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| JOINER | | n. - maker of finished wood fittings.
- colloq. Person who joins an organization or who readily joins societies etc. joinery n. (in sense 1). | |
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| JOJOBA | | n. Plant with seeds yielding an oily extract used in cosmetics etc. [mexican spanish] | |
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| JOSTLE | | —v. (-ling) 1 (often foll. By away, from, against, etc.) Push against; elbow, esp. Roughly or in a crowd.
- (foll. By with) struggle roughly. —n. Jostling. [from *joust] | |
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| JOTTER | | n. Small pad or notebook. | |
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| JOVIAL | | adj. Merry, convivial, hearty. joviality n. Jovially adv. [latin jovialis: related to *jove] | |
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| JUDAIC | | adj. Of or characteristic of the jews. [greek: related to *jew] | |
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| JUDDER | | —v. Shake noisily or violently. —n. Juddering. [imitative: cf. Shudder] | |
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| JUGGLE | | —v. (-ling) 1 a (often foll. By with) keep several objects in the air at once by throwing and catching. B perform such feats with (balls etc.).
- deal with (several activities) at once.
- (often foll. By with) misrepresent or rearrange (facts) adroitly. —n. - juggling.
- fraud. juggler n. [french from latin jocus jest] | |
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| JUJUBE | | n. Small flavoured jelly-like lozenge. [greek zizuphon] | |
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| JULIAN | | adj. Of julius caesar. [latin julius]
- calendar n. Calendar introduced by julius caesar, with a year of 365 days, every fourth year having 366. | |
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