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   Jersey City
         n 1: a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)

English Dictionary: jrjestelmkamera by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jersey knapweed
n
  1. a variety of knapweed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jurassic
adj
  1. of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era
n
  1. from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
    Synonym(s): Jurassic, Jurassic period
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jurassic period
n
  1. from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
    Synonym(s): Jurassic, Jurassic period
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jury system
n
  1. a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos,
      OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh',
      L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.]
      1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with
            distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small
            capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so
            discharging the spores. There are many species,
            collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,
            and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
  
      Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other
               small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species
               of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,
               etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus
               {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and
               {Lycopodium}.
  
      2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses
            of the Scottish border.
  
      Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of
               words which need no special explanation; as,
               moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.
  
      {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}.
  
      {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.
            several species of the genus {Hypnum}.
  
      {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See
            {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}.
  
      {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}.
  
      {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,
            black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in
            part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}.
  
      {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan.
  
      {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium
            Oxycoccus}).
  
      {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene
            acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
            highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the
            Arctic circle.
  
      {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,
            forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the
            water is grained off or retained in its pores.
  
      {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P.
            subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the
            Middle United States, and often cultivated for its
            handsome flowers. --Gray.
  
      {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
            growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived
            from the Provence rose.
  
      {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J.
            squarrosus}).
  
      {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alderney \Al"der*ney\, n.
      One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the
      Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and
      are often called {Jersey cattle}. See {Jersey}, 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jersey \Jer"sey\, n.; pl. {Jerseys}. [From Jersey, the largest
      of the Channel Islands.]
      1. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool;
            also, fine yarn of wool.
  
      2. A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a
            closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic
            fabric (as stockinet).
  
      3. One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys
            are noted for the richness of their milk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jurassic \Ju*ras"sic\, a. (Geol.)
      Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in
      England and Europe, the Lias, O[94]lite, and Wealden; --
      named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. -- n. The
      Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the {Jura}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jericho Center, VT
      Zip code(s): 05465

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jerico Springs, MO (village, FIPS 37214)
      Location: 37.61889 N, 94.01054 W
      Population (1990): 247 (127 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64756

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jersey City, NJ (city, FIPS 36000)
      Location: 40.71130 N, 74.06496 W
      Population (1990): 228537 (90723 housing units)
      Area: 38.5 sq km (land), 16.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07302, 07304, 07305, 07306, 07307, 07310

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jersey County, IL (county, FIPS 83)
      Location: 39.08843 N, 90.35835 W
      Population (1990): 20539 (8216 housing units)
      Area: 956.3 sq km (land), 20.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jersey Shore, PA (borough, FIPS 38128)
      Location: 41.20074 N, 77.26696 W
      Population (1990): 4353 (1816 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Jerry Sussman
  
      {Gerald Sussman}
  
  
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