(aviation) An airplane powered by turbofan engines.
fanjets
fanjets
noun
plural of fanjet
fidejussionary
frailejon
infeijdation
injustifiable
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jackknifes
jackknifes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife
jacknifed
janifer
jawfallen
jawfallen
adj
(archaic) Dejected, dispirited.
(obsolete) Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.
jeffersonia
jeffersonia
noun
Any of several herbs of the genus Jeffersonia (Berberidaceae), especially (Jeffersonia diphylla).
Any of the trilobites of the genus Jeffersonia (Bathyuridae)
jeffersonian
jeffersonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his political theories.
Noun
A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories.