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Jaboticaba TreenounMWEa small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United Statesverified
Jack BeannounMWEannual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forageverified
Jack LaddernounMWE(nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or stepsverified
Jack OaknounMWEa common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leavesverified
Jack-O-Lantern FungusnounMWEa large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalksverified
Jackass BatnounMWEa large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous earsverified
Jackass PenguinnounMWEsmall penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying callverified
Jacket CrownnounMWEa dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed toothverified
Jai AlainounMWEa Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racketverified
Jam SessionnounMWEan informal performance or practice of musical instruments by at least two peopleverified
Jamais VunounMWEthe experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiarverified
Jap ClovernounMWEan annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United Statesverified
Japan ClovernounMWEan annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United Statesverified
Japanese ClovernounMWEan annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United Statesverified
Japanese StrangleholdnounMWEa wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipeverified
Jaw HarpnounMWEa 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 cavityverified
Jawless FishnounMWEan eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages, including the cyclostomes and some extinct formsverified
Jawless VertebratenounMWEeel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct formsverified
Jaws of LifenounMWEhydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped insideverified
Jejunal ArterynounMWEan artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunumverified
Jekyll and HydenounMWEa person who unpredictably displays two distinct and morally opposed personality traitsverified
Jelly FungusnounMWEany fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when freshverified
Jenny WrennounMWEany of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tailsverified
Jet BridgenounMWEan extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanesverified
Jet EnginenounMWEa gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsionverified
Jet LagnounMWEfatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travelverified
Jet StreamnounMWEa high-speed high-altitude airstream, usually blowing from west to east, near the top of the troposphereverified
Jew's HarpnounMWEa 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 cavityverified
Jewel OrchidnounMWEany of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veiningverified
Jeweler's LoupenounMWEsmall magnifying glass, usually set in an eyepiece, used by jewelers and horologistsverified
Jews' HarpnounMWEa 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 cavityverified
Jigsaw PuzzlenounMWEa puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking piecesverified
Job ActionnounMWEa temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demandsverified
Job InterviewnounMWEan interview to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employmentverified
Job-Control LanguagenounMWEa problem-oriented language used to describe job requirements to an operating systemverified