English dictionary: words starting with j - page 36

Meanings of Journeyman:

noun

A worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.

Usage examples:

A solid journeyman professional

Meanings of Journeymen:

noun

A worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.

Usage examples:

A solid journeyman professional

Meanings of Journeys:

noun

An act of travelling from one place to another.

Usage examples:

An eight-hour train journey

verb

Travel somewhere.

Usage examples:

They journeyed south

Meanings of Journo:

noun

A journalist.

Usage examples:

The journos were there in force to see them play

Meanings of Jours:

adjective

Used to say that someone is like a modern version of a person from the past. de nos jours is french for "of our days"

Usage examples:

Justin bieber - an elvis presley de nos jours

Meanings of Joust:

verb

(of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.

Usage examples:

To joust, a man must have an opponent to ride against

noun

A medieval sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lances.

Usage examples:

The king and the young knights at court passed their time in jousts, tournaments, and the chase

Meanings of Jousted:

verb

(of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.

Usage examples:

To joust, a man must have an opponent to ride against

noun

A medieval sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lances.

Usage examples:

The king and the young knights at court passed their time in jousts, tournaments, and the chase

Meanings of Jousting:

noun

A medieval sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback, typically knights, fight with lances.

Usage examples:

At the centre of the festivities were several days of jousting by armoured knights

verb

(of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.

Usage examples:

To joust, a man must have an opponent to ride against

Meanings of Jousts:

verb

(of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.

Usage examples:

To joust, a man must have an opponent to ride against

noun

A medieval sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lances.

Usage examples:

The king and the young knights at court passed their time in jousts, tournaments, and the chase

Meanings of Jove:

noun

Used to express surprise or to emphasize a statement

Usage examples:

By jove, i think he's won!

Meanings of Jovial:

adjective

Cheerful and friendly.

Usage examples:

She was in a jovial mood

Meanings of Joviality:

noun

The quality in a person of being friendly and in a good mood, or of a situation being enjoyable, friendly and pleasant

Usage examples:

There was an air of joviality in the room., she had a forced joviality that made us suspicious.

Meanings of Jovially:

adverb

In a very friendly and pleasant way

Usage examples:

"are you enjoying the big room?" vicki asked him jovially., she nodded jovially at the gardener.

Meanings of Jovian:

adjective

Of or like the god jove (or jupiter).

noun

A hypothetical or fictional inhabitant of the planet jupiter.

Usage examples:

Galileo wrote of people living on jupiter, and how the moons of jupiter would appear to jovians, as…

Meanings of Jowar:

noun

Another term for durra.

Meanings of Jowl:

noun

The lower part of a person's or animal's cheek, especially when it is fleshy or drooping.

Usage examples:

She had a large nose and heavy jowls

Meanings of Jowls:

noun

The lower part of a person's or animal's cheek, especially when it is fleshy or drooping.

Usage examples:

She had a large nose and heavy jowls

plural noun

Loose skin and flesh that hangs below the jaw (= the lower part of the face)

Meanings of Jowly:

adjective

With loose skin and flesh on the lower part of the face and under the jaw

Usage examples:

She's become increasingly jowly as she's got older., he was more jowly than before, and had white h…

Meanings of Joy:

noun

A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Usage examples:

Tears of joy

verb

Rejoice.

Usage examples:

I felt shame that i had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain

Meanings of Joycean:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the irish writer james joyce or his works, especially with reference to the stream-of-consciousness technique.

Usage examples:

A poetically joycean monologue

noun

A student or admirer of the irish writer james joyce or his works.

Usage examples:

Loyal joyceans will find the show disappointing

Meanings of Joyed:

verb

Rejoice.

Usage examples:

I felt shame that i had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain

noun

A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Usage examples:

Tears of joy

Meanings of Joyful:

adjective

Feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.

Usage examples:

Joyful music

Meanings of Joyfully:

adverb

With great pleasure and happiness.

Usage examples:

After months of snow, i joyfully welcome the rain

Meanings of Joyfulness:

noun

The quality of being very happy

Usage examples:

The movie's characters are memorable for their robust joyfulness., her playing infused the music wi…

Meanings of Joying:

verb

Rejoice.

Usage examples:

I felt shame that i had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain

noun

A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Usage examples:

Tears of joy