12-letter words containing j
- conjunctivae — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- conjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- conjunctivas — Plural form of conjunctiva.
- conjunctural — a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs.
- conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- core subject — the three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
- cost-justify — to justify the allotment or spending of a specific sum of money for (an investment, procurement, etc.).
- crack a joke — make a funny remark
- cracker jack — a confection of sweet, glazed popcorn and peanuts
- crown jewels — the jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion
- d'anjou pear — Anjou pear
- daniel jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- dead-end job — a job that has no prospects and will mean that one does the same kind of (low-grade) work for ever
- dejectedness — The state or quality of being dejected.
- denim jacket — a jacket made of a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric
- dijudication — the act or process of dijudicating
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- disjointness — (mathematics) The condition of being disjoint.
- disjunctions — Plural form of disjunction.
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- djebel druze — Jebel ed Druz.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- duvet jacket — a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- ejector seat — An ejector seat is a special seat which can throw the pilot out of a fast military aircraft in an emergency.
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
- field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
- flying jenny — Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a merry-go-round, especially a relatively small or unadorned one.
- fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
- found object — a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such.
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
- gao xingjian — born 1940, French novelist and playwright, born in China: Nobel Prize 2000.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- gjallar-horn — Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
- groin injury — any injury to the groin area, esp suffered by a sports player
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- haji-ioannou — Sir Stelios. born 1967, British businessman, born in Greece; founder (1995) and chairman (until 2002) of the low-cost airline company Easyjet
- hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- hopping john — a dish of black-eyed peas, rice, bacon or ham, and red pepper or other seasoning: traditionally served on New Year's Day because of the superstition that black-eyed peas bring good luck for the New Year.
- injudicially — in an unlawful manner
- injury-prone — often sustaining injuries
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government