English Words Starting With J

• jujube

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒuːdʒuːb/A small, reddish-brown, date-like fruit from the Ziziphus jujuba tree, often candied or dried.
• jujuy

  nounVery Low
  /huːˈhuːi/A province in northwestern Argentina.
• juke

  nounverb-transitiveLow
  /dʒuːk/To make a sudden, deceptive movement to evade someone, especially in sports; to dance to lively music.
• juke house

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒuːk ˌhaʊs/A small, often rustic establishment, especially in the rural southeastern United States, offering food, drink, and music for dancing and socializing.
• juke joint

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒuːk ˌdʒɔɪnt/A small, informal establishment in rural areas of the Southern United States, traditionally serving as a place for drinking, music, dancing, and socializing, typically for African-American communities.
• jukebox

  nounB2
  /ˈdʒuːk.bɒks/A large, coin-operated machine that automatically plays selected music from records, CDs, or digital files.
• jukebox musical

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒuːkbɒks ˌmjuːzɪkəl/A stage musical or film musical where the majority of the songs are well-known popular songs, especially from a particular era, band, or artist, rather than being newly composed.
• jukes

  nounVery Low
  /dʒuːks/A surname; historically a well-known fictional family name used in sociological studies and as a general term for a lineage of criminality and social degeneracy.
• jukskei

  nounVery Low
  /ˈjʊk.skeɪ/A traditional South African throwing game where players throw a wooden pin (also called a jukskei) at a target peg in the ground.
• juku

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒuːkuː/A private, for-profit educational institution, most commonly found in Japan, offering supplementary lessons and test preparation, typically outside of regular school hours.
• julep

  nounC2/Rare
  /ˈdʒuːlɛp/A sweet, often alcoholic drink, traditionally made with mint, sugar, and bourbon or brandy, served over crushed ice.
• jules

  nounC1
  /dʒuːlz/A male given name of French origin, a diminutive of Julian or a vernacular form of Julius.
• julia

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒuː.lɪə/A feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning 'youthful' or 'descended from Jupiter'.
• julian

  adjectivenounlow
  /ˈdʒuː.li.ən/Pertaining to or dating from the calendar system introduced by Julius Caesar, or, less commonly, a given name for males.
• julian alps

  nounplural-nounLow frequency (C2/proper noun level)
  /ˌdʒuː.li.ən ˈælps/A mountain range in the eastern Alps, primarily located in Slovenia and extending into Italy.
• julian calendar

  nounC1
  /ˌdʒuːliən ˈkælɪndə/The calendar system introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, establishing a solar year of 365.25 days with a leap day every four years.
• julian day

  nounC2
  ˈdʒuːliən deɪA continuous count of days since noon Universal Time on January 1, 4713 BCE, used primarily in astronomy and historical dating systems.
• julian of norwich

  nounC2
  /ˈdʒuː.li.ən əv ˈnɒr.ɪdʒ/A 14th-century English anchoress and Christian mystic.
• juliana

  nounLow
  /ˌdʒuː.liˈɑː.nə/A female given name of Latin origin, meaning 'youthful' or 'descended from Jupiter'.
• julie

  nounMedium
  /ˈdʒuː.li/A female given name.

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