English Words: J

4,872 words · Page 83 of 98

jujuistnoun

One who practises juju.

jujumannoun

A practitioner of juju magic.

Jujutlaname

A town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador.

jujutsunoun

Alternative form of jujitsu.

jujutsukanoun

A practitioner of any type of jujutsu/jujitsu martial arts, except judo.

Jujuyname

A province in northwestern Argentina.

juknoun

Synonym of congee.

Jukdoname

An island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

jukenoun

A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.

juke jointnoun

An informal drinking establishment featuring blues music and dancing; primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.

jukeboxnoun

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections.

jukebox musicalnoun

A musical consisting predominantly of songs that had been previously released and are well-known to the public, usually with a plot specifically written to accommodate them in the story.

jukeboxedadj

Filled with jukebox music.

jukeboxlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a jukebox.

jukienoun

A jukebox (machine for playing music).

jukskeinoun

A traditional game similar to quoits played by throwing the skei at the yoke.

jukunoun

A private Japanese school offering lessons outside of regular school time.

jukujikunnoun

A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling.

julepnoun

A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.

Julesname

A male given name from French.

Julesburgname

A statutory town, the county seat of Sedgwick County, Colorado, United States.

Juleyname

A diminutive of the female given name Julia.

julgolditenoun

A particular pumpellyite mineral.

Julianame

A female given name from Latin.

Julia setnoun

In complex dynamics, a set consisting of values generated by a mathematical function such that an arbitrarily small perturbation can cause drastic changes in the sequence of iterated function values.

Julianname

The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Philosopher or Julian the Apostate.

Julian Alpsname

A mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps stretching from northeastern Italy to Slovenia.

Julian calendarname

The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.

Juliananame

A female given name from Latin, Latin feminine form of Julianus, derivative of Julius.

Juliana Republicname

A republic briefly declared in the imperial Brazilian province of Santa Catarina, as an extension of the Ragamuffin War in the neighboring province of Rio Grande do Sul, and lasting from July 24 to November 15, 1839.

julianiaceousadj

Of or relating to the Julianiaceae.

Julianistnoun

A member of the Aphthartodocetae.

Juliannname

A female given name from Latin.

Juliannaname

A female given name from Latin.

Juliannename

A female given name from Latin.

Juliardname

A surname from French.

Juliename

A female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.

Julienname

A male given name from French, equivalent to English Julian.

julienitenoun

A blue monoclinic mineral with chemical name sodium tetrathiocyanatocobaltate(II) octahydrate.

juliennenoun

A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.

Juliesname

plural of July

Julietname

A female given name from Latin.

Juliet balconynoun

Synonym of balconette.

Juliet capnoun

A round shaped tight-fitted cap worn by brides etc.

Juliet sleevenoun

A long, tight sleeve with a puff at the top.

Julietesqueadj

Resembling or characteristic of Juliet from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Julietianadj

Of or relating to the character Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

juliformadj

Having the form of a catkin

Juliiname

plural of Julius

julionoun

A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13).

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 83. 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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