English words: Javert to Jebusite
300 English words, part 7 of 21 of the words starting with J, A to Z. 26 have a page of their own.
English words Javert to Jebusite
- Javert noun: One who remorselessly pursues a perceived wrongdoer.
- Javertian adjective /ʒəˈvɛɹʃən/: Of or pertaining to the relentless pursuit of a wrongdoer.
- Javid proper noun: A surname from Persian.
- Javier proper noun: A male given name from Spanish.
- javitri noun: mace
- Javon proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
- jaw noun, verb /d͡ʒɔː/: One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- jaw away verb: to jabber; to gabble; to ramble
- jaw ball noun: Synonym of bagatelle (“any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins”).
- jaw beard noun: A thin beard that grows along the jaw and around the chin.
- jaw bone noun: Alternative spelling of jawbone.
- jaw-box noun: Alternative form of jawbox.
- jaw breaker noun: Alternative spelling of jawbreaker.
- jaw down verb: To condescend to (someone) loquaciously; to speak to someone in a forceful, insulting, bossy or aggressive way; to wear down by talking.
- jaw-dropper noun: Something causing great awe or surprise; a shocker.
- jaw-dropping adjective /ˈd͡ʒɔː ˌdɹɒpɪŋ/: Causing great awe or surprise.
- jaw-droppingly adverb: In a jaw-dropping manner; shockingly, astoundingly.
- jaw harp noun: Alternative form of Jew's harp.
- jaw harpist noun: Someone who plays a jaw harp (Jew's harp).
- jaw hole noun: Alternative form of jawhole (“a jawbox, or tenement sink”).
- jaw-jack verb: To talk or chatter; to jaw.
- jaw-jaw noun, verb: To talk at length; to chatter or jabber.
- jaw-jutting adjective: Having one’s lower jaw protruding forward
- jaw-like adjective: Alternative form of jawlike.
- jaw muscle noun: Synonym of masseter.
- jaw plate noun: A ribbed plate in the jaws of a rock crusher.
- jaw's harp noun: Alternative spelling of jaw harp.
- jaw's-trump noun: Alternative spelling of Jew's-trump.
- jaw-twister noun: A jawbreaker; a word that is long and difficult to pronounce.
- jaw winking noun: An involuntary upward jerking of the eyelid accompanying movements of the lower jaw.
- jaw worm noun: gnathostomulid
- Jawa proper noun: A Czech motorcycle manufacturer.
- jawab noun: An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
- Jawad proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- Jawaiian noun: A Hawaiian style of popular music that combines native styles with reggae and other Caribbean influences.
- jawan noun /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/: An infantryman; a soldier.
- jawar noun: Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
- jawari noun: Alternative form of jawar (“sorghum”).
- jawaub noun: Alternative form of jawab.
- jawbation noun: Alternative spelling of jobation.
- jawblock verb /ˈdʒɔːblɒk/: To talk.
- jawbone noun, verb: The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- jawboned adjective, verb: Having a specified kind of jawbone.
- jawboneist noun: Someone who plays a jawbone as a musical instrument.
- jawboner noun: One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade.
- jawboning noun, verb: Persistent persuasive talk, particularly (politics, economics) talk that includes implied threats of punitive action, such as tighter government regulation.
- jawbonist noun: Alternative spelling of jawboneist.
- jawbox noun: A tenement sink.
- jawbreaker noun: A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
- jawbreaking adjective: Very difficult to pronounce.
- jawbreakingly adverb: In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
- jawdropper noun: Alternative form of jaw-dropper.
- jawdropping adjective: Alternative spelling of jaw-dropping.
- jawdroppingly adverb: Alternative form of jaw-droppingly.
- jawed adjective, verb /ˈd͡ʒɔːd/: Having jaws.
- jawellnofine interjection: Alternative form of ja well no fine.
- jawfall noun: trismus
- jawfallen adjective: Dejected, dispirited.
- jawfish noun: Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
- jawfoot noun: maxilliped
- jawhole noun: A hole or an open drain into which sewage or waste water is thrown; the opening of a sewer; or a cesspool or cesspit, an underground pit or container used...
- Jawi proper noun /d͡ʒæwi/: The Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.
- jawing noun, verb: Worthless talk; blather.
- jawjutting adjective: Alternative form of jaw-jutting.
- jawl noun, verb: To talk noisily, prate loudly.
- jawler noun: Alternative form of joller.
- jawless adjective: Lacking a jaw.
- jawlessness noun: Absence of jaws.
- jawlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
- jawline noun /ˈd͡ʒɔːˌlaɪn/: The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.
- jawlined adjective: Having a specific kind of jawline.
- jawmaxx verb: To enhance one's jawline.
- jawn noun /d͡ʒɔːn/: Something; a thing; any object, place, or person.
