English Words: J
4,872 words · Page 57 of 98
Someone who is obsessed with sex, particularly who either masturbates frequently or craves semen.
A Korean stew, typically made with meat, seafood or vegetables in a seasoned broth and served boiling hot.
A type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.
"cossack—iron cross—cossack" – an acrobatic maneuver in moguls skiing, whereby taking a ski jump off a kicker, the skier performs a sequence of three acrobatic maneuvers, starting with a cossack, followed by an iron cross, and ending with a cossack, before landing on course again.
The knowledge, acquired through meditation, that one's self (atman) is identical with Ultimate Reality (Brahman).
Just-noticeable difference, the amount by which something must be changed in order for it to be detectable at least 50% of the time.
A decision by a judge that sets aside a jury's earlier verdict in the same case based on a finding that the jury's determination was incorrect as a matter of law.
A member of a millenarian group that arose from the Franciscans in the 13th century, basing their ideas on the prior works of Joachim of Fiore, though rejecting the church of their day more strongly than he had.
A large silver coin of the 16th century in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, today Czech Republic.
Synonym of all cats are grey in the dark: Sex is enjoyable regardless of the status, physical attractiveness, or social status of one's partner.
To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.
A wealthy person; a person with control over sufficient resources to employ many other people.
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 57. 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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