John Rupert Firth
— Noun
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~ English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
John Ruskin
— Noun
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~ British art critic (1819-1900)
John Rutledge
— Noun
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~ United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)
Jewish rye bread
— Noun
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~ (Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds
Jewish rye
— Noun
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~ (Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds
J. B. S. Haldane
— Noun
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~ Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
Juniperus sabina
— Noun
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~ procumbent or spreading juniper
Jerusalem sage
— Noun
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~ a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers
judicial sale
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~ a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
jumble sale
— Noun
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~ a sale of donated articles
J. D. Salinger
— Noun
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~ United States writer (born 1919)
Jonas Edward Salk
— Noun
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~ United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
Jonas Salk
— Noun
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~ United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
jack salmon
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~ pike-like freshwater perches
Jasminum sambac
— Noun
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~ East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
— Noun
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~ Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
jus sanguinis
— Noun
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~ the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents