(pathology) inflammation of the jejunum and the ilium
jejunostomies
jejunostomies
noun
plural of jejunostomy
jenkinsburg
jeopardious
jequerity
jequerity
noun
Alternative spelling of jequirity
jequie
jequirities
jequirity
jequirity
noun
Abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity bean") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.
jerquing
jerquing
noun
(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
jerrybuild
jerrybuild
verb
(transitive) To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.
To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse.
To repair a structure in a sloppy or unsafe manner.
jerrybuilding
jerrybuilding
verb
present participle of jerrybuild
jerrybuilt
jerrybuilt
adj
Shoddily built; ill-constructed.
jerusalemite
jerusalemite
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.
Noun
A native or resident of Jerusalem.
A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.
jesuist
jesuit
jesuit
Noun
a member of the Society of Jesus
A crafty person; an intriguer.
Adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members
jesuited
jesuited
Adjective
Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.
jesuitess
jesuitess
Noun
A female Jesuit.
jesuitic
jesuitic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
cunning; deceitful; crafty
jesuitical
jesuitical
adj
Synonym of Jesuitic
jesuitically
jesuitically
Adverb
In a Jesuitical manner.
jesuitisation
jesuitise
jesuitise
verb
Alternative form of Jesuitize
jesuitised
jesuitised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jesuitise
jesuitish
jesuitising
jesuitising
verb
present participle of jesuitise
jesuitism
jesuitism
Noun
The principles and practices of the Jesuits.
Cunning; deceit; subtle argument.
jesuitist
jesuitization
jesuitize
jesuitized
jesuitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jesuitize
jesuitizing
jesuitizing
verb
present participle of jesuitize
jesuitocracy
jesuitocracy
Noun
Rule by Jesuits.
jesuitries
jesuitry
jesuitry
Noun
Jesuitism; subtle argument.
jesuits
jicaque
jicaque
Noun
A member of an Indian people of northern Honduras.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
jicaquean
jimpricute
jitneur
jitneur
noun
A jitney driver.
jitneuse
jitterbug
jitterbug
noun
(colloquial) A nervous or jittery person.
(dance) An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
(jazz) A jazz musician or aficionado.
Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”)
verb
To dance the jitterbug.
jitterbugged
jitterbugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug
jitterbugger
jitterbugger
noun
A person who dances the jitterbug.
jitterbugging
jitterbugging
verb
present participle of jitterbug
jitterbugs
jitterbugs
noun
plural of jitterbug
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
jocoserious
jocoserious
adj
Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
jocularities
jocularities
noun
plural of jocularity
jocundities
jocundities
noun
plural of jocundity
johnstrupite
johnstrupite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular titanium silicate mineral.
jointure
jointure
noun
(law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
(obsolete) A joining; a joint.
verb
(transitive) To settle a jointure upon.
jointured
jointured
adj
(of a wife) Supplied with an estate through jointure.
(of an estate) Bequeathed to a wife through jointure.
jointureless
jointureless
adj
Having no jointure.
jointures
jointures
noun
plural of jointure
jointuress
jointuress
noun
A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
jonquille
jonquille
noun
Alternative form of jonquil
jotunheim
jotunnheim
jouisance
jouisance
noun
Obsolete spelling of jouissance
jouissance
jouissance
noun
(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
In poststructuralism, a transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.
joukahainen
jouncier
jouncier
adj
comparative form of jouncy: more jouncy
jounciest
jounciest
adj
superlative form of jouncy: most jouncy
jounieh
journalise
journalise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of journalize
journalised
journalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journalise
journalize
journalize
verb
(intransitive) To write in a journal; to keep a journal.
(transitive) To record in a journal.
journalized
journalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journalize
journalizer
journalizer
noun
One who records events in a journal.
journalizers
journalizers
noun
plural of journalizer
journalizes
journalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of journalize
journeying
journeying
noun
travel, travelling
verb
present participle of journey
journeyings
journeyings
noun
plural of journeying
jubilance
jubilance
noun
Jubilation.
jubilate
jubilate
verb
To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
jubilated
jubilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jubilate
jubilates
jubilates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate
jubile
jubile
noun
Obsolete form of jubilee.
jubileal
jubilean
jubilean
adj
Of or relating to a jubilee.
jubilee
jubilee
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A special year (originally held every hundred years, then at more frequent intervals, and now declarable by the Pope at any time and also for periods less than a year) in which plenary indulgences and remission from sin can be granted upon making a pilgrimage to Rome or other designated churches.
(countable) A time for release or restitution.
(countable) A time of celebration or rejoicing.
(countable, African-American Vernacular, music, often attributively) A joyful African-American (usually Christian) folk song.
(countable, Jewish history) A special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free.
(rare) A fiftieth year.
(uncountable) Exultation, rejoicing; jubilation.
(uncountable) The sound of celebration or rejoicing; shouts of joy.
A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage.
A period of fifty years; a half-century.
jubilees
jubilees
noun
plural of jubilee
jubiles
jubiles
noun
plural of jubile
jubilize
jubilize
verb
(archaic) To celebrate.
juckies
judaeophile
judaeophilism
judaeophobia
judahite
judahite
Noun
A descendant of Judah (the patriarch).
A descendant or member of the tribe of Judah.
An inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Judah (the patriarch), to the tribe of Judah, or to the ancient kingdom of Judah, or its inhabitants.
judaise
judaised
judaiser
judaize
judaize
Verb
To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism.
judaized
judaizer
judaizer
Noun
One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism.
One of the Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshipped in the temple at Jerusalem.
judaslike
juddering
juddering
verb
present participle of judder
judeophobia
judeophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Judeophobia
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
judgeship
judgeship
noun
The office or status of a judge
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
judgmetic
judicable
judicable
adj
Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon.
judicate
judicative
judicative
adj
Having power to judge; judicial.
judicatories
judicatories
noun
plural of judicatory
judicature
judicature
noun
Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
judicatures
judicatures
noun
plural of judicature
judice
judices
judiciable
judiciable
adj
Able to be resolved within the judicial system.
judicialize
judicialize
verb
(transitive) To convert or integrate into a judicial system; to bring under the remit of the law.
judicialized
judicialized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of judicialize
judicialness
judicialness
noun
The quality of being judicial.
judiciaries
judiciaries
noun
plural of judiciary
judiciousness
judiciousness
noun
the state of being judicious
judiciousnesses
judie
jugendstil
jugendstil
noun
The German equivalent of art nouveau.
juggernautish
jugginses
jugginses
noun
plural of juggins
juggleries
juggleries
noun
plural of jugglery
jugurthine
jugurthine
Adjective
Relating to Jugurtha, an ancient king of Numidia.
juice
juice
adj
Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp)
noun
(Scotland) A soft drink.
(countable) A beverage made of juice.
(informal) The liquid that is used to submerge a substance kept in a container
(slang) The leftover liquid of some wet or damp substance.
(uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
(uncountable, slang) Electricity.
(uncountable, slang) Liquor.
(uncountable, slang) Petrol; gasoline.
(uncountable, slang) Political power.
(uncountable, slang) Steroids.
(uncountable, slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
(uncountable, slang) Vitality, strength.
(uncountable, slang, music) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
(uncountable, slang, vulgar, sex) Semen.
(uncountable, slang, vulgar, sex) The vaginal lubrication that a female naturally produces when sexually aroused.
verb
(intransitive, slang) To take a performance-enhancing drug.
(transitive) To energize or stimulate something.
(transitive) To extract the juice from something.
juiced
juiced
adj
(bodybuilding) On steroids.
(of a fruit etc) That has had the juice extracted.
(slang) Excited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juice
juiceful
juiceful
adj
Full of juice; juicy.
juicehead
juicehead
noun
(slang) A bodybuilder that uses, or appears to use, steroids and is of poor intellect or by extension any large male.
(slang, dated) An alcoholic.
juiceless
juiceless
adj
Dry, dull; lacking vivacity or spirit.
Without juice or sap.
juicelessness
juicelessness
noun
The condition of being juiceless; dryness.
juicer
juicer
noun
(slang) An alcoholic.
(slang) One who uses steroids.
(slang, film) An electrician.
A (citrus) reamer.
A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
A person who extracts juice for consumption.
juicers
juicers
noun
plural of juicer
juices
juices
noun
plural of juice
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juice