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juvenile:
(short form: ‘juvie‘)
some juveniles
a young boy or girl who is not a baby but not yet fully grown, aged between 12 and 18;
a juvenile (a popular film actor, the central character in “The Lord of Rings” movie)
an actor or actress who plays such a person (a juvenile character in a play or film)
{‘Juvenile’ [...]
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justice:
(a symbol, usually a statue, that represents justice & judicial system, seen at courts of law and law schools
a judge and a part of the title of a judge of a court of law, e.g. “Justice Adam White is the presiding judge in today’s court.” (Some people consider using ‘justice’ in place of [...]
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juror:
{a man on a jury is called ‘juryman‘ and a woman on a jury is called ‘jury woman‘}
a member of a group of people who serve on a jury
jurors following court proceedings
(‘jury’ = a group of people, usually 3,5,7,9 or 11… who are chosen, usually chosen from respectable general public, to decide questions [...]
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jurist:
David Skaggs, jurist, (advisor on legal issues), USA
a person with thorough knowledge of law, such as a judge, lawyer, or law student; a writer on legal subjects;
Abigail Salisbury, jurist (a writer on legal issues) USA
e.g. “Martha is an eminent jurist; she wrote several books on company laws.” a public [...]
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junkie:
(plural: ‘junkies‘; also ‘junky’ with plural form ‘junkies‘)
a typical junkies injecting himself with heroin
a person who takes junk as a habit, i.e. a person who habitually injects illegal drugs, especially ‘heroin’, into him/herself; a drug addict;
(‘junk’, in this context, = an illegal drug that is very harmful, especially ‘heroin‘)
football junkies painted all over [...]
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junior:
(the opposite word in meaning to ‘junior’ is ‘senior’)
some juniors
a younger person, e.g. “He is a junior.”;
a team of juniors
a person younger than the speaker (of less age), e.g. “My cousin is five years my junior.”
a person of a lower rank or position, e.g. “The seniors must guide the juniors in doing their [...]
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jumper:
a long jumper (a sports person in long jump event)
a person who jumps, especially a sports-person who jumps for sport;
a high jumper (a sports person in high jump event)
(‘to jump’ = to cross over something high or long lifting one’s both legs and body up in the air and landing on the other [...]
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juggler:
(the letters ‘gg’ rhyme with the letter ‘g’ in “gun”)
a juggler juggling four clubs
A professional entertainer who is an expert in doing the act of juggling, i.e. throwing/tossing several objects, usually things of the same shape and size, in the air and keeping all of those things in the air without them falling [...]
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judge:
(the letters ‘dg’ rhyme with the first letter ‘j’ in this word)
a judge of a court of law
a public official, usually a qualified and knowledgeable person in law, who has the power to decide which/who is wrong and which/who is right when an argument, disagreement or accusation on somebody is brought to the [...]
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Judas:
a person who helps the enemies of his/her friends in order to harm his/her own friends, usually for some personal benefit, e.g. “The investigating committee of the company suspects that there is a Judas in the company who is selling the secrets of our company to our rival companies.”, i.e. the committee suspects [...]
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