| jura-trias | <geology> A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended. Jura-trias"sic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| jurassic | <geology> Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. The Jurassic period or formation; called also the Jura. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jurel | <zoology> A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. Fallax) are also sometimes called jurel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jurisprudence | The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice. "The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology, jurisprudence, philosophy." (J. Warton) Medical jurisprudence, that branch of juridical law which concerns questions of medicine. Origin: L. Jurisprudentia; jus, juris, right, law + prudentia a foreseeing, knowledge of a matter, prudence: cf. F. Jurisprudence. See Just, and Prudence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jurkat cells | A cell line derived from human T-cell leukaemia and used to determine the mechanism of differential susceptibility to anti-cancer drugs and radiation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jussi | A delicate fibre, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc, are made. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| just | 1. Precisely; exactly; in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. "And having just enough, not covet more." (Dryden) "The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast." (Sir P. Sidney) "To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one." (Shak) 2. Closely; nearly; almost. "Just at the point of death." (Sir W. Temple) 3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. "A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail." (Dryden) Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago. 1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; said both of persons and things. "O just but severe law!" "There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." (Eccl. Vii. 20) "Just balances, just weights, . . . Shall ye have." (Lev. Xix. 36) "How should man be just with God?" (Job ix. 2) "We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright." (Shak) 2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference. "Just of thy word, in every thought sincere." (Pope) "The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies." (Shak) "He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. (Bacon) "Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat." (Jer. Taylor) "When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array." (Addison) "Their named alone would make a just volume." (Burton) 3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge. "Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves." (Tillotson) Just intonation. The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. Synonym: Equitable, upright, honest, true, fair, impartial, proper, exact, normal, orderly, regular. Origin: F. Juste, L. Justus, fr. Jus right, law, justice; orig, that which is fitting; akin to Skr. Yu to join. Cf. Injury, Judge, Jury, Giusto. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| justice | The ethical principle that persons who have similar circumstances and conditions should be treated alike; sometimes known as distributive justice. Origin: L. Justitia, fr. Jus, right, law (05 Mar 2000) |
| justification | 1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification. "I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue." (Shak) 2. The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer. 3. The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements. "Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification." (Rom. Iv. 25) "In such righteousness To them by faith imputed, they may find Justification toward God, and peace Of conscience." (Milton) 4. Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc, used for making such adjustment. Origin: L. Justificatio: cf. F. Justification. See Justify. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| justify | 1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. "That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men." (Milton) "Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government." (E. Everett) 2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. "I can not justify whom the law condemns." (Shak) 3. To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. "By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts xiii. 39) 4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. 5. To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification. Synonym: To defend, maintain, vindicate, excuse, exculpate, absolve, exonerate. Origin: F. Justifier, L. Justificare; justus just + -ficare (in comp) to make. See Just, and -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| justinian | Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| justo major | See: pelvis justo major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| justo minor | See: pelvis justo minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jute | The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. Capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fibre is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc. Origin: Hind. Jt, Skr. Jta matted hair; cf. Jaa matted hair, fibrous roots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jute netting | A natural fibre mesh used to hold soil and plants in place on eroding slopes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| juvenile reflex |
a glistening white reflection from the smooth surface of the retina in young people.
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| juxta- |
(juxta-) [L. juxta near, close by] a combining form meaning situated near or adjoining.
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| juxtapapillary choroiditis |
choroiditis near the optic disk.
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| juxtarestiform body |
a structure connecting the lateral vestibular nucleus with the nucleus fastigii and conveying vestibular impulses.
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| Ju | proceeding from good sense or judgment |
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| Ju | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters |
| Ju | characterized by good judgment or sound thinking |
| Ju | in a judicious manner |
| Ju | the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating |
| Ju | good judgment |
| Ju | (Apocrypha) Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha |
| Ju | United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944) |
| Ju | a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling |
| Ju | United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) |
| Ju | a large bottle with a narrow mouth |
| Ju | the quantity contained in a jug |