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1,222 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

JCE
noun
initialism of Juventud Comunista del Ecuador (“Communist Youth of Ecuador”); initialism of Junta Central Electoral (“Central Electoral Council”)
JJ. OO.
proper noun
acronym of Juegos Olímpicos
JLB
proper noun
initialism of Jorge Luis Borges
JMAF
noun, masculine
HFCS (high fructose corn syrup)
JMV
noun, masculine/feminine
initialism of jugador más valioso (MVP)
JRG
proper noun
initialism of Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno
Jabad
proper noun
Chabad (Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidism)
Jabárovsk
proper noun
Khabarovsk (a city in Russia)
Jaca
proper noun
Jaca (a city in Huesca, Spain)
Jacinta
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Jacinto, equivalent to English Hyacinth
Jacinto
proper noun
Hyacinthus; a male given name, equivalent to English Hyacinth
Jack el Destripador
proper noun
Jack the Ripper (19th century murderer)
Jacky
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline
Jacmel
proper noun
Jacmel (a port town, commune, and capital of Sud-Est department, Haiti)
Jacob
proper noun
Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh)
Jacobo
proper noun
James, the son of Zebedee in the Bible; James, the son of Alpheus in the Bible; James, the brother of Jesus; Santiago; a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James
Jacqueline
proper noun
a female given name
Jafet
proper noun
Japheth; a male given name, equivalent to English Japheth
Jaime
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English James
Jaimes
proper noun
a surname
Jairo
proper noun
a male given name
Jakasia
proper noun
Khakassia (a republic and federal subject of central south Russia)
Jalajala
proper noun
Jalajala (a municipality of Rizal, Philippines)
Jalapa
proper noun
a department of Guatemala; a city in Nicaragua
Jalapa
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Xalapa: a city, the state capital of Veracruz, Mexico
Jalapa
proper noun
a Mexican language belonging to the Mazatec family
Jalisco
proper noun
a state of Mexico.
Jalponga
proper noun
a river in El Salvador
Jamaica
proper noun
Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Jamestown
proper noun
Jamestown (the capital city of Saint Helena)
Jammu y Cachemira
proper noun
Jammu and Kashmir (a union territory of India)
Jan Mayen
proper noun
Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)
Janampa
proper noun
a surname
Jandra
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Alejandra, equivalent to English Xandra, Zandra, or Sandy
Jandro
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Alejandro, equivalent to English Xander, Zander, or Sandy
Janeth
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Janet
Janina
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Juana, equivalent to English Janine or Jeannine
Jano
proper noun
Janus (Roman god of gates and doorways); Janus (moon of Saturn)
Janucá
proper noun
Hanukkah
Januká
proper noun
nonstandard spelling of Janucá
Japhet
proper noun
Japheth (son of Noah)
Japón
proper noun
Japan (a country in East Asia); a surname
Jaqueline
proper noun
a female given name, variant of Jacqueline
Jara
proper noun
a surname
Jarama
proper noun
Jarama (a river in Spain)
Jaramillo
proper noun
a surname
Jardines de la Reina
proper noun
an archipelago of Cuba
Jardines del Rey
proper noun
an archipelago of Cuba
Jartum
proper noun
Khartoum (the capital of Sudan)
Jasón
proper noun
Jason
Java
proper noun
Java (an island of Indonesia)
Java
proper noun
Java (programming language)
Javi
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Javier
Javier
proper noun
a male given name from Basque, equivalent to English Xavier
Javiera
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Javier
Jayaque
proper noun
a town in La Libertad department, El Salvador
Jayo
proper noun
a surname
Jazaria
proper noun
Khazaria
Jazmín
proper noun
a female given name
Jaén
proper noun
Jaén (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Jaén); Jaén (a city in Jaén, Spain); a province of Cajamarca, Peru