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

bogey means: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft

bogey means: an evil spirit

bogey means: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole

bogey means: to shoot in one stroke over par

candytuft means: any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region

cords means: cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth

direct contrast means: the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

episperm means: protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants

fluting means: a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

greyish-brown means: of brown tinged with grey

grind out means: produce in a routine or monotonous manner

hallowmass means: a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835

insecticidally means: by means of an insecticide

lead poisoning means: toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system

malpractice means: a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct

malpractice means: professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage

marsh hare means: a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida

mooring anchor means: an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place

oligochaeta means: earthworms

pancytopenia means: an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia