Name Report For First Name JOE:
JOE
First name JOE's origin is English. JOE means "abbreviation of joseph". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with JOE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of joe.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with JOE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with JOE - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming JOE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES JOE AS A WHOLE:
joeanna joeanne joei joeliyn joell joella joelle joellen joelliana joelliane joely joed joel joen joeyNAMES RHYMING WITH JOE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (oe) - Names That Ends with oe:
autonoe beroe moshoeshoe anatloe chloe cloe khloe zoe arwyroe loe monroe munroe noe roe roscoe shadoeNAMES RHYMING WITH JOE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (jo) - Names That Begins with jo:
joachim joah joan joana joandra joanie joann joanna joanne joaquin joaquina joaquine joash job jobe joben jobina joby jobyna jocasta jocelin jocelina joceline jocelyn jocelyne jocelynn jochebed jocheved jock joda jodayne jodee jodi jodie jody joff johan johanan johann johanna johannah johanne johannes johara johfrit john john-paul johnathan johnathon johnell johnelle johnetta johnette johnn johnna johnnie johnny johnson johnston johyna joi joia joie joka joki jokin jokina jokine jola jolan jolanka jolee joleen joleigh jolena jolene joli jolie jolina joline jolisa jolleen jollene jolon jomar jomei jomo jon jonah jonalyn jonalynn jonam jonas jonatan jonathan jonathen jonathena jonathon jonathyn jonatiNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH JOE:
First Names which starts with 'j' and ends with 'e':
jaantje jace jacee jacinthe jackeline jackie jacobe jacqualine jacque jacqueline jacquelyne jacquelynne jacquenette jade jadee jae jaenette jahnisce jaicee jaide jaime jaimee jaimie jaine jaione jake jakobe jakobie jakome jamee jamie jamielee jamile jamilee jamille janae janaye jane janee janelle janene janette janice janie janiece janine janise jannae janne jansje jantje jaqueline jaquenette jarine jasmine jasmyne jasone jasontae jaxine jayce jaycee jaycie jayde jaydee jaye jaylene jayme jaymee jaymie jayne jaynie jayvee jazmaine jazmine jazzmine jeanae jeane jeanee jeanelle jeanette jeanice jeanie jeanine jeanne jeannelle jeannette jeannie jeannine jehane jenae jenalee jenarae jenavieve jenee jenelle jenene jenette jenevieve jenice jenieceEnglish Words Rhyming JOE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES JOE AS A WHOLE:
joe | noun (n.) See Johannes. |
navajoes | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH JOE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (oe) - English Words That Ends with oe:
aloe | noun (n.) The wood of the agalloch. |
noun (n.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries. | |
noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. |
beroe | noun (n.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora. |
canoe | noun (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. |
noun (n.) A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. | |
noun (n.) A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast. | |
verb (v. i.) To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe. |
chegoe | noun (n.) Alt. of Chegre |
chigoe | noun (n.) Alt. of Chigre |
crowtoe | noun (n.) The Lotus corniculatus. |
noun (n.) An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot. |
diploe | noun (n.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull. |
doe | noun (n.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck. |
noun (n.) A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. |
euphroe | noun (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. |
felloe | noun (n.) See Felly. |
floe | noun (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice. |
foe | noun (n.) One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. |
noun (n.) An enemy in war; a hostile army. | |
noun (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion. | |
verb (v. t.) To treat as an enemy. |
froe | noun (n.) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. |
noun (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow. |
greggoe | noun (n.) Alt. of Grego |
hoe | noun (n.) A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle. |
noun (n.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. | |
verb (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. | |
verb (v. i.) To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. |
hoopoe | noun (n.) Alt. of Hoopoo |
horseshoe | noun (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. |
noun (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab. | |
noun (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab. |
kickshoe | noun (n.) A kickshaws. |
mahoe | noun (n.) A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage. |
misletoe | noun (n.) See Mistletoe. |
misseltoe | noun (n.) See Mistletoe. |
mistletoe | noun (n.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. |
moe | noun (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow. |
noun (a., adv., & n.) More. See Mo. | |
verb (v. i.) To make faces; to mow. |
oboe | noun (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. |
overshoe | noun (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche. |
oxshoe | noun (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof. |
pahoehoe | noun (n.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a. |
pekoe | noun (n.) A kind of black tea. |
poe | noun (n.) Same as Poi. |
roe | noun (n.) A roebuck. See Roebuck. |
noun (n.) The female of any species of deer. | |
noun (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male. | |
noun (n.) A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany. |
shoe | noun (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. |
noun (n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. | |
noun (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. | |
noun (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. | |
noun (n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. | |
noun (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. | |
noun (n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. | |
noun (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. | |
noun (n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. | |
noun (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. | |
noun (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. | |
noun (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib. | |
noun (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor. | |
noun (n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip. | |
noun (n.) The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile. |
slipshoe | noun (n.) A slipper. |
sloe | noun (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself. |
snowshoe | noun (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow. |
soe | noun (n.) A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. |
tampoe | noun (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple. |
throe | noun (n.) Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. |
noun (n.) A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. | |
verb (v. i.) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize. | |
verb (v. t.) To put in agony. |
tiptoe | noun (n.) The end, or tip, of the toe. |
adjective (a.) Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert. | |
adjective (a.) Noiseless; stealthy. | |
verb (v. i.) To step or walk on tiptoe. |
toe | noun (n.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. |
noun (n.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal. | |
noun (n.) Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate. | |
noun (n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. | |
noun (n.) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. | |
noun (n.) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. | |
verb (v. t.) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark. | |
verb (v. i.) To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way). |
tuckahoe | noun (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf. |
uphroe | noun (n.) Same as Euphroe. |
vitoe | adjective (a.) See Durukuli. |
voe | noun (n.) An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. |
zeekoe | noun (n.) A hippopotamus. |
woe | noun (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. |
noun (n.) A curse; a malediction. | |
adjective (a.) Woeful; sorrowful. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH JOE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (jo) - Words That Begins with jo:
job | noun (n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. |
noun (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars. | |
noun (n.) A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business. | |
noun (n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. | |
noun (n.) A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. | |
noun (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. | |
verb (v. t.) To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. | |
verb (v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. | |
verb (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract. | |
verb (v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods. | |
verb (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage. | |
verb (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. | |
verb (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. | |
verb (v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks. |
jobbing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Job |
adjective (a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. | |
adjective (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. |
jobation | noun (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. |
jobber | noun (n.) One who works by the job. |
noun (n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber. | |
noun (n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. | |
noun (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue. |
jobbernowl | noun (n.) A blockhead. |
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. |
jockeying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jockey |
noun (n.) The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery. |
jockeyism | noun (n.) The practice of jockeys. |
jockeyship | noun (n.) The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey. |
jocose | adjective (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. |
jocoserious | adjective (a.) Mingling mirth and seriousness. |
jocosity | noun (n.) A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. |
jocular | adjective (a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person. |
adjective (a.) Sportive; merry. |
jocularity | noun (n.) Jesting; merriment. |
joculary | adjective (a.) Jocular; jocose; sportive. |
joculator | noun (n.) A jester; a joker. |
joculatory | adjective (a.) Droll; sportive. |
jocundity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness. |
jogging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jog |
noun (n.) The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog. |
jog | noun (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt. |
noun (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane. | |
verb (v. t.) To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn. | |
verb (v. t.) To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i. | |
verb (v. i.) To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over. |
jogger | noun (n.) One who jogs. |
joggling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joggle |
joggle | noun (n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like. |
verb (v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog. | |
verb (v. t.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel. | |
verb (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place. |
johannean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings. |
johannes | noun (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe. |
johannisberger | noun (n.) A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine. |
john | noun (n.) A proper name of a man. |
johnadreams | noun (n.) A dreamy, idle fellow. |
johnny | noun (n.) A familiar diminutive of John. |
noun (n.) A sculpin. |
johnnycake | noun (n.) A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. |
johnsonese | noun (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. |
johnsonian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated. |
johnsonianism | noun (n.) A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. |
joining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Join |
join | noun (n.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. |
verb (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append. | |
verb (v. t.) To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church. | |
verb (v. t.) To unite in marriage. | |
verb (v. t.) To enjoin upon; to command. | |
verb (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. | |
verb (v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join. |
joinant | adjective (a.) Adjoining. |
joiner | noun (n.) One who, or that which, joins. |
noun (n.) One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. | |
noun (n.) A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc. |
joinery | noun (n.) The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. |
joinhand | noun (n.) Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. |
joint | noun (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. |
noun (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation. | |
