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