(pl. ) of Junto

(n.) A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.

(n.) A horse that jibs.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jibe

(imp. & p. p.) of Jig

(v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jilt

(n.) A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.

(v. i.) To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.

(v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

(v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

(n.) A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

(n.) That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

(n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.

(n.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms.

(imp. & p. p.) of Job

(n.) One who works by the job.

(n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber.

(n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.

(n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.

(n.) A professional rider of horses in races.

(n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.

(n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.

(v. t.) " To jostle by riding against one."

(v. t.) To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.

(v. i.) To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

(a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.

() Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

(adv.) Merrily; cheerfully.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jog

(n.) One who jogs.

(v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.

(v. t.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.

(v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

(n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.

(v. i.) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.

(v. t.) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French.

(n.) Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.

(n.) One who jabbers.

(n.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.

(n.) A cayman. See Yacare.

(a.) Lying at length; as, the jacent posture.

(n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

(n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.

(n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

(n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.

(n.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

(n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.

(v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

(v. t.) To thrash; to beat.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jade

(n.) The tricks of a jade.

(a.) Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.

(a.) Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jag

(a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.

(n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.

(n.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.

(n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jam

(n.) A fashionable cane.

(n.) Alt. of Jambeux

(v. i.) To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.

(v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.

(v. i.) To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.

(v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.

(n.) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.

(n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.

(n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.

(n.) Jesting; buffoonery.

(v. t.) To wet; to bemire.

(v. i.) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

(n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

(v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.

(n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

(n.) An earthnut.

(n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.

(v. i.) To ride hard; to jounce.

(superl.) Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaw

(n.) Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jeer

(n.) A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

(a.) Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

(a.) Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.

(n.) A small Spanish horse; a genet.

(n.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.

(n.) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jerk

(n.) A beater.

(n.) One who jerks or moves with a jerk.

(n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).

(n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.

(n.) A male gyrfalcon.

(pl. ) of Jess

(a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jest

(n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

(n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.

(imp. & p. p.) of Join

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joke

(imp. & p. p.) of Jolt

(n.) One who, or that which, jolts.

(n.) A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.

(n.) A chamber pot.

(v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.

(v. i.) To push; to crowd; to hustle.

(n.) A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jot

(n.) One who jots down memoranda.

(n.) A memorandum book.

(v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

(n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

(n.) A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.

(n.) A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joy

(a.) Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.

(a.) Fringed with long, pendent hair.

(imp. & p. p.) of Judge

(n.) One who judges.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jet

(n.) Alt. of Jetson

(n.) One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.

(n.) A metal counter used in playing cards.

(n.) A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.

(a.) Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle.

(n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

(n.) A feast; an entertainment.

(v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.

(v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.

(pl. ) of Junta

(imp. & p. p.) of Jug

(n.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.

(v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

(v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.

(v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice.

(n.) A trick by sleight of hand.

(n.) An imposture; a deception.

(n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.

(pl. ) of Jugulum

(pl. ) of Jugum

(n.) The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.

(n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.

(v. t.) To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

(v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.

(n.) A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.

(n.) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

(n.) A beast; especially, a beast of burden.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jump

(n.) One who, or that which, jumps.

(n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.

(n.) A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.

(n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

(n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

(n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

(n.) A loose upper garment

(n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.

(n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

(a.) One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.

(pl. ) of Jury

(v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.

(v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.

(n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle.

(a.) In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately.

(imp. & p. p.) of Jut

(n.) Same as Juise.