Jeannette Rankin
— Noun
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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)
jerboa rat
— Noun
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~ large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
— Noun
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~ United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)
juice reamer
— Noun
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~ a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
Johnny Reb
— Noun
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~ `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
junction rectifier
— Noun
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~ a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction
Japanese Red Army
— Noun
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~ a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists; "in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"
Japanese red pine
— Noun
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~ pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
John Reed
— Noun
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~ United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
Juglans regia
— Noun
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~ Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
Jewish religion
— Noun
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~ Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
judgement in rem
— Noun
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~ a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons)
judgment in rem
— Noun
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~ a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons)
joint resolution
— Noun
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~ a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)