Words starting with j

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

j means: the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet

j means: a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

j particle means: a neutral meson with a large mass

j. b. rhine means: United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)

j. b. s. haldane means: Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)

j. c. maxwell means: Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)

j. craig ventner means: United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)

j. d. salinger means: United States writer (born 1919)

j. e. johnston means: Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)

j. edgar hoover means: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

all-knowing means: infinitely wise

bone black means: black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment

caviare means: salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre

devotedly means: with devotion

family tetranychidae means: plant-feeding mites

fish mousse means: mousse made with fish

heartbroken means: full of sorrow

homeless person means: someone unfortunate without housing

lepus americanus means: large large-footed North American hare; white in winter

off-key means: inaccurate in pitch

opening line means: the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story)

sedate means: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

sedate means: characterized by dignity and propriety

sedate means: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

sergeant-at-law means: an English barrister of the highest rank

sir edward william elgar means: British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)

soapy means: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

soapy means: resembling or having the qualities of soap

st. cyril means: Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)

teleology means: (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes