Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 10

Journalism (n.) The keeping of a journal or diary.

Journalism (n.) The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.

Journalist (n.) One who keeps a journal or diary.

Journalist (n.) The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical.

Journalistic (a.) Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic literature or enterprise.

Journalized (imp. & p. p.) of Journalize

Journalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journalize

Journalize (v. t.) To enter or record in a journal or diary.

Journalize (v. i.) to conduct or contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a journalist.

Journeys (pl. ) of Journey

Journey (n.) The travel or work of a day.

Journey (n.) Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.

Journeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Journey

Journeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journey

Journey (v. i.) To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.

Journey (v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through.

Journey-bated (a.) Worn out with journeying.

Journeyer (n.) One who journeys.

Journeymen (pl. ) of Journeyman

Journeyman (n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.

Journeywork (n.) Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.

Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

Jouster (n.) One who jousts or tilts.

Jove (n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.

Jove (n.) The planet Jupiter.

Jove (n.) The metal tin.

Jovial (a.) Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.

Jovial (a.) Sunny; serene.

Jovial (a.) Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem.

Jovialist (n.) One who lives a jovial life.

Joviality (n.) The quality or state of being jovial.

Jovially (adv.) In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.

Jovialness (n.) Noisy mirth; joviality.

Jovialty (n.) Joviality.

Jovian (a.) Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).

Jovicentric (a.) Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.

Jovinianist (n.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time.

Jowl (n.) The cheek; the jaw.

Jowl (v. t.) To throw, dash, or knock.

Jowler (n.) A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.

Jowter (n.) A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster.

Joy (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.

Joy (n.) That which causes joy or happiness.

Joy (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

Joyed (imp. & p. p.) of Joy

Joying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joy

Joy (n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.

Joy (v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.

Joy (v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

Joy (v. t.) To enjoy.

Joyace (n.) Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.

Joyancy (n.) Joyance.

Joyful (a.) Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.

Joyless (a.) Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.

Joyous (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

Joysome (a.) Causing joyfulness.

Jub (n.) A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug.

Jubae (pl. ) of Juba

Juba (n.) The mane of an animal.

Juba (n.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.

Jubate (a.) Fringed with long, pendent hair.

Jube (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.

Jube (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.

Jubilant (a.) Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.

Jubilantly (adv.) In a jubilant manner.

Jubilar (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee.

Jubilate (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."

Jubilate (n.) A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version.

Jubilate (v. i.) To exult; to rejoice.

Jubilation (n.) A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.

Jubilee (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.

Jubilee (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.

Jubilee (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.

Jubilee (n.) A season of general joy.

Jubilee (n.) A state of joy or exultation.

Jucundity (n.) Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity.

Judahite (n.) One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.

Judaic (a.) Alt. of Judaical

Judaical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews.

Judaically (adv.) After the Jewish manner.

Judaism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.

Judaism (n.) Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies.

Judaist (n.) One who believes and practices Judaism.

Judaistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Judaism.

Judaization (n.) The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual.

Judaized (imp. & p. p.) of Judaize

Judaizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Judaize

Judaize (v. i.) To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.

Judaize (v. t.) To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism.

Judaizer (n.) One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.

Judas (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.

Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.

Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.

Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.

Judean (a.) Of or pertaining to Judea.

Judean (n.) A native of Judea; a Jew.

Judge (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.

Judge (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.

Judge (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.

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