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English words: Jamaica train to Jansenism

300 English words, part 4 of 21 of the words starting with J, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words Jamaica train to Jansenism

  1. Jamaica train noun: A series of sirops or kettles used for the gradual concentration of sugar juice into crystalline form.
  2. Jamaica walnut noun: Picrodendron baccatum, a tree native to the West Indies.
  3. jamaicamide noun: Any of a class of organic compounds isolated from the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula.
  4. Jamaican adjective, noun /d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/: A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
  5. Jamaican apple noun: The cherimoya fruit.
  6. Jamaican blind snake noun: Typhlops jamaicensis, a species of blind snake.
  7. Jamaican ebony noun: A plant, Brya ebenus.
  8. Jamaican hutia noun: Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii).
  9. Jamaican patty noun: A turnover with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
  10. Jamaican vomiting sickness noun: An acute illness, with vomiting and dehydration, caused by the toxin hypoglycin A, found in unripe ackee fruit.
  11. Jamaicanization noun: the act or process of Jamaicanizing.
  12. Jamaicanize verb: to make Jamaican.
  13. Jamaicanness noun: Quality of being Jamaican.
  14. jamaicin noun: An alkaloid found in the tree Andira inermis.
  15. jamaicine noun: A bitter alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Andira inermis, a leguminous tree of Jamaica and Suriname.
  16. jamais vu noun /ˌʒɑː.meɪ ˈvuː/: A sense of unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar.
  17. Jamal proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
  18. Jamalpur proper noun: A city in Jamalpur District, Bangladesh.
  19. jaman noun: Alternative form of jamun.
  20. Jamar proper noun: A male given name.
  21. Jamari proper noun: A male given name.
  22. jamas noun: Alternative form of jarmas (“pajamas”).
  23. jamat noun: Alternative form of jamaat.
  24. jamatkhana noun: A congregational center and place of worship for Nizari Ismaili Muslims.
  25. jamb noun, verb /d͡ʒæm/: Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
  26. jambalaya noun /ˌd͡ʒæmbəˈlaɪə/: Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking, most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.
  27. jambart noun: A piece of armour for the leg below the knee.
  28. jambe noun /ˈd͡ʒæm/: A leg, of an animal or person.
  29. jambeau noun /ˈd͡ʒæm.boʊ/: A piece of armour for the leg (especially below the knee), a greave.
  30. jambee noun: A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.
  31. jamber noun: Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
  32. Jamberoo proper noun: A town in the Kiama council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  33. Jambi proper noun: The capital and largest city of Jambi, Indonesia.
  34. jambia noun: Alternative spelling of jambiya.
  35. jambier noun: A foot rest.
  36. jambite noun: A first-year student at university; freshman.
  37. jambiya noun /d͡ʒæmˈbiːə/: An Arabian (especially Yemeni) dagger with a short curved blade that is worn on a belt.
  38. jambiyah noun: Alternative spelling of jambiya.
  39. jambless adjective: Without a jamb.
  40. Jambo noun: A member or fan of Heart of Midlothian F.C., a Scottish football club.
  41. jambok noun, verb: Alternative spelling of sjambok.
  42. jambolan noun: Synonym of jambul.
  43. jambolana noun: Syzygium cumini, a myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America with astringent bark and edible fruit.
  44. jambon noun /d͡ʒæmˈbɒn/: A square puff pastry containing ham and cheese.
  45. Jambone noun: A hand that is played with the bidder's cards exposed on the table
  46. jambool noun: Alternative form of jambul.
  47. jamboree noun, verb /ˌdʒæm.bəˈɹiː/: A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
  48. jamborette noun: A small or short jamboree
  49. jamborite noun: A hexagonal green mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
  50. jambou noun: Alternative form of jambul.
  51. jambox noun: boom box
  52. jambstone noun: The stone forming the jamb of a doorway.
  53. jambu adjective, noun /ˈdʒʌmbʊ/: Alternative form of jambul.
  54. jambul noun: An evergreen tropical tree, Syzygium cumini.
  55. jambuster noun: A doughnut filled with jam.
  56. jambya noun: Alternative spelling of jambiya.
  57. jamdad noun: Alternative form of jamdhar.
