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.
jerque
jerque
verb
(UK, historical, transitive) To search (a ship) for unentered goods.
jerqued
jerqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jerque
jerquer
jerquer
noun
A customs officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
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.
jerubbaal
jerubbal
jerusalem
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.
jessur
jesuitocracy
jesuitocracy
Noun
Rule by Jesuits.
jesuitries
jesuitry
jesuitry
Noun
Jesuitism; subtle argument.
jettatura
jettatura
noun
(archaic) The evil eye.
jettru
jimpricute
jitneur
jitneur
noun
A jitney driver.
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
jocoserious
jocoserious
adj
Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
jocularities
jocularities
noun
plural of jocularity
jocularness
jocularness
noun
The state or quality of being jocular.
johannesburg
johannesburg
Proper noun
The largest city of South Africa.
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.
jonesborough
jonesburg
jongleur
jongleur
noun
A juggler; a conjurer.
A mountebank.
An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
jongleurs
jongleurs
noun
plural of jongleur
joubert
joukery
joukerypawkery
joulemeter
joulemeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure energy (especially electrical energy) in joules
jouncier
jouncier
adj
comparative form of jouncy: more jouncy
journaled
journaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journal
journalese
journalese
noun
A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
journaleses
journaleses
noun
plural of journalese
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
journalled
journey
journey
noun
(collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.
(figurative) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
(obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
(obsolete) A day's work.
(obsolete) A day.
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
verb
To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
journeyed
journeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journey
journeyer
journeyer
noun
a traveller
journeyers
journeyers
noun
plural of journeyer
journeying
journeying
noun
travel, travelling
verb
present participle of journey
journeyings
journeyings
noun
plural of journeying
journeyman
journeyman
noun
(sports) A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.
A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day.
A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman.
journeymen
journeymen
noun
plural of journeyman
journeys
journeys
noun
plural of journey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of journey
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
journeywomen
journeywomen
noun
plural of journeywoman
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
journeyworker
journeyworker
noun
A journeyman (tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman).
journeyworks
jouster
jouster
noun
A horse used as a mount when jousting.
A person who jousts.
Alternative form of jowter
jousters
jousters
noun
plural of jouster
joyfuller
joyfuller
adj
comparative form of joyful: more joyful
juantorena
juarez
juarez
noun
(Internet slang, leetspeak) Alternative form of warez
jubartes
jubbulpore
juberous
juberous
adj
(US, regional) dubious
judaiser
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.
judder
judder
noun
(television) Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder
A spasmodic shaking.
verb
(intransitive) To move with a stop-start motion, as if experiencing a strong resistance or when decelerating brusquely.
(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
juddered
juddered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of judder
juddering
juddering
verb
present participle of judder
judders
judders
noun
plural of judder
judenberg
judger
judger
noun
A judgmental person (contrasted with perceiver as a personality type).
One who, or that which, judges.
judgers
judgers
noun
plural of judger
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
judiciaries
judiciaries
noun
plural of judiciary
juffer
juger
juger
noun
(historical units of measure) A Roman unit of area, equivalent to 2 acti or 28,800 square feet (about ¼ ha).
jugerum
jugerum
noun
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of juger: a Roman unit of area.
jugger
jugger
noun
The Indian falcon (Falco jugger)
juggernaut
juggernaut
noun
(Britain, Ireland, sometimes derogatory) A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic.
A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.
juggernautish
juggernauts
juggernauts
noun
plural of juggernaut
juggler
juggler
noun
(dated) A magician or wizard.
(obsolete) A person who performs tricks using sleight of hand, a conjurer, prestidigitator.
A person who practices juggling.
Agent noun of juggle; one who either literally juggles objects, or figuratively juggles tasks.
Misspelling of jugular.
juggleries
juggleries
noun
plural of jugglery
jugglers
jugglers
noun
plural of juggler
jugglery
jugglery
noun
(by extension) Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
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
juicier
juicier
adj
comparative form of juicy: more juicy
julesburg
julesburg
Proper noun
a statutory town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a township in province, South Africa.
julyflower
jumbler
jumbler
noun
One who jumbles, muddles, or confuses.
jumblers
jumblers
noun
plural of jumbler
jumper
jumper
noun
(US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
(US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
(arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
(chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
(electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
(historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
(horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
(usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
(video games) A platform game based around jumping.
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
The larva of the cheese fly.
verb
(transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.
jumperism
jumperism
noun
(historical) The religious practices of the jumpers (Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions).
jumpers
jumpers
noun
plural of jumper
jumpier
jumpier
adj
comparative form of jumpy: more jumpy
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpscrape
juncture
juncture
noun
(linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
A critical moment in time.
A place where things join, a junction.
junctures
junctures
noun
plural of juncture
juneberries
juneberries
noun
plural of juneberry
juneberry
juneberry
noun
Any of several North American trees of the genus Amelanchier, having white flowers and edible, purplish fruit.
The fruit of such a tree.
juneflower
junger
jungermannia
jungermannia
noun
Any of the genus Jungermannia of liverworts.
jungermanniaceae
jungermanniaceous
jungermanniaceous
adj
Of or pertaining to the plant family Jungermanniaceae.
jungermanniales
junggrammatiker
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
junglier
junglier
adj
comparative form of jungly: more jungly
juniorate
juniorate
noun
(religion) A secondary school for young people planning to enter religious life.
juniorities
juniorities
noun
plural of juniority
juniper
juniper
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) Gin.
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
juniperaceae
junipers
junipers
noun
plural of juniper
juniperus
junkdealer
junker
junker
noun
(informal, US, Canada) A beat-up automobile.
A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects.
A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
junkerdom
junkerdom
noun
The policies or attitudes of junkers.
junkerish
junkerish
adj
(historical) Characteristic of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
junkerism
junkerism
noun
(historical) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
junkers
junkers
noun
plural of junker
junketeer
junketeer
noun
A junketer.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a junket or banquet etc.
junketeered
junketeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of junketeer
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
junketeers
junketeers
noun
plural of junketeer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of junketeer
junketer
junketer
noun
Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer.