judicial principle
— Noun
– English
~ (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
– English
~ the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
joint probability
— Noun
– English
~ the probability of two events occurring together
judicial proceeding
— Noun
– English
~ 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
— Adjective
– English
~ propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine
jet-propelled plane
— Noun
– English
~ 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
– English
~ the psychological theories of Carl Jung
Joseph Pulitzer
— Noun
– English
~ United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
— Noun
– English
~ Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
— Noun
– English
~ Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
jigsaw puzzle
— Noun
– English
~ 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
John Quincy Adams
— Noun
– English
~ 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
Josiah Quincy
— Noun
– English
~ American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
J. R. Firth
— Noun
– English
~ English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)