Resembling the god Janus, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
janitor
janitor
noun
(Internet slang, 4chan, sometimes derogatory) A moderator for a discussion forum.
(Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
(chiefly US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
A doorman.
janitorial
janitorial
adj
Of or pertaining to a janitor.
janitors
janitors
noun
plural of janitor
janitorship
janitorship
noun
The role or duration of being a janitor.
japanolatry
japonaiserie
japonaiserie
noun
(art) Art objects made in the Japanese style.
japonizer
jardon
jargon
jargon
noun
(countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
(uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”)
verb
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
jargonal
jargonal
adj
Of or relating to jargon (technical language).
jargoned
jargoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jargon
jargoneer
jargoneer
noun
(rare, sometimes capitalized) A person who uses a great deal of jargon when speaking or writing, especially one who seems to relish such a manner of expression.
jargonel
jargonel
noun
Archaic form of jargonelle.
jargonelle
jargonelle
Noun
A variety of pear.
jargonels
jargonels
noun
plural of jargonel
jargoner
jargoner
noun
Synonym of jargonist
jargonesque
jargonesque
adj
Characteristic of jargon.
jargonic
jargonic
adj
Of or pertaining to a language to be described as jargon.
Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.
jargoning
jargoning
noun
Unintelligible speech.
verb
present participle of jargon
jargonisation
jargonisation
noun
Alternative form of jargonization
jargonise
jargonise
verb
Alternative form of jargonize
jargonised
jargonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jargonise
jargonish
jargonish
adj
Full of jargon.
jargonising
jargonising
verb
present participle of jargonise
jargonist
jargonist
noun
Someone who overuses jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
jargonistic
jargonistic
adj
Characterised by jargon.
jargonium
jargonium
noun
(obsolete) A rejected name for hafnium.
jargonization
jargonization
noun
That which has been translated into jargon.
The incorporation of jargon into a text or language.
jargonize
jargonize
verb
(intransitive) To speak or write using jargon.
(transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon.
jargonized
jargonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jargonize
jargonizer
jargonizing
jargonizing
verb
present participle of jargonize
jargonnelle
jargons
jargons
noun
plural of jargon
jargoon
jargoon
noun
(UK, slang, countable) A fake ring or other jewellery sold as genuine.
A variety of zircon.
jargoons
jargoons
noun
plural of jargoon
jarovization
jarovization
noun
vernalization
jarovizing
jateorhizin
jateorhizine
jateorhizine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in Jateorhiza.
jatrorrhizine
jatrorrhizine
noun
(organic chemistry) A protoberberine alkaloid isolated from Enantia chlorantha of the custard apple family, and other species.
jaundiceroot
jawboner
jawboner
noun
One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade.
jeapordizing
jecorin
jefferson
jefferson
Proper noun
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826); the third President of the United States, principal author of the US Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.
A city in Georgia, USA
A city in Iowa, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
A city in Texas, USA
A city in Wisconsin, USA
Noun
A two-dollar bill.
jeffersonia
jeffersonia
noun
Any of several herbs of the genus Jeffersonia (Berberidaceae), especially (Jeffersonia diphylla).
Any of the trilobites of the genus Jeffersonia (Bathyuridae)
jeffersonian
jeffersonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his political theories.
Noun
A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories.
jeffersonianism
jeffersonianism
Noun
The political principles of
jeffersonians
jeffersonite
jeffersonite
noun
(mineralogy) A zinc-containing variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown.
jeffersonton
jeffersontown
jeffersontown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, which is a major suburb of
jeffersonville
jeffersonville
Proper noun
a small city in Georgia, USA
a village in Illinois, USA.
a city in Indiana, USA
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA.
a village in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a village in the town of Vermont, USA.
jejunator
jennerization
jennerization
noun
(archaic) The process of jennerizing.
jennerstown
jenoar
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
jeopardising
jeopardising
verb
present participle of jeopardise
jeopardizing
jeopardizing
verb
present participle of jeopardize
jeopardousness
jeopardying
jeopardying
verb
present participle of jeopardy
jeopordizing
jerfalcon
jermonal
jermoonal
jeromian
jeronima
jeronymite
jeronymite
Noun
A member of any of various mediaeval congregations of hermits named after St. Jerome.
jestmonger
jestmonger
noun
One who tells jests; a joker.
jethronian
jivaroan
jivaroan
Adjective
Of or relating to the Jivaro peoples.
Noun
A member of the Jivaro peoples.
jobbernowl
jobbernowl
noun
A person's head, particularly if misshapen or blocky.
A stupid person; a blockhead:
jobbernowlism
jobcentre
jobcentre
noun
Alternative spelling of Jobcentre
jobmonger
jocularness
jocularness
noun
The state or quality of being jocular.
jocundry
johannesburg
johannesburg
Proper noun
The largest city of South Africa.
johannisberger
johannisberger
Noun
A fine white wine produced on the estate of Castle Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
johnadreams
johnsburg
johnsonburg
johnsongrass
johnsongrass
noun
Alternative spelling of Johnson grass
johnstrupite
johnstrupite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular titanium silicate mineral.
joinder
joinder
noun
(law) The joining of a litigant to a suit.
The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
joinders
joinders
noun
plural of joinder
joiner
joiner
noun
A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
A person who joins societies or organizations.
A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.
joinered
joineries
joineries
noun
plural of joinery
joinering
joiners
joiners
noun
plural of joiner
joinerville
joinery
joinery
noun
A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets.
The work of the joiner.
jointer
jointer
noun
(construction) A pointing-trowel.
(literally) One that joints.
(woodworking) The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
A bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together.
An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.
jointers
jointers
noun
plural of jointer
jointress
jointress
noun
A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.
jointresses
jointresses
noun
plural of jointress
jointure
jointure
noun
(law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
(obsolete) A joining; a joint.
verb
(transitive) To settle a jointure upon.
jointured
jointured
adj
(of a wife) Supplied with an estate through jointure.
(of an estate) Bequeathed to a wife through jointure.
jointureless
jointureless
adj
Having no jointure.
jointures
jointures
noun
plural of jointure
jointuress
jointuress
noun
A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
jointuring
jointuring
verb
present participle of jointure
jointworm
jointworm
noun
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.
jolterheadedness
jonesboro
jonesboro
Proper noun
The name of several towns and cities, including:
A city in Arkansas in the United States
A city in Georgia in the United States
A city in Illinois, USA
A town in Louisiana, USA
jonesborough
jonesburg
jonesport
jonglery
jonglery
noun
(historical) The practice or performance of a jongleur ("an itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France").
jongleur
jongleur
noun
A juggler; a conjurer.
A mountebank.
An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
jongleurs
jongleurs
noun
plural of jongleur
jordaens
jordain
jordan
jordan
noun
(obsolete) A vessel resembling a retort bulb or Florence flask with a truncated neck and flared mouth, used by medieval doctors and alchemists.
jordana
jordanian
jordanian
Noun
A person from Jordan or of Jordanian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people.
Pertaining to the work of
jordanians
jordanite
jordanite
noun
(mineralogy) A grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₁₄(As,Sb)₆S₂₃.
jordanna
jordanon
jordans
jordans
noun
plural of jordan
jordanson
jordanville
jorden
jorden
noun
Alternative form of jordan
jordison
jordon
jorgan
jorgensen
jorgensen
Proper noun
of and origin.
jorgenson
jorin
jormungandr
jornada
jornadas
jouncier
jouncier
adj
comparative form of jouncy: more jouncy
jourdain
jourdan
jourdanton
journ
journal
journal
adj
(obsolete) Daily.
noun
(accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
(accounting) A general journal.
(computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
verb
To archive or record something.
To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.
To scrapbook.
journalary
journaled
journaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journal
journalese
journalese
noun
A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
journaleses
journaleses
noun
plural of journalese
journaling
journaling
noun
(computing, by extension) The change log of the file system or database.
The activity of keeping a diary, or journal.
verb
present participle of journal
journalise
journalise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of journalize
journalised
journalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journalise