11-letter words containing j
- flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
- franz josef — Francis Joseph I.
- fruit juice — nectar obtained from fruit
- garnet jade — a green grossularite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
- gjallarhorn — Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
- grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.
- grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
- grape juice — nectar of the grape
- guadalajara — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hallelujahs — Plural form of hallelujah.
- hatchet job — a maliciously destructive critique or act: The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.
- 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.
- hideki tojo — Hideki [hee-de-kee] /ˈhi dɛˌki/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Japanese general: executed for war crimes.
- high jumper — a participant in the high jump.
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- hinge joint — ginglymus.
- hob-jobbing — the work or activities of a hobjobber
- holiday job — a temporary job taken by a person during their holidays from school, college or university
- honest john — Informal. an honest, sincere man. a man so trusting and innocent that he may be easily cheated or deceived.
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- ijssel lake — a shallow lake in the NW Netherlands; formed from the S part of the Zuider Zee by the construction of the IJsselmeer Dam in 1932; salt water gradually replaced by fresh water from the IJssel River; fisheries (formerly marine fish, now esp eels). Area: (before reclamation) 3690 sq km (1425 sq miles). Estimated final area: 1243 sq km (480 sq miles)
- in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
- in jig time — very quickly
- in-junction — Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- injudicious — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- injunctions — Plural form of injunction.
- 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
- interjacent — between or among others; intervening; intermediate.
- interjected — Simple past tense and past participle of interject.
- interjector — One who interjects.
- interjoined — Simple past tense and past participle of interjoin.
- introjected — Simple past tense and past participle of introject.
- jabberingly — in a jabbering manner
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jaboticabas — Plural form of jaboticaba.
- jack around — to spend time in useless activity
- jack cheese — a mild, moist cheddar, made from whole, skimmed, or partially skimmed milk: first made in Monterey County, California.
- jack ladder — Nautical. Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- jack mormon — a non-Mormon living amicably among Mormons.
- jack rabbit — any of various large hares of western North America, having very long hind legs and long ears.
- jack rafter — a rafter having less than the full length of the roof slope, as one meeting a hip or a valley.
- jack salmon — walleye (def 1).
- jack-rabbit — any of various large hares of western North America, having very long hind legs and long ears.
- jack-up rig — an offshore drill rig or platform having a floating hull fitted with retractable legs that can be lowered to the seabed to elevate the hull above wave level.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.