Words starting with J — 364 entries

The 364 dictionary words that begin with the letter J, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• j4 sensesThe tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
• J5 sensesThe tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
• ja2 sensesYes.
• JA1 senseYoung Alternative for Germany.
• jab10 sensesA quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
• Jace1 senseA twentieth century diminutive of the male given name Jason.
• jack56 sensesA coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
• Jack7 sensesA unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or…
• jackal6 sensesAny of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
• jackass7 sensesA male donkey.
• jacked3 sensesHigh on drugs or stimulants.
• jacket13 sensesAny of certain types of outerwear. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
• Jackie2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
• jackpot10 sensesA money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
• Jackpot1 senseA census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
• jacks3 sensesA pair of jacks.
• Jacks1 senseA surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.
• Jackson36 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic.
• jacky2 sensesA sailor.
• Jacky3 sensesA nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
• Jacob5 sensesA male given name from Hebrew.
• Jacobs5 sensesAn English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.
• Jacqueline1 senseA female given name from French.
• Jacques2 sensesA male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], feminine equivalent Jacqueline,…
• jacuzzi4 sensesA hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.
• Jacuzzi1 senseA surname from Italian.
• jade9 sensesA semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
• Jade2 sensesA female given name from English.
• Jae2 sensesA male given name.
• jaffa3 sensesA type of sweet orange, normally seedless.
• Jaffa2 sensesA port in western Israel.
• jag14 sensesA sharp projection.
• Jag1 senseA Jaguar car.
• jagger6 sensescarrier, carter
• Jagger2 sensesA surname originating as an occupation.
• jaguar1 senseA carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.
• Jaguar2 sensesA British motor car manufacturer.
• Jai2 sensesA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• jail6 sensesA place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where…
• Jaime2 sensesA unisex given name. A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.
• jake7 sensesSynonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.
• Jake1 senseA male given name.
• Jakob2 sensesA male given name, equivalent to English Jacob.
• jam32 sensesA sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
• JAM1 senseA household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations.
• jamaica1 senseroselle
• Jamaica4 sensesAn island and country in the Caribbean.
• Jamaican2 sensesA person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
• Jamal1 senseA male given name from Arabic.
• James8 sensesThe twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
• Jameson4 sensesA Scottish and Northern Irish surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name James.
• Jamie2 sensesA unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.
• jammed3 sensesStuck.
• jamming3 sensesThe act or process by which something is jammed.
• Jan4 sensesA male given name from Dutch.
• Jana1 senseA female given name from Czech.
• jane2 sensesA female client of a prostitute.
• Jane4 sensesA female given name from French, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
• Janet3 sensesA female given name.
• Janeway1 senseA surname.
• Janey2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Jane.
• jang1 senseFermented ingredients used as the base for many Korean dishes and sauces.
• Jang5 sensesA surname.
• Janice2 sensesA female given name.
• Janie1 senseA diminutive of the female given name Jane.
• Janine1 senseA female given name from French.
• Janis1 senseA female given name.
• janitor4 sensesSomeone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
• January2 sensesThe first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
• jap2 sensesTo carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).
• Jap4 sensesA Japanese person.
• japan4 sensesA hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
• Japan2 sensesA country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.
• Japanese5 sensesOf, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.
• jar18 sensesAn earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
• Jared3 sensesA male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
• Jarvis4 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic.
• jasmine4 sensesAny of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
• Jasmine2 sensesA female given name from Persian.
• Jason3 sensesThe leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
• jasper7 sensesAn opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
• Jasper18 sensesA male given name from Old Persian.
• java3 sensesA blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
• Java4 sensesAn island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
• Javier2 sensesA male given name from Spanish.
• jaw18 sensesOne of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
• jaws3 sensesThe mouth.
• Jax1 senseA male given name transferred from the surname.
• jay8 sensesAny of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus,…
• Jay14 sensesAn English surname transferred from the nickname from Old French jai (“jay (bird)”), a nickname for a chatty or showy person.
• jazz16 sensesA musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over…
• Jazz3 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Jasper.
• jazzy3 sensesIn the style of jazz.
• JE1 senseA hypothetical intermediate stage in the development of the Torah, consisting of a combination of the Jehovist (J) and Elohist (E) sources.
• jealous6 sensesSuspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's…
• jealousy2 sensesA state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
• jean1 senseDenim.
• Jean4 sensesA female given name from French.
• jeanette1 senseA coarse jean fabric, used for linings.
• Jeanne1 senseA female given name from French.
• Jeannie1 senseA diminutive of the female given name Jean.
• jeans1 senseA pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
• Jeans1 senseA surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
• Jeb2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Jebediah.
• Jed1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Jedidiah.
