13-letter words containing j, i, n
- jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- jeune premier — the male juvenile lead in a play or movie.
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- job applicant — candidate for an advertised post
- 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
- jogging shoes — shoes designed for jogging
- john endicott — John, Endecott, John.
- john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
- john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- john winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- johnson noise — thermal background noise in a radio receiver
- joint account — a bank account in the names of two or more persons or parties and subject to withdrawals by each.
- joint custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which two or more people share responsibility.
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- 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 session — a joint meeting, as of both houses of a bicameral legislature: The president addressed a joint session of Congress on the crisis in Central America.
- joint tenancy — a holding of property, either real or personal, by two or more persons with each sharing the undivided interest, the entire tenancy passing to the survivor or survivors.
- 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.
- jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
- jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
- 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.
- jovian planet — any of the four large outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- judah ha-nasi — Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- 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.
- jumping genes — transposon.
- jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- junction city — a city in NE Kansas.
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- junior doctor — a doctor in postgraduate training
- 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.
- junior rating — a military rank for non-officer personnel in the navy
- junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
- juniper berry — the berrylike cone of a juniper.
- jurisconsults — Plural form of jurisconsult.
- jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
- jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- jus canonicum — canon law.
- jus sanguinis — the principle that the country of nationality of a child is that of the country of nationality of the parents.
- just a minute — wait, stop
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.