Name Report For First Name JAY:
JAY
First name JAY's origin is English. JAY means "variant of names like jason and jacob". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with JAY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of jay.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with JAY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with JAY - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming JAY
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES JAY AS A WHOLE:
jayanti aanjay jaya jayani jayce jaycee jaycie jayde jaydra jayla jaylene jayli jaylynn jaymee jaymie jayne jayni ajay jayar jaydee jayden jaydon jaye jaykell jaykob jaylend jayme jaymes jaymin jayron jayronn jayson jayvee jayr jaynie jaynaNAMES RHYMING WITH JAY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ay) - Names That Ends with ay:
sisay adjatay barclay galloway bay anevay chantay chardonnay elliemay fay gay jeanay jenay jennay jonay kevay lindsay linsay lyndsay may mishay nuray shamay tamay thursday barday bodaway corday courtnay delray diondray dontay enapay finlay garroway gillivray gray hay kay lay macaulay macgillivray mackay macray montay murray o'shay otaktay ouray pay pranay ramsay ray shay tiernay treadway vernay galway tredway thay stanway clay tuesday suhay kenway ordway conway courtenayNAMES RHYMING WITH JAY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ja) - Names That Begins with ja:
jaakkina jaana jaantje jaap jabari jabbar jabin jabir jabulela jacalyn jacan jace jacee jacelyn jacen jacenta jacey jaci jacinda jacint jacinta jacintha jacinthe jacinto jacira jack jackeline jacki jackie jackleen jacklynn jackson jacky jaclyn jacob jacoba jacobe jacobo jacolin jacot jacqualine jacque jacqueleen jacquelin jacqueline jacquelyn jacquelyne jacquelynne jacquenetta jacquenette jacques jacqui jacy jacynth 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 jaidaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH JAY:
First Names which starts with 'j' and ends with 'y':
jamey janey jazzy jeffery jeffrey jeffry jenny jeramy jeremy jerry jessemy jessey jessy jilly jimmy jinny joby jody joely joey johnny jordy jory joy jozy judyEnglish Words Rhyming JAY
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES JAY AS A WHOLE:
| jay | noun (n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest. |
| jayet | noun (n.) See Jet. |
| jayhawker | noun (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla. |
| papejay | noun (n.) A popinjay. |
| popinjay | noun (n.) The green woodpecker. |
| noun (n.) A parrot. | |
| noun (n.) A target in the form of a parrot. | |
| noun (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH JAY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ay) - English Words That Ends with ay:
| abay | noun (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. |
| allay | noun (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check. |
| noun (n.) Alloy. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions. | |
| verb (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. | |
| verb (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. | |
| verb (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. |
| alleyway | noun (n.) An alley. |
| archway | noun (n.) A way or passage under an arch. |
| array | noun (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. |
| noun (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. | |
| noun (n.) An imposing series of things. | |
| noun (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. | |
| noun (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. | |
| noun (n.) The panel itself. | |
| noun (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. | |
| noun (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. | |
| noun (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. | |
| noun (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. |
| assay | noun (n.) Trial; attempt; essay. |
| noun (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine. | |
| noun (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried. | |
| noun (n.) Tested purity or value. | |
| noun (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin. | |
| noun (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed. | |
| verb (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply. | |
| verb (v.) To affect. | |
| verb (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink. | |
| verb (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition. | |
| verb (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor. |
| backstay | noun (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. |
| noun (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion. |
| barway | noun (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts. |
| bay | noun (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. |
| noun (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. | |
| noun (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers. | |
| noun (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks. | |
| noun (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. | |
| noun (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel. | |
| noun (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. | |
| noun (n.) A tract covered with bay trees. | |
| noun (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water. | |
| adjective (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. | |
| verb (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. | |
| verb (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking. | |
| verb (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bathe. | |
| verb (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back. |
| birthday | noun (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. |
| noun (n.) The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities. |
| blay | adjective (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n. |
| bobstay | noun (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl. |
| bray | noun (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. |
| noun (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. | |
| verb (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. |
| byplay | noun (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds. |
| byway | noun (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. |
| breakaway | noun (n.) A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. |
