(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.
brainwashjng
enjewel
gujranwala
gujranwala
Proper noun
A city in Punjab province, northeastern Pakistan.
hwajung
jabbernowl
jabbernowl
noun
Alternative form of jobbernowl
jabberwockian
jacksontown
jadwin
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
janelew
jasminewood
jawan
jawan
noun
(India) An infantryman; a soldier.
jawans
jawans
noun
plural of jawan
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
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
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.
jawing
jawing
noun
A scolding.
verb
present participle of jaw
jawlensky
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.
jayawardena
jaywalking
jaywalking
noun
gerund of jaywalk.
verb
present participle of jaywalk
jeewhillikens
jeffersontown
jeffersontown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, which is a major suburb of
jenkintown
jennerstown
jeweling
jewelling
jewelling
verb
present participle of jewel
jewing
jewing
noun
The carunculation of the base of the beak of some varieties of the domestic pigeon; the lobes or wattles of the lower mandible, often in the form of three small fleshy processes, one at each side and a third beneath and before the others.
verb
present participle and gerund of jew
jewishness
jewishness
Noun
The property of being Jewish.
jewling
jewstone
jewstone
noun
A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine
jigsawing
jigsawing
verb
present participle of jigsaw
jigsawn
jigsawn
verb
past participle of jigsaw
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
jinniwink
jinniwink
noun
A kind of derrick.
jinnywink
jinrickshaw
jobbernowl
jobbernowl
noun
A person's head, particularly if misshapen or blocky.
A stupid person; a blockhead:
jobbernowlism
jobstown
johnstown
jointweed
jointweed
noun
Any member of the genus Polygonella of knotweeds and smartweeds.
jointwood
jointworm
jointworm
noun
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.
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.
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
jowing
jowlinesses
juliustown
juneflower
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
junglewood
jurywoman
jurywoman
noun
A female juror.
jurywomen
jurywomen
noun
plural of jurywoman
jwanai
kwajalein
kwajalein
Proper noun
Kwajalein atoll.
Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll.
kwangju
longjaw
longjaw
adj
Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a long jaw.
longjaws
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
twinjet
twinjet
noun
(aviation) An aircraft powered by two jet engines.
(physics) Two jets of particles from an event or source.
twinjets
twinjets
noun
plural of twinjet
underjaw
underjaw
noun
the lower part of the jaw
underjawed
underjawed
adj
Having a heavy underjaw.
underjaws
underjaws
noun
plural of underjaw
unjewel
unjewel
verb
(transitive) To remove the jewels from.
unjeweled
unjeweled
adj
Alternative form of unjewelled
unjewelled
unjewelled
adj
Not wearing or covered in jewels.
unjewish
unjewish
adj
Alternative spelling of un-Jewish
wajang
wajang
noun
Alternative form of wayang
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
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.