John of Gaunt
— Noun
– English
～ the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
judgment of conviction
— Noun
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～ (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
judgment of dismissal
— Noun
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～ a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
judgement of dismissal
— Noun
– English
～ a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
jerk-off
— Noun
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～ terms of abuse for a masturbator
jerking off
— Noun
– English
～ slang for masturbation
jacking off
— Noun
– English
～ slang for masturbation
Jacques Offenbach
— Noun
– English
～ French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880)
Jasminum officinale
— Noun
– English
～ a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
jord- og betonarbejder
— Noun
– Danish
～ ufaglært arbejder beskæftiget inden for bygge- og ...
Joseph Oliver
— Noun
– English
～ United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
Java olives
— Noun
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～ large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
juvenile-onset diabetes
— Noun
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～ severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
Jan Hendrix Oort
— Noun
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～ Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
jewels-of-opar
— Noun
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～ erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere
Jaffa orange
— Noun
– English
～ sweet almost seedless orange of Israel
jewel orchid
— Noun
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～ any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
jumping orchid
— Noun
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～ orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
Jesuit order
— Noun
– English
～ a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship