English Words: J

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Jansenname

A surname from Dutch.

Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasianame

A very rare disease resulting from ligand-independent activation of the type 1 parathyroid hormone receptor, leading to various physical abnormalities.

Jansenismnoun

The Catholic doctrines of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope Innocent X in 1653.

Jansenistadj

Of or pertaining to Jansenism.

Jansenizeverb

To adapt to the religious approach of Jansenism.

janskynoun

A non-SI unit (symbol Jy) measuring electromagnetic flux density equal to 10⁻²⁶ watts per square meter per hertz.

Jansonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

JanSportingnoun

The practice of placing a fully stuffed backpack on the shoulders of a drunk person, in an attempt to reduce the chances of their rolling over while sleeping and choking on vomit.

Janssensname

A surname from Dutch.

jantilyadv

Obsolete spelling of jauntily.

jantinessnoun

Obsolete form of jauntiness.

Jantoname

The romantic pairing of the characters Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones from the television series Torchwood.

Jantzname

A surname from German.

Januariesname

plural of January

Januarilyadv

In a manner characteristic of the month of January.

Januaryname

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

January 6name

The attack against the United States Congress at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

January diseasenoun

An acute form of East Coast fever in Zimbabwe.

Januaryishadj

Characteristic of January.

Januarysadv

In January.

Januformadj

two-faced, like Janus

Janusname

The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.

Janus catnoun

A cat with diprosopus.

Janus clothnoun

A fabric having two sides of different colours, used for reversible garments.

Janus kinasenoun

Any of a family of intracellular non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway.

Janus particlenoun

A spherical microscopic particle which has hemispheres with sharply differing properties, such as one hydrophilic hemisphere and one hydrophobic hemisphere

Janus wordnoun

A word that has two contradictory meanings; a contronym.

Janusfacedadj

Alternative form of Janus-faced.

Janusianadj

Relating to Janus.

Januszewskiname

A surname from Polish.

Janvrinname

A surname from French.

Janvrin Islandname

A Canadian island off the coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

Janzname

A surname from German.

Jaoname

A surname from Cebuano.

Jaohoname

Alternative form of Raohe.

Jaouadname

A surname from Arabic.

Japname

The Japanese language.

Jap's eyenoun

The urethral opening of the penis; the male urethral meatus.

japaverb

to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.

japaluranoun

Any lizard of the genus Japalura.

japamalanoun

Synonym of mala (“religious set of beads”).

Japanname

A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.

Japan catnoun

A toast rack (“rack for holding toasted bread”).

Japan tallownoun

Synonym of Japan wax.

Japan waxnoun

A yellowish fat obtained by refining the protective coat from the berries of various Asian sumacs of the genus Toxicodendron.

Japanazinoun

Any citizen of the Axis powers who opposed the Allies in the Second World War.

Japandinoun

A decor design that incorporates Japanese and Scandinavian-inspired elements.

Japaneenoun

A person from Japan.

Japaneseadj

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

Japanese barberrynoun

Berberis thunbergii, a species of flowering tree found in Japan.

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 19. 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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