| jugular | (adjective) relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat | - |
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| (noun) a vital part that is vulnerable to attack | - |
| (noun) veins in the neck that return blood from the head | Synonyms: jugular vein, vena jugularis |
| juice | (noun) any of several liquids of the body | Synonyms: succus |
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| (noun) the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking | - |
| (noun) electric current | - |
| (noun) energetic vitality | - |
| juiceless | (adjective) lacking juice | - |
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| (adjective) lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless | Synonyms: dry |
| juicer | (noun) a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit | Synonyms: juice reamer, reamer |
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| (noun) a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | Synonyms: drinker, imbiber, toper |
| juiciness | (noun) a juicy appetizingness | Synonyms: succulence, succulency |
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| juicy | (adjective) abounding in juice | - |
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| (adjective) lucrative | Synonyms: fat |
| (adjective) having strong sexual appeal | Synonyms: luscious, lush, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous |
| (adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy |
| jujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujutsu |
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| juju | (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, fetish, hoodoo, voodoo |
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| (noun) the power associated with a juju | - |
| jujube | (noun) chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat) | - |
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| (noun) dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees | Synonyms: Chinese date, Chinese jujube |
| (noun) spiny tree having dark red edible fruits | Synonyms: Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba |
| jujutsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujitsu |
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| juke | (noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player | Synonyms: fake |
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| (noun) a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox | Synonyms: jook, jook house, jook joint, juke house, juke joint |
| jukebox | (noun) a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | Synonyms: nickelodeon |
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| julep | (noun) bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice | Synonyms: mint julep |
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| julienne | (noun) a vegetable cut into thin strips | Synonyms: julienne vegetable |
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| (noun) a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables | - |
| (verb) cut into long thin strips | - |
| jumbal | (noun) small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | Synonyms: jumble |
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| jumble | (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, patchwork |
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| (noun) small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | Synonyms: jumbal |
| (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
| (verb) bring into random order | Synonyms: scramble, throw together |
| (verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: confuse, mix up |
| (verb) be all mixed up or jumbled together | Synonyms: mingle |
| jumbled | (adjective) in utter disorder | Synonyms: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, topsy-turvy |
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| jumbo | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, giant |
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| jumbojet | (noun) a very large jet plane | Synonyms: jumbo jet |
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| jument | (noun) an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work | Synonyms: beast of burden |
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| jumentous | (adjective) smelling strongly like a beast of burden | - |
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| jump | (noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | Synonyms: jumping |
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| (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: start, startle |
| (noun) descent with a parachute | Synonyms: parachuting |
| (noun) (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another | - |
| (noun) an abrupt transition | Synonyms: leap, saltation |
| (noun) a sudden and decisive increase | Synonyms: leap |
| (verb) increase suddenly and significantly | - |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, rise |
| (verb) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | Synonyms: alternate |
| (verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | Synonyms: leap |
| (verb) bypass | Synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over |
| (verb) make a sudden physical attack on | - |
| (verb) enter eagerly into | - |
| (verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, leap, spring |
| (verb) cause to jump or leap | Synonyms: leap |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: start, startle |
| (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: derail |
| (verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jumpstart |
| (verb) jump down from an elevated point | Synonyms: jump off, leap |
| (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, parachute |
| (verb) be highly noticeable | Synonyms: jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out |
| jumper | (noun) (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump | Synonyms: jump shot |
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| (noun) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing | Synonyms: pinafore, pinny |
| (noun) a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen | - |
| (noun) a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections | - |
| (noun) a coverall worn by children | - |
| (noun) a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body | Synonyms: sweater |
| (noun) an athlete who competes at jumping | - |
| (noun) a person who jumps | - |
| jumpiness | (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, nervousness, restiveness |
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| jumping | (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump | - |
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| (noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | Synonyms: jump |
| jumpstart | (noun) starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car | Synonyms: jump-start |
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| (verb) start or re-start vigorously | Synonyms: jump-start |
| (verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jump |
| jumpsuit | (noun) one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform | Synonyms: jump suit |
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| jumpy | (adjective) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements | Synonyms: bumpy, jolting, jolty, rocky, rough |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight |
| junco | (noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: snowbird |
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| junction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: adjunction |
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| (noun) the place where two or more things come together | - |
| (noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: conjunction |
| (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, juncture |
| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, conjunction |
| juncture | (noun) an event that occurs at a critical time | Synonyms: occasion |
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| (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, junction |
| (noun) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made | Synonyms: critical point, crossroads |
| juneberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry |
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| jungle | (noun) a place where hoboes camp | Synonyms: hobo camp |
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| (noun) an impenetrable equatorial forest | - |
| (noun) a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival | - |
| jungly | (adjective) overgrown with tropical vegetation | - |
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| junior | (adjective) younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service | - |
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| (adjective) used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college | Synonyms: next-to-last, third-year |
| (adjective) including or intended for youthful persons | - |
| (noun) the younger of two persons | - |
| (noun) a third-year undergraduate | - |
| (noun) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male | - |
| juniper | (noun) wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
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| (noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | Synonyms: Genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem |
| (noun) coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
| junk | (noun) any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails | - |
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| (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, dust, rubble |
| (verb) dispose of (something useless or old) | Synonyms: scrap, trash |
| junket | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
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| (noun) a trip taken by an official at public expense | - |
| (noun) dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet | - |
| (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: banquet, feast |
| (verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: banquet, feast |
| (verb) go on a pleasure trip | Synonyms: junketeer |
| junketeer | (verb) go on a pleasure trip | Synonyms: junket |
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| junketing | (noun) taking an excursion for pleasure | - |
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| junkie | (noun) a narcotics addict | Synonyms: drug addict, junky |
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| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: addict, freak, junky, nut |
| junky | (noun) a narcotics addict | Synonyms: drug addict, junkie |
