| ABJECT | • abject adj. Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. • abject adj. (By extension). • abject adj. Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation;… |
| ACAJOU | • acajou n. The cashew tree. • acajou n. A cashew nut. • acajou n. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae. |
| CAJOLE | • cajole v. (Transitive, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially… • cajole n. The act of cajoling. • CAJOLE v. to persuade by flattery. |
| COTIJA | • cotija n. A hard, dry cheese from Mexico. • COTIJA n. a kind of Mexican cheese. |
| EJECTA | • ejecta n. (Geology) Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater. • EJECTA n. material ejected esp. from a volcano, also EJECTAMENTA. |
| HIJACK | • hijack v. To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an… • hijack v. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one. • hijack v. (Computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware… |
| JACALS | • jacals n. Plural of jacal. • JACAL n. (Nahuatl) a hut built of erect stakes filled in with wattle and mud, common in Mexico and the southwestern US. |
| JACANA | • jacana n. Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having long toes and claws, and found… • Jacana prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Jacanidae – certain jacanas. • JACANA n. (Portuguese) any of various small tropical wading birds of the family Jacanidae, which have greatly elongated toes and claws, enabling them to walk on floating vegetation. |
| JACARE | • jacare n. Alternative form of yacare. • JACARE n. (Tupi) the caiman. |
| JACENT | • jacent adj. Lying at length. • JACENT adj. (obsolete) lying flat; sluggish. |
| JACKAL | • jackal n. Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller… • jackal n. A person who performs menial/routine tasks, a dogsbody. • jackal n. (Derogatory) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator. |
| JACKED | • jacked adj. (Slang) High on drugs or stimulants. • jacked adj. (Slang) Broken, imperfect, especially when followed by ’up’. (See jacked up) • jacked adj. (Slang) Strong and/or muscled. |
| JACKER | • jacker n. (Colloquial) A robber. • jacker n. (Colloquial) A computer hacker or pirate. • jacker n. (Archaic) One who hunts at night using a jacklight. |
| JACKET | • jacket n. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. • jacket n. A piece of a person’s suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US). • jacket n. A protective or insulating cover for an object (E.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.). |
| JACKSY | • jacksy n. (Slang, Britain) Backside. • jacksy n. (Slang, Britain) Buttocks. • JACKSY n. the posterior, also JAXY, JAXIE, JACKSIE. |
| JAUNCE | • jaunce v. To prance; to frolic. • jaunce v. To jolt or shake. • jaunce n. A jaunt. |
| JAYCEE | • Jaycee n. (US) A member of the United States Junior Chamber. • Jaycee n. A male given name. • Jaycee n. A female given name. |
| JICAMA | • jicama n. The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico. • JICAMA n. (Nahuatl) an edible starchy tuberous root of a leguminous tropical American vine. |
| PAJOCK | • pajock n. (Archaic) A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail. • pajock n. (Obsolete, derogatory) A person. (The precise implications of this term are unclear, but it may suggest vanity.) • PAJOCK n. (Shakespeare) an obscure word conjectured to be a misprint for peacock, also PAIOCK, PAIOCKE, PAJOCKE. |