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51Jumping disease — Jump ing dis*ease A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
52Jumping jack — Jump ing jack 1. A toy figure of a man, jointed and made to jump or dance by means of strings or sticks attached to it. [1913 Webster] 2. A calisthenic exercise in which a person starts in a standing position with both feet together and with the… …
53Jumping the Scratch — is a novel by Sarah Weeks written for young adults.PlotEleven year old Jamie Reardon’s cat dies; his father leaves home; and his aunt Sapphy has an accident at work that causes her memory to skip. Jamie is a boy who is teased at school and, on… …
54Jumping after Wirkola — Jumping after Wirkola, idiom of Norwegian origin ( hoppe etter Wirkola ), signifying the prospect of and the difficulties associated with embarking on a task where one s immediate predecessor has accomplished an unusually good job. The… …
55Jumping a car — may refer to: *Jump start (vehicle), starting an internal combustion vehicle after its battery has been discharged …
56Jumping Johnny Wilson — born John Wilson, was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters [cite web | title = Harlem Globetrotters all time roster | url = http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/alltime/ | accessdate = 2008 06 23] . He is the subject of the book Jump Johnny… …
57jumping satellites — jumping satellites. См. прыгающие сателлиты. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
58jumping gene — n TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT esp TRANSPOSON …
59jumping jack — n AmE a jump that is done from a standing position with your arms and legs pointing out to the side …
60jumping-off point — jumping off .point n a place to start from, especially at the beginning of a journey …