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joseph goebbels

noun · German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945)

joseph priestley

noun · English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)

josephus

noun · Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)

josh

verb · be silly or tease one another

Example: After we relaxed, we just kidded around

jostling

noun · the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)

jot down

verb · write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

jotun

noun · (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir

journalistic

adjective · of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism

Example: journalistic writing

journalistically

adverb · by journalists

Example: he is being journalistically crucified in his own country

journeyman

noun · a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

jovial

adjective · full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth

Example: when hearts were young and gay

jovially

adverb · in a jovial manner

Example: he greeted his friend jovially

jovian

adjective · of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter

Example: Jovian thunderbolts

jowly

adjective · having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw

joyful

adjective · full of or producing joy

Example: make a joyful noise

joyfully

adverb · in a joyous and gleeful manner

Example: the old man had greeted her gleefully

joyless

adjective · not experiencing or inspiring joy

Example: a joyless man

joylessly

adverb · in a joyless manner; without joy

Example: she greeted her guests joylessly

joyous

adjective · full of or characterized by joy

Example: felt a joyous abandon

joyously

adverb · in a joyous and gleeful manner

Example: the old man had greeted her gleefully

juan carlos

noun · king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938)

jubilant

adjective · joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

Example: rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day

jubilantly

adverb · in a joyous manner

Example: they shouted happily

jubilate

verb · to express great joy

Example: Who cannot exult in Spring?

judaic

adjective · of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

Example: He is Jewish

judaical

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion

Example: the Judaic idea of justice

judder

verb · shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively

Example: The old engine was juddering

judeo-christian

adjective · being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity

Example: the Judeo-Christian tradition

judgement

noun · the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

Example: they criticized my judgment of the contestants

judges

noun · a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

judgment in personam

noun · a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages

judgment on the merits

noun · judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented

judgmental

adjective · depending on judgment

Example: a judgmental error

judicable

adjective · capable of being judged or decided

Example: judicable issues

judicial

adjective · expressing careful judgment-Tyler Dennett

Example: discriminative censure

judicial proceeding

noun · a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

judicial system

noun · the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

judicially

adverb · in a judicial manner

Example: judicially controlled process

judiciary

noun · persons who administer justice

judicious

adjective · marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

Example: judicious use of one's money

judiciously

adverb · in a judicious manner

Example: let's use these intelligence tests judiciously

judith

noun · an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people

jugular

adjective · relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

Example: jugular vein

juice up

verb · make more interesting or lively

Example: juice up a party

jujutsu

noun · 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

juke house

noun · a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox

jukebox

noun · a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin

julian

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar

Example: the Julian calendar

jumada ii

noun · the sixth month of the Islamic calendar

jumbled

adjective · in utter disorder

Example: a disorderly pile of clothes

jumbo

adjective · of great mass; huge and bulky

Example: a jumbo jet

jumentous

adjective · smelling strongly like a beast of burden

Example: jumentous urine

jump

noun · the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

Example: he advanced in a series of jumps

jump off

verb · set off quickly, usually with success

Example: The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class

jump on

verb · get up on the back of

Example: mount a horse

jumping-off point

noun · a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

Example: he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own

jumpy

adjective · causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

Example: a rough ride

junco

noun · small North American finch seen chiefly in winter