15-letter words containing j, u, e
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- juan de la cruz — San [sahn] /sɑn/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- juan del encina — Juan del [hwahn del] /ʰwɑn dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1468?-1529? Spanish poet, composer, and playwright.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- judge of appeal — a judge who sits in a Court of Appeal
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- juice extractor — device: squeezes juice from fruit
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- julian calendar — the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).
- junggrammatiker — a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.
- junior minister — politics
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- just the ticket — If you say that something is just the ticket, you mean that it is exactly what is needed.
- justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- justice's court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- justifiableness — Justifiability.
- juvenal plumage — the first plumage of birds, composed of contour feathers, which in certain species follows the naked nestling stage and in other species follows the molt of natal down.
- juxtaglomerular — (anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- left outer join — outer join
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- non-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- personal injury — injury to an individual
- petroleum jelly — sticky substance used as lubricant
- pineapple juice — fruit drink: nectar of pineapple
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- pulsejet engine — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- quasi-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.
- quintec-objects — Based on Quintec Prolog (not Quintus). British.
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- sojourner truth — Sojourner [soh-jur-ner,, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər,, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ (Show IPA), (Isabella Van Wagener) 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
- special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
- subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index