noun (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. | |
noun (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. | |
noun (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. | |
noun (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. | |
noun (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. | |
noun (n.) A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall. | |
noun (n.) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting. | |
noun (n.) A place of low resort, as for smoking opium. | |
adjective (a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. | |
adjective (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. | |
adjective (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. | |
adjective (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. | |
verb (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. | |
verb (v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. | |
verb (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. | |
verb (v. t.) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. | |
verb (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly. |
jointing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joint |
noun (n.) The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. |
jointed | adjective (a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Joint |
jointer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, joints. |
noun (n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined | |
noun (n.) The longest plane used by a joiner. | |
noun (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves. | |
noun (n.) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall. | |
noun (n.) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork. |
jointless | adjective (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff. |
jointress | noun (n.) A woman who has a jointure. |
jointure | noun (n.) A joining; a joint. |
noun (n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower. | |
verb (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon. |
jointuring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jointure |
jointureless | adjective (a.) Having no jointure. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH JOE:
English Words which starts with 'j' and ends with 'e':
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. |
jacare | noun (n.) A cayman. See Yacare. |
jackknife | noun (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife. |
jackslave | noun (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow. |
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. |
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. |
jacobine | noun (n.) A Jacobin. |
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. |
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. |
jaculable | adjective (a.) Fit for throwing. |
jade | noun (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples. |
noun (n.) A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag. | |
noun (n.) A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man. | |
noun (n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt. | |
verb (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn. | |
verb (v. t.) To make ridiculous and contemptible. | |
verb (v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass. | |
verb (v. i.) To become weary; to lose spirit. |
jadeite | noun (n.) See Jade, the stone. |
jakie | noun (n.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog. |
jalousie | noun (n.) A Venetian or slatted inside window blind. |
jamaicine | noun (n.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also jamacina. |
jambee | noun (n.) A fashionable cane. |
jamesonite | noun (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron. |
jane | noun (n.) A coin of Genoa; any small coin. |
noun (n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean. |
jangle | noun (n.) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. |
noun (n.) Discordant sound; wrangling. | |
verb (v. i.) To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. | |
verb (v. i.) To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. |
japanese | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan. |
noun (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the people of Japan. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants. |
japhethite | noun (n.) A Japhetite. |
japhetite | noun (n.) A descendant of Japheth. |
jardiniere | noun (n.) An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room. |
noun (n.) A preparation of mixed vegetables stewed in a sauce with savory herbs, etc.; also, a soup made in this way. |
jargonelle | noun (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early. |
jarosite | noun (n.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash. |
jasmine | noun (n.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. |
jaspachate | noun (n.) Agate jasper. |
jaspilite | noun (n.) A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper. |
jaundice | noun (n.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. |
verb (v. t.) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. |
javanese | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Java. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java. |
jawbone | noun (n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible. |
jeffersonite | noun (n.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc. |
jejune | adjective (a.) Lacking matter; empty; void of substance. |
adjective (a.) Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative. |
jenite | noun (n.) See Yenite. |
jeremiade | noun (n.) A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically. |
jeronymite | noun (n.) One belonging of the mediaeval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome. |
jervine | noun (n.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina. |
jessamine | noun (n.) Same as Jasmine. |
jesse | noun (n.) Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art |
noun (n.) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass. | |
noun (n.) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse. |
jettee | noun (n.) See Jetty, n. |
jewise | noun (n.) Same as Juise. |
jewstone | noun (n.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin. |
jingle | noun (n.) A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal. |
noun (n.) That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. | |
noun (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself. | |
verb (v. i.) To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. | |
verb (v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. |
jinnee | noun (n.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms. |
joke | noun (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes. |
noun (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport. | |
verb (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade. | |
