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jinx |
Verb
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cast a spell over someone or something |
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jeremiad |
Noun
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a long and mournful complaint |
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job interview |
Noun
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an interview to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employment |
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judicial admission |
Noun
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an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding relating to the business before the court |
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just deserts |
Noun
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an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice, often ironically |
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jounce |
Noun
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a sudden jarring impact |
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jounce |
Verb
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to move up and down repeatedly |
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jangle |
Noun
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a metallic sound |
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jangle |
Verb
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make a sound typical of metallic objects |
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jitter |
Noun
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a small irregular movement |
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jitter |
Noun
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small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources |
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juncture |
Noun
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an event that occurs at a critical time |
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juncture |
Noun
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the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made |
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juncture |
Noun
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a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
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joust |
Noun
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a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
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joust |
Verb
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to joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback |
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joie de vivre |
Noun
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a keen enjoyment of living |
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jitteriness |
Noun
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the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters |
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jumpiness |
Noun
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the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters |
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joyousness |
Noun
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the emotion of great happiness |
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joyfulness |
Noun
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the emotion of great happiness |
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jubilance |
Noun
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a feeling of extreme joy |
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jubilancy |
Noun
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a feeling of extreme joy |
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jocundity |
Noun
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a feeling of facetious merriment |
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jollity |
Noun
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feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
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jolliness |
Noun
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feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
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joylessness |
Noun
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a feeling of dismal cheerlessness |
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julienne |
Noun
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a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables |
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julienne |
Noun
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a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish) |
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julienne |
Verb
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cut into long thin strips |
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jimmies |
Noun
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bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream |
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jello |
Noun
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a flavored dessert made from a commercially prepared sweetened gelatin powder |
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jujube |
Noun
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chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat) |
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jujube |
Noun
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dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
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jujube |
Noun
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spiny tree having dark red edible fruits |
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jelly bean |
Noun
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sugar-glazed jellied candy |
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jelly doughnut |
Noun
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a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam |
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jellyroll |
Noun
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a thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake |
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jumbal |
Noun
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small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie |
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jelly |
Noun
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alternate form of jealous |
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jelly |
Noun
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a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit |
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jelly |
Noun
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an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods |
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jelly |
Noun
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any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin |
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jelly |
Verb
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make into jelly |
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jambon |
Noun
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meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked |
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jerked meat |
Noun
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meat, especially beef, cut in strips and dried in the sun |
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johnnycake |
Noun
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cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle, chiefly in New England, also called johnny cake |
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johnny cake |
Noun
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cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle, chiefly in New England, also called johnny cake |
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journey cake |
Noun
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cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle, chiefly in New England, also called johnny cake |
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Jerusalem artichoke |
Noun
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tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves |