Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z jailer One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison. jaileress A female jailer. jailering The work or role of a jailer. jailership The role or status of a jailer. jailful Enough to fill a jail. jailhouse A building containing a prison. jailing An instance of a person being jailed. jailish Resembling or characteristic of prison. jailkeeper One who keeps a jail; a jailer. jailless Without a jail or jails. jaillike Resembling, or characteristic of, a jail. jailmate An acquaintance in prison; a person imprisoned at the same time. Jailolo Former name of Halmahera (“island”). jailoress A female jailor. Jailtacht An area in a prison where Irish was spoken, particularly during the Troubles. jailtime A prison/jail sentence. jailward Toward jail. jailwards Toward jail. jailwear Clothes to be worn by inmates of a jail. jailyard A yard adjoining a prison. Jaime A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James. Jaimes A surname. Jaimez A surname. Jaimy A female given name. Jain Of or pertaining to Jainism. Jaina Synonym of Jain (“of or pertaining to Jainism”). Jainca A county of Huangnan, Qinghai, China. Jainism An ancient Dharmic religion, with a focus on nonviolence and personal effort to elevate the reincarnating soul towards moksha by liberating it from samsara. Jainist a follower of Jainism, a religion based primarily in India Jainistic Relating to Jainism. Jainite Jainist Jainness The quality of being Jain. Jainological Relating to Jainology. Jainologist One who studies Jainology. Jainology The study of Jainism. Jaintia A tribe of Meghalaya, India. jaiphul nutmeg jaipongan A traditional dance of the Sundanese people of Indonesia. Jaipur The state capital of Rajasthan, India. Jaipuri Of, from, or pertaining to, Jaipur Jaipurian Of, from, or pertaining to, Jaipur jaipurite A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing cobalt and sulfur. Jair A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. jairou An Asian gazelle, the chinkara. Jairus The father of a young girl resurrected by Jesus Christ. Jaisalmer A district of Rajasthan, India. jaish An army or legion. Jaiswal A surname. common among brewing and distilling castes in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India; and among Jain merchants in Rajasthan, India. Jajce A town and municipality in Central Bosnia Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. jajillion An unspecified large number (of). jajman A landowner or patron in the jajmani system. jajmani An economic system in which lower castes performed various functions for upper castes and received grain or other goods in return. Jajpur A district of Odisha, India. jak A male given name of rare usage, variant of Jack Jakaltek A Mayan language of Guatemala. Jakariya A male given name from Bengali, equivalent to English Zachary. Jakarta A province and capital city of Indonesia. Jakartan Of, from, or pertaining to, Jakarta Jakati An extinct variety of Lahnda that was spoken in Afghanistan. jake Synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable. jaked drunk, intoxicated jakeloo Fine, excellent. jakers An expression of surprise or emotion jakes A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. jakeshouse An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse. jakey A homeless drunk. jakhalsbessie The jackalberry, Diospyros mespiliformis. jakhya The seeds of Cleome viscosa. jakie A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults. jakinib A Janus kinase inhibitor. Jakins A surname. Jakkamma a folk deity worshipped in Tamil Nadu. jako An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird. Jakob A male given name, equivalent to English Jacob. jakobid Any protozoan in the order Jakobida. Jakobsonian Of or relating to Roman Jakobson (Russian: Рома́н Якобсо́н; 1896–1982), Russian–American linguist and literary theorist, and pioneer of the structural analysis of language. jakobssonite A rare monoclinic white mineral with chemical formula CaAlF₅, found in Iceland. Jakobstad A town and municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland. Jakov A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Јаков (Jakov), equivalent to Jacob Jakovlje A municipality of Croatia. Jakubiak A surname from Polish. Jakubik A surname from Polish. Jakubowski A surname from Polish. jakun Fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others. Jakupi A surname from Albanian. JAL A city in New Mexico. Jalainur A district of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China. Jalaja A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage. Jalal A surname from Arabic. Jalalabad The capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Jalalaean Of or relating to the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar compiled during the reign of Jalaluddin Malik-Shah I of Seljuk. Jalali A surname from Persian. Jalandhar The son of Shiva. jalap A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico. jalapa The convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make the drug jalap. jalapate A salt or ester of jalapic acid. jalapenotini A martini cocktail made with jalapeño peppers. jalapin The active principle of scammony, the glucoside with chemical formula C₃₄H₁₁₄O₆, a powerful purgative. jalapinolate Any salt or ester of jalapinolic acid. Jalaun A district of Jhansi division, Uttar Pradesh, India. Headquarters: Orai. Jalbert A surname. jalebi A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup. Jalen A male given name from a combination of James and Len. jaleo A lively Andalusian dance. jalfrezi A Bengali curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis Jalgaon A district of Maharashtra, India. jali A stone screen, perforated or latticed, usually with a geometrical ornamental pattern, used in Indian and Islamic architecture as a climate-controlling element. Jalil A surname. Jalisa A female given name. Jalisco A state of Mexico. Jaliyah A female given name. jalkar A kind of tenure involving fishing rights. Jallikattu A practice or celebration, mainly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, in which a bull is released and individuals attempt to restrain it. Jalloh A surname. Jallow A surname. Jalna A district of Maharashtra, India. jaloallofane Synonym of hyalophane. Jalomo A surname. jalopy An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile. Jalore A district of Rajasthan, India. jalouse To suspect. jalousie A component in a ventilation system. jalousied Fitted with jalousies (window slats). Jalpaiguri A district of West Bengal, India. jalpaite A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, silver, and sulfur. Jalponga A river in El Salvador. jalsa a rally. jalt A feeling of resentment felt by volunteers towards individuals who profit from doing such work. Jaluit A large coral atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean, forming a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. jam A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts JAMA A surname. jamaat Party; community; group; assembly. Jamadagni one of the Saptarishis and the father of Lord Parashurama. jamahiriya State of the masses; people's republic; the form of the Libyan state ruled by Muammar Gaddafi from 1977-2011, during which time it was known first as the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya then as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. jamaica roselle jamaicamide Any of a class of organic compounds isolated from the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula. Jamaican A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent. Jamaicanization the act or process of Jamaicanizing. Jamaicanize to make Jamaican. Jamaicanness Quality of being Jamaican. jamaicin An alkaloid found in the tree Andira inermis. jamaicine A bitter alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Andira inermis, a leguminous tree of Jamaica and Suriname. Jamal A male given name from Arabic. Jamalpur A city in Jamalpur District, Bangladesh. Jamar A male given name. Jamari A male given name. Jamarion A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. jamatkhana A congregational center and place of worship for Nizari Ismaili Muslims. jamb Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace. jambalaya Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking, most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.