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1: construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit

{jerry-build}

1: a close-fitting pullover shirt [syn: {T-shirt}, {tee shirt}] 2: a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric 3: breed from the island of Jersey

1: a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)

1: a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves [syn: {guernsey elm}, {wheately elm}, {Ulmus sarniensis}, {Ulmus campestris sarniensis}, {Ulmus campestris wheatleyi}]

1: small short-lived fern of Central and South America [syn: {annual fern}, {Anogramma leptophylla}]

1: a variety of knapweed

1: common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2 [syn: {scrub pine}, {Virginia pine}, {Pinus virginiana}]

1: capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom [syn: {capital of Israel}]

1: edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke 2: tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers [syn: {girasol}, {Jerusalem artichoke sunflower}, {Hel...

1: tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers [syn: {Jerusalem artichoke}, {girasol}, {Helianthus tuberosus}]

1: small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit [syn: {winter cherry}, {Madeira winter cherry}, {Solanum pseudocapsi...

1: large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States [syn: {sand cricket}, {Stenopelmatus fuscus}]

1: a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar

1: Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America [syn: {feather geranium}, {Mexican tea}, {Chenopodium botrys}, {Atriplex mexicana}]

1: a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers [syn: {Phlomis fruticosa}]

1: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit [syn: {Christ's-thorn}, {Paliurus spina-christi}] 2: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: {jujube}, {jujube bush}, {Christ's-thorn}, {Ziz...

1: ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah; killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991

1: Danish linguist (1860-1943) [syn: {Otto Jespersen}, {Jens Otto Harry Jespersen}]

1: tall-climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea [syn: {common jasmine}, {true jasmine}, {Jasminum officinale}]

1: United States civil rights leader who led a national anti-discrimination campaign and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) [syn: {Jackson}, {Jesse Louis Jackson}]

1: United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882) [syn:...

1: United States civil rights leader who led a national anti-discrimination campaign and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) [syn: {Jackson}, {Jesse Jackson}]

1: United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980) [syn: {Owens}, {James Cleveland Owens}]

1: United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996) [syn: {Mitford}, {Jessica Mitford}]

1: United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996) [syn: {Mitford}, {Jessica Lucy Mitford}]

1: United States operatic soprano (born in 1945) [syn: {Norman}]

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...

1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his ...

1: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages [syn: {fool}, {motley fool}]

1: characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: {jocose}, {jocular}, {joking}]

1: in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express" [syn: {jokingly}]

1: having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education" [syn: {Jesuitical}, {Jesuitic}] n : a member of the Jesuit order

1: a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen [syn: {Society of Jesus}]

1: medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine [syn: {cinchona bark}, {Peruvian bark}]

1: having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education" [syn: {Jesuitical}, {Jesuit}]

1: having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education" [syn: {Jesuitic}, {Jesuit}]

1: the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) [syn: {Jesuitry}]

1: the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) [syn: {Jesuitism}]

1: a variety of water chestnut [syn: {water caltrop}, {Trapa natans}]

1: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: {Jesus of Nazareth}, {the Nazarene}, {Jesus Christ}, ...

1: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: {Jesus}, {Jesus of Nazareth}, {the Nazarene}, {Christ...

1: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: {Jesus}, {the Nazarene}, {Jesus Christ}, {Christ}, {S...

1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: {coal-black}, {jet-black}, {pitchy}, {sooty}] n 1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: {jet plane}, {jet-propelled ...

1: a very dark black [syn: {coal black}, {ebony}, {pitch black}, {sable}, {soot black}]

1: an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commerical airplanes; provides protected access to the plane from the gate

1: a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion

1: fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: {jet}, {jet-propelled plane}]

1: propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear

1: a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure

1: a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts

1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: {coal-black}, {jet}, {pitchy}, {sooty}]

1: propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine

1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: {jet}, {jet plane}]

1: the third month of the Hindu calendar [syn: {Jyaistha}]

1: a large jet plane that carries passengers

1: atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward [syn: {blue jets}]

1: the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm 2: the floating wreckage of a ship [syn: {flotsam}]

{jet}

{jet}

1: throw away, of something encumbering 2: throw as from an airplane

1: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: {breakwater}, {groin}, {groyne}, {mole}, {bulwark}, {seawall}]

1: a witty comment or writing

1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: {lass}, {lassie}, {young girl}]

1: English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882) [syn: {William Stanley Jevons}]

1: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties [syn: {Hebrew}, {Israelite}]

1: low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties [syn: {Jewbush}, {Jew-bush}, {redbird cactus}, {redbird flower}, {Pedilanthus tithymaloides}]

1: a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity [syn: {jews' harp}, {mouth bow}]

1: widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood [syn: {Jew's-ears}, {ear fungus}, {Auricularia auricula}]

1: widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood [syn: {Jew's-ear}, {ear fungus}, {Auricularia auricula}]

1: someone who hates and would persecute Jews [syn: {anti-Semite}]

1: low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties [syn: {Jewbush}, {Jew bush}, {redbird cactus}, {redbird flower}, {Pedilanthus tithymaloides}]

1: low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties [syn: {Jew-bush}, {Jew bush}, {redbird cactus}, {redbird flower}, {Pedilanthus tithymaloides}]

1: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry [syn: {gem}, {precious stone}] 2: a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry [syn: {gem}] v : adorn or deco...

1: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables [syn: {casket}]

1: any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining

1: covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: {beaded}, {beady}, {bejeweled}, {bejewelled}, {bespangled}, {gemmed}, {jewelled}, {sequined}, {spangled}, {spangly}]

1: someone who makes jewelry [syn: {jewelry maker}, {jeweller}] 2: someone in the business of selling jewelry [syn: {jeweller}]

1: an optical instrument used by jewelers; has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen

1: small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists [syn: {loupe}]

{jewelfish}

{jewel}

1: a headdress adorned with jewels

1: someone who makes jewelry [syn: {jewelry maker}, {jeweler}] 2: someone in the business of selling jewelry [syn: {jeweler}]

1: an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) [syn: {jewelry}]

{jewel}

1: an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) [syn: {jewellery}]

1: a firm that sells and buys jewelry [syn: {jewelry store}]

1: someone who makes jewelry [syn: {jeweler}, {jeweller}]

1: a firm that sells and buys jewelry [syn: {jewelry dealer}]

1: erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere [syn: {Talinum paniculatum}]

1: North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn: {lady's earrings}, {orange balsam}, {celandine}, {touch-me-not}, {Impatiens capensis}]

1: a woman who is a Jew

1: large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre [syn: {mulloway}, {Sciaena antarctica}] 2: large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales [syn: {Mycteroperca...

{jewfish}

1: of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion; "He is Jewish"; "a Jewish wedding" [syn: {Judaic}]

1: (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years [syn: {Heb...

1: a month in the Jewish calendar

1: a religious holiday for Jews

1: (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar [syn: {Rosh Hashanah}, {Rosh Hashana}, {Rosh Hashonah}, {Rosh Hashona}]

1: Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic Law as interpreted in the Talmud [syn: {Orthodox Judaism}]

1: Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud [syn: {Judaism}, {Hebraism}]

1: (Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds [syn: {Jewish rye bread}]

1: (Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds [syn: {Jewish rye}]

1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism" [syn: {Orthodox}]

1: Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926) [syn: {Norman Jewison}]

1: Jews collectively

1: a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity [syn: {jew's harp}, {mouth bow}]

1: wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century...

1: 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963) [syn: {Kennedy}, {Jack Kennedy}, {John Fitzgerald Kennedy}, {President Kennedy}, {President John...

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}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}]

1: a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and I...

1: 10 jiao equal 1 yuan

1: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1: refuse to comply [syn: {resist}, {balk}, {baulk}] 2: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn:...

{jib}

{jib}

1: a spar that extends the bowsprit

1: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chanc...

1: port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca [syn: {Jeddah}, {Jed'dah}, {Jiddah}]