(a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution.

(n.) See Gimcrack.

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

(n.) The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.

(n.) The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.

(n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jockey

(n.) A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.

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

(imp. & p. p.) of Jabber

(n.) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine.

(n.) See Jaconet.

(a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.

(n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

(n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.

(n.) A boasting; a bragging.

(v. t.) To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.

(n.) A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.

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

(n.) Jangling.

(a.) Producing discordant sounds.

(n.) Idle babbling; vain disputation.

(n.) Wrangling; altercation.

(n.) A female janitor.

(imp. & p. p.) of Japan

(a.) Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.

(n.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.

(n.) A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jargon

(a.) Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.

(n.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.

(n.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.

(n.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood.

(v. t.) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

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

(adv.) In a jaunty manner.

(n.) A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.

(n.) The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

(n.) The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

(n.) A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.

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

(n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.

(v. t.) To jeopardize.

(n.) Alt. of Jeremiade

(n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

(n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

(n.) Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.

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

(n.) The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.

(n.) A joining; a joint.

(n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.

(v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.

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

(adv.) In a joking way; sportively.

(n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

(n.) Alt. of Jongler

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

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

(pl. ) of Journey

(adv.) In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.

(n.) Joviality.

(a.) Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.

() of Jewel

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

(n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

(n.) See Jetsam, 1.

(imp. & p. p.) of Junket

(a.) Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.

(a.) Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.

(a.) Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.

(a.) Judicious.

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

(n.) The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

(n.) Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.

(a.) Cheating; tricky.

(n.) Jugglery; underhand practice.

(v. t.) To cut the throat of.

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

(n.) A joining; a union; an alliance.

(n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.

(n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.

(a.) Alt. of Juristical

(n.) One who administers justice; a judge.

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

(n.) The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause.

(a.) Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

(a.) Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

(n.) A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.