English dictionary: words starting with j - page 50

Meanings of Juvenescence:

noun

The state or period of being young.

Usage examples:

The characters she is reconstructing spring from her own juvenescence

Meanings of Juvenile:

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

Meanings of Juvenile-delinquent:

noun

A young person, usually under 18, who commits a crime

Meanings of Juveniles:

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

Meanings of Juvenilia:

plural noun

Works produced by an author or artist while still young.

Usage examples:

From the juvenilia onward, certain themes were prominent

Meanings of Juvenility:

noun

The quality of being juvenile (= behaving in a way that is silly and typical of a child)

Usage examples:

My occasional lapses into juvenility seemed to pain him., juvenility is rampant in contemporary cul…

Meanings of Juvenilize:

verb

Make or keep young or youthful; arrest the development of.

Usage examples:

His mother juvenilized him by keeping him dependent on her

Meanings of Juvie:

noun

Short for juvenile detention centre: a type of prison for people who are not old enough to be considered as adults

Usage examples:

He spent the bulk of his adolescence in and out of juvie., if i was caught, i'd be in juvie hall fo…

Meanings of Juxtapose:

verb

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

Usage examples:

Black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with colour images

Meanings of Juxtaposed:

verb

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

Usage examples:

Black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with colour images

Meanings of Juxtaposes:

verb

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

Usage examples:

Black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with colour images

Meanings of Juxtaposing:

verb

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

Usage examples:

Black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with colour images

Meanings of Juxtaposition:

noun

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Usage examples:

The juxtaposition of these two images

Meanings of Juxtapositions:

noun

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Usage examples:

The juxtaposition of these two images