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  • English Word Jaspideous Definition Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.
  • English Word Jaspilite Definition A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.
  • English Word Jaspoid Definition Resembling jasper.
  • English Word Jasponyx Definition An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
  • English Word Jatrophic Definition Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.
  • English Word Jaunce Definition To ride hard; to jounce.
  • English Word Jaundice Definition 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.
  • English Word Jaundice Definition To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
  • English Word Jaundiced Definition Affected with jaundice.
  • English Word Jaundiced Definition Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
  • English Word Jaunt Definition To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
  • English Word Jaunt Definition To ride on a jaunting car.
  • English Word Jaunt Definition To jolt; to jounce.
  • English Word Jaunt Definition A wearisome journey.
  • English Word Jaunt Definition A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
  • English Word Jaunted Definition of Jaunt
  • English Word Jauntily Definition In a jaunty manner.
  • English Word Jauntiness Definition The quality of being jaunty.
  • English Word Jaunting Definition of Jaunt
  • English Word Jaunty Definition Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
  • English Word Java Definition One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.
  • English Word Java Definition Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
  • English Word Javanese Definition A native or natives of Java.
  • English Word Javanese Definition Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.
  • English Word Javel Definition A vagabond.
  • English Word Javelin Definition 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.
  • English Word Javelin Definition To pierce with a javelin.
  • English Word Javelinier Definition A soldier armed with a javelin.
  • English Word Jaw Definition The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
  • English Word Jaw Definition A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.