11-letter words containing j, i, a
- justiciable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- justifiable — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- justifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- justinian i — (Flavius Anicius Justinianus"Justinian the Great") a.d. 483–565, Byzantine emperor 527–565.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kana-majiri — the standard script of modern Japanese, in which kanji are used for root elements, supplemented by kana for inflections and particles and sometimes for indication of the Japanese pronunciation of kanji.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- major triad — a triad consisting in root position of a root tone with a major third and a perfect fifth above.
- majoretting — the practice of performing as majorettes
- majoritaire — a member of the majority faction in a political party
- misadjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- multijugate — (of a leaf) having several pairs of leaflets
- nonjudicial — Not resulting from a court ruling or judgment.
- objectional — Objectionable.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- objurgative — That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
- ouija board — board used by spiritualists
- prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
- red jasmine — a fragrant shrub with fragrant flowers, also known as frangipani
- san jacinto — a river in E Texas, flowing SE to Galveston Bay: Texans defeated Mexicans near the mouth of this river 1836.
- san joaquin — a river in California, flowing NW from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento River. 350 miles (560 km) long.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- stirrup jar — pseudamphora.
- subjudicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- the javelin — the event or sport of throwing the javelin
- thingamajig — a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.
- traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
- trial judge — the judge in a trial
- unjaundiced — devoid of distorted or prejudiced views.
- variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- william joy — (person) (Bill Joy) Author of the C shell and vi, he was also one of the people at the University of California at Berkeley responsible for the Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix. He also wrote a book on Unix. He was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he is still (1997) Vice-President of Research. Among his many projects for Sun have been helping to design the Network File System and the SPARC architechture. See also dinosaur.
- windjammers — Plural form of windjammer.
- windjamming — Excessive talking; loquaciousness.
- xiang jiang — a river in S China, flowing N to Lake Dongting. 715 miles (1150 km) long.
- ye jianying — 1898–1986, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1971–78.
- zhangjiakou — a city in NW Hebei province, in NE China: capital of the former Qahar province.