English Words Starting With J

• jeannie

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒiːni/A female given name, diminutive or pet form of Jeanne or Jean.
• jeans

  nounA1
  /dʒiːnz/A type of casual trousers made from heavy, hard-wearing cotton denim fabric, typically blue in colour.
• jebb

  nounR3 (Extremely rare; obsolete/dialectal)
  /dʒɛb/A rare, chiefly Northern English dialect term meaning a ravine or narrow gorge.
• jebel

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency / Specialized)
  /ˈdʒɛbəl/A mountain or hill, especially in Arabic-speaking regions.
• jebel ed druz

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdʒɛbəl ɛd ˈdruːz/A volcanic mountain range in southern Syria, also known as Jabal al-Druze.
• jebel musa

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdʒɛbəl ˈmuːsə/The name of a specific mountain in North Africa, widely identified as a candidate for the biblical Mount Sinai.
• jebel toubkal

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdʒɛbəl ˈtuːbkɑːl/The proper name for the highest mountain in the Atlas Mountains and North Africa, located in Morocco.
• jebus

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdʒiːbəs/A humorous or mock-sacred alteration of the name 'Jesus', typically used as an exclamation of surprise, frustration, or emphasis.
• jebusite

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdʒɛbjʊsaɪt/A member of an ancient Canaanite people who inhabited the city of Jebus, later known as Jerusalem, before its conquest by King David.
• jedburgh

  nounRare
  /ˈdʒɛdbərə/A town in the Scottish Borders region.
• jedda

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdʒɛdə/An Aboriginal Australian term referring to a sacred place, pilgrimage, or taboo. The most well-known modern use is as the title of a 1955 Australian film about an Indigenous girl's spiritual call back to her traditional lands.
• jedding ax

  nounExtremely Rare / Archaic
  /ˈdʒɛdɪŋ æks/A traditional tool, also known as a 'jedding axe' or 'jedding-axe', used historically in quarrying for splitting stone, typically featuring a heavy, long-handled design.
• jedi

  nounC1/C2 (Specialized/Allusive)
  /ˈdʒɛd.aɪ/A member of a fictional monastic peacekeeping and mystical order in the Star Wars universe, who wield lightsabers and use the Force.
• jeelie

  nounRare / Dialectal
  /ˈdʒiːli/A Scottish term for jam or jelly (a fruit preserve).
• jeep

  nounverb-intransitiveB1
  /dʒiːp/A small, rugged, four-wheel-drive motor vehicle, originally developed for military use.
• jeep carrier

  nounVery Low (C2)
  /ˈdʒiːp ˌkær.i.ər/A small, escort aircraft carrier, typically converted from merchant hulls, used in World War II for anti-submarine warfare and aircraft transport.
• jeepney

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒiːpni/A small, decorated, and often brightly colored public utility vehicle in the Philippines, originally made from surplus US military jeeps after World War II.
• jeeps

  nounB1
  /dʒiːps/Plural of 'jeep' – a small, rugged, four-wheel-drive utility vehicle originally designed for military use and now widely used for off-road recreation and transport.
• jeer

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /dʒɪə(r)/To shout rude, insulting, or mocking words at someone; to deride openly.
• jefe

  nounLow
  /ˈheɪfeɪ/The chief, boss, or leader of a group, organization, or workplace; the person in command.

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