English Words: J

4,872 words · Page 7 of 98

jackwoodnoun

Cryptocarya glaucescens, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly.it is used for manufacturing of musical instruments.

Jackyname

A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.

Jacky Hangernoun

The fiscal shrike Lanius collaris

Jacky Hangmannoun

The Fiscal shrike Lanius collaris

Jacky Howenoun

A type of blue sleeveless shirt worn by sheep shearers and labourers.

jacky winternoun

A bird (Microeca fascinans) in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Jaclynname

Alternative spelling of Jacklyn (“Jacqueline”).

Jacmelname

A port town, commune, and capital of Sud-Est department, Haiti.

Jaconame

A surname.

Jacobname

A male given name from Hebrew.

Jacob's coatnoun

copperleaf

Jacob's laddernoun

A ladder leading to heaven.

Jacobename

A surname.

Jacobeanadj

Relating to a Jacob or James.

Jacobethanadj

Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.

Jacobiname

A surname from German.

Jacobi ellipsoidnoun

A triaxial ellipsoid under hydrostatic equilibrium.

Jacobi identitynoun

Given a binary operation × defined on a set S which also has additive operation + and additive identity 0, the property that a × (b×c) + b × (c×a) + c × (a×b) = 0 for all a, b, c in S.

Jacobi polynomialnoun

Any member of a certain class of orthogonal polynomials.

Jacobi symbolnoun

A mathematical function of integer a and odd positive integer b, generally written (a/b), based on, for each of the prime factors pᵢ of b, whether a is a quadratic residue or nonresidue modulo pᵢ.

Jacobianadj

Used to specify certain mathematical objects named in honour of C. G. J. Jacobi.

Jacobicadj

Of or relating to the biblical Jacob.

Jacobinnoun

Synonym of Dominican, a member of the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter.

Jacobinenoun

Synonym of Jacobin, especially as a feminine form.

jacobinianoun

The flowering plant Justicia carnea.

Jacobinicadj

Synonym of Jacobin, of or relating to the Jacobins of France.

Jacobinicaladj

Synonym of Jacobin, of, related to, or characteristic of the Jacobins of France.

Jacobinicallyadv

In a Jacobinic manner.

jacobiniseverb

Alternative form of Jacobinize.

Jacobinismnoun

The principles of the Jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.

Jacobinizationnoun

The process of Jacobinizing.

jacobinizeverb

Alternative form of Jacobinize.

Jacobitenoun

A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century.

Jacobitelyadv

Synonym of Jacobitically.

Jacobitiananoun

Objects, materials, or documents relating to the Jacobites.

Jacobiticadj

Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

Jacobiticaladj

Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

Jacobiticallyadv

In a Jacobitic manner.

Jacobitishadj

Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

Jacobitishlyadv

In a Jacobitish manner.

Jacobitismnoun

The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.

Jacobsname

An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.

Jacobs bogienoun

A design of bogie used for articulated passenger trains and trams, where the ends of two cars are mounted on the same bogie.

Jacobs syndromenoun

Synonym of XYY syndrome

Jacobsianadj

Of or relating to Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), American-Canadian writer and activist.

jacobsitenoun

A manganese iron oxide mineral, a magnetite spinel.

Jacobsonname

An English surname transferred from the given name.

Jacobson's organnoun

The vomeronasal organ, an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals.

Jacobyname

A male given name.

Jacoby transfernoun

A convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's no-trump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder.

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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 7. 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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