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13-letter words containing j, o, s

  • joseph's-coat — a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves.
  • journeyperson — A journeyman or journeywoman.
  • joyner-kersee — Jacqueline ("Jackie") born 1962, U.S. track and field athlete.
  • juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • 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.
  • junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
  • jurisconsults — Plural form of jurisconsult.
  • jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
  • jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
  • jus canonicum — canon law.
  • just a moment — an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
  • justice court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
  • 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.
  • juxtoposition — Misspelling of juxtaposition.
  • knox-johnston — Sir Robin (William Robert Patrick). born 1939, British yachtsman. He was the first to sail round the world alone nonstop (1968–69)
  • loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
  • 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.
  • major premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
  • major release — (programming)   A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
  • misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • mission viejo — a city in SW California.
  • mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
  • mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
  • mosbolletjies — Plural form of mosbolletjie.
  • nonsubjective — Not subjective.
  • object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
  • object lesson — a practical or concrete illustration of a principle.
  • object pascal — (language)   An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
  • objectiveness — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • objectivistic — Of or pertaining to objectivism.
  • objectivities — Plural form of objectivity.
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • postinjection — the act of injecting.
  • projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scissors jack — a horizontal screw that raises or lowers a hinged, diamond-shaped frame.
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • sino-japanese — having to do with both China and Japan
  • soupe du jour — the special, sometimes the only, soup served in a restaurant on any particular day
  • sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
  • sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
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