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.

The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

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.

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.

A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.

An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.

To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to jeopardize; to hazard.

One who puts in jeopardy.

To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

Perilous; hazardous.

To jeopardize.

The seed of the wild licorice (Abrus precatorius) used by the people of India for beads in rosaries and necklaces, as a standard weight, etc.; -- called also jumble bead.

Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. Dipus Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.

A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.

A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.

The gyrfalcon.

See Jerquer.

Same as Jereed.

To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

To masturbate.

A male gyrfalcon.

The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.

The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.

A lazy, foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person; -- an offensive and disparaging term.

small and remote and insignificant; as, a jerkwater college.

Meat, especially beef, that has been cut in strips and dried; meat that has been jerked; see first jerk, v.; as, beef jerky

The Himalayan snow partridge.

One belonging of the medi/val religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome.

See Geropigia.

A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

Flimsy; jerry-built.

A professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poor materials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction.

Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.

The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.

A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon.

Same as Jasmine.

Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.

Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art A genealogical tree represented in stained glass. A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.

Having jesses on, as a hawk.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

Given to jesting; full of jokes.

The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.

In a jesting manner.

Jesus.