English dictionary: words starting with j - page 48

Meanings of Just-about:

idiom

Infml to not be willing or able to continue doing something

Usage examples:

We’ve been to three museums today and i’ve just about had it., this old vacuum cleaner has had it.

Meanings of Just-around-the-corner:

idiom

Not far away, or going to happen soon

Usage examples:

There's a great restaurant just around the corner., i'm feeling a little depressed at the moment, b…

Meanings of Just-as:

idiom

It is a good thing

Usage examples:

It's beginning to rain - it's just as well that we brought our umbrellas.

Meanings of Just-deserts:

idiom

An outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice

Meanings of Just-now:

idiom

A very short time ago

Usage examples:

Who was that at the door just now?

Meanings of Just-out:

idiom

Said when you recognize that you generally worry too much about people trying to harm you, but believe that in this particular situation people really are trying to harm you

Meanings of Just-right:

idiom

Very close to the place that you are

Usage examples:

There’s a deli around the corner., it's still cold today, but spring is just around the corner.

Meanings of Just-so:

phrase

Perfectly tidy and well arranged

Usage examples:

He's a perfectionist - everything has to be just so., i've never known anyone so neat. everything i…

Meanings of Just-the-job:

idiom

To be exactly what you want or need

Usage examples:

I've been looking for a new stereo system for my car, and this is just the job.

Meanings of Justaucorps:

noun

Any of various close-fitting garments; specifically (a) a knee-length, tight-fitting style of coat worn by men in the second half of the 17th century and the early 18th century; (b) a tight-fitting style of coat worn by women for riding in the second half of the 17th century and in the early 18th century; (c) any tight-fitting garment of the second half of the 17th century as understood in later usage to be a coat or waistcoat.

Meanings of Justest:

adjective

Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.

Usage examples:

A just and democratic society

adverb

Exactly.

Usage examples:

That's just what i need

Meanings of Justice:

noun

Just behaviour or treatment.

Usage examples:

A concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people

Meanings of Justicehood:

noun

The position, office, or rank of justice; justiceship.

Meanings of Justiceless:

adjective

Having no administration of justice.

Meanings of Justicer:

noun

A person who administers justice. now chiefly historical. a ruler or governor invested with judicial authority.

Meanings of Justices:

noun

Just behaviour or treatment.

Usage examples:

A concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people

Meanings of Justiceship:

noun

The office or position of a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the supreme court of a country or state.

Usage examples:

He refused the chief justiceship of chester

Meanings of Justiciable:

adjective

(of a state or action) subject to trial in a court of law.

Usage examples:

We signed the treaty under european law, justiciable under the european court

Meanings of Justicial:

adjective

Of or relating to justice or the administration of justice; guided by an ideal of justice.

Meanings of Justiciar:

noun

An administrator of justice.

Usage examples:

In ireland the justiciar was the king's chief representative in the 13th cent. until superseded by …

Meanings of Justiciaries:

noun

An administrator of justice.

Usage examples:

Though they are valued as warriors and justiciaries, they have a difficult time with more social ac…

Meanings of Justiciarship:

noun

The position or office of justiciar.

Meanings of Justiciary:

noun

An administrator of justice.

Usage examples:

Though they are valued as warriors and justiciaries, they have a difficult time with more social ac…

Meanings of Justicies:

noun

A writ directed to a sheriff, conferring power to deal with debt claims in a county court for sums exceeding the usual limit (40 shillings).

Meanings of Justicing:

noun

The administration of justice; the work of a judge or justice, in later use especially a justice of the peace.