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a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
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J. B. Rhine, n.
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J. B. S. Haldane, n.
Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
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| J. B. S. Haldane |
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| John Burdon Sanderson Haldane |
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J. C. Maxwell, n.
Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
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| James Clerk Maxwell |
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J. Craig Ventner, n.
United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
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| J. Craig Ventner |
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| Ventner |
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J. D. Salinger, n.
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J. E. Johnston, n.
Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)
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| Johnston |
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| Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
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J. Edgar Hoover, n.
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
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| J. Edgar Hoover |
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| John Edgar Hoover |
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J. J. Hill, n.
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J. M. Barrie, n.
Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
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| J. M. Barrie |
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| James Barrie |
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| James Matthew Barrie |
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| Sir James Matthew Barrie |
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J. M. Synge, n.
Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
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| J. M. Synge |
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| John Millington Synge |
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J. P. Morgan, n.
United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
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| John Pierpont Morgan |
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J. R. Firth, n.
English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
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| J. R. Firth |
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| John Rupert Firth |
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J.R.R. Tolkien, n.
British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
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| John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
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JDAM, n.
a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
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| Joint Direct Attack Munition |
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JEM, n.
a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings
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| Jaish-e-Muhammad |
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JFK, n.
35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
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| Jack Kennedy |
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| John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
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| Kennedy |
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| President John F. Kennedy |
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| President Kennedy |
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JHVH, n.
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
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| Jahvey |
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| Jahweh |
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| Jehovah |
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| Wahvey |
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| YHVH |
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| YHWH |
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| Yahve |
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| Yahveh |
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| Yahwe |
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| Yahweh |
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JI, n.
a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
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| Islamic Group |
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| Jemaah Islamiyah |
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| Malaysia Militant Group |
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| Malaysian Mujahidin Group |
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JRA, n.
a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
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| Anti-Imperialist International Brigade |
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| Japanese Red Army |
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"in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"
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JV, n.
a college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team
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| junior varsity |
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Jabalpur, n.
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Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah, n.
a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
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| PLF |
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| Palestine Liberation Front |
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Jabiru mycteria, n.
large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
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Jack, n.
a man who serves as a sailor
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| mariner |
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| old salt |
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| sea dog |
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| seafarer |
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| seaman |
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| tar |
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Jack Benny, n.
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974)
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Jack Dempsey, n.
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
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| Jack Dempsey |
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| Manassa Mauler |
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| William Harrison Dempsey |
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Jack Frost, n.
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Jack Kennedy, n.
35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
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| Jack Kennedy |
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| John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
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| Kennedy |
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| President John F. Kennedy |
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| President Kennedy |
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