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1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) [syn: {Joseph M. Jacquard}, {Joseph Marie Jacquard}] 2: a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacqu...

1: a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics [syn: {Jacquard}]

1: United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980) [syn: {Cochran}]

1: a purplish discoloration of the mucous membrane of the vagina that occurs early in pregnancy

1: French physicist and uathor of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823) [syn: {Charles}, {Jacques Charles}]

1: French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924) [syn: {France}, {Anatole France}]

1: Swiss mathematician (1654-1705) [syn: {Bernoulli}, {Jakob Bernoulli}, {James Bernoulli}]

1: French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) [syn: {Cartier}]

1: French physicist and uathor of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823) [syn: {Charles}, {Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles}]

1: French underwater explorer (born in 1910) [syn: {Cousteau}, {Jacques Yves Costeau}]

1: French philosopher and critic; exponent of deconstructionism (born in 1930) [syn: {Derrida}]

1: French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) [syn: {Montgolfier}]

1: French composer (1890-1962) [syn: {Ibert}]

1: French operatic composer (1799-1862) [syn: {Halevy}, {Fromental Halevy}]

1: French architect (1713-1780) [syn: {Soufflot}]

1: United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973) [syn: {Lipchitz}]

1: United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924) [syn: {Loeb}]

1: French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825) [syn: {David}]

1: French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976) [syn: {Monod}, {Jacques Monod}]

1: French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675) [syn: {Marquette}, {Pere Jacques Marquette}]

1: French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976) [syn: {Monod}, {Jacques Lucien Monod}]

1: French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) [syn: {Offenbach}]

1: French filmmaker (1908-1982) [syn: {Tati}, {Jacques Tatischeff}]

1: French filmmaker (1908-1982) [syn: {Tati}, {Jacques Tati}]

1: French underwater explorer (born in 1910) [syn: {Cousteau}, {Jacques Costeau}]

1: sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae [syn: {genus Jacquinia}]

1: small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets [syn: {bracelet wood}]

1: West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood [syn: {barbasco}, {joewood}]

1: (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness [syn: {jactitation}]

1: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: {convulse}, {thresh}, {thresh about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {slash}, {toss}]

1: speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: {boast}, {boasting}, {self-praise}] 2: (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at...

1: jerboas [syn: {genus Jaculus}]

1: a variety of jerboa

1: a large whirlpool bathtub with underwater jets that massage the body

1: similar to the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: {jade-green}] n 1: a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whiti...

1: a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: {jade}]

1: vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws [syn: {emerald creeper}, {Strongylodon macrobotrys}]

1: similar to the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: {jade}]

1: exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron [syn: {wearied}] 2: dulled by surfeit; "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes"

1: a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma

1: a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite [syn: {jade}]

1: rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

1: Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends [syn: {Jaffar}, {Jaffar Umar Thalib}, {Jafar Umar Thalib}]

1: Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends [syn: {Jaffar}, {Jafar}, {Jaffar Umar Thalib}]

1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: {Joppa}, {Yafo}]

1: sweet almost seedless orange of Israel

1: Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends [syn: {Jafar}, {Jaffar Umar Thalib}, {Jafar Umar Thalib}]

1: Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends [syn: {Jaffar}, {Jafar}, {Jafar Umar Thalib}]

1: the fruiting bodies of this discomycete have a firm texture and long retain their cup shape; the pale brown interior blends with the color of dead leaves

1: a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock" 2: a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing 3: a flap along ...

1: an avatar of Vishnu [syn: {Jagannatha}, {Jagganath}, {Juggernaut}]

1: an avatar of Vishnu [syn: {Jagannath}, {Jagganath}, {Juggernaut}]

1: a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan) [syn: {Chagatai}, {Jaghatai}, {Eastern Turki}]

1: an avatar of Vishnu [syn: {Jagannath}, {Jagannatha}, {Juggernaut}]

1: unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap [syn: {jaggery}, {jagghery}]

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1: with a ragged and uneven appearance; "a long beard, raggedly cut" [syn: {raggedly}]

1: something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface

1: English rock star (born in 1943) [syn: {Mick Jagger}, {Michael Philip Jagger}]

1: unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap [syn: {jagghery}, {jaggary}]

1: fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn: {wine palm}, {kitul}, {kittul}, {kitul tree}, {toddy alm}, {Caryota urens}]

1: unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap [syn: {jaggery}, {jaggary}]

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1: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jagged}, {notched}, {toothed}] 2: having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "sc...

