The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
ammoniojarosite
ammoniojarosite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
bermejo
bobjerom
circumjovial
circumjovial
adj
(astronomy, obsolete) In orbit around the planet Jupiter.
noun
(astronomy, obsolete) Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
conjurement
conjurement
noun
(obsolete) Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty.
counterjumper
counterjumper
noun
(slang, derogatory, dated) A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
domajigger
doorjamb
doorjamb
noun
Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
doorjambs
doorjambs
noun
plural of doorjamb
forejudgment
forejudgment
noun
(obsolete) prejudgment
forjudgment
gastrojejunostomies
gastrojejunostomies
noun
plural of gastrojejunostomy
gastrojejunostomy
gastrojejunostomy
noun
(surgery) A form of anastomosis in which a connection is made between the stomach and the jejunum
hammarskjold
hammerskjold
himinbjorg
jacamaralcyon
jacameropine
jacamerops
jamboree
jamboree
noun
(card games) In euchre: an undefeatable hand containing the five highest cards.
(dated, slang) A frolic or spree.
A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
A large rally of Scouts or Guides.
jamborees
jamborees
noun
plural of jamboree
jamesport
jamesstore
jamrosade
jamrosade
noun
The rose apple Syzygium jambos.
janiform
janiform
adj
Resembling the god Janus, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
jargonium
jargonium
noun
(obsolete) A rejected name for hafnium.
jarldom
jarldom
noun
The status or office of a jarl (Scandinavian nobleman).
jarldoms
jarldoms
noun
plural of jarldom
jaromir
jeffersonianism
jeffersonianism
Noun
The political principles of
jerksome
jerksome
adj
Characteristic of a jerk, or obnoxious person.
Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.
jermonal
jermoonal
jeroboam
jeroboam
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
jeroboams
jeroboams
noun
plural of jeroboam
jeroma
jerome
jeromesville
jeromian
jeromy
jeronima
jeronymite
jeronymite
Noun
A member of any of various mediaeval congregations of hermits named after St. Jerome.
jerrome
jestmonger
jestmonger
noun
One who tells jests; a joker.
jetmore
jobbernowlism
jobmaster
jobmaster
noun
Alternative spelling of job master
jobmistress
jobmistress
noun
(UK, historical) A female job master (one who lets out horses and carriages).
jobmonger
jogtrottism
johnadreams
jointworm
jointworm
noun
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.
joram
joram
noun
Alternative spelling of jorum
jorams
jorams
noun
plural of joram (alternative form of jorums).
jormungandr
jorram
jorum
jorum
noun
(figurative) A large quantity.
A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).
The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.
jorums
jorums
noun
plural of jorum.
joulemeter
joulemeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure energy (especially electrical energy) in joules
journalism
journalism
noun
The activity or profession of being a journalist.
The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the purpose of informing the audience.
The style of writing characteristic of material in periodical print publications and broadcast news media, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events with an attempt to minimize analysis or interpretation.
journalisms
journalisms
noun
plural of journalism
journeyman
journeyman
noun
(sports) A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.
A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day.
A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman.
journeymen
journeymen
noun
plural of journeyman
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
journeywomen
journeywomen
noun
plural of journeywoman
jumprock
jumprock
noun
Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
junciform
jungermanniaceous
jungermanniaceous
adj
Of or pertaining to the plant family Jungermanniaceae.
junkerdom
junkerdom
noun
The policies or attitudes of junkers.
juramentado
juramentado
noun
(historical) A Moro swordsman who attacked and killed occupying and invading police and soldiers, expecting to be killed himself.
juramentados
juramentados
noun
plural of juramentado
jurisdictionalism
jurisdictionalism
noun
(politics) A policy of affirming a laical jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical one.
jurywoman
jurywoman
noun
A female juror.
jurywomen
jurywomen
noun
plural of jurywoman
karamojo
karamojong
karamojong
Proper noun
A Nilo-Saharan language of Uganda.
kilimanjaro
kilimanjaro
Proper noun
A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).
ljutomer
macroconjugant
major
major
adj
(UK, dated) Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.
(campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.
(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
(medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
(of a premise) Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.
(of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
(of a term) Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
(of an interval) Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval.
(postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
Having a major third above the root.
Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
Of full legal age, having attained majority.
Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
noun
(Australian rules football) A goal.
(British slang, dated) An elder brother (especially at a public school).
(Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.
(bridge) Ellipsis of major suit..
(campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
(entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
(military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
A person of legal age.
A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
Ellipsis of major interval..
Ellipsis of major key..
Ellipsis of major premise..
Ellipsis of major scale..
Ellipsis of major term..
verb
(intransitive) Used in a phrasal verb: major in.
majora
majorat
majorat
noun
(law) primogeniture
(law) property that descends with a title
majorate
majorate
noun
The office or rank of a major.
verb
(obsolete) To augment; to increase.
majoration
majoration
noun
(obsolete) increase; enlargement
majorca
majorca
Proper noun
Largest of the Balearic Islands.
majorcan
majorcan
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, Majorca.
Noun
Someone from Majorca.
majordomo
majordomo
noun
(US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.
(chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command.
The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.
majordomos
majordomos
noun
plural of majordomo
majored
majored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of major
majorem
majorette
majorette
noun
A dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.
majorettes
majorettes
noun
plural of majorette
majoring
majoring
verb
present participle of major
majorism
majorism
Noun
the political and economic policies of the British Conservative prime minister Sir John Major
majorist
majoristic
majoritarian
majoritarian
adj
Supporting the dominance of the majority over the minority.
noun
One who supports the dominance of the majority over the minority.
majoritarianism
majoritarianism
noun
A form of democracy in which decisions are made by a simple majority of some organized group.
majorities
majorities
noun
plural of majority
majority
majority
noun
(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
(dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority.
Ancestors; ancestry.
More than half (50%) of some group.
The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
majorize
majorize
verb
(mathematics, transitive) To subject to majorization.
majors
majors
noun
plural of major
majorship
majorship
noun
The position or office of major.
majuro
majuro
Proper noun
The capital atoll of the Marshall Islands
marijo
marjoram
marjoram
noun
A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.
marjorams
marjorams
noun
plural of marjoram
marjorie
marjory
marjory
Proper noun
name, variant of Margery.
maryjo
megaproject
megaproject
noun
A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
megaprojects
megaprojects
noun
plural of megaproject
mejorana
mejorana
noun
Synonym of mejoranera (“musical instrument”)
microconjugant
microinject
microinject
verb
(transitive) To inject with a micropipette.
microinjection
microinjection
noun
injection (especially of biological material) using a micropipette
microinjects
microinjects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microinject
microjoule
microjump
microjumps
microprojection
microprojection
noun
A microscopically small projection.
microprojector
microprojector
noun
A very small image projector that can be held in the hand.
misconjecture
misconjecture
noun
A wrong conjecture or guess.
verb
To conjecture wrongly.
misconjectured
misconjectured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misconjecture
misconjecturing
misconjecturing
verb
present participle of misconjecture
misjoinder
misjoinder
noun
(law) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure in court.
misjoinders
misjoinders
noun
plural of misjoinder
mjollnir
mjolnir
mojarra
mojarra
noun
Any perciform fish in the family Gerreidae, often used as bait.
mojarras
mojarras
noun
plural of mojarra
nonadjournment
nonadjournment
noun
Absence of adjournment; failure to adjourn.
nonjurantism
nonjurorism
nonjurorism
noun
(historical) The doctrines or actions of the nonjurors, those who refused to swear an oath.
nonmajor
nonmajor
noun
(US) A student who is not a major (specialist in one area).
nonmajorities
nonmajorities
noun
plural of nonmajority
nonmajority
nonmajority
adj
Not belonging or relating to a majority.
noun
A group that is not a majority.
overjudgment
overjump
overjump
verb
(intransitive) To jump too far or too high.
(transitive) To jump over.
(transitive, obsolete) To omit or ignore.
overmajority
overmajority
noun
A large majority; more than a majority.
pejorism
pejorism
noun
The belief that the world is becoming worse.
perjurymonger
perjurymongering
phasmajector
photojournalism
photojournalism
noun
A form of journalism in which a story is told primarily through photographs and other images
plumbojarosite
plumbojarosite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
polejumper
preadjournment
preenjoyment
proadjournment
promajority
readjournment
readjournment
noun
The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.