Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 12
Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [Written also jook and jouk.].
The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. -- L' Estrange.
Juke (n.) The neck of a bird. [Prov. Eng.]
Juke (v. i.) To perch on anything, as birds do. [Obs.]
Juke (n.) A small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox [syn: juke, jook, juke joint, jook joint, juke house, jook house].
Juke (n.) (Football) A deceptive move made by a football player [syn: juke, fake].
Julaceous (a.) (Bot.) Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.
Julep (n.) A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs; especially.
Julep (n.) (Med.) A sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle. -- Milton.
Honey in woods, juleps in brooks. -- H. Vaughan.
Julep (n.) An alcoholic beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep. [U.S.]
Julep (n.) Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice [syn: julep, mint julep].
Julian (a.) Relating to, or derived from, Julius Caesar.
Julian calendar, the calendar as adjusted by Julius Caesar, in which the year was made to consist of 365 days, each fourth year having 366 days.
Julian epoch, The epoch of the commencement of the Julian calendar, or 46 b. c.
Julian period, A chronological period of 7,980 years, combining the solar, lunar, and indiction cycles (28 x 19 x 15 = 7,980), being reckoned from the year 4713 B. C., when the first years of these several cycles would coincide, so that if any year of the period be divided by 28, 19, or 15, the remainder will be the year of the corresponding cycle. The Julian period was proposed by Scaliger, to remove or avoid ambiguities in chronological dates, and was so named because composed of Julian years.
Julian year, The year of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the Julian calendar, and in use until superseded by the Gregorian year, as established in the reformed or Gregorian calendar.
Julian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar; "the Julian calendar."
Julian (n.) Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363) [syn: Julian, Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus].
Julian, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 63
Housing Units (2000): 35
Land area (2000): 0.088176 sq. miles (0.228374 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.088176 sq. miles (0.228374 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24915
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.521309 N, 95.867413 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68379
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Julian, NE
Julian
Julian, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 1621
Housing Units (2000): 902
Land area (2000): 7.915424 sq. miles (20.500853 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.915424 sq. miles (20.500853 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37582
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.070930 N, 116.585601 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 92036
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Julian, CA
Julian
Julian, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 152
Housing Units (2000): 61
Land area (2000): 0.143746 sq. miles (0.372301 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.143746 sq. miles (0.372301 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38528
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.863230 N, 77.940677 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16844
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Julian, PA
Julian
Julienne (n.) [F.] A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.
Julienne (n.) A vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish) [syn: julienne, julienne vegetable].
Julienne (n.) A clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables.
Julienne (v.) Cut into long thin strips; "julienne the potatoes".
Juliform (a.) (Bot.) Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin.
Juli (n. pl. ) of Julus.
Julus (n.) (Bot.) A catkin or ament. See Ament.
Julies (n. pl. ) of July.
July (n.) The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Note: This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month, according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was the first month of the year.
July (n.) The month following June and preceding August.
July-flower (n.) See Gillyflower.
Jumart (n.) [F.] The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare. -- Locke.
Jumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Jumble.
Jumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jumble.
Jumble (v. t.) To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.
Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together? -- Burton.
Every clime and age Jumbled together. -- Tennyson.
Jumble (v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. -- Swift.
Jumble (n.) A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.
Jumble (n.) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped. [Also spelled jumbal.]
Jumble (n.) A confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother].
Jumble (n.) Small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie [syn: jumble, jumbal].
Jumble (n.) A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble].
Jumble (v.) Be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled" [syn: jumble, mingle].
Jumble (v.) Assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble, confuse, mix up].
Jumble (v.) Bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, throw together].
Jumblement (n.) Confused mixture. [Low]
Jumbler (n.) One who confuses things.
Jumblingly (adv.) In a confused manner.
Jument (n.) A beast; especially, a beast of burden. [Obs.]
Fitter for juments than men to feed on. -- Burton.
Jument (n.) An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work [syn: beast of burden, jument].
Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Jump (n.) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
Jumped (imp. & p. p.) of Jump.
Jumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jump.
Jump (v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. -- Shak.
Jump (v. i.) To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." -- Nahum iii. 2.
A flock of geese jump down together. -- Dryden.
Jump (v. i.) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." -- Shak.
To jump at, To spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.
Jump (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
Jump (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
Jump (v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
To jump a body with a dangerous physic. -- Shak.
Jump (v. t.) (Smithwork) To join by a butt weld.
Jump (v. t.) (Smithwork) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Jump (v. t.) (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
To jump a claim, To enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See Claim, n., 3.
To jump one's bail, To abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]
To jump the gun, To begin to run (in a footrace) before the starting gun has fired; hence, (fig.) to begin any activity before the designated starting time.
Jump (n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." -- Locke.
Jump (n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. -- Shak.
Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Jump (n.) (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Jump (n.) (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Jump (n.) A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.
From the jump, From the start or beginning. [Colloq.]
Jump joint. (a) A butt joint.
Jump joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat.
Jump seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.
Jump (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names". -- B. Jonson.
Jump (adv.) Exactly; pat. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Jump-start (n.) The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump. Jump suit
Jupon, Juppon (n.) [Written variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.] A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. -- Dryden.
Jupon,
Juppon (n.)
A petticoat. -- Halliwell.
Jump (n.) A sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in
attendance" [syn: jump, leap].
Jump (n.) An abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: leap, jump, saltation].
