| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |