japanese stranglehold

a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe ;

japanese sumac

small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained ;

japanese table pine

pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental ;

japanese tree lilac

small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers ;

japanese umbrella pine

tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs ;

japanese varnish tree

deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods ; small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained ;

japanese wistaria

having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue ;

japanese yew

shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States ;

jape

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" ;

japery

acting like a clown or buffoon ;

japheth

(Old Testament) son of Noah ;

japonica

deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms ; greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties ;

jar

a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles ; a sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt" ; the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" ;

jarful

the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" ;

jargon

specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject ; a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" ; a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon ;

jargoon

a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon ;

jaroslav hasek

Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923) ;

jarrell

United States poet (1914-1965) ;

jarvik artificial heart

a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success ;

jarvik heart

a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success ;

jasmine

any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia ;

jasmine tobacco

South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers ;

jasminum

shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine ;

jasminum mesnyi

evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China ;

jasminum nudiflorum

deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers ;

jasminum officinale

a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea ;

jasminum sambac

East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers ;

jason

(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece ;

jasper

an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone ;

jasper johns

United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930) ;

jaspers

German psychiatrist (1883-1969) ;

jassid

a variety of leafhopper ;

jassidae

family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications ;

jat

a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs ;

jati

(Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter) ;

jatropha

a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae ;

jatropha curcus

small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities ;

jatropha stimulosus

a stinging herb of tropical America ;

jatropha urens

a stinging herb of tropical America ;

jaun gris

Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927) ;