Junos (pl. ) of June
June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.
June (n.) One of the early discovered asteroids.
Juntas (pl. ) of Junta
Junta (n.) A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
Juntos (pl. ) of Junto
Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.
Junartie (n.) Jeopardy.
Jupati palm () A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.
Jupe (n.) Same as Jupon.
Jupiter (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity.
Jupon (n.) Alt. of Juppon
Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
Juppon (n.) A petticoat.
Jura (n.) 1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
Jura (n.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.
Jural (a.) Pertaining to natural or positive right.
Jural (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Juramenta (pl. ) of Juramentum
Juramentum (n.) An oath.
Jurassic (a.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains.
Jurassic (n.) The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.
Jurat (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.
Jurat (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed.
Juratory (a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution.
Jura-trias (n.) A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended.
Jurdiccion (n.) Jurisdiction.
Jurdon (n.) Jordan.
Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.
Juridic (a.) Alt. of Juridical
Juridical (a.) Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
Juridically (adv.) In a juridical manner.
Jurisconsult (n.) A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.
Jurisdiction (a.) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission.
Jurisdiction (a.) The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.
Jurisdiction (a.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.
Jurisdictional (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.
Jurisdictive (a.) Having jurisdiction.
Jurisprudence (a.) The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.
Jurisprudent (a.) Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.
Jurisprudent (n.) One skilled in law or jurisprudence.
Jurisprudential (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Jurist (a.) One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.
Juristic (a.) Alt. of Juristical
Juristical (a.) Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence.
Juror (n.) A member of a jury; a juryman.
Juror (n.) A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc.
Jury (a.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.
Juries (pl. ) of Jury
Jury (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.
Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.
Jurymen (pl. ) of Juryman
Juryman (n.) One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.
Jury-rigged (a.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a.
Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.
Just (a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.
Just (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
Just (a.) Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
Just (adv.) Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
Just (adv.) Closely; nearly; almost.
Just (adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
Just (v. i.) To joust.
Just (n.) A joust.
Justice (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
Justice (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
Justice (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
Justice (a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
Justice (v. t.) To administer justice to.
Justiceable (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice.
Justicehood (n.) Justiceship.
Justicement (n.) Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.
Justicer (n.) One who administers justice; a judge.
Justiceship (n.) The office or dignity of a justice.
Justiciable (a.) Proper to be examined in a court of justice.
Justiciar (n.) Same as Justiciary.
Justiciary (n.) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
Justico (n.) Alt. of Justicoat
Justicoat (n.) Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.
Justifiable (a.) Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Justification (n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Justification (n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
Justificative (a.) Having power to justify; justificatory.
Justificator (n.) One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier.
Justificatory (a.) Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.
Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
Justified (imp. & p. p.) of Justify
Justifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justify
Justify (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
Justify (a.) To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Justify (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
Justify (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
Justify (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Justinian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.
Justle (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.