- Jaworski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- jawplate noun: Alternative form of jaw plate.
- jaws noun, verb /d͡ʒɔːz/: The mouth.
- jaws harp noun: Alternative spelling of jaw harp.
- jaws of death noun: A very narrowly avoided fatal or near-fatal situation.
- jaws of life noun: Emergency rescue equipment used to open a severely damaged passenger vehicle with a strong mechanical jaw function that forcibly pushes or pulls metal...
- jawsmith noun: An orator, especially a demagogue.
- jawtooth noun: A molar tooth.
- jawy adjective /ˈd͡ʒɔː.i/: Relating to the jaws.
- JAX noun: Initialism of Jakarta XML.
- jaxie noun: Alternative form of jacksy (“backside; buttocks”).
- Jaxon proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Jackson.
- Jaxson proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Jackson.
- Jaxx proper noun: A diminutive of the male given name Jackson of modern usage.
- jaxy noun: Alternative form of jacksy (“backside; buttocks”).
- jay noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪ/: Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus,...
- Jay and Silent Bob noun: Two heterosexual men who are usually together.
- jay driver noun: A horse-drawn carriage or automobile operator who ignored basic traffic rules by driving on the wrong side of the road.
- Jay Gatsby noun: An ambitious, upper-class and wealthy man.
- jay thrush noun: Any of several species of Asian songbirds, of the genera Garrulax and Grammatoptila and related genera of the family Leiothrichidae.
- jay-walker noun: Alternative spelling of jaywalker.
- Jaya proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit.
- Jayant proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Jayanta proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Jayanti proper noun: an epithet of goddess Durga/Parvati.
- Jayapal proper noun: A surname.
- Jayapura proper noun: The capital and largest city of Papua, Indonesia.
- Jayapuran adjective, noun: Of or relating to Jayapura in Indonesia.
- Jayaraman proper noun: A surname from Tamil.
- jaybird noun: A jay or blue jay.
- jaycat noun: Alternative spelling of J-cat.
- Jayce proper noun: A male given name.
- Jaycee noun: A member of the United States Junior Chamber.
- Jayceen noun: Synonym of Jayceette.
- Jayceette noun: A member of the former women's division of the United States Junior Chamber.
- Jayceon proper noun: A male given name.
- Jayda proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Jayde proper noun: A female given name.
- Jayden proper noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪdn̩/: A unisex given name originating as a coinage.
- Jaydon proper noun: A male given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Jadon.
- Jaye proper noun: A unisex given name.
- jayet noun: jet (form of coal)
- jaygee noun: lieutenant junior grade
- jayhawk verb: To steal.
- jayhawker noun: A native or resident of Kansas
- Jayla proper noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪlə/: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Jaylah proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Jaylen proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage, of modern American usage; variant form Jalen.
- jaylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the jay, a bird.
- Jaylin proper noun: A unisex given name originating as a coinage.
- Jaymes proper noun: A male given name of modern usage, variant of James.
- Jayna proper noun: A female given name.
- Jayne proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
- Jaynesian adjective: Of or pertaining to Julian Jaynes (1920–1997), American psychologist who argued that ancient peoples were not conscious.
- Jayo noun: A surname.
- jaypie noun: The jay (bird).
- jayrun verb: To rapidly jaywalk (“violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing; to walk in the part of the street intended...
- jayrunner noun: A pedestrian who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by rapidly crossing a street away from a designated crossing.
- jayrunning noun, verb: An act or incident of being a jayrunner.
- jays noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪz/: Alternative letter-case form of jays.
- Jaysis interjection: Alternative form of Jaysus.
- Jayson proper noun: A male given name.
- Jaysus interjection /ˈd͡ʒeɪzəs/: Jesus
- Jayton proper noun: A minor city, the county seat of Kent County, Texas, United States.
- jayvee noun: A member of a junior varsity team.
- jaywalk verb /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/: To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the...
- jaywalker noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔkɚ/: A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended...
- jaywalking noun, verb: An act of behaving as a jaywalker.
- Jaywick proper noun: A coastal village west of Clacton-on-Sea, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1513).
- Jayzus interjection: Alternative spelling of Jaysus.
- jaz noun: Dated spelling of jazz (“musical style”).
- jazail noun: Alternative form of jezail.
- jazakallah interjection: thank you
- jazarine noun: Alternative form of jazerant.
- jazel noun: An azure gem found in the East Indies.
- jazeraint noun: Alternative spelling of jazerant.
- jazerant noun /ˈd͡ʒæzəɹənt/: A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
- jazey noun: Alternative form of jasy.
- jazillion noun: An unspecified large number (of).
- jaziya noun: Alternative form of jizya.
- Jazlyn proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Jazmin proper noun: A female given name from Persian, variant of Jasmine.
