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Jafar
- noun - Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)
Jaffa
- noun - a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
- An exceptionally well bowled, practically unplayable delivery, usually but not always from a fast bowler.
- Type of orange
Jager
- - A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Jaggy
- adjective - having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
- having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
Jagua
- noun - tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
Jails
- noun - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
- Prison
Jaina
- - One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.
Jakes
- noun - a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
Jakie
- - A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.
Jalap
- - A purgative drug, obtained from the tuberous roots of a Mexican climbing plant ( Ipomoca purga )
- The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom (or Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative (cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other species of Ipom yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the Ipom, and Ipom.