English Words: J

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Jim Crow lawnoun

Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.

Jim Crowernoun

A proponent of Jim Crow laws

Jim Crowismnoun

The tenets and structure of Jim Crow laws.

Jim Crowistnoun

Jim Crower

jim hatnoun

A condom.

Jim Hill mustardnoun

Sisymbrium altissimum, a tumbleweed-forming plant native to the Mediterranean region and widely invasive.

Jim Hogg Countyname

One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Hebbronville.

Jim Thorpename

A borough, the county seat of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Jim Wells Countyname

One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Alice.

jim-dandyadj

Excellent, outstanding.

jim-jamnoun

Attributive form of jim-jams.

Jimbaranname

A fishing village and tourist resort in Bali, Indonesia.

Jimboname

A diminutive of the male given name James.

jimboitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, manganese, and oxygen.

Jimenezname

A surname from Spanish.

Jiminame

A rare spelling variant of Jimmy, diminutive of the male given name James.

jiminyintj

An expression of mild surprise or annoyance.

Jiminy Cricketintj

An expression of annoyance or surprise.

Jiminy Cricketsintj

Alternative form of Jiminy Cricket.

jimjamnoun

Attributive form of jimjams (“pajamas”).

jimjilbangnoun

Misspelling of jjimjilbang.

Jimmername

Alternative form of James, usually a diminutive, but also occasionally a given name.

Jimmiename

A diminutive of the male given name James.

jimminy cricketintj

Alternative form of Jiminy Cricket.

Jimminy Cricketsintj

Alternative form of Jiminy Cricket.

Jimmyname

A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.

Jimmy Brittsnoun

The shits; diarrhea.

jimmy capnoun

A condom.

Jimmy Christmasintj

Synonym of Jesus Christ (“expression of annoyance or surprise”).

jimmy hatnoun

A condom.

Jimmy O'Goblinnoun

A sovereign coin; a pound.

Jimmy Riddlenoun

A piddle; an act of urination.

Jimmy the Onename

A first lieutenant in the navy.

Jimmy Woodsernoun

A man who drinks alone.

jimmy-proofadj

Resistant to being jimmied, or circumvented from the outside.

jimpadj

neat; trim; delicate

jimplyadv

In a jimp manner.

jimpnessnoun

The quality of being jimp.

jimpsnoun

plural of jimp

jimpyadj

Neat, jimp.

Jimsnoun

plural of Jim

jimsonweednoun

A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.

jimthompsonitenoun

An inosilicate mineral containing iron and magnesium.

jinnoun

Alternative spelling of jinn.

Jin Shaname

Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)

Jin Sha Jiangname

Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.

Jin'anname

A district of Lu'an, Anhui, China.

Jinanname

A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Shandong, in eastern China.

Jinchangname

A prefecture-level city of Gansu, in northwestern China.

Jinchengname

An urban township, the county seat of Kinmen County, Taiwan.

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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 52. 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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