JACKLEEN
First name JACKLEEN's origin is English. JACKLEEN means "abbreviation of jaqueline which is the feminine of jacques". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with JACKLEEN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of jackleen.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with JACKLEEN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming JACKLEEN
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES JACKLEEN AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH JACKLEEN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (ackleen) - Names That Ends with ackleen:
Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (ckleen) - Names That Ends with ckleen:
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (kleen) - Names That Ends with kleen:
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (leen) - Names That Ends with leen:
coleen aileen aleen arleen ashleen carleen cathleen charleen colleen darleen eileen elleen erleen evaleen eveleen harleen isleen joleen jolleen juleen kaitleen karleen kathleen kayleen lurleen mayleen myleen rosaleen marleen jacqueleenRhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (een) - Names That Ends with een:
shaheen yameen kadeen adeen aideen alberteen ambreen ardeen augusteen berneen chereen christeen coreen correen dareen daveen deneen doreen edeen fanceen janeen jeneen jineen justeen laureen loreen maeveen maureen moreen nadeen nareen noreen yasmeen breen deen fineen finneen macqueen makeen yaseen fateen ameen pegeen jasmeenRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (en) - Names That Ends with en:
cwen guendolen raven helen hien huyen quyen tien tuyen yen aren essien mekonnen arden kailoken nascien bingen evnissyen lairgnen nisien yspaddaden hoben christiansen jorgen joren espenNAMES RHYMING WITH JACKLEEN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (jacklee) - Names That Begins with jacklee:
Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (jackle) - Names That Begins with jackle:
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (jackl) - Names That Begins with jackl:
jacklynnRhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (jack) - Names That Begins with jack:
jack jackeline jacki jackie jackson jackyRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (jac) - Names That Begins with jac:
jacalyn jacan jace jacee jacelyn jacen jacenta jacey jaci jacinda jacint jacinta jacintha jacinthe jacinto jacira jaclyn jacob jacoba jacobe jacobo jacolin jacot jacqualine jacque jacquelin jacqueline jacquelyn jacquelyne jacquelynne jacquenetta jacquenette jacques jacqui jacy jacynthRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ja) - Names That Begins with ja:
jaakkina jaana jaantje jaap jabari jabbar jabin jabir jabulela jada jadalynn jadan jadarian jadaya jade jadee jadelyn jaden jader jadira jadon jady jadyn jae jaecar jaecilynn jaeda jaeden jaedin jaedon jaedyn jael jaeleah jaelin jaelyn jaelynn jaena jaenette jafar jafari jaffa jafit jafita jaganmata jager jagger jago jagur jaha jahi jahmal jahnisce jai jaicee jaida jaide jaidenNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH JACKLEEN:
First Names which starts with 'jac' and ends with 'een':
First Names which starts with 'ja' and ends with 'en':
jaisen jalen jansen jaren jarren jasen jaydenFirst Names which starts with 'j' and ends with 'n':
jaidon jaidyn jailyn jaimelynn jaivyn jaklyn jakson jamarreon jameson jamian jamieson jamilyn jamin jamion jamison jamon jan janan janson jaquelin jaran jarin jarion jarman jarmann jarran jarron jaryn jaslynn jasmin jasmyn jason javan javin jaxon jaydon jaylynn jaymin jayron jayronn jayson jazalyn jazlyn jazlynn jazmin jazmynn jazzalyn jazzmyn jean jeevan jefferson jehoichin jen jenalyn jenalynn jenilynn jennalyn jennilyn jennyann jenralyn jensen jeralyn jeran jerean jerelyn jeren jerilyn jerilynn jermain jerren jerrilyn jerrin jerron jeshurun jeslyn jeslynn jessamyn jilian jillian jilliann joan joann joaquin joben jocelin jocelyn jocelynn joeliyn joellen joen johan johanan johannEnglish Words Rhyming JACKLEEN
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES JACKLEEN AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH JACKLEEN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (ackleen) - English Words That Ends with ackleen:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (ckleen) - English Words That Ends with ckleen:
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Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (leen) - English Words That Ends with leen:
baleen | noun (n.) Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth. |
colleen | noun (n.) A girl; a maiden. |
fleen | noun (n. pl.) Obs. pl. of Flea. |
spleen | noun (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known. |
noun (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen. | |
noun (n.) A fit of anger; choler. | |
noun (n.) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. | |
noun (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. | |
noun (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. | |
verb (v. t.) To dislke. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (een) - English Words That Ends with een:
armozeen | noun (n.) Alt. of Armozine |
ayegreen | noun (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). |
beaverteen | noun (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. |
beseen | adjective (a.) Seen; appearing. |
adjective (a.) Decked or adorned; clad. | |
adjective (a.) Accomplished; versed. |
between | noun (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval. |
prep (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. | |
prep (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. | |
prep (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both. | |
prep (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. | |
prep (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. | |
prep (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock. |
canteen | noun (n.) A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. |
noun (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers. |
carageen | noun (n.) Alt. of Caragheen |
caragheen | noun (n.) See Carrageen. |
carrageen | noun (n.) Alt. of Carrigeen |
carrigeen | noun (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. |
chagreen | noun (n.) See Shagreen. |
dudeen | noun (n.) A short tobacco pipe. |
dasheen | noun (n.) A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States. |
een | noun (n.) The old plural of Eye. |
eighteen | noun (n.) The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii. | |
adjective (a.) Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. |
evergreen | noun (n.) An evergreen plant. |
noun (n.) Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. | |
adjective (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like. |
