Nouns

jargoon

noun

a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

jarrell

noun

United States poet (1914-1965)

jawan

noun

(India) a private soldier or male constable

jawfish

noun

small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sand...

jawbreaker

noun

a large round hard candy

jejuneness

noun

the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated

jejunity

noun

the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated

jejunostomy

noun

surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the...

jellaba

noun

a loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and north...

jennet

noun

female donkey

jerboa

noun

mouselike jumping rodent

jeremiad

noun

a long and mournful complaint

jeroboam

noun

a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)

jespersen

noun

Danish linguist (1860-1943)

jessamine

noun

a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or...

jesuitism

noun

the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often consider...

jevons

noun

English economist and logician who contributed to the develo...

jewelweed

noun

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange fl...

jewfish

noun

large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales

jidda

noun

port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca

jiggermast

noun

any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmas...

jimsonweed

noun

intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having...

jingoism

noun

an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

jinja

noun

a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria

jinrikisha

noun

a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one pe...

jitney

noun

a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transpor...

jiujitsu

noun

a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed...

jobholder

noun

an employee who holds a regular job

jobber

noun

someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to me...

jobbery

noun

corruptness among public officials

jocoseness

noun

the trait of merry joking

jocosity

noun

fun characterized by humor

jocularity

noun

fun characterized by humor

jocundity

noun

a feeling facetious merriment

jodhpurs

noun

(used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; w...

joggle

noun

a slight irregular shaking motion

johnnycake

noun

cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly...

johore

noun

sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Feder...

jointure

noun

(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage...

jointer

noun

a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards s...

jointworm

noun

larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and o...

jollification

noun

a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity

jongleur

noun

a singer of folk songs

jonquil

noun

widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe...

joppa

noun

a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated...

jorum

noun

a large drinking bowl

jotter

noun

a small notebook for rough notes

josue

noun

a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Is...

jotun

noun

(Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict...

jounce

noun

a sudden jarring impact