| noun (n.) An animal that breaks away from a herd. |
| caraway | noun (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative. |
| noun (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. |
| carpetway | noun (n.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. |
| carraway | noun (n.) See Caraway. |
| cartway | noun (n.) A way or road for carts. |
| castaway | noun (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. |
| noun (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. | |
| adjective (a.) Of no value; rejected; useless. |
| cathay | noun (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.) |
| causeway | noun (n.) Alt. of Causey |
| cay | noun (n.) See Key, a ledge. |
| clay | noun (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities. |
| noun (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay. | |
| verb (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar. |
| cokenay | noun (n.) A cockney. |
| coothay | noun (n.) A striped satin made in India. |
| countersway | noun (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. |
| cray | noun (n.) Alt. of Crayer |
| crossway | noun (n.) See Crossroad. |
| cutaway | adjective (a.) Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. |
| chambray | noun (n.) A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish. |
| day | noun (n.) The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine. |
| noun (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below. | |
| noun (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work. | |
| noun (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. | |
| noun (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc. |
| decay | noun (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. |
| noun (n.) Destruction; death. | |
| noun (n.) Cause of decay. | |
| verb (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair. | |
| verb (v. t.) To destroy. |
| delay | noun (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. |
| noun (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. | |
| noun (n.) To allay; to temper. | |
| verb (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. | |
| verb (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. |
| denay | noun (n.) Denial; refusal. |
| verb (v. t.) To deny. |
| deray | noun (n.) Disorder; merriment. |
| disarray | noun (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. |
| noun (n.) Confused attire; undress. | |
| verb (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of. | |
| verb (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe. |
| display | noun (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. |
| noun (n.) Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. | |
| verb (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. | |
| verb (v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. | |
| verb (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type. | |
| verb (v. t.) To discover; to descry. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. |
| domesday | noun (n.) A day of judgment. See Doomsday. |
| doomsday | noun (n.) A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. |
| noun (n.) The day of the final judgment. |
| doorway | noun (n.) The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. |
| dray | noun (n.) A squirrel's nest. |
| noun (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. | |
| noun (n.) A kind of sledge or sled. |
| driftway | noun (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. |
| noun (n.) Same as Drift, 11. |
| driveway | noun (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven. |
| dugway | noun (n.) A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. |
| essay | noun (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. |
| noun (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. | |
| noun (n.) An assay. See Assay, n. | |
| noun (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. | |
| noun (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. |
| estray | noun (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. |
| verb (v. i.) To stray. |
| everyday | adjective (a.) Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes. |
| fairway | noun (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH JAY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ja) - Words That Begins with ja:
| jab | noun (n.) A thrust or stab. |
| verb (v. t.) To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t. |
| jabbering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jabber |
| jabber | noun (n.) Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. |
| noun (n.) One who jabbers. | |
| verb (v. i.) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. | |
| verb (v. t.) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French. |
| jabberment | noun (n.) Jabber. |
| jabbernowl | noun (n.) Same as Jobbernowl. |
| jabiru | noun (n.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits. |
| jaborandi | noun (n.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue. |
| jaborine | noun (n.) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine. |
| jabot | noun (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt. |
| noun (n.) An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| jackeen | noun (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH JAY:
English Words which starts with 'j' and ends with 'y':
| jactancy | noun (n.) A boasting; a bragging. |
| jaculatory | adjective (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers. |
| jadery | noun (n.) The tricks of a jade. |
| jaggery | noun (n.) Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). |
| jaggy | adjective (a.) Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth. |
| janglery | noun (n.) Jangling. |
| janissary | noun (n.) See Janizary. |
| janizary | noun (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. |
| janty | adjective (a.) See Jaunty. |
| january | noun (n.) The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
| japery | noun (n.) Jesting; buffoonery. |
| jarvey | noun (n.) Alt. of Jarvy |
| jarvy | noun (n.) The driver of a hackney coach. |
| noun (n.) A hackney coach. |
| jasey | noun (n.) A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn. |
| jaspery | adjective (a.) Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper. |
| jawy | adjective (a.) Relating to the jaws. |
| jealousy | noun (n.) The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. |
| jejunity | noun (n.) The quality of being jejune; jejuneness. |
