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   J. C. Maxwell
         n 1: Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and
               magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of
               light (1831-1879) [syn: {Maxwell}, {J. C. Maxwell}, {James
               Clerk Maxwell}]

English Dictionary: John Galbraith by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Albert Michener
n
  1. United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997) [syn: Michener, James Michener, James Albert Michener]
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James Alfred Van Allen
n
  1. United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)
    Synonym(s): Van Allen, James Alfred Van Allen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Clark Ross
n
  1. British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
    Synonym(s): Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Clerk Maxwell
n
  1. Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
    Synonym(s): Maxwell, J. C. Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Cleveland Owens
n
  1. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
    Synonym(s): Owens, Jesse Owens, James Cleveland Owens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Langston Hughes
n
  1. United States writer (1902-1967) [syn: Hughes, {Langston Hughes}, James Langston Hughes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Leonard Farmer
n
  1. United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
    Synonym(s): Farmer, James Leonard Farmer
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James William Fulbright
n
  1. United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
    Synonym(s): Fulbright, William Fulbright, James William Fulbright
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
James Wilson
n
  1. American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
    Synonym(s): Wilson, James Wilson
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jangle
n
  1. a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
    Synonym(s): jingle, jangle
v
  1. make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
    Synonym(s): jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jangling
adj
  1. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"
    Synonym(s): jangling, jangly
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jangly
adj
  1. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"
    Synonym(s): jangling, jangly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Caulvin
n
  1. Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
    Synonym(s): Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
n
  1. French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891)
    Synonym(s): Rimbaud, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean-Claude Duvalier
n
  1. son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
    Synonym(s): Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jemaah Islamiyah
n
  1. a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
    Synonym(s): Jemaah Islamiyah, JI, Islamic Group, Islamic Community, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Malaysia Militant Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jingle
n
  1. a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
    Synonym(s): jingle, jangle
  2. a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
    Synonym(s): doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle
v
  1. make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
    Synonym(s): jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jingle-jangle
v
  1. make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
    Synonym(s): jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jingling
adj
  1. having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells"
    Synonym(s): jingling, jingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jingly
adj
  1. having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells"
    Synonym(s): jingling, jingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Johan Julius Christian Sibelius
n
  1. Finnish composer (1865-1957) [syn: Sibelius, {Jean Sibelius}, Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Calvin
n
  1. Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
    Synonym(s): Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Eccles
n
  1. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
    Synonym(s): Eccles, John Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Galbraith
n
  1. United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
    Synonym(s): Galbraith, John Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Galsworthy
n
  1. English novelist (1867-1933) [syn: Galsworthy, {John Galsworthy}]
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John Glenn
n
  1. made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
    Synonym(s): Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Macleod
n
  1. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
    Synonym(s): Macleod, John Macleod, John James Rickard Macleod
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Wesley
n
  1. English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)
    Synonym(s): Wesley, John Wesley
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John Wickliffe
n
  1. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
    Synonym(s): Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, Wyclif, John Wyclif, Wiclif, John Wiclif
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Wiclif
n
  1. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
    Synonym(s): Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, Wyclif, John Wyclif, Wiclif, John Wiclif
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Wyclif
n
  1. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
    Synonym(s): Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, Wyclif, John Wyclif, Wiclif, John Wiclif
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Wycliffe
n
  1. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
    Synonym(s): Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, Wyclif, John Wyclif, Wiclif, John Wiclif
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jonas Salk
n
  1. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
    Synonym(s): Salk, Jonas Salk, Jonas Edward Salk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jongleur
n
  1. a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jonquil
n
  1. widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers
    Synonym(s): jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla
  2. often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jungle
n
  1. a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
  2. a place where hoboes camp
    Synonym(s): hobo camp, jungle
  3. an impenetrable equatorial forest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jungle cat
n
  1. small Asiatic wildcat
    Synonym(s): jungle cat, Felis chaus
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jungle cock
n
  1. male jungle fowl
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jungle fever
n
  1. severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions
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jungle fowl
n
  1. small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
    Synonym(s): jungle fowl, gallina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jungle gym
n
  1. a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play
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jungle hen
n
  1. female jungle fowl
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jungle rot
n
  1. skin disorder induced by a tropical climate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jungly
adj
  1. overgrown with tropical vegetation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
      quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
      to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
      1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
  
      2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
            [bd]Thou janglest as a jay.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
  
                     Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
                     unmelodious manner.                           --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. t.
      To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce
      discordant sounds with.
  
               Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangle \Jan"gle\, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.]
      1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. --Chaucer.
  
      2. Discordant sound; wrangling.
  
                     The musical jangle of sleigh bells.   --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
      quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
      to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
      1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
  
      2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
            [bd]Thou janglest as a jay.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
  
                     Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
                     unmelodious manner.                           --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangler \Jan"gler\, n. [Cf. OF. jangleor.]
      1. An idle talker; a babbler; a prater. --Chaucer.
  
      2. A wrangling, noisy fellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangleress \Jan"gler*ess\, n.
      A female prater or babbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Janglery \Jan"gler*y\, n. [Cf. OF. janglerie chattering, talk.]
      Jangling. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
      Producing discordant sounds. [bd]A jangling noise.[b8]
      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
      1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
  
                     From which some, having swerved, have turned aside
                     unto vain jangling.                           --1 Tim. i. 6.
  
      2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
      quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
      to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
      1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
  
      2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
            [bd]Thou janglest as a jay.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
  
                     Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
                     unmelodious manner.                           --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Janus \Ja"nus\, n. [L. See {January}.] (Rom. Antiq.)
      A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite
      directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the
      covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually
      called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and
      closed in peace. --Dr. W. Smith.
  
      {Janus cloth}, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides
            being of different colors, -- used for reversible
            garments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingal \Jin*gal"\, n. [Hind. jang[be]l a swivel, a large
      musket.]
      A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.
      [Written also {gingal} and {jingall}.] [India]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingal \Jin*gal"\, n. [Hind. jang[be]l a swivel, a large
      musket.]
      A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.
      [Written also {gingal} and {jingall}.] [India]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E.
      chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
      1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or
            tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also
            {gingle}.]
  
      2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. [bd]Jingling
            street ballads.[b8] --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jingled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jingling}.]
      To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or
      as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
  
               The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. -- Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, n.
      1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
            bells or pieces of metal.
  
      2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
  
                     If you plant where savages are, do not only
                     entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them
                     justly.                                             -- Bacon.
  
      3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
            verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.[bd] The
            least jingle of verse.[b8] --Guardian.
  
      {Jingle shell}. See {Gold shell}
            (b), under {Gold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, n.
      1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
            bells or pieces of metal.
  
      2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
  
                     If you plant where savages are, do not only
                     entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them
                     justly.                                             -- Bacon.
  
      3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
            verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.[bd] The
            least jingle of verse.[b8] --Guardian.
  
      {Jingle shell}. See {Gold shell}
            (b), under {Gold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp.
            oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina},
            bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes
            cultivated for the oil of its seeds.
  
      {Gold shell}.
            (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up
                  with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use;
                  -- called also {gold paint}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the
                  Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and
                  {silver shell}. See {Anomia}.
  
      {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf.
  
      {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve
            parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.
  
      {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English
            lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions;
            -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the
            sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of
            the regiment. [Eng.]
  
      {Gold thread}.
            (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread
                  of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold.
                  --Ure.
            (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so
                  called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in
                  marshy places in the United States.
  
      {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.
           
  
      {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon
            book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.
  
      {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is
            separated from lighter material by washing.
  
      {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.]
  
      {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to
            one of copper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, n.
      1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
            bells or pieces of metal.
  
      2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
  
                     If you plant where savages are, do not only
                     entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them
                     justly.                                             -- Bacon.
  
      3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
            verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.[bd] The
            least jingle of verse.[b8] --Guardian.
  
      {Jingle shell}. See {Gold shell}
            (b), under {Gold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp.
            oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina},
            bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes
            cultivated for the oil of its seeds.
  
