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   Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
         n 1: French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875) [syn:
               {Corot}, {Jean Baptiste Camille Corot}]

English Dictionary: John Hope Franklin by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
n
  1. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
    Synonym(s): Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
n
  1. French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
    Synonym(s): Rochambeau, Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
n
  1. French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
    Synonym(s): Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Baptiste Lully
n
  1. French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)
    Synonym(s): Lully, Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli, Giambattista Lulli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Baptiste Racine
n
  1. French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
    Synonym(s): Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
n
  1. French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673) [syn: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Hope Franklin
n
  1. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
    Synonym(s): Franklin, John Hope Franklin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumbie bead
n
  1. West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
    Synonym(s): jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumby bead
n
  1. West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
    Synonym(s): jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumby bean
n
  1. small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
    Synonym(s): bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jump off
v
  1. set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class"
  2. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
    Synonym(s): jump, leap, jump off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jane-of-apes \Jane"-of-apes"\, n.
      A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes.
      --Massinger.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   jump off into never-never land v.   [from J. M. Barrie's "Peter
   Pan"] Same as {branch to Fishkill}, but more common in technical
   cultures associated with non-IBM computers that use the term `jump'
   rather than `branch'.   Compare {hyperspace}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   jump off into never-never land
  
      [J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"] Same as {branch to Fishkill}, but
      more common in technical cultures associated with non-{IBM}
      computers that use the term "jump" rather than "branch".
  
      Compare {hyperspace}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-12-15)
  
  
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