jocularity
1: a feeling facetious merriment [syn: {jocundity}] 2: fun characterized by humor [syn: {jocosity}] 3: activity characterized by good humor [syn: {jest}, {joke}]
jocund
1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint...
jocundity
1: a feeling facetious merriment [syn: {jocularity}]
jodhpur
1: a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side [syn: {jodhpur boot}, {jodhpur shoe}] 2: flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots [syn: {jodhpur breeches}, {riding br...
jodhpur boot
1: a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side [syn: {jodhpur}, {jodhpur shoe}]
jodhpur breeches
1: flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots [syn: {jodhpur}, {riding breeches}]
jodhpur shoe
1: a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side [syn: {jodhpur}, {jodhpur boot}]
Joe Bloggs
1: a hypothetical average man [syn: {John Doe}, {Joe Blow}, {man in the street}]
Joe Blow
1: a hypothetical average man [syn: {John Doe}, {Joe Bloggs}, {man in the street}]
Joe Clark
1: Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-) [syn: {Clark}, {Charles Joseph Clark}]
Joe DiMaggio
1: United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) [syn: {DiMaggio}, {Joseph Paul DiMaggio}]
Joe Louis
1: United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight campion for 12 years (1914-1981) [syn: {Louis}, {Joseph Louis Barrow}]
Joe-Pye weed
1: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: {purple boneset}, {trumpet weed}, {marsh milkweed}, {Eupatorium purpureum}] 2: North American he...
Joel
1: a Hebrew minor prophet 2: an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies [syn: {Book of Joel}]
joewood
1: West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood [syn: {barbasco}, {Jacquinia keyensis}]
Joffre
1: French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931) [syn: {Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre}]
Joffrey
1: United States choreographer (1930-1988) [syn: {Robert Joffrey}]
jog
1: a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road" 2: a slow pace of running [syn: {trot}, {lope}] 3: a slight push or shake [syn: {nudge}] v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory m...
jog trot
1: an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot
jogger
1: someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
joggle
1: a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together [syn: {dowel}, {dowel pin}] 2: a slight irregular shaking motion [syn: {jiggle}] v 1: move to and fro; "Don't j...
Johan Kepler
1: German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630) [syn: {Kepler}, {Johannes Kepler}]
Johann Bernoulli
1: Swiss mathematician (1667-1748) [syn: {Bernoulli}, {Jean Bernoulli}, {John Bernoulli}]
Johann Gutenberg
1: German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) [syn: {Gutenberg}, {Johannes Gutenberg}]
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1: German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768) [syn: {Winckelmann}, {Johann Winckelmann}]
Johann Mendel
1: Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) [syn: {Mendel}, {Gregor Mendel}]
Johann Muller
1: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn: {Muller}, {Regiomontanus}]
Johann Sebastian Bach
1: German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of Western music (1685-1750) [syn: {Bach}]
Johann Strauss
1: Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) [syn: {Strauss}, {Strauss the Younger}] 2: Austrian composer of waltzes...
Johann Winckelmann
1: German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768) [syn: {Winckelmann}, {Johann Joachim Winckelmann}]
Johannes Brahms
1: German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897) [syn: {Brahms}]
Johannes Eckhart
1: German theologian and mystic (1260-1327) [syn: {Eckhart}, {Meister Eckhart}]
Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
1: Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869) [syn: {Purkinje}, {Jan Evangelista Purkinje}]
Johannes Gutenberg
1: German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) [syn: {Gutenberg}, {Johann Gutenberg}]
Johannes Kepler
1: German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630) [syn: {Kepler}, {Johan Kepler}]
Johannes van der Waals
1: Dutch physicist (1837-1923) [syn: {van der Waals}, {Johannes Diderik van der Waals}]
Johannesburg
1: city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries
john
1: a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: {toilet}, {lavatory}, {lav}, {can}, {privy}, {bathroom}] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the ...
