| juke | To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. Alternative forms: jook and jouk] "The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head." (L' Estrange) Origin: from Scottish jouk to bow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Jukes | The pseudonym for a celebrated family, most of whose members were social misfits, feebleminded, and degenerate. See: Kallikak. (05 Mar 2000) |
| julaceous | <botany> Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous. See: Julus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| julep | 1. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs; especially. <medicine> A sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle. "Honey in woods, juleps in brooks." (H. Vaughan) 2. A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint. Synonym: mint julep. Origin: F, fr. Sp. Julepe, fr. Ar. & Per. Julab, jullab, fr. Per. Gulab rose water and julep; gul rose + ab water. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| juliform | <botany> Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin. Origin: Julus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| julus | Pl.Juli. [Of the same origin as iulus. <botany> A catkin or ament. See Ament. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| july | Origin: L.Julius; named from Caius Julius Caesar, who was born in this month: cf. F. Juillet. The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days. This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month, according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was the first month of the year. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jump | 1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. "To jump a body with a dangerous physic." (Shak) 4. To join by a butt weld. To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. 5. To bore with a jumper. To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. See Claim. To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. 1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap. "Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square." (Shak) 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." "A flock of geese jump down together." (Dryden) 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig, to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance. Origin: Akin to OD. Gumpen, dial. G. Gumpen, jumpen. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. "Our fortune lies Upon thisjump." (Shak) 3. The space traversed by a leap. 4. <chemical> A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 5. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. From the jump, from the start or beginning. Jump joint. A butt joint. A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. Jump seat. A movable carriage seat. A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jump flap | A distant flap transferred in stages via an intermediate carrier; e.g., an abdominal flap is attached to the wrist, then at a later stage the wrist is brought to the face. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jumper | 1. One who, or that which, jumps. 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. 3. A rude kind of sleigh; usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. 4. <zoology> The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. 5. A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterised by violent convulsions. 6. Spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. Baby jumper. Bounty jumper. See Bounty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jumper disease of Maine | One of the pathological startle syndromes found in isolated parts of the world, characterised by greatly exaggerated responses, such as jumping, flinging the arms and yelling, to minimal stimuli. Synonym: jumping Frenchmen of Maine disease, jumper disease of Maine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jumping | Of Jump, to leap. Jumping bean, a seed of a Mexican Euphorbia, containing the larva of a moth (Carpocapsa saltitans). The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and jump about. Jumping deer, spider of the genus Salticus and other related genera; one of the Saltigradae; so called because it leaps upon its prey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jumping disease | One of the pathological startle syndromes found in isolated parts of the world, characterised by greatly exaggerated responses, such as jumping, flinging the arms and yelling, to minimal stimuli. Synonym: jumping Frenchmen of Maine disease, jumper disease of Maine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jumping gene | <molecular biology> Populist term for transposon. (18 Nov 1997) |
| jumping the bite | An orthodontic technique for correcting a crossbite, usually anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |