| Jehoshaphat |
according to the Old Testament, a king of Judah who ruled in the ninth century B.C. |
| Jehovah |
a name of God derived from ancient Hebrew terms that is used by Christians, esp. in certain English translations of the Old Testament. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
a Christian sect that opposes war and governments, believes in the imminent end of the world, and actively seeks new converts. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. [3 definitions] |
| jejunum |
the coiled central portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum. |
| Jekyll and Hyde |
in the nineteenth-century novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the protagonist, who changes from the benevolent Dr. Jekyll into the evil Mr. Hyde. [2 definitions] |
| jell |
to solidify or congeal; become like a gel or jelly. [5 definitions] |
| jellify |
to make or turn into jelly. |
| Jell-O |
trademark for a sweetened, fruit-flavored gelatin dessert. |
| jelly |
a food jelled by gelatin or pectin, esp. a sweet preparation of concentrated fruit juice that is usu. spread on bread. [4 definitions] |
| jellybean |
a small, egg-shaped, colored candy that has a hardened sugar coating and a gelatinous center. |
| jellyfish |
any of a large number of soft, jellylike marine animals that usu. have numerous tentacles hanging down from a bell-shaped body. [2 definitions] |
| jellyroll |
a thin sheet of sponge cake spread with fruit jelly or jam and rolled up. |
| je ne sais quoi |
I don't know what (French); an indefinable quality. |
| jennet |
a small Spanish horse. [2 definitions] |
| jenny |
the female of certain animals, esp. birds. [2 definitions] |
| jeopardize |
to cause to be in danger or at risk; imperil. |
| jeopardy |
danger, as of harm, death, or loss; peril. |
| jerboa |
any of a number of small African and Asian rodents that have long rear legs adapted for jumping. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| Jeremiah |
a major Hebrew prophet of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. [2 definitions] |