Jacksonia
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～ genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches
jacksonian
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～ a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
Jacksonian epilepsy
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～ focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body
jacksonville
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～ Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
jackstones
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～ a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jackstones
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～ game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
jackstraw
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～ a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
jackstraws
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～ a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
Jacob Harmensen
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～ Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
Jacob
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～ (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
Jacob Epstein
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～ British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
Jacob
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～ French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
jacobean
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～ any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
Jacobi
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～ German mathematician (1804-1851)
jacobin
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～ a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
Jacobinism
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～ the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror
jacobite
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～ a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
Jacobs
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～ English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
Jacobs
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～ United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
Jacobs
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～ Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)