junior college |
an educational institution that offers a two-year program equivalent to the first two years at a four-year college and that confers an associate degree or certificate. |
junior featherweight |
a boxer weighing more than a bantamweight but less than a featherweight, with a maximum weight of 122 pounds. |
junior flyweight |
a boxer in the class below flyweight, with a maximum weight of 108 pounds. |
junior high school |
an intermediate school between elementary and high school, usu. including grades seven, eight, and nine; middle school. |
Junior League |
in the United States, an association of women of high economic and social status who do volunteer work in the local community. |
junior lightweight |
a boxer weighing more than a featherweight but less than a lightweight, with a maximum weight of 130 pounds. |
junior middleweight |
a boxer weighing more than a welterweight and less than a middleweight, with a maximum weight of 154 pounds. |
junior miss |
a young woman in her early or mid-teens. [2 definitions] |
junior varsity |
an athletic team that represents a school, college, or the like at a level below varsity; jayvee. |
junior welterweight |
a boxer weighing more than a lightweight but less than a welterweight, with a maximum weight of 140 pounds. |
juniper |
any of a variety of evergreen shrubs or small trees bearing cones that produce a blue-gray berrylike fruit. |
junk1 |
anything regarded as having little worth; trash. [4 definitions] |
junk2 |
a high-sterned, flat-bottomed boat of Chinese origin, driven by square sails. |
junk bond |
a low-rated, high-yield corporate bond, often issued to finance the takeover of a company. |
Junker |
a member of the militaristic Prussian aristocracy. |
junker |
(informal) an old or severely damaged car or truck. |
junket |
milk curdled with rennet, flavored, and sweetened, usu. eaten as a dessert. [4 definitions] |
junk food |
prepackaged snack food that is low in nutritional value but usu. high in calories. |
junkie |
(informal) a drug addict, esp. a heroin addict. [2 definitions] |
junk mail |
unsolicited mail, usu. in the form of advertisements or requests for monetary contributions. |
junkman |
one who resells junk, such as scrap metal, glass, paper, and the like; junk dealer. |