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

junction
adjunction noun an act of joining or adjoining things

junction
noun something that joins or connects

junction barrier
barrier strip noun a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs

juncture
occasion noun an event that occurs at a critical time; `at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave`; `it was needed only on special occasions`

Jund-ul-Islam
Soldiers of God noun an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda

June beetle
June bug noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

Jungian
adjective of or relating to Carl Jung or his psychological theories

Jungian psychology
noun the psychological theories of Carl Jung

jungle
noun a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival

jungle cat
Felis chaus noun small Asiatic wildcat

jungle cock
noun male jungle fowl

jungle fowl
gallina noun small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

jungle gym
noun a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play

jungle hen
noun female jungle fowl

jungly
adjective overgrown with tropical vegetation

Junin virus
noun the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice

junior
adjective including or intended for youthful persons; `a junior sports league`; `junior fashions`

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

junior class
noun penultimate class in high school or college

junior college
noun a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree

junior high school
junior high noun a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades

junior school
noun British school for children aged 7-11

junior varsity
JV noun a college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team

junior-grade
inferior adjective inferior in rank or status; `the junior faculty`; `a lowly corporal`; `petty officialdom`; `a subordinate functionary`

junior(a)
third-year adjective used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; `the junior class`; `a third-year student`

juniper berries
noun berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin

Juniperus communis depressa
noun a procumbent variety of the common juniper

junk food
noun food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value

junk mail
noun third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident` or `occupant`

junk shop
noun a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods

junket
noun dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet

junketeer
junket verb go on a pleasure trip

junketing
noun taking an excursion for pleasure

junkyard
noun a field where junk is collected and stored for resale

Junoesque
statuesque adjective suggestive of a statue

jural
juristic adjective of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations

Jurassic
adjective of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era

jurisdiction
noun in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

jurisdictional
adjective restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction; `the jurisdictional limits of a state`

jurisprudence
law 2 legal philosophy noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

jurisprudential
adjective relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws

jurisprudentially
adverb in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law

jury
noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law

jury box
noun an enclosure within a courtroom for the jury

jury duty
noun the civic duty to serve on a jury

jury mast
noun a temporary mast to replace one that has broken off

jury system
noun a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit

jus sanguinis
noun the principle that a person`s nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents

jus soli
noun the principle that a person`s nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth

just
adjective used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; `a just and lasting peace`- A.Lincoln; `a kind and just man`; `a just reward`; `his just inheritance`

just
adverb only a moment ago; `he has just arrived`; `the sun just now came out`

just about
most 2 all but adverb (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `the job is (just) about done`; `the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded`; `we`re almost finished`; `the car all but ran her down`; `he nearly fainted`; `talked for nigh onto 2 hours`; `the recording is well-nigh perfect`; `virtually all the parties signed the contract`; `I was near exhausted by the run`; `most everyone agrees`

just now
adverb only a moment ago; `he has just arrived`; `the sun just now came out`

just so
with great care adverb in a careful manner; `you must treat this plant just so`

just then
adverb at a particular time in the past; `just then the bugle sounded`

just-noticeable difference
jnd noun (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected

justice
justness noun the quality of being just or fair

justiciary
noun the jurisdiction of a justiciar

justifiable
adjective capable of being justified

justifiably
with reason adverb with good reason; `he is justifiably bitter`

justification
noun the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; `the justification of barbarous means by holy ends`- H.J.Muller

justificative
justificatory adjective providing justification

justified
adjective having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

justify
vindicate verb show to be right by providing justification or proof; `vindicate a claim`

justify
verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; `The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns`; `The end justifies the means`

justly
adverb in accordance with moral or social standards; `that serves him right`; `do right by him`

justness
noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; `it was performed with justness and beauty`

Jutland
battle of Jutland noun an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark

jutting
projecting adjective extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; `the jutting limb of a tree`; `massive projected buttresses`; `his protruding ribs`; `a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck`

juvenile
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; `juvenile diabetes`; `juvenile fashions`

juvenile body
noun the body of a young person

juvenile court
noun a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children

juvenile wart
noun a small benign growth on the faces of hands of children

juxtapose
verb place side by side; `The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors`

juxtaposed
adjective placed side by side often for comparison; `juxtaposed pictures`

juxtaposition
apposition noun the act of positioning close together (or side by side); `it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors`

Jynx
genus Jynx noun wrynecks

Kaaba
Caaba noun (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying

Kabbalah
Kabbala noun an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

kabbalism
cabalism noun adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation

kabob
kebab noun cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

Kachin
Kachinic noun Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India

kachina
noun a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift

Kadai
Kam-Tai noun a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia

kaffir boom
Erythrina caffra noun small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles

kaffir cat
caffer cat noun widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor

kaffiyeh
noun an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal

Kafiri
noun a Dardic language spoken by the Kafir in northeastern Afghanistan

kafkaesque
adjective characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; `the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations`

Kahane Chai
Kach noun a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel

Kahlua
noun coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico

kai apple
noun South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves

kaiser roll
noun rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center

Kakatoe
genus Kakatoe noun a genus of Psittacidae

Kakemono
noun a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom

kaki
Himantopus novae-zelandiae noun blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt

kalansuwa
noun a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders

Kalapooian
Kalapuyan noun a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya

Kalashnikov
noun a type of submachine gun made in Russia

Kalashnikov culture
noun the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; `the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan`