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

alliterative means: having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

american frogbit means: American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches

assignment means: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

assignment means: the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

assignment means: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

assignment means: an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

assignment means: the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

assignment means: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

beijing dialect means: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China

canto means: a major division of a long poem

canto means: the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

domed stadium means: a stadium that has a roof

drawing table means: a worktable with adjustable top

fort worth means: a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas); a major industrial center

genus sialis means: type genus of the Sialidae

ignominy means: a state of dishonor

jointure means: the act of making or becoming a single unit

jointure means: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

officiating means: the act of umpiring

pelargonium graveolens means: any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers