Cryptocarya glaucescens, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly.
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).
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
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
jawfoot
jawfoot
noun
maxilliped
jawfooted
jawhole
jaworski
jawrope
jazzbow
joukerypawkery
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
jowar
jowar
noun
Alternative form of jawar
jowari
jowars
jurywoman
jurywoman
noun
A female juror.
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.