13-letter words containing j, a
- edward jenner — Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
- ejection seat — a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency
- enjoyableness — The quality or state of being enjoyable.
- extrajudicial — (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
- family jewels — a man's genitals
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- force majeure — an unexpected and disruptive event that may operate to excuse a party from a contract.
- fouta djallon — a highland pastoral region in West Africa, in central Guinea, also in Sierra Leone and Liberia. 30,000 sq. mi. (77,700 sq. km).
- franz josef i — English name Francis Joseph I. 1830–1916, emperor of Austria (1848–1916) and king of Hungary (1867–1916)
- gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
- hanging judge — sb who sentences criminals to execution
- heilong jiang — Amur.
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- high-low-jack — all fours (def 2).
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- injured party — victim
- interjaculate — (transitive) To ejaculate (a remark, etc.) parenthetically.
- jack crevalle — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack mackerel — a mackerellike food fish, Trachurus symmetricus, of Pacific coastal waters of the U.S.
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
- jacket potato — potato: baked in its skin
- jacob s coxey — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- jacob's staff — Astronomy. cross-staff.
- jacquard card — (in a Jacquard loom) one of a series of perforated cards that control the manipulation of the warp threads and determine the intricate pattern woven on the material.
- jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- jail sentence — a term of imprisonment imposed by a court
- james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- james madison — Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- jamon serrano — a variety of Spanish cured ham
- january sales — sales held after Christmas to encourage customers back to the shops
- japan current — a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific
- japanese chin — one of a Japanese breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, black and white or red and white coat and a tail carried over the back.
- japanese iris — a plant, Iris kaempferi, native to Japan, having broad, showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- japanese mink — a dark-brown arboreal marten, Martes melampus, native to Japan, having a long body and bushy tail.
- japanese plum — a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.
- japanese silk — raw silk of usually high quality produced in Japan, used in the manufacture of such fabrics as shantung and habutai.
- japanese wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus hodophylax, of Japan.
- jasperization — The act or process of jasperizing.
- java servelet — Java servlet
- javelle water — sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, dissolved in water, used as a bleach, antiseptic, etc.
- jean de meung — real name Jean Clopinel. ?1250–?1305, French poet, who continued Guillaume de Lorris' Roman de la Rose. His portion of the poem consists of some 18 000 lines and contains satirical attacks on women and the Church
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- jellification — The process or result of jellifying.
- jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- jerry sussman — Gerald Sussman
- jerusalem oak — feather geranium.