English Words: J
4,872 words · Page 8 of 98
A device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing patterned textiles by means of punch cards that control the weaving operation.
A male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], feminine equivalent Jacqueline, equivalent to English Jacob.
A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
Any of a melanocratic series of igneous rocks of varying composition, the characteristic minerals being purple titanaugite, nepheline, and magnetite or titanoferrite.
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
Strongylodon macrobotrys, a leguminous perennial liana endemic to the tropical forests of the Philippines.
Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.
A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₂O₆, found in metamorphic rocks.
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 8. 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.