Nouns in english starting with J

• jack-by-the-hedge — Noun – English ～ European herb that smells like garlic
• John the Divine — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
• John the Baptist — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
• John the Evangelist — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
• Justinian the Great — Noun – English ～ Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
• justice of the peace — Noun – English ～ a local magistrate with limited powers
• judgment on the merits — Noun – English ～ judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented
• judgement on the pleadings — Noun – English ～ a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
• judgement on the merits — Noun – English ～ judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented
• Julian the Apostate — Noun – English ～ Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
• judgment on the pleadings — Noun – English ～ a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
• Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault — Noun – English ～ French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
• James Thomas Farrell — Noun – English ～ United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979)
• James Thomas Harris — Noun – English ～ Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
• John Thomas Scopes — Noun – English ～ Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
• Joseph John Thomson — Noun – English ～ English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
• Jerusalem thorn — Noun – English ～ thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
• Jerusalem thorn — Noun – English ～ East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
• Jerusalem thorn — Noun – English ～ large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
• Jerusalem thorn — Noun – English ～ spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

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