A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjective
abjective
adj
Tending to make abject.
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjoinant
adjoinant
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous, adjoining.
adjoining
adjoining
adj
Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
verb
present participle of adjoin
adjudging
adjudging
verb
present participle of adjudge
adjusting
adjusting
noun
Adjustment.
verb
present participle of adjust
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
aljamiado
aljamiado
noun
Text of non-Semitic language, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters.
aljofaina
apjohnite
apjohnite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
aunjetitz
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
bajarigar
banjoists
banjoists
noun
plural of banjoist
banjorine
barajillo
benjamins
benjamins
noun
plural of benjamin
benjamite
benjamite
Noun
A Benjaminite.
bijugular
birobijan
brinjaree
brinjaree
Noun
A member of a group of Indian dacoits.
A rough-haired East Indian greyhound.
brinjarry
caiquejee
caiquejee
noun
Alternative form of caïquejee
cisjurane
cisjurane
adj
On the nearer side of the Jura mountains
comitadji
comitadji
noun
(historical) A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.
conjugial
conjugial
adj
Alternative form of conjugal used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
corantijn
cucujidae
demijambe
disadjust
disadjust
verb
(transitive) to undo an adjustment.
to disturb
disjasked
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
disjaskit
disjaskit
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out
djalmaite
ejulation
ejulation
noun
(obsolete) A wailing; lamentation.
ejuration
faujasite
faujasite
noun
(mineralogy) A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms.
forjaskit
frailejon
guejarite
guejarite
noun
(mineralogy) chalcostibite
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
hijacking
hijacking
noun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
verb
present participle of hijack
injectant
injectant
noun
A substance that is injected.
injurable
injurable
adj
Capable of being injured.
jabbering
jabbering
noun
Speech that jabbers; gibberish.
verb
present participle of jabber
jabbingly
jabbingly
adv
In a jabbing way; spikily.
jaborandi
jaborandi
noun
Any of several species of the genus Pilocarpus of plants, some of which are important medicinally.
jacalinne
jacanidae
jacarandi
jacinthes
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
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
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jacknifed
jacknives
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksonia
jacobinia
jacobinia
noun
The flowering plant Justicia carnea.
jacobinic
jacobinic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary.
jacobitic
jacobitic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
jacobsite
jacobsite
noun
(mineralogy) A manganese iron oxide mineral, a magnetite spinel.
jacquelin
jacquerie
jacquerie
noun
A violent revolt by peasants.
jactation
jactation
noun
A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
Boasting; bragging; showing off.
The action of throwing.
jactitate
jactitate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To move about restlessly.
jacutinga
jacutinga
noun
A bird, the black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).
jaganmati
jaggaries
jaggaries
noun
plural of jaggary
jaggeries
jaggeries
noun
plural of jaggery
jaghirdar
jaghirdar
noun
Alternative spelling of jagirdar
jagiellos
jahvistic
jahwistic
jailbirds
jailbirds
noun
plural of jailbird
jailbreak
jailbreak
noun
(computing) A modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet) to allow the installation and use of software not officially supported by the device's manufacturer.
verb
(transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
To escape from prison.
jaileress
jaileress
noun
(obsolete) A female jailer.
jailering
jailering
noun
The work or role of a jailer.
jailhouse
jailhouse
noun
A building containing a prison.
jailoring
jaloppies
jaloppies
noun
plural of jaloppy
jalousied
jalousied
adj
Fitted with jalousies (window slats).
jalousies
jalousies
noun
plural of jalousie
jalousing
jalousing
verb
present participle of jalouse
jamaicans
janiculan
janiculum
janiculum
Proper noun
A hill in western Rome, Italy.
janissary
janissary
noun
(figuratively) An elite, highly loyal supporter.
(historical) An infantry soldier, often of Christian descent and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826); (by extension) any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
janitress
janitress
noun
a female janitor
janiuszck
jansenism
jansenism
Noun
The Catholic doctrines of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination.
jansenist
jansenist
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Jansenism.
Noun
An advocate of Jansenism.
jansenize
januaries
januarius
januslike
japaconin
japanized
japanized
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Japanized
japanizes
japanizes
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Japanizes
japanning
japanning
noun
European technique of creating lacquerware in imitation of traditional Japanese style.
japannish
japannish
adj
(nonce word) After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.
japhetide
japhetite
japhetite
Adjective
Japhetic
Noun
A supposed descendant of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah.
japonicas
japonicas
noun
plural of japonica
japonizer
japygidae
jaqueline
jaquesian
jargoning
jargoning
noun
Unintelligible speech.
verb
present participle of jargon
jargonise
jargonise
verb
Alternative form of jargonize
jargonish
jargonish
adj
Full of jargon.
jargonist
jargonist
noun
Someone who overuses jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
jargonium
jargonium
noun
(obsolete) A rejected name for hafnium.
jargonize
jargonize
verb
(intransitive) To speak or write using jargon.
(transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon.
jarosites
jarosites
noun
plural of jarosite
jarovized
jarovizes
jarringly
jarringly
adv
In a jarring manner.
jasperite
jasperite
noun
jasper (the gem)
jasperize
jasperize
verb
To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper
jasperoid
jasperoid
noun
(mineralogy) A rare dense siliceous rock similar in appearance to chert.
jaspidean
jaspidean
adj
Containing jasper
Resembling jasper.
jaspilite
jaspilite
noun
(mineralogy) A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.
jaspilyte
jatamansi
jatamansi
noun
Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas.
jatrophic
jatrophic
adj
Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.
jaundiced
jaundiced
adj
(figuratively) Prejudiced; envious.
(pathology) Affected with jaundice.
jaundices
jaundices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice
jauntiest
jauntiest
adj
superlative form of jaunty: most jaunty
javelinas
javelinas
noun
plural of javelina
javelined
javelined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of javelin
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jawboning
jawboning
noun
Persistent persuasive talk.
verb
present participle of jawbone
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
jazziness
jazziness
noun
The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
jeraldine
jeremiads
jeremiads
noun
plural of jeremiad
jerricans
jerricans
noun
plural of jerrican
jessamies
jessamies
noun
plural of jessamy
jessamine
jessamine
noun
Alternative form of jasmine
jicaquean
jicarilla
jigamaree
jigamaree
noun
A maneuver or cunning trick.
A thingamabob; an object of uncertain name.
A trivial, ridiculous or worthless fancy.
jiggerman
jiggerman
noun
A person employed to operate the jigger (horizontal lathe used in producing flatware).