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.

Fringed with long, pendent hair.

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

a feeling of extreme joy; jubilation.

a feeling of extreme joy; jubilance; jubilation.

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

In a jubilant manner.

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

To exult; to rejoice.

A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.

Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity.

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

Of or pertaining to the Jews.

After the Jewish manner.

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

One who believes and practices Judaism.

Of or pertaining to Judaism.

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

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

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.

See Raskolnik.

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

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

See Jacksnipe.

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

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

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

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.

One who judges.

The office or position of a judge.

The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.

depending on judgment; as, a judgmental error.

Same as judgeship; -- a variant spelling.

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

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

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

In a judicial capacity or judicial manner.

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.

Of or relating to a court; judicial.

In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.

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

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

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

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

Coupled together.

A judge.

Judgment.

A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.

An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.

One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindus. See also Jagannath.

A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna, whose chief idol and worship are at Puri, in Orissa. The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul. The principal festivals are the Snanayatra, when the idol is bathed, and the Rathayatra, when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings. Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car. It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution.

A trick by sleight of hand.

A female juggler.

Jugglery; underhand practice.

See Jougs.

An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.

An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).

A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.

A yellow crystalline substance (C10H6O3) resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin. Chemically, it is 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione.

A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.

To cut the throat of.

The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.

One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants. A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

To moisten; to wet.

Drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.

Drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.

Lacking juice; dry.

a utensil with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice fro citrus fruit.

The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants.

A bounding with juice; succulent.

Judgment; justice; sentence.

same as jujutsu.

the magical power associated with a juju{2}.

The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Zizyphus jujuba, Zizyphus vulgaris, Zizyphus mucronata, and Zizyphus Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.

To perch on anything, as birds do.

A phonograph or compact disc player with multiple discs, requiring the insertion of coins prior to playing, and allowing the user to select the playing of any disc in its inventory. An early version was called the nickelodeon.

Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.

Relating to, or derived from, Julius Caesar.

A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.

Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin.

A catkin or ament. See Ament.

The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

See Gillyflower.

The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.

A small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie having a hole in the middle.

A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.

Confused mixture.

One who confuses things.

In a confused manner.

Any object which is a very large example of its class.

A large commercial jet airplane, usually having a passenger capacity of over 300 in normal use; also called widebody airplane.

A jumelle opera glass, or the like.

A beast; especially, a beast of burden.

Same as jump-start, v. t..

Exactly; pat.

The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump.

To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) using a temporary connection to supply electrical power from another vehicle or another source of current; -- an emergency procedure used when a vehicle's own battery has insufficient power to start the vehicle normally.

Upstart.

to insert a jumper{2} between the two contacts in (a circuit). See 2nd jumper.

A loose upper garment A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

A cable or pair of cables used to jump-start a vehicle.

having a jumper{2} connecting two contacts in (a circuit).

of Jump, to leap.

a one-piece coverall used by parachutists while jumping from an airplane.

See Buttweld, v. t.

Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; extremely nervous; jittery.

A natural family of tufted herbs resembling grasses, including the true rushes; called also the rush family.

Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Juncace/), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.

See Junket.

A fossil rush.

Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.

Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.

A joining; a union; an alliance.

The type genus of the Juncaceae, comprising the rushes; they are perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions.

The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.

See june beetle.

A kind of early apple.

The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry. The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and shad tree.

Carl Gustav Jung, a noted Swiss psychiatrist and Psychologist(1875-1961).

A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the family, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniace/.