any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
jotting
Noun
a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
jot
Noun
a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
jot
Noun
a slight but appreciable amount
jot
Verb
write briefly or hurriedly
joint resolution
Noun
a resolution passed by both houses of a bicameral legislative body which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive or passed over the Chief Executive's veto
judicial sale
Noun
a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
judicial separation
Noun
a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
judicial writ
Noun
a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
jus civile
Noun
civil law, particularly the legal code of ancient Rome
joint return
Noun
a tax return filed by a married couple including both incomes
jabberwocky
Noun
meaningless or nonsensical language
jabber
Noun
rapid and indistinct speech
jabber
Verb
talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
jabbering
Noun
rapid and indistinct speech
job control
Noun
a program that is called to prepare each job to be run
jump cut
Noun
an immediate transition from one scene to another, in film or television
jeer
Noun
showing your contempt by derision
jeer
Verb
laugh at with contempt and derision
jape
Noun
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
jibe
Noun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
jibe
Verb
to move the stern of a sailing vessel across the wind, causing the boom to sweep from one side of the boat to the other
jibe
Verb
to be compatible, similar or consistent
jiggery-pokery
Noun
dishonest verbal misrepresentation intended to deceive
jeu d'esprit
Noun
a witty comment or writing
j
Noun
the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
job-control language
Noun
a problem-oriented language used to describe job requirements to an operating system
Judeo-Spanish
Noun
the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script
jargon
Noun
specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
jargon
Noun
a characteristic language of a particular group
jargon
Noun
a colorless, pale yellow, or smoky variety of zircon
journalese
Noun
the style in which newspapers are written
jazz
Noun
a style of dance music popular in the 1920s
jazz
Noun
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
jazz
Noun
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
jazz
Verb
have sexual intercourse with
jazz
Verb
play something in the style of jazz
jive
Noun
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s
jive
Verb
to dance to jive music
jubilation
Noun
the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
jubilation
Noun
a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
jubilation
Noun
a feeling of extreme joy
jinx
Noun
an evil spell
jinx
Noun
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him