jacket potato
— Noun
– English
～ a baked potato served with the jacket on
John Cowper Powys
— Noun
– English
～ British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
James Prescott Joule
— Noun
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～ English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
Joseph Priestley
— Noun
– English
～ English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)
judicial principle
— Noun
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～ (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
Japanese privet
— Noun
– English
～ evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet
journalist's privilege
— Noun
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～ the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
joint probability
— Noun
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～ the probability of two events occurring together
judicial proceeding
— Noun
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～ a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
Juniperus procera
— Noun
– English
～ tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
jet-propelled plane
— Noun
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～ an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
jet propulsion
— Noun
– English
～ propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear
Jungian psychology
— Noun
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～ the psychological theories of Carl Jung
Joseph Pulitzer
— Noun
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～ United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
— Noun
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～ Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
— Noun
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～ Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
jigsaw puzzle
— Noun
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～ a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces
Jamaica quassia
— Noun
– English
～ similar to the extract from Quassia amara
Jamaica quassia
— Noun
– English
～ West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Japanese quince
— Noun
– English
～ deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms