| Ivy League |
an association of eight prestigious colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. [2 definitions] |
| ixora |
a tropical evergreen plant of the madder family that is often grown in greenhouses. |
| ixtle |
variant of istle. |
| Iyar |
the eighth month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late April through early May in the Gregorian calendar. |
| -ization |
process, action, or result of making or doing. |
| -ize |
to become, or to cause to be, become, or be formed into. [4 definitions] |
| j |
the tenth letter of the English alphabet. [2 definitions] |
| jab |
to prod or poke, esp. with a pointed object. [4 definitions] |
| jabber |
to speak or make sounds like speech, quickly or at length, but without making much sense or creating much interest in the listener; babble. [2 definitions] |
| Jabberwocky |
in the nineteenth-century tale Through the Looking Glass, a poem containing many nonsense words. [2 definitions] |
| jabot |
a decorative ruffle on the front of a blouse or shirt that hangs down from the neck, formerly worn by men and now worn mostly by women. |
| jacal |
a hut made of closely set wooden stakes that is plastered with mud and roofed with straw or rushes, found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
| jacamar |
an exotic tropical American bird having iridescent green plumage and a long bill. |
| jacaranda |
any of several tropical American trees of the bignonia family, with compound leaves and clusters of pale purple flowers. [2 definitions] |
| jacinth |
a reddish orange zircon or similar mineral, used as a gemstone. [2 definitions] |
| jack |
any of a number of devices used to lift all or a part of a heavy object a short distance, as by leverage or hydraulic pressure. [7 definitions] |
| jack- |
male; man. [2 definitions] |
| jackal |
any of a number of wild Asian and African dogs, closely related to the wolf, that are esp. known for scavenging and for attacking small or weakened prey. [2 definitions] |
| jackanapes |
an arrogant, insolent young man. |
| jackass |
a male donkey or ass. [2 definitions] |
| jackboot |
a sturdy leather boot extending above the knee, used by the military, police, and the like. [2 definitions] |