Jeering, n. Mockery, derision.
Jehovah, n. God, Lord, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Providence, The Creator, Heaven, The Maker, The Deity, The Lord, The Godhead, The Infinite, The Eternal, The Omnipotent, The Preserver, The Trinity, the Holy Trinity, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, The Author of all things, God the Father.
Jejune, a. Barren, meagre, sterile, dry, bare, lean, uninteresting.
Jemmy, a. [Colloquial.] Spruce, finical, over-nice, over-neat, affectedly elegant, nice over-much.
Jentling, n. Blue chub.
Jeopard, v. a. Hazard, imperil, peril, endanger, jeopardize, risk, put in jeopardy, put at hazard, put at risk.
Jeopardize, v. a. [Modern.] Hazard, endanger, jeopard.
Jeopardy, n. Hazard, danger, peril, risk, venture.
Jeremiade, n. [Term of ridicule.] Tale of sorrow, lamentation, lament, doleful story.
Jerk, v. a. 1. Yerk, twitch, pull suddenly.
2. Throw suddenly.
Jerk, n. 1. Twitch, sudden pull.
2. Sudden throw.
Jerkin, n. Jacket, short coat.
Jest, v. n. Joke, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.
Jest, n. 1. Joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, jeu d'esprit.
2. Raillery, fun, sport.
Jester, n. 1. Joker, wag, humorist.
2. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, zany, droll, fool, clown, punch, punchinello, scaramouch, merry-Andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Jesuitical, a. 1. Of the Jesuits.
2. [A sense introduced by partisans hostile to the Jesuits.] Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
Jetty, n. Mole.
Jeu d'esprit, [Fr.] Joke, jest, quirk, quip, crank, sally, witticism.
Jew, n. Hebrew, Israelite.
Jewel, n. Gem, brilliant, precious stone.
Jewelry, n. [Written also Jewellery.] Jewels, bijoutry, trinkets.
Jewish, a. Hebrew, Judaic, Judaical.
Jewry, n. Judea.
Jews-pitch, n. Asphaltum.
Jezebel, n. Beldam, hag, fury, ugly old woman, she-monster.
Jiffy, n. [Colloquial.] Instant, moment, second, twinkling, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye.
Jigger, n. 1. Throw, potter's wheel.
2. (Ent.) Chigre (Pulex penetrans).
Jiggumbob, n. [Low.] Trinket, toy, gimcrack, knickknack, bawble, gewgaw.
Jilt, n. Coquette, flirt.
Jilt, v. a. Trick or deceive (by playing the jilt).
Jilt, v. n. Play the jilt.
Jingle, v. n. [Written also Gingle.] Tinkle.
Jingle, n. Tinkling, jingling, tintinabulation, jingling sound.
Jingling, n. Jingle.
Job, n. Piece of work.
Job, v. n. Do job-work, work at jobs.