A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men.

To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them.

A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

A Cuban timber tree (Malpighia obovata) with hard wood very resistant to moisture.

Any of several North African gerbils.

a small bus or similar vehicle carrying passengers on a fixed route, used for public transport.

to do the jitterbug.

an uneasy state; nervousness; as, the prospect of being drafted gave him a bad case of the jitters.

being in a tense state; easily upset or frightened; -- of a person.

a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.

The Japanese art of self-defense without weapons, now widely used as a system of physical training. It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making clever use of an opponent's strength, weight, and movements to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength, and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy.

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.

Abbreviation for Junior, used after a name by a son who has the same first and last name as his father; -- less commonly used than Jr.

A sweetheart; a darling.

The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man.

A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.

One who works by the job.

A blockhead.

The act or practice of jobbing.

Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.

The act or practice of jesting.

a person trained to compete in sports; an athlete.

To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

A type of men's underpants without legs, fitting tightly and held by an elastic waistband; also called briefs. Originally a tradename, the term has become common for that type of underpants.

The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.

The practice of jockeys.

The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.

A supporting undergarment for the external genitals worn by men engaging in vigorous athletic sports or strenuous exercise; called also athletic supporter and jock.

Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.

Mingling mirth and seriousness.

A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.

A common tropical American shrub or small tree (Spondias purpurea) with purplish fruit.

Jesting; merriment.

In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.

Jocular; jocose; sportive.

A jester; a joker.

Droll; sportive.

Merrily; cheerfully.

The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.

See Johannes.

A West Indian shrub or small tree (Jacquinia keyensis) having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.

Any young animal, especially a young kangaroo.

A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.

One who jogs; as, the paths in Central Park on a summer Saturday are filled with joggers.

The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.

Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings.

A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.

A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.

A proper name of a man.

See St. John's-wort.

A dreamy, idle fellow.

A familiar diminutive of John.

A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked.

The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.

Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.

A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.

The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.

Adjoining.

married.

The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner; doing the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.

Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.

To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.

A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.

One who, or that which, joints.

The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.

Without a joint; rigid; stiff.

In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.

A woman who has a jointure.

To settle a jointure upon.

Having no jointure.

See Jointress.

A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.

The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.

To fit or furnish with joists.

To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

One who makes jokes or jests.

intended as a joke; -- of communications.

In a joking way; sportively.

Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly.

Same as Jowl.

A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

In a jolly manner.

Jollity.

Jollity; noisy mirth.

Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.

A marine in the English navy.

A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

Jollity.

A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.

One who, or that which, jolts.

A dunce; a blockhead.

In a jolting manner.

That jolts; as, a jolty coach.

The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.

Of or pertaining to Jones.

A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.

A long outer garment worn by both sexes of Muslims of the better class.

See Jorum.

A landlocked country of the Middle East, surrounded by Israel, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, and that area on the west bank of the Jordan river which was once claimed by Jordan, and is at present occupied by Israel and in part governed by a Palestinian authority. It has a population of 4,212,152 (1996) in a total area of 89,213 sq km. The population is predominantly Arab and Moslem. Officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, it was formerly called Trans-Jordan when occupied by the British. The government is a constitutional monarchy, with King Hussein Bin Talal Al Hashimi as its ruler since 2 May 1953. Jordan is a small developing Arab country, having a Gross Domestic Product of $19.3 billion in 1995.

a genus of fishes, including the American flagfish (Jordanella floridae), of Florida.

A native or inhabitant of Jordan.

A large drinking vessel; also, its contents.

An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front.

A small gudgeon.

A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

A command to a horse, probably meaning /stand still./

A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.

Crowding; hustling.

To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.

One who jots down memoranda.

An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke.

Jollity; merriment.

See Juke.

See Jowl.

A unit of work which is equal to 107 ergs (the unit of work in the C. G. S. system of units), and is equivalent to one watt-second, the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm; also called the absolute joule. It is abbreviated J or j. The international joule is slightly larger, being 1.000167 times the absolute joule. The absolute joule is approximately equal to 0.737562 foot pounds, 0.239006 gram-calories (small calories), and 3.72506 x 10-7 horsepower-hours, and 0.000948451 B.t.u.

An integrating wattmeter for measuring the energy in joules expended in an electric circuit or developed by a machine.

A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

Daily; diurnal.