| Junior League |
in the United States, an association of women of high economic and social status who do volunteer work in the local community. |
| junior lightweight |
a boxer weighing more than a featherweight but less than a lightweight, with a maximum weight of 130 pounds. |
| junior middleweight |
a boxer weighing more than a welterweight and less than a middleweight, with a maximum weight of 154 pounds. |
| junior miss |
a young woman in her early or mid-teens. [2 definitions] |
| junior varsity |
an athletic team that represents a school, college, or the like at a level below varsity; jayvee. |
| junior welterweight |
a boxer weighing more than a lightweight but less than a welterweight, with a maximum weight of 140 pounds. |
| juniper |
any of a variety of evergreen shrubs or small trees bearing cones that produce a blue-gray berrylike fruit. |
| junk1 |
anything regarded as having little worth; trash. [5 definitions] |
| junk2 |
a high-sterned, flat-bottomed boat of Chinese origin, driven by square sails. |
| junk bond |
a low-rated, high-yield corporate bond, often issued to finance the takeover of a company. |
| Junker |
a member of the militaristic Prussian aristocracy. |
| junker |
(informal) an old or severely damaged car or truck. |
| junket |
milk curdled with rennet, flavored, and sweetened, usu. eaten as a dessert. [4 definitions] |
| junk food |
prepackaged snack food that is low in nutritional value but usu. high in calories. |
| junkie |
(informal) a drug addict, esp. a heroin addict. [2 definitions] |
| junk mail |
unsolicited mail, usu. in the form of advertisements or requests for monetary contributions. |
| junkman |
one who resells junk, such as scrap metal, glass, paper, and the like; junk dealer. |
| junkyard |
a yard or lot in which junk such as scrap metal or old cars is collected, stored, and sold. |
| Juno |
in Roman mythology, the wife and sister of Jupiter, and the goddess of marriage; Hera. |
| Junoesque |
of a woman, having full proportions and a stately bearing; statuesque. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, esp. provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. [2 definitions] |