English words: jengkol to Jessean

300 English words, part 9 of 21 of the words starting with J, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words jengkol to Jessean

jengkol noun: Alternative spelling of djenkol
Jenglish noun /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡlɪʃ/: Japanese-influenced English, especially when nonstandard or ungrammatical.
Jenifer proper noun: A female given name from Cornish, a less common form of Jennifer.
jeniguana noun: The cottonwick fish, Haemulon melanurum.
Jenin proper noun /dʒəˈniːn/: A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
Jenine proper noun: A female given name.
jeniquen noun: Alternative form of henequen.
Jenison proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
jenite noun: The mineral ilvaite.
jenkem noun: A purported hallucinogenic inhalant made from fermented sewage.
jenkin noun: A narrow excavation driven through a pillar of coal.
Jenkinsian adjective: Of or relating to any of various people with the surname Jenkins.
Jenkinson proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛŋ.kɪn.sən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Jenkinsonian adjective /ˌd͡ʒɛŋ.kɪnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Sir Charles Hilary Jenkinson (1882-1961), British archivist and archival theorist.
Jenkintown proper noun: A borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jenks proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Jenkyns proper noun: A surname
Jenn proper noun /d͡ʒɛn/: A diminutive of the female given name Jennifer.
Jenna proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/: A female given name, variant of Jenny.
Jennah proper noun: A female given name.
Jenne proper noun: A surname.
Jennens proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Jenner proper noun: A surname.
Jennerian adjective: Of or relating to Edward Jenner (1749–1823), English physician who developed the science of immunology.
jennerization noun: The process of jennerizing.
jennerize verb: To immunize by vaccination.
Jennermania noun: Enthusiasm for Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949), US decathlete who famously came out as transgender in 2015.
Jenness proper noun: A surname.
jennet noun /ˈdʒɛnɪt/: A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
jenneting noun: Alternative form of geniting.
Jennett proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Jennette proper noun: A surname.
Jenney proper noun: A surname.
Jenni proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Jennifer.
Jennica proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Jennie proper noun: A female given name, variant of Jenny.
jennier noun: One who winds finished lace onto cards ready for sale.
Jennifer proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfɚ/: A female given name from Cornish.
Jennifer Aniston neuron noun: Synonym of grandmother cell.
Jenning proper noun: A rare surname originating as a patronymic.
Jennings proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
Jennison proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
jennite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
jenny noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒɛni/: A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
jenny-ass noun: A female donkey.
Jenny Greenteeth noun: pondweed or duckweed, which forms a mat-like surface on water and makes it look treacherously like dry land
Jenny Haniver noun: The carcass of a ray or skate, modified and dried to produce a mummified specimen that can be fraudulently exhibited as a demon, dragon, or other fictional...
Jenny invert noun: Synonym of inverted Jenny.
Jenny Lind noun: Cucumis melo var. 'Jenny Lind', a green-fleshed heirloom cantaloupe cultivar introduced in the 1840s.
jenny-longlegs noun: A cranefly.
jenny wren noun: The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, especially as considered (in nursery-rhymes, etc.) as the wife or sweetheart of robin redbreast.
jennyass noun: Alternative form of jenny-ass.
jennywood noun: Synonym of freijo.
Jenolan proper noun: A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Jenrick proper noun: A surname.
Jensen proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛnsən/: A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish or Norwegian origin.
Jensen's alpha noun: A metric used to determine the abnormal return of a security or portfolio over the theoretical expected return.
jensenite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tellurium.
Jenson proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Jensen.
Jenssen proper noun: A surname.
jentacular adjective /d͡ʒɛnˈtækjʊlə/: Of or pertaining to breakfast; specifically, one taken early in the morning or immediately upon getting up.
jentling noun: A chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus) found in the Danube.
jentschite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, sulfur, and thallium.
jeofail noun /ˈd͡ʒɛfeɪl/: An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Jeoffrey proper noun: A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Jeffrey and Geoffrey.
jeogori noun: A traditional Korean upper garment.
Jeolla proper noun: A province of South Korea.
jeon noun /dʒʌn/: A fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea
Jeonbuk proper noun: A special self-governing province in South Korea.
Jeong proper noun: A surname from Korean, a more recent transliteration of Chung.
Jeonju proper noun: The capital, the largest city in Jeonbuk, South Korea.
jeonse noun /ˈd͡ʒʌnseɪ/: A form of lease in the South Korean real estate market in which the lessee does not pay rent, but instead provides the landlord with a large lump sum...
jeopard verb /ˈd͡ʒɛpə(ɹ)d/: To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury
jeoparder noun: One who jeopardizes.
jeopardisation noun: UK standard spelling of jeopardization.
jeopardise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.
jeopardization noun: The act of jeopardizing; the placing of something into jeopardy; risking.
jeopardize verb /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/: To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
jeopardizer noun: One who jeopardizes.
jeopardous adjective: Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous
jeopardously adverb: In a jeopardous manner.
jeopardy noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/: Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
JeOS noun: Abbreviation of just enough operating system: one customised to the needs of a specific application, with other features excluded.
jeotgal noun: A Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.
