(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
blackjacking
blackjacking
verb
present participle of blackjack
carjackings
carjackings
noun
plural of carjacking
coinjock
crojik
crojik
noun
A triangular sail on old sailing ships.
crojiks
crojiks
noun
plural of crojik
flipjack
highjack
highjack
noun
Alternative spelling of hijack
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
highjacking
highjacking
noun
Alternative form of hijacking
verb
present participle of highjack
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
hijack
hijack
noun
(obsolete) A highwayman, robber.
(poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
(politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
verb
(computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site.
(computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
(politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
hijacked
hijacked
adj
Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hijack
hijacker
hijacker
noun
(computing) Hijackware.
Someone who hijacks.
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
hijacking
hijacking
noun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
verb
present participle of hijack
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hijacks
hijacks
noun
plural of hijack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hijack
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jackanapish
jackanapish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jackanapes.
jackarooing
jackarooing
verb
present participle of jackaroo
jackasseries
jackasseries
noun
plural of jackassery
jackassification
jackassification
noun
(nonce word) The condition or process of being or becoming a jackass (stupid person).
jackassism
jackassism
noun
Foolish behaviour; stupidity.
jackbird
jackbird
noun
A saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
jackerooing
jackerooing
verb
present participle of jackeroo
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jacketlike
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
jacki
jackie
jackie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given name Jack or John.
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline, Jacquelyn
jackies
jackies
noun
plural of jacky
jacking
jacking
noun
(colloquial) A street robbery.
verb
present participle of jack
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jackknifes
jackknifes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife
jackknifing
jackknifing
verb
present participle of jackknife
jackknives
jackknives
noun
plural of jackknife
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
jacklin
jacknifed
jacknifing
jacknives
jackpile
jackpiling
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
jackquelin
jackqueline
jackrabbit
jackrabbit
noun
any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus
verb
(US) To make a sudden, rapid movement
jackrabbits
jackrabbits
noun
plural of jackrabbit
jackrolling
jackrolling
noun
(South Africa) gang rape of women by men
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
jacksonia
jacksonian
jacksonian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Jacksonian
jacksonism
jacksonite
jacksonite
Noun
A Jacksonian.
jacksonville
jacksonville
Proper noun
Name for a number of cities and towns in the United States, including the largest city in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana
jaenicke
janicki
janiuszck
jedlicka
jelick
jelick
noun
The bodice of women or vest of men worn in the Ottoman Empire.
jestingstock
jimcrack
jimcrack
adj
Alternative spelling of gimcrack
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
jinrickshas
jinrickshas
noun
plural of jinricksha
jinrickshaw
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
jockeylike
jockeylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jockey (rider of racehorses).
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
jonnick
joystick
joystick
noun
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
verb
(rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
joysticks
joysticks
noun
plural of joystick
juckies
jurkoic
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
kinchinjunga
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
rejacketing
rejacketing
verb
present participle of rejacket
sjenicki
skipjack
skipjack
noun
(obsolete) An upstart.
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
An elaterid; a click beetle.
Katsuwonus pelamis.
Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
The alewife
The bonito
The butterfish
The common bluefish
The cutlass fish
The jurel
The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
The runner.
The saurel.
The saury.
skipjackly
skipjacks
skipjacks
noun
plural of skipjack
skyjacking
skyjacking
noun
The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force. The hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.
verb
present participle of skyjack
skyjackings
skyjackings
noun
plural of skyjacking
snipjack
stickjaw
stickjaw
noun
Food that is difficult to chew or swallow, such as toffee or pudding.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
stockjudging
straightjacket
straightjacket
noun
Misspelling of straitjacket.
straitjacket
straitjacket
noun
(figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
verb
(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.