English Words: J
4,872 words · Page 37 of 98
A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing barium, iron, oxygen, potassium, and titanium.
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.
Abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity beans") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.
either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
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 connection with King David.
One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Wessington Springs.
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 tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.
A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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.
A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.
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.
To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
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 37. 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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