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Jaboncillonounevergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americansverified
Jaboticabanounsmall evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United Statesverified
Jaboticaba TreenounMWEa small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United Statesverified
Jacamarnouna tropical insectivorous bird native to Central and South America, having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumageverified
Jacarandanounan important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with blackverified
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-A-Lanternnouna lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin in which holes are carved, typically to resemble facial features, in which a candle or light is placed; primarily created around Halloweenverified
Jack-In-The-Boxnouna toy consisting of a box from which a toy clown or other figure jumps out when the lid is opened, often accomplished by turning a crankverified
Jack-In-The-Pulpitnouncommon American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berriesverified
Jack-O-Lanternnouna lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin in which holes are carved, typically to resemble facial features, in which a candle or light is placed; primarily created around Halloweenverified
Jack-O-Lantern FungusnounMWEa large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalksverified
Jack-O'-Lanternnouna lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin in which holes are carved, typically to resemble facial features, in which a candle or light is placed; primarily created around Halloweenverified
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
Jackbootnouna heavy leather military boot which rises above the knee, primarily worn during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuriesverified
Jacket CrownnounMWEa dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed toothverified
Jacksnoungame equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacksverified
Jacksmeltnouna relatively large silverside fish of the Pacific coast of North America, known to reach 18 inches in lengthverified
Jackstonesnoungame equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacksverified
Jackstrawsnouna game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the othersverified
Jactationnoun(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illnessverified
Jactitationnoun(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illnessverified
Jadeitenouna hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline formverified
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
Jambalayanounspicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celeryverified
Jamberrynounannual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoesverified
Jammernouna transmitter used to broadcast a signal meant to disrupt the meaningful communications of othersverified
Jammiesnounalternative form of pajamas, loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or loungingverified
JammingnounAn attack in which a device is used to emit electromagnetic energy on a wireless network’s frequency to make it unusable.Threat
Janissarynounelite infantry soilders that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguardsverified
Jap ClovernounMWEan annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United Statesverified