11-letter words containing j, l
- jerry-build — to build cheaply and flimsily.
- jerry-built — built cheaply and flimsily.
- jeune fille — a girl or young woman.
- jewelfishes — Plural form of jewelfish.
- jewelleries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- jewelry box — case for valuable accessories
- jingle bell — a hollow, round, metal bell with a metal ball inside, which makes a jingling sound when it moves: jingle bells on a horse and sleigh.
- joblessness — without a job.
- jockey club — an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
- joe college — a personification of a typical male U.S. college student, especially in the 1930s.
- joel barlow — Joel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.
- joggle post — a wooden king post having notches or raised areas for receiving and supporting the feet of struts.
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- john dalton — John, 1766–1844, English chemist and physicist.
- john glover — John, 1732–97, American general.
- john motley — John Lothrop [loh-thruh p] /ˈloʊ θrəp/ (Show IPA), 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.
- john paul i — (Albino Luciani) 1912–78, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1978.
- join battle — to start fighting
- joint stool — a low wood stool having turned legs with all parts joined by a mortise joint.
- jolie laide — a woman whose ugliness forms her chief fascination
- jolly roger — a flag flown by pirates, having the device of a white skull and crossbones on a black field.
- joule's law — the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- journalists — Plural form of journalist.
- journalized — Simple past tense and past participle of journalize.
- journalizer — One who records events in a journal.
- journalling — journal
- joylessness — The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy; unjoy.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- jubal early — Jubal Anderson [joo-buh l] /ˈdʒu bəl/ (Show IPA), 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- judgemental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- judiciously — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- julian alps — a range of the Alps in NW Slovenia. Highest peak, Mt. Triglav, 9394 feet (2863 meters).
- julius raab — Julius, 1891–1964, Austrian engineer and statesman: chancellor of Austria 1953–61.
- jumble sale — rummage sale.
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- juniper oil — an oil obtained from the berries or wood of the common juniper, Juniperus communis.
- junk dealer — a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
- junk mailer — an organization that sends junk mail in bulk, especially to solicit business or charitable contributions.
- juridically — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- justiceable — Liable to trial in a court of justice.
- 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.
- karl jansky — Karl Guthe, 1905–50, U.S. engineer: pioneer in radio astronomy.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- kim jong il — 1942–2011, president of North Korea 1994–2011 (son of Kim Il Sung).