
| jamaican | adjective | Of or pertaining to Jamaica., A native or inhabitant of Jamaica. |
| jangling | present participle & vb. noun | of Jangle, Producing discordant sounds., Idle babbling; vain disputation., Wrangling; altercation. |
| janglery | noun | Jangling. |
| janitrix | noun | A female janitor. |
| janizary | noun | A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. |
| janthina | noun | See Ianthina. |
| japanned | imp. & past participle | of Japan, Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner. |
| japanese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan., The language of the people of Japan. |
| japanner | noun | One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art., A bootblack. |
| japhetic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages. |
| japonica | noun | 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. |
| jararaca | noun | A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots. |
| jargoned | imp. & past participle | of Jargon |
| jargonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon. |
| jarosite | noun | An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash. |
| jasponyx | noun | An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper. |
| jaundice | noun | A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood., To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. |
| jaunting | present participle & vb. noun | of Jaunt |
| jauntily | adverb | In a jaunty manner. |
| javanese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java., A native or natives of Java. |
| jazerant | noun | 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. |
| jealousy | noun | 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. |
| jehovist | noun | One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; — opposed to adonist., The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist. |
| jejunity | noun | The quality of being jejune; jejuneness. |
| jelerang | noun | A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; — called also Java squirrel. |
| jellying | present participle & vb. noun | of Jelly |
| jeniquen | noun | A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber. |
| jentling | noun | A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube. |
| jeopardy | noun | Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger., To jeopardize. |
| jeremiad | noun | Alt. of Jeremiade |
| jerquing | noun | The searching of a ship for unentered goods., The searching of a ship for unentered goods. |
| jesuited | adjective | Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. |
| jesuitic | adjective | Alt. of Jesuitical |
| jesuitry | noun | Jesuitism; subtle argument. |
| jettison | noun | The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck., See Jetsam, 1. |
| jewelled | of Jewel | |
| jeweling | present participle & vb. noun | of Jewel |
| jewstone | noun | A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin. |
| jimcrack | noun | See Gimcrack. |
| jim-crow | noun | A machine for bending or straightening rails., A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways. |
| jingling | present participle & vb. noun | of Jingle, The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. |
| jingoism | noun | The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2. |
| jobation | noun | A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. |
| jocantry | noun | The act or practice of jesting. |
| jockeyed | imp. & past participle | of Jockey |
| jocosity | noun | A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. |
| joculary | adjective | Jocular; jocose; sportive. |
| joggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Joggle |
| johannes | noun | 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. |
| johnnies | plural | of Johnny |
| joinhand | noun | Writing in which letters are joined in words; — distinguished from writing in single letters. |
| jointing | present participle & vb. noun | of Joint, The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. |
| jointure | noun | A joining; a joint., 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., To settle a jointure upon. |
| joisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Joist |
| jokingly | adverb | In a joking way; sportively. |
| jolthead | noun | A dunce; a blockhead. |
| jonesian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Jones. |
| jongleur | noun | Alt. of Jongler |
| jostling | present participle & vb. noun | of Jostle |
| jouncing | present participle & vb. noun | of Jounce |
| journeys | plural | of Journey |
| jovially | adverb | In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly. |
| jovialty | noun | Joviality. |
| jubilant | adjective | Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. |
| jubilate | noun | 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.”, A name of the 100th Psalm; — so called from its opening word in the Latin version., To exult; to rejoice. |
| judahite | noun | One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew. |
| judaical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Jews. |
| judaized | imp. & past participle | of Judaize |
| judaizer | noun | 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. |
| judgment | verb i. | The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence., 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., The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision., 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., That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical., That power or faculty by which knowledge dependent upon comparison and discrimination is acquired. See 2., A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment., The final award; the last sentence. |
| judicial | adjective | 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., Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind., Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive., Judicious. |
| jugement | noun | Judgment. |
| juggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Juggle, Cheating; tricky., Jugglery; underhand practice. |
| jugglery | noun | The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand., Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery. |
| jugulate | verb t. | To cut the throat of. |
| julienne | noun | A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc. |
| juliform | adjective | Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin. |
| jumbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Jumble |
| jumpweld | verb t. | See Buttweld, v. t. |
| junction | noun | 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., The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross. |
| juncture | noun | A joining; a union; an alliance., 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., A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency. |
| junketed | imp. & past participle | of Junket |
| junartie | noun | Jeopardy. |
| jurassic | adjective | 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., The Jurassic period or formation; — called also the Jura. |
| juratory | adjective | Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution. |
| juristic | adjective | Alt. of Juristical |
| justicer | noun | One who administers justice; a judge. |
| justling | present participle & vb. noun | of Justle |
| justness | noun | 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. |
| juvenile | adjective | Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance., Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports., A young person or youth; — used sportively or familiarly. |