ADJURATORY | • adjuratory adj. Of or pertaining to an adjuration. • ADJURATORY adj. containing an adjuration. |
CLAMJAMFRY | • CLAMJAMFRY n. (Scots) rubbish, nonsense, also CLAMJAMPHRIE, CLANJAMFRAY. |
FRABJOUSLY | • frabjously adv. In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously. • FRABJOUS adv. splendid, magnificent. |
JACKASSERY | • jackassery n. The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass. • JACKASSERY n. being a jackass. |
JACULATORY | • jaculatory adj. Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory. • JACULATORY adj. throwing out suddenly. |
JAMAHIRIYA | • jamahiriya prop.n. Alternative letter-case form of Jamahiriya. • Jamahiriya n. (Historical) State of the masses; people’s republic; the form of the Libyan state ruled by Muammar Gaddafi… • JAMAHIRIYA n. (Arabic) in Arab socialist states, the people or proletariat state, also JUMHOURIYA. |
JAYHAWKERS | • jayhawkers n. Plural of jayhawker. • JAYHAWKER n. a name given to a freebooting, un-enlisted, armed man or guerrilla in the American Civil War. |
JAYWALKERS | • jaywalkers n. Plural of jaywalker. • jay-walkers n. Plural of jay-walker (alternative spelling of jaywalkers). • JAYWALKER n. one who walks in the road rather than on the pavement. |
JELLYGRAPH | • jellygraph n. A hectograph. • jellygraph v. To hectograph. • JELLYGRAPH v. to copy by jellygraph, an old device for copying that used a plate of jelly. |
JOCULARITY | • jocularity n. Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour. • JOCULARITY n. jesting, merriment. |
JOURNEYMAN | • journeyman n. A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman. • journeyman n. A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day. • journeyman n. (Sports) A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career. |
JUDICATORY | • judicatory adj. Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence. • judicatory adj. By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical. • judicatory n. (Chiefly in Scotland) A court or tribunal. |
JUMHOURIYA | • JUMHOURIYA n. (Arabic) in Arab socialist states, the people or proletariat state, also JAMAHIRIYA. |
JUSTICIARY | • justiciary n. (Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge’s jurisdiction, power, or office. • justiciary n. (Originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body… • justiciary n. (Historical) One who administers justice, particularly… |
SERJEANTRY | • serjeantry n. Obsolete form of serjeanty. • SERJEANTRY n. a condition of tenure by service in person to the king, also SERGEANTY, SERJEANTY. |
SKYJACKERS | • skyjackers n. Plural of skyjacker. • SKYJACKER n. one who skyjacks, hijacks an aeroplane. |
TRAJECTORY | • trajectory n. The path an object takes as it moves. • trajectory n. (Astronomy, space science) The path of a body as it travels through space. • trajectory n. (Cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution. |