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   jailhouse
         n 1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are
               in the lawful custody of the government (either accused
               persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a
               sentence) [syn: {jail}, {jailhouse}, {gaol}, {clink},
               {slammer}, {poky}, {pokey}]

English Dictionary: jealousy by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jalousie
n
  1. a window with glass louvers [syn: louvered window, jalousie]
  2. a shutter made of angled slats
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jawless
adj
  1. of animals having no jaw
    Antonym(s): jawed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jaywalk
v
  1. cross the road at a red light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jealous
adj
  1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
    Synonym(s): covetous, envious, jealous
  2. suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover"
    Synonym(s): jealous, green-eyed, overjealous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jealousy
n
  1. a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) [syn: jealousy, green-eyed monster]
  2. zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jelly egg
n
  1. sugar-glazed jellied candy
    Synonym(s): jelly bean, jelly egg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Joe Louis
n
  1. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
    Synonym(s): Louis, Joe Louis, Joseph Louis Barrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joyless
adj
  1. not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
    Antonym(s): joyous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
      jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
      cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]
      A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
      held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
      reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
      {gaol}.]
  
               This jail I count the house of liberty.   --Milton.
  
      {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
            [Slang]
  
      {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either
            legally or by violence.
  
      {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.
  
      {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
            it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
            people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.
           
  
      {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district
            around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
            certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
  
      {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
            {Scandinavian lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jealous \Jeal"ous\, a. [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F.
      jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal,
      jealousy, Gr. zh^los. See {Zeal}, and cf. {Zealous}.]
      1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
  
                     I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts.
                                                                              --Kings xix.
                                                                              10.
  
                     How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own
                     repute!                                             --Dr. H. More.
  
      2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
  
                     'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these,
                     Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace. --Waller.
  
                     The people are so jealous of the clergy's ambition.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
  
                     Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose
                     name is Jealous, is a jealous God.      --Ex. xxxiv.
                                                                              14.
  
      4. Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and
            affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible
            rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having
            morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to
            another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of
            husband, wife, or lover.
  
                     If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be
                     jealous of his wife.                           --Num. v. 14.
  
                     To both these sisters have I sworn my love: Each
                     jealous of the other, as the stung Are of the adder.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and
                     obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband
                     wise; which she will never do if she find him
                     jealous.                                             --Bacon.
  
      Syn: Suspicious; anxious; envious.
  
      Usage: {Jealous}, {Suspicious}. Suspicious is the wider term.
                  We suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and
                  imagine he has some bad design. We are jealous when we
                  suspect him of aiming to deprive us of what we dearly
                  prize. Iago began by awakening the suspicions of
                  Othello, and converted them at last into jealousy.
                  [bd]Suspicion may be excited by some kind of
                  accusation, not supported by evidence sufficient for
                  conviction, but sufficient to trouble the repose of
                  confidence.[b8] [bd]Jealousy is a painful apprehension
                  of rivalship in cases that are peculiarly interesting
                  to us.[b8] --Cogan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jealousy \Jeal"ous*y\, n.; pl. {Jealousies}. [ F. jalousie. See
      {Jealous}, and cf. {Jalousie}.]
      The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude;
      painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting
      one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of
      husband, wife, or lover.
  
               I was jealous for jealousy.                     --Zech. viii.
                                                                              2.
  
               Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority.
                                                                              --Shenstone.
  
               Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had
               excellence to deserve our fondness.         --Rambler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jelly \Jel"ly\, n.; pl. {Jellies}. [ Formerly gelly, gely, F.
      gel[82]e jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L. gelare; akin
      to gelu frost. See {Gelid}.]
      1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous,
            translucent substance in a condition between liquid and
            solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
  
      2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an
            elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
  
      {Jelly bag}, a bag through which the material for jelly is
            strained.
  
      {Jelly mold}, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes.
           
  
      {Jelly plant} (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed
            ({Eucheuma speciosum}), from which an excellent jelly is
            made. --J. Smith.
  
      {Jelly powder}, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and
            collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to
            calf's-foot jelly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolly \Jol"ly\, n.; pl. {Jollies}. [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.]
      A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang]
  
               I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an'
               sailor too!                                             --Kipling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
      Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
      {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.
  
               With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
  
               Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
  
               [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and
               spurns the growing grass.                        --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   July \Ju*ly"\, n.; pl. {Julies}. [L. Julius; -- named from Caius
      Julius C[91]sar, who was born in this month: cf. F. Juillet.]
      The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
  
      Note: This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month,
               according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was
               the first month of the year.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jellico, TN (city, FIPS 38020)
      Location: 36.57708 N, 84.12868 W
      Population (1990): 2447 (1104 housing units)
      Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37762

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   jolix /joh'liks/ n.,adj.   386BSD, the freeware port of the BSD
   Net/2 release to the Intel i386 architecture by Bill Jolitz, Lynne
   Greer Jolitz, and friends.   Used to differentiate from BSDI's port
   based on the same source tape, which used to be called BSD/386 and
   is now BSD/OS.   See {BSD}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   jolix
  
      /joh'liks/ 386BSD, the {freeware} port of the {BSD} {Net/2}
      release to the {Intel} {i386} architecture by Bill Jolitz and
      friends.   Used to differentiate from BSDI's port based on the
      same source tape, which is called {BSD/386}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Jealousy
      suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions
      (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for
      another's honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech.
      1:14).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Julius
      the centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor's
      body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts
      27:1, 3, 43). He entreated Paul "courteously," showing in many
      ways a friendly regard for him.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Julius, same as Julia
  
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