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13-letter words containing j, e, r

  • 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 premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
  • major prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.
  • 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
  • mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
  • measuring jug — a graduated jug used in cooking to measure ingredients
  • mineral jelly — a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.
  • misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
  • monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
  • mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
  • new jerseyite — of New Jersey
  • new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
  • night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
  • nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
  • nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
  • object oberon — Oberon plus classes and methods by H. Moessenboeck & J. Templ, 1989. See Oberon-2.
  • objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
  • office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
  • open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
  • passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
  • plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • plus juncture — open juncture.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • prejudicative — tending to prejudge
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • projection tv — a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode-ray tube, for projecting video images onto a large screen
  • projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
  • puddle jumper — a light plane, especially one traveling only short distances or making many stops.
  • puddle-jumper — a light plane, especially one traveling only short distances or making many stops.
  • purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
  • ragged jacket — a young seal that, having lost parts of its initially white fur, presents a parti-colored or piebald appearance.
  • raspberry jam — jam made using raspberries
  • readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • rejective art — minimal art.
  • rejuvenescent — becoming young again.
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
  • rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
  • runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
  • safari jacket — bush jacket.
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
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