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)

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accroides means: an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper

aflame means: lighted up by or as by fire or flame

aflame means: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement

anachronistic means: chronologically misplaced

beadsman means: a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another

camping ground means: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

charles darwin means: English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)

charles river means: a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

cyclopteridae means: lumpfishes

earpiece means: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

full-fashioned means: knitted to fit the shape of the body

hdtv means: a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail

inflaming means: arousal to violent emotion

isoetes means: type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales

kapsiki means: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

low-necked means: (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline

mistflower means: rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium

myrtales means: Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae

rejection means: the act of rejecting something

rejection means: the speech act of rejecting