James Thurber
— Noun
– English
～ United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
just the ticket
— Noun
– English
～ the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family"
just in time
— Adverb
– English
～ at the last possible moment; "she was saved in the nick of time"
Jan Tinbergen
— Noun
– English
～ Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994)
Jasmine tobacco
— Noun
– English
～ South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
James Tobin
— Noun
– English
～ United States economist (1918-2002)
J.R.R. Tolkien
— Noun
– English
～ British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
— Noun
– English
～ British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
Jupiter Tonans
— Noun
– English
～ an epithet for Jupiter
judicial torture
— Noun
– English
～ torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials; "the English renounced judicial torture in 1640"
Jack of all trades
— Noun
– English
～ a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
jack of all trades
— Noun
– English
～ a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
John Tradescant
— Noun
– English
～ English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
junction transistor
— Noun
– English
～ a semiconductor device capable of amplification
Japanese lacquer tree
— Noun
– English
～ small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Japanese angelica tree
— Noun
– English
～ deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States
Japanese pagoda tree
— Noun
– English
～ handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
Japanese tree lilac
— Noun
– English
～ small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
jackfruit tree
— Noun
– English
～ East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
jaboticaba tree
— Noun
– English
～ small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches