A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjective
abjective
adj
Tending to make abject.
adjacence
adjacence
noun
That which is adjacent.
The state of being adjacent or contiguous; adjacency.
adjacency
adjacency
noun
The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
amberjack
amberjack
noun
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
anklejack
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
blackjack
blackjack
noun
(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
(card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
(card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
(weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
A blackjack oak.
Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.
Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).
verb
To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bootjacks
bootjacks
noun
plural of bootjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootjack
caiquejee
caiquejee
noun
Alternative form of caïquejee
cajeputol
cajeputol
noun
eucalyptol
cajuputol
cajuputol
noun
Alternative form of cajeputol
carcajous
carcajous
noun
plural of carcajou
caroljean
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
cisjurane
cisjurane
adj
On the nearer side of the Jura mountains
coadjutor
coadjutor
noun
(ecclesiastical) An assistant to a bishop.
An assistant or helper.
cojudices
comitadji
comitadji
noun
(historical) A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.
conjobble
conjoined
conjoined
adj
Combined.
Joined or bound together; united (in a relationship)
Joined together physically, of persons (conjoined twins), or things.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjoin
conjoiner
conjoiner
noun
A person who conjoins
conjoints
conjugacy
conjugacy
noun
(mathematics) The condition or state of being conjugate.
conjugant
conjugant
noun
(genetics) A gamete that undergoes conjugation
conjugata
conjugate
conjugate
adj
(botany) In single pairs; coupled.
(chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
(grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
(mathematics) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
noun
(algebra) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
(algebra, field theory, of an element of an extension field) Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
(grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
(immunology) A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together
(mathematics) An explementary angle.
Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
verb
(biology, of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
(mathematics) To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
(rare) To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
conjugial
conjugial
adj
Alternative form of conjugal used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
conjugium
conjuncts
conjuncts
noun
plural of conjunct
conjurers
conjurers
noun
plural of conjurer
conjuring
conjuring
noun
(gerund of conjure) An act in which something is conjured
verb
present participle of conjure
conjurors
conjurors
noun
plural of conjuror
corantijn
corejoice
cosubject
crossjack
crossjack
noun
(nautical) On a mizzenmast, the lowest square sail
cucujidae
currajong
currajong
noun
Alternative form of kurrajong
currijong
dejectile
dejecting
dejecting
verb
(rare) present participle of deject
dejection
dejection
noun
(medicine, archaic) Defecation or feces.
A low condition; weakness; inability.
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
dejectory
dejectory
adj
Having power, or tending, to cast down.
Promoting evacuations by stool.
dejecture
dejecture
noun
That which is voided; excrement.
disjected
disjected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disject
disjuncts
disjuncts
noun
plural of disjunct
ejaculate
ejaculate
noun
Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.
verb
(biology, transitive) To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
(intransitive) To say abruptly.
(specifically, transitive and intransitive) Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.
(transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
(transitive, rare) To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra.
ejectable
ejectable
adj
Able to be ejected.
noun
(aerospace) Any object that is ejected by a satellite while it is in space.
ejections
ejections
noun
plural of ejection
ejectives
ejectives
noun
plural of ejective
ejectment
ejectment
noun
(generally) A casting out, an ejection.
(law) The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
hijacking
hijacking
noun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
verb
present participle of hijack
injectant
injectant
noun
A substance that is injected.
injecting
injecting
verb
present participle of inject
injection
injection
noun
(category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
(computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
(construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
(figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
(internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
(mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
(medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
(medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
(set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
(space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
(steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
(steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
A specimen prepared by injection.
The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
injective
injective
adj
(mathematics) of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic
injectors
injectors
noun
plural of injector
injustice
injustice
noun
Absence of justice; unjustice.
Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
Violation of the rights of another person or people.
interject
interject
verb
(intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.
(transitive) To insert something between other things.
(transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.
introject
introject
noun
(psychology) An element of another person that is unconsciously incorporated into one's psyche.
verb
(psychology) To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche.
jacalinne
jacalteca
jacanidae
jacaranda
jacaranda
noun
A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.
Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
The hard, dark wood of these trees.
jacarandi
jacinthes
jackaroos
jackaroos
noun
plural of jackaroo
jackasses
jackasses
noun
plural of jackass
jackboots
jackboots
noun
plural of jackboot
jackeroos
jackeroos
noun
plural of jackeroo
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jacknifed
jacknives
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
jackrolls
jackrolls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackroll
jacksboro
jackscrew
jackscrew
noun
A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackshaft
jackshaft
noun
A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
verb
To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
jackslave
jackslave
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A low servant; a mean fellow.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksonia
jackstays
jackstays
noun
plural of jackstay
jackstock
jackstone
jackstone
noun
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
jackstraw
jackstraw
adj
(obsolete, of a person) Of no substance or worth.
Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface.
noun
(dated) An insignificant person.
(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks.
jacobaean
jacobaean
adj
Alternative form of Jacobean
jacobinia
jacobinia
noun
The flowering plant Justicia carnea.
jacobinic
jacobinic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary.
jacobitic
jacobitic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
jacobsite
jacobsite
noun
(mineralogy) A manganese iron oxide mineral, a magnetite spinel.
jacobsohn
jacobuses
jacquards
jacquards
noun
plural of jacquard
jacquelin
jacquelyn
jacquelyn
Proper noun
name, one of the spelling variants of Jacqueline.
jacquerie
jacquerie
noun
A violent revolt by peasants.
jacquetta
jacquette
jactation
jactation
noun
A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
Boasting; bragging; showing off.
The action of throwing.
jactitate
jactitate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To move about restlessly.
jaculated
jaculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jaculate
jaculates
jaculates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaculate
jaculator
jaculator
noun
(zoology) The archerfish.
One who throws or casts.
jacutinga
jacutinga
noun
A bird, the black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).
jahvistic
jahwistic
jamaicans
jampacked
jampacked
adj
Alternative spelling of jam-packed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jampack
janiculan
janiculum
janiculum
Proper noun
A hill in western Rome, Italy.
janiuszck
japaconin
japonicas
japonicas
noun
plural of japonica
jatrophic
jatrophic
adj
Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.
jaundiced
jaundiced
adj
(figuratively) Prejudiced; envious.
(pathology) Affected with jaundice.
jaundices
jaundices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice
jebusitic
jerfalcon
jerricans
jerricans
noun
plural of jerrican
jerrycans
jerrycans
noun
plural of jerrycan
jicaquean
jicarilla
jobcentre
jobcentre
noun
Alternative spelling of Jobcentre
jocelynne
jockettes
jockettes
noun
plural of jockette
jockeydom
jockeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of jockeys (riders of racehorses).
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
jockstrap
jockstrap
noun
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.