jet-propelled plane
— Noun
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~ an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
jet propulsion
— Noun
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~ propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear
Jungian psychology
— Noun
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~ the psychological theories of Carl Jung
Joseph Pulitzer
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~ United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
— Noun
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~ Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
— Noun
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~ Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
jigsaw puzzle
— Noun
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~ a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces
Jamaica quassia
— Noun
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~ similar to the extract from Quassia amara
Jamaica quassia
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~ West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Japanese quince
— Noun
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~ deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms
John Quincy Adams
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~ 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
Josiah Quincy
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~ American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
J. R. Firth
— Noun
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~ English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
John R. Major
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~ British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
Jean Baptiste Racine
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~ French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
Jean Racine
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~ French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
Japanese radish
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~ radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Jean-Philippe Rameau
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~ French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764)
Jeannette Rankin
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~ leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)