12-letter words containing j, s, t
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- juristic act — a proceeding designed to have a legal effect
- juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- just as well — fortunate
- just because — for the sole reason that
- just deserts — Usually, deserts. reward or punishment that is deserved: Death was his desert. Synonyms: due, payment, recompense, reward; justice, retaliation, retribution, penalty.
- just in case — if it should happen that
- just in time — Business. noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. Abbreviation: JIT.
- just quietly — between you and me; confidentially
- just the job — If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
- just-in-time — dynamic translation
- juste milieu — a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
- juste-milieu — a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- justinian ii — 669–711 ad, Byzantine emperor (685–95, 705–11). Banished (695) after a revolt against his oppressive rule, he regained the throne with the help of the Bulgars. He was killed in a second revolt
- justinianian — of or relating to Justinian I or the Byzantine dynasty (a.d. 518–610) named after him.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- lese majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
- lèse-majesté — a crime against the sovereign; offense against a ruler's dignity as head of the state; treason
- lese-majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
- leze majesty — lese majesty (def 1).
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majesticness — The quality of being majestic.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misconjugate — 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.”.
- misjudgement — Alternative form of misjudgment.
- misjudgments — Plural form of misjudgment.
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- 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.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- 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.
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- 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.
- sejant-erect — (of an animal) represented as seated upright with forelegs raised: a lion sejant-erect.
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.