12-letter words containing j
- joint return — a U.S. income-tax return reporting the combined income of a married couple.
- joint runner — (in plumbing) incombustible materials for packing a joint to be caulked with lead.
- joint tenant — one of two or more persons who hold property in joint tenancy.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- joliot-curie — Irène [ee-ren] /iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), (Irène Curie) 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
- jolly jumper — any light sail set above a skysail; flying kite.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- joule effect — the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- joy, william — William Joy
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- jubilee year — jubilee (def 5a).
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- jump the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jumping gene — transposon.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- jungle bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- jungle juice — moonshine: home-made alcohol
- jungle-bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- junk science — faulty scientific information or research, especially when used to advance special interests.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.