John Hanning Speke
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~ English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)
John Speke
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~ English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)
Josiah Spode
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~ English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)
Japanese spurge
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~ slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover
Jacob's staff
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~ desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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~ the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Joseph Stalin
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~ Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
jump-start
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~ start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
jump-start
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~ start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
jump-start
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~ starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car; "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"
junior status
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~ in a junior position
Jan Steen
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~ Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
Joseph Lincoln Steffens
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~ United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism (1866-1936)
John Ernst Steinbeck
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~ United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
John Steinbeck
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~ United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
James Maitland Stewart
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~ United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
Jimmy Stewart
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~ United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
joss stick
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~ a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
Jatropha stimulosus
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~ a stinging herb of tropical America
joint-stock company
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~ a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company