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Jacana
- - Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird.
Jacent
- - Lying at length; as, the jacent posture.
Jading
- verb - 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"
JAFFNA
- unknown - Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name.
Jalons
- - Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals.
Japans
- noun - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
- a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
- coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
- lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
- lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
Jawans
- noun - (India) a private soldier or male constable
Jawing
- verb - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Jejune
- adjective - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
- lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
- lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
Jevons
- noun - English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)