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| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: addict, freak, junkie, nut |
| junkyard | (noun) a field where junk is collected and stored for resale | - |
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| junta | (noun) a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power | Synonyms: military junta |
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| junto | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, camarilla, faction |
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| jupati | (noun) a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | Synonyms: jupati palm, jupaty, Raffia taedigera |
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| jupaty | (noun) a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | Synonyms: jupati, jupati palm, Raffia taedigera |
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| jural | (adjective) of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations | Synonyms: juristic |
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| juridic | (adjective) relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge | Synonyms: judicial, juridical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the law or jurisprudence | Synonyms: juridical |
| juridical | (adjective) relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge | Synonyms: judicial, juridic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the law or jurisprudence | Synonyms: juridic |
| jurisdiction | (noun) (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law | Synonyms: legal power |
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| (noun) in law; the territory within which power can be exercised | - |
| jurisdictional | (adjective) restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction | - |
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| jurisprudence | (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: law, legal philosophy |
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| (noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: law |
| jurisprudential | (adjective) relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws | - |
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| jurisprudentially | (adverb) in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law | - |
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| jurist | (noun) a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations | Synonyms: legal expert |
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| (noun) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | Synonyms: judge, justice |
| juristic | (adjective) of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations | Synonyms: jural |
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| juror | (noun) someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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| jury | (noun) a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law | - |
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| (noun) a committee appointed to judge a competition | Synonyms: panel |
| juryman | (noun) a male who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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| jurywoman | (noun) a female who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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| just | (adjective) used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | - |
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| (adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | Synonyms: equitable |
| (adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) of moral excellence | Synonyms: good, upright |
| (adverb) and nothing more | Synonyms: but, merely, only, simply |
| (adverb) only a moment ago | Synonyms: just now |
| (adverb) (used for emphasis) absolutely | Synonyms: simply |
| (adverb) only a very short time before | Synonyms: barely, hardly, scarce, scarcely |
| (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, precisely, properly |
| (adverb) exactly at this moment or the moment described | - |
| (adverb) possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true) | - |
| (adverb) by a little | Synonyms: barely |
| justice | (noun) judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being just or fair | Synonyms: justness |
| (noun) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | Synonyms: judge, jurist |
| justiciar | (noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciary |
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| justiciary | (noun) the jurisdiction of a justiciar | - |
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| (noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciar |
| justifiable | (adjective) capable of being justified | - |
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| justifiably | (adverb) with good reason | - |
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| justification | (noun) the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning | - |
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| (noun) something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary | - |
| (noun) a statement in explanation of some action or belief | - |
| justificative | (adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: defensive, justificatory |
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| (adjective) providing justification | Synonyms: justificatory, vindicatory |
| justificatory | (adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: defensive, justificative |
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| (adjective) providing justification | Synonyms: justificative, vindicatory |
| justified | (adjective) having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins | - |
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| justifiedly | (adverb) with honesty | Synonyms: justly, rightly |
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| justifier | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: apologist, vindicator |
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| justify | (verb) adjust the spaces between words | - |
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| (verb) show to be right by providing justification or proof | Synonyms: vindicate |
| (verb) (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin | - |
| justly | (adverb) in accordance with moral or social standards | Synonyms: right |
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| (adverb) with honesty | Synonyms: justifiedly, rightly |
| justness | (noun) the quality of being just or fair | Synonyms: justice |
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| (noun) conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety | Synonyms: nicety, rightness |
| jut | (noun) the act of projecting out from something | Synonyms: jutting, projection, protrusion |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
| (verb) extend out or project in space | Synonyms: jut out, project, protrude, stick out |
| jute | (noun) a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks | - |
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| jutting | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| (noun) the act of projecting out from something | Synonyms: jut, projection, protrusion |
| juvenescence | (noun) the process of growing into a youth | - |
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| juvenile | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people | - |
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| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, jejune, puerile |
| (noun) a young person, not fully developed | Synonyms: juvenile person |
| juvenility | (noun) the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person | Synonyms: youth, youthfulness |
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| (noun) lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life | Synonyms: callowness, jejuneness |
| juxtapose | (verb) place side by side | - |
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| juxtaposed | (adjective) placed side by side often for comparison | - |
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| juxtaposition | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: apposition, collocation |
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| (noun) a side-by-side position | - |
| keratoconjunctivitis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva | - |
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| majuscular | (adjective) of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules | - |
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| majuscule | (adjective) of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries | - |
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| (adjective) uppercase | Synonyms: capital, great |
| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| maladjusted | (adjective) poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living | - |
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| (adjective) emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships | Synonyms: disturbed |
| (adjective) not well adjusted | - |
| maladjustive | (adjective) poorly adjusted | - |
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| maladjustment | (noun) the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability | - |
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| marijuana | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: cannabis, ganja, marihuana |
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| (noun) a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction | Synonyms: Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana |
| misjudge | (verb) judge incorrectly | - |
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| ninjutsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjitsu |
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| nondisjunction | (noun) meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells | - |
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| nonjudgmental | (adjective) refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards | - |
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| objurgate | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, reprobate |
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| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, correct |
| objurgation | (noun) rebuking a person harshly | Synonyms: chiding, scolding, tongue-lashing |
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| perjure | (verb) knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | - |
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| perjurer | (noun) a person who deliberately gives false testimony | Synonyms: false witness |
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