English Words: J

4,872 words · Page 17 of 98

Janesvillename

A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

Janetname

A female given name.

Janet and Johnadj

Childishly simple or obvious, resembling something found in a book for very young children.

Janetianadj

Relating to Pierre Janet (1859–1947), pioneering French psychologist, philosopher and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory.

Janettaname

A female given name.

Janettename

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet.

janeunoun

A sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.

Janeyname

A diminutive of the female given name Jane.

Janey Mackintj

gosh!

Jangname

A surname from Korean.

jangadanoun

A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.

jangadeironoun

One who sails a jangada (type of raft).

jangalnoun

Alternative spelling of jungle.

jangginoun

A board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Korea.

janggunoun

A type of percussion instrument used in traditional Korean music.

janggunitenoun

An orthorhombic black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, and oxygen.

jangleverb

To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.

janglementnoun

Jabber; idle, confused, noisy or bickering chatter.

janglernoun

Someone who, or something that jangles.

janglerynoun

Chatter; gossip.

janglesomeadj

quarrelsome

janglestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of jangle

janglethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jangle

janglinglyadv

With a jangling sound.

Janglishname

A variety of English incorporating Japanese words or constructions; English heavily influenced by Japanese grammar or pronunciation.

janglyadj

Accompanied by a jangling sound.

jangmadangnoun

A kind of local market or black market in North Korea that emerged since the famine in the 1990s.

jangseungnoun

A kind of traditional Korean shamanistic totem pole.

janhaugitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.

Janiakname

A surname.

Janianadj

Of or relating to the god Janus in Roman mythology

Janicename

A female given name.

Janicekname

A surname from Czech.

janicepsnoun

conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions

Janickiname

A surname from Polish.

Janiculumname

A hill in western Rome, Italy.

Janiename

A diminutive of the female given name Jane.

Janiganame

A surname from Polish.

Janinename

A female given name from French.

Janisname

A female given name.

janisarynoun

Alternative spelling of janissary.

Janishname

A surname from German.

janissarynoun

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 Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).

janissaryshipnoun

The position of a janissary.

Janiszewskiname

A surname from Polish.

Janitenoun

Alternative form of Janeite.

janitornoun

Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.

janitor fishnoun

A pleco, pleco fish or plec: Any of several South and Central American fish, of the family Loricariidae.

janitorialadj

Of or pertaining to a janitor.

janitoriallyadv

In a janitorial manner or capacity; in the fashion of a janitor.

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 17. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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