Initial J

  • jail: building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
  •  jam: crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
  • jar: pitcher; vase; small, cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay
  • jealous: resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious
  • jealousy: envy; jealous attitude or disposition
  • jelly: substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods
  • jeopardize: endanger; imperil; put at risk
  • jerk: pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
  • jettison: throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
  • jewel: gemstone; costly ornament of precious metal or gem
  • jewelry: adornment made of precious metals, as a bracelet or ring or necklace
  • jog: run or ride at a steady slow trot; give a push or shake to
  • journal: magazine; periodical; log; diary; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
  • journalism: profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media journalist: writer for newspapers and magazines
  • judgment: decision; appraisal
  • juice: liquid; liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue
  • juicy: full of juice; lucrative; richly interesting
  • jumble: assemble without order or sense; confused multitude of things; chaos; mess; mixture junction: connection; joint; intersection; crossing
  • jungle: land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; dense, confused mass junior: less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or in rank jury: committee appointed to judge a case
  • justice: quality of being just; practical conformity to human or divine law; equity; uprightness
  • justifiable: capable of being justified, or shown to be just
  • justification: good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
  • justify: adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
  • juvenile: youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed

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