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JJab,n.(Colloq.)thrust,punch,dig.jabber,n.gibberish, chatter,gabble,babble.--v.gabble, gibber,babble, chatter.jackass,n.donkey; dolt,simpleton, witling,ignoramus,fool.jacket,n.coat, jerkin, blouse, spencer, bolero, pea-jacket sontag, blazer, sweater, reefer, jersey, jumper, cardiganjacket, grego, garibaldi, camisole, temiak (Eskimo); cleading.jade,n.nephrite, jadeite;nag,plug;hussy, wench,quean.jag,n.notch,cleft, barb, protuberance.--v.notch.jagged,a.cleft, jaggy,notched, serrated, erose,sharp.jail,n.prison, lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo.jail bird.prisoner.jailer,n.warden,turnkey, sheriff.jail fever.typhusfever.jam,n.preserve,conserve;crowd, throng,crush.jam,v.squeeze,crowd,press, wedge in,bruise.jamboree,n.(Slang)carousal,revelry, carouse,spree.jangle,n.clashing, clang,discord, dissonance; wrangling,quarrel,dispute, altercation.jangle,v.clash, clang;quarrel,wrangle,dispute, altercate.jangling,a.discordant, dissonant, clashing, inharmonious.janitor,n.doorkeeper,porter,concierge; (female) janitress, janitrix.Japan,n.Nippon, Flowery Kingdom.Associated words: Japanese, geisha, coolie,Mikado, samurai, shizoku, heimin, kwazoku, Mongol, Mongolian, kimono, Dairi, daimio, saki, Tycoon, Shogun.japan,n.lacquer,varnish,enamel.jar,n.crock; gurglet;shock,jolt,vibration.--v.jolt,jounce,shock, discompose,unsettle; grate.jargon,n.gibberish,drivel,babble,gabble,twaddle,bosh;cant, slang,flash, argot, dialect.jaundice,n.icterus.--v.prejudice.jaundiced,a.prejudiced, biased,warped.jaunty,a.airy,showy,finical,affected,fine.jaw,n.Jawbone, jowl; maxilla (upper jaw); mandible (lower jaw).jaw,v.(Low)scold,upbraid,berate,clamor, rail at.jawless,a.agnathic, agnathous.jaw muscle.masseter.jayhawker,n.guerrilla.jealous,a.suspicious,distrustful.jealousy,n.suspicion,distrust.jeer,v.mock,deride,ridicule,taunt,jibe.jeering,n.mockery,derision,ridicule, scoffing,sneer,taunt.jellylike,a.gelatinous, colloid.jeopard,v.imperil,risk,expose,endanger,hazard.jeopardize,v.jeopard.jeopardy,n.danger,peril,hazard,exposure.jerk,v.twitch, yerk.jerked beef.charqui.jerky,a.abrupt,unconnected.jest,n.joke, witticism,quip,jeu d' esprit, Joe Miller.jest,v.joke.jester,n.joker, wag; buffoon, merry-andrew,clown, harlequin,zany.jesting,n.joking,jest,raillery,banter, persiflage, facetiousness,badinage,jocularity.jesting,a.waggish,jocular, facetious,sportive.jet,v.spurt,spout,gush; protrude, project.--n.spouting,spurt,gush.Jew,n.Hebrew, Israelite, Judahite, Judean, Semite, Yid; Rabbi, Sadducee, Pharisee, Levite.Associated words: Yiddish, ghetto, kosher, tref, Talmud, kittel, sephardic, Sanhedrim, synagogue, Jewry, Judaism, judaize.Jewish,a.Hebrew, Judaic, Israelitish, Hebraic, Semitic.Jewish beggar.schnorrer.Jewish marriage broker.schatchen.jewel,n.gem,brilliant.jewelry,n.jewels; bijoutry.Jew's pitch.asphaltum, bitumen.Jezebel,n.virago,she-devil,fury, Gorgon, termagant.jibe,v.(Colloq.)agree,harmonize,fit.jiffy,n.(Colloq.)moment, instant,second, trice.jill,n.coquette,flirt;sweetheart, gill.jilt,n.coquette,flirt.jingle,n.tinkling, jingling, tintinnabulation;rhyme.--v.tinkle.job,n.task;situation,position.jocose,a.facetious,waggish,sportive,merry,jocular,humorous.jocular,a.jesting,jocose,sportive,merry,waggish.jocularity,n.jesting, waggishness,waggery, facetiousness,drollery.jog,n.shake,jolt,jar, shove;hitch,break.jog,v.push,shake, jostle; suggest to,notify, remind.johnny cake.hoecake, corncake.join,v.connect,couple,unite,combine,associate,add, append, annex,link, conjoin, mortise, dowel,splice, knit, dovetail,mingle, coalesce, unify,confederate;abut.Antonyms: disjoin,disconnect. Seeseparate.joiner,n.link, coupling,bond; woodworker,carpenter.joint,n.gimbaljoint, dove-tailjoint, jogglejoint, mortisejoint, miter, dowel, scarfjoint, rabbetjoint.joint,n.articulation; suture, commissure, knuckle.Associated words: arthrology, arthrography, synosteology arthrectomy, synovia, articular, bursa, synovial, internode, internodal, anchylose,dislocate,dislocation, luxate, luxation.joint,a.combined, joined,united.jointed,a.articulated, hinged;knotted, gnarled.jointless,a.acondylous, anarthrous, inarticulate.joke,n.jest, witticism, jocosity,sally,jeu d'esprit,quip,quirk, Joe Miller.joke,v.rally,banter,jest.joking,n.jesting, rallying,banter, persiflage,jocularity, waggishness.jokingly,adv.sportively, jestingly, waggishly, jocularly.jolly,a.jovial, vivacious,congenial,convivial,mirthful,sportive,gay, facetious,boon,waggish,jocular,jocose,witty, blithe,sprightly,cheery.jolly,v.