12-letter words containing j, n
- misjudgments — Plural form of misjudgment.
- mohenjo-daro — an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- non-conjugal — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- nonobjective — not objective.
- nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
- not just any — If you say that someone or something is not just any person or thing, you mean that they are special in some way.
- noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- objectcenter — A product offering similar facilities to CodeCenter for the C++ language, plus class browsing facilities etc (formerly Saber-C++).
- objecteering — (programming, tool) An object-oriented design tool from Softeam, based on the Class Relation Methodology, with C++ code generation.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- ojo caliente — a hot spring.
- onion johnny — a Breton farmer that sells onions door-to-door in the United Kingdom
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- out of joint — the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
- p-n junction — a boundary between a p-type and n-type semiconductor that functions as a rectifier and is used in diodes and junction transistors
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
- pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- project note — a short-term municipal note issued by a local government housing agency to finance a public housing project.
- quantum jump — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rejectamenta — things that have been thrown away as worthless
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
- sejant-erect — (of an animal) represented as seated upright with forelegs raised: a lion sejant-erect.
- shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- silver jenny — a silvery mojarra, Eucinostomus gula, inhabiting warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, along sandy shores.
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- stephen jobs — (person) Stephen P. Jobs (born 24 February 1955). The co-founder and ex-president of Apple Computer, leader of the team that produced the Macintosh. In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a demonstration of Smalltalk at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. He and other Apple employees were "very impressed with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design". The first Macintosh was released in January 1984. Jobs described it as insanely great. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded Next, Inc.. In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought NeXT. See also lithium lick, Mathematica.