j means: the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
j means: a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
j particle means: a neutral meson with a large mass
j. b. rhine means: United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
j. b. s. haldane means: Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
j. c. maxwell means: Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
j. craig ventner means: United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
j. d. salinger means: United States writer (born 1919)
j. e. johnston means: Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)
j. edgar hoover means: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
august 1 means: commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
bank discount means: interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
cinnamon roll means: rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
clotho means: the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life
cnicus benedictus means: annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
common land means: a pasture subject to common use
crippling means: that cripples or disables or incapacitates
desideratum means: something desired as a necessity
francis bacon means: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
half nelson means: a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck
joie de vivre means: a keen enjoyment of living
lxxvi means: being six more than seventy
morning-glory family means: morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
nozzle means: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
nozzle means: informal terms for the nose
post oak means: small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
pyroxyline means: highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
renal calculus means: a calculus formed in the kidney
short-headed means: having a brachycephalic head
stoplight means: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
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