14-letter words containing j, s
- jeffersonville — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
- jersey barrier — a type of concrete barricade used especially as a highway divider to protect each side from traffic crossing over.
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- jesuits' resin — an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for brightening oil paintings, and formerly in medicine in the treatment of certain mucous-membrane conditions.
- jesus movement — Christian movement that combined a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- jeunesse doree — rich and fashionable young people
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- john atanasoff — John Vincent Atanasoff
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
- joint passport — a single passport shared by two or more people, such as a passport shared by a parent and child
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- just like that — suddenly
- just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- justifiability — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- justifications — Plural form of justification.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
- keystone joist — a reinforced-concrete joist with sloping sides and the top wider than the bottom.
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
- leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
- majesticalness — the glory or majesty of someone or something
- major prophets — theology
- major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
- moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
- 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.
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- 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.