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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

journalism
news media noun newspapers and magazines collectively

journalist`s privilege
noun the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information

journalistic
adjective of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism; `journalistic writing`

journalistically
adverb by journalists; `he is being journalistically crucified in his own country`

journey
journeying noun the act of traveling from one place to another

journey
verb undertake a journey or trip

joust
noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

jovially
adverb in a jovial manner; `he greeted his friend jovially`

joy
joyousness noun the emotion of great happiness

joyful
adjective full of or producing joy; `make a joyful noise`; `a joyful occasion`

joyless
adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy; `a joyless man`; `a joyless occasion`; `joyless evenings`

joylessly
adverb in a joyless manner; without joy; `she greeted her guests joylessly`

joylessness
noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

joyous
adjective full of or characterized by joy; `felt a joyous abandon`; `joyous laughter`

joyride
noun a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; `they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars`

Jr
Jnr noun a son who has the same first name as his father

jubilate
verb celebrate a jubilee

Judaic
Judaical adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion; `the Judaic idea of justice`

Judaica
noun historical and literary materials relating to Judaism

Judaism
Hebraism noun Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

judas
noun a one-way peephole in a door

judder
verb shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; `The old engine was juddering`

Judeo-Christian
adjective being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity; `the Judeo-Christian tradition`

Judeo-Spanish
Ladino noun the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script

judgement
noun the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; `they criticized my judgment of the contestants`

Judges
Book of Judges noun a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

judgeship
noun the position of judge

judgment
judgement noun (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

judgment
noun the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; `they criticized my judgment of the contestants`

judgment in personam
judgement in personam noun a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages

judgment in rem
judgement in rem noun a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons)

judgment of dismissal
judgement of dismissal noun a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial

judgment on the merits
judgement on the merits noun judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented

judgmental
adjective depending on judgment; `a judgmental error`; `I think that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist`

judicable
adjective capable of being judged or decided; `judicable issues`

judicature
judicatory noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

judicial
juridical adjective relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; `judicial system`

judicial admission
noun (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record; `a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay`

judicial branch
noun the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice

judicial review
noun review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court

judicial torture
noun torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials; `the English renounced judicial torture in 1640`

judicially
adverb in a judicial manner; `judicially controlled process`

judiciary
bench noun persons who administer justice

judiciary
judicatory noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

judicious
wise adjective marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; `judicious use of one`s money`; `a wise decision`

judiciously
adverb in a judicious manner; `let`s use these intelligence tests judiciously`

judiciousness
sagacity noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating

Judith
Book of Judith noun an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people

judo
noun a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan

jug
noun a large bottle with a narrow mouth

jug band
noun a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments

jug wine
noun inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs

jugale
jugal point noun the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone

Juggernaut
noun a crude idol of Krishna

juggernaut
noun a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

juggle
juggling noun throwing and catching several objects simultaneously

juggle
hoodwink verb influence by slyness

jugglery
noun the performance of a juggler

jugular vein
vena jugularis noun veins in the neck that return blood from the head

juice
succus noun any of several liquids of the body; `digestive juices`

juiceless
adjective lacking juice

juicer
juice reamer noun a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit

juicy
luscious adjective having strong sexual appeal; `juicy barmaids`; `a red-hot mama`; `a voluptuous woman`; `a toothsome blonde in a tight dress`

juju
voodoo noun a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

jujube
Chinese jujube noun dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees

jujutsu
jujitsu noun a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker`s own weight and strength

juke
jook noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox

jukebox
nickelodeon noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin

julep
mint julep noun bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice

Jules de Goncourt
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)

Julia Evelina Smith
noun United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)

Julia Ward Howe
noun United States feminist who was active in the women`s suffrage movement (1819-1910)

Julian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar; `the Julian calendar`

julienne
julienne vegetable noun a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)

Julius Marx
Groucho noun United States comedian; oldest of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)

jumble
jumbal noun small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie

jumbojet
jumbo jet noun a very large jet plane

jumentous
adjective smelling strongly like a beast of burden; `jumentous urine`

jump
noun the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; `he advanced in a series of jumps`; `the jumping was unexpected`

jump
noun descent with a parachute; `he had done a lot of parachuting in the army`

jump ball
noun (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate

jump cut
noun an immediate transition from one scene to another

jump off
verb set off quickly, usually with success; `The freshman set off to a good start in his math class`

jump rope
skip rope noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it

jump seat
noun a folding seat in an automobile

jump suit
noun one-piece uniform worn by parachutists

jump suit
noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist`s uniform

jumped-up
adjective (British informal) upstart

jumper
pinafore noun a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

jumper cable
jumper lead noun a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; `it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads`

jumping
noun the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

jumping bristletail
machilid noun wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed

jumping jack
noun plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings

jumping mouse
noun any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America

jumping plant louse
psylla noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices

jumping up and down
noun jumping in one spot (as in excitement); `the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him`

jumping-off place
point of departure noun a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; `one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him`; `my point of departure was San Francisco`

jumpstart
jump-start noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car; `my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor`

jumpsuit
noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist`s uniform

junco
noun small North American finch seen chiefly in winter