All English words - page 1866

Meanings of Jerries:

noun

A chamber pot.

verb

Understand or realize.

Usage examples:

I still hadn't jerried what was going on

Meanings of Jerry:

noun

A chamber pot.

verb

Understand or realize.

Usage examples:

I still hadn't jerried what was going on

adjective

Built quickly and badly using cheap materials

Meanings of Jersey:

noun

A knitted garment with long sleeves, worn over the upper body.

Usage examples:

When i moved my trade show uniform from an ottoman rib to a jersey knit, he adjusted the tape to ma…

proper noun

The largest of the channel islands; population 91,900 (est. 2009); capital, st helier.

Meanings of Jerseys:

noun

A knitted garment with long sleeves, worn over the upper body.

Usage examples:

When i moved my trade show uniform from an ottoman rib to a jersey knit, he adjusted the tape to ma…

proper noun

The largest of the channel islands; population 91,900 (est. 2009); capital, st helier.

Meanings of Jerusalem:

proper noun

The holy city of the jews, sacred also to christians and muslims, lying in the judaean hills about 30 km (20 miles) from the river jordan; population 763,600 (est. 2008).

noun

The city claimed by israel and palestine as their capital, in the central part of israel and the southwestern part of the palestinian west bank territory

Usage examples:

The hostess was from jerusalem and her husband from nablus, a region famous for its sweets., titus …

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 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 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 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 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 Jet-black:

adjective

Pure black in color

Usage examples:

Jet-black hair

Meanings of Jet-lagged:

adjective

Feeling tired because of the effects of taking a long plane journey through different time zones

Usage examples:

They checked into their hotel, feeling weary and jet-lagged.

Meanings of Jet-set:

noun

Rich, fashionable people who travel around the world enjoying themselves

Usage examples:

She spends the summer jet-setting around the fashionable european resorts.

Meanings of Jet-setter:

noun

A member of the jet set

Meanings of Jetavator:

noun

A control surface which can be moved into the exhaust gases of a rocket in order to change the direction of thrust.

Meanings of Jetes:

noun

A jump in which a dancer springs from one foot to land on the other with one leg extended outwards from the body while in the air.

Meanings of Jetliners:

noun

A large jet aircraft carrying passengers.

Usage examples:

The boeing company is the largest aerospace company in the world, and the leader in manufacturing b…

Meanings of Jeton:

noun

Chiefly in france: a metal disc used instead of a coin for insertion in a public telephone.

Meanings of Jetports:

noun

An airport served by jet aircraft.