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Jacob
- noun - (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
- French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
Jaded
- verb - dulled by surfeit; "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes"
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
Jades
- noun - a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
- a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
- a woman adulterer
- an old or over-worked horse
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
Jafar
- noun - Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)
Jaffa
- noun - a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
- An exceptionally well bowled, practically unplayable delivery, usually but not always from a fast bowler.
- Type of orange
Jager
- - A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Jaggy
- adjective - having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
- having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
Jagua
- noun - tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
Jails
- noun - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
- Prison
Jaina
- - One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.