English Words: J

4,872 words · Page 65 of 98

joined at the hipadj

Closely connected, as in an intimate friendship.

joined upadj

cursive

joinernoun

A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.

joinerynoun

A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets.

joinestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of join

joinethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of join

joiningverb

present participle and gerund of join

joininglyadv

So as to join or unite.

joiningsnoun

plural of joining

joinsnoun

plural of join

Joinsonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

jointadj

United, combined

joint and severaladj

Undertaken by or assigned to two or more parties, each having liability for the entire obligation.

joint entropynoun

The Shannon entropy of a "script" whose "characters" are elements of the Cartesian product of the sets of characters of the component scripts.

joint familynoun

A household consisting of two or more closely-related nuclear families, such as two or more brothers along with their wives and children, or multiple generations along with spouses.

joint lifeadj

Describing a life insurance policy that insures two individuals' lives, payable either on a first death or last survivor basis.

joint linenoun

A railway that is or was owned and operated by more than one company.

joint probabilitynoun

The probability distribution of a random variable whose sample space is the Cartesian product of the sample spaces of its (at least two) component random variables.

joint snakenoun

A mythical creature of the southern United States, a snake that can reassemble itself when broken or cut into pieces.

joint tenancynoun

A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which the share in the asset belonging to any of the owners passes automatically to the other owners upon death, without requiring probate.

joint tenantnoun

One of the owners of an asset that is mutually owned by joint tenancy.

joint-stoolnoun

A stool made of parts inserted into each other.

jointagenoun

The presence or formation of joints (fractures in which the strata are not offset).

jointedadj

Having joints.

jointedlyadv

In a jointed way; with, or by means of, joints.

jointednessnoun

The state or condition of being jointed.

jointernoun

One that joints.

jointer planenoun

A plane used for final flattening out of wooden surfaces.

jointerynoun

Cooperation between discrete military branches; the use of joint forces in an operation.

jointfirnoun

An ephedra (Ephedra distachya)

jointingnoun

The act of making a joint.

jointingsnoun

plural of jointing

jointistnoun

Operator of an illegal drinking place or "joint"

jointlessadj

Without joints; unjointed.

jointlesslyadv

Without joints.

jointlessnessnoun

Absence of joints.

jointlyadv

Together, acting as one; collectively.

jointnessnoun

The state or quality of being joint.

jointressnoun

A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.

jointsnoun

plural of joint

jointurenoun

A joining; a joint.

jointuredadj

Bequeathed to a wife through jointure.

jointurelessadj

Having no jointure.

jointuressnoun

A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.

jointweednoun

Any member of the genus Polygonella, now included in genus Polygonum of knotweeds and smartweeds, especially Polygonella articulata, now Polygonum articulatum.

jointwormnoun

The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.

jointyadj

Having joints; jointed.

joistnoun

A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.

joistlessadj

Without joists.

joistlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a joist.

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 65. 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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