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jackknife |
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dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife |
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jacks |
Noun
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a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball |
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jackstones |
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a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball |
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jackstones |
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game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks |
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jackstraws |
Noun
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a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others |
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jump rope |
Noun
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a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope |
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jump rope |
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a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
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jai alai |
Noun
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a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket |
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jollification |
Noun
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a boisterous celebration |
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jinks |
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noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
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jamboree |
Noun
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an elaborate party or festival |
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japery |
Noun
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acting like a clown or buffoon |
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jig |
Noun
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any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping |
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jig |
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a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it |
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jig |
Noun
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a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water |
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jig |
Noun
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music in three-four time for dancing a jig |
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jig |
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dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions |
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jitterbug |
Noun
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a jerky, fast-paced American dance popularized in the 1940s |
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jitterbug |
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to dance the jitterbug |
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jugglery |
Noun
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the performance of a juggler |
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jugglery |
Noun
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artful trickery designed to achieve an end |
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job |
Noun
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a damaging piece of work |
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job |
Noun
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the performance of a piece of work |
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job |
Noun
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
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job |
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the responsibility to do something |
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job |
Noun
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a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee |
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job |
Noun
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a crime (especially a robbery) |
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job |
Noun
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a workplace |
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job |
Noun
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an object worked on |
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job |
Noun
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(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit |
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job |
Noun
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a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved |
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job |
Verb
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invest at a risk |
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job |
Verb
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work occasionally |
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job |
Verb
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arranged for contracted work to be done by others |
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job |
Verb
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profit privately from public office and official business |
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judgeship |
Noun
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the position of judge |
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judicature |
Noun
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the position of judge |
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judicature |
Noun
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the act of meting out justice according to the law |
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judicature |
Noun
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the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government |
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judicature |
Noun
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an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
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joinery |
Noun
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the craft of a joiner |
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joinery |
Noun
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the woodwork done by a joiner |
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journalism |
Noun
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the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media |
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journalism |
Noun
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newspapers and magazines collectively |
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jogging |
Noun
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running at a slow pace as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise |
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justice |
Noun
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judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments |
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justice |
Noun
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the quality of being just or fair |
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justice |
Noun
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a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
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jejunostomy |
Noun
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surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall |
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juvenile delinquency |
Noun
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an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor |