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Jabal River
River, south-central Sudan.
Jabotinsky, Vladimir
Russian Zionist leader and founder of the Zionist Revisionist movement.
jacaranda
Any plant of the genus Jacaranda (family Bignoniaceae), especially the two ornamental trees J. mimosifolia and J. cuspidifolia.
jack
Any of more than 150 species of fishes (family Carangidae, order Perciformes) found in temperate and tropical portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and occasionally in fresh or brackish water.
jack
In practical mechanics, portable hand-operated device for raising heavy weights through short distances, exerting great pressures, or holding assembled work firmly in position.
Jack the Ripper
Pseudonymous murderer of at least five women, all prostitutes, in or near London's Whitechapel district, from Aug. 7 to Nov. 10, 1888.
jack-in-the-pulpit
North American plant (Arisaema triphyllum) of the arum family, noted for the unusual shape of its flower.
jackal
Any of three canine species of the genus Canis.
jackdaw
Crowlike black bird (Corvus monedula) with gray nape and pearly eyes.
jackrabbit
Any of several large, common North American species of hares (e.g., Lepus townsendii, L. californicus).
Jackson
City (pop., 2000: 184,256), capital of Mississippi, U.S.
Jackson, A(lexander) Y(oung)
Canadian landscape painter.
Jackson, Andrew
Seventh president of the U.S. (1829–37).
Jackson, Charles Thomas
U.S. physician, chemist, geologist, and mineralogist.
Jackson, Glenda
British stage and film actress.
Jackson, Jesse (Louis)
U.S. civil rights leader.
Jackson, Joe
U.S. baseball player.
Jackson, John Hughlings
British neurologist.
Jackson, Mahalia
U.S. gospel music singer.
Jackson, Michael (Joseph)
U.S. singer and songwriter.
Jackson, Reggie
U.S. baseball player.
Jackson, Robert H(oughwout)
U.S. jurist.
Jackson, Shirley (Hardie)
U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Jackson, Stonewall
U.S. and Confederate army officer.
Jackson, William Henry
U.S. photographer.
Jacksonville
City (pop., 2000: 735,617), northeastern Florida, U.S.
Jacob
Hebrew patriarch, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel.
Jacob ben Asher
Jewish legal scholar.
Jacob, François
French biologist.
Jacobean age
Period in the visual and literary arts during the reign of James I (Latin Jacobus) of England (r. 1603–25).
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