- Jazmine proper noun: A female given name from Persian, variant of Jasmine.
- jazy noun: Alternative form of jasy.
- Jazyges noun: Alternative form of Iazyges.
- jazz noun, verb /d͡ʒæz/: A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time,...
- jazz around verb: To have fun, play around; to waste time with frivolity.
- jazz band noun: A musical band that plays jazz music.
- jazz bow noun: A brightly patterned bowtie, popular in the era of jazz music.
- jazz box noun: Synonym of jazz square.
- jazz cabbage noun: Marijuana.
- jazz cigarette noun: A cannabis cigarette; a spliff.
- jazz dance noun: Any of several forms of improvised rhythmic dancing to jazz music.
- jazz dot noun: A soul patch.
- jazz funeral noun: A public funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, as traditionally performed in New Orleans, and typically involving a switch at a certain point from...
- jazz-funk noun: A genre of funk heavily influenced by jazz.
- jazz fusion noun: A style of jazz music that is influenced by rock music, funk, rhythm and blues and other styles.
- jazz garter noun: A decorative garter worn by women during the Jazz Age.
- jazz hands noun: A dance move in which the performer's hands are extended with palms toward the audience and fingers splayed.
- jazz-hop noun: A fusion subgenre of hip-hop and jazz music; jazz rap.
- jazz journalism noun: A sensationalist news reporting style focusing on crime, scandals, celebrities, etc., associated with American newspapers of the Roaring Twenties.
- jazz-like adjective: Similar to, or reminiscent of, jazz music.
- jazz mag noun: A pornographic magazine.
- jazz mugham noun: A genre that combines mugham with jazz.
- jazz pants noun: flared trousers used for dancing
- jazz player noun: Synonym of jazzist.
- jazz poet noun: A writer of jazz poetry.
- jazz poetry noun: A form of poetry of the 1920s employing jazz-like rhythm or a feeling of improvisation.
- jazz rap noun: A fusion subgenre of hip-hop and jazz music, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- jazz-rock noun: A genre of rock music heavily influenced by jazz.
- jazz square noun: A dance move whose four steps form a square pattern: (i) crossover in front of the left foot with the right foot; (ii) crossover in front of the right foot...
- jazz up verb: To make gaudy and bright.
- jazzband noun: Alternative form of jazz band.
- jazzbo noun: A jazz musician.
- jazzbow noun: Alternative form of jazz bow.
- jazzcore noun: An aggressive style of jazz with hardcore punk elements.
- jazzdom noun: The realm or sphere of jazz music.
- jazzed adjective, verb /d͡ʒæzd/: Played in a jazz style.
- jazzed up adjective: Made more lively, colourful or modern.
- jazzer noun: Something with energy or pizzazz.
- jazzerati noun: People who are considered the elite in the world of jazz music.
- jazzercise noun, verb: A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance.
- jazzercize noun: Alternative spelling of jazzercise.
- jazzetry noun: A performance of poetry recited to the accompaniment of jazz music.
- jazzfest noun: A festival of jazz music.
- jazzhead noun: A jazz music enthusiast.
- jazzical adjective: Combining elements of jazz and classical music.
- jazzification noun: The act of making jazzy.
- jazzify verb: To make jazzy.
- jazzily adverb: In a jazzy way.
- jazziness noun: The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
- jazzish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of jazz music.
- jazzist noun: A jazz musician.
- jazzistic adjective: Of or relating to jazz.
- jazzless adjective: Without jazz music.
- jazzlessness noun: Absence of jazz.
- jazzlike adjective: Alternative spelling of jazz-like.
- jazzman noun: A male member of a jazz band.
- jazznik noun: An enthusiast of jazz music.
- jazzophile noun: A person who likes jazz music.
- jazzophone noun: A saxophone-shaped double-belled brass instrument with a trumpet-like mouthpiece.
- jazzperson noun: A jazz musician.
- jazzplayer noun: Alternative form of jazz player.
- jazzstep noun: A genre of electronic dance music which combines elements of drum and bass and jazz.
- jazzster noun: A jazz musician.
- jazzwoman noun: A female member of a jazz band.
- jazzy adjective /ˈd͡ʒæzi/: In the style of jazz.
- jb noun: Initialism of jailbait.
- JBG phrase: Initialism of just be gay (used by men to express the belief that homosexuality is a better alternative to seeking out a female partner, an endeavor that...
- JBIG noun: An image compressed using JBIG.
- JBOD noun: Acronym of Just a Bunch of Disks, a collection of hard disks that are not configured according to RAID.
- jbs noun: Initialism of Johanson-Blizzard syndrome.
- JBT noun: Initialism of Jervis Bay Territory: An internal territory of Australia located on the south coast of New South Wales.
