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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.
Jackal
- noun - Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
Jacked
- verb - hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
Jacket
- noun - (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
- a short coat
- an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
- provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"
- put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
- the outer skin of a potato
- the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
Jacobi
- noun - German mathematician (1804-1851)
- Sir Derek, OBE (1938-present) British actor, founder member of the Royal National Theatre, breakthrough was title role in BBC dramatisation of Robert Graves' 'I, Claudius'
Jacobs
- noun - Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
- English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
- United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
Jicama
- unknown - Edible tuberous root, also called the "mexican turnup". Related to the yam.
Jockey
- noun - an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
- compete (for an advantage or a position)
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
- someone employed to ride horses in horse races