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   Jack Dempsey
         n 1: United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight
               champion (1895-1983) [syn: {Dempsey}, {Jack Dempsey},
               {William Harrison Dempsey}, {Manassa Mauler}]

English Dictionary: just in time	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jackstones n game equipment consisting of one of several small six- pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks Synonym(s): jack, jackstones a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball Synonym(s): jacks, jackstones, knucklebones
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jaggedness n something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jesting adj characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jesting, jocose, jocular, joking]
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jestingly adv in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express" Synonym(s): jokingly, jestingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
just in case adv if there happens to be need; "in case of trouble call 911"; "I have money, just in case" Synonym(s): in case, just in case
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just in time adv at the last possible moment; "she was saved in the nick of time" Synonym(s): in the nick of time, just in time
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just now adv only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" Synonym(s): just, just now
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just then adv at a particular time in the past; "just then the bugle sounded"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
just-noticeable difference n (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]:
Justinian n Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565) Synonym(s): Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Justinian code n the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law Synonym(s): Roman law, Justinian code, civil law, jus civile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Justinian I n Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565) Synonym(s): Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Justinian the Great n Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565) Synonym(s): Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
justness n conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" Synonym(s): justness, rightness, nicety the quality of being just or fair Synonym(s): justice, justness Antonym(s): injustice, unjustness
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]:
Jack-a-dandy \Jack`-a-dan"dy\, n. A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacketing \Jack"et*ing\, n. The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jackstone \Jack"stone`\, n. (a) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones. (b) (pl.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th {Chuck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jactancy \Jac"tan*cy\, n. [L. jactantia, fr. jactans, p. pr. of jactare to throw, boast, freq. fr. jacere to throw; cf. F. jactance.] A boasting; a bragging. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jagged \Jag"ged\, a. Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. [bd] Jagged vine leaves' shade.[b8] --Trench. -- {Jag"gedly}, adv. -- {Jag"gedness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jesting \Jest"ing\, a. Sportive; not serious; fit for jests. He will find that these are no jesting matters. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jesting}.] 1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything. He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak. Syn: To joke; sport; rally. Usage: To {Jest}, {Joke}. One jests in order to make others laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good humor without wounding the feelings of its object. [bd]Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be degraded by being turned into a jest.[b8] --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jesting \Jest"ing\, n. The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. --Eph. v. 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jestingly \Jest"ing*ly\, adv. In a jesting manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jew's-stone \Jew's-stone`\, Jewstone \Jew"stone`\, n. (Paleon.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jew's-stone \Jew's-stone`\, Jewstone \Jew"stone`\, n. (Paleon.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joist \Joist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Joisting}.] To fit or furnish with joists. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Just \Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.] 1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. [bd]O just but severe law![b8] --Shak. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- Eccl. vii. 20. Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. -- Lev. xix. 36. How should man be just with God? -- Job ix. 2. We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. -- Shak. 2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference. Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope. The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. -- Shak. He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. --Bacon. Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. -- Jer. Taylor. When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. -- Addison. Their named alone would make a just volume. -- Burton. 3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge. Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. --Tillotson. {Just intonation}. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. --H. W. Poole. Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Just \Just\, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. --Sir P. Sidney. To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. -- Shak. 2. Closely; nearly; almost. Just at the point of death. -- Sir W. Temple. 3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. -- Dryden. {Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Justinian \Justin"ian\, a. Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Justness \Just"ness\, n. The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause. In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of action. --Dryden. Note: Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed. Syn: Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Justin, TX (city, FIPS 38332) Location: 33.08661 N, 97.29986 W Population (1990): 1234 (461 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76247
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
just-in-time {dynamic translation}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jokdeam a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:56).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Joktan little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Jokdeam, crookedness, or burning, of the people
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Joktan, small dispute; contention; disgust