jank
Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches.
A game, or games, with such mechanics.

jantu
An ancient Indian machine used to raise water to irrigate land.

jar
An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
A pint glass
A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

jarr
Obsolete spelling of jar.

jars
plural of jar

jatrophone
A jatrophane diterpene found in Jatropha gossypiifolia (black physicnut).

jatrophones
plural of jatrophone

javascript
Nonstandard form of JavaScript.

jawdropper
Alternative form of jaw-dropper.

jawdroppers
plural of jawdropper

jawfeet
plural of jawfoot

jawfoot
maxilliped

jawhole
A hole or an open drain into which sewage or waste water is thrown; the opening of a sewer; or a cesspool or cesspit, an underground pit or container used to collect and store sewage and wastewater from a house in areas without a centralized sewer system.
A jawbox or tenement sink.

jeanette
A coarse jean fabric, used for linings.

jeanettes
plural of jeanette

jeg
Alternative form of jig.

jegs
plural of jeg

jembe
Alternative spelling of djembe (“type of drum”).

jembes
plural of jembe

jennied
simple past and past participle of jenny

jennies
plural of jenny

jenny
A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
A female creature of certain kinds:
A female creature of certain kinds:
A female creature of certain kinds:
A catmill.
In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.

jennying
present participle and gerund of jenny

jerkmeter
An instrument for measuring jerk, the rate of change of acceleration with respect to time.

jerkmeters
plural of jerkmeter

jerupigia
Alternative form of geropigia.

jesture
Obsolete spelling of gesture.

jestures
plural of jesture

jetavator
Alternative form of jetevator.

jetavators
plural of jetavator

jetevator
A control surface used to redirect the exhaust from a rocket and thus change its direction of thrust.

jetevators
plural of jetevator

jetpack
Alternative spelling of jet pack.

jhoom
Alternative form of jhum.

jhum
A tribal form of cultivation in India, where a chosen piece of land is cleared and used to grow crops until its fertility is depleted.

jibsheet
The sheet (rope) used to control the jib (sail).

jibsheets
plural of jibsheet

jig
A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
A trick; a prank.

jigs
plural of jig

jizzrag
A contemptible person; a fool.
A rag or cloth used to clean up semen.

jizzrags
plural of jizzrag

jobsmith
A blacksmith who performs various work other than shoeing horses, such as the making of agricultural equipment.

jobsmiths
plural of jobsmith

jod
Alternative spelling of yodh.

jodh
Alternative spelling of yodh.

jodhs
Clipping of jodhpurs.

jods
plural of jod

joiner
A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

joiners
plural of joiner

jointer
One that joints.
Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.
A part of some ploughs, near the coulter, that helps control the flow of stubble and trash, better ensuring that it gets buried when the moldboard turns the soil over.

jointers
plural of jointer

jonathan
An instrument used by smokers to light pipes.

jonathans
plural of jonathan

joom
Alternative form of jhum.

journeypersons
plural of journeyperson

jovilabe
A scientific instrument used to determine the orbital periods of Jupiter's moons and to compute the times of their eclipses.

jovilabes
plural of jovilabe

joynter
Obsolete spelling of jointer.

joynters
plural of joynter

joypad
A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input.

joypads
plural of joypad

juco
Junior college.

jucos
plural of juco

jughandle
The handle of a jug.
A ramp or slip road on the right-hand side of the road, used for making left turns.
A large ear.

jughandles
plural of jughandle

juicer
A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
A person who extracts juice for consumption.
A (citrus) reamer.
One who uses steroids.
An alcoholic.
An electrician.
A chess piece.

juicers
plural of juicer

jum
Alternative form of jhum.

jumar
A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.

jumared
simple past and past participle of jumar

jumaring
present participle and gerund of jumar

jumarred
simple past and past participle of jumar

jumarring
present participle and gerund of jumar

jumars
plural of jumar

jumbrella
A broad, canopy-like umbrella, generally used to cover the outdoor patio of a restaurant or bar, either on its own (if it is of sufficient size) or in combination with others.

jumbrellas
plural of jumbrella

jumpgate
A fictional device able to create an Einstein-Rosen bridge portal (or wormhole), allowing fast travel between two points in space.

jumpgates
plural of jumpgate

junkbox
A radio operator's collection of miscellaneous equipment.

junkboxes
plural of junkbox

jusi
a thin fabric woven from the fibers of the Manila plantain (abaca), Musa textilis, and pineapple leaves, to which filaments of imported silk are sometimes added and sometimes a little cotton. It is woven principally in Iloilo and western Luzon: used for women's dresses and, to some extent, for men's shirts.

jussi
Alternative form of jusi.

jussive
The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.
A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.

jussives
plural of jussive

kabufuda
Small, rigid Japanese playing cards, a single deck consisting of 40 cards with values ranging from 1 to 10, used for playing hand-comparing betting games such as oicho-kabu.

kacheri
Alternative form of kachcheri.

kacheris
plural of kacheri

kackle
Alternative form of keckle.

kackles
third-person singular simple present indicative of kackle

kafkatrap
Alternative letter-case form of Kafkatrap.

kafkatraps
plural of kafkatrap (alternative letter-case form of Kafkatraps)

kaik
Alternative form of kainga (“Maori village”).

kaiki
Alternative spelling of caique.

kaikis
plural of kaiki

kaiks
plural of kaik