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jaundiced

adjective · showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste

Example: looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation

jauntily

adverb · in a jaunty fashionable manner

Example: his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair

jaunty

adjective · having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air- Frances G. Patton- H.M.Reynolds

Example: looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit

javan

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language

Example: Javanese temples

javanese

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language

Example: Javanese temples

jazz around

verb · wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

jazz up

verb · make more interesting or lively

Example: juice up a party

jazzy

adjective · (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

jealous

adjective · showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

Example: he was never covetous before he met her

jealously

adverb · with jealousy; in an envious manner

Example: he looked at his friend's new car jealously

jean arp

noun · Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)

jean laffite

noun · French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)

jeannette rankin

noun · leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)

jeering

adjective · abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

Example: derisive laughter

jeeringly

adverb · in a disrespectful jeering manner

jeffersonian

adjective · relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories

Example: Jeffersonian democracy

noun · tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine

jejunal artery

noun · an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum

jejune

adjective · lacking interest or significance or impact

Example: an insipid personality

jejunely

adverb · in an immature manner

Example: his teenage son still behaves very immaturely

jell

verb · become gelatinous

Example: the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme

jelled

adjective · congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling

Example: in Georgia they serve congealed salads

jellied

adjective · congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling

Example: in Georgia they serve congealed salads

jellify

verb · make into jelly

Example: jellify a liquid

jelly roll morton

noun · United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)

jellylike

adjective · thick like gelatin

jenner

noun · English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

jenny lind

noun · Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)

jeopardise

verb · pose a threat to; present a danger to

Example: The pollution is endangering the crops

jeopardize

verb · put at risk

Example: I will stake my good reputation for this

jeremiad

noun · a long and mournful complaint

Example: a jeremiad against any form of government

jerk off

verb · get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

jerkily

adverb · with jerking motions

Example: She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat

jerking

adjective · lacking a steady rhythm

Example: an arrhythmic heartbeat

jerkwater

adjective · small and remote and insignificant

Example: a jerkwater college

jerky

adjective · having or revealing stupidity

Example: ridiculous anserine behavior

jerry-built

adjective · of inferior workmanship and materials

Example: mean little jerry-built houses

jersey fern

noun · small short-lived fern of Central and South America

jerusalem

noun · capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom