jumping bristletail
— Noun
– English
~ wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
jumping gene
— Noun
– English
~ a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
jumpstart
— Verb
– English
~ start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
jumpstart
— Verb
– English
~ start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
jumpstart
— Noun
– English
~ starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car; "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"
jumpsuit
— Noun
– English
~ one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
jumpy
— Adjective
– English
~ being in a tense state
jumpy
— Adjective
– English
~ causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
Juncaginaceae
— Noun
– English
~ a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
junco
— Noun
– English
~ small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
Junco hyemalis
— Noun
– English
~ common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises
junction
— Noun
– English
~ the place where two or more things come together
junction
— Noun
– English
~ an act of joining or adjoining things
junction barrier
— Noun
– English
~ a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs
junction
— Noun
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~ something that joins or connects
junction
— Noun
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~ the state of being joined together
junction
— Noun
– English
~ the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
juncture
— Noun
– English
~ a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"
juncture
— Noun
– English
~ the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made