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Jewelrynounan adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)verified
Jewels-Of-Oparnounerect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowersverified
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
Jiggernounlarval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritationverified
Jigsaw PuzzlenounMWEa puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking piecesverified
Jimsonweednounintensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruitsverified
Jinneenounin Islam, an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animalsverified
Jinninounin Islam, an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animalsverified
JitternounJitter or Noise is the modification of fields in a database while preserving the aggregate characteristics of that make the database useful in the first place.Control
Jndnounthe difference between two stimuli that, under properly controlled experimental conditions, is detected as often as it is undetectedverified
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
Jobbernounsomeone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customersverified
Jobcentrenouna government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administeredverified
Joewoodnouna West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard woodverified
Johnnycakenouncornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle, chiefly in New England, also called johnny cakeverified
Joint FirnounMWEa jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seedsverified
Joint ResolutionnounMWEa resolution passed by both houses of a bicameral legislative body which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive or passed over the Chief Executive's vetoverified
Joint SnakenounMWEa snakelike lizard of Europe, Asia, and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tailverified
Joint VenturenounMWEa venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertiseverified
Joint-Stock CompanynounMWEa company which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fundverified
Jointed CharlocknounMWEEurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruitsverified
Jointernouna long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit togetherverified
Jointer PlanenounMWEa long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit togetherverified
Jointing PlanenounMWEa long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit togetherverified
Jointurenoun(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dowerverified
Jokernounan inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparentverified