Jammu and Kashmir
1: an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India [syn: {Kashmir}, {Cashmere}]
jampack
1: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: {jam}, {ram}, {chock up}, {cram}, {wad}]
jampan
1: a kind of sedan chair used in India
jampot
1: a jar for holding jellies or preserves [syn: {jamjar}]
Jan
1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: {January}]
Jan Amos Komensky
1: Czech educational reformer (1592-1670) [syn: {Comenius}, {John Amos Comenius}]
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
1: Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869) [syn: {Purkinje}, {Johannes Evangelista Purkinje}]
Jan Hendrix Oort
1: Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) [syn: {Oort}]
Jan Hus
1: Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he w...
Jan Swammerdam
1: Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680) [syn: {Swam...
Jan Tinbergen
1: Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994) [syn: {Tinbergen}]
Jan van der Meer
1: Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) [syn: {Vermeer}, {Jan Vermeer}]
Jan van Eyck
1: Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) [syn: {Eyck}, {van Eyck}]
Jan Vermeer
1: Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) [syn: {Vermeer}, {Jan van der Meer}]
Jane Austen
1: English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817) [syn: {Austen}]
Jane Doe
1: an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings
Jane Fonda
1: United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937) [syn: {Fonda}]
Jane Goodall
1: English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934) [syn: {Goodall}]
Jane Jacobs
1: United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916) [syn: {Jacobs}]
Jane Seymour
1: Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537) [syn: {Seymour}]
jangle
1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs" [syn: {jingle}] v : make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" [syn: {jingle}, {jingle-jangle}]
jangling
1: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn: {jangly}]
jangly
1: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn: {jangling}]
Janis Joplin
1: United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) [syn: {Joplin}]
janissary
1: a loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of janissaries" 2: a Turkish soldier
janitor
1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building
Jansen
1: Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638) [syn: {Cornelis Jansen}, {Cornelius Jansenius}]
Jansenism
1: the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition
January
1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: {Jan}]
January 1
1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st [syn: {Circumcision}, {Feast of the Circumcision}] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) ...
January 19
1: celebrated in southern United States [syn: {Robert E Lee's Birthday}, {Robert E Lee Day}, {Lee's Birthday}]
January 20
1: a Christian holy day [syn: {Saint Agnes's Eve}] 2: the day designated for inauguration of the United States president [syn: {Inauguration Day}]
January 6
1: twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus [syn: {Epiphany}, {Epiphany of Our Lord}, {Twelfth day}, {Three Kings' Day}]
Janus
1: (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head
Janus-faced
1: having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy" 2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acti...
Jap
1: a person of Japanese descent [syn: {Nip}]
jap clover
1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States [syn: {japanese clover}, {japan clover}, {Lespedeza striata}]
Japan
1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japanese Islands}, {Japanese Archipelago}] 2: a constitutional m...
Japan allspice
1: deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers [syn: {Japanese allspice}, {winter sweet}, {Chimonanthus praecox}]
Japan bittersweet
1: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America [syn: {Japanese bittersweet}, {oriental bittersweet}, {Celastrus orbiculatus}, {Celastric ar...
Japan cedar
1: tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood [syn: {Japanese cedar}, {sugi}, {Cryptomeria japonica}]
japan clover
1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States [syn: {japanese clover}, {jap clover}, {Lespedeza striata}]
Japan current
1: a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean [syn: {Kuroshio current}, {Kuroshio}]
Japan tallow
1: a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes [syn: {Japan wax}]
Japan Trench
1: a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet
Japan wax
1: a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes [syn: {Japan tallow}]
Japanese
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperoro"; "Japanese cars" [syn: {Nipponese}] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: {Nipp...
Japanese allspice
1: deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers [syn: {Japan allspice}, {winter sweet}, {Chimonanthus praecox}]
Japanese andromeda
1: broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers [syn: {andromeda}, {lily-of-the-valley tree}, {Pieris japonica}]
Japanese angelica tree
1: deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States [syn: {Aralia elata}]
Japanese apricot
1: Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits [syn: {mei}, {Prunus mume}]
Japanese Archipelago
1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japan}, {Japanese Islands}]
Japanese banana
1: Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan [syn: {Musa basjoo}]
Japanese barberry
1: compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges [syn: {Berberis thunbergii}]
Japanese barnyard millet
1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States [syn: {Japanese millet}, {billion-dollar grass}, {sanwa m...
Japanese beech
1: a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
Japanese beetle
1: small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America [syn: {Popillia japonica}]
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Japanese bittersweet
1: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America [syn: {Japan bittersweet}, {oriental bittersweet}, {Celastrus orbiculatus}, {Celastric artic...
