Nouns in english starting with J

• jackfruit tree — Noun – English ～ East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
• jaboticaba tree — Noun – English ～ small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
• Jamaica caper tree — Noun – English ～ shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
• jumby tree — Noun – English ～ small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
• Judas tree — Noun – English ～ small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
• Joshua tree — Noun – English ～ a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers
• Japan Trench — Noun – English ～ a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet
• jog trot — Noun – English ～ an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot
• John Trumbull — Noun – English ～ American satirical poet (1750-1831)
• John Trumbull — Noun – English ～ American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843)
• Jonathan Trumbull — Noun – English ～ American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)
• James Joseph Tunney — Noun – English ～ United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
• John Tyler — Noun – English ～ elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)
• John Tyndall — Noun – English ～ British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)
• Johann Ludwig Uhland — Noun – English ～ German romantic poet (1787-1862)
• John Uhler — Noun – English ～ United States film actor (1925-2001)
• Jamaat ul-Fuqra — Noun – English ～ an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics
• Jund-ul-Islam — Noun – English ～ an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda
• Julius Ullman — Noun – English ～ United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
• Jafar Umar Thalib — Noun – English ～ Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)

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