A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackscrews
jackscrews
noun
plural of jackscrew
jackstraw
jackstraw
adj
(obsolete, of a person) Of no substance or worth.
Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface.
noun
(dated) An insignificant person.
(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks.
jackstraws
jackstraws
noun
plural of jackstraw
jailward
jailward
adv
Toward jail.
jarrow
jarrow
Proper noun
A town on the River Tyne in north east England and part of the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear.
jasperware
jasperware
noun
(ceramics) A form of pottery that has a stoneware body which is either white or colored, which is noted for its matte finish. It is a popular blue-and-white ware, but it comes in many other colors.
jasperwares
jasperwares
noun
plural of jasperware
jawaharlal
jawara
jawboner
jawboner
noun
One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade.
jawbreak
jawbreaker
jawbreaker
noun
(boxing, slang) A hard blow to the side of the face.
A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
jawbreakers
jawbreakers
noun
plural of jawbreaker
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
jawcrusher
jaworski
jawrope
jawtwister
jayawardena
jayhawker
jayhawker
noun
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jaywalkers
jaywalkers
noun
plural of jaywalker
jerkwater
jerkwater
adj
(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
noun
(US, historical) A train on a branch line.
A jerkwater town.
jetware
jimberjaw
jimberjawed
jinrickshaw
joukerypawkery
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
jowar
jowar
noun
Alternative form of jawar
jowari
jowars
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
jurywoman
jurywoman
noun
A female juror.
kwartje
overjawed
rajewski
swaraj
swaraj
noun
(India, historical) self-rule
swarajes
swarajes
noun
plural of swaraj
swarajism
swarajism
noun
Support for swaraj.
swarajist
swarajist
noun
A supporter of swaraj.
underjaw
underjaw
noun
the lower part of the jaw
underjawed
underjawed
adj
Having a heavy underjaw.
underjaws
underjaws
noun
plural of underjaw
wanderjahr
wanderjahr
noun
(historical) A year spent by an apprentice travelling and honing skills prior to the professional practice of a trade.
A year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.
wanderjahre
wanderjahre
noun
plural of wanderjahr
wapperjaw
wapperjawed
werejaguar
werejaguar
noun
(fiction, mythology) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
windjammer
windjammer
noun
(US, slang) A windbag, a loquacious person.
(US, slang, dated) One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
(nautical) A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.
(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.