Japanese black pine
1: large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog [syn: {black pine}, {Pinus thunbergii}]
Japanese brome
1: grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia [syn: {Japanese chess}, {Bromus japonicus}]
Japanese capital
1: the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan [syn: {Tokyo}, {Tokio}, {Yeddo}, {Yedo}, {Edo}, {capital of Japan}]
Japanese carpet grass
1: lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States [syn: {Manila grass}, {Zoysia matrella}]
Japanese cedar
1: tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood [syn: {Japan cedar}, {sugi}, {Cryptomeria japonica}]
Japanese cherry
1: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms [syn: {oriental cherry}, {Japanese flowering cherry}, {Prunus serrulata}]
Japanese chess
1: grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia [syn: {Japanese brome}, {Bromus japonicus}]
Japanese chestnut
1: a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk [syn: {Castanea crenata}]
japanese clover
1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States [syn: {japan clover}, {jap clover}, {Lespedeza striata}]
Japanese deer
1: small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers [syn: {sika}, {Cervus nipon}, {Cervus sika}]
Japanese flowering cherry
1: ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms [syn: {Prunus sieboldii}] 2: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties f...
Japanese honeysuckle
1: an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age; has become a weed in some areas [syn: {Lonicera japonica}]
Japanese hop
1: ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage [syn: {Humulus japonicus}]
Japanese iris
1: iris native to Japan having large showy flowers [syn: {Iris kaempferi}]
Japanese Islands
1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japan}, {Japanese Archipelago}]
Japanese ivy
1: Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries [syn: {Boston ivy}, {Parthenocissus tricuspidata}]
Japanese lacquer tree
1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {lacquer tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese varnish tree}, {Japanese sumac}, {Toxicodendron ve...
Japanese lawn grass
1: lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States [syn: {Korean lawn grass}, {Zoysia japonica}]
Japanese leaf
1: erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves [syn: {Chinese evergreen}, {Aglaonema modestum}]
Japanese leek
1: Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions [syn: {Welsh onion}, {Allium fistulosum}]
Japanese lilac
1: lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers [syn: {Syringa villosa}]
Japanese lime
1: medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese linden}, {Tilia japonica}]
Japanese linden
1: medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese lime}, {Tilia japonica}]
Japanese maple
1: ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {Acer palmatum}] 2: leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan [syn: {ful...
Japanese medlar
1: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan [syn: {loquat}, {loquat tree}, {Japanese plum}, {Eriobotrya japonica}]
Japanese millet
1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States [syn: {billion-dollar grass}, {Japanese barnyard millet},...
Japanese morning glory
1: annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers [syn: {Ipomoea nil}]
Japanese oak
1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: {Quercus mongolica}, {Quercus grosseserrata}] 2: small evergreen tree of China and Japan [syn: {Lithocarpus glabra}, {Lithocarpus glaber}]
Japanese oyster
1: a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay [syn: {Ostrea gigas}]
Japanese pagoda tree
1: handsome round-headed deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan [syn: {Chinese scholartree}, {Chinese scholar tree}, {S...
Japanese persimmon
1: small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit [syn: {kaki}, {Diospyros kaki}]
Japanese pink
1: very free-flowering variety distinguished by jagged-edged petals [syn: {Dianthus chinensis heddewigii}]
Japanese plum
1: small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor [syn: {Prunus salicina}] 2: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow ...
Japanese poinsettia
1: showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru [syn: {mole plant}, {paint leaf}, {Euphorbia heterophylla}]
Japanese privet
1: evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet [syn: {Ligustrum japonicum}]
Japanese quince
1: deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms [syn: {Chaenomeles speciosa}]
Japanese radish
1: radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked [syn: {daikon}, {Raphanus sativus longipinnatus}]
Japanese Red Army
1: a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists; "in 1972 the Japanese R...
Japanese red pine
1: pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese table pine}, {Pinus densiflora}]
Japanese rose
1: vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock [syn: {multiflora}, {multiflora rose}, {baby rose}, {Rosa multiflora}]
Japanese spaniel
1: breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat
Japanese spurge
1: slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover [syn: {Pachysandra terminalis}]
Japanese stranglehold
1: a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe
Japanese sumac
1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {lacquer tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese lacquer tree}, {Japanese varnish tree}, {Toxicoden...
Japanese table pine
1: pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese red pine}, {Pinus densiflora}]
Japanese tree lilac
1: small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers [syn: {Syringa reticulata}, {Syringa amurensis japonica}]
Japanese umbrella pine
1: tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs [syn: {Sciadopitys verticillata}]
Japanese varnish tree
1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {lacquer tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese lacquer tree}, {Japanese sumac}, {Toxicodendron ve...
Japanese wistaria
1: having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue [syn: {Wisteria floribunda}]
Japanese yew
1: shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States [syn: {Taxus cuspidata}]
jape
1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolb...
Japheth
1: (Old Testament) son of Noah
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