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Johnadreams
() A dreamy, idle fellow.
Johnnies
() of Johnny
Johnny
() A familiar diminutive of John.
Johnny
() A sculpin.
Johnnycake
() A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked.
Johnsonese
() The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.
Johnson grass
() A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
Johnsonian
() Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Johnsonianism
() A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
John's-wort
() See St. John's-wort.
Joined
() of Join
Joining
() of Join
Join
() To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
Join
() To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.
Join
() To unite in marriage.
Join
() To enjoin upon; to command.
Join
() To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
Join
() To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.
Join
() The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
Joinant
() Adjoining.
Joinder
() The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
Joinder
() A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.
Joinder
() Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.
Joinder
() A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
Joiner
() One who, or that which, joins.
Joiner
() One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.
Joiner
() A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Joinery
() The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.
Joinhand
() Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.
Joint
() The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
Joint
() A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.
Joint
() The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
Joint
() Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
Joint
() A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
Joint
() The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
Joint
() The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
Joint
() Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
Joint
() Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
Joint
() United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.
Joint
() Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
Jointed
() of Joint
Jointing
() of Joint
Joint
() To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
Joint
() To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Joint
() To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
Joint
() To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
Joint
() To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Jointed
() Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
Jointer
() One who, or that which, joints.
Jointer
() A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined