English Dictionary: Jean Baptiste Lully |
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
n 1: French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875) [syn:
{Corot}, {Jean Baptiste Camille Corot}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
- n
- French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from
the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
Synonym(s): Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
- n
- French general who commanded French troops in the American
Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
Synonym(s): Rochambeau, Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
- n
- French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and
studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Synonym(s): Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean Baptiste Lully
- n
- French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer
to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)
Synonym(s): Lully, Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli, Giambattista Lulli
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean Baptiste Racine
- n
- French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works
on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
Synonym(s): Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- n
- French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673) [syn:
Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
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- John Hope Franklin
- n
- United States historian noted for studies of Black American
history (born in 1915)
Synonym(s): Franklin, John Hope Franklin
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jumbie bead
- n
- West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger
and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
Synonym(s): jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jumby bead
- n
- West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger
and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
Synonym(s): jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jumby bean
- n
- small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having
large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
Synonym(s): bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jump off
- v
- set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped
off to a good start in his math class"
- jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
Synonym(s): jump, leap, jump off
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jane-of-apes \Jane"-of-apes"\, n.
A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes.
--Massinger.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: |
jump off into never-never land v. [from J. M. Barrie's "Peter
Pan"] Same as {branch to Fishkill}, but more common in technical
cultures associated with non-IBM computers that use the term `jump'
rather than `branch'. Compare {hyperspace}.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
jump off into never-never land
[J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"] Same as {branch to Fishkill}, but
more common in technical cultures associated with non-{IBM}
computers that use the term "jump" rather than "branch".
Compare {hyperspace}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-12-15)
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