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15-letter words containing j, a

  • lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
  • lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
  • majoritarianism — rule by a majority, especially the belief that those constituting a simple majority should make the rules for all members of a group, nation, etc.
  • majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
  • mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
  • middelmannetjie — (South Africa) Ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road.
  • natural justice — accepted moral principles
  • navajo mountain — a solitary dome-shaped mountain in SE Utah. 10,388 feet (3168 meters).
  • new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  • new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
  • non-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • object database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
  • object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
  • object exchange — (protocol)   (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
  • object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
  • objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
  • objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language)   A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
  • outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
  • personal injury — injury to an individual
  • petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
  • photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
  • pictorial janus — K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter.
  • pineapple juice — fruit drink: nectar of pineapple
  • prajna-paramita — a series of sutras dealing with the perfection of wisdom: systematized by the Madhyamikas.
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • project manager — sb who oversees project plan
  • quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • railway journey — a journey made by railway train
  • ramjet (engine) — a jet engine, without moving parts, in which the air for oxidizing the fuel is continuously compressed by being rammed into the inlet by the high velocity of the aircraft
  • re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • rear projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
  • rear-projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
  • retained object — an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me the picture.
  • saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • sammet, jean e. — Jean E. Sammet
  • san jacinto day — a legal holiday observed in Texas on April 21.
  • self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
  • serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
  • serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
  • silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
  • simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
  • sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
  • special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
  • subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
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