• JED1 senseA hypothetical intermediate stage in the development of the Torah, consisting of a combination of the Jehovist (J), Elohist (E), and Deuteronomist…
• Jedi2 sensesOne of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
• jeep8 sensesPertaining to utility or general purpose.
• Jeep1 senseA vehicle (of a particular brand) suitable for rough terrain.
• Jeeves3 sensesA surname originating as a matronymic.
• jeff3 sensesTo play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice.
• Jeff2 sensesA diminutive of the male given names Jeffrey, Jeffery, Jefferey, Jeffry, or Jefferson.
• Jefferson34 sensesAn English surname originating as a patronymic; (US politics) used specifically of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the third president of the United…
• Jeffrey2 sensesA male given name from the Germanic languages, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
• Jeffries1 senseA surname originating as a patronymic.
• Jehovah3 sensesA transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
• Jekyll2 sensesA surname.
• Jell-O2 sensesA brand of dessert made from gelatin.
• jelly14 sensesA dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit)…
• jellyfish5 sensesAn almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
• Jem2 sensesA diminutive of the male given names James, Jeremy, or Jeremiah.
• Jen3 sensesA female given name.
• Jenkins4 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.
• Jenn2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Jennifer.
• Jenna1 senseA female given name, variant of Jenny.
• Jennie1 senseA female given name, variant of Jenny.
• Jennifer1 senseA female given name from Cornish.
• Jennings12 sensesAn English surname originating as a patronymic.
• jenny8 sensesA device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
• Jenny4 sensesA female given name.
• Jensen3 sensesA surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish or Norwegian origin.
• Jeong1 senseA surname from Korean, a more recent transliteration of Chung.
• jeopardize1 senseTo put in jeopardy, to threaten.
• jeopardy2 sensesDanger of failure, harm, or loss.
• jer1 senseeither of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to…
• Jeremiah6 sensesAn ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
• Jeremy2 sensesA male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
• Jericho19 sensesA city in the West Bank, Palestine.
• jerk20 sensesA sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
• jerking1 senseA motion that jerks; a jerk.
• jerky5 sensesCharacterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
• Jerome14 sensesA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• Jerri1 senseA diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.
• jerry4 sensesA chamber pot.
• Jerry5 sensesA diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, or similar male given names.
• jersey3 sensesA garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
• Jersey6 sensesAn island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
• Jerusalem13 sensesA city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel…
• jess2 sensesA short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
• Jess2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Jesse.
• Jesse4 sensesThe son of Obed and the father of king David.
• Jessica1 senseA female given name from Hebrew.
• jessie1 senseSynonym of sissy: a cowardly, effeminate, or homosexual man, a girly man.
• Jessie3 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Jessica.
• jest5 sensesTo tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
• Jesus8 sensesJesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a…
• jet23 sensesA collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
• Jet3 sensesA town in Oklahoma.
• Jethro2 sensesThe father-in-law of Moses.
• Jets1 senseAn NFL franchise located in New York City.
• jew1 senseThe jewfish.
• Jew8 sensesAn adherent of Judaism.
• jewel8 sensesA precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
• Jewel2 sensesA female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.
• jewellery3 sensesCollectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
• jewelry2 sensesTo make jewelry.
• jewels1 senseFamily jewels; testicles.
• Jewish7 sensesFollowing the religion of Judaism.
• Jez2 sensesA sexually promiscuous female; a whore.
• JFK10 sensesBuildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially John F. Kennedy Airport in New…
• Ji6 sensesA county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
• Jia2 sensesA surname.
• Jiang5 sensesA surname from Mandarin.
• Jie2 sensesAn ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
• jiffy4 sensesA very short, unspecified length of time.
• jig17 sensesA light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
• Jig1 senseradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter J.
• jigsaw4 sensesA power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.
• jihad4 sensesA holy war undertaken by Muslims.
• jill3 sensesTo masturbate.
• Jill4 sensesA female given name from Latin.
• Jillian1 senseA female given name from Latin, variant of Gillian.
• jim2 sensesTo jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something).
• Jim1 senseA diminutive of the male given name James.
• Jimbo1 senseA diminutive of the male given name James.
• Jimi1 senseA rare spelling variant of Jimmy, diminutive of the male given name James.
• jimmy11 sensesSprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
• Jimmy5 sensesA diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
• jin1 senseA portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
• Jin34 sensesA river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
• jing1 senseAccording to traditional Chinese medicine, a dense essence stored in the kidneys that is the material basis for the physical body. It is yin in…
• Jing10 sensesAn ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.
• jingle12 sensesThe sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
• Jingle1 senseA county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
• jingling2 sensesThe sound made by something that jingles.
• jinx7 sensesA hex; an evil spell.
• Jiro1 senseA male given name from Japanese.
• jive11 sensesTo deceive; to be deceptive.
• JJ1 senseA male given name, often short for Jacob or Joshua.
• jo2 sensesDarling, sweetheart.