A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackstraw
jackstraw
adj
(obsolete, of a person) Of no substance or worth.
Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface.
noun
(dated) An insignificant person.
(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks.
jahwistic
jamestown
jamestown
Proper noun
Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions
In Virginia, the first English settlement in America.
The capital of the island Saint Helena.
A small city in Kentucky, USA
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jawboning
jawboning
noun
Persistent persuasive talk.
verb
present participle of jawbone
jawfallen
jawfallen
adj
(archaic) Dejected, dispirited.
(obsolete) Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
jawfooted
jawlensky
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.
jerkwater
jerkwater
adj
(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
noun
(US, historical) A train on a branch line.
A jerkwater town.
jettywise
jewelfish
jewelfish
noun
Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.
jewellers
jewellers
noun
plural of jeweller
jewellery
jewellery
noun
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
jewelless
jewelless
adj
Without jewels.
jewellike
jewellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jewel.
jewelling
jewelling
verb
present participle of jewel
jewelries
jewelries
noun
plural of jewelry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jewelry
jewelweed
jewelweed
noun
(US) Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.
jewfishes
jewfishes
noun
plural of jewfish
jigsawing
jigsawing
verb
present participle of jigsaw
jimberjaw
jimmyweed
jinniwink
jinniwink
noun
A kind of derrick.
jinnywink
johnstown
jointweed
jointweed
noun
Any member of the genus Polygonella of knotweeds and smartweeds.
jointwood
jointworm
jointworm
noun
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.
jonestown
jonestown
Proper noun
A former settlement in Guyana founded by the church-turned-cult Peoples Temple, the site of an infamous mass murder/suicide in 1978.
The Jonestown massacre itself.
Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
Noun
Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.