Jeel (n.) A morass; a shallow lake.
Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.
Jeer (n.) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
Jeered (imp. & p. p.) of Jeer
Jeering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeer
Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
Jeer (n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Jeerer (n.) A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.
Jeering (a.) Mocking; scoffing.
Jeering (n.) A mocking utterance.
Jeers (n. pl.) See 1st Jeer (b).
Jeffersonia (n.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.
Jeffersonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his policy or political doctrines.
Jeffersonite (n.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
Jeg (n.) See Jig, 6.
Jehovah (n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.
Jehovist (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist.
Jehovist (n.) The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
Jehovistic (a.) Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic.
Jehu (n.) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
Jejunal (a.) Pertaining to the jejunum.
Jejune (a.) Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
Jejune (a.) Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.
Jejunity (n.) The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.
Jejunum (n.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.
Jelerang (n.) A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.
Jell (v. i.) To jelly.
Jellied (a.) Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.
Jellies (pl. ) of Jelly
Jelly (n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
Jellied (imp. & p. p.) of Jelly
Jellying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jelly
Jelly (v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
Jellyfish (n.) Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.
Jemidar (n.) The chief or leader of a hand or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army.
Jemlah goat () The jharal.
Jemminess (n.) Spruceness.
Jemmy (a.) Spruce.
Jemmy (n.) A short crowbar. See Jimmy.
Jemmy (n.) A baked sheep's head.
Jeniquen (n.) A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber.
Jenite (n.) See Yenite.
Jenkins (n.) name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.
Jennet (n.) A small Spanish horse; a genet.
Jenneting (n.) A variety of early apple. See Juneating.
Jennies (pl. ) of Jenny
Jenny (n.) A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
Jenny (n.) A familiar name of the European wren.
Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.
Jentling (n.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.
Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Jeoparded (imp. & p. p.) of Jeopard
Jeoparding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeopard
Jeopard (v. t.) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.
Jeoparder (n.) One who puts in jeopardy.
Jeopardized (imp. & p. p.) of Jeopardize
Jeopardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeopardize
Jeopardize (v. t.) To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.
Jeopardous (a.) Perilous; hazardous.
Jeopardy (n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
Jeopardy (v. t.) To jeopardize.
Jerboa (n.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.
Jereed (n.) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
Jeremiad (n.) Alt. of Jeremiade
Jeremiade (n.) A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.
Jerfalcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.
Jerguer (n.) See Jerquer.
Jerid (n.) Same as Jereed.
Jerk (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
Jerked (imp. & p. p.) of Jerk
Jerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jerk
Jerk (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
Jerk (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
Jerk (v. i.) To flout with contempt.
Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
Jerk (n.) A sudden start or spring.
Jerker (n.) A beater.
Jerker (n.) One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Jerkin (n.) A male gyrfalcon.
Jerking (n.) The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.
Jerkinhead (n.) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
Jermoonal (n.) The Himalayan now partridge.
Jeronymite (n.) One belonging of the mediaeval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome.
Jeropigia (n.) See Geropigia.
Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
Jerquing (n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
Jerquing (n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
Jerry-built (a.) Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
Jerseys (pl. ) of Jersey
Jersey (n.) The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.
Jersey (n.) A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet).
Jersey (n.) One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.
Jerusalem (n.) The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.