kamet
- n a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
katsina
- n a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
jaboncillo
- n evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
jacques loeb
- n United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924)
jaboticaba
- n small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
- n tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil
jaboticaba tree
- n small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
jacamar
- n tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
jacaranda
- n an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
jack
- n a small worthless amount
you don't know jack - n a man who serves as a sailor
- n someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- n immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- n a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- n an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- n 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
- n small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- n one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- n tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- n any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- n male donkey
- v lift with a special device
jack up the car so you can change the tire - v hunt with a jacklight