Words in english starting with J

• Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah — Noun – English ～ a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
• Japan tallow — Noun – English ～ a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
• Jessica Tandy — Noun – English ～ United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)
• Jack-tar — Noun – English ～ a man who serves as a sailor
• John Orley Allen Tate — Noun – English ～ United States poet and critic (1899-1979)
• Jacques Tati — Noun – English ～ French filmmaker (1908-1982)
• Jacques Tatischeff — Noun – English ～ French filmmaker (1908-1982)
• Joseph Deems Taylor — Noun – English ～ United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
• Job's tears — Noun – English ～ hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads
• Juncus tenuis — Noun – English ～ tufted wiry rush of wide distribution
• job-oriented terminal — Noun – English ～ a terminal designed for a particular application
• jaundice of the newborn — Noun – English ～ yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously
• jack-in-the-pulpit — Noun – English ～ common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
• jack-in-the-box — Noun – English ～ plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened
• Jack the Ripper — Noun – English ～ an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
• jack-in-the-pulpit — Noun – English ～ common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
• jack-by-the-hedge — Noun – English ～ European herb that smells like garlic
• John the Divine — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
• John the Baptist — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
• John the Evangelist — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation

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