In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
adjacent
adjacent
adj
(figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
noun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
prep
(figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Next to; beside.
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
bajocian
bajocian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
caborojo
cajaputs
cajeputs
cajolers
cajolers
noun
plural of cajoler
cajolery
cajolery
noun
cajolement
cajoling
cajoling
noun
the act of one who cajoles
verb
present participle of cajole
cajuputs
canajong
canajong
noun
Alternative form of canagong
canjilon
carajura
carajura
noun
A Brazilian plant, the cricket-vine (Fridericia chica).
A red pigment extracted from the leaves of this plant.
carcajou
carcajou
noun
Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
carijona
coadjust
coadjust
verb
To adjust by mutual adaptations.
coadjute
coadjute
verb
To cooperate (with)
conjugal
conjugal
adj
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
crackjaw
crackjaw
adj
Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.
ejaculum
ejaculum
noun
ejaculation; ejaculate
flapjack
flapjack
noun
(Britain) A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.
(US) A pancake.
flipjack
highjack
highjack
noun
Alternative spelling of hijack
hijacked
hijacked
adj
Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hijack
hijacker
hijacker
noun
(computing) Hijackware.
Someone who hijacks.
jacaltec
jacamars
jacamars
noun
plural of jacamar
jacconet
jacconet
noun
Alternative form of jaconet
jacconot
jacintha
jacinthe
jacinths
jacinths
noun
plural of jacinth
jacitara
jacitara
noun
The jacitara palm
jackaroo
jackaroo
noun
(Australia) A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.
(Australia, Queensland, obsolete) A white man living outside of a white settlement.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a jackaroo.
jackbird
jackbird
noun
A saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
jackboot
jackboot
noun
(informal, by extension) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.
A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
verb
(intransitive) To march in jackboots.
(transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
jackelyn
jackeroo
jackeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of jackaroo
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
jackhead
jackhorn
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
jackpile
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
jackroll
jackroll
verb
(transitive) To rob or mug (a person).
(transitive, South Africa) To perpetrate male gang rape against women (jackrolling).
jackshay
jackshay
noun
(dated, Australia) A pot (incorporating a cup) used to make tea
jackshea
jackstay
jackstay
noun
(nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.
(nautical) A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.
(nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.
(underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.
jackweed
jackwood
jackwood
noun
Cryptocarya glaucescens, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly.
jackyard
jackyard
noun
(nautical) A spar at the top of a mast that supports a topsail
jacobaea
jacobean
jacobean
Adjective
Relating to a Jacob or James.
Relating to or characteristic of the reign of James VI and I (of Scotland and England).
Noun
A partisan of James I and of the House of Stuart.
jacobian
jacobian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Jacobian
jacobina
jacobine
jacobine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).
jacobins
jacobite
jacobsen
jacobson
jacolatt
jaconace
jaconets
jaconets
noun
plural of jaconet
jacounce
jacquard
jacquard
noun
(countable) A Jacquard loom.
Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
jacquely
jactance
jactance
noun
(formal) Boasting; bragging; showing off.
jactancy
jactancy
noun
(obsolete) boasting; bragging
jacteleg
jactivus
jaculate
jaculate
verb
To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.
jaenicke
jagataic
jamaican
janeczka
janerich
janiceps
janiceps
noun
conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions
japhetic
japhetic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible.
Of or pertaining to the supposed languages spoken by the descendants of Japheth.
japonica
japonica
noun
A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.
A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.
jaqitsch
jararaca
jararaca
noun
A species of venomous snake found in South America, Bothrops jararaca.
jargonic
jargonic
adj
Of or pertaining to a language to be described as jargon.
Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.
jauncing
jauncing
verb
present participle of jaunce
jaundice
jaundice
noun
(figurative) A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
jcanette
jeconiah
jeconiah
Proper noun
An ancient king of Judah, the son and successor of King Jehoiakim, who was dethroned by the King of Babylon in the 6th century BC and taken into captivity.
jedlicka
jerrican
jerrycan
jerrycan
noun
A robust fuel container often made from pressed steel.
jimcrack
jimcrack
adj
Alternative spelling of gimcrack
jincamas
joachima
joacimah
jocatory
jochabed
joyances
joyances
noun
plural of joyance
judaical
judicata
judicate
judicial
judicial
adj
(Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
Of or relating to the administration of justice.
Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
noun
That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
jurassic
jurassic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.
Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.
Proper noun
The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.
justicia
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
lonejack
majestic
majestic
adj
Having qualities of splendor or royalty.
majolica
majolica
noun
Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s).
Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body.
majorcan
majorcan
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, Majorca.
Noun
Someone from Majorca.
muntjacs
muntjacs
noun
plural of muntjac
rejacket
rejacket
verb
(transitive) To cover (a book, etc.) with a new jacket.
sajovich
schwejda
scramjet
scramjet
noun
(aeronautics) A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds, in which combustion of the fuel/air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds.
skipjack
skipjack
noun
(obsolete) An upstart.
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
An elaterid; a click beetle.
Katsuwonus pelamis.
Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
The alewife
The bonito
The butterfish
The common bluefish
The cutlass fish
The jurel
The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
The runner.
The saurel.
The saury.
skyjacks
skyjacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skyjack
slapjack
slapjack
noun
(countable, US, dialect) A type of pancake, or flapjack.
(uncountable) A simple card game similar to snap.
snapjack
snipjack
sourjack
stickjaw
stickjaw
noun
Food that is difficult to chew or swallow, such as toffee or pudding.