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   Jacksonian
         adj 1: of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or
                  his concepts of popular democracy
         n 1: a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas

English Dictionary: Jasmine tobacco by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacksonian epilepsy
n
  1. focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jaish-e-Muhammad
n
  1. a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings
    Synonym(s): Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM, Army of Muhammad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jaish-i-Mohammed
n
  1. a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings
    Synonym(s): Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM, Army of Muhammad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jasmine
n
  1. any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jasmine tobacco
n
  1. South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
    Synonym(s): flowering tobacco, Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jasminum
n
  1. shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine
    Synonym(s): Jasminum, genus Jasminum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jasminum mesnyi
n
  1. evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China
    Synonym(s): primrose jasmine, Jasminum mesnyi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jasminum nudiflorum
n
  1. deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter- blooming yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jasminum officinale
n
  1. a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
    Synonym(s): common jasmine, true jasmine, jessamine, Jasminum officinale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jasminum sambac
n
  1. East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers
    Synonym(s): Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jazzman
n
  1. a musician who plays or composes jazz music [syn: {jazz musician}, jazzman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jejuneness
n
  1. lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility]
  2. the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
    Synonym(s): jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness
  3. quality of lacking nutritive value
    Synonym(s): jejunity, jejuneness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jejunum
n
  1. the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jessamine
n
  1. a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
    Synonym(s): common jasmine, true jasmine, jessamine, Jasminum officinale
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackman \Jack"man\, n.; pl. {Jackmen}.
      1. One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d
            {Jack}, n.
  
                     Christie . . . the laird's chief jackman. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. A cream cheese. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackman \Jack"man\, n.; pl. {Jackmen}.
      1. One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d
            {Jack}, n.
  
                     Christie . . . the laird's chief jackman. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. A cream cheese. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p,
      sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
      OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
            genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both
            hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
  
      Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size,
               in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
               size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
               domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
               breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
               for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
               long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
               remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
               often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
               which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
               always has four horns.
  
      2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
  
      3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
            and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
  
      {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}.
  
      {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}.
  
      {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
            {Estrus}.
  
      {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
  
      {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
            angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
           
  
      {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina})
            related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
            spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
  
      {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
            and graze.
  
      {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
            Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
            conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
  
      {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana})
            having much the appearance of scabious.
  
      {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
            characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
            the skin.
  
      {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}.
  
      {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends
            of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
            often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
            called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
  
      {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
            Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
            soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
           
  
      {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida
            commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety
            {gossypina}).
  
      {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect
            ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
            its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
            blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and
            {sheep louse}.
  
      {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
  
      {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and
            {O[94]rial}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n,
      Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf.
      {Jessamine}.] (Bot.)
      A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a
      peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the
      south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is
      {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East
      Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum
      sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are
      called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis}
      and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.]
  
      {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida},
            a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China,
            and hardy in the Southern United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jejune \Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren,
      scanty; of unknown origin.]
      1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
  
      2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune
            narrative. - {Je*june"ly}, adv. -- {Je*june"ness}, n.
            --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n,
      Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf.
      {Jessamine}.] (Bot.)
      A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a
      peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the
      south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is
      {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East
      Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum
      sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are
      called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis}
      and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.]
  
      {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida},
            a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China,
            and hardy in the Southern United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jessamine \Jes"sa*mine\, n. (Bot.)
      Same as {Jasmine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[be]sm[c6]n,
      Pers. y[be]sm[c6]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf.
      {Jessamine}.] (Bot.)
      A shrubby plant of the genus {Jasminum}, bearing flowers of a
      peculiarly fragrant odor. The {J. officinale}, common in the
      south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is
      {J. Sambac}, and, with {J. angustifolia}, comes from the East
      Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the {Gelseminum
      sempervirens} (see {Gelsemium}). Several other plants are
      called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of {Calotropis}
      and {Faramea}. [Written also {jessamine}.]
  
      {Cape jasmine}, or {Cape jessamine}, the {Gardenia florida},
            a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China,
            and hardy in the Southern United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jessamine \Jes"sa*mine\, n. (Bot.)
      Same as {Jasmine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jugement \Jug"e*ment\, n.
      Judgment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackman, ME
      Zip code(s): 04945

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jasmine Estates, FL (CDP, FIPS 35350)
      Location: 28.29264 N, 82.69035 W
      Population (1990): 17136 (9309 housing units)
      Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jessamine County, KY (county, FIPS 113)
      Location: 37.87179 N, 84.58233 W
      Population (1990): 30508 (11209 housing units)
      Area: 448.5 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jachin and Boaz
      the names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1
      Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in
      circumference (Jer. 52:21, 23; 1 Kings 7:17-21). They had
      doubtless a symbolical import.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jeshimon
      the waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the
      Dead Sea (Num. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam. 23:19, 24); or rather not a
      proper name at all, but simply "the waste" or "wilderness," the
      district on which the plateau of Ziph (q.v.) looks down.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jokmeam
      gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with
      its suburbs to the Levites (1 Chr. 6:68). It lay somewhere in
      the Jordan valley (1 Kings 4:12, R.V.; but in A.V. incorrectly
      "Jokneam").
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jokneam
      gathered by the people, (Josh. 19:11; 21:34), a city "of Carmel"
      (12:22), i.e., on Carmel, allotted with its suburbs to the
      Merarite Levites. It is the modern Tell Kaimon, about 12 miles
      south-west of Nazareth, on the south of the river Kishon.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Jekamean, the people shall arise
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Jeshimon, solitude; desolation
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Jokmeam, confirmation, or revenge, of the people
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Jokneam, possessing, or building up, of the people
  
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