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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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jacksonville
  • n  Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
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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
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jackstraw
  • n  a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
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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
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jacob
  • n  French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
  • n  (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
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jacob's ladder
  • n  pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
  • n  (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
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