12-letter words containing j, s
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- 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.
- jury process — the writ used to summon jurors
- 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.
- juvenescence — being or becoming youthful; young.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- 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.
- major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
- 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.
- morris jesup — Cape, a cape of N Greenland, on the Arctic Ocean, 440 miles (710 km) from the North Pole: northernmost land point in the world.
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- mouse jockey — a person whose job mainly involves working with computers, esp for web and graphic design
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- 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.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- 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.
- pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.