Words in english starting with J

• Japanese varnish tree — Noun – English ～ deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
• Japanese varnish tree — Noun – English ～ small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
• junior varsity — Noun – English ～ a college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team
• julienne vegetable — Noun – English ～ a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
• jugular vein — Noun – English ～ veins in the neck that return blood from the head
• John Venn — Noun – English ～ English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923)
• J. Craig Ventner — Noun – English ～ United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
• joint venture — Noun – English ～ a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise; "a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows"
• Jan Vermeer — Noun – English ～ Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
• Jules Verne — Noun – English ～ French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
• jawless vertebrate — Noun – English ～ eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen — Noun – English ～ modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950)
• Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur — Noun – English ～ French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
• jade vine — Noun – English ～ vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws
• Juniperus virginiana — Noun – English ～ small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
• Junin virus — Noun – English ～ the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
• joie de vivre — Noun – English ～ a keen enjoyment of living
• John Hasbrouck Van Vleck — Noun – English ～ United States physicist (1899-1980)
• John Van Vleck — Noun – English ～ United States physicist (1899-1980)
• John von Neumann — Noun – English ～ United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)

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