11-letter words containing c, j
- james clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- janus-faced — having two faces, one looking forward, one looking backward, as the Roman deity Janus.
- japan cedar — an evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of Japan, characterized by the pyramidal manner of growth of its branches.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- java trench — a trench in the Indian Ocean, S of Java: deepest known part of Indian Ocean. 25,344 feet (7725 meters) deep.
- jejunectomy — excision of part or all of the jejunum.
- jersey city — a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.
- jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
- joan of arc — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
- job costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
- jockey club — an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
- jocoserious — Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
- joe college — a personification of a typical male U.S. college student, especially in the 1930s.
- joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- join forces — unite for a common purpose
- joined case — a trial combining multiple related claims, etc
- joint stock — stock or capital divided into a number of shares.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- judicatures — Plural form of judicature.
- judiciaries — Plural form of judiciary.
- judiciously — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- jump jockey — A jump jockey is someone who rides horses in races such as steeplechases, where the horses have to jump over obstacles.
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- juridically — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- justiceable — Liable to trial in a court of justice.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- justiciable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- juvenescent — being or becoming youthful; young.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- lemon juice — citrus juice from lemons
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- lime-juicer — a British sailor.
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- mess jacket — a short, tailless jacket extending to just below the waist, used for semiformal military occasions and now especially as part of the uniform of waiters, bellhops, etc.
- microinject — to inject into a single cell or cell part.
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- nonadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- nondisjunct — Not disjunct.
- nonjudicial — Not resulting from a court ruling or judgment.