jeli
A member of the hereditary caste of griots among the Mandé peoples, whose social roles include transmitting their people's oral traditions and playing traditional music (jeliya).

jelis
plural of jeli

jellyplankton
gelatinous plankton

jellyvore
Any jellyvorous creature

jellyvores
plural of jellyvore

jenday
Alternative form of jandaya.

jendays
plural of jenday

jeniguana
The cottonwick fish, Haemulon melanurum.

jerkbait
A type of fishing lure having a swimbait-like slender body that resembles a small bait fish (e.g. a shad), a short steeply angled bill, and usually two (or sometimes three) treble hooks.

jerkbaits
plural of jerkbait

jerrygibbsite
A rare violet-pink mineral, believed to be a member of the leucophoenicite family.

jerrygibbsites
plural of jerrygibbsite

jewel cichlid
Any of the genus Hemichromis of African cichlids, many of which are brightly coloured.

jewelfish
Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.

jewelfishes
plural of jewelfish

jewelled blenny
Salarias fasciatus, a species of fish popular for aquariums.

jewfish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish
Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish

jewfishes
plural of jewfish

jewie
A fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus; a type of mulloway.

jewies
plural of jewie

jharals
plural of jharal

jhatka
Meat of an animal slaughtered in accordance with Sikh law.

jheenga
Alternative form of jhinga.

jhinga
prawn

jhool
The saddlecloth, housings or trappings for an elephant, horse, or other domesticated animal.

jhools
plural of jhool

jhul
Alternative form of jhool.

jhuls
plural of jhul

jibbings
The last milk drawn from a cow at one time; the afterings.

jibhead
The head of a jib (arm of a crane).
A piece of iron at the head of a jib (triangular staysail).
A user of jib (crystal methamphetamine); a methhead.

jibheads
plural of jibhead

jiboa
A boa constrictor.

jiboas
plural of jiboa

jiboia
Alternative form of jiboya.

jiboias
plural of jiboia

jiboya
The boa constrictor.

jiboyas
plural of jiboya

jichimu
A Chinese hardwood with a grain that resembles a bird's feathers.

jilaudar
A servant who leads a horse.

jilaudars
plural of jilaudar

jilgie
Alternative spelling of gilgie.

jilgies
plural of jilgie

jincan
A poisonous gold-coloured silkworm or caterpillar in Chinese legend.

jism
Spirit or energy.
Semen.

jisms
plural of jism

jissom
Alternative spelling of jism.

jissoms
plural of jissom

jissum
Alternative spelling of jism.

jivadaya
kindness to animals (or to all living things)

jizz
The physical and behavioural characteristics of a bird that enable it to be immediately recognised by an experienced birder as a certain type of bird, especially to family or genus level.

jizzed
simple past and past participle of jizz

jizzes
third-person singular simple present indicative of jizz

jizzum
Alternative spelling of jism.

jizzums
plural of jizzum

jjim
Korean dishes made by steaming or boiling marinated meat or fish

jobfish
Any of various fishes of the family Lutjanidae.

jobfishes
plural of jobfish

jockeyism
The skills of jockeys riding a horse in a race.

jockeyisms
plural of jockeyism

joey
The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.
A young child.
Ellipsis of joey word.
A parcel smuggled in to an inmate.

joeys
plural of joey

joga
Alternative form of yoga (tree, Elaeocarpus joga)

john
A prostitute's client.
A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
A Western man traveling in East Asia.
A male mule.

johnop
Synonym of John Hop (“a police officer”).

johnops
plural of johnop

johns
plural of john

jointworm
The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.

jollytail
Galaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from western Australia to the Falkland Islands.

jollytails
plural of jollytail

jolthead porgy
The fish Calamus bajonado.

jonokuchi
A member of the lowest division of sumo wrestlers (below jonidan) to which new recruits are promoted after their first tournament.

jowler
A dog with large jowls, such as the beagle.

jowlers
plural of jowler

jowster
An itinerant seller or hawker, especially of fish.

jowsters
plural of jowster

jugger
The Indian falcon (Falco jugger)

juggers
plural of jugger

jugula
plural of jugulum

jugulum
The neck or throat.
The lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast.
The jugum of an insect's wing.

julid
Any millipede in the order Julida.
Any millipede in the family Julidae.

julids
plural of julid

jumart
The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.

jumarts
plural of jumart

jumbuck
A sheep.

jumbucks
plural of jumbuck

jument
An animal, especially a beast of burden.

juments
plural of jument

jumping bean
A Mexican jumping bean.

jumping jack
A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.
A machine, roughly the size of a three-year-old child, the foot of which vibrates forcefully, causing it to "jump" rapidly, pounding the ground to compact it.
A toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string.

jungalist
Alternative form of junglist (“fan of jungle music”).
A loud, abrasive, slutty woman.

jungalists
plural of jungalist

junglist
A dedicated listener to jungle or drum and bass music.

junglists
plural of junglist

juraphyllitid
Any ammonite in the family Juraphyllitidae.

juraphyllitids
plural of juraphyllitid

jurara
loggerhead turtle

jutjaw
Parascorpis typus, a perciform fish found on the eastern coast of southern Africa.

kabalassou
The giant armadillo Priodontes gigas

kabalassous
plural of kabalassou

kabaragoya
The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.

kabaragoyas
plural of kabaragoya

kabassou
Obsolete spelling of cabassou.

kabassous
plural of kabassou

kabeljauw
Synonym of Atlantic cod (“Gadus morhua”)

kabeljauws
plural of kabeljauw

kabeljou
A type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus.

kabeljous
plural of kabeljou

kabeljouw
Alternative form of kabeljou.

kabeljouws
plural of kabeljouw

kaffer
Alternative form of kaffir.

kafferboom
coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra

kafferbooms
plural of kafferboom

kaffers
plural of kaffer

kaffirs
plural of kaffir

kaguan
A mammal, the colugo.

kaguans
plural of kaguan

kagwang
A Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans).

kagwangs
plural of kagwang

kahau
The proboscis monkey.

kahaus
plural of kahau

kahawai
An edible marine fish, Arripis trutta, found around the southeastern coast of Australia and New Zealand, having a dark bluish-green body with indistinct rows of spots forming narrow irregular bands on the upper sides.

kahawais
plural of kahawai

kahili
A feather standard mounted on a pole, as traditionally used in Hawaii on ceremonial occasions.

kahilis
plural of kahili

kahu
swamp harrier (Circus approximans)

kaikai
Nigerian gin

kajiki
Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

kakabeak
Any member of the two species of flowering plants in the genus Clianthus.

kakahi
Echyridella menziesii, the New Zealand freshwater mussel.