jacob : Idioms & Phrases

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aletta jacobs

  • noun Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
    Jacobs.
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arthur jacob arshawsky

  • noun United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
    Shaw; Artie Shaw.
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francois jacob

  • noun French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
    Jacob.
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jacob epstein

  • noun British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
    Epstein; Jacob Epstein.
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jacob harmensen

  • noun Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
    Arminius; Jacobus Arminius; Jakob Hermandszoon.
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Jacob's ladder

  • noun pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
    Polemonium caeruleum; Greek valerian; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae; Polemonium van-bruntiae; charity.
  • noun (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
    jack ladder; pilot ladder.
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  • . (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium (P. coeruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft . R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar.
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Jacob's membrane

  • . See Retina.
Webster 1913

jacob's rod

  • noun asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
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Jacob's staff

  • noun desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
    vine cactus; Fouquieria splendens; coachwhip; ocotillo.
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  • . (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff . Obs. Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under Staff.
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jane jacobs

  • noun United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
    Jacobs.
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john jacob astor

  • noun United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848)
    Astor.
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karl gustav jacob jacobi

  • noun German mathematician (1804-1851)
    Jacobi.
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northern jacob's ladder

  • noun perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal
    Polemonium boreale.
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sir jacob epstein

  • noun British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
    Epstein; Jacob Epstein.
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w. w. jacobs

  • noun English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
    Jacobs; W. W. Jacobs.
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william wymark jacobs

  • noun English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
    Jacobs; W. W. Jacobs.
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