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Jackknife
- noun - a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
- a large knife with one or more folding blades
- dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife
Jacksmith
- - A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.
Jacksnipe
- noun - a small short-billed Old World snipe
- American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
Jactation
- noun - (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
Jockeying
- verb - compete (for an advantage or a position)
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
Jockeyism
- - The practice of jockeys.
Jocundity
- noun - a feeling facetious merriment
Jucundity
- - Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity.
Laccolith
- - A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
Lacertian
- - Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. -- n. One of the Lacertilia.