(a.) Alt. of Juridical

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jig

(n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.

(a.) Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.

(a.) Playful; frisky.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jilt

(pl. ) of Jimmy

(imp. & p. p.) of Jingle

(n.) One who, or that which, jingles.

(pl. ) of Jingo

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Job

(n.) The act or practice of jobbing.

(n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery.

(a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.

(a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician.

(pl. ) of Jockey

(a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.

(a.) Sportive; merry.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jog

(n.) The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

(imp. & p. p.) of Joggle

(n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant.

(n.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus.

(n.) The male ass; a donkey.

(n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.

(n.) See Daw, n.

(n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow.

(pl. ) of Jackman

(n.) The merganser.

(n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc.

(n.) See Holing.

(n.) See Jade, the stone.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jag

(n.) Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis).

(a.) Of or pertaining to jalap.

(n.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jam

(n.) Same as Jemidar.

(n.) A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jangle

(n.) An idle talker; a babbler; a prater.

(n.) A wrangling, noisy fellow.

(n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jar

(n.) The goatsucker.

(a.) Shaking; disturbing; discordant.

(n.) A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.

(n.) Discord; a clashing of interests.

(a.) Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.

(a.) Resembling jasper.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jaunt

(n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.

(v. t.) To pierce with a javelin.

(n.) See Maxilliped.

(a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

(a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.

(a.) Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.

(a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeer

(a.) Mocking; scoffing.

(n.) A mocking utterance.

(a.) Pertaining to the jejunum.

(n.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.

(a.) Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.

(pl. ) of Jelly

(imp. & p. p.) of Jelly

(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.

(pl. ) of Jenny

(n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.

(v. t.) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jerk

(n.) The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.

(n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

(n.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

(a.) Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jest

(a.) Given to jesting; full of jokes.

(a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.

(n.) The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Join

(a.) Adjoining.

(v. t.) The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.

(v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.

(v. t.) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.

(v. t.) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.

(n.) The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.

(imp. & p. p.) of Joint

(a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.

(n.) One who, or that which, joints.

(n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined

(n.) The longest plane used by a joiner.

(n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves.

(n.) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.

(n.) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.

(adv.) In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.

(imp. & p. p.) of Joist

(adv.) In a jolly manner.

(n.) Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jostle

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jot

(imp. & p. p.) of Jounce

(a.) Daily; diurnal.

(a.) A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.

(a.) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.

(a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.

(a.) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.

(a.) A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.

(a.) That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.

(a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.

(n.) The travel or work of a day.

(n.) Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.

(v. i.) To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.

(v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through.

(n.) One who jousts or tilts.

(n.) Joyance.

(a.) Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.

(a.) Causing joyfulness.

(a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee.

(n.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners.

(n.) The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.

(n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist.

(n.) A season of general joy.

(n.) A state of joy or exultation.

(n.) See Jacksnipe.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Judge

(n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

(pl. ) of Jersey

(pl. ) of Jetty

(n.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P. tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jewel

(n.) One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

(n.) The art or trade of a jeweler.

(n.) Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jet

(n.) See Jet d'eau.

(n.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.

(n.) A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.

(n.) A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.

(n.) The black grouper of Florida and Texas.

(n.) A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jug

(a.) Coupled together.

(imp. & p. p.) of Juggle

(n.) One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.

(n.) A deceiver; a cheat.

(n.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen.

(a.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.

(a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein.

(a.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).

(n.) The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jumble

(n.) One who confuses things.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jump

(p. a. & vb. n.) of Jump, to leap.

(n.) A fossil rush.

(a.) Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.

(pl. ) of Juryman

(n.) One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.

(n.) Alt. of Justicoat

(a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

(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.

(a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.

(a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.

(a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.

(v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.

(v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

(imp. & p. p.) of Justle

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jut

(a.) Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.