- JBW phrase: Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)
- JC adjective, noun: Initialism of Judeo-Christian.
- JC virus noun: A human double-stranded DNA virus of the species JC polyomavirus, causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and other diseases in immunodeficient...
- JCB noun: An earthmoving machine made by the J. C. Bamford (JCB) company.
- JCC noun: Initialism of Jewish community center.
- JCP noun: Initialism of Java Community Process.
- JCR noun: Initialism of junior common room (in British universities).
- jct noun: Abbreviation of junction.
- jctn noun: Abbreviation of junction.
- JD noun: Initialism of Jiggs dinner.
- JDAM noun /ˈd͡ʒeɪˌdæm/: Acronym of Joint Direct Attack Munition.
- jdfr phrase: Abbreviation of joined from.
- JDLR adjective, noun: Largely or seemingly free of signs and symptoms, yet nonetheless with some aspect or appearance of illness, especially if ineffably.
- JDM adjective: Initialism of Japanese domestic market (referring to parts available only in Japan).
- JDN noun: Initialism of Julian Day Number.
- JDPON noun: Acronym of Joint Dictatorship of the Proletariat of Oppressed Nations; A theoretical global political order proposed in Maoist Third-Worldism advocating a...
- JDrama noun: Alternative letter-case form of J-drama.
- jds/RS phrase: Abbreviation of joined by staff returns.
- JDSN noun: A title for a lay leader who has not been ordained as a pastor, particularly a youth group leader.
- JE noun: Initialism of journal entry.
- Je Khenpo noun: The religious head of Bhutan.
- je ne sais quoi noun /ˌʒə nə seɪ ˈkwɑː/: An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.
- jeal adjective: Alternative form of jel (“jealous”).
- jealous adjective, verb /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/: Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
- jealous as a Barbary pigeon adjective: Very jealous.
- jealous husbands problem noun: A logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man...
- jealous-like adjective: As though jealous.
- jealouse verb: Alternative form of jalouse.
- jealousing noun, verb: The act of making someone jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people.
- jealously adverb: In a jealous manner.
- jealousness noun: The state or condition of being jealous.
- jealousy noun /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.si/: A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
- jealusty noun: The quality of being both attracted to and jealous of someone.
- Jeames noun: A footman; a flunky.
- jean noun /d͡ʒiːn/: Denim.
- jean jacket noun: A type of jacket made from denim, popular material that is used for jeans. Typically it has long sleeves and ends at the waist.
- Jean Potage noun: Synonym of Pickelhering (its French equivalent)
- jeanbandyite noun: A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and tin.
- jeaned adjective: Wearing jeans.
- Jeanes proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Jeanetta proper noun: A female given name.
- jeanette noun: A coarse jean fabric, used for linings.
- Jeanie proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Jean.
- jeanies noun: Jeans.
- Jeanine proper noun: A female given name.
- jeanlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of jeans.
- Jeanmarie proper noun: A surname.
- Jeanne proper noun: A female given name from French.
- Jeannette proper noun /d͡ʒəˈnɛt/: A female given name from French.
- Jeannie proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Jean.
- Jeannine proper noun: A female given name from French.
- Jeanpierre proper noun: A surname from French.
- jeans noun /d͡ʒiːnz/: A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
- Jeans escape noun: A type of atmospheric escape in which a light gas atom or molecule (typically a helium atom or hydrogen molecule) gains sufficient momentum through...
- jeans jacket noun: Alternative form of jean jacket.
- jeans-y adjective: Alternative form of jeansy.
- jeansed adjective: Alternative form of jeaned.
- jeansies noun: Jeans.
- jeanswear noun: Jeans and other clothes made from denim.
- jeansy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of jeans.
- jear noun: jears
- jears noun: Collectively, tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
- jeasley adjective, adverb: Alternative form of jeezly.
- jeast noun: jest
- Jeavons proper noun: A surname.
- Jeavons syndrome noun: An epileptic syndrome characterized by eyelid myoclonia, eye-closure-induced seizures or electroencephalography paroxysms (or both), and photosensitivity.
- JEB noun: Initialism of junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
- jebait noun, verb: To manipulate or trick, especially in a benign and light-hearted way.
- Jebba proper noun: A town in Kwara state, Nigeria.
- Jebediah proper noun: A male given name.
- jebel noun /ˈd͡ʒɛbəl/: A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa).
- jebena noun: A kind of coffee pot used in Ethiopia, Eritrea and eastern Sudan.
- Jebus proper noun: A placename, said in the Bible to have been the name of Jerusalem prior to its conquest by Joshua and David.
- Jebusite noun /ˈd͡ʒɛb.(j)əˌsaɪt/: A member of a Canaanite tribe said to have inhabited Jerusalem prior to its conquest by Joshua or King David.
Part 6 · Part 8 · 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.