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
Justinian the Great
— Noun
– English
~ Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
judgment on the merits
— Noun
– English
~ judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented
judgement on the pleadings
— Noun
– English
~ a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
judgement on the merits
— Noun
– English
~ judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented
Julian the Apostate
— Noun
– English
~ Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
judgment on the pleadings
— Noun
– English
~ a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
just then
— Adverb
– English
~ at a particular time in the past; "just then the bugle sounded"
James Thomas Farrell
— Noun
– English
~ United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979)
James Thomas Harris
— Noun
– English
~ Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
John Thomas Scopes
— Noun
– English
~ Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
Joseph John Thomson
— Noun
– English
~ English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)