(Scotland, law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.
To act as a judge.
To settle a legal case or other dispute.
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjustable
adjustable
adj
capable of being adjusted
noun
Anything that can be adjusted.
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
adjustores
autojigger
beaujolais
bejaundice
bejumbling
bejumbling
verb
present participle of bejumble
bijouterie
bijouterie
noun
Small articles of jewellery, trinkets, etc.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
butterjags
cajeputole
cajuputene
cajuputene
noun
(archaic, organic chemistry) An aromatic oil (mainly limonene) extracted from cajuput
coadjument
coadjument
noun
Mutual help; cooperation.
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjuvate
conjecture
conjecture
noun
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
(mathematics, linguistics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
(obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.
verb
(formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
(transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
conjugable
conjugable
adj
Capable of being conjugated.
conjugales
conjugatae
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
conjuncted
dijudicate
dijudicate
verb
To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
disconjure
ejaculated
ejaculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ejaculate
ejaculates
ejaculates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ejaculate
ejaculator
ejaculator
noun
A device that stimulates the sex organs of a male animal with electric impulses in order to extract semen from an animal.
A person or thing that ejaculates.
equijacent
fidejussor
fidejussor
noun
(law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
forejudged
forejudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forejudge
forejudger
forejudger
noun
(law) A judgement by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.
hallelujah
hallelujah
intj
(by extension) A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
noun
(in the plural) General praise.
(music) A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
A shout of “Hallelujah”.
verb
(intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.
injunctive
injunctive
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to the injunctive mood.
Pertaining to or being an injunction.
noun
(grammar, countable) A verbal lexeme in injunctive mood.
(grammar, uncountable) A verbal mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually resembling an augmentless aorist or imperfect.
injustices
injustices
noun
plural of injustice
interjugal
isothujone
jackquelin
jacqueline
jacquelynn
jacquemart
jaculative
jailhouses
jailhouses
noun
plural of jailhouse
jambonneau
jamshedpur
japanesque
jaquenetta
jaquenette
jaspideous
jaspideous
adj
jaspidean; containing jasper
jaspidean; like jasper
jaspidean; made of jasper
jauntiness
jauntiness
noun
The quality of being jaunty.
jawcrusher
jealousies
jealousies
noun
plural of jealousy
jeanpaulia
jeapordous
jebusitish
jejuneness
jejuneness
noun
The state or condition of being jejune.
jejunities
jejunities
noun
plural of jejunity
jejunotomy
jejunotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into, or removal of the jejunum
jentacular
jentacular
adj
(formal, chiefly archaic) Of or pertaining to breakfast; specifically, one taken early in the morning or immediately upon getting up.
jeopardous
jeopardous
adj
Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous
jerrybuild
jerrybuild
verb
(transitive) To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.
To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse.
To repair a structure in a sloppy or unsafe manner.
jerrybuilt
jerrybuilt
adj
Shoddily built; ill-constructed.
jesuitical
jesuitical
adj
Synonym of Jesuitic
jesuitised
jesuitised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jesuitise
jesuitized
jesuitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jesuitize
jesuitries
jewelhouse
jewelhouse
noun
A building where jewels are stored.
jimpricute
jitterbugs
jitterbugs
noun
plural of jitterbug
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
jocundness
jocundness
noun
The quality of being jocund.
jointuress
jointuress
noun
A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
jonahesque
jotunnheim
jouissance
jouissance
noun
(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
In poststructuralism, a transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.
joulemeter
joulemeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure energy (especially electrical energy) in joules
journalese
journalese
noun
A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
journalise
journalise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of journalize
journalize
journalize
verb
(intransitive) To write in a journal; to keep a journal.
(transitive) To record in a journal.
journalled
journeyers
journeyers
noun
plural of journeyer
journeying
journeying
noun
travel, travelling
verb
present participle of journey
journeyman
journeyman
noun
(sports) A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.
A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day.
A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman.
journeymen
journeymen
noun
plural of journeyman
joyfullest
joyfullest
adj
superlative form of joyful: most joyful
joyfulness
joyfulness
noun
The state of being joyful.
joyousness
joyousness
noun
The state of being joyous.
juantorena
jubbulpore
judgements
judgements
noun
plural of judgement
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
judgmental
judgmental
adj
(chiefly of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.
Of or relating to judgment.
judicative
judicative
adj
Having power to judge; judicial.
judicature
judicature
noun
Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
judiciable
judiciable
adj
Able to be resolved within the judicial system.
jugendstil
jugendstil
noun
The German equivalent of art nouveau.
juggernaut
juggernaut
noun
(Britain, Ireland, sometimes derogatory) A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic.
A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.
jugglement
jugglement
noun
(archaic) jugglery; trickery or deception
juggleries
juggleries
noun
plural of jugglery
jugurthine
jugurthine
Adjective
Relating to Jugurtha, an ancient king of Numidia.
julolidine
julolidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A heterocyclic aromatic organic compound with the formula C₁₂H₁₅N.
julyflower
jumblement
jumblement
Noun
A confused mixture.
jumboesque
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpscrape
juncaceous
juncaceous
adj
rushy; rushlike
juneflower
juneteenth
juneteenth
name
Alternative letter-case form of Juneteenth
jungleside
jungleside
noun
(rare) The area beside a jungle.
junglewood
junkdealer
junketeers
junketeers
noun
plural of junketeer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of junketeer
juramental
juramentum
jurisprude
jurisprude
noun
One who studies jurisprudence.
juryrigged
juryrigged
adj
Alternative form of jury-rigged
justifiers
justifiers
noun
plural of justifier
justnesses
justnesses
noun
plural of justness
juvenalian
juvenalian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Roman poet Juvenal or to his works or style.
juvenilely
juvenilely
adv
In a juvenile manner.
juvenilify
juvenilism
juvenilism
noun
juvenile behaviour; immaturity
juvenility
juvenility
noun
The plant grew from juvenility to maturity in a week.
The state or quality of being juvenile.
juvenile behaviour, writing, etc.
juvenilize
juvenilize
verb
To maintain in a juvenile state.
juxtaposed
juxtaposed
adj
Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose
juxtaposes
juxtaposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
lumberjack
lumberjack
noun
A lumberjacket.
A person whose work is to fell trees.
verb
(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
lutjanidae
majestious
majusculae
majusculae
noun
capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier
majuscules
majuscules
noun
plural of majuscule
microjoule
millijoule
millijoule
noun
One thousandth (10⁻³) of a joule. Symbol: mJ.
mujahedeen
mujahedeen
noun
Alternative spelling of mujahideen
nonabjurer
nonjurable
nonperjury
nonperjury
noun
Absence of perjury.
nonsubject
nonsubject
noun
(chiefly grammar) That which is not a subject.
objurgated
objurgated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of objurgate
objurgates
objurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of objurgate
outjetting
outjourney
outjourney
verb
(transitive) To journey beyond, or farther than.
outjuggled
outjuggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outjuggle