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