JEP noun: Initialism of JDK Enhancement Proposal.
Jeph proper noun: A diminutive of the male given name Jephrey, variant of Jeff
Jephthah proper noun: A male given name from Hebrew.
Jepp noun: An aeronautical navigation chart published by the Jeppesen company.
Jeppe proper noun: Synonym of Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
jeppeite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing barium, iron, oxygen, potassium, and titanium.
Jeppson proper noun: A surname.
Jepson proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛpsən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Jepson claim noun: A patent claim where one or more limitations are specifically identified as a point of novelty, distinguishable over at least the contents of the preamble.
jequerity noun: Alternative spelling of jequirity.
jequirity noun: Abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity beans") may be used as beads or in...
jequirity bean noun: A poisonous bean, produced by the jequirity plant (Abrus precatorius) and used for making jewelry and percussion instruments.
jer noun /jɛə/: Clipping of jerfalcon.
jer falcon noun: Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
Jerabek proper noun: A surname.
Jerahmeelite noun: A member of a people living in the Negev, presumably descended from Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron and great-grandson of Judah. They are mentioned in...
Jerald proper noun: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald.
Jerash proper noun: A city and governorate in northern Jordan.
jerbil noun: Dated spelling of gerbil.
jerboa noun /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/: Any of a number of species comprising the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long...
jerboa kangaroo noun: The woylie (Bettongia penicillata).
Jerde proper noun: A surname from Norwegian.
Jerdon's palm civet noun: Synonym of brown palm civet.
jerdonitin noun: A metalloproteinase present in venom of the snake Trimeresurus jerdonii
jereed noun: A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
jeremeievite noun: Alternative form of jeremejevite.
jeremejeffite noun: Alternative form of jeremejevite.
jeremejevite noun: A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
jeremejewite noun: Alternative form of jeremejevite.
jeremiad noun /ˌd͡ʒɛɹ.əˈmaɪ.əd/: A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.
Jeremiah interjection, noun /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/: A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
Jeremian adjective: Synonym of Jeremianic.
Jeremianic adjective: Of or relating to the ancient prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremias proper noun /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪəs/: New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
Jérémie proper noun: A city and commune, the capital of Grand'Anse department, Haiti.
jeremitaylorically adverb: Like Jeremy Taylor or his prose style; solemn, elaborate, ornate.
Jeremy proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.mi/: A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
Jeremy Diddler noun: A needy, artful dealer; a confidence man.
jerepigo noun: A sweet fortified wine.
Jerez noun: sherry
jerfalcon noun: Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
jergon sacha noun: A tree of South America, Dracontium spruceana.
Jeri proper noun: A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.
Jeri curl noun: Alternative spelling of Jheri curl.
jerib noun: A unit of land used in the Middle East; its precise size depends on region and on time-period, and can range from a thousand square meters to a hectare.
jerican noun: Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
Jericho noun /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/: A place of retirement or concealment.
Jericho walk noun: A form of protest in which people walk seven times around a significant location.
Jerichoan adjective, noun: From or pertaining to Jericho.
Jerichoite noun: A Jerichoan: a native or inhabitant of Jericho.
jerid noun: Dated form of jereed.
jerigonza noun: A language game in Spanish in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable.
Jerilderie proper noun: A locality in the Murrumbidgee council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Jerilyn proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a 20th century variant of Geraldine.
jering bean noun: Synonym of djenkol bean
jerk noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒɜːk/: A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
jerk around verb: To cheat or treat unfairly.
jerk one off verb: Synonym of rub one off (“to masturbate”).
jerk over verb: To swindle, mislead, annoy or manipulate (someone) to their disadvantage.
jerk someone's chain verb: Alternative form of yank someone's chain.
jerk up verb: To spice (a food) with jerk (Jamaican spice blend).
jerk water adjective, noun, verb: To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
jerkbait noun: A type of fishing lure having a swimbait-like slender body that resembles a small bait fish (e.g. a shad), a short steeply angled bill, and usually two (or...
jerkdar noun: The ability to detect whether or not a person is a jerk.
jerkdom noun: The state or essence of being a jerk.
jerker noun: A North American river chub, a hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus).
jerkery noun: Behavior characteristic of a jerk (obnoxious person).
jerkess noun: A female jerk (unlikeable person, or soda jerk).
jerkhood noun: The state or essence of being a jerk.
