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   jailed
         adj 1: being in captivity [syn: {captive}, {confined},
                  {imprisoned}, {jailed}]

English Dictionary: jewelled by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jelled
adj
  1. congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; "in Georgia they serve congealed salads"
    Synonym(s): congealed, jelled, jellied
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jellied
adj
  1. congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; "in Georgia they serve congealed salads"
    Synonym(s): congealed, jelled, jellied
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jeweled
adj
  1. covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jewelled
adj
  1. covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jewelweed
n
  1. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
    Synonym(s): jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jilt
n
  1. a woman who jilts a lover
v
  1. cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Joliet
n
  1. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
    Synonym(s): Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Joliot
n
  1. French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)
    Synonym(s): Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jolliet
n
  1. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
    Synonym(s): Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jollity
n
  1. feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn: jollity, jolliness, joviality]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jolt
n
  1. a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
    Synonym(s): jolt, jar, jounce, shock
  2. an abrupt spasmodic movement
    Synonym(s): jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
v
  1. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn: jolt, jar]
  2. disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jolty
adj
  1. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
    Synonym(s): rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
    Antonym(s): smooth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jellied \Jel"lied\, a.
      Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jelly \Jel"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jellied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jellying}.]
      To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of
      jelly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewel \Jew"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jeweled}, or {Jewelled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Jeweling}, or {Jewelling}.]
      To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a
      sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewel \Jew"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jeweled}, or {Jewelled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Jeweling}, or {Jewelling}.]
      To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a
      sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewelweed \Jew"el*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Impatiens}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Impatiens \[d8]Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)
      A genus of plants, several species of which have very
      beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules
      burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable
      force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and
      {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's
      slipper}) is the common garden balsam.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewelweed \Jew"el*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Impatiens}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Impatiens \[d8]Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)
      A genus of plants, several species of which have very
      beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules
      burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable
      force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and
      {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's
      slipper}) is the common garden balsam.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jilt \Jilt\, v. i.
      To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard
      lovers capriciously. --Congreve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jilt \Jilt\, n. [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a
      jill-flirt, dim. of jill a jill.]
      A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a
      flirt. --Otway.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jilt \Jilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jilting}.]
      To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive
      in love. --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jollity \Jol"li*ty\, n. [From {Jolly}: cf. OF. joliet[82],
      jolivet[82].]
      Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous
      enjoyment. --Chaucer.
  
               All now was turned to jollity and game.   --Milton.
  
               He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that
               quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into
               it.                                                         --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      Syn: Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jollyhead \Jol"ly*head\, n.
      Jollity. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolt \Jolt\ (j[omac]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jolted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and originally
      meaning, to knock on the head. See {Jowl}.]
      To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
      carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolt \Jolt\, v. t.
      To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a
      carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting
      horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the
      carriage and the passengers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolt \Jolt\, n.
      A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
      moving over rough ground.
  
               The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolty \Jolt"y\, a.
      That jolts; as, a jolty coach. [Colloq.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Joliet, IL (city, FIPS 38570)
      Location: 41.52672 N, 88.12244 W
      Population (1990): 76836 (29043 housing units)
      Area: 72.0 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60431, 60432, 60433
   Joliet, MT (town, FIPS 39700)
      Location: 45.48457 N, 108.97055 W
      Population (1990): 522 (276 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Joliette, ND
      Zip code(s): 58271

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Juliaetta, ID (city, FIPS 42130)
      Location: 46.57461 N, 116.70785 W
      Population (1990): 488 (234 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83535

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Juliette, GA
      Zip code(s): 31046

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   JOLT
  
      {Java Open Language Toolkit}
  
  
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