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Iulus
- - A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha.
Ivies
- noun - Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
Izars
- noun - a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body
Jacks
- noun - a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
- a man who serves as a sailor
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- hunt with a jacklight
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
- male donkey
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- small flag indicating a ship's nati
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"
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
Jakes
- noun - a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
Jambs
- noun - upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
James
- noun - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
- a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
- a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
- a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
- a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
- the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
- the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)
- United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band
Janus
- noun - (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head