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Jerusalem artichoke |
Noun
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edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke |
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jacket potato |
Noun
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a baked potato served with the jacket on |
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junk food |
Noun
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food that tastes good but is high in calories and has little nutritional value |
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jalapeno |
Noun
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hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico |
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jalapeno |
Noun
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plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers |
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jalapeno pepper |
Noun
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hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico |
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jalapeno pepper |
Noun
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plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers |
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Jordan almond |
Noun
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a Spanish almond often salted or covered with a hard, colored sugar coating |
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jaboticaba |
Noun
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tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil |
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jaboticaba |
Noun
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small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States |
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juneberry |
Noun
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edible purple or red berries |
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jackfruit |
Noun
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immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit |
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jackfruit |
Noun
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East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds |
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jak |
Noun
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immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit |
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juniper berries |
Noun
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berrylike cone of a common juniper |
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jambalaya |
Noun
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spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery |
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julep |
Noun
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bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice |
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jug wine |
Noun
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inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs |
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java |
Noun
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a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans |
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join |
Noun
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a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets |
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join |
Noun
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the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made |
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join |
Verb
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make contact or come together |
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join |
Verb
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cause to become joined or linked |
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join |
Verb
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become part of |
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join |
Verb
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to come into the company of |
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join |
Verb
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be or become joined or united or linked |
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job lot |
Noun
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a miscellaneous collection of things sold together |
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jewelry dealer |
Noun
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a firm that sells and buys jewelry |
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junior varsity |
Noun
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a high school, college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team |
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judiciary |
Noun
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persons who administer justice |
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judiciary |
Noun
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the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government |
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judicatory |
Noun
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the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government |
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judicial system |
Noun
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the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government |
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jockey club |
Noun
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a club to promote and regulate horse racing |
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junto |
Noun
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a group, typically political, that comes together to achieve a common purpose |
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junta |
Noun
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a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power |
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jug band |
Noun
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a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments |
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jazz band |
Noun
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a small band of jazz musicians |
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jet set |
Noun
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a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure |
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junior class |
Noun
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penultimate class in high school or college |
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junior school |
Noun
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the British school for children aged 7-11. |
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junior college |
Noun
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a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree |
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jati |
Noun
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a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India |
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Jirga |
Noun
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a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders |
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judicial branch |
Noun
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the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice |
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juvenile court |
Noun
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a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children |
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jury |
Noun
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a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law |
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jury |
Noun
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a committee appointed to judge a competition |
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joint-stock company |
Noun
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a company which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund |
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junior high school |
Noun
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a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades |