English Words: J
4,872 words · Page 30 of 98
Initialism of Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group, a group of experts working on standards for bi-level (usually black and white) image coding.
Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)
A human double-stranded DNA virus of the species JC polyomavirus, causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and other diseases in immunodeficient patients.
Largely or seemingly free of signs and symptoms, yet nonetheless with some aspect or appearance of illness, especially if ineffably.
A title for a lay leader who has not been ordained as a pastor, particularly a youth group leader.
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.
A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and tin.
A type of atmospheric escape in which a light gas atom or molecule (typically a helium atom or hydrogen molecule) gains sufficient momentum through collision with other molecules to escape the atmosphere (and gravitational pull) of a planet.
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 30. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "J" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.