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
jacques loeb
- n United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924)
jacobite
- n a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
jacksonia
- n genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches
jacksonian epilepsy
- n focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body
jacksonville
- n Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
jackstones
- 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 a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jackstraw
- n a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
jackstraws
- n a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
- n a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws