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.
josephinism
josephinism
Noun
The domestic policies of
josephism
josephism
Noun
The policies and reforms of (1741–1790) of Austria.
jostlement
jostlement
noun
Crowding; hustling.
jotham
jotunheim
jotunnheim
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
joviniamish
jovinianism
jovinianism
Noun
Jovinianist doctrines
joysome
joysome
adj
Marked by joy; joyful; joyous
judaeomancy
judaeophilism
judezmo
judezmo
Proper noun
the Judaeo-Spanish language
judophobism
jumbo
jumbo
adj
Especially large or powerful.
noun
(Kenya) An elephant.
(engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.
(paganism, historical) Short for mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).
An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
jumboesque
jumboism
jumboism
noun
The tendency to admire or be attracted toward things because they are large or dominant, regardless of their value.
jumbos
jumbos
noun
plural of jumbo
jumentous
jumentous
adj
Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
jumpoff
jumpoff
noun
(slang) A sexual partner who is more than a one-night stand but with whom one does not intend to form a long-term romantic relationship.
jumpoffs
jumpoffs
noun
plural of jumpoff
jumprock
jumprock
noun
Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
jumpsome
jumpsome
adj
Characterised or marked by jumping
junciform
junectomy
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
jusquaboutisme
jymold
jymold
adj
(obsolete) interlocked
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).
koggelmannetje
koggelmannetje
noun
(South Africa) The lizard Agama atra.
kojima
komitadji
komitaji
komitaji
noun
Alternative spelling of comitadji
kommetje
kommetje
noun
(South Africa) A handleless glazed earthenware basin, used as a drinking utensil.
leucojum
leucojum
noun
leucojum aestivum
leucojum vernum.
ljutomer
logjam
logjam
noun
(figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
logjams
logjams
noun
plural of logjam
longjumping
macroconjugant
mahjong
mahjong
noun
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.
mahjongg
mahjongg
noun
Alternative spelling of mahjong
mahjonggs
mahjongs
majestious
majo
majolica
majolica
noun
Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s).
Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body.
majolicas
majolicas
noun
plural of majolica
majolist
majolist
noun
A maker of majolica earthenware.
majoon
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.
majos
majuro
majuro
Proper noun
The capital atoll of the Marshall Islands
malojilla
malojilla
noun
The grass Brachiaria mutica.
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
matajuelo
matajuelo
noun
A large squirrelfish of Florida and the West Indies, in the genus Holocentrus.
maxillojugal
maxillojugal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the maxilla and the zygoma.
megajoule
megajoule
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of energy equal to 10⁶ joules. Symbol: MJ
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.
millijoule
millijoule
noun
One thousandth (10⁻³) of a joule. Symbol: mJ.
miniconjou
miniconjou
Proper noun
A people constituting a subdivision of the people, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day from the to the
Noun
A Miniconjou
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
misconjugate
misconjugate
verb
(transitive) To conjugate incorrectly.
misconjugated
misconjugated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misconjugate
misconjugating
misconjugating
verb
present participle of misconjugate
misconjugation
misconjugation
noun
Incorrect conjugation.
misconjunction
misconjunction
noun
A bad or wrong conjunction.
misenjoy
misjoin
misjoin
verb
To join wrongly or improperly.
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
misjoined
misjoined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misjoin
misjoining
misjoining
verb
present participle of misjoin
misjoins
misjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misjoin
mjico
mjollnir
mjolnir
mobjack
modjeska
mojarra
mojarra
noun
Any perciform fish in the family Gerreidae, often used as bait.
mojarras
mojarras
noun
plural of mojarra
mojave
mojaves
mojgan
moji
mojo
mojo
noun
(slang) Illegal drugs.
(slang) Personal magnetism; charm.
(slang) Sex appeal; sex drive.
(slang, usually with "wire") A telecopier; a fax machine.
A magic charm or spell.
Alternative form of moio (“Portuguese dry measure”)
Any of various sauces originating in the Canary Islands and made with olive oil, peppers, garlic, paprika, and other spices.