jaundice

a rough and bitter manner ; yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia ;

jaundice of the newborn

yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously ;

jaunt

a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" ;

jauntiness

a breezy liveliness; "a delightful breeziness of manner" ; stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance ;

jaunting car

an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland ;

jaunty car

an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland ;

java

a simple platform-independent object-oriented programming language used for writing applets that are downloaded from the World Wide Web by a client and run on the client's machine ; a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" ; an island in Indonesia south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions ;

java finch

small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields ;

java man

fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus ;

java olives

large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food ;

java pepper

tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits ;

java sparrow

small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields ;

javan

a native or inhabitant of Java ;

javanese

the Indonesian language spoken on Java ; a native or inhabitant of Java ;

javanthropus

former genus of primitive man; now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man ;

javel water

an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite ;

javelin

a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events ; an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible ;

javelina

dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States ;

javelle water

an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite ;

jaw

holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object ; the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth ; the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth ;

jawaharlal nehru

Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964) ;

jawan

(India) a private soldier or male constable ;

jawbone

the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth ;

jawbreaker

a word that is hard to pronounce ; a large round hard candy ;

jawfish

small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes ;

jawless fish

eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms ;

jawless vertebrate

eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms ;

jaws of life

hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside ;

jay

crested largely blue bird ; United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) ;

jay cooke

United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) ;

jay gould

United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892) ;

jaybird

common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast ;

jayshullah

an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999 ;

jaywalker

a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally ;

jazz

a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands ; a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles ; empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" ;

jazz band

a small band of jazz musicians ;

jazz festival

a festival that features performances by jazz artists ;

jazz group

a small band of jazz musicians ;

jazz musician

a musician who plays or composes jazz music ;

jazzman

a musician who plays or composes jazz music ;