(South Africa, historical) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
howadji
howadji
noun
A merchant in the East.
A traveller in the East.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jasminewood
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jawboning
jawboning
noun
Persistent persuasive talk.
verb
present participle of jawbone
jaworski
jenkintown
jimsonweed
jimsonweed
noun
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
(US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.
jimsonweeds
jimsonweeds
noun
plural of jimsonweed
jobbernowlism
jointweed
jointweed
noun
Any member of the genus Polygonella of knotweeds and smartweeds.
jointwood
jointworm
jointworm
noun
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.
jowari
jowing
jowlier
jowlier
adj
comparative form of jowly: more jowly
jowliest
jowliest
adj
superlative form of jowly: most jowly
jowlinesses
jowlish
jowlish
adj
Synonym of jowly (“having conspicuous jowls”)
juliustown
ojibwa
ojibwas
ojibway
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
