Joan of Arc
— Noun
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~ French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)
John of Gaunt
— Noun
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~ the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
judgment of conviction
— Noun
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~ (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
judgment of dismissal
— Noun
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~ a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
judgement of dismissal
— Noun
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~ a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
jerk-off
— Noun
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~ terms of abuse for a masturbator
jerking off
— Noun
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~ slang for masturbation
jacking off
— Noun
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~ slang for masturbation
jerk off
— Verb
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~ get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
jump off
— Verb
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~ jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
jack off
— Verb
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~ get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
jump off
— Verb
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~ set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class"
Jacques Offenbach
— Noun
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~ French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880)
Jasminum officinale
— Noun
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~ a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
Joseph Oliver
— Noun
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~ United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
Java olives
— Noun
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~ large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
jump on
— Verb
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~ get up on the back of; "mount a horse"
juvenile-onset diabetes
— Noun
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~ severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
Jan Hendrix Oort
— Noun
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~ Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
jewels-of-opar
— Noun
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~ erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere