Nouns in english starting with J

• Jersey — Noun – English ～ the largest of the Channel Islands
• Jerusalem cross — Noun – English ～ a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar
• Jerusalem cricket — Noun – English ～ large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
• Jerusalem artichoke — Noun – English ～ tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers
• Jerusalem cherry — Noun – English ～ small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
• Jerusalem — Noun – English ～ capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
• Jerusalem artichoke — Noun – English ～ sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips
• Jerusalem artichoke — Noun – English ～ edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke
• Jespersen — Noun – English ～ Danish linguist (1860-1943)
• jessamine — Noun – English ～ a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
• Jesse James — Noun – English ～ United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)
• Jesse Jackson — Noun – English ～ United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
• jest — Noun – English ～ activity characterized by good humor
• jest — Noun – English ～ a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
• jester — Noun – English ～ a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
• Jesuit — Noun – English ～ a member of the Jesuit order
• Jesuit's bark — Noun – English ～ medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
• Jesuitism — Noun – English ～ the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
• Jesuitry — Noun – English ～ the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
• Jesus — Noun – English ～ a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

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