Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
anklejack
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
applejacks
applejacks
noun
plural of applejack
archjockey
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
bekelja
blackjacked
blackjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackjack
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
crackerjack
crackerjack
adj
(US, slang) Referring to clothing items (pants, jersey, collar) that constitute the traditional blue uniform of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
Expert, top-rated or high-performing.
noun
(US, slang) A U.S. Navy sailor.
(US, slang, in the plural) The traditional blue uniforms of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
(US, uncountable) Popcorn candied in molasses-flavored caramel and peanuts.
An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person.
An expert or top-rated individual (e.g., a marksman).
crackerjacks
crackerjacks
noun
plural of crackerjack
damkjernite
dejunkerize
demjanjuk
disjasked
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
eijkman
endjunk
forjesket
getmjlkost
hammerskjold
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
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
horsejockey
ikeja
inkjet
inkjet
noun
A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which propels tiny droplets of ink to the paper.
An inkjet printer.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
jackanapes
jackanapes
noun
(dated, derogatory) An impudent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A monkey.
plural of jackanape
jackanapeses
jackanapeses
noun
plural of jackanapes
jackarooed
jackarooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackaroo
jackasseries
jackasseries
noun
plural of jackassery
jackassery
jackassery
noun
The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
jackasses
jackasses
noun
plural of jackass
jackassness
jackassness
noun
foolishness; idiocy
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jacked
jacked
adj
(slang) Broken, imperfect, especially when followed by 'up'. (See jacked up)
(slang) High on drugs or stimulants.
(slang) Strong and/or muscled.
verb
(slang) simple past tense and past participle of jack (stole)
jackeen
jackeen
noun
(Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin.
(Ireland, derogatory) Synonym of Dubliner, especially (obsolete or historical) an excessively Anglophile one.
jackelyn
jacker
jacker
noun
(archaic) One who hunts at night using a jacklight.
(colloquial) A computer hacker or pirate
(colloquial) A robber.
jackeroo
jackeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of jackaroo
jackerooed
jackerooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackeroo
jackerooing
jackerooing
verb
present participle of jackeroo
jackeroos
jackeroos
noun
plural of jackeroo
jackers
jackers
noun
plural of jacker
jacket
jacket
noun
(Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
(slang) A police record.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
verb
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
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
jacketless
jacketless
adj
Without a jacket (book cover).
Without a jacket (coat).
jacketlike
jackets
jackets
noun
plural of jacket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jacket
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jackety
jackety
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jacket.
jackey
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
jackhammer
jackhammer
noun
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
verb
(intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
(intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
(of the heart or pulse) To beat hard, to pound.
(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
jackhammered
jackhammered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackhammer
jackhammers
jackhammers
noun
plural of jackhammer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackhammer
jackhead
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
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
jackknives
jackknives
noun
plural of jackknife
jackleg
jackleg
adj
(US) Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
(US) Dishonest, unscrupulous.
(US) Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
noun
(US) A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
(US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jackmen
jackmen
noun
plural of jackman
jacknifed
jacknives
jackpile
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
jackquelin
jackqueline
jackrolled
jackrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackroll
jackscrew
jackscrew
noun
A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackscrews
jackscrews
noun
plural of jackscrew
jackshea
jackslave
jackslave
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A low servant; a mean fellow.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
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
jackstone
jackstone
noun
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
jackstones
jackstones
noun
plural of jackstone
jackweed
jackyarder
jadelike
jadelike
adj
Resembling jade (the precious stone).
jaenicke
jahncke
jailbreak
jailbreak
noun
(computing) A modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet) to allow the installation and use of software not officially supported by the device's manufacturer.
verb
(transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
To escape from prison.
jailbreaker
jailbreaker
noun
One who breaks out of jail.
jailbreaks
jailbreaks
noun
plural of jailbreak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jailbreak
jailkeeper
jailkeeper
noun
One who keeps a jail; a jailer.
jaillike
jaillike
adj
Resembling, or characteristic of, a jail.
jake
jake
adj
(slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
noun
(New York, MTE, MLE, slang) police, a federal government officer.
(US) A juvenile male turkey.
(US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger.
(slang) A police officer, a cop (on foot, rather than in a patrol car).
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
verb
(transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
jakes
jakes
noun
.]](now chiefly Ireland) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
plural of jake in its various senses.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jake: to play a form of prank
jakey
jakey
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A homeless drunk.
jakie
jakie
noun
A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult form.
jamlike
jamlike
adj
Resembling jam (the sweet spread).
jamoke
jamoke
noun
(countable, slang) Penis.
(countable, slang) Stupid person, fool.
(uncountable, slang) Coffee.
jampacked
jampacked
adj
Alternative spelling of jam-packed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jampack
janacek
janeczka
janek
jankell
janker
janker
noun
(Scotland) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
jankers
jankers
noun
(Britain military slang) A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections.
(Britain military slang) Defaulters' drill.
plural of janker
jankey
januslike
jarek
jasminelike
jasminelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of jasmine.
jauked
jawbreak
jawbreaker
jawbreaker
noun
(boxing, slang) A hard blow to the side of the face.
A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
jawbreakers
jawbreakers
noun
plural of jawbreaker
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
jawlensky
jawlike
jawlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
jayhawker
jayhawker
noun
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
jaywalked
jaywalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jaywalk
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jaywalkers
jaywalkers
noun
plural of jaywalker
jazzlike
jazzlike
adj
Alternative spelling of jazz-like.
jedcock
jedcock
noun
Alternative form of judcock (“jacksnipe”)
jeddock
jedlicka
jeewhillikens
jekyll
jelick
jelick
noun
The bodice of women or vest of men worn in the Ottoman Empire.
jelks
jellylike
jellylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of jelly.
jellylikeness
jenkel
jenkin
jenkin
Proper noun
name, either transferred from the surname Jenkins or derived from the medieval given name Jankin, the pet form of Jan
variant of Jenkins, especially in the south-west of England
jenkins
jenkins
Proper noun
a patronymicsurname of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.