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   jail cell
         n 1: a room where a prisoner is kept [syn: {cell}, {jail cell},
               {prison cell}]

English Dictionary: jail cell by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jealously
adv
  1. with jealousy; "he guarded his privacy jealously"
  2. with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously"
    Synonym(s): enviously, covetously, jealously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joylessly
adv
  1. in a joyless manner; without joy; "she greeted her guests joylessly"
    Antonym(s): gleefully, joyfully, joyously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
n
  1. French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
    Synonym(s): Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Julio Iglesias
n
  1. Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943)
    Synonym(s): Iglesias, Julio Iglesias
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Julius Ullman
n
  1. United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
    Synonym(s): Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jealously \Jeal"ous*ly\, adv.
      In a jealous manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joule's law \Joule's law\
      1. (Elec.) The law that the rate at which heat is produced in
            any part of an electric circuit is measured by the product
            of the square of the current into the resistance of that
            part of the circuit. If the current (i) is constant for an
            interval of time (t), the energy (H) in heat units equals
            i^{2}Rt, R being resistance.
  
      2. (Thermodynamics) The law that there is no change of
            temperature when a gas expands without doing external work
            and without receiving or rejecting heat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
      Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
      {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.
  
               With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
  
               Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
  
               [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and
               spurns the growing grass.                        --Dryden.
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