jacques costeau

French underwater explorer (born in 1910) ;

jacques derrida

French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004) ;

jacques etienne montgolfier

French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) ;

jacques francois antoine ibert

French composer (1890-1962) ;

jacques francois fromental elie halevy

French operatic composer (1799-1862) ;

jacques germain soufflot

French architect (1713-1780) ;

jacques lipchitz

United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973) ;

jacques loeb

United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924) ;

jacques louis david

French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825) ;

jacques lucien monod

French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976) ;

jacques marquette

French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675) ;

jacques monod

French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976) ;

jacques offenbach

French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) ;

jacques tati

French filmmaker (1908-1982) ;

jacques tatischeff

French filmmaker (1908-1982) ;

jacques yves costeau

French underwater explorer (born in 1910) ;

jacquinia

sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae ;

jacquinia armillaris

small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets ;

jacquinia keyensis

West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood ;

jactation

(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness ;

jactitation

(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness ; (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) ; speaking of yourself in superlatives ;

jaculus

jerboas ;

jaculus jaculus

a variety of jerboa ;

jacuzzi

a large whirlpool bathtub with underwater jets that massage the body ;

jade

an old or over-worked horse ; a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green ; a woman adulterer ; a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite ;

jade green

a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green ;

jade vine

vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws ;

jadeite

a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma ;

jadestone

a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite ;

jaeger

rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey ;

jafar

Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000) ;

jafar umar thalib

Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000) ;

jaffa

a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950 ;

jaffa orange

sweet almost seedless orange of Israel ;

jaffar

Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000) ;

jaffar umar thalib

Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000) ;

jafnea semitosta

the fruiting bodies of this discomycete have a firm texture and long retain their cup shape; the pale brown interior blends with the color of dead leaves ;

jag

a bout of drinking or drug taking ; a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing ; a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing ; a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock" ;

jagannath

an avatar of Vishnu ;

jagannatha

an avatar of Vishnu ;