13-letter words containing j, e, r
- japan current — a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific
- japanese iris — a plant, Iris kaempferi, native to Japan, having broad, showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- 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.
- jebel ed druz — a mountainous region in S Syria: inhabited by Druses. About 2700 sq. mi. (6995 sq. km).
- 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.
- jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
- jerry sussman — Gerald Sussman
- jerusalem oak — feather geranium.
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).
- jet condenser — a steam condenser in which a jet of water is sprayed into the condenser chamber.
- jet-propelled — propelled by a jet engine or engines.
- jeune premier — the male juvenile lead in a play or movie.
- jibber-jabber — foolish or worthless talk; nonsense
- jimmy woodser — a man who drinks by himself
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- job interview — a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out if they are suitable for a post of employment
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- johann herder — Johann Gottfried von [yoh-hahn gawt-freet fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt frit fən/ (Show IPA), 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- johore strait — a narrow strait between Malaya and Singapore Island
- joie de vivre — a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.
- joint manager — sb who shares authority and responsibility for sth
- joint partner — a person who shares the ownership of a firm or business equally with another or others
- joint venture — business: joint enterprise
- joint-venture — to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.
- jointer plane — a plane for truing the edges of boards, planing large surfaces, etc.
- jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
- joseph crater — Joseph Force [fawrs,, fohrs] /fɔrs,, foʊrs/ (Show IPA), 1889–? a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
- joseph hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- 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 ritter — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
- journal entry — sth written in a diary
- journeyperson — A journeyman or journeywoman.
- joyner-kersee — Jacqueline ("Jackie") born 1962, U.S. track and field athlete.
- 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
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- 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.
- juniper berry — the berrylike cone of a juniper.
- jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
- justice court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- katzenjammers — Plural form of katzenjammer.
- lantern-jawed — having a lantern jaw.
- 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.
- 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.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.