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Jack Frost Tweet Definition of Jack Frost Like Definition of Jack Frost on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A personification of winter
     
Janus Tweet Definition of Janus Like Definition of Janus on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (Roman mythology) The god of gates and doorways; having two faces looking in opposite directions
  2. (astronomy) a moon of Saturn
     
Jason Tweet Definition of Jason Like Definition of Jason on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (Greek mythology) leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
  2. (given name, male) very popular in the English-speaking world in the 1970s and the 1980s.
     
Jove Tweet Definition of Jove Like Definition of Jove on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter
  2. 1500's curse word for God
     
jovial Tweet Definition of jovial Like Definition of jovial on Facebook
adjective 
  1. merry; cheerful and good-humored
     
Jovian Tweet Definition of Jovian Like Definition of Jovian on Facebook
noun 
  1. (science fiction) An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.
proper noun 
  1. Flavius Jovianus, a Roman emperor
adjective 
  1. of, or relating to Jupiter (either Roman deity or planet), or to the Jovian planets
     
Juno Tweet Definition of Juno Like Definition of Juno on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The Roman equivalent of the Greeks' Hera, queen of the gods.
     
Jupiter Tweet Definition of Jupiter Like Definition of Jupiter on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The fifth and by far the largest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant, represented by the symbol � in astronomy. Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot and many moons including the Galilean moons.
  2. The Roman King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn.
     

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