12-letter words containing j, a, c
- jacket crown — a type of artificial, tooth-colored dental crown made of acrylic or porcelain
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- jactitations — Plural form of jactitation.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- jasmine rice — an aromatic, flavorful long-grain rice of Asia, especially Thailand.
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- java archive — (file format, filename extension) (jar) A compressed archive file containing Java class files, filename extension: ".jar". The Java Development Kit contains a tool called "jar" for creating .jar files, similar to the standard Unix tar command. As well as archiving and compressing the Java class files, it also inserts a "manifest" file which can contain information about the class files, such as a digital signature. Combining class files into a single archive file makes it possible to download them in a single HTTP transaction. This, and the compression, speeds up execution of Java programs delivered via the Internet. (2001}-02-03)
- jeanne d'arc — Jeanne [zhahn] /ʒɑn/ (Show IPA), Joan of Arc.
- jeep carrier — an antisubmarine escort carrier.
- jet aircraft — A jet aircraft is an aircraft that is powered by one or more jet engines.
- jickajogging — the act of moving in a jogging or rolling motion
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- john hancock — Herbert Jeffrey ("Herbie") born 1940, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- juristic act — a proceeding designed to have a legal effect
- juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- just because — for the sole reason that
- just in case — if it should happen that
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- kanchenjunga — a mountain in S Asia, between NE India and Nepal, in the E Himalayas: third highest in the world. 28,169 feet (8586 meters).
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majesticness — The quality of being majestic.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- major arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
- 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.”.
- 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.”.
- 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).