| jackstraws |
(used with a sing. verb) a game in which straws or thin strips are tossed into a heap and each player picks up as many as possible without moving the rest. |
| jack-tar |
a sailor. |
| jack up |
to lift (a car or other vehicle) using or as if using a jack . [2 definitions] |
| Jacob |
according to the Old Testament, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham from whose sons the twelve tribes of Israel descended; Israel. |
| Jacobean |
of or pertaining to James I of England or the time of his reign, from 1603 to 1625. |
| Jacobin |
a member of a society of radical democrats that used terrorist tactics during the French Revolution. [3 definitions] |
| Jacobite |
a supporter of James II of England or of the Stuart claimants to the throne following 1688. |
| Jacob's ladder |
in the Bible, a ladder from earth to heaven seen by Jacob in a dream. [3 definitions] |
| Jacquard |
a loom used for weaving elaborate designs; Jacquard loom. [2 definitions] |
| jactitation |
in law, a false boast or claim that causes harm to another. [2 definitions] |
| Jacuzzi |
trademark for a type of bath equipped with air jets that create a whirlpool effect. |
| jade1 |
one of two hard, translucent, usu. green minerals, nephrite or jadeite, or the carved and polished jewelry or decorative objects made from them. [2 definitions] |
| jade2 |
to make tired, listless, or worn-out, as through hard work or excessive exposure. [3 definitions] |
| jaded |
dulled or wearied by excessive exposure to something or by over-indulgence; sated; surfeited. [3 definitions] |
| jadeite |
the rarer, more valuable, and more varicolored variety of jade. |
| jade plant |
a popular thick-leaved houseplant that is native to South Africa and Asia. |
| jaeger |
any of several sea birds that snatch prey from weaker birds. |
| jag1 |
a sharply pointed projection; barb or tooth. [3 definitions] |
| jag2 |
a period of excessive indulgence; binge. |
| jagged |
sharply and unevenly pointed. [2 definitions] |
| jaguar |
a large wild cat, resembling but larger than a leopard, that is native to Central and South America. |