| jelly | noun (n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like. |
| noun (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. | |
| verb (v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly. |
| jemmy | noun (n.) A short crowbar. See Jimmy. |
| noun (n.) A baked sheep's head. | |
| adjective (a.) Spruce. |
| jenny | noun (n.) A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane. |
| noun (n.) A familiar name of the European wren. | |
| noun (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. |
| jeopardy | noun (n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. |
| verb (v. t.) To jeopardize. |
| jerky | adjective (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style. |
| jersey | noun (n.) The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool. |
| noun (n.) A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet). | |
| noun (n.) One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk. |
| jesuitocracy | noun (n.) Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country. |
| jesuitry | noun (n.) Jesuitism; subtle argument. |
| jetty | noun (n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below. |
| noun (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore. | |
| noun (n.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. | |
| adjective (a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color. | |
| verb (v. i.) To jut out; to project. |
| jewellery | noun (n.) See Jewelry. |
| jewelry | noun (n.) The art or trade of a jeweler. |
| noun (n.) Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry. |
| jewry | noun (n.) Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter. |
| jiffy | noun (n.) A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy. |
| jimmy | noun (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. |
| jobbery | noun (n.) The act or practice of jobbing. |
| noun (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery. |
| jocantry | noun (n.) The act or practice of jesting. |
| jockey | noun (n.) A professional rider of horses in races. |
| noun (n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader. | |
| noun (n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade. | |
| verb (v. t.) " To jostle by riding against one." | |
| verb (v. t.) To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer. | |
| verb (v. i.) To play or act the jockey; to cheat. |
| jocosity | noun (n.) A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. |
| jocularity | noun (n.) Jesting; merriment. |
| joculary | adjective (a.) Jocular; jocose; sportive. |
| joculatory | adjective (a.) Droll; sportive. |
| jocundity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness. |
| johnny | noun (n.) A familiar diminutive of John. |
| noun (n.) A sculpin. |
| joinery | noun (n.) The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. |
| jollity | noun (n.) Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. |
| jolty | adjective (a.) That jolts; as, a jolty coach. |
| journey | noun (n.) The travel or work of a day. |
| noun (n.) Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life. | |
| verb (v. i.) To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through. |
| joviality | noun (n.) The quality or state of being jovial. |
| jovialty | noun (n.) Joviality. |
| joy | noun (n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight. |
| noun (n.) That which causes joy or happiness. | |
| noun (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. | |
| noun (n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult. | |
| verb (v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To enjoy. |
| joyancy | noun (n.) Joyance. |
| jucundity | noun (n.) Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. |
| judicatory | noun (n.) A court of justice; a tribunal. |
| noun (n.) Administration of justice. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. |
| judiciary | noun (n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding. |
| jugglery | noun (n.) The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand. |
| noun (n.) Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery. |
| july | noun (n.) The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
| juneberry | noun (n.) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry. |
| noun (n.) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and had tree. |
| jungly | adjective (a.) Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle. |
| juniority | noun (n.) The state or quality of being junior. |
| juratory | adjective (a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution. |
| jury | adjective (a.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance. |
| adjective (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest. | |
| adjective (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize. |
| justiciary | noun (n.) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts. |
| justificatory | adjective (a.) Vindicatory; defensory; justificative. |
| justify | adjective (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. |
| adjective (a.) To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. | |
| adjective (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. | |
| adjective (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm. | |
| adjective (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4. | |
| verb (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly. | |
| verb (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety. | |
| verb (v. t.) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a change or accusation. | |
| verb (v. t.) To qualify (one's self) as a surely by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. |
| justly | adjective (a.) In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately. |
| jutty | noun (n.) A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To project beyond. |
| juvenility | noun (n.) Youthfulness; adolescence. |
| noun (n.) The manners or character of youth; immaturity. |
| 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. |
| jerry | adjective (a.) Flimsy; jerry-built. |
| jolly | adjective (a.) A marine in the English navy. |
| superlative (superl.) Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. | |
| superlative (superl.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety. | |
| superlative (superl.) Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. |
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