1: a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan) [syn: {Chagatai}, {Jagatai}, {Eastern Turki}]

1: tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit [syn: {genipap fruit}, {marmalade box}, {Genipa Americana}]

1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis [syn: {panther}, {Panthera onca}, {Felis onca}]

1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi}, {jaguarundi cat}, {eyra}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]

1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi cat}, {jaguarondi}, {eyra}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]

1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi}, {jaguarondi}, {eyra}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket [syn: {pelota}]

1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: {jailhouse}, ...

1: a room where a prisoner is kept [syn: {cell}, {prison cell}]

1: the use of force to liberate prisoners

1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: {convict}, {con}, {inmate}, {gaolbird}]

1: an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" [syn: {break}, {breakout}, {gaolbreak}, {prisonbreak}, {prison-breaking}]

1: in captivity [syn: {captive}, {confined}, {imprisoned}]

1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {jailor}, {gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}]

1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: {jail}, {gaol...

1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {jailer}, {gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}]

1: relating to or characteristic of Jainism; "Jain gods" [syn: {Jainist}]

1: sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism 2: religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of t...

1: relating to or characteristic of Jainism; "Jain gods" [syn: {Jain}] n : a believer in Jainism

1: a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with Al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings ...

1: a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with Al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings ...

1: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of; its seeds are commonly roasted [syn: {jackfruit}, {jack}]

1: capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century [syn: {Djakarta}, {capital of Indonesia}]

1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: {outhouse}, {privy}, {earth-closet}]

1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Jakob Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Jakob Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Jakob Boehm}, {Behmen}]

1: Swiss mathematician (1654-1705) [syn: {Bernoulli}, {Jacques Bernoulli}, {James Bernoulli}]

1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Jakob Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Jakob Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Behmen}, {Jakob Behmen}]

1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Jakob Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Jakob Boehm}, {Behmen}, {Jakob Behmen}]

1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Jakob Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Jakob Boehm}, {Behmen}, {Jakob Behmen}]

1: the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's Law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) [syn: {Grimm}, {Jakob Ludwig K...

1: Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) [syn: {Arminius}, {Jacobus Arminius}, {Jacob Harmensen}]

1: German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864) [syn: {Meyerbeer}, {Giacomo Meyerbeer}]

1: German musician and Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847) [syn: {Mendelssohn}, {Felix Mendelssohn}]

1: the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's Law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) [syn: {Grimm}, {Jakob Grimm}]

1: rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control [syn: {Creutzfeldt-Jakob di...

1: United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) [syn: {Roman Jakobson}, {Roman Osipovich Jakobson}]

1: a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul)

1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red [syn: {cayenne}, {cayenne pepper}, {chili pepper}, {chilli pepper}, {long pepper}, {Capsicum annuum longum}] 2: hot green or red...

1: hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: {jalapeno}]

1: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: {bus}, {heap}]

1: a window with glass louvers [syn: {louvered window}] 2: a shutter made of angled slats

1: preserve of crushed fruit 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {fix}, {hole}, {mess}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of f...

1: an impromptu jazz concert

1: filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater" [syn: {jammed}, {packed}]

1: an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North American and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attac...

1: a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism 2: an island in the West Indies south of Cuba and west of Haiti

1: large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp [syn: {bullock's heart}]

1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: {bayberry}, {bay-rum tree}, {wild cinnamon}, {Pimenta acris}]

1: shrub of southern Florida to West Indies [syn: {caper tree}, {Capparis cynophallophora}]

1: small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons [syn: {fi...

1: West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit [syn: {yellow granadilla}, {Passiflora laurifolia}]

1: similar to the extract from Quassia amara 2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: {bitterwood}, {Picrasma excelsa}, {Picrasma excelsum}]