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14-letter words containing j, s, t

  • major prophets — theology
  • maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
  • matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
  • new jersey tea — a North American shrub, Ceanothus americanus, of the buckthorn family, the leaves of which were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • nondisjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
  • nonobjectivist — (philosophy) One who is not an objectivist.
  • objective case — objective (def 2a).
  • objective lens — objective (def 3).
  • objective test — a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.
  • objective-case — 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.
  • objective-lens — 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.
  • objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • poetic justice — an ideal distribution of rewards and punishments such as is common in some poetry and fiction.
  • projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
  • rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
  • res adjudicata — res judicata.
  • resojet engine — a type of pulsejet engine that burns a continuous flow of fuel but delivers a pulsating thrust due to the resonance of shock waves traveling through it.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-enjoyment — the act of enjoying.
  • semi-objective — 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.
  • sergeant major — U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • squeezed joint — a joint between two members cemented or glued together under pressure.
  • st. john perse — (pseud. of Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887-1975; Fr. diplomat & poet
  • st. john's day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • st. john's eve — Midsummer Eve.
  • st.-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
  • street justice — the punishment given by members of the public to people regarded as criminals or wrongdoers
  • stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
  • subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
  • subject to sth — If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens.
  • subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • subjectiveness — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • subjectivities — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
  • sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
  • tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
  • the july sales — a traditional retail event occurring in the month of July, when shops sell things at less than their normal price
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
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