Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
anklejack
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
demjanjuk
disjasked
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
forjesket
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
jackasses
jackasses
noun
plural of jackass
jackeroos
jackeroos
noun
plural 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
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
jacknifed
jacknives
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
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.
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.
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jackstone
jackstone
noun
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
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.
jampacked
jampacked
adj
Alternative spelling of jam-packed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jampack
januslike
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.
jellylike
jellylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of jelly.
jenkinson
jerkiness
jerkiness
noun
The state or quality of being jerky.
jerkingly
jerkingly
adv
With jerking motions; unsteadily.
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.
jessakeed
jessakeed
noun
(archaic) A Native American prophet or medicine man.
jewellike
jewellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jewel.
jockettes
jockettes
noun
plural of jockette
jockeydom
jockeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of jockeys (riders of racehorses).
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.
jockteleg
jockteleg
noun
(Scotland, archaic) A folding knife.
jokeproof
jokeproof
adj
(rare) Unable or unwilling to understand a joke; humorless.
(rare) Unable to be joked about.
jokesmith
jokesmith
noun
(humorous) A person who devises jokes.
jokesters
jokesters
noun
plural of jokester
jossakeed
jossakeed
noun
A prophet or medicine man among certain Native American peoples.
judaslike
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
jukeboxes
jukeboxes
noun
plural of jukebox
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jukebox
junkerdom
junkerdom
noun
The policies or attitudes of junkers.
junkerish
junkerish
adj
(historical) Characteristic of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
junkerism
junkerism
noun
(historical) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
junketeer
junketeer
noun
A junketer.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a junket or banquet etc.
junketers
junketers
noun
plural of junketer
junketing
junketing
noun
A celebratory feast or banquet.
verb
present participle of junket
junketter
kabeljous
kabeljous
noun
plural of kabeljou
kharijite
kilojoule
kilojoule
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of energy equal to 10³ joules. Symbol: kJ
kwajalein
kwajalein
Proper noun
Kwajalein atoll.
Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll.
lancejack
lancejack
noun
Alternative form of lance-jack
nordenskj
outjockey
outjockey
verb
(transitive) To outdo; to outvie.
perjinkly
redjacket
reykjavik
sanjakate
sanjakate
noun
Synonym of sanjak
sanjakbeg
sanjakbeg
noun
(historical) Alternative form of sanjakbey: an official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
seljukian
seljukian
Adjective
Seljuk
Proper noun
Seljuk
skijorers
skijorers
noun
plural of skijorer
skyjacked
skyjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyjack
skyjacker
skyjacker
noun
A person who commits skyjacking, who skyjacks.
smokejack
smokejack
noun
A device for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.