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   J. E. Johnston
         n 1: Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the
               Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891) [syn:
               {Johnston}, {J. E. Johnston}, {Joseph Eggleston Johnston}]

English Dictionary: juiciness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jack mackerel
n
  1. a California food fish [syn: horse mackerel, {jack mackerel}, Spanish mackerel, saurel, Trachurus symmetricus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jack Nicklaus
n
  1. United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940)
    Synonym(s): Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus, Jack William Nicklaus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jacking off
n
  1. slang for masturbation [syn: jacking off, jerking off, hand job, wank]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacquinia keyensis
n
  1. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
    Synonym(s): barbasco, joewood, Jacquinia keyensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jazz musician
n
  1. a musician who plays or composes jazz music [syn: {jazz musician}, jazzman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jejunostomy
n
  1. surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jesse Owens
n
  1. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
    Synonym(s): Owens, Jesse Owens, James Cleveland Owens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jogging
n
  1. running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joking
adj
  1. characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jesting, jocose, jocular, joking]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jokingly
adv
  1. in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
    Synonym(s): jokingly, jestingly
  2. not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
    Synonym(s): facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheek
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joyousness
n
  1. the emotion of great happiness [syn: joy, joyousness, joyfulness]
    Antonym(s): sorrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juiciness
n
  1. a juicy appetizingness [syn: succulence, succulency, juiciness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jus sanguinis
n
  1. the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jacana \Jac"a*na`\, n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana}
      and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the
      wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds
      by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also
      {surgeon bird}.
  
      Note: The most common South American species is {Jacana
               spinosa}. The East Indian or pheasant jacana
               ({Hydrophasianus chirurgus}) is remarkable for having
               four very long, curved, middle tail feathers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
            California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of
            Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black
            above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become
            white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.
            campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in
            winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
      {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
            used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
            States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
            resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
            pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
            in some styles of building.
  
      {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
      {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
      {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
            factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
            gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
            means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
      {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
            the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
            needles.
  
      {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
            which the jack is hoisted.
  
      {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
            studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
            others.
  
      {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
      {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
            the roof has not its full section.
  
      {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
            the gaff.
  
      {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
      {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
            forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
            press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
            of liquid, as oil.
  
      {Jack-at-a-pinch}.
            (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
                  emergency.
            (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
                  service for a fee.
  
      {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind
            of work.
  
      {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}
            ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows
            under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not
            unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.
            --Eng. Cyc.
  
      {Jack-in-a-box}.
            (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which
                  bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated
                  calyx.
            (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,
                  when the lid is raised, a figure springs.
            (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for
                  transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a
                  manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
                  applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road
                  locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an
                  equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
                  {compensating gearing}.
            (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
                  crosspiece of a rude press.
  
      {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
      {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
            ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).
  
      {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
            of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
      {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma
            triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix
            is inclosed.
  
      {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).
           
  
      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old
            clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
      {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
      {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is
            turned out. --Shak.
  
      {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery
            story.
  
      {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.
            (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper
                  speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns
                  to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.
            (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in
                  illumination the features of a human face, etc.
  
      {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
            flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sinker \Sink"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically:
      (a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
      (b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or
            other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the
            needles.
  
      {Dividing sinker}, in knitting machines, a sinker between two
            jack sinkers and acting alternately with them.
  
      {Jack sinker}. See under {Jack}, n.
  
      {Sinker bar}.
      (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the
            sinkers is attached.
      (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection
            between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the
            jars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jag \Jag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jagging}.]
      To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
      [Written also {jagg}.]
  
      {Jagging iron}, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for
            cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jag \Jag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jagging}.]
      To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
      [Written also {jagg}.]
  
      {Jagging iron}, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for
            cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewish \Jew"ish\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or
      resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. --
      {Jew"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Jew"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jig \Jig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jigging}.]
      1. To sing to the tune of a jig.
  
                     Jig off a tune at the tongue's end.   -- Shak.
  
      2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. --Ford.
  
      3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
            See {Jigging}, n.
  
      4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a
            jigging machine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jigging \Jig"ging\, n. (Mining)
      The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a
      jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in
      water.
  
      {Jigging machine}.
      (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of
            jigging.
      (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter
            and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided
            or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an
            irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jigging \Jig"ging\, n. (Mining)
      The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a
      jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in
      water.
  
      {Jigging machine}.
      (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of
            jigging.
      (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter
            and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided
            or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an
            irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jockey \Jock"ey\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jockeyed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Jockeying}.]
      1. [bd] To jostle by riding against one.[b8] --Johnson.
  
      2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose
            upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jockeying \Jock"ey*ing\, n.
      The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.
      --Beaconsfield.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jog \Jog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jogging}.] [OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E.
      shog, shock, v.]
      1. To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp.,
            to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's
            attention, or to warn.
  
                     Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see
                     Yonder well-favored youth?                  --Donne.
  
                     Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my
                     side.                                                --Pope.
  
      2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention
            of; as, to jog the memory.
  
      3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See {Jog},
            v. i.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jogging \Jog"ging\, n.
      The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joke \Joke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Joking}.]
      To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter;
      as, to joke a comrade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jokingly \Jok"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a joking way; sportively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jouissance \Jou"is*sance\, n. [F., fr. jouir to enjoy, fr. L.
      gaudere to rejoice.]
      Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joyous \Joy"ous\, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See
      {Joy}.]
      Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;
      with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
  
               Is this your joyous city?                        --Is. xxiii.
                                                                              7.
  
               They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser.
  
               And joyous of our conquest early won.      --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful;
               sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
               delightful. -- {Joy"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jug \Jug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jugging}.]
      1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling
            water; as, to jug a hare.
  
      2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Jugum \[d8]Ju"gum\, n.; pl. L. {Juga}, E. {Jugums}. [L., a
      yoke, ridge.] (Bot.)
      (a) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of
            umbelliferous plants.
      (b) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juiciness \Jui"ci*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson Center, OH (village, FIPS 38220)
      Location: 40.43914 N, 84.03947 W
      Population (1990): 1398 (532 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45334
   Jackson Center, PA (borough, FIPS 37496)
      Location: 41.27321 N, 80.13883 W
      Population (1990): 244 (102 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 16133

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson County, AL (county, FIPS 71)
      Location: 34.77617 N, 86.00213 W
      Population (1990): 47796 (19768 housing units)
      Area: 2794.1 sq km (land), 124.4 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, AR (county, FIPS 67)
      Location: 35.60026 N, 91.21391 W
      Population (1990): 18944 (8086 housing units)
      Area: 1641.0 sq km (land), 20.5 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, CO (county, FIPS 57)
      Location: 40.66244 N, 106.33897 W
      Population (1990): 1605 (1326 housing units)
      Area: 4178.5 sq km (land), 20.0 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, FL (county, FIPS 63)
      Location: 30.79711 N, 85.21277 W
      Population (1990): 41375 (16320 housing units)
      Area: 2371.9 sq km (land), 100.7 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, GA (county, FIPS 157)
      Location: 34.13332 N, 83.56274 W
      Population (1990): 30005 (11775 housing units)
      Area: 886.8 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, IA (county, FIPS 97)
      Location: 42.16495 N, 90.57604 W
      Population (1990): 19950 (8426 housing units)
      Area: 1647.6 sq km (land), 35.4 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, IL (county, FIPS 77)
      Location: 37.78752 N, 89.38149 W
      Population (1990): 61067 (25539 housing units)
      Area: 1523.3 sq km (land), 37.3 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, IN (county, FIPS 71)
      Location: 38.90742 N, 86.04293 W
      Population (1990): 37730 (14820 housing units)
      Area: 1319.2 sq km (land), 11.5 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, KS (county, FIPS 85)
      Location: 39.42066 N, 95.79790 W
      Population (1990): 11525 (4564 housing units)
      Area: 1701.3 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, KY (county, FIPS 109)
      Location: 37.41677 N, 84.00824 W
      Population (1990): 11955 (4895 housing units)
      Area: 897.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, MI (county, FIPS 75)
      Location: 42.24785 N, 84.42452 W
      Population (1990): 149756 (57979 housing units)
      Area: 1830.2 sq km (land), 44.5 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, MN (county, FIPS 63)
      Location: 43.67502 N, 95.15678 W
      Population (1990): 11677 (5121 housing units)
      Area: 1818.0 sq km (land), 45.5 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, MO (county, FIPS 95)
      Location: 39.01006 N, 94.34381 W
      Population (1990): 633232 (280729 housing units)
      Area: 1566.5 sq km (land), 29.4 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, MS (county, FIPS 59)
      Location: 30.46302 N, 88.62192 W
      Population (1990): 115243 (45542 housing units)
      Area: 1882.0 sq km (land), 820.3 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, NC (county, FIPS 99)
      Location: 35.28791 N, 83.14443 W
      Population (1990): 26846 (14052 housing units)
      Area: 1270.6 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, OH (county, FIPS 79)
      Location: 39.02062 N, 82.62166 W
      Population (1990): 30230 (12452 housing units)
      Area: 1088.6 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, OK (county, FIPS 65)
      Location: 34.58667 N, 99.41029 W
      Population (1990): 28764 (12125 housing units)
      Area: 2079.1 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, OR (county, FIPS 29)
      Location: 42.42058 N, 122.73658 W
      Population (1990): 146389 (60376 housing units)
      Area: 7214.1 sq km (land), 42.9 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, SD (county, FIPS 71)
      Location: 43.69700 N, 101.63648 W
      Population (1990): 2811 (1147 housing units)
      Area: 4841.5 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, TN (county, FIPS 87)
      Location: 36.35516 N, 85.67021 W
      Population (1990): 9297 (4219 housing units)
      Area: 800.0 sq km (land), 27.6 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, TX (county, FIPS 239)
      Location: 28.94416 N, 96.57602 W
      Population (1990): 13039 (5841 housing units)
      Area: 2148.5 sq km (land), 71.4 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, WI (county, FIPS 53)
      Location: 44.31522 N, 90.80837 W
      Population (1990): 16588 (7627 housing units)
      Area: 2557.1 sq km (land), 33.1 sq km (water)
   Jackson County, WV (county, FIPS 35)
      Location: 38.83321 N, 81.67230 W
      Population (1990): 25938 (10571 housing units)
      Area: 1206.4 sq km (land), 15.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson Heights, NY
      Zip code(s): 11372, 11373

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson Junction, IA (city, FIPS 39135)
      Location: 43.10331 N, 92.04798 W
      Population (1990): 87 (32 housing units)
      Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52150

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson Springs, NC
      Zip code(s): 27281

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksons Gap, AL
      Zip code(s): 36861

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksons' Gap, AL (town, FIPS 38248)
      Location: 32.88414 N, 85.81700 W
      Population (1990): 789 (310 housing units)
      Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksons Gap, AL
      Zip code(s): 36861

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksons' Gap, AL (town, FIPS 38248)
      Location: 32.88414 N, 85.81700 W
      Population (1990): 789 (310 housing units)
      Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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