| jug | 1. <ornithology, zoology> To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale. 2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; said of quails and partridges. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| juga | Plural of jugum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugal | 1. Relating to a yoke, or to marriage. 2. <anatomy> Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone. Origin: L. Jugalis, fr. Jugum yoke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jugal bone | A quadrilateral bone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone. Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugal ligament | <anatomy> An elastic band connecting the tip of the corniculate (Santorini's) cartilage and the lamina of the cricoid cartilage and continuing into the pharyngeal mucosa covering the cricoid lamina. Synonym: ligamentum cricopharyngeum, corniculopharyngeal ligament, cricosantorinian ligament, jugal ligament, ligamentum corniculopharyngeum, ligamentum jugale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugal point | A craniometric point at the union of the temporal and frontal processes of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: jugal point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugale | A craniometric point at the union of the temporal and frontal processes of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: jugal point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugated | <botany> Coupled together. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juger | A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth. Origin: L. Jugerum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jugger | <zoology> An East Indian falcon. See Lugger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juggle | To deceive by trick or artifice. "Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries?" (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juggleress | 1. A female juggler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juglandin | <chemistry> An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye. Origin: L. Juglans, -andis, a walnut: cf. F. Juglandine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juglans | <botany> A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut. Origin: L, walnut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juglone | <chemistry> A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). Synonym: nucin. Origin: L. Juglans the walnut + -one. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |