English Words: J

4,872 words · Page 62 of 98

jogglernoun

One who takes part in the sport of joggling (a combination of jogging and juggling).

jogglingverb

present participle and gerund of joggle

jogglyadj

That joggles or shakes; loose; tottering.

Joglarname

A surname from Spanish.

jogpantsnoun

Soft, stretchy pants (trousers), such as sweatpants, intended for jogging.

jogtrotnoun

A slow, regular, jolting gait.

Johname

Diminutive of Johannes, notably used in reference to

Johaname

A famous character in Arabic popular literature

johachidolitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, calcium, and oxygen.

Johanname

A female given name from Hebrew.

Johannaname

A female given name from Latin.

Johannahname

A female given name from Hebrew.

Johannename

A female given name from Hebrew occasionally used in English.

Johanneanadj

Of or pertaining to John the Apostle or his writings.

Johannesnoun

A former Portuguese gold coin.

Johannesburgname

The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.

Johannesburgernoun

an inhabitant of Johannesburg.

Johannianadj

Johannine; relating to John

Johannineadj

of, or pertaining to John, usually John the Apostle or John the Baptist.

Johannisbergernoun

A fine white wine, using Riesling grapes, produced on the estate of Castle Johannisberg, Germany, on the north bank of the river Rhine.

Johannismnoun

A variety of messianic Judaism which believed that John the Baptist was the Saviour, the Christ.

Johannison blocknoun

Misspelling of Johansson block.

johannitenoun

A rare green uranium sulfate mineral.

johannsenitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Johansenname

A surname from the North Germanic languages, Norwegian, or Danish.

Johansonname

A surname.

Johanson-Blizzard syndromenoun

A rare, sometimes fatal congenital disorder featuring abnormal development of the pancreas, nose, and scalp, with mental retardation, hearing loss, and growth failure.

Johanssenname

A surname from Norwegian.

Johanssonname

A surname from Swedish.

Johansson blocknoun

gauge block

Johansson gaugenoun

A gauge block.

joharnoun

The Rajput practice whereby women are sacrificed in a fire to avoid their being captured by an enemy.

Johari windownoun

A grid-like diagram used to help people understand their relationship with self and others. It contains various groupings of adjectives that describe the subject, in his/her own view and the view of others.

johilleritenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic violet mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, copper, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zinc.

johnnoun

A prostitute's client.

John 50noun

A trans woman who has long repressed her feelings of gender dysphoria.

John A. Grindlenoun

Alternative form of Johnny Grindle (“the bowfin”).

John Barleycornname

A personification of alcoholic drink, particularly beer and whisky.

John Bullname

A personification of England.

John Bullishadj

stridently or assertively English

John Bullismnoun

Typical English (or British) character or nature.

John Chinamanname

A Chinese man; the Chinese people generally.

John Dayname

A city in Grant County, Oregon, United States.

John Deerename

A farm equipment manufacturer founded by John Deere.

John Doename

A fictitious name used chiefly in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous, usually male, person.

John Dorynoun

An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.

John Fraud Kerryname

Nickname for John Kerry.

John Hancocknoun

A person's signature.

John Henrynoun

One's signature.

John Henryismnoun

The use of overwork as a coping mechanism by black men in response to fatigue from social pressures and stresses.

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 62. 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.