  58. jamdani noun: A fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali origin, with coloured stripes and patterns.
  59. jamdhar noun: A kind of Indian dagger, broad at the base and slightly curved, and having a cross-grip on the hilt.
  60. jameed noun: Dried yogurt used in dishes such as mansaf.
  61. jameo noun: A large hole (or sink) formed when the roofs of multiple levels of a lava-tube cave collapse, found most notably in the Canary Islands.
  62. Jamerican adjective, noun: An American of Jamaican birth or ancestry
  63. Jamerson proper noun: A surname.
  64. James proper noun /d͡ʒeɪmz/: The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
  65. James B. Duke professor noun: A professor with the highest academic title at Duke University.
  66. James Bond noun: A secret agent of similar ability to the fictional James Bond.
  67. James Bond villain noun: Alternative form of Bond villain.
  68. James's flamingo noun: A small species of flamingo, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, endemic to the high Andean plateaux.
  69. James's powder noun: A powder consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts calcium phosphate, once falsely claimed to have medical benefits.
  70. James-Stein estimator noun: A particular estimator of the mean boldsymbol θ:=(θ₁,θ₂,…θₘ) for a multivariate random variable boldsymbol Y:=(Y_1,Y_2,…Y_m).
  71. Jamesburg proper noun: An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, named after John James.
  72. Jamesean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Jamesian.
  73. Jamesian adjective, noun: Of or relating to American writer Henry James (1843–1916), regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
  74. jamesite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, iron, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
  75. Jameson proper noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪməsən/: A Scottish and Northern Irish surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name James.
  76. Jameson's mamba noun: Dendroaspis jamesoni, a highly venomous elapid snake, native to equatorial Africa.
  77. Jamesonian adjective: Of or relating to Fredric Jameson (1934–2024), American critic and Marxist political theorist.
  78. jamesonite noun: A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄.
  79. Jamestown proper noun: The capital city of Saint Helena.
  80. Jamestown Canyon virus noun: Any member of the species Orthobunyavirus jamestownense of North American orthobunyaviruses; an arbovirus that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis...
  81. Jamestown weed noun: Synonym of jimsonweed.
  82. Jamesville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Stone County, Missouri.
  83. jamette noun: A sexually promiscuous woman.
  84. jamewar noun: A cashmere shawl with coloured patterns.
  85. jamful adjective: Full to capacity; jam-packed; chokka.
  86. Jamie proper noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪmi/: A diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.
  87. Jamieson proper noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪmɪsən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  88. Jamil proper noun: A surname.
  89. Jamila proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
  90. Jamin proper noun: A male given name.
  91. Jamin interferometer noun: A kind of interferometer made up of two thick mirrors, so that the incident light is split into two parallel rays, displaced by an amount depending on the...
  92. Jamir proper noun: A male given name.
  93. jamisen noun: An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the...
  94. Jamison proper noun: A Scottish surname transferred from the given name.
  95. jamjams noun: pajamas
  96. jamjar noun: Alternative form of jam jar.
  97. jamless adjective: Without jam.
  98. jamli noun: jambul tree
  99. jamlike adjective: Resembling jam (the sweet spread).
  100. jammabandi noun: Alternative form of jummabundi.
  101. jammabandy noun: Alternative form of jummabundi.
  102. jammable adjective: That can be jammed.
  103. jammed adjective, verb /dʒæmd/: Stuck.
  104. jammed up adjective, verb: In a physically tight spot.
  105. jammer noun /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/: A player of the massively multiplayer online game Animal Jam (now either the app so named, formerly Animal Jam – Play Wild!, or the desktop game renamed...
  106. jammers adjective, noun /ˈd͡ʒamə(ɹ)z/: A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
  107. jammie adjective, noun: pajama
  108. jammies noun /ˈd͡ʒæm.iːz/: Clipping of pyjamas.
  109. jammily adverb: In a jammy or jamlike way.
  110. jammin' adjective: Pronunciation spelling of jamming.
  111. jamminess noun: The state or condition of being jammy or jamlike.
  112. jamming adjective, noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒæmɪŋ/: The act or process by which something is jammed.
