English dictionary: words starting with j - page 49

Meanings of Justicoat:

noun

A man's juste-au-corps.

Meanings of Justifiable:

adjective

Able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible.

Usage examples:

It is not financially justifiable

Meanings of Justifiably:

adverb

With good reason.

Usage examples:

Local people are justifiably concerned about development proposals for the area

Meanings of Justification:

noun

The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

The justification of revolutionary action

Meanings of Justifications:

noun

The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

The justification of revolutionary action

Meanings of Justificative:

adjective

That provides justification.

Meanings of Justificator:

noun

A person who offers justification; a justifier.

Meanings of Justificatory:

adjective

Serving as proof or justification.

Usage examples:

Justificatory arguments

Meanings of Justified:

adjective

Having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason.

Usage examples:

The doctors were justified in treating her

verb

Show or prove to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

The person appointed has fully justified our confidence

Meanings of Justifies:

verb

Show or prove to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

The person appointed has fully justified our confidence

Meanings of Justify:

verb

Show or prove to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

The person appointed has fully justified our confidence

Meanings of Justifying:

verb

Show or prove to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

The person appointed has fully justified our confidence

Meanings of Justifyingly:

adverb

So as to give justification; by way of justification.

Meanings of Justinian:

proper noun

(c.483–565), byzantine emperor 527–65; latin name flavius petrus sabbatius justinianus. through his general belisarius he regained north africa and spain. he codified roman law (529) and carried out a building programme throughout the empire, of which st sophia at constantinople (532) was a part.

Meanings of Justinianian:

adjective

Designating or relating to the code of laws originating with justinian (483–565), byzantine emperor 527–565, or the laws that comprise it.

Meanings of Justinianist:

noun

An expert in the justinianian code; a student of roman civil law.

Meanings of Justly:

adverb

According to what is morally right or fair; fairly.

Usage examples:

We deal justly with complaints

Meanings of Justness:

noun

The quality of being fair or morally correct

Usage examples:

They believe in the moral justness of their mission., we are confident in the justness of our cause.

Meanings of Jut:

verb

Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.

Usage examples:

A rock jutted out from the side of the bank

noun

A point that sticks out.

Usage examples:

We stopped on a jut of land

Meanings of Jute:

noun

Rough fibre made from the stems of a tropical old world plant, used for making twine and rope or woven into sacking or matting.

Usage examples:

There were different weaves in jute and blends of jute with cotton and silk.

Meanings of Jutes:

noun

A member of a germanic people that (according to bede) joined the angles and saxons in invading britain in the 5th century, settling in a region including kent and the isle of wight. they may have come from jutland.

Meanings of Juts:

verb

Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.

Usage examples:

A rock jutted out from the side of the bank

noun

A point that sticks out.

Usage examples:

We stopped on a jut of land

Meanings of Jutted:

verb

Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.

Usage examples:

A rock jutted out from the side of the bank

noun

A point that sticks out.

Usage examples:

We stopped on a jut of land

Meanings of Jutting:

verb

Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.

Usage examples:

A rock jutted out from the side of the bank

noun

A point that sticks out.

Usage examples:

We stopped on a jut of land

adjective

Sticking out, especially above or past the edge or surface of something

Usage examples:

Jutting rocks, he had a large head and jutting jaw.

Meanings of Juvenal:

proper noun

(c.60–c.140), roman satirist; latin name decimus junius juvenalis. his sixteen verse satires present a savage attack on the vice and folly of roman society, chiefly in the reign of the emperor domitian.