verb (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest. |
jole | noun (v. t. & n.) Alt. of Joll |
jonquille | noun (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona. |
jostle | noun (n.) A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. |
verb (v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. | |
verb (v. i.) To push; to crowd; to hustle. |
jouissance | noun (n.) Jollity; merriment. |
joule | noun (n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds. |
jounce | noun (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot. |
verb (v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions. |
jove | noun (n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter. |
noun (n.) The planet Jupiter. | |
noun (n.) The metal tin. |
joyace | noun (n.) Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness. |
joysome | adjective (a.) Causing joyfulness. |
jubate | adjective (a.) Fringed with long, pendent hair. |
jube | noun (n.) chancel screen or rood screen. |
noun (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read. |
jubilate | noun (n.) The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo." |
noun (n.) A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version. | |
verb (v. i.) To exult; to rejoice. |
jubilee | noun (n.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners. |
noun (n.) The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions. | |
noun (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist. | |
noun (n.) A season of general joy. | |
noun (n.) A state of joy or exultation. | |
() One celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the thing commemorated. |
judahite | noun (n.) One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew. |
judge | adjective (a.) To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence. |
adjective (a.) To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3. | |
verb (v. i.) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose. | |
verb (v. i.) One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic. | |
verb (v. i.) A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race. | |
verb (v. i.) One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years. | |
verb (v. i.) The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges. | |
verb (v. t.) To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about. | |
verb (v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. | |
verb (v. t.) To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom. | |
verb (v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward. | |
verb (v. t.) To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon. | |
verb (v. t.) To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern. |
judicative | adjective (a.) Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty. |
judicature | noun (n.) The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice. |
noun (n.) A court of justice; a judicatory. | |
noun (n.) The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court. |
juge | noun (n.) A judge. |
juggle | noun (n.) A trick by sleight of hand. |
noun (n.) An imposture; a deception. | |
noun (n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. | |
verb (v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure. | |
verb (v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture. | |
verb (v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice. |
juglandine | noun (n.) An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia). |
juglone | noun (n.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin. |
juice | noun (n.) The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking. |
verb (v. t.) To moisten; to wet. |
juise | noun (n.) Judgment; justice; sentence. |
jujube | noun (n.) The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters. |
noun (n.) A lozenge made of or in imitation of, or flavored with, the jujube fruit. |
juke | noun (n.) The neck of a bird. |
verb (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. | |
verb (v. i.) To perch on anything, as birds do. |
julienne | noun (n.) A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc. |
jumble | noun (n.) A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words. |
noun (n.) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped. | |
verb (v. t.) To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up. | |
verb (v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. |
juncate | noun (n.) See Junket. |
juncite | noun (n.) A fossil rush. |
juncture | noun (n.) A joining; a union; an alliance. |
noun (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones. | |
noun (n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency. |
june | noun (n.) The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. |
noun (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera. | |
noun (n.) One of the early discovered asteroids. |
jungle | noun (n.) A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil. |
juniperite | noun (n.) One of the fossil Coniferae, evidently allied to the juniper. |
junartie | noun (n.) Jeopardy. |
jupe | noun (n.) Same as Jupon. |
jurisdictive | adjective (a.) Having jurisdiction. |
jurisprudence | adjective (a.) The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice. |
justice | adjective (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. |
adjective (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice. | |
adjective (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives. | |
adjective (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim. | |
adjective (a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice. | |
verb (v. t.) To administer justice to. |
justiceable | adjective (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice. |
justiciable | adjective (a.) Proper to be examined in a court of justice. |
justifiable | adjective (a.) Capable of being justified, or shown to be just. |
justificative | adjective (a.) Having power to justify; justificatory. |
justle | noun (n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle. |
verb (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle. | |
verb (v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle. |
jute | noun (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc. |
juvenescence | noun (n.) A growing young. |
juvenile | noun (n.) A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. |
adjective (a.) Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports. |
juwise | noun (n.) Same as Juise. |
jambooree | noun (n.) A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree. |
jaspe | adjective (a.) Having the surface decorated with cloudings and streaks, somewhat as if imitating jasper. |
jumelle | noun (n.) A jumelle opera glass, or the like. |
adjective (a.) Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed in pairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc. |