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Joker

One who makes jokes or jests.

joking

intended as a joke; -- of communications.

Jolif

Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly.

Jollity

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

Jolly

A marine in the English navy.

Jolly-boat

A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

Jolt

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

Jolter

One who, or that which, jolts.

Jolty

That jolts; as, a jolty coach.

Jonah

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

Jonquille Jonquil

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.

Jordan

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.

Jordanella

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

Jorum

A large drinking vessel; also, its contents.

Joseph

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

Joso

A small gudgeon.

Joss

A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

Jossa

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

Jostle

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

Jot

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

Jotter

One who jots down memoranda.

Jougs

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

joule

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.

Joulemeter

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

Jounce

A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

journalese

the linguistic style in which newspapers are written.

Journalist

One who keeps a journal or diary; a diarist.

Journalistic

Pertaining to journals, journalism, or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as, journalistic literature or enterprise.

Journalize

to conduct or contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a journalist.

Journey

To traverse; to travel over or through.

journeying

the act or process of traveling from one place to another.

Journeyman

Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has finished an apprenticeship and is a competent worker in a handicraft or trade, but has not received recognition as a master; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.

Journeywork

Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.

Joust

A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

Joviality

The quality or state of being jovial.

Jovially

In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.

Jovian

Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).

Jovicentric

Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.

Jovinianist

An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time.

Jowl

To throw, dash, or knock.

Jowler

A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.

Jowter

A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster.

Joy

To give joy to; to congratulate.

Joyance

Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.

Joyful

Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.

Joyless

Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.

Joyous

Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

JPEG

A standardized format for storing graphic data in binary computer files, allowing over 16 million different colors. It allows for lossy compression, i. e. the compression of data into a form which re-expands into an image close, but not identical to the original image. Files stored in this format usually carry the extension jpg or jpeg. Compare GIF.

Jub

A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug.

juba

A dance developed by slaves in the U. S., having a lively tune and accompanied by a complex rhythmic clapping, and by slapping the thighs.

Jubate

Fringed with long, pendent hair.

Jube

A chancel screen or rood screen. The gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.

jubilance

a feeling of extreme joy; jubilation.

jubilancy

a feeling of extreme joy; jubilance; jubilation.

Jubilant

Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.

Jubilar

Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee.

Jubilation

A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.

Jucundity

Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity.

Judahite

One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.

Judaism

The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses, and for many adherents, in the Talmud.

Judaist

One who believes and practices Judaism.

Judaization

The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual.

Judaize

To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism.

Judaizer

One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.

Judas

The disciple who betrayed Christ. A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. Treacherous; betraying.

Judas-colored

Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.

Judean

Of or pertaining to Judea. A native of Judea; a Jew.

Judeo-Christian

having origins in both Judaism and Christianity; of or pertaining to Christianity; as, the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Judge

To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.

Judge-made

Created by judges or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc., and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation considered as doing this. Judge-made law is contrasted with statutory law and civil law.

judging

The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.

judgmental

depending on judgment; as, a judgmental error.

judgship

Same as judgeship; -- a variant spelling.

Judicable

Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon.

Judicative

Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.

Judicatory

Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.

Judicially

In a judicial capacity or judicial manner.

Judiciary

That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary.

Judicious

Of or relating to a court; judicial.

Judiciously

In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.

Judiciousness

The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.

judo

a sport adapted from jujitsu, originally a method of self-defense without weapons, and similar to wrestling; it was developed in Japan.

Jug

To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

Jugata

The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.

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