(Colloq.) makegood-natured,joke,jest,cheer,encourage.jolt,n.jar,shock,jounce, jolting.--v.shake,jar,jounce.jot,n.iota,point, tittle,bit,mite,atom,scintilla, ace,particle,whit.jotting,n.memorandum,note,entry.jounce,n.jolt,shake, jolting.--v.jolt,shake,jar.journal,n.day-book, dailyregister,record; diary; periodical, publication,magazine, gazette, ephemeris.journey,n.trip,tour,pilgrimage, excursion,travel, jaunt, peregrination.Associated words: itinerary, itinerancy, viatic, viaticum.journeyman,n.handicraftsman,artisan.Antonyms: apprentice, amateur.joust,v.tilt.Jove,n.Jupiter.jovial,a.jolly,mirthful,gay,merry,sportive, hilarious,gleeful.joviality,n.gayety, jollity, sportiveness,liveliness.joy,n.gladness, exultation,jubilation,mirth, festivityglee, elation,merriment.joyful,a.joyous,glad,elated,jubilant, exhilarating,happy, buoyant,merry,encouraging, felicitous.joyous,a.joyful.jubilant,a.joyful,exultant,triumphant.jubilation,n.rejoicing, exultation,triumph.Judas,n.betrayer, traitor.Judas,a.traitorous,treacherous,disloyal,perfidious.judge,v.adjudge, adjudicate,try;discern,distinguish, discriminate,decide;esteem,think,consider,reckon, deem,regard; arbitrate.judge,n.justice, judger;arbitrator, arbiter,umpire,referee; connoisseur,critic; puisne; deemster (Isle of Man).Associated words:judicial, judicially, judicable, judicatory, judicature, judiciary.judges,n. pl.judiciary.judgment,n.decision, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitration, adjudgment;sentence,decree,verdict;discrimination,discernment.judgment-seat,n.court, tribunal,bar, judicatory.judicial,a.judicative, judicatory, juridical, judiciary.judicious,a.prudent,discreet, well-advised.jug,n.pitcher, ewer, demijohn, flagon; bellarmine, long-beard.juggler,n.prestidigitator,magician,conjurer;cheat,impostor; jongleur.jugglery,n.sleight ofhand,legerdemain, prestidigitation,magic, conjuring;imposture,trickery, hankey-pankey.juice,n..sap,lush; must.juicy,a.succulent,sappy,lush,luscious.Antonyms: juiceless, sapless,dry.jumble,v.confuse, disarrange,entangle, mixjumble,n.disorder,confusion, disarray,mixture,entanglement,chaos,hodgepodge.jump,v.spring,bound,leap,hop,caper,vault;bounce,jolt.jump,n.leap,spring,bound,hop,vault,caper,jolt.junction,n.union, coalition;juncture.juncture,n.joint,seam;crisis, conjuncture,point, exigency.jungle,n.thicket,brake, boscage,brush.junket,n.delicacy, sweetmeat;feast,banquet.--v.feast,banquet,regale,entertain.junta,n.council, tribunal,assembly,convention.junto,n.secretcouncil, cabal,clique,faction.jury,n.Associated words: impanel, panel, venire, venire, facias, tales, talesman.juryman,n.juror.just,a.upright,honest,conscientious,honorable, straightforward; condign, merited,deserved,due;reasonable,conscionable, equitable,fair;unbiased, impartialcorrect,exact,accurate,proper,appropriate.Antonyms:dishonest, inequitable,undeserved. Seeunjust.just,adv.precisely, exactly; closely, nearly, almost; barely, scarcely, only.justice,n.justness, quity,impartiality;judge.Antonyms: inequity,injustice.justifiable,a.warrantable, defensible, vindicable.justification,n.vindication, exuplpation, exoneration,defense.justifier,n.justificatior,vindicator,defender.justify,v.vindicate,warrant,excuse, exonorate, exculpate,absolve,defend.justle,v.clash,bump, jostle, collide.justly,adv.honestly,fairly, equitably, impartially.justness,n.justice, fairness, equity,impartiality, condignness.jut,v. jutout, project, protrude.--n.projection, jutt.jutting,a. projecting, protruding.jutting outprojection, projecture, protrusionjutty,n.pier, mole, jetty.juvenile,a.youthful,young,immature.juvenility,n.youthfulness, immaturity.

