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Jabberingly
In a jabbering manner.
Jabiru
One of several large wading birds of the genera and , allied to the storks in form and habits.
Jaborine
An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine.
Jacketing
The material of a jacket; .
Jacksaw
The merganser.
Jackstone
One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
Jackwood
Wood of the jack (), used in cabinetwork.
Jacobite
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
Jag
To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Jaguarondi
A South American wild cat (), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds.
Jam
To become stuck so as not to function; .
jampan
a kind of sedan chair used in India.
Jangling
Idle babbling; vain disputation.
Janizary
A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
January
The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Jarble
To wet; to bemire.
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.
Jeer
To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
Jemmy
A short crowbar. See .
jerky
Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions;
Jermoonal
The Himalayan snow partridge.
Jessant
Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.
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 .
Jib
To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
jiggery-pokery
A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a person in some way.
Jigjog
A jolting motion; a jogging pace.
Jigjog
Having a jolting motion.
Jimmy
A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Jinglingly
So as to jingle.
Jinny road
An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.
Jinrikisha
A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men.
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.
job control language
A programming language used to specify the manner, timing, and other requirements of execution of a task or set of tasks submitted for execution, especially in background, on a multitasking computer; a programming language for controlling job{7} execution. Abbreviated .
Jockey
To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Jocundity
The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
Jostle
To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
Joule's cycle
The cycle for the air engine proposed by . In it air is taken by a pump from a cold chamber and compressed adiabatically until its pressure is eqal to that of the air in a hot chamber, into which it is then delivered, thereby displacing an equal amount of hot air into the engine cylinder. Here it expands adiabatically to the temperature of the cold chamber into which it is finally exhausted. This cycle, reversed, is used in refrigerating machines.
Jounce
A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
Joviality
The quality or state of being jovial.
juba
The mane of an animal.
Jubilantly
In a jubilant manner.
Judaistic
Of or pertaining to Judaism.
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. law is contrasted with and .
judgmental
depending on judgment; .
Judicative
Having power to judge; judicial; .
Judicious
Of or relating to a court; judicial.
Judiciously
In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.
Juge
A judge.
Jumble
A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; .
Jumblement
Confused mixture.
Jumbler
One who confuses things.
jumbo
Any object which is a very large example of its class.
Jump
Exactly; pat.
June bug
See .
Jungian
of or pertaining to , Swiss psychiatrist.
Juniper
Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus and order .
Jurel
A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also , , , , , , and sometimes, improperly, . Other species of (as ) are also sometimes called .
Justiceship
The office or dignity of a justice.
Justiciable
Proper to be examined in a court of justice.
juvenile hormone
A hormone secreted by insects which inhibits the molting of an insect from its juvenile into its adult form; also, substances having similar activity, but produced by plants.