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12-letter words containing j, a

  • 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.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
  • sejant-erect — (of an animal) represented as seated upright with forelegs raised: a lion sejant-erect.
  • shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
  • shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
  • shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
  • shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
  • special jury — struck jury.
  • sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
  • square-jawed — having a regular, approximately rectangular jaw
  • star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • steam jacket — a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.
  • straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
  • subjectional — the act of subjecting.
  • subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
  • syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • the jazz age — (esp in the US) the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular
  • the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
  • the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
  • the-bell-jar — a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.
  • tijuana taxi — any vehicle, especially a police car, with flashing lights and bright markings.
  • to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
  • tomato juice — liquid from a tomato
  • trans-jordan — 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 group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
  • trojan horse — Classical Mythology. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and conquered the city.
  • trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
  • unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • unconjugated — 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.”.
  • unjudgmental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
  • unrejectable — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • vuelta abajo — a region in W Cuba.
  • water jacket — a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engine
  • water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
  • waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
  • whiskey jack — gray jay.
  • wusuli jiang — Ussuri.
  • yalong jiang — a river in central and S China, flowing S to the Yangtze River. 800 miles (1287 km) long.
  • yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
  • your-majesty — regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur: majesty of bearing; the majesty of Chartres.
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