15-letter words containing j, i
- jacques cartier — Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- james rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- janissary music — music characteristic of or imitative of that played by a Turkish military band, typically employing cymbals, triangles, bass drum, and Turkish crescents.
- japanese quince — a flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa, of Japan, having scarlet flowers and pear-shaped fruit.
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- je ne sais quoi — an indefinable, elusive quality, especially a pleasing one: She has a certain je ne sais quoi that charms everybody.
- jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- jeffersonianism — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- jerusalem bible — a Roman Catholic version of the Bible published in 1966, translated from the French La Bible de Jérusalem, produced by Dominican scholars in Jerusalem (1956)
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- jewish princess — JAP.
- jingling johnny — crescent (def 6).
- jnt association — (company) A non-profit company funded by the UK's advisory committee to manage and develop the UK national research network backbone. In 1970, the United Kingdom Computer Board commissioned Professor Mike Wells to report on UK university networking. As a result, on 1976-11-01, the Network Unit was created which in turn led to the creation in 1979 of a full-time Joint Network Team (JNT) and in 1982 to the creation of JANET. On 1993-12-10, the JNT Association was formed to develop and manage JANET for the education and research community.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
- job requirement — a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be suitable for a certain job
- jobbing printer — a person who prints mainly commercial and display work rather than books or newspapers
- jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
- john j pershing — John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
- john lewis list — a list used by clerks in the House of Commons to assess the amount that may reasonably be claimed for various items by Members of Parliament as living expenses
- john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
- johne's disease — a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.
- joint agreement — a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people
- joint committee — a committee appointed from both houses of a bicameral legislature in order to reach a compromise on their differences concerning a particular issue.
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
- joint financing — the provision of funds for a project, etc, from two or more sources
- joint ownership — sharing of property
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- juan del encina — Juan del [hwahn del] /ʰwɑn dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1468?-1529? Spanish poet, composer, and playwright.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- juice extractor — device: squeezes juice from fruit
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- julian calendar — the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).
- junggrammatiker — a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.
- junior minister — politics
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- jus postliminii — postliminy.
- just intonation — a system of tuning based on the pure perfect fifth and major third.
- just the ticket — If you say that something is just the ticket, you mean that it is exactly what is needed.
- justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- justice's court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.