Jacobus Arminius
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～ Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
jaconet
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～ a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages
Jacquard
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～ a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
jacquard
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～ a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
jacquard
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～ French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
Jacqueline Cochran
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～ United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)
Jacques Derrida
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～ French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)
Jacques Bernoulli
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～ Swiss mathematician (1654-1705)
Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
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～ French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
Jacques Costeau
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～ French underwater explorer (born in 1910)
Jacquinia armillaris
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～ small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets
Jacquinia
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～ sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae
jactation
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～ (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
jactitation
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～ (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
jactitation
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～ speaking of yourself in superlatives
jactitation
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～ (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness