One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.

The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.

After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.

To mock; to trick.

A jester; a buffoon.

Jesting; buffoonery.

A Japhetite.

Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages.

A descendant of Japheth.

A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.

A quality, idiom, or peculiarity characteristic of the Japanese or their products, esp. in art.

A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.

The goatsucker.

A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

To wet; to bemire.

An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.

A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.

To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

A variety of pear which ripens early.

Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.

One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.

A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions.

An earthnut.

An ocher-yellow mineral occurring in minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.

The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.

A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.

In a jarring or discordant manner.

The driver of a hackney coach.

A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn.

A young hawk.

A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with Jasminum angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea.

the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Jasper.

Agate jasper.

Having the surface decorated with cloudings and streaks, somewhat as if imitating jasper.

An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped jasper or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.

mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.

To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.

Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.

Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.

A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.

Resembling jasper.

An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.

Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.

To ride hard; to jounce.

To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

Affected with jaundice.

A wearisome journey.

In a jaunty manner.

The quality of being jaunty.

Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java. A native or natives of Java.

A vagabond.

To pierce with a javelin.

A soldier armed with a javelin.

To assail or abuse by scolding.

Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits.

Dejected; chopfallen.

To attempt to influence solely by talking, as contrasted with threatening or inducing by other means, e.g. legislation; esp. to make public appeals in order to influence the behavior of businessmen or labor leaders; -- used especially of the President or other high government officials; as, to jawbone businessmen into forgoing price increases.

Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.

See Maxilliped.

Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk.

See Yawn.

Relating to the jaws.

Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera of the family Corvidae. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.

See Jet.

A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.

A gem of an azure color.

A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.

A type of music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles, but generally featuring intricate rhythms, improvisation, prominent solo segments, and great freedom in harmonic idiom played frequently in a polyphonic style, on various instruments including horn, saxophone, piano and percussion, but rarely stringed instruments.

resembling jazz{1} especially in its rhythm.

Job Control Language.

Jewish Defense League.

Jealousy.

In a jealous manner.

State or quality of being jealous.

The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases directly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

A footman; a flunky.

A twilled cotton cloth.

See 1st Jeer (b).

See Jet.

A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part.

See Gee.

A morass; a shallow lake.

A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.

A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

Mocking; scoffing. A mocking utterance.

See 1st Jeer (b).

An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States) or his political doctrines, which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed to those of the Federalists. An adherent of Jefferson or his doctrines.

A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.

See Jig, 6.

Same as jihad.

A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the /ineffable name/ of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.

One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist.

Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic.

A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.

Pertaining to the jejunum.

The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.

A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.

To jelly.

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

congealed from a liquid state into a jelly; jellied.

Brought to the state or consistency of jelly.

To make, or to become, gelatinous; to make into jelly; to jelly.

a brand of sweetened fruit-flavored powdered mixture, packaged so that it can be conveniently dissolved in hot water and solidified into a gelatin, used as a dessert, sometimes with pieces of fruit mixed in; also the gelatin dessert thus prepared; sometimes used metaphorically; as, when he pulled a gun on me, my knees turned to Jell-O..

To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa and acaleph.

The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army.

Spruceness.

A short crowbar. See Jimmy.

A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber.

See Yenite.

A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.

A small Spanish horse; a genet.

A variety of early apple. See Juneating.

A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. Also called spinning jenny.