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   Jacques Derrida
         n 1: French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent
               of deconstructionism (1930-2004) [syn: {Derrida}, {Jacques
               Derrida}]

English Dictionary: Jacques Etienne Montgolfier by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
n
  1. French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
    Synonym(s): Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Tati
n
  1. French filmmaker (1908-1982) [syn: Tati, Jacques Tati, Jacques Tatischeff]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Tatischeff
n
  1. French filmmaker (1908-1982) [syn: Tati, Jacques Tati, Jacques Tatischeff]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jessica Tandy
n
  1. United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)
    Synonym(s): Tandy, Jessica Tandy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jocasta
n
  1. (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jocosity
n
  1. fun characterized by humor
    Synonym(s): jocosity, jocularity
  2. the trait of merry joking
    Synonym(s): jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, humorousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jokester
n
  1. a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes [syn: joker, jokester]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.]
      1. The male ass; a donkey.
  
      2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
  
      {Jackass bark} (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the
            foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
  
      {Jackass deer} (Zo[94]l.), the koba.
  
      {Jackass hare}, {Jackass rabbit} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jack
            rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jackass penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any species of penguin of the
            genus {Spheniscus}, of which several are known. One
            species ({S. demersus}) inhabits the islands near the Cape
            of Good Hope; another ({S. Magellanicus}) is found at the
            Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an
            ass; -- hence the name.
  
      {Laughing jackass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Laughing}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jocosity \Jo*cos"i*ty\, n.
      A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juicy \Jui"cy\, a. [Compar. {Juicier}; superl. {Juiciest}.]
      A bounding with juice; succulent. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jukes The \Jukes, The\
      A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters,
      the [bd]Jukes[b8] sisters, whose husbands were sons of a
      backwoodsman of Dutch descent. They lived in the State of New
      York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as
      an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral
      tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those
      traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have
      cost society $1,308,000 in 75 years.
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