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Jealousy

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.

jean

A twilled cotton cloth.

Jedding ax

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

Jeel

A morass; a shallow lake.

Jeer

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

Jeerer

A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

Jeering

Mocking; scoffing. A mocking utterance.

Jeffersonia

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

Jeffersonian

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.

Jeffersonite

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

Jehovah

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.

Jehovist

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

Jehovistic

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.

Jehu

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

Jejunity

The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

Jejunum

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

Jelerang

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

jellaba

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

jelled

congealed from a liquid state into a jelly; jellied.

jellied

Brought to the state or consistency of jelly.

jellify

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

jello Jell-O

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..

Jelly

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

Jellyfish

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

Jemidar

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.

Jemmy

A short crowbar. See Jimmy.

Jeniquen

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

Jenkins

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

Jennet

A small Spanish horse; a genet.

Jenneting

A variety of early apple. See Juneating.

Jenny

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

Jentling

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

Jeofail

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

Jeopard

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

Jequirity bean Jequirity

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.

Jerboa

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.

Jereed

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

Jeremiade Jeremiad

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

Jerk

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

Jerking

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

Jerkinhead

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

jerkoff

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

jerkwater

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

jerky

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

Jeronymite

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

Jerquer

A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

Jerquing

The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

Jerry

Flimsy; jerry-built.

Jerry-builder

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

Jerry-built

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

Jerusalem

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

Jervine

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

Jess

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.

Jessant

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

Jesse

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.

Jessed

Having jesses on, as a hawk.

Jester

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

Jestful

Given to jesting; full of jokes.

Jesting

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

Jesuit

One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.

Jesuited

Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.

Jesuitess

One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.

Jesuitocracy

Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country.

Jesus

The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.

Jet

To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

jet set

an international group of wealthy individuals who travel frequently to international resorts. -- the group is not organized, but membership is defined solely by frequent travel for pleasure.

Jet-black

Black as jet; deep black. See first jet.

jet-setting

frequent international travel for pleasure, as contrasted with business.

Jeterus

A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.

Jetson Jetsam

Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan (or lagan), goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.

Jetter

One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.

Jettiness

The state of being jetty; blackness.

jetting

being propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; -- of liquids.

Jetton

A metal counter used in playing cards.

Jetty

To jut out; to project.

Jew

To bargain down (a person) in price; as, I jewed him down to ten dollars.

Jew-baiter

someone who hates and would persecute Jews; an anti-Semite.

Jew's-ears Jew's-ear

A widely distributed species of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae, formerly Hirneola Auricula-Jud/, or Hirneola Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear and growing on decaying wood.

Jew's-harp

An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.

Jewbush

A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (Pedilanthus tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.

Jewel

To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels; to bejewel.

Jeweler

One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

jewels-of-opar

An erect plant (Talinum paniculatum) with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers, grwing from Southwestern North America to Central America; it has been widely introduced elsewhere.

Jewess

A female Jew; a Hebrew woman; a female adherent of Judaism.

Jewfish

A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.

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