John Adams
1: 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826) [syn: {Adams}, {President Adams}, {President John Adams}]
John Amos Comenius
1: Czech educational reformer (1592-1670) [syn: {Comenius}, {Jan Amos Komensky}]
John Anthony Ciardi
1: United States poet and critic (1916-1986) [syn: {Ciardi}, {John Ciardi}]
John Augustus Roebling
1: United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869) [syn: {Roebling}, {John Roebling}]
John Bach McMaster
1: United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932) [syn: {McMaster}]
John Bardeen
1: United States physicist who won the Nobel Prize for physics twice (1908-1991) [syn: {Bardeen}]
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John Barleycorn
1: distilled rather than fermented [syn: {liquor}, {spirits}, {booze}, {hard drink}, {hard liquor}, {strong drink}]
John Barrymore
1: United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942) [syn: {Barrymore}]
John Barth
1: United States novelist (born in 1930) [syn: {Barth}, {John Simmons Barth}]
John Bartlett
1: United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905) [syn: {Bartlett}]
John Bernoulli
1: Swiss mathematician (1667-1748) [syn: {Bernoulli}, {Johann Bernoulli}, {Jean Bernoulli}]
John Berry Hobbs
1: notable English cricketer (1882-1963) [syn: {Hobbs}, {Sir Jack Hobbs}]
John Birks Gillespie
1: United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993) [syn: {Gillespie}, {Dizzy Gillespie}]
John Broadus Watson
1: United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958) [syn: {Watson}]
John Brown
1: abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) [syn: {Brown}]
John Bull
1: a man of English descent [syn: {limey}]
John Bunyan
1: English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688) [syn: {Bunyan}]
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
1: Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964) [syn: {Haldane}, {J. B. S. Haldane}]
John Burgoyne
1: British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) [syn: {Burgoyne}, {Gentleman Johnny}]
John C. Fremont
1: United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and northwest (1813-1890) [syn: {Fremont}, {John Charles Fremont}]
John Cabot
1: Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) [syn: {Cabot}, {Giovann...
John Cage
1: United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) [syn: {Cage}, {John Milton Cage Jr.}]
John Calvin
1: Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564) [syn: {Calvin}, {Jean Cauvin}, {Jean ...
John Chapman
1: United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845) [syn: {Chapman}, {Johnny Appleseed}]
John Charles Fremont
1: United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and northwest (1813-1890) [syn: {Fremont}, {John C. Fremont}]
John Cheever
1: United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982) [syn: {Cheever}]
John Chrysostom
1: (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407) [syn: {St. John Chrysostom}]
John Churchill
1: English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) [syn: {Churchill}, {Duke of Marlborough}, {First Duke of Marlborough}]
John Ciardi
1: United States poet and critic (1916-1986) [syn: {Ciardi}, {John Anthony Ciardi}]
John Constable
1: English landscape painter (1776-1837) [syn: {Constable}]
John Copley
1: American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815) [syn: {Copley}, {John Singleton Copley}]
John D. Rockefeller
1: United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937) [syn: {Rockefeller}, {John Davison Rockefeller}]
John Dalton
1: English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844) [syn: {Dalton}]
John Davis
1: English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) [syn: {Davys}, {John Davys}, {Davis}]
John Davison Rockefeller
1: United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937) [syn: {Rockefeller}, {John D. Rockefeller}]
John Davys
1: English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) [syn: {Davys}, {Davis}, {John Davis}]
John Deere
1: United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886) [syn: {Deere}]
John Dewey
1: United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952) [syn: {Dewey}]
John Doe
1: a hypothetical average man [syn: {Joe Blow}, {Joe Bloggs}, {man in the street}] 2: an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
John Donald Budge
1: United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) [syn: {Budge}, {Don Budge}]
John Donne
1: English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631) [syn: {Donne}]
John dory
1: European dory [syn: {Zeus faber}]
John Dos Passos
1: United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970) [syn: {Dos Passos}]
John Dowland
1: English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626) [syn: {Dowland}]
John Drew
1: United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862) [syn: {Drew}]
John Dryden
1: the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700) [syn: {Dryden}]
John Duns Scotus
1: Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308) [syn: {Duns Scotus}]
John Eccles
1: Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) [syn: {Eccles}, {Sir John Carew Eccles}]
John Edgar Hoover
1: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) [syn: {Hoover}, {J. Edgar Hoover}]
John Endecott
1: born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665) [syn: {Endecott}, {Endicott}, {John Endicott}]
John Endicott
1: born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665) [syn: {Endecott}, {Endicott}, {John Endecott}]
John Ernst Steinbeck
1: United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968) [syn: {Steinbeck}, {John Steinbeck}]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1: 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963) [syn: {Kennedy}, {Jack Kennedy}, {JFK}, {President Kennedy}, {President John F. Kennedy}]
John Fletcher
1: prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) [syn: {Fletcher}]
John Florio
1: English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625) [syn: {Florio}]
John Ford
1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: {Ford}]
John Foster Dulles
1: United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) [syn: {Dulles}]
John Galbraith
1: United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908) [syn: {Galbraith}, {John Kenneth Galbraith}]
John Glenn
1: made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-) [syn: {Glenn}, {John Herschel Glenn Jr.}]
John Greenleaf Whittier
1: United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892) [syn: {Whittier}]
John Griffith Chaney
1: United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916) [syn: {London}, {Jack London}]
John Haldane
1: Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936) [syn: {Haldane}, {John Scott Haldane}]
John Hancock
1: American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793) [syn: {Hancock}] 2: a person's own signature [syn: ...
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