A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).
A European bird (Coloeus monedula) of the crow family, often nesting in church towers and ruins.
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jacksaw
jacksaw
noun
A bird, the merganser.
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
jacksontown
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.
jackstraws
jackstraws
noun
plural of jackstraw
jackweed
jackwood
jackwood
noun
Cryptocarya glaucescens, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly.
jadwiga
jadwin
jahwe
jahweh
jahwism
jahwist
jahwistic
jailward
jailward
adv
Toward jail.
jajawijaja
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
jamwood
jamwood
noun
The hard timber of the jam tree (Acacia acuminata).
janelew
jarrow
jarrow
Proper noun
A town on the River Tyne in north east England and part of the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear.
jasminewood
jasperware
jasperware
noun
(ceramics) A form of pottery that has a stoneware body which is either white or colored, which is noted for its matte finish. It is a popular blue-and-white ware, but it comes in many other colors.
jasperwares
jasperwares
noun
plural of jasperware
jaw
jaw
adj
(used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump)
noun
(figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
(nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(slang) Axle guard.
(slang, dated) Impudent, abusive or worthless talk.
(snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
A notch or opening.
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
The part of the face below the mouth.
verb
(intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
(intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
(snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
(transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
jawab
jawab
noun
(India) Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.
(India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
jawaharlal
jawan
jawan
noun
(India) An infantryman; a soldier.
jawans
jawans
noun
plural of jawan
jawara
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jawbone
jawbone
noun
(countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
(countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
(countable, singular or plural, music) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
(uncountable, slang, archaic) Credit.
verb
To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.
jawboned
jawboned
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of jawbone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jawbone
jawboner
jawboner
noun
One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade.
jawbones
jawbones
noun
plural of jawbone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jawbone
jawboning
jawboning
noun
Persistent persuasive talk.
verb
present participle of jawbone
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.
jawcrusher
jawed
jawed
adj
(in combination) Having a specified type of jaw.
Having jaws.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jaw
jawfall
jawfall
noun
(archaic, Caribbean) trismus
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.
jawfeet
jawfeet
noun
plural of jawfoot
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
jawfoot
jawfoot
noun
maxilliped
jawfooted
jawhole
jawing
jawing
noun
A scolding.
verb
present participle of jaw
jawlensky
jawless
jawless
adj
Lacking a jaw.
jawlike
jawlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
jawline
jawline
noun
The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.
jawlines
jawlines
noun
plural of jawline
jawn
jawn
noun
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A woman.
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) Something; any object, place, or person.
verb
Obsolete form of yawn.
jaworski
jawp
jawrope
jaws
jaws
noun
(colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
(plural only) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
(plural only) the mouth
plural of jaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaw
jawsmith
jawsmith
noun
(US, slang) A union organizer; later especially of the International Workers of the World.
(US, slang) An orator, especially a demagogue.
jawtwister
jawy
jawy
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the jaws.
jayawardena
jayhawk
jayhawk
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To steal.
jayhawker
jayhawker
noun
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
jaywalk
jaywalk
verb
(chiefly Canada, US, law) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.
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
jaywalking
jaywalking
noun
gerund of jaywalk.
verb
present participle of jaywalk
jaywalks
jaywalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk
jazzbow
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.
jetware
jigsaw
jigsaw
noun
A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.
Something that can be compared to a jigsaw puzzle.
verb
(transitive) To cut something using a jigsaw.
jigsawed
jigsawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw
jigsawing
jigsawing
verb
present participle of jigsaw
jigsawn
jigsawn
verb
past participle of jigsaw
jigsaws
jigsaws
noun
plural of jigsaw
jimberjaw
jimberjawed
jinrickshaw
joukerypawkery
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
jowar
jowar
noun
Alternative form of jawar
jowari
jowars
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
jurywoman
jurywoman
noun
A female juror.
jwanai
kabbeljaws
kajawah
kajawah
noun
A sort of covered basket used as a pannier or saddle on the back of a camel.
kujawiak
kwajalein
kwajalein
Proper noun
Kwajalein atoll.
Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll.
kwangju
kwartje
lockjaw
lockjaw
noun
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
longjaw
longjaw
adj
Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a long jaw.
longjaws
ojibwa
ojibwas
ojibway
overjawed
rajewski
schwejda
stickjaw
stickjaw
noun
Food that is difficult to chew or swallow, such as toffee or pudding.
swaraj
swaraj
noun
(India, historical) self-rule
swarajes
swarajes
noun
plural of swaraj
swarajism
swarajism
noun
Support for swaraj.
swarajist
swarajist
noun
A supporter of swaraj.
underjaw
underjaw
noun
the lower part of the jaw
underjawed
underjawed
adj
Having a heavy underjaw.
underjaws
underjaws
noun
plural of underjaw
vijayawada
wajang
wajang
noun
Alternative form of wayang
wajda
wanderjahr
wanderjahr
noun
(historical) A year spent by an apprentice travelling and honing skills prior to the professional practice of a trade.
A year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.
wanderjahre
wanderjahre
noun
plural of wanderjahr
wapperjaw
wapperjawed
wejack
wejack
noun
(US, Canada, rare) The fisher (Martes pennanti).
werejaguar
werejaguar
noun
(fiction, mythology) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
whipjack
windjam
windjammer
windjammer
noun
(US, slang) A windbag, a loquacious person.
(US, slang, dated) One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
(nautical) A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.
(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.