Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
Slightly turned or opened.
verb
(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
ajax
ajax
noun
(now rare, historical) A toilet.
(poker slang) An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
prep
(Polari) Nearby, over there
ajay
ajee
ajee
adv
Alternative form of agee
ajit
ajog
ajog
adj
agitated; jogging; moving about
adv
Whilst jogging; with a jogging motion; with agitation.
baja
beja
bija
bija
noun
(Hinduism, Buddhism) The origin or cause of things.
ceja
deja
ejam
hadj
hadj
noun
Alternative spelling of hajj
haje
haje
noun
The Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
haji
hajj
hajj
noun
(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam.
ijma
ijma
noun
(Islam) The consensus of the Muslim community.
irja
jaal
jaan
jaap
jabe
jabs
jabs
noun
plural of jab
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jab
jack
jack
adj
(Australia) Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).
noun
(Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
(India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
(UK, regional, now rare, historical) A measure of liquid corresponding to a quarter of a pint.
(US) A jackrabbit.
(US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
(apparently does not occur standalone for the genus per se) Plant of the genus Emex, also considered synonymous to Rumex, if not then containing two species lesser jack and little jack for Emex spinosa syn. Rumex spinosus, Australian English three-corner jack and prickly jack for Emex australis syn. Rumex hypogaeus.
(bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
(card games, originally colloquial) The lowest court card in a deck of standard playing cards, ranking between the 10 and queen, with an image of a knave or pageboy on it.
(chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
(chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
(colloquial) A sailor.
(colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
(colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
(colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit.
(countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
(cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
(games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
(mining, now rare) A wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
(nautical, now rare, historical) A jack crosstree.
(now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
(now rare) A manual laborer.
(obsolete) A grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine; a heck box.
(obsolete) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves a carding machine, in the preparation of yarn.
(obsolete) A support for wood being sawn; a sawhorse or sawbuck.
(obsolete, slang) A fake coin designed to look like a sovereign.
(slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
(slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
(slang, baseball) A home run.
(slang, chiefly US) Money.
A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
A pike, especially when young.
Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
Any of various levers for raising or lowering the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine or stocking frame.
Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
The related tree Mangifera caesia.
verb
(colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
(intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
(transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
(transitive) To raise or increase.
(transitive, colloquial) To steal something, typically an automobile.
(transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
jacm
jaco
jacu
jacy
jada
jadd
jade
jade
adj
Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
noun
(especially derogatory) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
A horse too old to be put to work.
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
verb
(obsolete) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
(obsolete) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
jady
jady
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jade (a horse too old to be put to work).
jael
jaen
jaga
jagg
jagg
noun
Alternative form of jag (a load of hay or wood):
jago
jags
jags
noun
plural of jag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jag
jahn
jail
jail
noun
(computing, FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
(horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
(uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
verb
To imprison.
jain
jair
jair
Proper noun
A judge of Israel.
name of biblical origin.
jake
jake
adj
(slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
noun
(New York, MTE, MLE, slang) police, a federal government officer.
(US) A juvenile male turkey.
(US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger.
(slang) A police officer, a cop (on foot, rather than in a patrol car).
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
verb
(transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
jako
jako
noun
An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
jala
jama
jamb
jamb
noun
(architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
(mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
verb
(transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.
jami
jams
jams
noun
plural of jam
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jam
jana
jane
jane
noun
(obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
A female client of a prostitute.
Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.
Alternative spelling of jean
jank
jank
adj
(computing, slang, rare) Janky.
noun
(computing, slang, rare) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
jann
jann
noun
(esoteric demonology) The creation preceding the jinn.
(rare) A jinn.
jant
jant
verb
Obsolete form of jaunt.
jany
jaob
jape
jape
noun
A joke or quip.
A prank or trick.
verb
(intransitive) To jest; play tricks.
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
(transitive) To mock; deride.
japn
jara
jard
jarg
jarg
adj
(Liverpudlian) Not genuine; fake
jari
jari
noun
Alternative form of zari
jark
jark
noun
A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
verb
(slang, military, Britain) To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).
Pronunciation spelling of jerk.
jarl
jarl
noun
(historical) A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
jarp
jarp
noun
(Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Yorkshire, games) The act of knocking one's pace-egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.
verb
(transitive, Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Yorkshire, games) To knock (a pace-egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.
jars
jars
noun
plural of jar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jar
jarv
jary
jase
jasp
jass
jass
noun
(card games) A trick-taking card game popular in Switzerland and neighboring areas of Germany and Austria.
Obsolete spelling of jazz
jasy
jasy
noun
(historical) A woman's hairpiece.
jasz
jati
jati
noun
(music) A rhythm pattern in Indian music
A clan, tribe, or community in India
jato
jato
noun
A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off
A takeoff assisted by such a unit
An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
jauk
jaun
jaun
noun
(India, historical) A small palanquin carriage of the kind commonly used by businessmen going to their offices.
jaup
jaup
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A mark left by a splash of water or mud.
(Scotland, Northern England) A splash.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To splash; to slosh.
jaur
java
java
noun
(US, colloquial) Coffee in general.
A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
jawn
jawn
noun
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A woman.
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) Something; any object, place, or person.
verb
Obsolete form of yawn.
jawp
jaws
jaws
noun
(colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
(plural only) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
(plural only) the mouth
plural of jaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaw
jawy
jawy
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the jaws.
jaye
jayn
jays
jays
noun
plural of jay
jazy
jazy
noun
Alternative form of jasy
jazz
jazz
noun
(figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
(music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
(slang) Semen, jizz.
(with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Nonsense.
The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
verb
(intransitive) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
(intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
To complicate.
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To destroy.
To distract or pester.
To ejaculate.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
To play (jazz music).
jcac
jcae
jean
jean
noun
(chiefly attributive) Denim.
jear
jear
noun
(nautical, attributive) jears
jeaz
jena
jiao
jiao
noun
(numismatics) A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.
jila
jina
jiva
jiva
noun
(Jainism) All living beings; the essence or soul of such beings.
joab
joab
Proper noun
The nephew of King David, and son of Zeruiah
joan
joao
joas
joat
jola
jola
Noun
An ethnic group found in Senegal (where they predominate in the region of Casamance), the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau.
jona
jopa
jota
jota
noun
A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.
jova
joya
juan
juba
juba
noun
(botany) A loose panicle whose axis falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.
(zoology) The mane of an animal.
An American dance of West African origin that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.
juda
juga
juga
noun
plural of jugum
juna
jura
juta
juza
kaja
lija
loja
maja
maje
majo
marj
naja
naja
noun
A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras
naji
ojai
puja
puja
noun
A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.