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Jean Louis Charles Garnier
n 1: French architect (1825-1898) [syn: {Garnier}, {Jean Louis
Charles Garnier}]
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- Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
- n
- United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied
fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
Synonym(s): Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean Luc Godard
- n
- French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work
explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930)
Synonym(s): Godard, Jean Luc Godard
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
- n
- United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat
generation (1922-1969)
Synonym(s): Kerouac, Jack Kerouac, Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- John L. Lewis
- n
- United States labor leader who was president of the United
Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
Synonym(s): Lewis, John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis
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- John Lackland
- n
- youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to
1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
Synonym(s): John, King John, John Lackland
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- John le Carre
- n
- English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931) [syn:
le Carre, John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell]
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- John Locke
- n
- English empiricist philosopher who believed that all
knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
Synonym(s): Locke, John Locke
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- John Walker
- n
- New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to
run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
Synonym(s): Walker, John Walker
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- John Wilkes
- n
- English reformer who published attacks on George III and
supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
Synonym(s): Wilkes, John Wilkes
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- John Wilkes Booth
- n
- United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln
(1838-1865)
Synonym(s): Booth, John Wilkes Booth
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
(a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,
nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the
United States, and often appearing in large flocks during
snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked
with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},
{snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.
(b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern
United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See
{Junco}.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jemlah goat \Jem"lah goat`\ (Zo[94]l.)
The jharal.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Jim Wells County, TX (county, FIPS 249)
Location: 27.73340 N, 98.09040 W
Population (1990): 37679 (13948 housing units)
Area: 2239.4 sq km (land), 9.5 sq km (water)
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
June Lake, CA
Zip code(s): 93529
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From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: |
Jamlech, reigning; asking counsel
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