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13-letter words containing j, e, l

  • john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
  • john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
  • jointer plane — a plane for truing the edges of boards, planing large surfaces, etc.
  • jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
  • joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
  • joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
  • journal entry — sth written in a diary
  • jovian planet — any of the four large outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judges' rules — (in English law, formerly) a set of rules, not legally binding, governing the behaviour of police towards suspects, as in administering a caution to a person under arrest
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
  • juggling eggs — Keeping a lot of state in your head while modifying a program. "Don't bother me now, I'm juggling eggs", means that an interrupt is likely to result in the program's being scrambled. In the classic first-contact SF novel "The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, an alien describes a very difficult task by saying "We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity." See also hack mode.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
  • jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
  • junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
  • knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
  • lantern-jawed — having a lantern jaw.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • leatherjacket — Also called leather jack. any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.
  • level5 object — From Information Builders.
  • loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
  • loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
  • major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
  • major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
  • major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
  • major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
  • major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • major release — (programming)   A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
  • major-leaguer — a member of a major-league team.
  • majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
  • maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
  • mineral jelly — a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.
  • mosbolletjies — Plural form of mosbolletjie.
  • nailing jelly — like nailing jelly to a tree
  • new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
  • nonjudgmental — 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 clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
  • object lesson — a practical or concrete illustration of a principle.
  • object pascal — (language)   An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
  • objectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
  • objectionably — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
  • objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
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