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<B>June bug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, brown, clumsy beetle of North America that appears in June in the northern parts and in May in the southern; May beetle. June bugs belong to the same group as the chafers. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large green beetle of the southern United States, very destructive to fruit; fig-eater. </DL>
<B>Jungian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) or his teachings. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who believes in Jung's teachings or follows his technique of psychoanalysis. <BR> <I>Ex. Jungians believe that certain kinds of myths are repeated over and over again in all eras and societies, thus furnishing clues to the universal unconscious (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="jungianism">
<B>Jungianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Jungian theories or doctrines. </DL>
<A NAME="jungle">
<B>jungle, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>wild land thickly overgrown with bushes, vines, and trees. Jungles are hot and humid regions with many kinds of plants and wild animals. <BR> <I>Ex. Set off against its cities ... is the world's largest jungle, the Amazon (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a tangled mass. <BR> <I>Ex. What a world-wide jungle of redtape (Thomas Carlyle).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a place or situation in which it is difficult to survive because of intense competition, violence, or opposition. <BR> <I>Ex. grew up in the jungle of Manhattan's Lower East Side (Time).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a camp for tramps. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or like the jungle; savage; untamed. <BR> <I>Ex. jungle calls, jungle towns; (Figurative.) the jungle life of a city slum.</I> adj. <B>junglelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="jungleboot">
<B>jungle boot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sturdy, waterproof boot, suitable for use in hot, humid, and overgrown lands. <BR> <I>Ex. Jungle boots had to be issued to some of the G.I.'s before they went out on patrol (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="junglecock">
<B>jungle cock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the male of the jungle fowl. </DL>
<A NAME="jungled">
<B>jungled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covered with jungles. </DL>
<A NAME="junglefever">
<B>jungle fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a severe type of malaria, occurring especially in the East Indies. </DL>
<A NAME="junglefowl">
<B>jungle fowl,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several wild birds of southern Asia and the East Indies that are much like domestic fowl and from which the present-day domestic chicken is probably descended. </DL>
<A NAME="junglegym">
<B>jungle gym,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a framework of steel bars to climb or swing on as a pastime. <BR> <I>Ex. Plans for the commons include a basketball court, a slide, a jungle gym (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="junglehen">
<B>jungle hen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the female of the jungle fowl. </DL>
<A NAME="junglerice">
<B>jungle rice,</B> <B>=barnyard grass.</B></DL>
<A NAME="junglerot">
<B>jungle rot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any fungous skin disease aggravated by tropical heat and humidity. </DL>
<A NAME="jungly">
<B>jungly, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a jungle. </DL>
<A NAME="junior">
<B>junior, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>the younger (used of a son having the same name as his father). <BR> <I>Ex. John Parker, Junior, is the son of John Parker, Senior,</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr.) Jr. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or for younger people. <BR> <I>Ex. a junior choir, a junior tennis match. The Red Cross offers a junior course in first aid.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of lower position; of less standing than some others; of more recent appointment. <BR> <I>Ex. a junior officer, a junior partner.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>of or having to do with a third-year student or class in high school or college. <BR> <I>Ex. the junior class. Are you going to the Junior Prom?</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>of or for girls or women with slight figures. <BR> <I>Ex. Junior sizes have shorter waists and are a little smaller around.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>of later date. <BR> <I>Ex. The Cretan civilization was apparently junior to that of the Nile Valley.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Law.) (of a mortgage, creditor, or the like) more recent in time and therefore second in priority to another. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a younger person. <BR> <I>Ex. He is his brother's junior by two years.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person of lower position, rank, or standing; person of more recent appointment. <DD><B> 3. </B>a student in the third year of high school or a four-year college. <DD><B> 4a. </B>the junior size of clothing; junior miss. <DD><B> b. </B>a girl or woman who wears or can wear junior sizes. </DL>
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<A NAME="juniorate">
<B>juniorate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the Roman Catholic Church: <DD><B> 1. </B>a preliminary course for Jesuits leading to the deeper study of metaphysics and other philosophical studies. <DD><B> 2. </B>a school for such studies. </DL>
<A NAME="juniorcollege">
<B>junior college,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school giving only the first two years of a regular four-year-college course, or special programs for professional or technical preparation. </DL>
<A NAME="juniorhighschool">
