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   Japan allspice
         n 1: deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow
               flowers [syn: {Japan allspice}, {Japanese allspice},
               {winter sweet}, {Chimonanthus praecox}]

English Dictionary: juvenile delinquency by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Juvenal
n
  1. Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
    Synonym(s): Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"
  2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
    Synonym(s): adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile
n
  1. a young person, not fully developed [syn: juvenile, juvenile person]
    Antonym(s): adult, grownup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile amaurotic idiocy
n
  1. a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death
    Synonym(s): Spielmeyer-Vogt disease, juvenile amaurotic idiocy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile body
n
  1. the body of a young person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile court
n
  1. a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile delinquency
n
  1. an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
    Synonym(s): delinquency, juvenile delinquency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile delinquent
n
  1. a young offender
    Synonym(s): delinquent, juvenile delinquent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile diabetes
n
  1. severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
    Synonym(s): type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth- onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis- prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile person
n
  1. a young person, not fully developed [syn: juvenile, juvenile person]
    Antonym(s): adult, grownup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
n
  1. a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded
    Synonym(s): Still's disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile wart
n
  1. a small benign growth on the faces of hands of children
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenile-onset diabetes
n
  1. severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
    Synonym(s): type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth- onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis- prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juvenility
n
  1. lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility]
  2. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
    Synonym(s): youth, youthfulness, juvenility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
      country; as, Japan ware.
  
      {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
            ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina
            allspice.
  
      {Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
            varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
            naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
            called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply
            {Japan}.
  
      {Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or
            Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
            borneol or Borneo camphor.
  
      {Japan clover}, [or] {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
            ({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for
            fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
            1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
            was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}.
           
  
      {Japan earth}. See {Catechu}.
  
      {Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
            when dry.
  
      {Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
            the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the
            poison sumac.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
      country; as, Japan ware.
  
      {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
            ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina
            allspice.
  
      {Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
            varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
            naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
            called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply
            {Japan}.
  
      {Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or
            Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
            borneol or Borneo camphor.
  
      {Japan clover}, [or] {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
            ({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for
            fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
            1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
            was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}.
           
  
      {Japan earth}. See {Catechu}.
  
      {Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
            when dry.
  
      {Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
            the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the
            poison sumac.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juvenal \Ju"ve*nal\, n. [L. juvenalis youthful, juvenile, fr.
      juvenis young.]
      A youth. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juvenile \Ju"ve*nile\, n.
      A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
      --C. Bront[82].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juvenile \Ju"ve*nile\ (?; 277), a. [L. juvenilis, from juvenis
      young; akin to E. young: cf. F. juv[82]nile, juv[82]nil. See
      {Young}.]
      1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. [bd]A juvenile
            exercitation.[b8] --Glanvill.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
  
      Syn: Puerile; boyish; childish. See {Youthful}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juvenileness \Ju"ve*nile*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juvenility \Ju`ve*nil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Juvenilities}. [L.
      juvenilitas: cf. F. juv[82]nilit[82].]
      1. Youthfulness; adolescence. --Glanvill.
  
      2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. --Glanvill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juvenility \Ju`ve*nil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Juvenilities}. [L.
      juvenilitas: cf. F. juv[82]nilit[82].]
      1. Youthfulness; adolescence. --Glanvill.
  
      2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. --Glanvill.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jabneel
      built by God. (1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah (Josh.
      15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern
      Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem
      (A.D. 70), it became one of the most populous cities of Judea,
      and the seat of a celebrated school.
     
         (2.) A town on the border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33). Its later
      name was Kefr Yemmah, "the village by the sea," on the south
      shore of Lake Merom.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Jabneel, building of God
  
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