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Jukes, The
- - A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1,308,000 in 75 years.
Julienning
- verb - cut into long thin strips; "julienne the potatoes"
Juliet Cap
- unknown - A round, close-fitting women's skull cap, worn especially by brides
Jumby Bead
- noun - West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
Jumby Bean
- noun - small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
- small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
Jumby Tree
- noun - small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
- small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
Jump Spark
- - A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap.
Jump-Start
- noun - 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"
- starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car; "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"