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Jumping Gene
- noun - a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
Jumping Jack
- noun - plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings
Jumping Seed
- noun - seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
Jumpstarting
- verb - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
Junction Box
- - A box through which the main conductors of a system of electric distribution pass, and where connection is made with branch circuits.
Jungermannia
- - A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the family, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniace.
Jungle Fever
- noun - severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions
Junior Class
- noun - penultimate class in high school or college
Junior-Grade
- adjective - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
Juniper Bush
- noun - desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista