jaggery palm
1: fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn: {wine palm}, {kitul}, {kittul}, {kitul tree}, {toddy alm}, {Caryota urens}]
jagghery
1: unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap [syn: {jaggery}, {jaggary}]
jaggy
1: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jagged}, {notched}, {toothed}] 2: having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "sc...
Jaghatai
1: a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan) [syn: {Chagatai}, {Jagatai}, {Eastern Turki}]
jagua
1: tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit [syn: {genipap fruit}, {marmalade box}, {Genipa Americana}]
jaguar
1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis [syn: {panther}, {Panthera onca}, {Felis onca}]
jaguarondi
1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi}, {jaguarundi cat}, {eyra}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]
jaguarundi
1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi cat}, {jaguarondi}, {eyra}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]
jaguarundi cat
1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi}, {jaguarondi}, {eyra}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]
Jahvey
1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]
Jahweh
1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]
jai alai
1: a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket [syn: {pelota}]
jail
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: {jailhouse}, ...
jail cell
1: a room where a prisoner is kept [syn: {cell}, {prison cell}]
jailbird
1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: {convict}, {con}, {inmate}, {gaolbird}]
jailbreak
1: an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" [syn: {break}, {breakout}, {gaolbreak}, {prisonbreak}, {prison-breaking}]
jailed
1: in captivity [syn: {captive}, {confined}, {imprisoned}]
jailer
1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {jailor}, {gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}]
jailhouse
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}, {gaol...
jailor
1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {jailer}, {gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}]
Jain
1: relating to or characteristic of Jainism; "Jain gods" [syn: {Jainist}]
Jainism
1: sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism 2: religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of t...
Jainist
1: relating to or characteristic of Jainism; "Jain gods" [syn: {Jain}] n : a believer in Jainism
Jaish-e-Muhammad
1: a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with Al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings ...
Jaish-i-Mohammed
1: a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with Al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings ...
jak
1: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of; its seeds are commonly roasted [syn: {jackfruit}, {jack}]
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Jakarta
1: capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century [syn: {Djakarta}, {capital of Indonesia}]
jakes
1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: {outhouse}, {privy}, {earth-closet}]
Jakob Behmen
1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Jakob Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Jakob Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Jakob Boehm}, {Behmen}]
Jakob Bernoulli
1: Swiss mathematician (1654-1705) [syn: {Bernoulli}, {Jacques Bernoulli}, {James Bernoulli}]
Jakob Boehm
1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Jakob Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Jakob Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Behmen}, {Jakob Behmen}]
Jakob Boehme
1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Jakob Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Jakob Boehm}, {Behmen}, {Jakob Behmen}]
Jakob Bohme
1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: {Boehme}, {Jakob Boehme}, {Bohme}, {Boehm}, {Jakob Boehm}, {Behmen}, {Jakob Behmen}]
Jakob Grimm
1: the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's Law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) [syn: {Grimm}, {Jakob Ludwig K...
Jakob Hermandszoon
1: Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) [syn: {Arminius}, {Jacobus Arminius}, {Jacob Harmensen}]
Jakob Liebmann Beer
1: German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864) [syn: {Meyerbeer}, {Giacomo Meyerbeer}]
Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
1: the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's Law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) [syn: {Grimm}, {Jakob Grimm}]
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
1: rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control [syn: {Creutzfeldt-Jakob di...
Jakobson
1: United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) [syn: {Roman Jakobson}, {Roman Osipovich Jakobson}]
Jalalabad
1: a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul)
jalapeno
1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red [syn: {cayenne}, {cayenne pepper}, {chili pepper}, {chilli pepper}, {long pepper}, {Capsicum annuum longum}] 2: hot green or red...
jalapeno pepper
1: hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: {jalapeno}]
jalopy
1: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: {bus}, {heap}]
jalousie
1: a window with glass louvers [syn: {louvered window}] 2: a shutter made of angled slats
jam
1: preserve of crushed fruit 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {fix}, {hole}, {mess}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of f...
jam-pawncked
1: filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater" [syn: {jammed}, {packed}]
Jamaat ul-Fuqra
1: an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North American and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attac...
Jamaica
1: a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism 2: an island in the West Indies south of Cuba and west of Haiti
Jamaica apple
1: large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp [syn: {bullock's heart}]
Jamaica bayberry
1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: {bayberry}, {bay-rum tree}, {wild cinnamon}, {Pimenta acris}]
Jamaica caper tree
1: shrub of southern Florida to West Indies [syn: {caper tree}, {Capparis cynophallophora}]
Jamaica dogwood
1: small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons [syn: {fi...
Jamaica honeysuckle
1: West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit [syn: {yellow granadilla}, {Passiflora laurifolia}]
Jamaica quassia
1: similar to the extract from Quassia amara 2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: {bitterwood}, {Picrasma excelsa}, {Picrasma excelsum}]
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