These are the meanings of the letters JAWBOX when you unscramble them.
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Boa (n.)
A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).
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Boa (n.)
A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
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Bow (v. t.)
To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
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Bow (v. t.)
To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
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Bow (v. t.)
To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
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Bow (v. t.)
To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.
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Bow (v. t.)
To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
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Bow (v. i.)
To bend; to curve.
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Bow (v. i.)
To stop.
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Bow (v. i.)
To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.
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Bow (v. i.)
To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
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Bow (n.)
An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.
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Bow (v. t.)
Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
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Bow (v. t.)
A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.
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Bow (v. t.)
An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
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Bow (v. t.)
The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
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Bow (v. t.)
An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.
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Bow (v. t.)
An arcograph.
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Bow (v. t.)
Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
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Bow (v. t.)
A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
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Bow (sing. or pl.)
Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
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Bow (v. i.)
To play (music) with a bow.
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Bow (v. i. )
To manage the bow.
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Bow (n.)
The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
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Bow (n.)
One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
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Box (n.)
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
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Box (n.)
A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
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Box (n.)
The quantity that a box contain.
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Box (n.)
A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.
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Box (n.)
A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.
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Box (n.)
A small country house.
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Box (n.)
A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
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Box (n.)
An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
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Box (n.)
A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
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Box (n.)
The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
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Box (n.)
A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.
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Box (n.)
The square in which the pitcher stands.
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Box (n.)
A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
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Box (v. t.)
To inclose in a box.
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Box (v. t.)
To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
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Box (v. t.)
To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
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Box (n.)
A blow on the head or ear with the hand.
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Box (v. i.)
To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.
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Box (v. t.)
To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.
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Box (v. t.)
To boxhaul.
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Jab (v. t.)
To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
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Jab (n.)
A thrust or stab.
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Jaw (n.)
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
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Jaw (n.)
Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
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Jaw (n.)
In the plural, the mouth.
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Jaw (n.)
Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
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Jaw (n.)
A notch or opening.
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Jaw (n.)
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
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Jaw (n.)
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
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Jaw (n.)
The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
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Jaw (n.)
Impudent or abusive talk.
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Jaw (v. i.)
To scold; to clamor.
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Jaw (v. t.)
To assail or abuse by scolding.
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Job (n.)
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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Job (n.)
A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
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Job (n.)
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
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Job (n.)
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
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Job (n.)
A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
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Job (v. t.)
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
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Job (v. t.)
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
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Job (v. t.)
To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
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Job (v. t.)
To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
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Job (v. t.)
To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.
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Job (v. i.)
To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
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Job (v. i.)
To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
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Job (v. i.)
To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
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Job (n.)
The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
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Wax (v. i.)
To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
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Wax (v. i.)
To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
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Wax (n.)
A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
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Wax (n.)
Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
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Wax (n.)
Cerumen, or earwax.
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Wax (n.)
A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
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Wax (n.)
A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
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Wax (n.)
A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
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Wax (n.)
A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
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Wax (n.)
A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
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Wax (n.)
Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
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Wax (v. t.)
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.