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| Word | Definition |
| jabberwock | nonsense, gibberish |
| jabiru | large tropical stork with massive bill |
| jabot | lace frill worn on shirt or dress front |
| jacana | long-toed tropical freshwater wading bird |
| jacent | lying flat; sluggish |
| jacinthe | orange colour |
| jack | ship's flag flown from jack-staff at bow of vessel |
| jack | medieval leather coat worn as armour |
| jackanapes | impudent child; conceited fellow |
| jack-block | pulley system for raising topgallant masts |
| jack-cross-tree | single iron cross-tree at head of a topgallant mast |
| jackstaff | short staff at ship's bow from which the jack is hoisted |
| jackstay | iron or wooden bar running along yard of ship to which sails fastened |
| jackyard | spar used to spread the foot of a gaff-topsail |
| jacobin | extremist or radical in politics |
| jaconet | stout cotton cloth |
| jacquard | intricately-woven variegated fabric; loom for making jacquard |
| jactancy | boastfulness, vainglory |
| jactation | throwing; boasting |
| jactitation | a tossing, twitching or jerking of the body; a false claim |
| jacu | large South American game bird |
| jaculation | the act of throwing or hurling |
| jaculiferous | having arrow-like prickles |
| jade | pitiful horse; a nag |
| jagger | toothed chisel |
| jaggery | coarse and dark sugar |
| jailage | fee paid to jailer |
| jaleo | lively Spanish dance |
| jalouse | to suspect; to be jealous of |
| jalousie | outside shutter with slats |
| jamb | metal leg-armour |
| jambeau | armour worn on the legs |
| jambiya | curved dagger with two edges |
| jamdani | fine Indian cotton cloth with woven flower pattern |
| jampan | an Indian sedan chair |
| jangada | crude log raft |
| janiform | having two faces |
| janitrix | a female janitor |
| janizary | a follower or supporter |
| janker | long pole on wheels for transporting logs |
| jannock | outspoken; honest; outgoing |
| jansky | unit of strength of radio wave emission |
| japan | glossy black varnish or lacquer |
| japanophilia | love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese |
| jarabe | Mexican dance for male and female partners |
| jararaca | poisonous Brazilian snake |
| jardinière | container for displaying flowers |
| jardon | callous or swelling on a horse's leg |
| jargonaut | one who uses excessive jargon |
| jargonelle | early pear |
| jargoon | brilliant pale or colourless zircon |
| jark | seal or insignia on a counterfeit document |
| jarta | term of endearment |
| jarvey | hackney-coach |
| jaseran | fine chain mail jacket |
| jaspe | cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect |
| jasper | to marble; to speckle |
| jasperated | mottled; streaked with various colours |
| jaspideous | of the nature of jasper |
| jato | jet-assisted takeoff engine |
| jaunce | to prance; to cause a horse to prance |
| javanais | word alternation slang adding 'av' or 'va' to end of syllables |
| javelot | small spear or javelin |
| jawhole | cesspool; sewer entrance |
| jaw-jaw | empty, sterile chatter |
| jazzbo | slapstick comedy |
| jazzetry | poetry read to jazz accompaniment |
| jazzophone | musical instrument like a kazoo with a trumpet bell |
| jebel | hill or mountain |
| jecoral | of, like or pertaining to the liver |
| jectigation | wagging, tremulous movement |
| jeepable | able to be traversed by jeep |
| jejunator | one who fasts |
| jejune | lacking interest or significance; dull or insipid; dry; empty |
| jellygraph | old device for copying that used a plate of jelly |
| jemadar | an Indian police or customs officer |
| jemmy | burglar's short crowbar |
| jennet | small Spanish horse |
| jenneting | early type of apple |
| jentacular | of, like or pertaining to breakfast |
| jeofail | official or legal acknowledgement of a mistake |
| jerboa | nocturnal desert-dwelling jumping rodent |
| jeremiad | prolonged complaint; angry or cautionary harangue; lamentation |
| jerkinhead | truncated gable with a lipped roof |
| jeroboam | large bottle for holding equivalent of 6 ordinary wine bottles |
| jerque | to search for smuggled goods |
| jersey | plain weft-knitted fabric of wool, cotton, nylon or silk |
| jess | ringed strap tied to leg of falcon or hawk |
| jessamy | yellow like a jasmine |
| jessant | in heraldry, overlying |
| jesserant | splinted armour |
| jesuitical | cunning; quibbling |
| jesuitocracy | government by Jesuits |
| jetavator | control surface for deflecting rocket exhaust |
| jeton | stamped metal token used in card-playing or reckoning accounts |
| jettatura | the evil eye |
| jib | small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast |
| jibboom | spar forming an extension of the bowsprit |
| jibe | to change a ship's course to make the boom shift sides |
| jiboya | boa constrictor |
| jiffy | unit of time used in computing equal to 1/100 second; any small unit of time |
| jigamaree | a thingamajig; a cunning manoeuvre |
| jiggermast | aftermost mast of a four-masted ship |
| jiggery-pokery | deceptive or manipulative humbug |
| jiggumbob | a thingamabob; a gadget; a whatsit; a gewgaw |
| jimswinger | a frock coat |
| jink | to move quickly with sudden turns and shifts |
| jinker | light horse-drawn passenger carriage |
| jitney | small passenger vehicle |
| jitterbug | jazz dance featuring vigorous acrobatic feats |
| jive | fast dance done to jazz or swing music |
| jnana | knowledge obtained through meditation |
| jobation | tedious scolding |
| jobbernowl | a blockish or stupid head |
| jobbery | the conduct of public business for private gain |
| jocko | a chimpanzee |
| jockteleg | large clasp knife |
| jocose | merry; characterized by joking |
| jocoserious | half in jest; half serious |
| joculator | professional jester or minstrel |
| joggle | tooth or pin to prevent surfaces from slipping |
| joinder | legal uniting or joining |
| jointure | property granted to wife for use after husband's death |
| joist | beam supporting boards of a floor or laths of a ceiling |
| jolley | guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates |
| jollyboat | small boat kept hoisted at ship's stern |
| jolterhead | clumsy oaf; blockhead |
| jongleur | wandering minstrel |
| jordan | a chamberpot |
| jorum | large bowl containing drinks |
| joss | luck, fate |
| jota | fast Spanish folk dance in triple time |
| jougs | iron collar attached to post and put around neck as punishment |
| jounce | to bump or jolt |
| jovialist | a convivial person |
| jow | to ring a bell; a stroke of a bell |
| juba | dance with clapping and leg slapping performed by Southern blacks |
| jubate | maned; having or possessing a mane |
| jubbah | long loose outer garment worn by Muslims |
| jube | ornamental choir-screen |
| jubilarian | one who celebrates a jubilee, especially a priest, monk, or nun |
| jubilate | the third Sunday after Easter |
| jud | mass of coal ready for final removal |
| judder | strong vibration in an aircraft |
| judicature | power of dispensing justice by trial |
| judogi | jacket and trousers worn by practitioner of judo |
| jug | sound of the nightingale |
| jugate | side by side; in pairs; overlapping |
| juggins | a simpleton |
| juglandaceous | of, like or pertaining to walnuts |
| jugulate | to cut the throat of |
| julep | sweetened and often medicated drink |
| jumar | mountaineering clip that grips rope when weight is applied |
| jumart | impossible mythical offspring of a cow and donkey |
| jumbal | thin crisp sweet cake |
| jumboism | admiration for large things |
| jumelle | paired or twinned article; opera-glasses |
| jumentous | like a horse |
| juncaceous | of, like or pertaining to rushes |
| junco | North American finch |
| juntocracy | government by a junta |
| jupon | sleeveless jacket worn beneath a hauberk |
| jural | of, like or pertaining to the law |
| juramentum | oath |
| jurant | taking an oath; one who takes an oath |
| jurat | memorandum at end of affidavit showing to whom it was sworn |
| juratory | of, like or pertaining to an oath |
| jure | by law |
| jurel | coastal fish of southern United States |
| jurimetrics | application of scientific methods to legal problems |
| jurisconsult | legal expert |
| jurymast | mast erected on ship in place of one lost |
| jus | law; legal right |
| jussive | expressing a command |
| justiciar | administrator of justice; supreme judge |
| jutty | projecting part of a wall |
| juvenal | a youth; young bird's plumage |
| juvenescent | becoming youthful |
| juvenilia | works of one's youth; early works of an artist or author |
| juxtapositive | indicating juxtaposition |
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