jerkily adverb: In a jerky manner.
jerkin noun /ˈd͡ʒɜː.kɪn/: A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
jerkin the gherkin noun: Masturbation.
jerkined adjective: Dressed in a jerkin.
jerkiness noun: The state or quality of being jerky (characterized by sudden uneven motion or progress).
jerkinet noun: A woman's outer jacket.
jerking noun, verb: A motion that jerks; a jerk.
jerkingly adverb: With jerking motions; unsteadily.
jerkinhead noun: The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
jerkish adjective: Like a jerk (obnoxious person).
jerkishly adverb: In a jerkish manner; rudely.
jerkishness noun: The quality of being jerkish.
jerkism noun: Jerkish behavior.
jerkitude noun: The property of being a jerk.
jerkle verb: To move with repeated jerks.
jerkless adjective: Without a jerking motion.
jerklike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a jerk (sudden movement).
jerkmeter noun: An instrument for measuring jerk, the rate of change of acceleration with respect to time.
jerkness noun: The quality of being jerkish or obnoxious.
jerko noun: A jerk; an obnoxious person.
jerkola noun: An unpleasant or obnoxious person; a jerk.
jerksome adjective: Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.
jerkum noun: A kind of cider made with plums.
jerkwater adjective, noun /ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ/: A train on a branch line.
jerkwater town noun: A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.
jerky adjective, noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/: Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
jerky up verb: To turn (something) into jerky (dried meat).
Jermain proper noun: A male given name, variant of Germain.
Jermaine proper noun: A male given name from Latin.
Jermyn proper noun: A surname.
Jernigan proper noun: A surname.
jeroboam noun /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/: Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
Jerome proper noun /d͡ʒəˈɹəʊm/: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Jeromian adjective /d͡ʒɪˈɹəʊ̯mɪ.ən/: Of or relating to Saint Jerome.
jeromite noun: An amorphous mineral containing arsenic, selenium, and sulfur.
Jeronimo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Jeronymite noun: Synonym of Hieronymite.
jeropiga noun: A liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine, found mainly in Portugal.
jerque verb: To search (a ship) for unentered goods.
jerquer noun: A customs officer who searched ships for undocumented goods.
jerquing noun: The searching of a ship for undocumented goods.
Jerram proper noun: A surname.
jerran adjective: afraid
jerreed noun: Alternative form of jereed.
Jerrell proper noun: A surname.
Jerri proper noun: A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.
jerrican noun: Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
jerrid noun: Alternative form of jereed.
Jerrie proper noun /ˈd͡ʒɛɹi/: A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Geraldyn.
Jerrold proper noun: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a re-spelling of Gerald.
jerry adjective, noun, verb /ˈd͡ʒɛɹi/: Alternative letter-case form of jerry (“a chamber pot”).
jerry-build verb: Alternative form of jerrybuild.
jerry-builder noun: A builder who does cheap and shoddy work.
jerry-building noun: Cheap, shoddy construction work.
jerry built adjective: Built cheaply and shoddily.
jerry can noun: Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
jerry curl noun: Alternative spelling of Jheri curl.
jerry lord noun: A tavernkeeper.
Jerry Lynch noun: A pickled pig's head.
jerry-mumble verb: Alternative form of jerrymumble.
jerry-rig verb: Eggcorn of jury-rig.
jerry-rigged adjective, verb: Eggcorn of jury-rigged.
jerry-shop noun: A disreputable dramshop.
jerry-sneak adjective, noun: A henpecked husband.
jerry to verb: To recognize, notice or comprehend.
jerrybag noun: A woman who consorted with the Germans during the Second World War.
jerrybuild verb: To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.
jerrybuilder noun: Alternative form of jerry-builder.
jerrybuilt adjective: Shoddily built; ill-constructed.
jerrycan noun /ˈd͡ʒɛɹiˌkæn/: A robust container for fuel or water, of a certain more or less rectangular shape, often made from pressed steel.
jerrycummumble verb: To shake, tousle, or tumble about; to jumble, shake, toss, or get into a muddle.
jerrygibbsite noun: A rare violet-pink mineral, believed to be a member of the leucophoenicite family.
jerryism noun: The practice of jerry-building.
jerrymander noun, verb: Alternative form of gerrymander.
jerrymumble verb: Synonym of jerrycummumble.
jerrymunglum noun: Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)
jersey noun /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/: A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
jersey barrier noun: A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
Jersey bump noun: Synonym of Jersey barrier (“barrier used to separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic”).
jersey chaser noun: A woman who seeks relationships with men on sports teams.
Jersey club noun: A style of electronic dance music that originated in Newark, New Jersey, in the early 2000s, having an aggressive style with a fast, bouncy groove and the...
Jersey cream noun: A type of biscuit with two slices of shortbread joined with vanilla frosting.
