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Jaal goat
A species of wild goat () found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also , and .
jackboot tactics
Harsh strongarm tactics; repressive, bullying and militaristic tactics like those used in authoritarian or totalitarian countries; -- used opprobriously, and often in hyperbolic exaggeration of police tactics in democratic countries.
jackstraws
The game played with jackstraws{2}, which resembles .
Jacobite
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
Jaculable
Fit for throwing.
jaded
dulled by surfeit; .
jaggary
unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap. See .
Jairou
The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.
Jakes
A privy.
jambalaya
A spicy Creole dish of rice with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, plus tomatoes, and seasoned with peppers, onions, herbs, and celery.
jampan
a kind of sedan chair used in India.
Janissary
See .
Janitor
A door-keeper; a porter.
Janizary
A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
Japanese
Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
Japonism
A quality, idiom, or peculiarity characteristic of the Japanese or their products, esp. in art.
Jatrophic
Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus .
Javel
A vagabond.
Javelinier
A soldier armed with a javelin.
Jay
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to , , and allied genera of the family . They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.
Jayhawker
A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.
Jazel
A gem of an azure color.
Jeer
A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Jeffersonite
A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
jehad
Same as .
Jenkins
A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; .
Jesuited
Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.
Jesus
The ; 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
A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also .
Jetteau
See .
Jewellery
See .
Jewess
A female Jew; a Hebrew woman; a female adherent of Judaism.
Jewish calendar
A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 , the date traditionally given for the Creation.
Jibber
A horse that jibs.
Jilt
A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.
Jimcrack
See .
jitterbug
a fast and vigorous American dance that was popular in the 1940s, having few standardized steps and personalized with various twirls, twists, and acrobatic moves; it was performed often to the accompaniment of swing or boogie-woogie tunes.
Jobbernowl
A blockhead.
Jockey
To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
jocote
A common tropical American shrub or small tree () with purplish fruit.
Johannisberger
A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) , on the Rhine.
Johnny
A familiar diminutive of .
Jointly
In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
Jointress
A woman who has a jointure.
Jostle
To push; to crowd; to hustle.
Jostlement
Crowding; hustling.
Journalist
One who keeps a journal or diary; a diarist.
Joust
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
Joust
A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
joyfulness
the emotion of great happiness.
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.
Juglandine
An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut ().
Jumelle
Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed in pairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc.
Juncous
Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.
Juncture
A joining; a union; an alliance.
Jungian
of or pertaining to , Swiss psychiatrist.
Juniperin
A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries.
Juniperus
The genus of trees comprising the junipers.
Junketing
A feast or entertainment; a revel.
Jupe
Same as .
Just
To joust.
Just
A joust.
Justiciary
An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
Justify
To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Justinian
Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.
Juvia
A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree () which produces the large seeds known as .
Juxtaposit
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.