<B>junior high school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school of grades 7, 8, and sometimes 9, attended after an elementary school of six grades. It is followed by high school. </DL>
<A NAME="juniority">
<B>juniority, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or fact of being a junior in age, rank, or standing. </DL>
<A NAME="juniorleague">
<B>Junior League,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the local organizations of the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., whose members engage in volunteer social work. </DL>
<A NAME="juniorleaguer">
<B>Junior Leaguer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is a member of a Junior League. </DL>
<B>junior school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school in Great Britain for pupils from 7 to 11 years of age. </DL>
<A NAME="juniorseniorhighschool">
<B>junior-senior high school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school combining junior and senior high school with grades 7 through 12; secondary school. </DL>
<A NAME="juniorvarsity">
<B>junior varsity,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a high-school or college athletic team that competes on the level next below the varsity. </DL>
<A NAME="juniper">
<B>juniper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of evergreen shrubs or trees with small, brown or bluish, berrylike cones. The cones of one kind of juniper contain an oil used in flavoring gin, in medicine as a diuretic and stimulant, and in fumigating. Junipers belong to the cypress family. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) any one of various shrubs or trees that resemble the juniper, such as the larch. <DD><B> 3. </B>a tree mentioned in the Bible, having white flowers and rushlike branches; retem. I Kings 19:4 </DL>
<A NAME="junk">
<B>junk</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>old metal, paper, rags, or other unwanted articles. <BR> <I>Ex. After we cleaned out the collection of junk, the garage looked fairly orderly.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) rubbish; trash. <BR> <I>Ex. There was a lot of junk stuck to the bottom of the trash barrel.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>hard, salted meat eaten by sailors. <DD><B> 4. </B>old rope used especially for making mats, oakum, and gaskets. <BR> <I>Ex. The owners of a vessel buy up incredible quantities of "old junk," which the sailors unlay (Richard Henry Dana).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a piece of anything; chunk. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Slang.) a narcotic, such as heroin; dope. <BR> <I>Ex. I'd been in contact briefly with some of the scummier elements, including those involved with pot and junk (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) to throw away or discard as junk. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole plan ought to be junked (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to divide into chunks. </DL>
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<B>junk</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Chinese or Japanese sailing ship. Junks have a flat bottom, high stern, low bow, and lug or lateen sails of bamboo matting. Now, a junk often has auxiliary power. </DL>
<A NAME="junkart">
<B>junk art,</B> <B>=junk sculpture.</B></DL>
<A NAME="junkbond">
<B>junk bond,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a high-risk, noncorporate or low-grade corporate bond that is bought at less than face value. </DL>
<A NAME="junkcall">
<B>junk call,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a telephone call by a telemarketer. </DL>
<A NAME="junkcaller">
<B>junk caller,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who does telemarketing. </DL>
<A NAME="junkdealer">
<B>junk dealer,</B> <B>=junkman.</B></DL>
<A NAME="junkdna">
<B>junk DNA,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an intron. <BR> <I>Ex. The rest of the genome is composed of long stretches of DNA, running between the genes, that scientists ... sometimes call "junk DNA" (John Seabrook).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="junker">
<B>Junker</B> or <B>junker</B> (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the former aristocratic, privileged class in Prussia. <BR> <I>Ex. The "revolutionary" unification of the Reich was achieved by the reactionary Junker of Prussia (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an aristocrat who seeks to retain his social and political privileges. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Junkers. </DL>
<A NAME="junker">
<B>junker</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(U.S. Slang.) an old, brokendown automobile or other vehicle or machine. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=junk caller.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="junkerdom">
<B>Junkerdom</B> or <B>junkerdom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the spirit or policy of the Junkers. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition or character of a Junker. </DL>
<A NAME="junkerism">
<B>Junkerism</B> or <B>junkerism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the spirit or policy of the Junkers. </DL>
<A NAME="junket">
<B>junket, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a pleasure trip, especially one taken by an official at the expense of the government; trip or tour. <BR> <I>Ex. A junket to Russia comes later (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>curdled milk, sweetened and flavored, eaten as a dessert. <DD><B> 3. </B>a feast or picnic. <DD><B> 4. </B>a cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) any dainty candy, cake, or confection; delicacy. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to go on a pleasure trip, especially at the expense of the government. <BR> <I>Ex. He told the House it was senseless to be "sending a lot of Congressmen junketing over in Paris in July" (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to hold a feast; join in a picnic. noun <B>junketer.</B> </DL>