Jab,n.(Colloq.)thrust,punch,dig.

jabber,n.gibberish, chatter,gabble,babble.--v.gabble, gibber,babble, chatter.

jackass,n.donkey; dolt,simpleton, witling,ignoramus,fool.

jacket,n.coat, jerkin, blouse, spencer, bolero, pea-jacket sontag, blazer, sweater, reefer, jersey, jumper, cardiganjacket, grego, garibaldi, camisole, temiak (Eskimo); cleading.

jade,n.nephrite, jadeite;nag,plug;hussy, wench,quean.

jag,n.notch,cleft, barb, protuberance.--v.notch.

jagged,a.cleft, jaggy,notched, serrated, erose,sharp.

jail,n.prison, lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo.

jail bird.prisoner.

jailer,n.warden,turnkey, sheriff.

jail fever.typhusfever.

jam,n.preserve,conserve;crowd, throng,crush.

jam,v.squeeze,crowd,press, wedge in,bruise.

jamboree,n.(Slang)carousal,revelry, carouse,spree.

jangle,n.clashing, clang,discord, dissonance; wrangling,quarrel,dispute, altercation.

jangle,v.clash, clang;quarrel,wrangle,dispute, altercate.

jangling,a.discordant, dissonant, clashing, inharmonious.

janitor,n.doorkeeper,porter,concierge; (female) janitress, janitrix.

Japan,n.Nippon, Flowery Kingdom.Associated words: Japanese, geisha, coolie,Mikado, samurai, shizoku, heimin, kwazoku, Mongol, Mongolian, kimono, Dairi, daimio, saki, Tycoon, Shogun.

japan,n.lacquer,varnish,enamel.

jar,n.crock; gurglet;shock,jolt,vibration.--v.jolt,jounce,shock, discompose,unsettle; grate.

jargon,n.gibberish,drivel,babble,gabble,twaddle,bosh;cant, slang,flash, argot, dialect.

jaundice,n.icterus.--v.prejudice.

jaundiced,a.prejudiced, biased,warped.

jaunty,a.airy,showy,finical,affected,fine.

jaw,n.Jawbone, jowl; maxilla (upper jaw); mandible (lower jaw).

jaw,v.(Low)scold,upbraid,berate,clamor, rail at.

jawless,a.agnathic, agnathous.

jaw muscle.masseter.

jayhawker,n.guerrilla.

jealous,a.suspicious,distrustful.

jealousy,n.suspicion,distrust.

jeer,v.mock,deride,ridicule,taunt,jibe.

jeering,n.mockery,derision,ridicule, scoffing,sneer,taunt.

jellylike,a.gelatinous, colloid.

jeopard,v.imperil,risk,expose,endanger,hazard.

jeopardize,v.jeopard.

jeopardy,n.danger,peril,hazard,exposure.

jerk,v.twitch, yerk.

jerked beef.charqui.

jerky,a.abrupt,unconnected.

jest,n.joke, witticism,quip,jeu d' esprit, Joe Miller.

jest,v.joke.

jester,n.joker, wag; buffoon, merry-andrew,clown, harlequin,zany.

jesting,n.joking,jest,raillery,banter, persiflage, facetiousness,badinage,jocularity.

jesting,a.waggish,jocular, facetious,sportive.

jet,v.spurt,spout,gush; protrude, project.--n.spouting,spurt,gush.

Jew,n.Hebrew, Israelite, Judahite, Judean, Semite, Yid; Rabbi, Sadducee, Pharisee, Levite.Associated words: Yiddish, ghetto, kosher, tref, Talmud, kittel, sephardic, Sanhedrim, synagogue, Jewry, Judaism, judaize.

Jewish,a.Hebrew, Judaic, Israelitish, Hebraic, Semitic.

Jewish beggar.schnorrer.

Jewish marriage broker.schatchen.

jewel,n.gem,brilliant.

jewelry,n.jewels; bijoutry.

Jew's pitch.asphaltum, bitumen.

Jezebel,n.virago,she-devil,fury, Gorgon, termagant.

jibe,v.(Colloq.)agree,harmonize,fit.

jiffy,n.(Colloq.)moment, instant,second, trice.

jill,n.coquette,flirt;sweetheart, gill.

jilt,n.coquette,flirt.

jingle,n.tinkling, jingling, tintinnabulation;rhyme.--v.tinkle.

job,n.task;situation,position.

jocose,a.facetious,waggish,sportive,merry,jocular,humorous.

jocular,a.jesting,jocose,sportive,merry,waggish.

jocularity,n.jesting, waggishness,waggery, facetiousness,drollery.

jog,n.shake,jolt,jar, shove;hitch,break.

jog,v.push,shake, jostle; suggest to,notify, remind.

johnny cake.hoecake, corncake.

join,v.connect,couple,unite,combine,associate,add, append, annex,link, conjoin, mortise, dowel,splice, knit, dovetail,mingle, coalesce, unify,confederate;abut.Antonyms: disjoin,disconnect. Seeseparate.

joiner,n.link, coupling,bond; woodworker,carpenter.

joint,n.gimbaljoint, dove-tailjoint, jogglejoint, mortisejoint, miter, dowel, scarfjoint, rabbetjoint.

joint,n.articulation; suture, commissure, knuckle.Associated words: arthrology, arthrography, synosteology arthrectomy, synovia, articular, bursa, synovial, internode, internodal, anchylose,dislocate,dislocation, luxate, luxation.

joint,a.combined, joined,united.

jointed,a.articulated, hinged;knotted, gnarled.

jointless,a.acondylous, anarthrous, inarticulate.

joke,n.jest, witticism, jocosity,sally,jeu d'esprit,quip,quirk, Joe Miller.

joke,v.rally,banter,jest.

joking,n.jesting, rallying,banter, persiflage,jocularity, waggishness.

jokingly,adv.sportively, jestingly, waggishly, jocularly.

jolly,a.jovial, vivacious,congenial,convivial,mirthful,sportive,gay, facetious,boon,waggish,jocular,jocose,witty, blithe,sprightly,cheery.

jolly,v.(Colloq.) makegood-natured,joke,jest,cheer,encourage.

jolt,n.jar,shock,jounce, jolting.--v.shake,jar,jounce.

jot,n.iota,point, tittle,bit,mite,atom,scintilla, ace,particle,whit.

jotting,n.memorandum,note,entry.

jounce,n.jolt,shake, jolting.--v.jolt,shake,jar.

journal,n.day-book, dailyregister,record; diary; periodical, publication,magazine, gazette, ephemeris.

journey,n.trip,tour,pilgrimage, excursion,travel, jaunt, peregrination.Associated words: itinerary, itinerancy, viatic, viaticum.

journeyman,n.handicraftsman,artisan.Antonyms: apprentice, amateur.

joust,v.tilt.

Jove,n.Jupiter.

jovial,a.jolly,mirthful,gay,merry,sportive, hilarious,gleeful.

joviality,n.gayety, jollity, sportiveness,liveliness.

joy,n.gladness, exultation,jubilation,mirth, festivityglee, elation,merriment.

joyful,a.joyous,glad,elated,jubilant, exhilarating,happy, buoyant,merry,encouraging, felicitous.

joyous,a.joyful.

jubilant,a.joyful,exultant,triumphant.

jubilation,n.rejoicing, exultation,triumph.

Judas,n.betrayer, traitor.

Judas,a.traitorous,treacherous,disloyal,perfidious.

judge,v.adjudge, adjudicate,try;discern,distinguish, discriminate,decide;esteem,think,consider,reckon, deem,regard; arbitrate.

judge,n.justice, judger;arbitrator, arbiter,umpire,referee; connoisseur,critic; puisne; deemster (Isle of Man).Associated words:judicial, judicially, judicable, judicatory, judicature, judiciary.

judges,n. pl.judiciary.

judgment,n.decision, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitration, adjudgment;sentence,decree,verdict;discrimination,discernment.

judgment-seat,n.court, tribunal,bar, judicatory.

judicial,a.judicative, judicatory, juridical, judiciary.

judicious,a.prudent,discreet, well-advised.

jug,n.pitcher, ewer, demijohn, flagon; bellarmine, long-beard.

juggler,n.prestidigitator,magician,conjurer;cheat,impostor; jongleur.

jugglery,n.sleight ofhand,legerdemain, prestidigitation,magic, conjuring;imposture,trickery, hankey-pankey.

juice,n..sap,lush; must.

juicy,a.succulent,sappy,lush,luscious.Antonyms: juiceless, sapless,dry.

jumble,v.confuse, disarrange,entangle, mix

jumble,n.disorder,confusion, disarray,mixture,entanglement,chaos,hodgepodge.

jump,v.spring,bound,leap,hop,caper,vault;bounce,jolt.

jump,n.leap,spring,bound,hop,vault,caper,jolt.

junction,n.union, coalition;juncture.

juncture,n.joint,seam;crisis, conjuncture,point, exigency.

jungle,n.thicket,brake, boscage,brush.

junket,n.delicacy, sweetmeat;feast,banquet.--v.feast,banquet,regale,entertain.

junta,n.council, tribunal,assembly,convention.

junto,n.secretcouncil, cabal,clique,faction.

jury,n.Associated words: impanel, panel, venire, venire, facias, tales, talesman.

juryman,n.juror.

just,a.upright,honest,conscientious,honorable, straightforward; condign, merited,deserved,due;reasonable,conscionable, equitable,fair;unbiased, impartialcorrect,exact,accurate,proper,appropriate.Antonyms:dishonest, inequitable,undeserved. Seeunjust.

just,adv.precisely, exactly; closely, nearly, almost; barely, scarcely, only.

justice,n.justness, quity,impartiality;judge.Antonyms: inequity,injustice.

justifiable,a.warrantable, defensible, vindicable.

justification,n.vindication, exuplpation, exoneration,defense.

justifier,n.justificatior,vindicator,defender.

justify,v.vindicate,warrant,excuse, exonorate, exculpate,absolve,defend.

justle,v.clash,bump, jostle, collide.

justly,adv.honestly,fairly, equitably, impartially.

justness,n.justice, fairness, equity,impartiality, condignness.

jut,v. jutout, project, protrude.--n.projection, jutt.

jutting,a. projecting, protruding.

jutting outprojection, projecture, protrusion

jutty,n.pier, mole, jetty.

juvenile,a.youthful,young,immature.

juvenility,n.youthfulness, immaturity.


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