(South Africa, historical) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
jabbernowl
jabbernowl
noun
Alternative form of jobbernowl
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
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
jasminewood
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
jawfooted
jawhole
jawrope
jeffersontown
jeffersontown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, which is a major suburb of
jenkintown
jennerstown
jestword
jewdom
jewdom
Noun
The realm, sphere, influence, or domain of Jews; the whole body of Jews collectively; Jewry.
The state or condition of being a Jew; Jewishness.
jewelhouse
jewelhouse
noun
A building where jewels are stored.
jewhood
jewstone
jewstone
noun
A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine
jimsonweed
jimsonweed
noun
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
(US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.
jimsonweeds
jimsonweeds
noun
plural of jimsonweed
jobbernowl
jobbernowl
noun
A person's head, particularly if misshapen or blocky.
A stupid person; a blockhead:
jobbernowlism
joewood
joewood
noun
Jacquinia keyensis, a perennial West Indian tree.
jogglework
jointweed
jointweed
noun
Any member of the genus Polygonella of knotweeds and smartweeds.
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.
joselow
joukerypawkery
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
journeywomen
journeywomen
noun
plural of journeywoman
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
journeyworker
journeyworker
noun
A journeyman (tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman).
journeyworks
jowed
jowel
jower
jowery
jowett
jowled
jowled
adj
Jowly.
jowler
jowler
noun
(archaic) A dog with large jowls, such as the beagle.
jowlier
jowlier
adj
comparative form of jowly: more jowly
jowliest
jowliest
adj
superlative form of jowly: most jowly
jowlinesses
jowser
jowter
jowter
noun
(archaic) A buyer and seller of fish, usually operating from a cart or a van.