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Jonquilnounwidely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowersverified
Jooknouna small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Jook HousenounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Jook JointnounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Jordan AlmondnounMWEa Spanish almond often salted or covered with a hard, colored sugar coatingverified
Joulenouna unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one secondverified
Journalismnounthe profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the mediaverified
Journalist's PrivilegenounMWEthe right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential informationverified
Journey CakenounMWEcornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle, chiefly in New England, also called johnny cakeverified
Jowlnouna fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw, characteristic of agingverified
Joysticknouna vertical lever that can move freely in many directions along a single axis, used to control movement in computer and video gamesverified
Judeo-Spanishnounthe Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew scriptverified
Judgementnounthe capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusionsverified
Judgement by DefaultnounMWEa judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in courtverified
Judgement DaynounMWEin the New Testament, the day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly livesverified
Judgement in RemnounMWEa judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing as opposed to one pronounced on personsverified
Judgement on the MeritsnounMWEjudgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presentedverified
Judgement on the PleadingsnounMWEa judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of lawverified
Judgmentnounthe capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusionsverified
Judgment by DefaultnounMWEa judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in courtverified
Judgment in RemnounMWEa judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing as opposed to one pronounced on personsverified
Judgment LiennounMWElien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgmentverified
Judgment of ConvictionnounMWEa final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposedverified
Judgment on the MeritsnounMWEjudgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presentedverified
Judgment on the PleadingsnounMWEa judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of lawverified
Judicatorynounthe system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmentverified
Judicaturenounthe system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmentverified
Judicial ActivismnounMWEthe judicial interpretation of law based largely on the personal or political opinions of the judge rather than strictly on current lawverified
Judicial AdmissionnounMWEan agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding relating to the business before the courtverified
Judicial BranchnounMWEthe branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justiceverified
Judicial DecisionnounMWEthe determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to itverified
Judicial ReviewnounMWEreview by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial courtverified
Judicial SalenounMWEa sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligationverified
Judicial SeparationnounMWEa judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apartverified
Judicial SystemnounMWEthe system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmentverified
Judicial TorturenounMWEtorture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officialsverified
Judiciarynounthe system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmentverified
Jug BandnounMWEa musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instrumentsverified
Jugal PointnounMWEthe craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic boneverified
Jugalenounthe craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic boneverified
Juicenounthe liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cookingverified
Juice 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
Juice ReamernounMWEa squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruitverified
Juicernouna squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruitverified
Jukenouna small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Juke HousenounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Juke JointnounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified