11-letter words containing j, y
- adjectively — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- battery jar — a rather large cylindrical container of heavy glass with an open top, used in laboratories.
- car journey — a trip or voyage made by automobile
- casey jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- coadjacency — the state of two or more things being adjacent in experience or thought
- coadjuvancy — (rare) cooperation, mutual effort, joint-help.
- cocky's joy — golden syrup
- conjoinedly — In a conjoined manner; conjointly.
- conjugality — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- conjugately — In a conjugate manner.
- day jasmine — a West Indian shrub, Cestrum diurnum, of the nightshade family, having clusters of white flowers that are very fragrant by day.
- desk jockey — an office worker who sits at a desk, often as contrasted with someone who does more important or active work: desk jockeys at the CIA.
- disc jockey — a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.
- disk jockey — radio host
- dummy joint — a slot cut into a concrete slab to prevent serious fractures.
- ejaculatory — Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
- grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
- head injury — wound to the head
- herky-jerky — progressing in a fitfully jerky or irregular manner: a herky-jerky home movie shown on an old projector.
- holiday job — a temporary job taken by a person during their holidays from school, college or university
- in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
- injuriously — In an injurious manner; in a manner that injures.
- injury list — the people who are unable to participate in a sport as expected, due to illness or injury
- injury time — sport: stoppage time, extension of play by time spent treating injured players
- jabberingly — in a jabbering manner
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- james riley — James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- jayawardene — Junius Richard. 1906–96, Sri Lankan statesman; prime minister (1977–78) and first president of Sri Lanka (1978–89)
- jejunectomy — excision of part or all of the jejunum.
- jejunostomy — an artificial opening from the jejunum through the abdominal wall, created for the drainage of jejunal contents or for feeding.
- jelly mould — a mould made of glass, copper, etc, used to make a jelly in a decorative shape
- jellyfishes — Plural form of jellyfish.
- jerry-build — to build cheaply and flimsily.
- jerry-built — built cheaply and flimsily.
- jersey city — a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.
- jersey pine — Virginia pine.
- jewelry box — case for valuable accessories
- job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
- jockey club — an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
- joey hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- john motley — John Lothrop [loh-thruh p] /ˈloʊ θrəp/ (Show IPA), 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- jolly roger — a flag flown by pirates, having the device of a white skull and crossbones on a black field.
- journeywork — the work of a journeyman.
- joylessness — The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy; unjoy.
- jubal early — Jubal Anderson [joo-buh l] /ˈdʒu bəl/ (Show IPA), 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
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