Jersey elm noun: Synonym of Guernsey elm.
Jersey Giant noun: A domestic chicken of a heavy American breed.
Jersey justice noun: Swift, impartial justice.
Jersey lightning noun: Applejack.
Jersey lily noun: A flowering plant of species Amaryllis belladonna, native to southern Africa, widely cultivated and naturalized.
Jersey salute noun: Synonym of one-finger salute
Jersey toadflax noun: A flowering plant of species Linaria pelisseriana.
jersey wall noun: A low wall made of Jersey barriers used to separate lanes of traffic.
Jerseyan adjective, noun: A person from the island of Jersey.
jerseyed adjective: Dressed in a jersey.
Jerseyite noun: A person from the island of Jersey.
Jerseyman noun: A male inhabitant of Jersey (the largest island of the Channel Islands).
Jerseyville proper noun: A small fishing village on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
Jerseywoman noun: A woman from Jersey; a female native or inhabitant of Jersey.
Jersian noun: The cross of a Jersey bull with a Friesian cow.
jerupigia noun: Alternative form of geropigia.
Jerusalem proper noun /d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/: A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and...
Jerusalem artichoke noun: A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
Jerusalem cherry noun: Solanum pseudocapsicum, a nightshade species with poisonous fruit.
Jerusalem cricket noun: A large, flightless insect of the genus Stenopelmatus, native to the western United States and parts of Mexico – not a true cricket.
Jerusalem crickets interjection, noun: gosh; wow; expressing astonishment.
Jerusalem cross noun: a cross variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Greek crosses, one in each quadrant.
Jerusalem haddock noun: A fish, the opah.
Jerusalem mixed grill noun: A grilled meat dish consisting of chicken hearts, spleens, and liver mixed with pieces of lamb and seasoned with onion, garlic, juniper berries, and spices.
Jerusalem oak noun: The weed Dysphania botrys, native to the Mediterranean region and naturalized in North America.
Jerusalem pine noun: Synonym of Aleppo pine.
Jerusalem pony noun: A donkey.
Jerusalem sage noun: Phlomis fruticosa, a lamiaceous flowering plant with yellow tubular flowers and aromatic leaves.
Jerusalem syndrome noun: A group of mental phenomena involving religious delusion or obsession relating to the city of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem thorn noun: The shrub Paliurus spina-christi, native to the Eastern Hemisphere.
Jerusalemite adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.
Jerusha proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew.
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome noun: A rare type of long QT syndrome associated with severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
jerveratrum noun: Any of a group of Veratrum alkaloids, regarded as separate from the ceveratrum alkaloids.
jervine noun: A steroidal alkaloid, obtained from plants of the genus Veratrum, that is teratogenic
Jervis proper noun /ˈdʒɑːvɪs/: A surname.
jervisite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic light green mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, scandium, silicon, and sodium.
jery noun: Any of several species of bird, endemic to Madagascar, in the genera Neomixis and Hartertula.
jes adverb, noun: Pronunciation spelling of just, representing African-American Vernacular English
jesa noun: A Korean memorial ceremony for the ancestors of the participants.
jesaconitine noun: A toxic alkaloid found in some Aconitum species.
Jeschke proper noun: A surname.
Jeseri noun: A dialect of Malayalam spoken in the union territory of Lakshadweep in India.
Jeshurun proper noun: The Israelites, taken collectively.
Jesica proper noun: A female given name, variant of Jessica.
Jeske proper noun: A surname from German.
Jesmond proper noun: A suburb in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2565).
jesmonite noun: A composite of gypsum in an acrylic resin
Jesmyn proper noun: A female given name.
Jesolo proper noun: A seaside resort town and comune on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in the Veneto region, Italy, north of Venice.
Jespersen proper noun: A surname from Danish or Norwegian.
Jespersenian adjective: Of or relating to Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
jess adverb, noun, verb /d͡ʒɛs/: A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
Jessa proper noun: A female given name.
jessakeed noun: A Native American prophet or medicine man.
Jessalyn proper noun: A female given name.
jessamine noun: Dated form of jasmine.
jessamy noun /ˈd͡ʒɛsəmɪ/: Jasmine.
Jessamyn proper noun: A female given name.
jessant adjective /ˈdʒɛsənt/: Describing a charge which appears over, or covers, another charge as well as the field.
jessant-de-lis noun: A fleur-de-lis issuing out of any object.
Jesse noun /ˈd͡ʒɛs.i/: A representation of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick.
Jesse Tree noun: A symbolic tree, used as a common figure in medieval art, whose branches represent religious genealogies.
Jesse window noun: A stained glass window with a depiction of a Jesse Tree.
Jessean adjective: Of or relating to the biblical Jesse.

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.