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   jammed
         adj 1: filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty
                  clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed
                  theater" [syn: {jammed}, {jam-packed}, {packed}]

English Dictionary: joint by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jane Doe
n
  1. an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jaunt
n
  1. a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
    Synonym(s): excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
v
  1. make a trip for pleasure
    Synonym(s): travel, trip, jaunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jaunty
adj
  1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
    Synonym(s): dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
  2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
    Synonym(s): chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jennet
n
  1. female donkey
    Synonym(s): jennet, jenny, jenny ass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jnd
n
  1. (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected
    Synonym(s): just- noticeable difference, jnd
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Dewey
n
  1. United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)
    Synonym(s): Dewey, John Dewey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Doe
n
  1. a hypothetical average man [syn: John Doe, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs, man in the street]
  2. an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joined
adj
  1. of or relating to two people who are married to each other
    Synonym(s): joined, united
  2. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
    Synonym(s): coupled, joined, linked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joint
adj
  1. united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
    Antonym(s): separate
  2. affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership"
  3. involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress"
n
  1. (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
    Synonym(s): joint, articulation, articulatio
  2. a disreputable place of entertainment
  3. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
    Synonym(s): articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction
  4. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
    Synonym(s): roast, joint
  5. junction by which parts or objects are joined together
  6. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
    Synonym(s): joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff
v
  1. fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly"
  2. provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
    Synonym(s): joint, articulate
  3. fasten with a joint
  4. separate (meat) at the joint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jomada I
n
  1. the fifth month of the Islamic calendar [syn: Jumada I, Jomada I]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jomada II
n
  1. the sixth month of the Islamic calendar [syn: Jumada II, Jomada II]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jumada I
n
  1. the fifth month of the Islamic calendar [syn: Jumada I, Jomada I]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jumada II
n
  1. the sixth month of the Islamic calendar [syn: Jumada II, Jomada II]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junta
n
  1. a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
    Synonym(s): military junta, junta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junto
n
  1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
    Synonym(s): cabal, faction, junto, camarilla
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jam \Jam\, n. [Prob. fr. jam, v.; but cf. also Ar. jamad ice,
      jelly, j[be]mid congealed, jamd congelation, ice.]
      A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as,
      raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
  
      {Jam nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
  
      {Jam weld} (Forging), a butt weld. See under {Butt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nut \Nut\, n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G.
      nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[94]t, Dan. n[94]d.]
      1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the
            almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting
            of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
  
      2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal),
            provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on
            a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or
            for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst {Bolt}.
  
      3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight.
  
      4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an
            anchor, to secure the stock in place.
  
      {Check nut}, {Jam nut}, {Lock nut}, a nut which is screwed up
            tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in
            order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
           
  
      {Nut buoy}. See under {Buoy}.
  
      {Nut coal}, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal
            and larger than pea coal; -- called also {chestnut coal}.
           
  
      {Nut crab} (Zo[94]l.), any leucosoid crab of the genus
            {Ebalia} as, {Ebalia tuberosa} of Europe.
  
      {Nut grass} (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family ({Cyperus
            rotundus}, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks
            bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant
            multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.
  
      {Nut lock}, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the
            corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by
            jarring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jam \Jam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jamming}.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs,
      or more likely from the same source as champ See {Champ}.]
      1. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to
            squeeze; to wedge in.
  
                     The . . . jammed in between two rocks. --De Foe.
  
      2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
            door. [Colloq.]
  
      3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half
            her upper sails are laid aback. --W. C. Russell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jant \Jant\, v. i.
      See {Jaunt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Janty \Jan"ty\, a.
      See {Jaunty}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jaunting}.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt,
      jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh.
      akin to E. jump. Cf. {Jaunce}.]
      1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
  
      2. To ride on a jaunting car.
  
      {Jaunting car}, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in
            Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting
            back to back. [Written also {jaunty car}.] --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. t.
      To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] --Bale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jaunt \Jaunt\, n.
      1. A wearisome journey. [R.]
  
                     Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his
                     a[89]ry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold,
                     betook him to his rest.                     --Milton.
  
      2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a
            short journey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. {Jauntier}; superl. {Jauntiest}.]
      [Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, and cf.
      {Genty}.]
      Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
      fantastical manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jenite \Je"nite\, n. (Min.)
      See {Yenite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yenite \Ye"nite\, n. [After Jena, in Germany.] (Min.)
      A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic
      crystals; -- also called {ilvaite}. [Spelt also {jenite}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jenite \Je"nite\, n. (Min.)
      See {Yenite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yenite \Ye"nite\, n. [After Jena, in Germany.] (Min.)
      A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic
      crystals; -- also called {ilvaite}. [Spelt also {jenite}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jennet \Jen"net\, n. [F. genet, Sp. jinete, orig., a mounted
      soldier, Ar. zen[be]ta a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its
      cavalry.]
      A small Spanish horse; a genet.

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]:
   Join \Join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joined}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Joining}.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L.
      jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See
      {Yoke}, and cf. {Conjugal}, {Junction}, {Junta}.]
      1. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in
            contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to
            associate; to add; to append.
  
                     Woe unto them that join house to house. --Is. v. 8.
  
                     Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like
                     twenty torches joined.                        --Shak.
  
                     Thy tuneful voice with numbers join.   --Dryden.
  
      2. To associate one's self to; to be or become connected
            with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to
            join a party; to join the church.
  
                     We jointly now to join no other head. --Dryden.
  
      3. To unite in marriage.
  
                     He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. --Wyclif.
  
                     What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not
                     man put asunder.                                 --Matt. xix.
                                                                              6.
  
      4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.]
  
                     They join them penance, as they call it. --Tyndale.
  
      5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join
            encounter, battle, issue. --Milton.
  
      {To join battle}, {To join issue}. See under {Battle},
            {Issue}.
  
      Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate;
               couple; link; append. See {Add}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
      See {Join}.]
      1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or
            united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces
            admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a
            joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
  
      2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion;
            an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the
            knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket
            joint. See {Articulation}.
  
                     A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must
                     glove this hand.                                 --Shak.
  
                     To tear thee joint by joint.               --Milton.
  
      3. The part or space included between two joints, knots,
            nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass
            stem; a joint of the leg.
  
      4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
            by the butcher for roasting.
  
      5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
            rock transverse to the stratification.
  
      6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two
            bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
            mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
  
      7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
            structure are secured together.
  
      {Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two
            courses of bricks or stones.
  
      {Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See
            under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc.
  
      {Joint bolt}, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood,
            one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of
            the pieces.
  
      {Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of
            abutting rails.
  
      {Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
            See under {Universal}.
  
      {Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.
  
      {Joint splice}, a re[89]nforce at a joint, to sustain the
            parts in their true relation.
  
      {Joint stool}.
            (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.
                  --Shak.
            (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint;
                  a joint chair.
  
      {Out of joint}, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of
            a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well
            together; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8]
            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joint \Joint\, a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.]
      1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
  
      2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
            produced by two or more working together.
  
                     I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.
  
      3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
            not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
            an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
            joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. [bd]Joint
            tenants of the world.[b8] --Donne.
  
      4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
            joint property; a joint bond.
  
                     A joint burden laid upon us all.         --Shak.
  
      {Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee
            composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
            body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
            of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing.
  
      {Joint meeting}, [or] {Joint session}, the meeting or session
            of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
            committees representing different corporations; a joint
            session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a
            United States senator. [bd]Such joint meeting shall not be
            dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
            the result declared.[b8] --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
  
      {Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution
            adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
            body. [bd]By the constitution of the United States and the
            rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
            between bills and joint resolutions.[b8] --Barclay
            (Digest).
  
      {Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding
            adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
            legislative assembly. [bd]Resolved, by the House of
            Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the
            sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
            remainder of the session.[b8] --Journal H. of R., U. S.
  
      {Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt,
            credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
            in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
            both together and individually thus a joint and several
            debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
            or either of them individually.
  
      {Joint stock}, stock held in company.
  
      {Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership,
            consisting generally of a large number of members, having
            a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
            the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
            without the consent of the rest.
  
      {Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of
            estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
            under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone.
  
      {Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
            tenancy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joint \Joint\, v. i.
      To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
      stones joint, neatly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jointing}.]
      1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare
            so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
  
                     Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
  
                     Jointing their force 'gainst C[91]sar. --Shak.
  
      3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
  
                     The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.
  
      4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or
            joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
            [bd]He joints the neck.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
                                                                              --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joint \Joint\, n.
      1. [{Jag} a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in
            something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a
            wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.]
  
      2. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together
            two flats or wings of an interior setting.
  
      3. A place of low resort, as for smoking opium. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Junta \Jun"ta\, n.; pl. {Juntas}. [Sp., fr. L. junctus joined,
      p. p. of jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Junto}.]
      A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the
      grand council of state in Spain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Junto \Jun"to\, n.; pl. {Juntos}. [Sp. junto united. See
      {Junta}.]
      A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or
      politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a
      faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of
      politicians.
  
               The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark
               cabals and mighty juntos met.                  -- Thomson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jeannette, PA (city, FIPS 37784)
      Location: 40.32723 N, 79.61409 W
      Population (1990): 11221 (5159 housing units)
      Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15644

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jennette, AR (town, FIPS 35040)
      Location: 35.16556 N, 90.40752 W
      Population (1990): 184 (49 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   John Day, OR (city, FIPS 37550)
      Location: 44.41843 N, 118.94940 W
      Population (1990): 1836 (810 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97845

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Juanita, ND
      Zip code(s): 58443

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Juniata, NE (village, FIPS 24950)
      Location: 40.58948 N, 98.50540 W
      Population (1990): 811 (293 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68955

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   JANET
  
      {Joint Academic NETwork}
  
  
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