12-letter words containing j, a, i
- 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.
- 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.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- 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.
- 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.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- 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 in case — if it should happen that
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- justinian ii — 669–711 ad, Byzantine emperor (685–95, 705–11). Banished (695) after a revolt against his oppressive rule, he regained the throne with the help of the Bulgars. He was killed in a second revolt
- justinianian — of or relating to Justinian I or the Byzantine dynasty (a.d. 518–610) named after him.
- kigoma-ujiji — a city composed of two merged towns in W Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika: Stanley found Livingstone in Ujiji 1871.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- labia majora — female genitals: outer folds of skin
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- 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
- majoritarian — of, relating to, or constituting a majority: majoritarian democracy.
- 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.”.
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- ojo caliente — a hot spring.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- 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
- rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- readjudicate — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.