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kamet
  • n  a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
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katsina
  • n  a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
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jacques loeb
  • n  United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924)
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jacobite
  • n  a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
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jacks
  • n  a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
  • n  a small worthless amount
  • 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
  • v  hunt with a jacklight
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jacksmelt
  • n  a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length)
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jacksnipe
  • n  a small short-billed Old World snipe
  • n  American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
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jackson
  • n  English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
  • n  United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)
  • n  United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
  • n  United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
  • n  United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
  • n  general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
  • n  7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
  • n  a town in western Wyoming
  • n  a town in western Tennessee
  • n  capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River
  • n  a town in south central Michigan
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jackson pollock
  • n  United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
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