      {Gold shell}.
            (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up
                  with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use;
                  -- called also {gold paint}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the
                  Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and
                  {silver shell}. See {Anomia}.
  
      {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf.
  
      {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve
            parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.
  
      {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English
            lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions;
            -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the
            sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of
            the regiment. [Eng.]
  
      {Gold thread}.
            (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread
                  of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold.
                  --Ure.
            (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so
                  called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in
                  marshy places in the United States.
  
      {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.
           
  
      {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon
            book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.
  
      {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is
            separated from lighter material by washing.
  
      {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.]
  
      {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to
            one of copper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jingled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jingling}.]
      To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or
      as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
  
               The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. -- Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingler \Jin"gler\, n.
      One who, or that which, jingles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jingled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jingling}.]
      To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or
      as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
  
               The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. -- Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jingling \Jin"gling\, n.
      The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound
      itself; a chink. [bd]The jingling of the guinea.[b8]
      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jinglingly \Jin"gling*ly\, adv.
      So as to jingle. --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jongleur \Jon"gleur\, Jongler \Jon"gler\, n. [F. jongleur. See
      {Juggler}.]
      1. In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who,
            for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own
            composition. See {Troubadour}.
  
                     Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's
                     verse.                                                --J R. Green.
  
      2. A juggler; a conjuror. See {Juggler}. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jongleur \Jon"gleur\, Jongler \Jon"gler\, n. [F. jongleur. See
      {Juggler}.]
      1. In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who,
            for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own
            composition. See {Troubadour}.
  
                     Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's
                     verse.                                                --J R. Green.
  
      2. A juggler; a conjuror. See {Juggler}. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jonquil \Jon"quil\, Jonquille \Jon"quille\, n. [F. jonquille,
      fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves.] (Bot.)
      A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus ({N. Jonquilla}),
      allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and
      yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic
      properties. It is sometimes called the {rush-leaved
      daffodil}. See Illust. of {Corona}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jonquil \Jon"quil\, Jonquille \Jon"quille\, n. [F. jonquille,
      fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves.] (Bot.)
      A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus ({N. Jonquilla}),
      allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and
      yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic
      properties. It is sometimes called the {rush-leaved
      daffodil}. See Illust. of {Corona}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jungle \Jun"gle\, n. [Hind. jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr.
      ja[?]gala desert.]
      A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an
      almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy
      vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other
            palms, very difficult to penetrate.            -- Balfour
                                                                              (Cyc. of
                                                                              India).
  
      {Jungle bear} (Zo[94]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.
  
      {Jungle cat} (Zo[94]l.), the chaus.
  
      {Jungle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.
  
      {Jungle fowl}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several
            species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the
            fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G.
            Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India.
  
      Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
               supposed to be one of the original species from which
               the domestic fowl was derived.
      (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
            which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
            latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
            where they are hatched by the heat produced by
            decomposition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl[?]w[?], fr.
      sl[be]w slow. See {Slow}.]
      1. Slowness; tardiness.
  
                     These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This
                     dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.      --Shak.
  
      2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;
            idleness.
  
                     [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and
                     sloth.                                                --Milton.
  
                     Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
                                                                              --Franklin.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal
            edentates constituting the family {Bradypodid[91]}, and
            the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and
            long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth
            (see Illust. of {Edentata}), and the ears and tail are
            rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and
            Mexico.
  
      Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera {Bradypus}
               and {Arctopithecus}, of which several species have been
               described. They have three toes on each foot. The
               best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus
               tridactylus}), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The
               two-toed sloths, consisting the genus {Cholopus}, have
               two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.
               The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus}) of
               South America. See {Unau}. Another species ({C.
               Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large
               extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and
               Mylodon, are often called sloths.
  
      {Australian, [or] Native} {sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala.
  
      {Sloth animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a tardigrade.
  
      {Sloth bear} (Zo[94]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear
            ({Melursus ursinus, [or] labiatus}), native of India and
            Ceylon; -- called also {aswail}, {labiated bear}, and
            {jungle bear}. It is easily tamed and can be taught many
            tricks.
  
