10-letter words containing l, e, j
- jelly coat — an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes adhesion of sperm to the ovum; fertilizin.
- jelly roll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jelly-roll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jellyrolls — Plural form of jellyroll.
- jentacular — Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.
- jerrybuild — To assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.
- jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- jesuitical — of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- jet-lagged — Someone who is jet-lagged is suffering from jet lag.
- jet-to-let — the practice of buying a property in a foreign country for rental as an investment
- jewel case — a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.
- jewelweeds — Plural form of jewelweed.
- jezreelite — Plain of, Esdraelon.
- jobholders — Plural form of jobholder.
- joe bloggs — an average or typical man
- joe miller — Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist.
- joe public — also Joe Bloggs; US = John Q. Public
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- john locke — Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- john rolfe — John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- jolly well — Jolly well is sometimes used to emphasize an opinion or intention, and to express annoyance or anger.
- jon postel — (person) (Jonathan Bruce Postel, 1943 - 1998-10-16) /p*-stel'/ One of the Internet's founding fathers. Jon's name is prominent on many of the fundamental standards on which the Internet is built, such as UDP. He ran IANA for as long as anybody could remember, in fact for most of the time he *was* IANA. He wrote STD 1, STD 2 and several dozen other RFCs. His friend Vinton Cerf noted his passing in RFC 2468.
- jostlement — Crowding; hustling.
- journalese — a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalize — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
- jovialness — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- jubbulpore — Jabalpur.
- judgmental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- judiciable — judicable.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jugendstil — art nouveau as practiced in German-speaking countries.
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.
- jump leads — Jump leads are two thick wires that can be used to start a car when its battery does not have enough power. The jump leads are used to connect the battery to the battery of another car that is working properly.
- jungle gym — children's climbing frame
- jungle rot — any cutaneous disease or condition caused or induced by a tropical climate.
- junglelike — Resemblng a jungle.
- jury wheel — a device, containing slips with the names of prospective jurors, that when spun mixes the names for random selection.
- jus civile — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- juvenalian — (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
- juvenility — juvenile state, character, or manner.
- juvenilize — to make juvenile or immature: to juvenilize the classics for quick reading.
- kilner jar — a glass preserving jar with an airtight lid, used for bottling fruit or vegetables
- kilojoules — Plural form of kilojoule.
- klaberjass — a card game played with a 32-card pack, made by removing all cards below the sevens from a regular 52-card pack, in which scoring values are assigned to certain cards taken in tricks, to sequences in the same suit, to the king and queen of trumps, and to the last trick.
- leyden jar — a device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.