  113. Jammu proper noun /ˈd͡ʒʌm.uː/: A division of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, consisting of the southern portion.
  114. jammy adjective, noun /ˈd͡ʒæm.i/: Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.
  115. jammy Arab noun: an extremely lucky person.
  116. jammy dodger noun: Someone with astounding good luck.
  117. Jamnagar proper noun: A city in Gujarat, India.
  118. Jamnapari noun: A goat of an Indian domestic breed originating in Uttar Pradesh.
  119. Jamnian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the ancient city of Jamnia.
  120. jamo noun /ˈd͡ʒɑmoʊ/: Any of the component letters of the Korean hangul alphabet.
  121. jamoat noun: A third-level administrative division, similar to a commune or municipality, in Tajikistan.
  122. jamoch noun: Alternative form of jamoke.
  123. jamocha noun: Alternative form of jamoke.
  124. jamoka noun: Alternative form of jamoke.
  125. jamoke noun /d͡ʒəˈməʊk/: Coffee.
  126. jamon noun: Spanish dry-cured ham
  127. jamón ibérico noun: A type of cured ham from Spain, made from the black Iberian pig.
  128. jamoon noun: Alternative form of jamun.
  129. jamoora noun: A performer who acts as a sidekick in the traditional folk theatre of India and Pakistan.
  130. jampack verb: Alternative spelling of jam-pack.
  131. jampacked adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of jam-packed.
  132. jampan noun /ˈdʒæmˌpæn/: Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs...
  133. jampanee noun: Dated form of jampani.
  134. jampani noun: A jampan-bearer.
  135. jampaun noun: Alternative form of jampan.
  136. jampot noun: Alternative form of jam pot.
  137. Jamrach noun: A dealer in exotic wild animals.
  138. jamrosade noun: The rose apple Syzygium jambos.
  139. Jamshedpur proper noun: A city in the state of Jharkhand, India.
  140. Jamshoro proper noun: A city and district of Sindh, Pakistan.
  141. Jämthund noun: A breed of dog of the spitz type that is found in Northern Europe, eponymous with Jämtland.
  142. Jämtland proper noun: A province and county in central Sweden.
  143. Jamul proper noun /hɑːˈmuːl/: A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
  144. jamun noun: Synonym of jambul.
  145. Jamunapari noun: Alternative form of Jamnapari.
  146. jamura noun: Alternative form of jamoora.
  147. jamwich noun: A jam sandwich.
  148. jamwood noun: The hard timber of the jam tree (Acacia acuminata).
  149. JAN noun: Initialism of Japanese Accepted Name.
  150. jan ken po noun: rock paper scissors
  151. Jana proper noun: A female given name from Czech.
  152. Janacekian adjective: Of or relating to Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer.
  153. Janae proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
  154. Janak proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  155. Janaka proper noun: An ancient king of Videha. The Janaka dynasty ruled the Videha kingdom in the Mithila region from the capital city of the same name.
  156. Janaki proper noun: An epithet (patronymic) of Sita in Ramayana.
  157. Janakpur proper noun: A sub-metropolitan city, the capital of Madhesh Province, Nepal.
  158. Janambre noun: An indigenous people of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico.
  159. Janani proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit.
  160. janapa noun: Synonym of Indian hemp (“Crotalaria juncea”).
  161. janapada noun: A realm or kingdom of the Vedic period in the Indian subcontinent.
  162. janapan noun: Synonym of Indian hemp (“Crotalaria juncea”).
  163. janata noun: The people; the populace.
  164. janazah noun: A Muslim funeral prayer, part of the Islamic funeral ritual.
  165. janbia noun: Alternative spelling of jambiya.
  166. janbiya noun: Alternative spelling of jambiya.
  167. janbiyah noun: Alternative spelling of jambiya.
  168. Jand proper noun: A foreign country, one other than Nigeria.
  169. Janda proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  170. jandal noun /ˈd͡ʒændəl/: A flip-flop (type of footwear)
  171. jandaya noun: Aratinga jandaya, a small neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to...
  172. janded adjective: Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person who has lived or travelled overseas.
  173. janders noun: Pronunciation spelling of jaundice.
