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   jambalaya
         n 1: spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or
               shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery

English Dictionary: John Philip Marquand by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean Paul Marat
n
  1. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793)
    Synonym(s): Marat, Jean Paul Marat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean-Paul Sartre
n
  1. French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
    Synonym(s): Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jean-Philippe Rameau
n
  1. French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764)
    Synonym(s): Rameau, Jean-Philippe Rameau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jeune fille
n
  1. a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Bull
n
  1. a man of English descent
    Synonym(s): limey, John Bull
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Fletcher
n
  1. prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
    Synonym(s): Fletcher, John Fletcher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Florio
n
  1. English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)
    Synonym(s): Florio, John Florio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Paul I
n
  1. the first Pope to assume a double name; he reigned for only 34 days (1912-1978)
    Synonym(s): John Paul I, Albino Luciano
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Paul II
n
  1. the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
    Synonym(s): John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Paul Jones
n
  1. American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
    Synonym(s): Jones, John Paul Jones
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Philip Marquand
n
  1. United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)
    Synonym(s): Marquand, John Marquand, John Philip Marquand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Philip Sousa
n
  1. a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
    Synonym(s): Sousa, John Philip Sousa, March King
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Johnny Appleseed
n
  1. United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
    Synonym(s): Chapman, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumbal
n
  1. small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie [syn: jumble, jumbal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumble
n
  1. a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
  2. small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie
    Synonym(s): jumble, jumbal
  3. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
    Synonym(s): patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble
v
  1. be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
    Synonym(s): jumble, mingle
  2. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
    Synonym(s): jumble, confuse, mix up
  3. bring into random order
    Synonym(s): scramble, jumble, throw together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumble sale
n
  1. a sale of donated articles [syn: rummage sale, {jumble sale}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumbled
adj
  1. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jump ball
n
  1. (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jambool \Jam"bool\, Jambul \Jam"bul\, n. [Hind. jamb[umac],
      jamb[umac]l, prop., the rose-apple tree or its fruit, fr.
      Skr. jambu, jamb[umac].]
      The Java plum; also, a drug obtained from its bark and seeds,
      used as a remedy for diabetes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jambool \Jam"bool\, Jambul \Jam"bul\, n. [Hind. jamb[umac],
      jamb[umac]l, prop., the rose-apple tree or its fruit, fr.
      Skr. jambu, jamb[umac].]
      The Java plum; also, a drug obtained from its bark and seeds,
      used as a remedy for diabetes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.]
      A proper name of a man.
  
      {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
            as {Apple-john}.
  
      {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical
            characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
            people.
  
      {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving.
  
      {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
            plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
  
      {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
            Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European
            food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive,
            with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round
            dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and
            {St. Peter's fish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle,
      Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr.
      the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any species of cattle
            ({Bovid[91]}); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as
            the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
  
      Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the
               oryx, a large species of antelope.
  
      2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or
            action. --Ps. xxii. 12.
  
      3. (Astron.)
            (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
            (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and
                  Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
  
                           At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And
                           the bright Bull receives him.      --Thomson.
  
      4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise
            in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise.
            See 4th {Bear}, n., 5.
  
      {Bull baiting}, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering
            them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.
  
      {John Bull}, a humorous name for the English, collectively;
            also, an Englishman. [bd]Good-looking young John Bull.[b8]
            --W. D.Howells.
  
      {To take the bull by the horns}, to grapple with a difficulty
            instead of avoiding it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.]
      A proper name of a man.
  
      {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
            as {Apple-john}.
  
      {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical
            characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
            people.
  
      {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving.
  
      {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
            plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
  
      {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
            Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European
            food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive,
            with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round
            dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and
            {St. Peter's fish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.]
      A proper name of a man.
  
      {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
            as {Apple-john}.
  
      {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical
            characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
            people.
  
      {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving.
  
      {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
            plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
  
      {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
            Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European
            food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive,
            with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round
            dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and
            {St. Peter's fish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apple-john \Ap"ple-john`\, n..
      A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; --
      called also {Johnapple}. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.]
      A proper name of a man.
  
      {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
            as {Apple-john}.
  
      {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical
            characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
            people.
  
      {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving.
  
      {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
            plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
  
      {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
            Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European
            food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive,
            with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round
            dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and
            {St. Peter's fish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apple-john \Ap"ple-john`\, n..
      A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; --
      called also {Johnapple}. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. i.
      To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.
      --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, n.
      1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order;
            as, a jumble of words.
  
      2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jumbling}.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or
      shake.]
      To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without
      order; -- often followed by together or up.
  
               Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
               together?                                                -- Burton.
  
               Every clime and age Jumbled together.      -- Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jequirity \Je*quir"i*ty\, n., [or] Jequirity bean \Je*quir"i*ty
   bean`\ [Prob. fr. a native name.] (Bot.)
      The seed of the wild licorice ({Abrus precatorius}) used by
      the people of India for beads in rosaries and necklaces, as a
      standard weight, etc.; -- called also {jumble bead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jumbling}.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or
      shake.]
      To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without
      order; -- often followed by together or up.
  
               Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
               together?                                                -- Burton.
  
               Every clime and age Jumbled together.      -- Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumblement \Jum"ble*ment\, n.
      Confused mixture. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumbler \Jum"bler\, n.
      One who confuses things.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jumbling}.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or
      shake.]
      To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without
      order; -- often followed by together or up.
  
               Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
               together?                                                -- Burton.
  
               Every clime and age Jumbled together.      -- Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumblingly \Jum"bling*ly\, adv.
      In a confused manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumpweld \Jump"weld`\, v. t.
      See {Buttweld}, v. t.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jan Phyl Village, FL (CDP, FIPS 35300)
      Location: 28.01161 N, 81.79120 W
      Population (1990): 5308 (1955 housing units)
      Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jim Falls, WI
      Zip code(s): 54748
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