English Words: J

4,872 words · Page 10 of 98

jaggedyadj

jagged

jaggernoun

carrier, carter

jaggeredadj

jagged or bristly.

Jaggeresqueadj

Reminiscent of Mick Jagger (born 1943), English musician and actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones.

Jaggerishadj

Reminiscent of Mick Jagger (born 1943), English musician and actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones.

Jaggersname

A surname.

jaggerynoun

A traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.

Jagginame

A surname.

jaggiesnoun

Jagged artifacts in raster graphics, such as those caused by resizing a bitmap image without preserving its aspect ratio.

jaggilyadv

In a jaggy way.

jagginessnoun

The state or condition of being jaggy.

jaggingverb

present participle and gerund of jag

jagging wheelnoun

A culinary tool for cutting or shaping pie or pastry dough into ornate figures in preparation for cooking (see jagging); it usually is a handle fitted with one or more blades in the form of freely rotating wheels that have zigzag or otherwise sculpted edges. Rustproof materials such as bone or silver are preferred.

Jaggsname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

jaggyadj

jagged, toothed or serrated

jaghirnoun

Alternative spelling of jagir.

Jagielkaname

A surname.

Jagiellonianadj

Of or relating to the royal dynasty founded by Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, which reigned in several Central European countries between the 14th and 16th centuries.

Jagielskiname

A surname from Polish.

jagirnoun

An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity

jagirdarnoun

One who holds a jagir.

jaglessadj

Without a jag, or drinking spree; free from alcohol.

jaglionnoun

An animal born to a female lion and a male jaguar.

Jagoname

A surname.

Jagodaname

A transliteration of the Macedonian female given name Јагода (Jagoda)

Jagodzinskiname

A surname from Polish.

jagoffnoun

An irritating, inept, or repugnant person.

jagoitenoun

A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal yellow green mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

jagoweritenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal light green mineral containing aluminum, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Jagrname

A surname from Czech.

jaguanoun

A tree of species Genipa americana, native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean; genipap.

jagua palmnoun

Attalea maripa, a large palm of tropical South America.

jaguarnoun

A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.

jaguaretenoun

A black felid historically reported from Brazil and Guyana, of uncertain identification.

jaguarlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a jaguar.

jaguarnessnoun

The state or quality of being a jaguar.

jaguarundinoun

A medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Herpailurus yagouaroundi.

jagueitenoun

A monoclinic mineral containing copper, palladium, and selenium.

jagunçonoun

A hired gunman in backland Brazil; a militiaman or bodyguard; a bandit or outlaw.

jagweednoun

A rude or obnoxious person; a jerk.

Jahname

A shortened form of the Tetragrammaton.

jahajinoun

A sailor.

Jahanname

A transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).

Jahanbakhshname

A surname from Persian.

Jahangirnagarname

The Mughal name (1608–1765) of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

Jahannamname

Islamic concept of hell, where evildoers will be punished, but will eventually be forgiven.

Jahbulonname

A symbolic or ceremonial name for God associated by some writers with certain Masonic rites or passwords.

Jahiliyyahname

The supposed condition of ignorance, barbarism and unbelief, that, according to Islamic tradition, was prevalent in Arabia before the coming of Islam.

jahilliyanoun

A pre-Islamic period of ignorance and darkness.

Jahleelitenoun

A descendant of Jahleel.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter J contains 4,872 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 98 pages, and you are currently viewing page 10. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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