Nouns in english starting with J

• John Millington Synge — Noun – English ～ Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
• jury system — Noun – English ～ a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit
• judicial system — Noun – English ～ the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
• Japanese table pine — Noun – English ～ pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
• Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah — Noun – English ～ a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
• Japan tallow — Noun – English ～ a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
• Jessica Tandy — Noun – English ～ United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)
• Jack-tar — Noun – English ～ a man who serves as a sailor
• John Orley Allen Tate — Noun – English ～ United States poet and critic (1899-1979)
• Jacques Tati — Noun – English ～ French filmmaker (1908-1982)
• Jacques Tatischeff — Noun – English ～ French filmmaker (1908-1982)
• Joseph Deems Taylor — Noun – English ～ United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
• Job's tears — Noun – English ～ hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads
• Juncus tenuis — Noun – English ～ tufted wiry rush of wide distribution
• job-oriented terminal — Noun – English ～ a terminal designed for a particular application
• jaundice of the newborn — Noun – English ～ yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously
• jack-in-the-pulpit — Noun – English ～ common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
• jack-in-the-box — Noun – English ～ plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened
• Jack the Ripper — Noun – English ～ an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
• jack-in-the-pulpit — Noun – English ～ common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

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