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jack up

verb · lift with a special device

Example: jack up the car so you can change the tire

jack-a-lantern

noun · a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent

jackal

noun · Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair

jackhammer

noun · a hammer driven by compressed air

jackstraw

noun · a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

jacobean

adjective · of or relating to James I or his reign or times

Example: Jacobean writers

jacobean lily

noun · Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower

jacobinic

adjective · of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution

Example: Jacobinic terrorism

jacobinical

adjective · of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution

Example: Jacobinic terrorism

jacques lipchitz

noun · United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973)

jacquinia keyensis

noun · West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

jactitate

verb · move or stir about violently

Example: The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed

jade

adjective · of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green

jade-green

adjective · of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green

jaded

adjective · dulled by surfeit

Example: the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes

jagged

adjective · having a sharply uneven surface or outline

Example: the jagged outline of the crags

jaggedly

adverb · with a ragged and uneven appearance

Example: a long beard, raggedly cut

jaggery

noun · unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

jaggy

adjective · having a sharply uneven surface or outline

Example: the jagged outline of the crags

jaguarondi

noun · long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat

jailed

adjective · being in captivity

jain

adjective · relating to or characteristic of Jainism

Example: Jain gods

jainist

adjective · relating to or characteristic of Jainism

Example: Jain gods

jakarta

noun · capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century

jakob ludwig karl grimm

noun · 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)

jam-packed

adjective · filled to capacity

Example: a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes

jamaican

adjective · of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants

Example: Jamaican rum

jamaican cherry

noun · a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves

james ives

noun · United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895)

james maitland stewart

noun · United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)

james marshall hendrix

noun · United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)

james monroe

noun · 5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831)

james ussher

noun · Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)

jammed

adjective · filled to capacity

Example: a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes

jampack

verb · crowd or pack to capacity

Example: the theater was jampacked

jane jacobs

noun · United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)

jangling

adjective · like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together

Example: cowboys with jangling spurs

jangly

adjective · like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together

Example: cowboys with jangling spurs

janus-faced

adjective · having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past

Example: Janus the two-faced god

japanese

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language

Example: the Japanese Emperor

japanese apricot

noun · Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits

japanese cedar

noun · tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood

japanese pink

noun · a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals

japanese rose

noun · vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock

japanese sumac

noun · small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

japanese varnish tree

noun · deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

jar against

verb · collide violently with an obstacle

Example: I ran into the telephone pole

jaroslav hasek

noun · Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923)

jarring

adjective · making or causing a harsh and irritating sound

Example: the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk

jarringly

adverb · in a manner that jars and irritates

Example: the piano was jarringly out of tune

jasminum officinale

noun · a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea

jasminum sambac

noun · East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers

jatropha

noun · a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae