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juvenility |
Noun
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the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person |
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juvenility |
Noun
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lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life |
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jet-black |
Noun
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a very dark black |
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jet black |
Noun
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a very dark black |
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juiciness |
Noun
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of food, containing the ideal amount of mosture |
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joint probability |
Noun
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the probability of two events occurring together |
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journalist's privilege |
Noun
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the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information |
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jugale |
Noun
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the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone |
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jugal point |
Noun
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the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone |
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jurisdiction |
Noun
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the right and power to interpret and apply the law |
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jawbone |
Noun
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the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
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jawbone |
Verb
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talk idly or casually and in a friendly way |
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jowl |
Noun
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the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
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jowl |
Noun
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a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw, characteristic of aging |
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jugal bone |
Noun
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the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek |
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jugular vein |
Noun
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a vein in the neck that returns blood from the head |
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jejunal artery |
Noun
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an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum |
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juice |
Noun
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any of several liquids of the body |
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juice |
Noun
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the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking |
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juice |
Noun
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electric current |
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juice |
Noun
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energetic vitality |
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jejunum |
Noun
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the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum |
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Jim Crow |
Noun
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legal barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites |
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jamais vu |
Noun
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the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar |
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just-noticeable difference |
Noun
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the difference between two stimuli that, under properly controlled experimental conditions, is detected as often as it is undetected |
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jnd |
Noun
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the difference between two stimuli that, under properly controlled experimental conditions, is detected as often as it is undetected |
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jealousy |
Noun
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zealous vigilance |
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jealousy |
Noun
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a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) |
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judicial activism |
Noun
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the judicial interpretation of law based largely on the personal or political opinions of the judge rather than strictly on current law |
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judging |
Noun
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the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions |
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joy |
Noun
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the emotion of great happiness |
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joy |
Verb
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make glad or happy |
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joy |
Verb
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feel happiness or joy |
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joy |
Noun
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something or someone that provides a source of happiness |
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jury system |
Noun
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a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit |
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jumble |
Noun
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a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas |
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jumble |
Noun
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small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie |
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jumble |
Noun
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a confused multitude of things |
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jumble |
Verb
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bring into random order |
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jumble |
Verb
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assemble without order or sense |
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jumble |
Verb
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be all mixed up or jumbled together |
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judicial principle |
Noun
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a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
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judicial doctrine |
Noun
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a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
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jus sanguinis |
Noun
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the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents |
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jus soli |
Noun
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the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth |
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jurisprudence |
Noun
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
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jurisprudence |
Noun
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the collection of rules imposed by authority |
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junk mail |
Noun
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third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to 'resident' or 'occupant' |
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jawbreaker |
Noun
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a word that is hard to pronounce |
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jawbreaker |
Noun
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a large round hard candy |