dictionary

{jam}

1: an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India [syn: {Kashmir}, {Cashmere}]

1: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: {jam}, {ram}, {chock up}, {cram}, {wad}]

1: a kind of sedan chair used in India

1: a jar for holding jellies or preserves [syn: {jamjar}]

1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: {January}]

1: Czech educational reformer (1592-1670) [syn: {Comenius}, {John Amos Comenius}]

1: South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950) [syn: {Smuts}]

1: Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869) [syn: {Purkinje}, {Johannes Evangelista Purkinje}]

1: Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) [syn: {Oort}]

1: Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he w...

1: Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680) [syn: {Swam...

1: Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994) [syn: {Tinbergen}]

1: Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) [syn: {Vermeer}, {Jan Vermeer}]

1: Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) [syn: {Eyck}, {van Eyck}]

1: Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) [syn: {Vermeer}, {Jan van der Meer}]

1: English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817) [syn: {Austen}]

1: an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings

1: United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937) [syn: {Fonda}]

1: English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934) [syn: {Goodall}]

1: United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916) [syn: {Jacobs}]

1: Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537) [syn: {Seymour}]

1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs" [syn: {jingle}] v : make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" [syn: {jingle}, {jingle-jangle}]

1: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn: {jangly}]

1: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn: {jangling}]

1: United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) [syn: {Joplin}]

1: a loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of janissaries" 2: a Turkish soldier

1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building

1: Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638) [syn: {Cornelis Jansen}, {Cornelius Jansenius}]

1: the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition

1: an advocate of Jansenism

1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: {Jan}]

1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st [syn: {Circumcision}, {Feast of the Circumcision}] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) ...

1: celebrated in southern United States [syn: {Robert E Lee's Birthday}, {Robert E Lee Day}, {Lee's Birthday}]

1: a Christian holy day [syn: {Saint Agnes's Eve}] 2: the day designated for inauguration of the United States president [syn: {Inauguration Day}]

1: twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus [syn: {Epiphany}, {Epiphany of Our Lord}, {Twelfth day}, {Three Kings' Day}]

1: (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head

1: having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy" 2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acti...

1: a person of Japanese descent [syn: {Nip}]

1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States [syn: {japanese clover}, {japan clover}, {Lespedeza striata}]

1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japanese Islands}, {Japanese Archipelago}] 2: a constitutional m...

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

1: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America [syn: {Japanese bittersweet}, {oriental bittersweet}, {Celastrus orbiculatus}, {Celastric ar...

1: tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood [syn: {Japanese cedar}, {sugi}, {Cryptomeria japonica}]

1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States [syn: {japanese clover}, {jap clover}, {Lespedeza striata}]

1: a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean [syn: {Kuroshio current}, {Kuroshio}]

1: a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes [syn: {Japan wax}]

1: a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet

1: a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes [syn: {Japan tallow}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperoro"; "Japanese cars" [syn: {Nipponese}] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: {Nipp...

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

1: broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers [syn: {andromeda}, {lily-of-the-valley tree}, {Pieris japonica}]

1: deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States [syn: {Aralia elata}]

1: Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits [syn: {mei}, {Prunus mume}]

1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japan}, {Japanese Islands}]

1: Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan [syn: {Musa basjoo}]

1: compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges [syn: {Berberis thunbergii}]

1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States [syn: {Japanese millet}, {billion-dollar grass}, {sanwa m...

1: a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood

1: small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America [syn: {Popillia japonica}]