  174. jane noun /d͡ʒeɪn/: used as a placeholder name for any woman, especially a young working-class woman
  175. Jane Austenesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the English writer Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) or her works.
  176. Jane Average noun: A hypothetical female average or female generic individual; the common woman.
  177. Jane Crow noun: Discrimination against women.
  178. Jane Doe noun: An unknown or anonymous female; the female equivalent of John Doe.
  179. Jane Hancock noun: A woman's signature.
  180. Jane-of-apes noun: A silly, pert girl; a female jackanapes.
  181. Jane Roe noun: The female equivalent of Richard Roe.
  182. Jane Wayne noun: A female of masculine appearance or behavior.
  183. Janeane proper noun: A female given name.
  184. Janeen proper noun: A female given name.
  185. janegirl noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪn.ɡɜːl/: A boy who behaves in a typically girlish manner.
  186. Janeiteism noun: The love or worship of the works of Jane Austen.
  187. Janeitism noun: Alternative form of Janeiteism.
  188. Janelle proper noun: A female given name.
  189. Janessa proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
  190. Janesville proper noun: A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.
  191. Janet proper noun /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/: A female given name.
  192. Janet and John adjective: Childishly simple or obvious, resembling something found in a book for very young children.
  193. Janetian adjective: Relating to Pierre Janet (1859–1947), pioneering French psychologist, philosopher and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory.
  194. Janetta proper noun: A female given name.
  195. Janette proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet.
  196. janeu noun: A sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.
  197. Janeway proper noun: A surname.
  198. Janey proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
  199. Janey Mack interjection: gosh!
  200. jang noun: Fermented ingredients used as the base for many Korean dishes and sauces.
  201. jangada noun /ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/: A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
  202. jangadeiro noun: One who sails a jangada (type of raft).
  203. jangajji noun: Unfermented vegetables pickled in soy sauce or chili paste etc., used in Korean cuisine.
  204. jangal noun /ˈdʒʌŋɡ(ə)l/: Alternative spelling of jungle.
  205. janggi noun: A board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Korea.
  206. janggo noun: Alternative form of janggu.
  207. janggu noun: A type of percussion instrument used in traditional Korean music.
  208. janggunite noun: An orthorhombic black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, and oxygen.
  209. Janghey noun: Synonym of Dinka.
  210. Janghi noun: A settled or semi-nomadic Birhor tribesperson.
  211. Jangil noun: A member of an extinct Andamanese people who once inhabited Rutland Island.
  212. Jangkundjara noun: Alternative form of Yankunytjatjara.
  213. jangle noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/: To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
  214. jangle pop noun: A 1980s genre of alternative rock music that marked a return to the jangly guitar melodies of the 1960s.
  215. janglement noun: Jabber; idle, confused, noisy or bickering chatter.
  216. jangler noun: Someone who, or something that jangles.
  217. janglery noun: Chatter; gossip.
  218. janglesome adjective: quarrelsome
  219. jangling noun, verb: A jangle, the sounds of a jangle.
  220. janglingly adverb: With a jangling sound.
  221. jangly adjective /ˈd͡ʒæŋɡli/: Accompanied by a jangling sound.
  222. jangmadang noun: A kind of local market or black market in North Korea that emerged since the famine in the 1990s.
  223. jangseung noun: A kind of traditional Korean shamanistic totem pole.
  224. janhaugite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.
  225. Janiak proper noun: A surname.
  226. Janian adjective: Of or relating to the god Janus in Roman mythology
  227. Janice proper noun /ˈd͡ʒænɪs/: A female given name.
  228. Janicek proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  229. janiceps noun: conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions
  230. Janicki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  231. Janiculan adjective: Of or relating to the Janiculum.
  232. Janiculum proper noun: A hill in western Rome, Italy.
  233. Janie proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
  234. janiform adjective: Resembling the god Janus, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
  235. Janine proper noun /d͡ʒəˈniːn/: A female given name from French.
  236. janiroidean noun: Any isopod of the superfamily Janiroidea
  237. Janis proper noun /ˈd͡ʒænɪs/: A female given name.
  238. janisary noun: Alternative spelling of janissary.
