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1: greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {Camellia japonica}] 2: deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms ...

1: a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles 2: the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" [syn: {jarful}] 3: a sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt" [...

1: collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" [syn: {run into}, {bump into}, {butt against}, {knock against}]

1: the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" [syn: {jar}]

1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: {cant}, {slang}, {lingo}, {argot}, {patois}, {vernacular}] 2: a colorless (or pale yellow or s...

1: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn: {jargon}]

1: Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923) [syn: {Hasek}]

{jar}

1: United States poet (1914-1965) [syn: {Randall Jarrell}]

{jar}

1: in a manner that jars and irritates; "the piano was jarringly out of tune"

1: a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success [syn: {Jarvik heart}]

1: a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success [syn: {Jarvik artificial heart}]

1: any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia

1: South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers [syn: {flowering tobacco}, {Nicotiana alata}]

1: shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine [syn: {genus Jasminum}]

1: evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China [syn: {primrose jasmine}]

1: deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers [syn: {winter jasmine}]

1: tall-climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea [syn: {common jasmine}, {true jasmine}, {jessamine}]

1: East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers [syn: {Arabian jasmine}]

1: (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece

1: an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone

1: United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930) [syn: {Johns}]

1: German psychiatrist (1883-1969) [syn: {Karl Jaspers}, {Karl Theodor Jaspers}]

1: a variety of leafhopper

1: family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications [syn: {family Jassidae}]

1: a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs

1: (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or...

1: a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae [syn: {genus Jatropha}]

1: small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities [syn: {physic nut}]

1: a stinging herb of tropical America [syn: {spurge nettle}, {tread-softly}, {devil nettle}, {pica-pica}, {Cnidoscolus urens}, {Jatropha urens}]

1: a stinging herb of tropical America [syn: {spurge nettle}, {tread-softly}, {devil nettle}, {pica-pica}, {Cnidoscolus urens}, {Jatropha stimulosus}]

1: Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927) [syn: {Gris}]

1: yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia [syn: {icterus}] 2: ...

1: yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously [syn: {physiological jaundice of the newborn}, {icterus neonatorum}]

1: affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc [syn: {icteric}, {yellow}] 2: showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste; "looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentati...

1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: {excursion}, {outing}, {junket}, {pleasure trip},...

{jaunty}

{jaunty}

1: in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair"

1: stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance [syn: {nattiness}, {dapperness}, {rakishness}] 2: a breezy liveliness; "a delightful breeziness of manner" [syn: {breeziness}]

1: an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland [syn: {jaunty car}]

1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {smart}, {spiffy}, {snappy}, {spruce}] 2: having a cheerf...

1: an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland [syn: {jaunting car}]

1: an island in Indonesia south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions 2: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: {coffee}...

1: small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields [syn: {Java sparrow}, {ricebird}, {Padda oryzivora}]

1: a type of primitive man who lived in Java in the Paleolithic Age [syn: {Trinil man}] 2: fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus [syn: {Trinil man}]

1: large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food [syn: {kalumpang}, {Sterculia foetida}]

1: tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits [syn: {cubeb}, {cubeb vine}, {Piper cubeba}]

1: small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields [syn: {Java finch}, {ricebird}, {Padda oryzivora}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: {Javanese}] n : a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: {Javanese}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: {Javan}] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: {Javan}] 2: the Indonesian language ...

1: former genus of primitive man; now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man [syn: {genus Javanthropus}]

1: an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite [syn: {Javelle water}, {eau de Javelle}]

1: an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible 2: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

1: dark gray peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States [syn: {collared peccary}, {Tayassu angulatus}, {Tayassu tajacu}, {Peccari angulatus}...

1: an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite [syn: {Javel water}, {eau de Javelle}]

1: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth 2: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth 3: holding device ...

1: Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964) [syn: {Nehru}]

1: (India) a private soldier or male constable