Jump (n.) (Film) An abrupt transition from one scene to another.
Jump (n.) A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump, start].
Jump (n.) Descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" [syn: jump, parachuting].
Jump (n.) The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" [syn: jump, jumping].
Jump (v.) Move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring].
Jump (v.) Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump, start].
Jump (v.) Make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat".
Jump (v.) Increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight".
Jump (v.) Be highly noticeable [syn: leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out].
Jump (v.) Enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game".
Jump (v.) Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up].
Jump (v.) Jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" [syn: jump, leap, jump off].
Jump (v.) Run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" [syn: derail, jump].
Jump (v.) Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: chute, parachute, jump].
Jump (v.) Cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: jump, leap].
Jump (v.) Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery [syn: jumpstart, jump-start, jump]..
Jump (v.) Bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip, skip over].
Jump (v.) Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: leap, jump].
Jump (v.) Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: alternate, jump].
JUMP, () JUelich MultiProcessor (IBM)
Jump, () (Or "branch") The term for a goto instruction, usually in a context of machine languages. "Branch" may be synonymous with "jump", or may refer to jumps that depend on a condition. (1998-11-14)
Jumper (n.) One who, or that which, jumps.
Jumper (n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
Jumper (n.) A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] -- J. F. Cooper.
Jumper (n.) (Zool.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Jumper (n.) (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
Jumper
(n.)
(Horology) Spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a
wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
Baby jumper. See in the Vocabulary.
Bounty jumper. See under Bounty.
Jumper (n.) A loose upper garment; as:
Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
Jumper (n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
Jumper (n.) A sleeveless one-piece dress, either with full shoulders or straps, sometimes with only the front part of the bodice, usually worn by women with a blouse underneath.
Jumper (n.) A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion; as, (Mining, Quarrying, etc.), an instrument for boring holes in rocks by percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
Jumper (n.) (Electronics) A short wire, or a small plastic object containing such a short wire, used to optionally connect or disconnect two points in an electronic circuit, so as to include or exclude portions of the circuit and thus modify the function of the circuit. Such jumpers are much used to adapt add-on circuit boards for different conditions or functions within a computer.
Note: The contacts to which jumpers connect in commercially produced circuit boards are typically two closely spaced short stiff wires standing perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board, and the jumper has two holes with spacing identical to that of the contacts wires, so as to allow convenient insertion or removal of the jumper.
Jumper (v. t.) (electronics) To insert a jumper[2] between the two contacts in (a circuit). See 2nd jumper.
Jumper (n.) A person who jumps; "as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened".
Jumper (n.) An athlete who competes at jumping; "he is one hell of a jumper".
Jumper (n.) A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body [syn: sweater, jumper].
Jumper (n.) A coverall worn by children.
Jumper (n.) A small connector used to make temporary electrical connections.
Jumper (n.) A loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen.
Jumper (n.) A sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing [syn: jumper, pinafore, pinny].
Jumper (n.) (Basketball) A player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump [syn: jumper, jump shot].
Jumping (p. a. & vb. n.) of Jump, to leap.
Jumpweld (v. t.) See Buttweld, v. t.
Juncaceous (a.) Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Juncaceae), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.
Juncate (n.) See Junket.
Juncite (n.) A fossil rush.
Junco (n.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.
Juncous (a.) Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.
Junction (n.) 連接，會合處，交叉點 The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.
Junction (n.) The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.
Junction (n.) The place where two or more things come together.
Junction (n.) The state of being joined together [syn: {junction}, {conjunction}, {conjugation}, {colligation}].
Junction (n.) The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: {articulation}, {join}, {joint}, {juncture}, {junction}].
Junction (n.) Something that joins or connects [syn: {junction}, {conjunction}].
Junction (n.) An act of joining or adjoining things [syn: {junction}, {adjunction}].
Juncture (n.) A joining; a union; an alliance.
Juncture (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.
Juncture (n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.
June (n.) 六月 The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. -- Lowell.
June beetle, June bug (Zool.), 歐洲和北美產之金甲蟲 Any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle.
June grass (Bot.), 肯德基藍草；六月禾；草地早熟禾 (= Kentucky bluegrass) A New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue grass, and Illustration in Appendix.
June (n.) The month following May and preceding July.
Juneating (n.) A kind of early apple.
Juneberry (n.) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry.
Juneberry (n.) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and had tree.
Jungermanniae (n. pl. ) of Jungermannia.
Jungermannia (n.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceae.
Jungle (n.) A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.
Jungly (a.) Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle.
Junior (a.) Less advanced in age than another; younger.
Junior (a.) Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
Junior (a.) Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.
Junior (n.) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Junior (n.) A younger person.
Junior (n.) Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
Juniority (n.) The state or quality of being junior.
Juniper (n.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.
Juniperin (n.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries.
Juniperite (n.) One of the fossil Coniferae, evidently allied to the juniper.
Junk (n.) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.
Junk (n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
Junk (n.) Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.
Junk (n.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
Junk (n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.
Junker (n.) A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Junkerism (n.) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Junket (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
Junket (n.) A feast; an entertainment.
Junket (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
Junketed (imp. & p. p.) of Junket.
Junketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Junket.
Junket (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.
Junket (n.) [ C ] (Disapproving) （政府官員的）公費旅遊 A journey or visit made for pleasure by an official that is paid for by someone else or with public money.
Junketing (n.) A feast or entertainment; a revel.
Junketries (n. pl.) Sweetmeats.