  239. Janish proper noun: A surname from German.
  240. janissar noun: Alternative form of janissary.
  241. janissary noun /ˈdʒanɪzəɹi/: An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite...
  242. janissary music noun: The music played by Ottoman military bands.
  243. janissaryship noun: The position of a janissary.
  244. janitor noun /ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/: Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
  245. janitor fish noun: A pleco, pleco fish or plec: Any of several South and Central American fish, of the family Loricariidae.
  246. janitorial adjective /dʒæn.ɪˈtɔːɹ.i.əl/: Of or pertaining to a janitor.
  247. janitorially adverb: In a janitorial manner or capacity; in the fashion of a janitor.
  248. janitoriat noun: The people whose function is to protect leaders and similar important people from contact with the populace.
  249. janitoring noun: The work of a janitor.
  250. janitorship noun: The role or duration of being a janitor.
  251. janitory adjective: Of, related to, or for use by a janitor.
  252. janitress noun: a female janitor
  253. janitrix noun: A female janitor.
  254. janizar noun: Alternative form of janissary.
  255. janizarian adjective: Of or pertaining to the janizaries or their government.
  256. janizary noun: Alternative spelling of janissary.
  257. janjaweed noun: Alternative letter-case form of Janjaweed.
  258. Janjua proper noun: A surname.
  259. jank adjective, noun /ˈd͡ʒæŋk/: Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
  260. Janke proper noun: A surname.
  261. janked adjective /d͡ʒæŋkt/: Not in proper order; messed up, janky.
  262. janked up adjective: Synonym of janked (“messed up, janky”).
  263. janken noun /ˈd͡ʒɒŋkɛn/: The game of rock paper scissors.
  264. janker noun: A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
  265. jankers noun: A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent...
  266. jankily adverb: In a janky manner.
  267. jankiness noun: The quality of being janky.
  268. Janklow proper noun: A surname.
  269. Janko proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
  270. Jankó keyboard noun: A kind of piano keyboard that, instead of one long row of keys, has an array of keys consisting of two interleaved manuals with three touch-points for every...
  271. Jankovic proper noun: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
  272. jankovicite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, sulfur, and thallium.
  273. Jankowski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  274. janky adjective /ˈd͡ʒæŋ.kiː/: Of poor quality.
  275. jann noun: The father of the jinn preceding humanity.
  276. Janna proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew, a fanciful modern variant of Jane.
  277. Jannat proper noun: Paradise.
  278. Janner adjective, noun: Someone from Plymouth.
  279. Jannette proper noun: A female given name, variant of Janet.
  280. janney noun, verb: A mummer.
  281. Janney coupler noun: A semi-automatic form of railway coupling allowing cars and locomotives to be securely linked together without rail workers having to get between the vehicles.
  282. jannie noun: A janitor.
  283. jannissary noun: Alternative form of janissary.
  284. jannock adjective, noun: Pleasant, outspoken, honest, genuine, straightforward, or generous.
  285. janny noun, verb: Alternative form of jannie (“janitor, moderator”).
  286. janolid noun: Any member of the Janolidae (synonym of Proctonotidae), a family of sea slugs.
  287. Janos proper noun: A surname
  288. Janosik proper noun: A surname from Slovak.
  289. Janoski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  290. Janovian adjective: Of or relating to Arthur Janov (1924–2017), American creator of primal therapy.
  291. Janovski reaction noun: The reaction of 1,3-dinitrobenzene with an enolizable ketone to the Meisenheimer adduct.
  292. Janowicz proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  293. Janowitzian adjective: Of or relating to Morris Janowitz (1919–1988), American sociologist and professor who made major contributions to sociological theory, the study of...
  294. Janowski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  295. janpan noun: jampan (an open chair carried by several people).
  296. Jansch proper noun: A surname from German.
  297. Jansen proper noun /ˈd͡ʒænsən/: A surname from Dutch.
  298. Jansen disease noun: Synonym of Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia.
  299. Jansen metaphyseal dysostosis noun: Synonym of Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia.
  300. Jansenism noun: The doctrine of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope Innocent X...

Part 3 · Part 5 · English words: J

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under J: 6,278 words, in 21 parts.