13-letter words containing e, j
- measuring jug — a graduated jug used in cooking to measure ingredients
- mineral jelly — a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.
- misadjustment — Wrong or unsuitable adjustment.
- misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- mission viejo — a city in SW California.
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- monkey jacket — a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.
- monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
- mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
- mosbolletjies — Plural form of mosbolletjie.
- mutt and jeff — a very short and a very tall person who are paired as companions, teammates, or associates.
- nailing jelly — like nailing jelly to a tree
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
- non-objection — a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
- nonconjugated — not conjugated
- nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonsubjective — Not subjective.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- object lesson — a practical or concrete illustration of a principle.
- object method — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a function that is called, or "invoked", on an object, as opposed to a class method which is invoked on a class. For example, a class "Person" might have an object method to return a person's name and a class method to return the number of people. An object method called on an object of class C may be defined by C or may be inherited from one of C's superclasses.
- object oberon — Oberon plus classes and methods by H. Moessenboeck & J. Templ, 1989. See Oberon-2.
- object pascal — (language) An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
- objectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- objectionably — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- objectiveness — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objectivistic — Of or pertaining to objectivism.
- objectivities — Plural form of objectivity.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
- open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
- passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
- plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
- plus juncture — open juncture.
- postinjection — the act of injecting.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- prejudicative — tending to prejudge
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- projection tv — a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode-ray tube, for projecting video images onto a large screen
- projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
- puddle jumper — a light plane, especially one traveling only short distances or making many stops.
- puddle-jumper — a light plane, especially one traveling only short distances or making many stops.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state