| CRACKJAWS | • CRACKJAW n. a word which is hard to pronounce. |
| JACKSCREW | • jackscrew n. A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew. • jackscrew n. A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion. • jack␣screw n. Alternative form of jackscrew. |
| JACKSTRAW | • jackstraw n. (Usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks. • jackstraw n. (Dated) An insignificant person. • jackstraw adj. Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface. |
| JAGDWURST | • JAGDWURST n. (German) a cured sausage with chunks of ham in a pbti base, often with whole mustard seeds, pistachios, and pimentos. |
| JAWBONERS | • jawboners n. Plural of jawboner. • JAWBONER n. one who engages in jawboning, i.e. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
| JAYHAWKER | • jayhawker n. (Historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War. • jayhawker n. Any robber or bandit. • JAYHAWKER n. a name given to a freebooting, un-enlisted, armed man or guerrilla in the American Civil War. |
| JAYWALKER | • jaywalker n. A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing… • jay-walker n. Alternative spelling of jaywalker. • JAYWALKER n. one who walks in the road rather than on the pavement. |
| JEANSWEAR | • jeanswear n. Jeans and other clothes made from denim. • JEANSWEAR n. clothing made from denim. |
| JERKWATER | • jerkwater n. (US, historical) A train on a branch line. • jerkwater n. A jerkwater town. • jerkwater adj. (US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward. |
| JURYWOMAN | • jurywoman n. A female juror. • JURYWOMAN n. a woman who serves on a jury. |
| SWARAJISM | • swarajism n. Support for swaraj. • SWARAJISM n. the policy of Indian political independence. |
| SWARAJIST | • swarajist n. A supporter of swaraj. • SWARAJIST n. one who adhered to swaraj, the policy of Indian political independence. |
| UNDERJAWS | • underjaws n. Plural of underjaw. • UNDERJAW n. the lower jaw. |
| WATERJETS | • waterjets n. Plural of waterjet. • water␣jets n. Plural of water jet. • WATERJET n. a stream of water forced through a small opening. |