fifteen | noun (n.) The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv. | |
adjective (a.) Five and ten; one more than fourteen. |
fillipeen | noun (n.) See Philopena. |
fourteen | noun (n.) The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv. | |
adjective (a.) Four and ten more; twice seven. |
gaudygreen | noun (a. / n.) Light green. |
green | noun (n.) The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. |
noun (n.) A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. | |
noun (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. | |
noun (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. | |
noun (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color. | |
superlative (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. | |
superlative (superl.) Having a sickly color; wan. | |
superlative (superl.) Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. | |
superlative (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. | |
superlative (superl.) Not roasted; half raw. | |
superlative (superl.) Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. | |
superlative (superl.) Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. | |
verb (v. t.) To make green. | |
verb (v. i.) To become or grow green. |
halloween | noun (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. |
indigeen | noun (n.) Same as Indigene. |
jackeen | noun (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow. |
keen | noun (n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach. |
superlative (superl.) Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. | |
superlative (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features. | |
superlative (superl.) Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm. | |
superlative (superl.) Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen. | |
superlative (superl.) Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. | |
verb (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold. | |
verb (v. i.) To wail as a keener does. |
lateen | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. |
mangosteen | noun (n.) Alt. of Mangostan |
moreen | noun (n.) A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc. |
mavourneen | noun (n.) My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman. |
nankeen | noun (n.) A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. |
noun (n.) An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. | |
noun (n.) Trousers made of nankeen. |
nineteen | noun (n.) The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix. | |
adjective (a.) Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months. |
queen | noun (n.) The wife of a king. |
noun (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. | |
noun (n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. | |
noun (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites. | |
noun (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen. | |
noun (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades. | |
noun (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing. | |
noun (n.) The wife of a king. | |
noun (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. | |
noun (n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. | |
noun (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites. | |
noun (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen. | |
noun (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades. | |
noun (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing. | |
verb (v. i.) To act the part of a queen. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn. | |
verb (v. i.) To act the part of a queen. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn. |
peen | noun (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. |
noun (n.) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. | |
verb (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge. |
pistareen | noun (n.) An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. |
poteen | noun (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry. |
noun (n.) Alt. of Potheen |
potheen | noun (n.) See Poteen. |
noun (n.) Whisky distilled in a small way privately or illicitly by the Irish peasantry. |
potteen | noun (n.) See Poteen. |
preen | noun (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth. |
noun (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds. | |
noun (n.) To trim up, as trees. |
ratteen | noun (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled. |
sateen | noun (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin. |
screen | noun (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. |
noun (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like. | |
noun (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. | |
noun (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. | |
noun (n.) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better. | |
verb (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. | |
verb (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift. |
seen | adjective (a.) Versed; skilled; accomplished. |
(p. p.) of See | |
() p. p. of See. |
seldseen | adjective (a.) Seldom seen. |
sengreen | noun (n.) The houseleek. |
seventeen | noun (n.) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii. | |
adjective (a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years. |
shagreen | noun (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes. |
noun (n.) The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts. | |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Shagreened | |
verb (v. t.) To chagrin. |
shebeen | noun (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. |
sheen | noun (n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter. |
verb (v. t.) Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. | |
verb (v. i.) To shine; to glisten. |
sixteen | noun (n.) The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi. | |
adjective (a.) Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more. |
skreen | noun (n. & v.) See Screen. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH JACKLEEN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (jacklee) - Words That Begins with jacklee:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (jackle) - Words That Begins with jackle:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (jackl) - Words That Begins with jackl:
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (jack) - Words That Begins with jack:
jack | noun (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. |
noun (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. | |
noun (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic. | |
noun (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat. | |
noun (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack | |
