11-letter words containing j, a, n, o
- jerk around — If you say that someone is jerking you around, you mean that they are not being honest with you about something.
- joan of arc — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- john dalton — John, 1766–1844, English chemist and physicist.
- john paul i — (Albino Luciani) 1912–78, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1978.
- john thomas — an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- join battle — to start fighting
- joined case — a trial combining multiple related claims, etc
- joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- journalists — Plural form of journalist.
- journalized — Simple past tense and past participle of journalize.
- journalizer — One who records events in a journal.
- journalling — journal
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- jumpstation — A site on the World Wide Web containing a collection of hypertext links, usually to pages on a particular topic.
- juramentado — (formerly) a Muslim, especially a Moro, bound by an oath to be killed fighting against Christians and other infidels.
- jure humano — by human law.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- majoretting — the practice of performing as majorettes
- modern jazz — any of various styles of jazz that have evolved since the early 1940s and are marked generally by harmonic and rhythmic complexity, emphasis on chord progressions rather than melody, a tendency to draw on classical forms and styles, and eclectic, allusive melodic tags in improvisation. Also called progressive jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop.
- neoadjuvant — (medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
- nonadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- nonjudicial — Not resulting from a court ruling or judgment.
- objectional — Objectionable.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- odd-job man — An odd-job man is a man who is paid to do various jobs such as cleaning or repairing things, usually in someone's home.
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- readjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- rejoneadora — a female bullfighter who rides horseback during a fight and spears the bull with lances
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- san jacinto — a river in E Texas, flowing SE to Galveston Bay: Texans defeated Mexicans near the mouth of this river 1836.
- san joaquin — a river in California, flowing NW from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento River. 350 miles (560 km) long.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- transjordan — an area east of the Jordan River, in SW Asia: a British mandate (1921–23); an emirate (1923–49); now the major part of the kingdom of Jordan.
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
- unenjoyable — giving or capable of giving joy or pleasure: a very enjoyable film.
- west jordan — a town in N central Utah.
- zhangjiakou — a city in NW Hebei province, in NE China: capital of the former Qahar province.