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- jack
- jackknife
- jack-knife
- jack-o’-lantern
- jack rabbit
- jackrabbit
- jack-rabbit
- jejune
- jewel
- jewelled
- jeweller
- jewellery
- jibe at
- jibe with
- jive
- join
- join in
- joint co-operation
- join to
- join up
- join with
- judgment day
- Judgment Day
- judicial
- judicious
- Juno Awards
- Junos
- jurisprudence
- just as
- just deserts
- just in time
- just-in-time
- juxta-
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desert, dessert, just deserts
As a noun, desert refers to a dry, barren land.
- The goal of the Osoyoos Desert Centre Project is to preserve the Osoyoos region, Canada’s only arid desert environment.
Dessert is a sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.
- We ordered chocolate cake for dessert.
Just deserts are the deserved consequences of one’s actions. In this case, deserts is pronounced the same as desserts.
- The audience cheered when the villain was arrested and got his just deserts.
The verb desert means “to abandon.”
- In the second chapter, the hero refuses to desert his post and is captured.
- The old village was deserted.
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