12-letter words containing j, a, l
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- 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).
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- 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
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- 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
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- labia majora — female genitals: outer folds of skin
- 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.
- 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 planet — planet (def 1a).
- 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.
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- non-conjugal — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- 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.
- 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
- plat du jour — the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- special jury — struck jury.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden