court of saint james's | (n) the British royal court |
epistle of james | (n) a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle, Syn. James |
james | (n) a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513), Syn. James IV |
james | (n) the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701), Syn. James II |
james | (n) the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625), Syn. King James I, James I, King James |
james | (n) United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882), Syn. Jesse James |
james | (n) United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910), Syn. William James |
james | (n) writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916), Syn. Henry James |
james | (n) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament, Syn. St. James, Saint James, St. James the Apostle, Saint James the Apostle |
james | (n) a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads, Syn. James River |
james | (n) a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri, Syn. James River |
james bay | (n) the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario |
jamesian | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of William James or his philosophy or his teachings |
jamesian | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Henry James or his writing |
jamesonia | (n) xerophytic ferns of South America, Syn. genus Jamesonia |
jamestown | (n) a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607 |
agee | (n) United States novelist (1909-1955), Syn. James Agee |
audubon | (n) United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851), Syn. John James Audubon |
authorized version | (n) an English translation of the Bible published in 1611, Syn. King James Bible, King James Version |
baldwin | (n) United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987), Syn. James Arthur Baldwin, James Baldwin |
balfour | (n) English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930), Syn. Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour |
barberton daisy | (n) widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays, Syn. Gerbera jamesonii, Transvaal daisy |
barrie | (n) Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937), Syn. James Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, J. M. Barrie |
bernoulli | (n) Swiss mathematician (1654-1705), Syn. Jakob Bernoulli, James Bernoulli, Jacques Bernoulli |
bond | (n) British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming, Syn. James Bond |
boswell | (n) Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795), Syn. James Boswell |
bowie | (n) United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836), Syn. James Bowie, Jim Bowie |
brady | (n) United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917), Syn. Diamond Jim, James Buchanan Brady, Diamond Jim Brady |
buchanan | (n) 15th President of the United States (1791-1868), Syn. James Buchanan, President Buchanan |
cabell | (n) United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958), Syn. James Branch Cabell |
cagney | (n) United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986), Syn. Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney |
carter | (n) 39th President of the United States (1924-), Syn. President Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter |
cattell | (n) American psychologist and editor (1860-1944), Syn. James McKeen Cattell |
connors | (n) outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952), Syn. Jimmy Conors, James Scott Connors |
cook | (n) English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779), Syn. Captain James Cook, Captain Cook, James Cook |
cooper | (n) United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851), Syn. James Fenimore Cooper |
corbett | (n) United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933), Syn. Gentleman Jim, James John Corbett, Jim Corbett |
crichton | (n) Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582), Syn. James Crichton, The Admirable Crichton |
dean | (n) United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955), Syn. James Dean, James Byron Dean |
dewar | (n) Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923), Syn. Sir James Dewar |
doolittle | (n) United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993), Syn. James Harold Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle |
durant | (n) United States historian (1885-1981), Syn. William James Durant, Will Durant |
farmer | (n) United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920), Syn. James Leonard Farmer |
farrell | (n) United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979), Syn. James Thomas Farrell |
fischer | (n) United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943), Syn. Robert James Fischer, Bobby Fischer |
fox | (n) English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806), Syn. Charles James Fox |
franck | (n) United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964), Syn. James Franck |
frazer | (n) English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941), Syn. James George Frazer, Sir James George Frazer |
fulbright | (n) United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995), Syn. William Fulbright, James William Fulbright |
furnivall | (n) English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910), Syn. Frederick James Furnivall |
宋楚瑜 | [Sòng Chǔ yú, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨˇ ㄩˊ, 宋 楚 瑜] James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党 #13,325 [Add to Longdo] |
詹姆斯 | [Zhān mǔ sī, ㄓㄢ ㄇㄨˇ ㄙ, 詹 姆 斯] James (name) #13,960 [Add to Longdo] |
库克 | [Kù kè, ㄎㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ, 库 克 / 庫 克] Cook (name); Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer #55,669 [Add to Longdo] |
麦克斯韦 | [Mài kè sī wéi, ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ, 麦 克 斯 韦 / 麥 克 斯 韋] Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves #85,183 [Add to Longdo] |
尚慕杰 | [shàng mù jié, ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 尚 慕 杰 / 尚 慕 傑] James Sasser (US Ambassador to China) #214,274 [Add to Longdo] |
埃尔金 | [Āi ěr jīn, ㄞ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄣ, 埃 尔 金 / 埃 爾 金] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1 #242,416 [Add to Longdo] |
马克斯威尔 | [mǎ kè sī wēi ěr, ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ, 马 克 斯 威 尔 / 馬 克 斯 威 爾] James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) #736,940 [Add to Longdo] |
杰佛兹 | [jié fó zī, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄈㄛˊ ㄗ, 杰 佛 兹 / 傑 佛 茲] (James) Jeffords (US Senator from Vermont) [Add to Longdo] |
库克船长 | [Kù kè chuán zhǎng, ㄎㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ, 库 克 船 长 / 庫 克 船 長] Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer [Add to Longdo] |
詹姆斯・乔伊斯 | [Zhān mǔ sī· Qiáo yī sī, ㄓㄢ ㄇㄨˇ ㄙ· ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄧ ㄙ, 詹 姆 斯 ・ 乔 伊 斯 / 詹 姆 斯 ・ 喬 伊 斯] James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake [Add to Longdo] |
雅各伯 | [Yǎ gè bó, ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ, 雅 各 伯] Jacob (name); Saint James [Add to Longdo] |
雅各书 | [Yǎ gè shū, ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄕㄨ, 雅 各 书 / 雅 各 書] Epistle of St James (in New Testament) [Add to Longdo] |
额尔金 | [É ěr jīn, ㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄣ, 额 尔 金 / 額 爾 金] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1 [Add to Longdo] |