13-letter words containing j, o, a
- jellification — The process or result of jellifying.
- jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- jerusalem oak — feather geranium.
- job applicant — candidate for an advertised post
- jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
- johann herder — Johann Gottfried von [yoh-hahn gawt-freet fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt frit fən/ (Show IPA), 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.
- johann tetzel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1465?–1519, German monk: antagonist of Martin Luther.
- john marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- john mccarthy — (person, artificial intelligence) A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- john o'groats — the northern tip of Scotland, near Duncansby Head, NE Caithness, traditionally thought of as the northernmost point of Britain: from Land's End to John o'Groat's House.
- john of gaunt — John of, John of Gaunt.
- johnny canuck — a personification of Canada
- johnny collar — a small, pointed collar on a shirt, dress bodice, or the like, with close-fitting neckline.
- johnson grass — a sorghum, Sorghum halepense, that spreads by creeping rhizomes, grown for fodder.
- johore strait — a narrow strait between Malaya and Singapore Island
- joint account — a bank account in the names of two or more persons or parties and subject to withdrawals by each.
- 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 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.
- jointer plane — a plane for truing the edges of boards, planing large surfaces, etc.
- jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
- jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
- jomo kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- jonathan spot — a disease of stored apples, especially the Jonathan, characterized by circular lesions on the fruit.
- jordan almond — a large, hard-shelled, Spanish almond used especially in confectionery.
- jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
- joseph crater — Joseph Force [fawrs,, fohrs] /fɔrs,, foʊrs/ (Show IPA), 1889–? a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
- 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.
- joseph's coat — an ornamental species of pigweed (Amaranthus tricolor) having red, yellow, and green upper leaves
- joseph's-coat — a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves.
- journal entry — sth written in a diary
- 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.
- juan de onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- 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
- jus canonicum — canon law.
- just a moment — an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- juxtaposition — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- major barbara — a comedy (1905) by G. B. Shaw.
- major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.