judicially
1: as ordered by a court 2: in a judicial manner; "judicially controlled process"
judiciary
1: persons who administer justice [syn: {bench}] 2: the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: {judicature}, {judicatory}, {judicial system...
judicious
1: characterized by good judgment or sound thinking; "judicious journalism" 2: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a sensible...
judiciously
1: in a judicious manner; "let's use these intelligence tests judiciously" [ant: {injudiciously}]
judiciousness
1: good judgment [ant: {injudiciousness}] 2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: {sagacity}, {sagaciousness}]
Judith
1: Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes 2: an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people [syn: {Book of Ju...
Judith Jamison
1: United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944) [syn: {Jamison}]
judo
1: a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan
Judy Garland
1: United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) [syn: {Garland}]
jug
1: a large bottle with a narrow mouth 2: the quantity contained in a jug [syn: {jugful}] v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was in...
jug band
1: a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments
jug wine
1: inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs
jugal bone
1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: {cheekbone}, {zygomatic bone}, {mala}, {malar bone}, {os zygomaticum}]
jugal point
1: the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone [syn: {jugale}]
jugale
1: the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone [syn: {jugal point}]
jugful
1: the quantity contained in a jug [syn: {jug}]
juggernaut
1: a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way [syn: {steamroller}] 2: an avatar of Vishnu [syn: {Jagannath}, {Jagannatha}, {Jagganath}] 3: a crude idol of Krishna
juggle
1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression [syn: {juggling}] 2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: {juggling}] v 1: influence by slyness [syn: {beguile}, ...
juggler
1: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
jugglery
1: artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery" 2: the performance of a juggler
juggling
1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression [syn: {juggle}] 2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: {juggle}]
Juglandaceae
1: trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans [syn: {family Juglandaceae}, {walnut family}]
Juglandales
1: coextensive with the family Juglandaceae [syn: {order Juglandales}]
Juglans
1: type genus of the Juglandaceae [syn: {genus Juglans}]
Juglans californica
1: medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts [syn: {California black walnut}]
Juglans cinerea
1: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: {butternut}, {butternut tree}, {white walnut}]
Juglans nigra
1: North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut [syn: {black walnut}, {black walnut tree}, {black hickory}]
Juglans regia
1: Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated [syn: {English walnut}, {English walnut tree}, {Circassian walnut}, {Persian walnut}]
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Jugoslav
1: a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia [syn: {Yugoslav}, {Yugoslavian}, {Jugoslavian}]
Jugoslavian
1: a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia [syn: {Yugoslav}, {Jugoslav}, {Yugoslavian}]
Jugoslavija
1: a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe [syn: {Yugoslavia}, {Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}, {Serbia and Montenegro}]
jugular
1: relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat; "jugular vein" n 1: veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: {jugular vein}, {vena jugularis}] 2: a vital part that is vul...
jugular vein
1: veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: {vena jugularis}, {jugular}]
juice
1: the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue 2: energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing" 3: electric current; "when the wiring was finished they turned on the jui...
juice reamer
1: a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit [syn: {reamer}, {juicer}]
juice up
1: e.g.,make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper" [syn: {jazz up}, {pep up}, {ginger up}]
juiceless
1: lacking juice [ant: {juicy}] 2: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when...
juicer
1: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: {drinker}, {imbiber}, {toper}] [ant: {abstainer}] 2: a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice fr...
juiciness
1: a juicy appetizingness [syn: {succulence}]
juicy
1: full of juice [ant: {juiceless}] 2: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman" [syn: {luscious}, {red-hot}, {voluptuous}] 3: lucrative; "a juicy contract"...
jujitsu
1: a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength [syn: {jujutsu}, {jiujitsu}]
juju
1: the power associated with a juju 2: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: {voodoo}, {hoodoo}, {fetish}, {fetich}]
jujube
1: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: {jujube bush}, {Christ's-thorn}, {Jerusalem thorn}, {Ziziphus jujuba}] 2: dark red plum-like fruit of Old World buckthorn trees [syn: {Chinese date}, ...
jujube bush
1: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: {jujube}, {Christ's-thorn}, {Jerusalem thorn}, {Ziziphus jujuba}]
jujutsu
1: a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength [syn: {jujitsu}, {jiujitsu}]
juke
1: a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox [syn: {jook}, {juke joint}, {jook joint}, {juke house}, {jook h...
juke house
1: a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox [syn: {juke}, {jook}, {juke joint}, {jook joint}, {jook house}]
juke joint
1: a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox [syn: {juke}, {jook}, {jook joint}, {juke house}, {jook house}]
jukebox
1: a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin [syn: {nickelodeon}]
julep
1: bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice [syn: {mint julep}]
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
1: French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870) [syn: {Goncourt}, {Jules de Goncourt}]
Jules de Goncourt
1: French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870) [syn: {Goncourt}, {Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt}]
Jules Feifer
1: United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929) [syn: {Feifer}]
Jules Verne
1: French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905) [syn: {Verne}]
Julia Evelina Smith
1: United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886) [syn: {Smith}]
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