6-Letter Words Starting: JO

• someone employed to ride horses in horse races

• an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• compete (for an advantage or a position)

• ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

• A shrub native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, Simmondsia chinensis: the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.

• In a joky manner; jokingly, humorously.

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• full of or producing joy

• full of high-spirited delight

• characterized by jokes and good humor

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.

• To work as a jobber.

• To take the loss.

• To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.

• (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

• To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

• To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

• To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

• To hire or let in periods of service.