| 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] |
| jerk1 |
any sudden or unexpected and uneven motion. [5 definitions] |
| jerk2 |
to cure (meat that has been cut into thin strips) by drying. |
| jerkin |
a short, tight, usu. leather jacket resembling a vest. |
| jerkline |
a rope used in place of reins to guide a large team of horses. |
| jerk off |
(vulgar slang) to masturbate. |
| jerkwater |
(informal) unsophisticated, backward, or insignificant. |