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12-letter words containing j, a, e

  • judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
  • judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
  • judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
  • jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
  • juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
  • julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
  • jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
  • jumping hare — springhare.
  • jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
  • jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
  • just as well — fortunate
  • just because — for the sole reason that
  • just in case — if it should happen that
  • juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
  • 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).
  • katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
  • kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
  • lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
  • lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
  • lese majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  • lèse-majesté — a crime against the sovereign; offense against a ruler's dignity as head of the state; treason
  • lese-majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  • leze majesty — lese majesty (def 1).
  • 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 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.
  • majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
  • maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
  • mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
  • mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
  • 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.
  • 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.”.
  • 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
  • pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
  • 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.
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