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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
Japes
- noun - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
Jards
- - A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.
Jatis
- noun - (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter)
Jazzs
- noun - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
Jeans
- noun - (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric