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English words starting with jes

Meanings of Jess:

noun

A short leather strap that is fastened round each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached.

Usage examples:

It has leather jesses on its legs, which are used by falconers and people who take the birds out to…
verb

Put jesses on (a hawk).

Meanings of Jessamine:

noun

Variant form of jasmine.

Meanings of Jesse:

proper noun

(in the bible) the father of david (1 sam. 16), represented as the first in the genealogy of jesus christ.

Meanings of Jessed:

verb

Put jesses on (a hawk).

noun

A short leather strap that is fastened round each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached.

Usage examples:

It has leather jesses on its legs, which are used by falconers and people who take the birds out to…

Meanings of Jesses:

noun

A short leather strap that is fastened round each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached.

Usage examples:

It has leather jesses on its legs, which are used by falconers and people who take the birds out to…
verb

Put jesses on (a hawk).

Meanings of Jessie:

noun

An effeminate, weak, or oversensitive man.

Usage examples:

There is no number two, an’ what you gonna do about that, ya bunch of jessies?

Meanings of Jessing:

verb

Put jesses on (a hawk).

noun

A short leather strap that is fastened round each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached.

Usage examples:

It has leather jesses on its legs, which are used by falconers and people who take the birds out to…

Meanings of Jest:

noun

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

Usage examples:

He laughed uproariously at his own jest
verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

Meanings of Jested:

verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?
noun

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

Usage examples:

He laughed uproariously at his own jest

Meanings of Jester:

noun

A professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

Usage examples:

The gray-furred child laughed, cavorting around the confused guards like a court jester in a mediev…

Meanings of Jesters:

noun

A professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

Usage examples:

The gray-furred child laughed, cavorting around the confused guards like a court jester in a mediev…

Meanings of Jesting:

adjective

Said or done for amusement; joking.

Usage examples:

A jesting commentary on world affairs
noun

The action of saying or doing something for amusement.

Usage examples:

Laughing and jesting were out of the question
verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

Meanings of Jests:

noun

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

Usage examples:

He laughed uproariously at his own jest
verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

Meanings of Jesuit:

noun

A member of the society of jesus, a roman catholic order of priests founded by st ignatius loyola, st francis xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work. the order was zealous in opposing the reformation. despite periodic persecution it has retained an important influence in catholic thought and education.

Usage examples:

In some ways they were only doing what the jesuits and other catholics had done for 150 years.

Meanings of Jesuitical:

adjective

Of or concerning the jesuits.

Usage examples:

It sounds logical; one might even say jesuitical.

Meanings of Jesuits:

noun

A member of the society of jesus, a roman catholic order of priests founded by st ignatius loyola, st francis xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work. the order was zealous in opposing the reformation. despite periodic persecution it has retained an important influence in catholic thought and education.

Usage examples:

In some ways they were only doing what the jesuits and other catholics had done for 150 years.

Meanings of Jesus:

proper noun

The central figure of the christian religion.

exclamation

An oath used to express irritation, dismay, or surprise.

Meanings of Jesus-christ:

noun

The jewish religious teacher believed by those who follow him to be the son of god, whose teachings and life christianity developed from

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