| Jimmy Carter |
U.S. statesman, the 39th U.S. President (1977-1981) and 83rd Governor of Georgia (1971-1975); born James Earl Carter, Jr. (b.1924). |
| Jimmy McDaniel |
U.S. tennis player, who, in a match against Don Budge in 1940, was the first African American to play a white champion (b. 1917). |
| jimson weed |
a poisonous annual of the nightshade family with foul-smelling leaves, prickly fruit, and trumpet-shaped purplish or white flowers. |
| jingle |
to produce a sound as of light metal objects striking against each other repeatedly. [5 definitions] |
| jingo |
a person who is boastfully and excessively patriotic, usu. advocating a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinist. [2 definitions] |
| jingoism |
aggressive nationalism and patriotism, esp. as directed against foreign countries. |
| jinn |
a supernatural being of Muslim legends that can take on the appearance of a person or animal and help or harm people; jinni; genie. |
| jinni |
see "jinn." |
| jinriksha |
a small two-wheeled vehicle of Japanese origin that can carry passengers and be pulled by one or two people; ricksha. |
| jinx |
a person, thing, or set of circumstances that is believed to cause bad luck. [2 definitions] |
| jipijapa |
a palmlike plant of Central and South America that has long, fanlike leaves used to make Panama hats. |
| jitney |
a vehicle that takes passengers to scheduled locations for a small charge. |
| jitter |
(pl.) a condition of great nervousness or apprehensiveness (usu. prec. by "the"). [2 definitions] |
| jitterbug |
a popular, improvised, and athletic dance of the 1940s done to jazz, swing, or boogie-woogie music. [3 definitions] |
| jittery |
having or showing nervousness or apprehensiveness; shaky. |
| jiujitsu |
variant of jujitsu. |
| jive |
swing or jazz music. [6 definitions] |
| J. K. Rowling |
pen name of British author Joanne Rowling, best known for her fiction series relating the adventures of a young wizard named Harry Potter (b.1965). |
| Job |
in the Old Testament, a believer in God who did not lose his faith in spite of the trials and suffering he had to endure. [2 definitions] |
| job |
a specific task or piece of work. [11 definitions] |
| job action |
a collective action by workers, such as a temporary strike or slowdown, that is undertaken to force a company to change its policies, esp. in regard to working conditions. |