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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • job descriptionnounB1The written account of what a post involves.
  • job offernounB1The formal invitation to take a post.
  • job securitynounB2How safe your position is from being lost.
  • job sharenounB2Two people splitting one full-time post.
  • jockey/ˈd͡ʒɒki/nounB22 meaningsA professional rider in horse races.
  • jocularity/ˌd͡ʒɑkjəˈlɛɹɪti/nounC2Cheerful joking humour.
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  • jog/d͡ʒɒɡ/verbB23 meaningsTo run at a slow, steady pace for exercise.
  • jogger/ˈd͡ʒɒ.ɡə/nounB2A person running at a slow steady pace for exercise.
  • jogging/ˈd͡ʒɒɡ.ɪŋ/nounB1+Running at a slow steady pace as exercise.
  • join/ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/verbA14 meaningsTo become a member of a group or organisation.
  • joiner/ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɚ/nounC1A carpenter who makes doors, windows and stairs.
  • joint/d͡ʒɔɪnt/nounB14 meaningsA place in the body where two bones meet and can bend.
  • joint accountnounB2An account two people share.
  • joist/d͡ʒɔɪst/nounC1A horizontal beam supporting a floor or ceiling.
  • joke/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/nounA22 meaningsA short funny story told to make people laugh.
  • joker/ˈd͡ʒəʊkə/nounB12 meaningsSomebody who is always making jokes.
  • jolt/d͡ʒɒlt/verbB22 meaningsTo move or shake suddenly and roughly.
  • jordan/ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/nounB12 meaningsA country in the Middle East.
  • journal/ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/nounB15 meaningsA periodical that publishes research articles in a particular subject.
  • journalingnounB2Writing thoughts down regularly to make sense of them.
  • journalism/ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/nounB2The work of gathering and writing the news.
  • journalist/ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/nounB1+A person who collects, writes or presents news for a newspaper, website, radio or television.
  • journey/ˈd͡ʒɝni/nounB13 meaningsAn act of travelling from one place to another.
  • journeyman/ˈd͡ʒɝnimən/nounC2A trained worker who is competent but not outstanding.
  • joust/d͡ʒaʊst/nounB2+A contest between two knights with lances.
  • jowl/d͡ʒaʊl/nounC2The loose flesh under the jaw.
  • joy/d͡ʒɔɪ/nounB12 meaningsA feeling of great happiness.
  • joystick/ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/nounB2+A stick with buttons used to steer a game or an aircraft.
  • jubilation/ˌd͡ʒuːbəlˈeiːʃən/nounC1Great and public rejoicing.
  • jubilee/ˈd͡ʒuːbɪliː/nounB2+A special anniversary of an important event.
  • jubilee yearnounC1A special anniversary marked with public rejoicing.
  • judge/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/nounB14 meaningsThe official who runs a court case and decides the punishment.
  • judgment/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/nounB12 meaningsThe ability to decide well.
  • judo/ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/nounB2+A Japanese sport of throws and holds.
  • jug/d͡ʒʌɡ/nounB1A container with a handle and lip for pouring.
  • juggernaut/ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.ə.nɔːt/nounC1A huge force that crushes everything in its path.
  • juggler/ˈd͡ʒʌɡl̩ə(ɹ)/nounB1+Somebody who keeps several objects in the air at once.
  • juice/d͡ʒuːs/nounA12 meaningsThe liquid obtained from fruit or vegetables.
  • julynounA1The seventh month of the year.
  • jumble/ˈd͡ʒʌmbəl/nounB2An untidy mixture of unrelated things.
  • jumble salenounB2A sale of donated second-hand oddments.
  • jump/d͡ʒʌmp/verbA24 meaningsTo push off the ground into the air.
  • jumper/ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/nounB1A knitted top pulled on over the head.
  • junction/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsWhere two railway lines meet or divide.
  • junction boxnounB2The small case where wires are joined safely.
  • juncture/ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/nounC1A particular point in time, especially a critical one.
  • junenounA1The sixth month of the year.
  • jungle/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/nounB1A hot thick wild forest.
  • junior/ˈd͡ʒuːniə/adjectiveB13 meaningsLower in rank or position.
  • juniper/ˈd͡ʒuːnɪpə/nounB2+A small evergreen whose berries flavour gin.
  • junk/d͡ʒʌŋk/nounA2+Worthless old things nobody wants.
  • junk mailnounB1Unsolicited advertising delivered by post.
  • junk shopnounB2A shop selling cheap second-hand goods.
  • junkyard/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkˌjɑɹd/nounB2A yard where scrap is piled up for resale.
  • jurisdiction/d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe area or subject a court has power over.
  • jurisprudence/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns/nounC2The theory and philosophy of law.
  • jurist/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹ.ɪst/nounC1An expert in the law.
  • juror/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/nounB2+One of the citizens who decide a verdict in court.
  • jury/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/nounB22 meaningsThe group of citizens who decide guilt in a trial.
  • jury dutynounB2The obligation to serve on the panel that decides a verdict.