5 Letter Words That Start With J

jaunt

Noun : A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

Verb : (intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

Verb : (intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.

joint

Noun : (anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

Noun : The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

Noun : The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

jaded

Adjective : Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.

Adjective : Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

Adjective : Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

jetty

Noun : (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.

Noun : (by extension) A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater.

Noun : (by extension) (nautical) A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.

joust

Noun : A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

Verb : To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

Verb : To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)

junta

Noun : The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Noun : A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

judge

Noun : A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

Noun : A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

Verb : (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).

jolly

Adjective : Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.

Adjective : (colloquial, dated) Splendid, excellent, pleasant.

Noun : (UK, often humorous) A pleasure trip or excursion; especially, an expenses-paid or unnecessary one.

jewel

Noun : A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.

Noun : A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.

Noun : (figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.

juice

Noun : (uncountable) A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.

Noun : (countable) A beverage made of juice.

Noun : (uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.

jeers

Verb : (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

Noun : A mocking remark or reflection.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.

jnana

Noun : (Hinduism) The knowledge, acquired through meditation, that one's self (atman) is identical with Ultimate Reality (Brahman).

Noun : (Buddhism) Pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances.

joker

Noun : A person who makes jokes.

Noun : (slang) A funny person.

Noun : A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.

juicy

Adjective : Having lots of juice.

Adjective : (figurative, of a story, etc.) Exciting; titillating.

Adjective : (slang) Voluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.

jesty

Adjective : Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.

Noun : A surname.

junto

Noun : (archaic) A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.

joked

Noun : Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

Noun : An amusing story.

Verb : (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

jelly

Noun : (Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.

Noun : A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.

judas

Noun : A traitor; a person not to be trusted.

Noun : (biblical) Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

jerky

Noun : Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

Verb : (transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

Adjective : Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.

jones

Noun : An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.

Noun : A placename

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

jemmy

Verb : To shoehorn, to cram.

Noun : (Australia, slang) An immigrant.

Adjective : (archaic) Neat; elegant.

jumpy

Adjective : Nervous and excited.

Adjective : Tending to jump; full of jumps.

javel

Noun : (obsolete) A vagabond.

Noun : A neighbourhood of Paris, France.

jibes

Noun : A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

Verb : (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.

Verb : (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

jumbo

Adjective : Especially large or powerful.

Noun : An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.

Noun : (India, Kenya) An elephant.

jiffy

Noun : (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.

Noun : (computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.

Noun : (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).

jazzy

Adjective : Flashy or showy.

Adjective : In the style of jazz.

Adjective : Lacking focus; jittery or jangly.

jural

Adjective : (law) Of or pertaining to law.

Adjective : (philosophy) Of or pertaining to moral rights and obligations.

jurat

Noun : (law) A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.

Noun : (law, obsolete) A juror.

Noun : A magistrate of Channel Islands, serving for life, who forms part of the islands' royal court.

japer

Noun : One who japes; a joker.

junjo

Noun : (Jamaica) Mildew.

Noun : (Jamaica) An edible fungus growing on tree trunks.

Noun : (Jamaica, slang) Something with a bad odor.

joget

Noun : (cultural arts) classical Javanese dance accompanied by the gamelan instrument and ensemble.

Noun : Alternative form of joged. [(cultural arts) traditional Indonesian art performance (dance, folk songs, etc.) commonly found in Javanese, Balinese, and Sundanese culture accompanied by gamelan instrument and ensemble.]

jonah

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

Noun : (biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.

Noun : (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

jabot

Noun : A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.

jacks

Noun : (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.

Noun : (poker slang) A pair of jacks.

Noun : (UK, rhyming slang) Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)

jaffa

Noun : A port in western Israel.

Noun : (informal) A Jaffa orange.

Noun : A type of sweet orange, normally seedless.

jerks

Noun : A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

Noun : A quick pull on something.

Noun : (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

jolts

Verb : (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

Verb : (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

Verb : (transitive) To knock sharply

jupon

Noun : A petticoat.

Noun : (historical) A close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour.

jokes

Adjective : (UK, MTE, slang) funny or entertaining.

Adjective : (UK, MTE, slang) Really good.

jived

Verb : (intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.

Noun : (uncountable) A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.

Noun : (uncountable) Swing, a style of jazz music.

jumby

Noun : Alternative spelling of jumbie. [(chiefly Caribbean) A ghost or evil spirit.]

janky

Adjective : (slang, informal) Of poor quality.

Adjective : (computing, colloquial) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.

Adjective : (slang) Strange, odd.

jakun

Adjective : (informal, offensive, Malaysia) Overly excited, bad-tempered, unruly, or unsophisticated.

Adjective : (informal, derogatory, Singapore) Fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.

Noun : An ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.

jaspé

Adjective : Veined or clouded like imitation jasper.

Adjective : Streaked; variegated.

Noun : A shaded, plainweave type of cloth, embroidered or similarly printed.

jihad

Noun : (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

Noun : (Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.

Noun : (by extension) An aggressive campaign for an idea.

jenny

Noun : A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).

Noun : A female creature of certain kinds:

Noun : a female donkey

joist

Noun : A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.

Verb : (transitive) To fit or furnish with joists.

jimmy

Noun : A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.

Noun : (Scotland, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.

Noun : A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.

james

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.

Noun : One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.

Noun : (biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.

jesse

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Noun : (biblical) The son of Obed and the father of king David.

Noun : A female given name, variant of Jessie.

jerry

Noun : A diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, or similar male given names.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire.

jewry

Noun : Jewish people considered collectively.

Noun : (historical) The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc.

Noun : (obsolete) Judaism.

jinni

Noun : Alternative form of jinn. [(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.]

jolty

Adjective : Characterised by jolts; bumpy or jerky.

jumps

Noun : (fashion) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

jinks

Noun : An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky, United States.

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

jokey

Adjective : Alternative spelling of joky. [in the nature of a joke; jocular]

jowly

Adjective : Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

jacal

Noun : A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US.

jawan

Noun : (India) An infantryman; a soldier.

Noun : A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.

jocko

Noun : (informal) A lawn jockey.

Noun : (archaic) A chimpanzee.

jumar

Noun : (climbing) A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.

Verb : (intransitive) To climb using this device.

Noun : Alternative form of jumart. [The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.]

jamal

Noun : A male given name from Arabic.

jolie

Noun : A female given name from French.

Noun : A surname originating as a matronymic.

jazel

Noun : (obsolete) An azure gem found in the East Indies.

jinns

Noun : (Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

Noun : Such beings collectively.

jalop

Noun : Alternative form of jalap (purgative drug) [A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.]

jiber

Noun : One who jeers or taunts.

josei

Noun : A class of manga written for an older female audience.

journ

jects

Noun : (US, slang) A multi-story low-income housing development; projects.

jubbe

Noun : (archaic) A large vessel holding liquor.

joule

Noun : In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt-second (one watt of power acting for a duration of one second).

Noun : A surname.

japan

Noun : A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.

Noun : Lacquerware.

Noun : A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.

jesus

Noun : Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.

Noun : The Christian savior.

Noun : A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

janus

Noun : (Roman mythology) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.

Noun : (figuratively) A two-faced person, a hypocrite.

Noun : (attributively) Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.

jason

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : (Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.

Noun : An English surname originating as a patronymic.

jingo

Noun : One who supports policy favouring war.

julep

Noun : A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.

Noun : (historical, medicine) A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken.

jorum

Noun : A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).

Noun : The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.

Noun : (figurative) A large quantity.

jakes

Noun : (now chiefly Ireland) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

Noun : A surname.

junky

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.

Adjective : Full of junk.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of junkie. [(slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.]

judah

Noun : (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, and, according to some Abrahamic religions, descended from Judah, and from which David and his lineage came.

Noun : (biblical) A traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.

Noun : (biblical) The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.

jeans

Noun : (clothing) A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

jaggy

Adjective : jagged, toothed or serrated

jawed

Adjective : Having jaws.

Adjective : (in combination) Having a specified type of jaw.

jugal

Adjective : (anatomy) Pertaining to the jugal bone.

Noun : (anatomy) A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals.

Adjective : (obsolete) Relating to a yoke or marriage.

jugum

Noun : (botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Noun : (botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Noun : (zootomy) A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.

joppa

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Cullman County and Marshall County, Alabama.

Noun : A village in Massac County, Illinois.

jello

Noun : (Canada, US) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.

Noun : A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.

julia

Noun : A female given name from Latin.

Noun : (computer languages) A programming language suited for numerical analysis and scientific computing.

Noun : (astronomy) 89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica.

jinja

Noun : (religion) A Shinto place of worship.

Noun : A city and district at the north end of Lake Victoria, Uganda.

jotun

Noun : (Norse mythology) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of jotun. [(Norse mythology) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.]

jougs

Noun : (historical, especially Scotland) A chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn.

jammu

Noun : A major city in Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the banks of Tawi river, and which serves as the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

Noun : A division of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, consisting of the southern portion.

Noun : A district of Jammu division, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

jared

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

Noun : (biblical) A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.

Noun : (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.

jutty

Noun : A projection in a building; also, a pier or jetty

Verb : To project outwards.

jamie

Noun : A unisex given name.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew derived from James, of modern American usage.

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