jean luc godard

French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930) ;

jean martin charcot

French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893) ;

jean monnet

French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe (1888-1979) ;

jean nicholas arthur rimbaud

French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891) ;

jean paul marat

French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793) ;

jean piaget

Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980) ;

jean racine

French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) ;

jean sibelius

Finnish composer (1865-1957) ;

jeanne antoinette poisson

French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) ;

jeanne d'arc

French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431) ;

jeannette rankin

leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973) ;

jebel musa

a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules ;

jed'dah

port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca ;

jeddah

port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca ;

jeep

a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain ;

jeer

showing your contempt by derision ;

jeerer

someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision ;

jeering

showing your contempt by derision ;

jeffers

United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962) ;

jefferson

3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826) ;

jefferson city

capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river ;

jefferson davis

American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889) ;

jefferson davis' birthday

celebrated in southern United States ;

jeffersonian

a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles ;

jeffrey's pine

tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine ;

jeffrey pine

tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine ;

jehad

a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal ; a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels ;

jehovah

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God ; a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH ;

jehovah's witness

believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism ;

jehovah's witnesses

Protestant denomination founded in the United States by Charles Taze Russell in 1884 ;

jejunal artery

branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum ;

jejuneness

quality of lacking nutritive value ; the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated ; lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life ;

jejunitis

inflammation of the jejunum of the small intestine ;

jejunity

quality of lacking nutritive value ; the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated ;

jejunoileitis

inflammation of the jejunum and the ileum of the small intestine ;

jejunostomy

surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding ;

jejunum

the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum ;

jekyll and hyde

someone with two personalities - one good and one evil ;

jell-o

fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder ;

jellaba

a loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa ;