12-letter words containing j, a, i
- jackass brig — a two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast with a fore-and-aft mainsail; brigantine.
- 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.
- jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
- jamal ud-din — (Jamal ud-Din al-Afghani) 1838–97, Muslim educator and political leader, born in Persia: founder of modern Pan-Islamism.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- japanese ivy — Boston ivy
- japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
- 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)
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- jaws of life — powerful shears used for cutting a vehicle open after a collision
- jeep carrier — an antisubmarine escort carrier.
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jenghiz khan — Genghis Khan
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- jet aircraft — A jet aircraft is an aircraft that is powered by one or more jet engines.
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- jickajogging — the act of moving in a jogging or rolling motion
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- job rotation — the practice of transferring an employee from one work station or activity to another during the working day in order to add variety to a job: often used in assembly line work
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- joint estate — an estate owned by two or more people with the same rights of possession
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- joint tenant — one of two or more persons who hold property in joint tenancy.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- joy, william — William Joy
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- jubilee year — jubilee (def 5a).
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.