English Words: J
4,872 words · Page 59 of 98
A work arrangement where the functions of a single job are fulfilled by two or more people who work at different times.
Of or pertaining to Steve Jobs (1955-2011), American businessman and co-founder of the computer company Apple Inc.
A large prominent tattoo; a tattoo that makes it difficult for the wearer to secure employment.
A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to exercise their (typically minor) authority.
Syllabic abbreviation of Johannesburg: the largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.
A man who perceives himself as straight and is the aggressive top in a relationship between two men, especially in prison.
A manually-controlled auxiliary valve on the regulator of a steam engine to control smaller amounts of steam than can be managed by the main valve.
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 59. 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.