noun (n.) A device to pull off boots. | |
noun (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck. | |
noun (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack. | |
noun (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. | |
noun (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles. | |
noun (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box. | |
noun (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. | |
noun (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal. | |
noun (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. | |
noun (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. | |
noun (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. | |
noun (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper. | |
noun (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself. | |
noun (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack. | |
noun (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls. | |
noun (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass. | |
noun (n.) A young pike; a pickerel. | |
noun (n.) The jurel. | |
noun (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou. | |
noun (n.) The wall-eyed pike. | |
noun (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint. | |
noun (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State. | |
noun (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. | |
noun (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards. | |
noun (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. | |
noun (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack. | |
verb (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n. | |
verb (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5. |
jackal | noun (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling. |
noun (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated. |
jackanapes | noun (n.) A monkey; an ape. |
noun (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. |
jackass | noun (n.) The male ass; a donkey. |
noun (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead. |
jackdaw | noun (n.) See Daw, n. |
jacket | noun (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts. |
noun (n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc. | |
noun (n.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired. | |
noun (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket. | |
verb (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket. | |
verb (v. t.) To thrash; to beat. |
jacketed | adjective (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket. |
jacketing | noun (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing. |
jackknife | noun (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife. |
jackman | noun (n.) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n. |
noun (n.) A cream cheese. |
jackpudding | noun (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon. |
jacksaw | noun (n.) The merganser. |
jackscrew | noun (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5. |
jackslave | noun (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow. |
jacksmith | noun (n.) A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. |
jacksnipe | noun (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe. |
noun (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe. |
jackstay | noun (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened. |
jackstone | noun (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones. |
noun (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck. |
jackstraw | noun (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. |
noun (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin. |
jackwood | noun (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork. |
jacky | noun (n.) Dim. or pet from Jack |
noun (n.) A landsman's nickname for a seaman, resented by the latter. | |
noun (n.) English gin. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (jac) - Words That Begins with jac:
jacamar | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant. |
jacana | noun (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird. |
jacaranda | noun (n.) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood. |
noun (n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers. |
jacare | noun (n.) A cayman. See Yacare. |
jacchus | noun (n.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus. |
jacconet | noun (n.) See Jaconet. |
jacent | adjective (a.) Lying at length; as, the jacent posture. |
jacinth | noun (n.) See Hyacinth. |
jacob | noun (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel. |
jacobean | adjective (a.) Alt. of Jacobian |
jacobian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. |
jacobin | noun (n.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. |
noun (n.) One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue. | |
noun (n.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short. | |
adjective (a.) Same as Jacobinic. |
jacobine | noun (n.) A Jacobin. |
jacobinic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Jacobinical |
jacobinical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism. |
jacobinism | noun (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. |
jacobinizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jacobinize |
jacobite | noun (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. |
noun (n.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites. |
jacobitic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Jacobitical |
jacobitical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites; characterized by Jacobitism. |
jacobitism | noun (n.) The principles of the Jacobites. |
jacobus | noun (n.) An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I. |
jaconet | noun (n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc. |
jacquard | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. |
jacqueminot | noun (n.) A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France. |
jacquerie | noun (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants. |
jactancy | noun (n.) A boasting; a bragging. |
jactation | noun (n.) A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. |
jactitation | noun (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. |
noun (n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. |
jaculable | adjective (a.) Fit for throwing. |
jaculating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaculate |
jaculation | noun (n.) The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears. |
jaculatory | adjective (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers. |
jacal | noun (n.) In Mexico and the south western United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the geound, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, this method of construction. |