      {Sloth monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a loris.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other
            palms, very difficult to penetrate.            -- Balfour
                                                                              (Cyc. of
                                                                              India).
  
      {Jungle bear} (Zo[94]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.
  
      {Jungle cat} (Zo[94]l.), the chaus.
  
      {Jungle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.
  
      {Jungle fowl}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several
            species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the
            fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G.
            Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India.
  
      Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
               supposed to be one of the original species from which
               the domestic fowl was derived.
      (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
            which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
            latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
            where they are hatched by the heat produced by
            decomposition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl[?]w[?], fr.
      sl[be]w slow. See {Slow}.]
      1. Slowness; tardiness.
  
                     These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This
                     dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.      --Shak.
  
      2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;
            idleness.
  
                     [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and
                     sloth.                                                --Milton.
  
                     Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
                                                                              --Franklin.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal
            edentates constituting the family {Bradypodid[91]}, and
            the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and
            long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth
            (see Illust. of {Edentata}), and the ears and tail are
            rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and
            Mexico.
  
      Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera {Bradypus}
               and {Arctopithecus}, of which several species have been
               described. They have three toes on each foot. The
               best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus
               tridactylus}), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The
               two-toed sloths, consisting the genus {Cholopus}, have
               two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.
               The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus}) of
               South America. See {Unau}. Another species ({C.
               Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large
               extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and
               Mylodon, are often called sloths.
  
      {Australian, [or] Native} {sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala.
  
      {Sloth animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a tardigrade.
  
      {Sloth bear} (Zo[94]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear
            ({Melursus ursinus, [or] labiatus}), native of India and
            Ceylon; -- called also {aswail}, {labiated bear}, and
            {jungle bear}. It is easily tamed and can be taught many
            tricks.
  
      {Sloth monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a loris.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other
            palms, very difficult to penetrate.            -- Balfour
                                                                              (Cyc. of
                                                                              India).
  
      {Jungle bear} (Zo[94]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.
  
      {Jungle cat} (Zo[94]l.), the chaus.
  
      {Jungle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.
  
      {Jungle fowl}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several
            species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the
            fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G.
            Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India.
  
      Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
               supposed to be one of the original species from which
               the domestic fowl was derived.
      (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
            which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
            latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
            where they are hatched by the heat produced by
            decomposition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other
            palms, very difficult to penetrate.            -- Balfour
                                                                              (Cyc. of
                                                                              India).
  
      {Jungle bear} (Zo[94]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.
  
      {Jungle cat} (Zo[94]l.), the chaus.
  
      {Jungle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.
  
      {Jungle fowl}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several
            species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the
            fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G.
            Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India.
  
      Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
               supposed to be one of the original species from which
               the domestic fowl was derived.
      (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
            which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
            latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
            where they are hatched by the heat produced by
            decomposition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other
            palms, very difficult to penetrate.            -- Balfour
                                                                              (Cyc. of
                                                                              India).
  
      {Jungle bear} (Zo[94]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.
  
      {Jungle cat} (Zo[94]l.), the chaus.
  
      {Jungle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.
  
      {Jungle fowl}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several
            species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the
            fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G.
            Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India.
  
      Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
               supposed to be one of the original species from which
               the domestic fowl was derived.
      (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
            which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
            latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
            where they are hatched by the heat produced by
            decomposition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jungly \Jun"gly\, a.
      Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature
      of a jungle.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Juncal, PR (comunidad, FIPS 39470)
      Location: 18.31570 N, 66.91938 W
      Population (1990): 1122 (357 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   James Clark
  
      {Dr. James H. Clark}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Jim Clark
  
      {Dr. James H. Clark}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   John Gilmore
  
      A noted {Unix} {hacker} who cofounder of {Usenet}'s
      anarchic alt.* {newsgroup} {hierarchy} with {Brian Reid}.
  
      E-mail: John Gilmore .
  
      (1995-04-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   John Mauchly
  
      /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John
      W. Mauchly, one of the developers of {ENIAC}.
  
      (2002-10-06)
  
  
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