About The Word Jactation

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Jactation to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Jactation definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Jactation

Jactation Meaning & Definition
Jactation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jactation?

[n] (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jactation: jactitation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Jactation:

See Also | restlessness | uneasiness

Jactation In Webster's Dictionary

\Jac*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactatio, fr. jactare: af. F. jactation. See {Jactancy}.] A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. --Sir. W. Temple.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Dreadful ‐ causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk";…
  • Fahrenheit scale ‐ a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water…
  • Tetragrammaton ‐ four Hebrew letters (usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh)…
  • Research worker ‐ a scientist who devotes himself to…
  • Hamitic language ‐ a group of North African languages related…
  • Yellow lupine ‐ yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated…
  • Israeli ‐ a native or inhabitant of Israel [adj] of or relating to or characteristic…
  • Bird-scarer ‐ an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away…
  • Smoothbore ‐ of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside…
  • Affective disorder ‐ any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities…