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15-letter words containing j, a, e

  • object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
  • object exchange — (protocol)   (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
  • object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
  • objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
  • objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language)   A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
  • outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
  • personal injury — injury to an individual
  • petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
  • pineapple juice — fruit drink: nectar of pineapple
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • project manager — sb who oversees project plan
  • quasi-objective — 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.
  • railway journey — a journey made by railway train
  • ramjet (engine) — a jet engine, without moving parts, in which the air for oxidizing the fuel is continuously compressed by being rammed into the inlet by the high velocity of the aircraft
  • re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • rear projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
  • rear-projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
  • retained object — an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me the picture.
  • saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • sammet, jean e. — Jean E. Sammet
  • self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
  • serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
  • serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
  • silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
  • simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
  • special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
  • the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  • the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
  • trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
  • universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
  • unobjectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
  • unobjectionably — without objection
  • well trajectory — The well trajectory is the direction in which the well is drilled.
  • west coast jazz — cool jazz.
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