12-letter words containing a, j, o
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- major arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- majoritarian — of, relating to, or constituting a majority: majoritarian democracy.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- mohenjo-daro — an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- non-conjugal — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- not just any — If you say that someone or something is not just any person or thing, you mean that they are special in some way.
- noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- ojo caliente — a hot spring.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
- plat du jour — the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- pot marjoram — oregano.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- tomato juice — liquid from a tomato
- trans-jordan — an area east of the Jordan River, in SW Asia: a British mandate (1921–23); an emirate (1923–49); now the major part of the kingdom of Jordan.
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- trojan horse — Classical Mythology. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and conquered the city.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.