The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
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
asbjornsen
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
codisjunct
conjegates
conjugales
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
conjurison
dejections
dejections
noun
plural of dejection
disconjure
disjecting
disjecting
verb
present participle of disject
disjection
disjection
noun
destruction; dispersion
disjoining
disjoining
verb
present participle of disjoin
disjointed
disjointed
adj
(figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
disjointly
disjointly
adv
In a disjointed state.
disjunctor
disjunctor
noun
(biology) A small, temporary body between the conidia of some fungi.
A kind of electrical circuit breaker.
enjoinders
enjoinders
noun
plural of enjoinder
enjoyments
enjoyments
noun
plural of enjoyment
hadjipanos
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
injections
injections
noun
plural of injection
injustices
injustices
noun
plural of injustice
interjects
interjects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interject
interjoist
interjoist
noun
(carpentry) A middle joist or crossbeam.
(carpentry) The space or interval between two joists.
isothujone
jaborandis
jaborandis
noun
plural of jaborandi
jacarandas
jacarandas
noun
plural of jacaranda
jackanapes
jackanapes
noun
(dated, derogatory) An impudent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A monkey.
plural of jackanape
jackknifes
jackknifes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife
jackknives
jackknives
noun
plural of jackknife
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
jacksonian
jacksonian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Jacksonian
jacksonism
jacksonite
jacksonite
Noun
A Jacksonian.
jackstones
jackstones
noun
plural of jackstone
jacobinise
jacobinism
jacobinism
Noun
The principles of the Jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.
jadishness
jadishness
noun
The quality of being jadish.
jaggedness
jaggedness
noun
The state of being jagged.
jamesonite
jamesonite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄.
jammedness
janesville
janesville
Proper noun
a CDP in Lassen County, California, USA.
a small city in Black Hawk and Bremer Counties, Iowa, USA.
a city and township in Waseca County, Minnesota, USA.
a city and town in Rock County, Wisconsin, USA; the city is the county seat of Rock County.
janisaries
janisaries
noun
plural of janisary
janizaries
janizaries
noun
plural of janizary
japanesery
japanesque
japishness
japishness
noun
The state or quality of being japish.
jargonised
jargonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jargonise
jasonville
jauntiness
jauntiness
noun
The quality of being jaunty.
jejuneness
jejuneness
noun
The state or condition of being jejune.
jejunities
jejunities
noun
plural of jejunity
jellybeans
jellybeans
noun
plural of jellybean
jestmonger
jestmonger
noun
One who tells jests; a joker.
jettisoned
jettisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jettison
jewishness
jewishness
Noun
The property of being Jewish.
jimsonweed
jimsonweed
noun
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
(US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.
jingoistic
jingoistic
adj
Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
jinrikisha
jinrikisha
noun
Alternative form of jinriksha
jocoseness
jocoseness
noun
the state of being jocose
jocundness
jocundness
noun
The quality of being jocund.
johnsonese
johnsonese
Proper noun
The literary style of Dr. an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.
johnsonian
johnsonian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1709–1784), English writer and lexicographer.
johnsonism
jointuress
jointuress
noun
A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
jonahesque
jonesville
jonesville
Proper noun
A town in Indiana.
A town in Louisiana.
A village in Michigan.
A hamlet in New York.
A town in North Carolina.
A town in South Carolina.
A town in Virginia
jordanians
jostlement
jostlement
noun
Crowding; hustling.
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.
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
journalish
journalism
journalism
noun
The activity or profession of being a journalist.
The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the purpose of informing the audience.
The style of writing characteristic of material in periodical print publications and broadcast news media, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events with an attempt to minimize analysis or interpretation.
journalist
journalist
noun
(originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
journeyers
journeyers
noun
plural of journeyer
jovialness
jovialness
noun
The state or condition of being jovial; joviality.
joyfulness
joyfulness
noun
The state of being joyful.
joyousness
joyousness
noun
The state of being joyous.
joyridings
joyridings
noun
plural of joyriding
judgements
judgements
noun
plural of judgement
jugendstil
jugendstil
noun
The German equivalent of art nouveau.
juliustown
juncaceous
juncaceous
adj
rushy; rushlike
jungleside
jungleside
noun
(rare) The area beside a jungle.
juniorship
juniorship
noun
The rank or position of junior; juniority.
junketeers
junketeers
noun
plural of junketeer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of junketeer
justifying
justifying
noun
A process of justification.
verb
present participle of justify
justnesses
justnesses
noun
plural of justness
jutlandish
jutlandish
Adjective
Jutlandic
Proper noun
Jutlandic
juvenilism
juvenilism
noun
juvenile behaviour; immaturity
marijuanas
marijuanas
noun
plural of marijuana
misjoinder
misjoinder
noun
(law) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure in court.
misjoining
misjoining
verb
present participle of misjoin
misjudging
misjudging
verb
present participle of misjudge
nonsubject
nonsubject
noun
(chiefly grammar) That which is not a subject.
objections
objections
noun
plural of objection
postjacent
rajasthani
rajasthani
Adjective
Of or relating to Rajasthan or its people.
Proper noun
The Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Rajasthan and Pakistan.
readjourns
readjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of readjourn
reinjuries
reinjuries
noun
plural of reinjury
rejections
rejections
noun
plural of rejection
rejoicings
rejoicings
noun
plural of rejoicing
rejoinders
rejoinders
noun
plural of rejoinder
rejuvenise
rejuvenise
verb
Alternative form of rejuvenize
sanjakship
sejunction
sejunction
noun
(obsolete) The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.
(psychology) An interruption of the continuity of association-complexes which leads to a breaking up of the personality.
sejunctive
sejunctive
adj
Of or relating to sejunction.
senijextee
serjeantry
serjeantry
noun
Obsolete form of serjeanty.
skyjacking
skyjacking
noun
The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force. The hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.
verb
present participle of skyjack
sojourners
sojourners
noun
plural of sojourner
sojourning
sojourning
noun
The act of one who sojourns; a short stay or residence.
verb
present participle of sojourn
subjacency
subjacency
noun
(linguistics) A constraint on the movement of elements whereby an element cannot move into a specifier position that is already occupied.
The state of being subjacent.
subjecting
subjecting
verb
present participle of subject
subjection
subjection
noun
The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
The state of being subjected.
subjoinder
subjoinder
noun
Something subjoined to another
subjoining
subjoining
verb
present participle of subjoin
surjection
surjection
noun
(set theory) A function for which every element of the codomain is mapped to by some element of the domain; (formally) Any function f:X→Y for which for every y∈Y, there is at least one x∈X such that f(x)=y.
unadjusted
unadjusted
adj
Not adjusted, especially not altered to fit new or changed data or circumstances